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　　On the morning of March 23, a reporter from "Securities Daily" saw in Room 707, Building C, Wanliuyicheng, Haidian District, Beijing that the "Wanmen Education" door plate that had been hanging in front of the office had been removed.

The door to the office was closed, and it was impossible to enter.

　　The well-known educational institution, which allegedly has 30,000 VIP students, reported the news of closing its doors and running away on March 22.

There are rumors that Wanmen Education’s charging users have been kicked out of the user group, and the company’s Beijing headquarters is empty.

　　The property staff of Wanliuyicheng told the "Securities Daily" reporter that they had seen supervisors to the company's on-site investigation the day before.

The reporter noticed that in addition to the house number of the office, even on the navigation bar of the address in the stairwell, the building number corresponding to the Wanmen Education Office has also been removed.

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　　There may be more than 70 million yuan on the account

　　On March 22, the news of Wanmen Education's running away quickly appeared on Weibo's hot search. Many students left messages under the Weibo of Wanmen Education founder Tong Zhe, asking him to explain "why he was kicked out of the group chat" .

　　A staff member of Wanmen Education, who did not want to be named, told reporters that the VIP group of Wanmen Education was disbanded at around 4 am on March 22.

At the same time, Tong Zhe, founder of Wanmen Education, also changed his WeChat avatar and changed his nickname to Little Assistant.

The reporter then searched his WeChat and found that his WeChat has been restricted because he has been added as friends too frequently.

　　Relevant staff of Wanmen Education told the "Securities Daily" reporter that at present, many company executives and some students have reported the case to the public security organs. "Most employees of our company's Beijing headquarters have gone to labor arbitration."

　　According to public information, Wanmen Education was founded in 2014.

In the early days of its establishment, Wanmen Education provided various recorded and broadcast courses to the public for free.

In 2016, it launched a lifetime VIP program with a price of 15,000 yuan. After purchasing the program, students can learn all courses on the platform for free.

In November 2021, Wanmen Education launched a 3,600-hour scholarship class on the basis of the lifetime VIP program, that is, users can pay an additional 10,000 yuan on the basis of the lifetime VIP program and accumulate 3,600 hours of study. Full refund of lifetime VIP program tuition and 10,000 yuan paid for scholarship classes.

　　The aforementioned employees told reporters that as of the beginning of March 2022, more than 31,700 students had joined the Wanmen Education VIP program for life.

Among them, there are more than 7,000 students who purchased the scholarship program. Calculated based on the tuition fee of 25,000 yuan for a single project, the amount involved reaches 175 million yuan. Even if all the students in the scholarship class are veterans, each only pays 10,000 yuan. , the company has at least 70 million yuan in the account.

"So even if our company's performance declines, it can last for a while," the employee said.

　　Lawyer Mei Huawei, deputy director of Shanghai Zhengguan Changhong Law Firm, told the "Securities Daily" reporter that companies need to be responsible to users and employees.

For students who have paid for a long time, if the company cannot provide services, the students can prepare the corresponding contract and payment basis and ask the company to refund.

Employees can also legally require the company to assume corresponding responsibilities.

　　Internal financing to buy a house

　　Litigation for delinquent payments to suppliers

　　It is worth noting that a Wanmen Education employee revealed to a reporter from Securities Daily that Tong Zhe had previously raised funds within the company and bought houses through proxy holdings and other methods.

　　An internal document sent by the employee to reporters shows that Tong Zhe believes that employees cannot afford a house in Beijing, but they cannot do without big cities. The best strategy is to buy relatively cheap real estate in new first-tier cities.

　　According to reports, Tong Zhe called the purchase of real estate in Baodiming County, Shenyang as the company's eighth-anniversary benefit.

Through internal fundraising, the property is divided into several square meters and sold to employees.

Tong Zhe said that its income is about 4 times higher than that of Yu’e Bao.

　　Tong Zhe also said in the WeChat group that because of the hard work of the employees, one of the properties was awarded to the employees to encourage employees to work for the company.

　　The information provided by the above-mentioned employees shows that in addition to Shenyang Baodiming County, Wanmen Education’s internal real estate purchase project also involves Huahai Lanjing, California Garden and other projects.

　　"At present, the above-mentioned properties are in Tong Zhe's name, but the employees need to repay the loans on a regular basis." The above-mentioned employees also said, "Tong Zhe has mortgaged the properties many times."

　　Yang Zhaoquan, director of Beijing Weinuo Law Firm, told the "Securities Daily" reporter that as long as employees agree, it is not illegal to raise funds from employees to buy houses on their behalf.

"But it evaporated after disposing of the real estate money privately, which seriously violated the interests of fund-raising employees."

　　In addition to the impact on students and employees, there are also problems such as payment arrears between Wanmen Education and suppliers.

On the evening of March 22, WeekWeekUp, a provider of OFFICE courses and MOS exams of Wanmen Education, published an article on its official public account saying that it can provide MOS training courses and PPT-related courses for Wanmen Education students for free.

But at the same time, WeekWeekUp Classroom stated that Wanmen Education has been in arrears for the distribution of its MOS exams and PPT courses for half a year, and half a month ago, the company had initiated litigation procedures against Wanmen Education, with a lawsuit amount of 2.8 million yuan .

(Securities Daily)