Chapter Fourteen Bad News
Edward Hu Mei, whose original name is Edward Hume.
This name is probably relatively unfamiliar to most Chinese people, just like the Germans in Shanghai Erich Baolong. But if we talk about the schools related to them, it is well-known in the medical community of **********: Changsha Xiangya founded by Edward Hu Mei, Xiangya Medical College of Central South University in later generations, and Tongji, Shanghai founded by Erich Baolong, later moved to Wuhan and became Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
In fact, most of China's top medical schools have some relationship with foreigners.
For example, the eight oldest and most famous colleges, besides Xiangya and Tongji, the one with the least relationship with foreigners is Peking University Medical School. The predecessor of Peking University Medical School was the National Beijing Medical College. Later, it was merged, split and merged continuously to form Peking University Medical College and Xi'an Jiaotong University Medical College in Xi'an. The other is Shanghai Fudan University Medical College. It was founded by the Chinese, and the founder is Yan Fuqing who is now studying at Hunteral University.
In fact, Fudan University School of Medicine is also inseparable from the relationship.
If in the original history, Yan Fuqing graduated from St. John in Shanghai and later went to Yale to study and return home. And at the earliest, Yan Fuqing was actually Xiangya's first president, but later because he was dissatisfied with the control of the Americans, he went to Shanghai to establish the later Fudan University Medical School. In addition to himself, Yan Fuqing also poached a large number of his students from Xiangya, that is, the elites trained by Xiangya Medical School, which formed the skeleton of Fudan University Medical School...
As for the other four, the West China Medical College of Sichuan University was run by the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada; Sun Yat-sen University Medical College has been merged several times and was originally run by the Americans; Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical College had several predecessors, and the main St. John's Medical College was also run by the Americans; there were no need to mention Union Alliance, Rockefeller's largest charitable investment in the world, and is well-known in China and even Asia...
Therefore, when John heard about Yale University's Yale Society, he immediately contacted the other party.
Under his order, a dedicated person communicated closely with the Yali Society every year. So when John knew that the Yali Society had begun to prepare for opening a hospital in China and chose Changsha to find a host, John immediately thought of the founders of Edward Hu Meixiangya Hospital and Xiangya Medical College!
In his previous life, John had read Hu Mei's biography.
John really admired this American who had been to Changsha. Union was undoubtedly the best hospital and medical school in China in that era, but at the beginning, only Xiangya could compete with Union. Therefore, Americans evaluated Chinese medical schools. Union and Xiangya had the highest score, leaving behind the statements of Northern Union and Southern Xiangya.
The importance of Hu Mei, the founder of Xiangya, is self-evident.
However, Xiangya Medical College in Changsha is not among John's three university plans. Xiangya is Yale's business, and John is not willing to intervene in addition to certain financial support. The three universities in his plan are located in Shanghai, one in Nanjing, and the other in Hangzhou! In fact, John originally did not plan to run a school in Shanghai. After all, there are many universities here in the future, so it is better to go to the inland areas that need more. However, considering the current situation, the temporary areas that Hunteral Bank can take into account is the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, so he can only do this first.
In John's plan, these three universities will become places for training outstanding talents.
Hunteral Primary School, Junior High School, and High School, which have been built and expanding in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, will provide three universities with a steady stream of high-quality students. Graduates from three universities, and even graduates from other Chinese universities, will have the opportunity to study in prestigious universities in Germany and the United States, and further improve their abilities. In addition, there are thousands of people who are now, and tens of thousands of children who stay in the future will return as top talents...
The picture is so beautiful that John will get drunk when he thinks about it.
Of course, John did not forget that in addition to cultivating these college students, China now lacks skilled workers. Therefore, after the three universities start enrolling, at least ten technical schools will also start preparing. Their admission threshold and fees are lower, and they may even enter for free. After graduation, they can enter designated factories to work...
At this time in 1904, John could do everything he could.
John never cared about how much money these investments could generate in the future, and even used the returns in the United States to continue to support it. He only hopes that in this special era, he can use money and these self-useful practices to bring some things he hopes to China...
...
April 17, 1904 was John's 36th birthday.
According to Anna's plan and arrangement, a small banquet will be held at home this day, inviting John's closest friends to attend. The scale of less than a hundred people is definitely a low-key in this era of luxury.
So on the 16th, the family was busy.
"Okay, I can't get used to it until now."
While accompanying Anna to inspect the preparations, John shrugged and smiled: "Maybe I will never understand. Preparing for a banquet requires so many people and things! I also cannot understand. The idea of preparing for a month or even longer in order to attend a banquet... Just like when I attended the Marquis of Mans, the Butler took a lot of effort."
In John's view, perhaps he will never be able to truly integrate into this world.
"You don't need to understand, just look at it."
With a gentle smile, Anna couldn't help but grab John's arm tightly. She also remembered when she first met John.
Feeling the warmth of the people around him, Anna's eyes suddenly became dazed.
Before he knew it, twenty years passed in a flash. In twenty years, John went from a sharp boy to a business tycoon, scientist and physician today; and Anna herself also changed from a young girl to a focal person in New York City today, a wealthy lady envied by everyone.
From Berlin to New York, from 1884 to 1904.
The wonder of life made Anna tighten her hands again after a brief trance.
Just when both of them were warm in their hearts, the old butler, Mr. Elber, suddenly ran over and shouted in panic: "Sir, madam, hurry up... hurry! Mr. Hunteral, he fainted!"
"What?!"
Turning around suddenly, John suddenly felt depressed and became flustered in an instant. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!