"What? When universities in Lanzhou recruit foreign students in the future, will they recognize China's college entrance examination scores? This is really... courageous. Do you mean to directly use the college entrance examination scores to determine whether to enroll in cultural courses? Do you need to add more?
Try some other subjects?”
To be honest, after Principal Xu heard about Gu Kun's preliminary plan for Lanfang to recruit international students in the future, his first reaction was to be in awe.
The second reaction is that this work has great potential, and if it is done well, it will be a major achievement in the internationalization of education work.
When you run a university in a foreign country and recognize China’s domestic college entrance examination scores, this is more valuable than recruiting a large number of international students to come to China. If you think of those who take TOEFL, IELTS and SAT, many of them are not just going to study in Oceania or cloth-based countries.
.There are many small countries in the world that also recognize those test scores when recruiting international students.
To put it bluntly, this involves an issue of the right to speak about international standards for cooperation in the field of international education.
It's just that most of the small countries that are not Oceania or the Cloth Five Kingdoms are not favored by the children of wealthy Chinese families and will not go to study in those countries. Therefore, the vast majority of Chinese people do not pay attention and do not know whether those small countries accept students.
Just take TOEFL and IELTS and take SAT.
Principal Xu is an insider, so of course he knows the ropes.
Faced with Principal Xu's disbelieving and embarrassed expression, Gu Kun was very frank and straightforward: "Of course I used it directly. We in Lanfang didn't have any higher education foundation at all. You asked us to prepare for the selection exam by ourselves. That would be too much."
It’s embarrassing for us, why don’t we use it if we already have it?”
Principal Xu beamed with joy: "If you had told me earlier, this would be much easier to handle. I will coordinate with the city's competent authorities and maybe we can find teachers to co-organize the event. The relevant departments will definitely support this matter——
By the way, when your school is established, will it be called Hujiang Jiaotong University Lanfang Branch or Lanfang Campus?"
Gu Kun: "Who told you that I was going to be called this? Can't I just call Lan Fang Jiaotong University?"
Principal Xu's mood was instantly pulled back, and he was simply manipulating his emotions and anger: "This... This doesn't make sense. You want us to help you build a school, and you want to borrow our teachers, signboards, and even have names."
If you don’t borrow the whole thing, you only need half.”
Gu Kun: "I heard that in the history of Jiaotong University in your country, it was originally called Jiaotong University. Later, it was split and the city names of various places were added, so there are Hujiang Jiaotong University, Chang'an Jiaotong University, etc.
In this case, why can't we, Lanfang, be named after a local place in Lanfang? If it is called the 'Lanfang Campus' of Jiaotong University with a certain place name, it would be too cheap. What I want is to directly learn from you before the split.
My sect is equal to you."
"This is impossible!" Principal Xu said angrily.
Gu Kun: "Then I won't do it. I believe you can find a co-organizer that is willing to do this. Nowadays, it is not uncommon for your various universities to split up, upgrade, and find predecessors with historical background to join. We, Lanfang, are all funding
, I can also provide you with financial support for running the school. Is this too much to ask for?"
Principal Xu was immediately choked by Gu Kun's toughness, and he was reluctant to give up sponsorship or achievements in the industry. He was a little embarrassed for a while.
He didn't expect Gu Kun to be so determined on this issue of status.
Sponsorships, donations, and everything else are all easy to negotiate. We don't give in to our status and we do whatever we need to do. It seems very independent. The need for external resources is only for "outsourcing", not mainly foreign countries.
The two sides discussed some circuitous game conditions in close combat. In the end, Gu Kun felt that he did not want to be entangled in such details anymore and decided to change the angle of attack once and for all.
…
"Principal Xu, we are considered one of our own. There is no need to be like this. How about we change the conversation - I am also an alumnus of Jiaotong University. It seems that I have never made a donation to my alma mater since graduation. I remember that this is very popular among Westerners.
Yes, the Ivy League is also a private university, and they have to raise their own funds. You are financially dependent and have no shortage of money, so you may not care much about these things..."
Gu Kun eloquently changed his angle.
When he was still in school, he did donate some student aid. For example, in his sophomore year, that is, in 1995, he donated dozens of computers to Haiyuan and built a computer room to facilitate computer and CAD classes.
Computerized education of design courses.
That was six years ago. At that time, Gu Kun had only been reborn for more than a year. He really didn't have much money, so he could only afford to donate a little. The computer in 1995 was far more expensive than the one in 2001, at least twice as much.
, those dozens of computers are worth nearly one million in total.
In the next two years, the Chinese Academy of Sciences also had a small relationship with Gu Kun, spending millions of dollars in funding and supplies every year. Because the two parties cooperated, the Chinese Academy of Sciences also helped Gu Kun contact scientific research ships and other resources.
Gu Kun was willing to give the small money, since he could earn it back n times from other cooperations.
It’s just that he graduated in 1997. Until Gu Kun graduated, the Southeast Asian financial crisis had not yet happened. At that time, Gu Kun could always be an invisible rich man and his financial muscle had not been shown to the public, so the school was embarrassed.
Much more. By the time he was completely recognized as a world-class super rich man, Gu Kun had already graduated. He never donated money to his alma mater in the next three or four years. Instead, he made a lot of money with the design institute and scientific research institute of Jiaotong University.
Single, with formal business cooperation.
At this moment, hearing Gu Kun suddenly mention this matter again, Principal Xu's adrenaline suddenly surged several orders of magnitude, and his pupils shrank violently.
"You... you're not doing this well. No, there's nothing wrong with it. I mean, why is this so embarrassing? Talking about donations at this time seems to be confusing the two things.
Well, regardless of whether we donate money or not, it is our duty to help our old friends of the Chinese people in construction. We have no principled differences on the issue of the name of Lanzhou Jiaotong University. It is all a trivial matter."
Principal Xu trembled and tried to smooth out his incoherent words. It was hard for him to finish his speech. After all, Gu Kun had not announced how much money he was willing to donate.
If it were only a few hundred million yuan, it would not be a betrayal of so much support. But the opening must be left open first, and enough space should be left for the situation to move around at will.
Gu Kun was very satisfied with the effect. He no longer cared about respecting his teacher. He rubbed his fingers and a female secretary lit a cigar for him. Then Gu Kun did not smoke, but just kept that posture and said calmly:
"It cost me 100 million euros to buy a car. It's my first official donation to my alma mater after graduation. It can't be cheaper than buying a car... Let's buy it 500 million euros. I'm talking about U.S. dollars."
It's just a donation. It should be more than buying a car, but it can't be compared with buying a yacht. The money doesn't come from strong winds. This amount is enough to achieve a comprehensive publicity effect, and at the same time, it can be exchanged for enough benefits.
The most important thing is that the decision-making process seems to be so lighthearted, which makes Principal Xu wish he could have poured a few glasses of wine into Gu Kun before he spoke, so that he could say these words in an even more erratic state.
"Damn it! Five hundred million dollars is just something you say so casually! If I had known that I would be more comfortable with you, I would give you a chance to speak. It's a pity, it's such a pity." Principal Xu lamented in his heart, and then he was ecstatic. This kind of
The complex interweaving is beyond words.
Gu Kun observed with interest, watching Principal Xu remain silent for a short period of time, but his face changed several times, sometimes red, sometimes green, sometimes black, sometimes white, and he couldn't help but interrupt the other person's contemplation out of curiosity:
"Hey? I'm talking, but you want to express your opinion whether this thing can be done or not."
"Sure, of course," Principal Xu wished he could slap himself in the face to wake him up, but he suppressed it with his demeanor.
Five hundred million U.S. dollars, equivalent to four billion yuan.
The funds for running universities today are far less generous than those of later generations. Even in a dozen years' time, the annual funding will easily exceed 10 billion yuan, only Tsinghua University and Peking University, because these are the only places with national support.
When it comes to local universities, whether Fudan University in Hujiang or Jiaotong University, they are not the third richest in the country in terms of funding. On the contrary, Jinling University in Jiangnan Province and Donghai University in Donghai Province are even richer, especially Donghai University.
When it's good, it can hit the tens of billions level——
This is because Tunghai University has annexed many other good universities in Donghai Province, which is equivalent to pooling the educational resources of Donghai Province to provide this university, and the economy of Donghai Province is also pretty good, so it can achieve this level.
Although the economy of Hujiang is stronger than any other city, it is not as large as an entire province. And the first echelon of Hujiang has three biological sons from Fudan Jiaotong University and Tongji to support, so the share is thin.
The total funding for Jiao Tong University for one year, including scientific research funding, is now 2 billion yuan. Gu Kun’s donation from a “famous alumnus” is equivalent to the entire school’s two-year budget.
With such money coming in, even if you ask the principal to punish himself with three bottles of Maotai, you still have to accompany him, and you still have to blow into the bottle.
After thinking about it in this way, Principal Xu summed it up: "I will solve the problem of the name of the school. At the worst possible time, I will change the nature and make it assist in running the school instead of opening a branch. The city will find ways to support it, and
At worst, we can add to the first two to make the fifth, and bring in some teaching resources from other brother schools——
Doesn’t the major setting of your Lanfang Jiaotong University have to match the industrial structure of your country? In addition to shipbuilding and ocean engineering, we are the most professional. For other maritime majors and tourism management, I will help you choose from Hujiang Maritime College, Huwaii
, the three schools of East China Normal University, find some elite backbones. I will communicate with them if there is any exchange of resources..."
Gu Kun nodded slightly, secretly thinking that Principal Xu was indeed on the right track.
However, he still reminded: "You don't think that you can spend these 500 million US dollars in donations as you like, right? You need to do outreach coordination and resource replacement. I won't stop you, but you can only use 100 million US dollars at most."
.With the remaining US$400 million, I want to make targeted donations, earmark the funds for special use, and send people to monitor the use process."
Principal Xu calmed down a little, but he didn't think there was anything wrong.
If the funds are earmarked, the meat is rotten in the pot. Coordinating resources for external schools, plus the city's resources, 20% is enough, and it is definitely the most official thing to do.
"That's alright. By the way, can you tell me, which majors are these special funds intended for?" Principal Xu asked openly.
"The main thing is for the maritime institute where we are from. To be precise, it focuses on the research and development of ship engineering, supplemented by the construction technology of marine engineering. For example, it engages in some engineering application technologies for land reclamation, the research and development of reclamation ships, and research
The results will definitely be used when I build a palm island in Galloping Horse Atoll in Lanfang.
But I am reluctant to develop so many technologies just for my one project. In the future, the intellectual property rights will not be realized in my hands, so I will borrow flowers and offer them to Buddha. Any marine engineering technology that you think can be used in the waters around Nanyang
, if Lanfang’s current projects cannot bear all the research and development, you can use my special donation.”
Gu Kun's idea is very good. His safety in the past few years has been obtained by the common hatred of Southeast Asian countries after the 1998 Southeast Asian financial crisis. If Western warmongers return to the Asia-Pacific in the future, Gu Kun will also have some
Danger.
Therefore, he just thought of donating some money for his own long-term safety, so that someone would protect Lan Fang when the time comes.