I Carry a Game World With Me

Chapter 279: Chapter 258: Recruiting 10,000 Teachers?

Of the three options Baguda presented, he chose the Dragon Country language without hesitation.

’English? No way. What a joke.’

How many students back home were being poisoned by English? How many spent most of their day studying it, only to find it completely useless after graduation?

He’d experienced that firsthand in middle school and high school.

As for Cambodia’s original languages, they were a mess, just as Baguda had said. They would be fine as auxiliary languages.

So, as a native of Dragon Country, it was only natural for him to choose the Dragon Country language. After all, the Xuanfeng Alliance was his.

Most importantly, the Xuanfeng Alliance had too few people. He had long been planning to attract immigrants, and the people of Dragon Country were one of his primary targets.

Because people from Dragon Country were easy to fool, easy to trick.

After all, if even those lowlifes in Myanmar could trick a bunch of his countrymen into getting their kidneys harvested, how could he fail to attract people?

At the beginning, however, they would need translators. Few teachers from Dragon Country would know the Cambodian languages. He might have to find translators in Myanmar or Ba Country who knew both Cambodian and the Dragon Country language.

Implementation would be difficult at first, but it was necessary to achieve his goal. Anyway, he wouldn’t have to handle the details himself; he could just leave it for Baguda to worry about.

So, he said to Baguda, "Baguda, from now on, the primary language taught in the Xuanfeng Alliance will be the Dragon Country language. The Cambodian languages will be taught as auxiliary languages."

Hearing the Governor’s decision, Baguda nodded and said, "His Excellency the Governor, in that case, the entire Xuanfeng Alliance will need a significant number of Dragon Country language teachers."

Lu Feng asked, "Give me a specific number. I’ll recruit them from Dragon Country."

Baguda replied swiftly, "We’ll need about ten thousand people."

"What?" Lu Feng shot up from his chair when he heard the number.

’Is this some kind of international joke?’

’How many people did this backwater place, the Xuanfeng Alliance, even have? They needed 10,000 language teachers?’

Baguda said sheepishly, "Well... don’t the schools also need math teachers and so on?"

Lu Feng snapped irritably, "Damn it, don’t tell me you don’t have those teachers either?"

Baguda said sheepishly, "Well, we really don’t have many! And we need them for elementary, middle, and high school!"

"..." Lu Feng was speechless. "I’ll figure something out. Also, get a production line for facial masks ready for me, and help me acquire some materials."

With that, he wrote down the materials needed for the facial masks and handed the list to Baguda.

Since he had obtained the production technique for that special active-fluid facial mask from the game world, he had to produce it and get it on the market.

’Especially since Baguda wanted over 10,000 teachers in one go. Don’t those teachers need salaries? Don’t they need benefits?’

’I have to make money, and fast.’

Besides, he was certain that if the Xuanfeng Alliance didn’t offer high enough salaries and benefits, not many people from his country would be willing to come.

Baguda took the list of materials without another word, acknowledged the order, and left.

He didn’t always understand the reasoning behind the Governor’s actions, but past experience told him it was best to just do as he was told.

’Whatever the Governor commands always has a purpose.’

After Baguda left, Lu Feng went online to check the salaries and benefits for teachers back in his country.

Teachers’ compensation there was divided into post-based salary and various subsidies and benefits.

The average monthly base salaries were 3,000 for elementary school teachers, 3,500 for middle school teachers, and 4,200 for high school teachers. The benefits and subsidies varied from place to place.

He looked up some specific examples.

A high school in a certain county: a teacher with a master’s degree had a take-home pay of over 4,000 a month, a homeroom teacher bonus of 300 per class, a monthly meal allowance of 240, an annual income of around 60,000, and a year-end bonus of about 20,000.

A high school teacher in a certain livable city: over 9,800 a month, with maximum contributions to the housing fund and social security, plus a 10,000 year-end bonus...

An elementary school teacher in Zheng*: housing fund contribution of 1,700, take-home pay of around 7,000 after social security deductions.

An elementary school in a certain *yang District: free lunch provided by the school, annual income of 128,000.

Modu: a special education teacher with four years of experience, Rank II, annual income of around 130,000.

...

In short, at any decent school, elementary school teachers earned over 120,000 a year, middle school teachers 140,000, and high school teachers 160,000.

Of course, these were the good schools. Salaries at average schools weren’t this high; in fact, they were quite low.

But if the Xuanfeng Alliance wanted to recruit these teachers, the salaries would have to be much higher, and they would need a guarantee.

Otherwise, no one would be willing to leave their homes and families to teach abroad.

Of course, they didn’t necessarily have to be certified teachers. Anyone who could teach would do.

He couldn’t set the bar too high at the beginning.

After getting a clear picture, Lu Feng picked up his phone and made a long-distance call to Wang Kai.

The call connected, and Wang Kai’s respectful voice came through. "President Lu, what can I do for you?"

"I need you to publish a news release," Lu Feng said directly. "Say that the Xuanfeng Alliance is recruiting language and math teachers for elementary, middle, and high school. We need 10,000 in total."

"Let’s see... for elementary school teachers, the base salary plus all benefits will be 170,000 a year. For middle school teachers, 190,000. For high school teachers, 220,000."

"There are also special benefits: free room and board. And if they’re willing to become citizens of the Xuanfeng Alliance, they can buy a house with zero down payment, at a 50% discount, with an interest-free loan."

"Ten thousand teachers? And with such high salaries?" Wang Kai was stunned.

Over 200,000 a year for a teacher... only master teachers with long careers could command that kind of salary.

Many elementary school teachers only made a few thousand a month.

And they made up the vast majority. People like that would be chomping at the bit when they saw this news.

After all, there were 6.6 million elementary school teachers in the country, and that was just the tenured ones. There was no telling how many non-tenured teachers there were, not to mention all the middle and high school teachers.

So, once the Xuanfeng Alliance’s recruitment announcement went out, a lot of people would surely apply, especially teachers from rural towns who lacked connections and weren’t skilled at networking.

The offer was incredibly tempting.

Besides, Wang Kai knew that the Xuanfeng Alliance belonged to President Lu. ’And now he’s recruiting so many teachers, with a focus on language teachers, right? Is he trying to turn the Xuanfeng Alliance into a mini Dragon Country?’

’In a few years, won’t the entire new generation in the Xuanfeng Alliance be speaking the Dragon Country language?’

’The game President Lu is playing is truly staggering.’

’None of the other tycoons in the country, no matter how clever their schemes, could play on the same level as President Lu.’

"President Lu, I’ll arrange it at once," Wang Kai replied immediately. After hanging up, he immediately summoned the head of the news department and had them schedule the release for the teacher recruitment story.

The people in the news department were also stunned when they saw the story.

’The Xuanfeng Alliance is recruiting this many teachers from our country?’

「Meanwhile.」

Lu Feng dialed Yang Ming’s number.

In Tianzhou City, Yang Ming was at the Qingfeng Tea City, drinking tea with Master Kai, Ah Pao, and a dozen or so other men.

To accommodate the dozen-plus guests, Yang Ming had specially arranged for several tea tables to be pushed together.

He had just finished signing contracts with these men. They were all domestic liquor distributors. With the booming sales of Dream-Returning Wine, everyone could see how miraculous the beverage was and recognized the profits to be made. Naturally, secondary distributors were coming to them.

Of course, Yang Ming and his crew couldn’t possibly build a distribution network spanning the entire country by themselves, so finding secondary agents was a must.

After signing the contracts, treating them to some Qingfeng Tea was also a perfect opportunity to promote it.

After all, Qingfeng Tea City had a two-billion investment in Youcheng’s tea industry.

The liquor distributors were, of course, utterly respectful to the three of them. They knew these three were their Gods of Wealth, for they held the exclusive domestic distribution rights for the Xuanfeng Alliance’s Dream-Returning Wine.

Just then, Yang Ming’s phone rang. When he saw it was Lu Feng’s number, he quickly showed the screen to Master Kai and Ah Pao.

Master Kai immediately said, "Brother Ming, it’s President Lu. I can handle things here."

"Okay." Yang Ming nodded and stepped outside to take the call.

’My cousin must be calling about something important. It’s probably not something outsiders should hear.’

Hearing the two words "President Lu," the dozen or so men exchanged glances.

In the current information age, news traveled fast. For instance, it was rumored that the big boss behind Qingfeng Network Company had the surname Lu.

Qingfeng Entertainment Company and Qingfeng Tea City were also his enterprises.

’This President Lu must be him, right?’

Once outside, Yang Ming answered the phone immediately. "Xiaofeng, what’s up?"

Lu Feng got straight to the point. "Cousin, do we have any connections in the education sector?"

Yang Ming frowned. "The education sector is pretty small-fry compared to people like Mr. Jiang, so we don’t have leverage over anyone in that field."

"But it’s fine. Mr. Jiang got a small promotion for facilitating the infrastructure deal between the Xuanfeng Alliance and the country. I think his authority extends to the education department now."

Lu Feng said immediately, "Then contact him as soon as possible. I need to recruit 10,000 teachers from the country, and that will probably require an official guarantee to convince them to come. As for the compensation, Qingfeng Network Company will be releasing the details."

"Ten thousand teachers?" Yang Ming was shocked by the number as well. Realizing this was a big deal, he called Mr. Jiang the moment he hung up.

In a government office in Tianzhou City, Mr. Jiang was in an excellent mood. He might have been coerced into becoming President Lu’s man initially.

But after the infrastructure project collaboration, he was finding his current situation quite agreeable. So, when he received Yang Ming’s call, he answered at once. "President Yang, what can I do for you?"

Yang Ming got straight to the point. "Mr. Jiang, the Xuanfeng Alliance wants to recruit 10,000 teachers, especially language teachers. We’re hoping you can organize things and provide an official guarantee. By the way, Qingfeng Network Company will be releasing a news bulletin with the Xuanfeng Alliance’s compensation package shortly."

"Language teachers?" Mr. Jiang’s voice unconsciously rose in volume when he heard that.

What would they need language teachers for? To teach the Dragon Country language, of course.

The higher-ups were paying very close attention to the Xuanfeng Alliance right now. There were even directives to establish as much contact with them as possible.

After all, with Xuanfeng Bank having replaced Swiss Bank, the Xuanfeng Alliance now had more influence than any of their country’s smaller allies.

If his superiors found out the Xuanfeng Alliance wanted to recruit so many language teachers to teach the Dragon Country language, they would probably rush to provide a guarantee themselves.

’If I’m the one who facilitates this, it’ll be another easy credit for me.’

After hanging up, Mr. Jiang immediately went online to check for news from Qingfeng Network Company. Sure enough, he soon saw a newly published article about the Xuanfeng Alliance’s recruitment drive.

The moment Qingfeng Network Company published the news, it instantly caused a sensation online.

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