"It's really 500 million US dollars. I thought the gossip was filled with water."
"This...isn't it as simple as a one-year school budget? This is at least a two-year budget for the whole school! Principal Xu really found a treasure."
Regardless of the reaction of those on stage after Gu Kun announced the donation amount, at least the tens of thousands of juniors and girls below the stage were boiling with undercurrents, whispering that they had eaten a big melon.
And was filled with emotion.
The reason for the "undercurrent-like boiling" is of course that after all, they still have to abide by discipline and manners, which are all specially taken care of by the teachers before the ceremony. If they are directly discourteous and messy in public, it will lose the face of Jiaotong University.
In addition to the junior students of our school, there are actually some representatives of student associations from other schools coming to participate in the donation ceremony today - mainly from those schools that will work with Jiaotong University in the future to help Lanfang people jointly run schools, that is,
Hujiang Foreign Languages, Chinese Normal University, Hujiang Maritime and so on.
For the students in these schools, they sigh, "Why don't we go to a better school and have an alumnus as awesome as Gu Kun?"
There are also a few from prestigious schools such as Fudan University that have little to do with the future exchange plan (Tongji’s School of Architecture eventually had some overlap with the founding of Lanfang Jiaotong University, and some architecture majors will be opened in Lanfang in the future, so
Tongji also received a small share of the benefits from President Xu), but they were aggrieved. Their school's signboard was certainly better than that of Jiaotong University. Why didn't they grab international students like Gu Kun back then?
"The group of people who work for international students in the school are really useless! With such high-quality resources, Gu Kun was not too self-made six years ago, right? I heard that he still had a fortune of several million yuan at that time. See some people secretly wrote "
"The Biography of Gu Kun" says.
At that time, he owned several fleets of several hundred tons of fishing boats. He started from scratch at the age of 17 or 18 and worked hard to become like this. How can he be an easy person? The people in the International Student Admissions Office really have such long eyes!"
The few Fudan student representatives who watched the ceremony sighed with regret. They were from the News Department of the Student Union of their school, and they came purely for the work of collecting articles for the school newspaper.
As for the "Biography of Gu Kun" they mentioned, it was actually not authorized by Gu Kun himself. It was a business book written by Ye Luzi, a writer from Jianghu Roadside Society, just to gain popularity. Many of the quotes in it are fake, but
At least some of the historical information that can be found is true, so the review of the data on "how much of Gu Kun's property can be found in his 90s" is quite reliable.
So much so that in the Chinese business world, or people who are more interested in Gu Kun, everyone has a copy of "The Biography of Gu Kun", and they know exactly how much public property Gu Kun had in a certain year - but these "Gu Kun"
There are many versions of "The Biography", and many different people completed it independently without any collusion. It's normal if you think about it carefully. How can such a good business go to the street and the literary people let it go? If you have money, please take it.
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Seeing those Fudan students sulking, the journalism students from our school next to them were very proud, but they were still modest: "What's the point? You are too worried. The donation belongs to the school. It has nothing to do with us students, and we have no benefit."
, the carnivore’s plan~”
The Jiaotong University news students said such polite words, but everyone could see that their dark expressions were actually proud. The Fudan news students became even more unhappy after being comforted like this, and secretly cursed in their hearts:
"You can be good even if you get a bargain! Who said there are no benefits for students?! I found out that Jiaotong University is going to give out new benefits. From now on, all teachers and students of the school will receive a monthly subsidy of 200 yuan for meal cards, and even more for poor students. This alone is very affordable.
Is there any!"
Prices in 2001 in first-tier cities like Shanghai and Jiangsu were about six or seven yuan per pound of pork. The school already had price subsidies, so 200 yuan a month was already a lot for students. The general living expenses for students
It’s only three to five hundred a month (poor students are not included, the locals shall prevail)
But if you think about it carefully, Gu Kun's US$500 million is equivalent to 4 billion yuan, and the interest alone is worth two to three billion a year (based on the interest rate in 2001). There are 17,800 people in the school, and each person is worth 200 a year per month.
2,400, the living allowance for teachers and students is only 40 million per year, which is less than 20% of the annual interest on donations.
So no matter how Principal Xu distributes it, this small favor should definitely be given and it can be given.
In fact, in President Xu's plan, the total expenditure used to improve the living welfare of teachers and students can be about two or three times as much as the meal card subsidy. The rest is used in more hidden places, so temporarily outside the school
No one has ever heard about it.
The general principle is that "half of the interest that Kun's donation can theoretically generate every year will be spent on the living welfare of teachers and students." (Of course not all of this money will be saved, some of it will be put into use in the short term, and the rest will
Some will set up a fund and use the fund's operating income to subsidize school expenses. So the calculation of interest is only theoretical)
It’s not surprising that classmates from other schools are envious and jealous.
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The ceremony ended with a suppressed exclamation of praise. Gu Kun was immediately surrounded by Principal Xu and several other leaders of local education authorities, as well as leaders of brother schools, to attend the celebration reception.
As for the 18,000 teachers and students, they all got a 100-yuan canteen coupon today, so they can order some good food to celebrate. (Gu Kun has already paid 2 million yuan to Jiaotong University in advance.
The canteen is just for today's expenses, so there is no "inflation" in the money of these consumption coupons)
Strictly speaking, the thank you banquet must be organized by the school for this kind of occasion. But who asked Gu Kun to spend too much money, so everyone accepted it under Gu Kun's insistence on "not using any public funds to eat and drink".
Gu Kun’s home court requirements.
It is said that this is Gu Kun's home court, but in fact it is just on the "Zhusen" yacht. Gu Kun did not deliberately spend any extravagance, but just took the seafood raised on the boat, including Hokkaido ginseng and king crab when he returned from Vladivostok a few days ago.
Arctic cod and other frozen and refrigerated ingredients on the ship are used to entertain guests, which can be considered rustic.
The most important group of people in the group can ride in the tool cart used by Gu Kun's bodyguards, while the others can find their own company buses. Anyway, they all have cars when they come to attend the ceremony.
When they saw Gu Kun's Mi-26 and EC-135h helicopters and watched the interior of the "Zhu Sen", the principals and staff of the Education Bureau were naturally surprised and inexplicable, as if they were in a fairyland.
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The wine at the thank-you banquet was not a famous wine, just some ordinary Italian Tuscan wine. Some of the bottles had no labels on them, and some looked very simple, even with labels written on charcoal sticks.
However, there was someone who had a good relationship with Gu Kun, and after asking him in private, he learned about the background of these wines.
"It's nothing. I bought the big Italian brand Gucci last year. Gucci CEO Sorey insisted on asking me to buy a winery on Elba Island. I bought it without thinking. I heard that it was in 190
The place where Napoleon was imprisoned for the first time has quite a historical background, and it is indeed the best wine-producing area in Tuscany. It tastes good to me, so I’ll give it a try.”
Gu Kun answered this casually, but as soon as he heard it he answered very well.
Can't Brother Lafite afford it? Of course not! The brother who was born in 1982 can drink it like water if he wants to.
The key is that I don’t need to pursue these, just drink what the people around you are used to drinking, just drink it casually, don’t be particular about it!
The principals were in awe, and suddenly felt that the taste of the red wine in the glasses became more sophisticated.
After three drinks and a variety of high-end seasonal seafood, Gu Kun showed his virtues of being practical and approachable.
Today's thank-you banquet was not a very formal occasion, and there were no guests with high social status who could not be rude. Gu Kun, a busy man, took advantage of the wine table to discuss the final results of the "Lanfang Jiaotong University" he was planning to build.
The professional settings of the departments have all been confirmed.
For all the brother schools involved, those who need to provide faculty support will also have a fixed price at the wine table, and the number of professors, lecturers and teaching assistants to be dispatched to cooperate with Lanfang's school running, and the amount of software support to be provided will be clearly determined.
This kind of work efficiency has to make people sigh that foreign private bosses are more vigorous and resolute than those who are formal and official.
“That’s basically it. In the next three years, the total enrollment will be expanded to 1,200 students per year, including 400 in liberal arts, 400 in science, and 400 in engineering.
Among the liberal arts majors, there are 100 people in tourism management, 50 people in hotel management, and 50 people in public management. There are eight classes in three majors. The teaching software is all supported by friends from the National Normal University. There are 100 people in foreign language majors, international relations, literature, and history.
There are four classes, relying on teachers from outside Shanghai. Jiaotong University is responsible for the remaining 100 humanities categories..."
"There are 400 people in the engineering department. Except for part of the maritime internship teachers provided by Shanghai Maritime, the rest are all handled by the Department of Jiaotong University. Oh, by the way, civil engineering and public engineering, Tongji University should not be left behind -
Principal Lu, don’t worry, I will come to you for help in the future at Hujiang Maritime. I thought about it later and decided that it would be better for the maritime major to be held in a specialized college instead of an undergraduate university. I will help you at that time.
If Lan Fang prepares another junior college, we will have to rely on you a lot."
Gu Kun confirmed the profit distribution clearly while talking and laughing. The principal Lu he mentioned was the principal of Hujiang Maritime College. At first, the other party thought that Gu Kun had changed his mind and left him alone. He was relieved after hearing the explanation.
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Gu Kun's treatment also made some school leaders who were just here to observe and get familiar with each other but had no chance to participate, a little jealous.
Although they all know that there is little chance of changing Gu Kun's mind, some people can't help but want to sell to Gu Kun:
"Mr. Gu, your Lanfang side is developing so well now. The establishment of majors cannot be so utilitarian. You can also consider some majors that you have accumulated a lot of experience in. It is not a waste of money."
Gu Kun took a closer look and saw that the other person was the leader of the city's number one university, so he didn't want to offend him, so he just took the opportunity to pretend to be drunk: "Thank you for your concern, the professors of various science majors in your school, and their achievements
, I have always respected him very much.
It's a pity that Lanfang Elementary School is weak and will never be able to do basic science research in this life. I will have the opportunity to learn about their projects later and see if there are any that have the potential to contribute to all mankind. I will donate a few hundred dollars specifically.
Thousands of dollars - the friendship between us just having a few drinks together is worth so much."
Gu Kun said this while he was drunk, so he wouldn't offend anyone, and it was hard for others to argue with someone who was drunk, so he just took the opportunity to go down the steps.
But the other party was still a little reluctant: "You can't use our basic scientific research. You can consider the liberal arts majors that are our strengths. For example, our journalism major is one of the best in the country... Don't you also need media workers?"
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Gu Kun couldn't help laughing: "We in Lan Fang are already very weak and inconspicuous. We don't need to use this method to show weakness and show our harmlessness. Thank you, that's it."