"Build a university for fun?" Xu Zhi smiled and said, "If you can talk about this kind of big thing so easily, I'm afraid it's Huo Sheng." ”

Huo Yingdong said: "Xu Sheng, I'm not joking about this, the current mainland government intends to revitalize education on a large scale, but there is a lack of funds, although it intends to expand the number of domestic universities, but it is still powerless, and many plans are delayed because of funding problems."

I heard that Xu Sheng once sponsored 10 million Hong Kong dollars from the Xiangjiang Institute of Science and Technology, and also sponsored a large number of Chinese students in famous universities in Europe and the United States to build a university in the mainland, although the one-time investment is relatively high, but then it can benefit thousands or even tens of thousands of students every year. ”

That makes sense. Xu Zhi said with a smile.

What Huo Yingdong said seems reasonable, Xu Zhi's Midea company does sponsor some talented Chinese students in Europe and the United States every year through its charitable foundations, but this investment is mainly for legal tax avoidance, and at the same time, it also uses this channel to find some electronic and computer talents for Midea's branch in the United States.

The foundation has an agreement with these students, if they are willing to join Midea after graduation in the future, the sponsorship fee can be reduced or even waived according to their personal ability and future contributions.

This kind of routine is just the most basic trick of American society, donating the funds that should be taxed to charitable funds, and then using the funds to make profits for their own companies, there are many similar methods, as long as you do not directly use the money from the charitable fund for your own use, it does not violate the provisions of American law.

For example, Xu Zhi's Best Buy is getting bigger and bigger, and it often gives priority to hiring some poor college students to work part-time, so that both sides can take what they need.

But there is one thing Huo Yingdong said is very right, in Western countries, especially in the United States, the tuition fees and living costs of universities are very high, even higher than the local housing prices, although the scale of Midea's charity fund is not small, but the number of people who support it is also limited.

Huo Yingdong said: "Xu Sheng can go back and think about it carefully, and if I am interested, I can contact someone from the Ministry of Education in the mainland to come to Xiangjiang for a meeting." ”

"Okay, I'll think about it carefully. Xu Zhi nodded in agreement.

Bao Yugang next to him laughed and said, "Lao Huo, it seems that you caught a big whale again today!"

Since the reform and opening up of the mainland, there is an urgent need for foreign investment, Huo Yingdong, as the red income of Xiangjiang, naturally took the lead, not only invested in the White Swan Hotel, but also spent a lot of energy and time to persuade a group of wealthy people in Xiangjiang to invest in the mainland.

Because Huo Yingdong made a living by running boats before making a fortune, the business circles in Xiangjiang called his practice of attracting people to invest fishing, and if he got a large investment, he was laughed at as "whaling".

Huo Yingdong naturally didn't care about this kind of name, and said with a smile: "As long as there is investment, whether it is a whale or a crucian carp, I will not refuse to come, Lao Bao, when you go to the mainland again to invest in a big one, I will be happier." ”

"The incident at the Zhaolong Hotel has broken my old bones and my father's bones, so I'm better to comfort me for the time being. Bao Yugang shook his head with a wry smile and said: "And the recent economic pressure is also relatively large, and it is difficult for me to make large-scale investments in a short period of time." ”

Zhaolong Hotel, two years ago, when Bao Yugang and Xu Zhi and others went to the mainland capital together, he felt that there was no decent five-star hotel in the capital, so he decided to donate 10 million US dollars to build a five-star hotel in the capital for the purpose of receiving foreign guests.

However, at that time, Bao Yugang did not understand the policies of the mainland, and put forward a request that is normal in a capitalist society: to name the hotel Zhaolong, which is the name of his father Bao Zhaolong!

In Western society, donors have the right to name the donated buildings, and in many cases follow their own surnames or surnames.

Many people opposed the construction of this hotel, and after a year of delay, it was not until the top level spoke that the matter was successfully concluded, and the Beijing Municipal Government dared to accept the check for the 10 million US dollars, and the construction of the Zhaolong Hotel was completed.

As for the economic pressure, it is due to the pressure of both real estate and shipping companies. Wharf's main business is real estate and commercial rent, the impact of the sharp drop in land prices on Wharf is not small, and when the original acquisition of Wharf, it spent a huge price to borrow 2.1 billion Hong Kong dollars from HSBC, and at the time of the acquisition, it formed a huge loss, it took several years to recover, and now it has encountered the collapse of the real estate market, and naturally there is a lot of operating pressure.

In terms of shipping, although he began to clean up ships on a large scale a long time ago, in fact, the main ships that were cleaned and sold or dismantled were old ships that were old enough, and some of the ships that were younger and had a strong cargo capacity were actually lost.

8 million tons, is the current total scale of Bao Yugang, although compared with the peak of 20 million tons is far behind, but the scale can still rank among the top ten in the world, even if ready, the ship disaster still has a big impact on his company.

"I understand, I'll see it later. Huo Yingdong nodded and said, he also knew about the Zhaolong Hotel, and this incident had brought a lot of trouble to his old friend, but after all, the matter had passed, and the economy of the mainland was getting better and better, and the intersection of reform and opening up had grown a lot, and similar things should not happen again in the future.

Bao Yugang nodded, looked at his watch, and said, "It's almost time, and the party should start soon." ”

Huo Yingdong looked around, and said to Xu Zhi: "Xu Sheng, this time the British held this cocktail party, ostensibly for the reason of stabilizing the economy of Xiangjiang, but in fact it is aimed at Sino-British negotiations.

If Youde finds you later, don't promise anything, and don't take the lead during the confrontation between the two countries. ”

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "Huo Sheng, don't worry, I understand this matter." ”