Once highly sought after by capital, now it has fully entered the ice age. Where is the future of online education companies?

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Online education has ushered in an industry shock.

In just one year, the development of online education has been like a “roller coaster”. It has not only experienced the influx of industry outlets and the crazy influx of capital, but also suffered the looting of industry regulatory storms and capital ebb.

With the introduction of a series of regulatory policies, the online education industry has fallen to the bottom, and the stock prices of listed companies such as New Oriental, Good Future, and Gaotu Group have plummeted, and have generally fallen by more than 50% since the beginning of the year.

Many companies have laid off employees and contracted their businesses in order to protect themselves.

According to many media reports, Job Gang is about to start major layoffs and is currently conducting interviews in accordance with the department, mainly for low- and young business lines. Resigned employees are compensated in accordance with the statutory N+1 policy.

Gaotu Class is no exception. According to late reports, the proportion of layoffs was 20%. Its 3 to 8 year old enlightenment business “Early Enlightenment” was cut off across the board, and nearly 1,000 employees were forced to transfer or leave. In addition, news of large-scale layoffs have also been reported in Yuanfudao and Chalk Education.

Once highly sought after by capital, now it has fully entered the ice age. Where is the future of online education companies?

When the tuyere encounters a regulatory storm

A sudden epidemic has pushed online education to the forefront. According to data from iResearch Consulting, the online education industry market scale in 2020 will increase by 35.5% year-on-year to reach 257.3 billion yuan. The main reasons for the rapid growth are low-children, quality education, and the acceleration of the online process of K12 discipline training track.

According to the statistics of the open data of the entrepreneurial state, so far, the total financing of Ape Coaching, Job Gang, VIPKID, and Spark Thinking is 4 billion U.S. dollars, 3.4 billion U.S. dollars, 1 billion U.S. dollars, and 600 million U.S. dollars, respectively. .

According to IT orange statistics, as of June 2, the valuations of Yuandaodao, VIPKID, and Spark Thinking reached 15.5 billion U.S. dollars, 4.5 billion U.S. dollars, and 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, respectively. The last financing of Jobbank occurred on December 28, 2020, and the valuation after the completion of the financing reached approximately US$11 billion.

However, the high financing amount and high valuation cannot change the fact that no online education company is profitable. These online education companies are madly burning money to acquire customers. WeChat, Douyin, APP screens, subway stations, elevators… wherever you can see online education advertisements, and marketing costs remain high. At the same time, false propaganda and excessive propaganda continue to raise questions.

Regulators began to take action.

On April 24, institutions such as Xueersi Online School, Gaotu, Netease Youdao Premium Classes, and Yuanjiao were notified by the Beijing Municipal Education Commission for violations of regulations and early admission fees.

The next day, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Market Supervision organized special inspections for off-campus education and training institutions, and investigated and dealt with violations of prices and false propaganda by off-campus education and training institutions in accordance with the law. Four off-campus education and training institutions such as Gaotu Classroom, Xueersi, New Oriental Online, and Gaosi were fined 500,000 yuan.

On May 10th, the Beijing Municipal Market Supervision Bureau implemented false or misleading commercial propaganda behaviors and price tactics to lure consumers into transactions due to fictitious teaching experience and other false content, and imposed two leading online education actors in accordance with the law. Beast-Job Gang and Ape Guidance were given a warning and a fine of 2.5 million yuan respectively.

A bigger storm is still behind.

On May 21, the 19th meeting of the Central Comprehensive Deepening Reform Committee formally reviewed and approved the “Opinions on Further Reducing the Burden of Students’ Work and Extra-School Training in the Compulsory Education Stage” (referred to as the “Double Reduction” Opinions). The burden of student homework and off-campus training.

On June 1, the new version of the “Law on the Protection of Minors” came into effect. On the same day, the State Administration of Market Supervision announced the decision to impose top fines on 15 off-campus training institutions for false propaganda and price fraud. The total amount of fines was as high as 36.5 million yuan.

Almost overnight, the “enthusiasm” of online education has cooled.

Way out

Regarding the reason for the sudden advent of strong supervision, a well-known investment institution investor who did not want to be named told Chuangye Bang that the regulators are not only concerned about false propaganda and price measures, but more importantly, social equity. Online education is placed in the current social environment, which actually affects the balance between fairness and efficiency.

Facing strong industry regulation, investors in the primary market have become extremely pessimistic about the online education industry.

“Investors dare not place any more orders. This industry is currently unsustainable.” The above-mentioned investor said.

In this investor’s view, since 2017, companies in the online education industry have been doing online large-scale classes. The essence of large-class classes is to buy and sell classes. Once they do not buy, their income will drop very sharply. At the same time, none of these companies has made money so far. A business model that hasn’t made money for five years under the acceleration of the entire industry is most likely because this business model is a false proposition.

He said that in the absence of follow-up financing for blood transfusion, some top unlisted online education companies are likely to face the risk of breaking the capital chain within six months or one year.

Another unnamed industry analyst said that for online education companies that are currently unlisted, such as job help, ape tutoring, VIPKID and other leading companies, related listing plans may be disturbed, and the pace of listing and financing may slow down and need to be calmly reassessed. Business form, scope of listed assets and timetable for re-planning.

If these companies really can’t continue to operate, it means that investors’ nearly tens of billions of dollars of investment have been in vain.

It is undeniable that online education breaks the traditional education form, breaks through the shackles of time and scene, and brings unprecedented industry changes.

More industry insiders are actively discussing the future of the online education industry. A number of brokerage industry analysts have told Entrepreneur that the logic of industry development and online education will change.

One view is that regulation will benefit leading education companies that have already gone public.

An analyst from Minsheng Securities who did not want to be named believes that in the future, the extracurricular tutoring market may increase supervision or become the norm. In the short term, the industry may experience pains due to stricter regulation. But in the long run, under the premise that the overall selection system remains unchanged, the demand for training is still strong. After the small and medium organizations at the tail are squeezed out, the demand will be concentrated in the large organizations at the head.

For different tracks, the impact of regulatory policies is quite different. For example, the new version of the Law on the Protection of Minors stipulates that “kindergartens and out-of-school training institutions shall not provide primary school curriculum education to preschool-age minors.” All cancellations due to violation of laws and regulations.

Pang Ming believes that under the disorderly expansion of capital, the brutal expansion and extensive operation characterized by low prices, price wars and other vicious competition patterns will no longer be feasible. In the short term, only companies with high marketing efficiency, high renewal rates, and high retention conversion rates are expected to achieve lower customer acquisition costs and are more likely to overcome the difficulties.

At the same time, considering the imbalance in the distribution of educational resources and the difficulty of a fundamental change in the selection and evaluation system in the short term, there is still a demand for online education in the market.

In the future, online education companies should abandon the development mentality of burning money to pursue scale and volume, optimize the balance of large class, small class, and one-to-one curriculum system, and change the placement of conversion as the main purpose to objective publicity. Brands, to strengthen brand awareness-focused placement.

Only in this way can online education adapt to normalized supervision and competition.

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1. On April 18, 1906, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake and fire occurred in San Francisco of the United States, killing at least how many people? Icon 3,000 people Icon 4,000 people Icon 5,000 people The correct answer is answer A: April 18, 1906, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake and fire occurred in San Francisco of the United States, killing at least 3,000 people. Between 225,000 and 300,000 people were left homeless out of the city’s total population of approximately 410,000; half of the population were evacuated to Oakland and Berkeley. The cost of the earthquake damage at that time was estimated at about $ 400 million in 1906 prices, which is the same amount as the total national budget of the United States at that time (about $ 6.9 billion in present-day values). The earthquake was the first natural disaster to be made into film and the subject of photography. More than that, it appeared at a time when seismic science was flourishing. 2. 18/4/1506 is the starting date of the church in Vatincan? Icon St. Peter’s Basilica Icon San Giovanni in Laterano (Saint John Lateran) Icon Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore The correct answer is answer A: St. Peter’s Basilica (Peter) is one of the four largest temples in the Vatican and is considered the holiest place of 1.2 billion Christians. At the same time, this is the convergence of the oldest artistic quintessence of the painting, sculpture and architecture of the Renaissance period. St. Peter’s Basilica, built on April 18, 1506 and completed on November 18, 1626, is a Renaissance-style church located in Vatican City, west of the Tiber River and near the Janiculum Hill and Hadrian Mausoleum . This work, designed by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is the most famous masterpiece of Renaissance architecture and one of the largest churches in the world. The temple has a height of 136 m from the basement and it is also a large space with an area of ​​2,067 square meters. In front of the temple is a square designed in an oval shape as showing God’s protection for the faithful here. Around the square are 284 columns arranged in rows and above these pillars are the adornment of 140 sculptured statues with a height of 3.24m. 3. On April 18, 1942, the United States launched air raids on Tokyo and other Japanese cities, the first attack on Japan. This is true or false? Icon It’s correct Icon Wrong The correct answer is answer A: On April 18, 1942, the United States launched air raids on Tokyo and other Japanese cities, the first attack on the Japanese government. The bombardment of Tokyo was a series of air strikes carried out by the United States Air Force that took place on the Pacific front during World War II and was one of the most devastating bombing raids in history. On April 18, the first air strike against Tokyo was the Doolittle Attack, where 16 B-25 Mitchell planes from the USS Hornet attacked targets including Yokohama and Tokyo. That landed at airports in China. Although the airstrike did not damage Japan’s military potential, it was a propaganda victory for the United States. When it was the first time American bombers could strike Japan right away. As the bombing plan was not finalized in this airstrike, no aircraft returned to the base, all crashed or had to make an emergency landing (except for one aircraft that successfully landed on the other side. in the territory of the Soviet Union, then detained and repatriated secretly). The remaining two crew members were taken prisoner. 4. What year did France, West Germany, Italy and 3 Benelux countries, namely Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands sign the Paris Agreement on the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community on April 18? 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How many kilometers did anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl travel on a Kon-Tiki raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands? Icon 7,000 km Icon 8,000 km Icon 9,000 km The correct answer is Answer B: Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 – April 18, 2002) is a Norwegian anthropologist and explorer. He is best known for his expeditions aimed at testing anthropological hypotheses, most notably his journey on a Kon-Tiki raft spanning 8,000 km from South America to the Islands. Tuamotu (Pacific Ocean). Thor Heyerdahl was born in 1914 in Larvik, Norway. From an early age Heyerdahl has been interested in zoology. He studied at the University of Oslo majoring in zoology and geography and began to study the culture and history of the Aboriginal Polynesians himself. In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl made his most famous voyage on the Kon-Tiki raft. 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Icon 7,000 people Icon 8,000 people Icon 9,000 people The correct answer is the answer A: On September 3, 1949, in the small city of Zhenjiang (with a specialty of the world famous Tieu vinegar), there was a big fire. The cause is unknown, but about 7,000 residents died. 5. Great fire in the city of San Francisco (USA) in 1906 is said to be the most damaged property in history? Icon It’s correct Icon Wrong The correct answer is answer A: This fire was included in the Guinness World Record book for causing the most damage to property in history. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in the early morning of April 18, 1906, causing a large fire that lasted for three days. Earthquakes and fires destroyed 80% of the city, with 25,000 buildings collapsed and killing 3,000 people. The rescuers’ use of explosives to knock down buildings to create a ring to prevent the spread of fire made the situation worse. 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By the time the firefighters broke through the doors, it was too late. Up to 2,500 people were killed in the fire. Result Please work harder! point