Yesterday (January 21), the "Beijing New Oriental Retirement Club" account was launched on the social platform. It mainly launches interest courses and local social activities for retired people aged 50-75 in Beijing. In the recruitment post, the official introduced that the retirement club would open local Beijing activities, interest courses, etc. Young people born in the 1980s and 1990s would serve as playmates throughout the process, organize two small gatherings every month, and provide three interest courses for free.
In the course introduction on the account homepage, it currently shows that the online class is 0 yuan, and the offline get out of class experience price is 19.9 yuan, including self-media, handicrafts, baking, dance, Baduanjin, tea tasting, fishing, calligraphy and other courses. Some courses have material fees ranging from 100 yuan to 500 yuan.
Subsequently, on the evening of January 21, Beijing New Oriental Retirement Club released an official answer.
which mentioned,"We do not charge any membership fees. We currently provide free online classes for 0 yuan and offline trial classes for 19.9 yuan. We will launch more formal courses in the future at affordable prices. You can choose freely according to your interests."
In response, some netizens joked, "A life controlled by New Oriental." Some netizens also said, "When I was a child, my parents sent me to New Oriental. When I grow up, I sent my parents to New Oriental."
It is worth noting that the staff of the "Beijing New Oriental Retirement Club" also responded that the school is in the process of selecting venues. Offline interest classes plan to set up "base areas" in Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chaoyang, and Haidian. Offline gatherings are available in major urban areas. Specific classes and event calendars will be released next week.
It is understood that since entering the cultural tourism field in 2023, New Oriental has successively piloted cultural tourism routes for middle-aged and elderly people, and has deployed more than 20 health care bases in Hainan, Yunnan and other places.
