Huo Yaowen's equity in the publishing house is only 40%, and 60% is from the school, so naturally more than half of the money earned is from the school.

Huo Yaowen contacted Director Huang to ask him to tell the principal that the publishing house was going to cooperate with Zhou Xinian to establish the Hong Kong Education Foundation.

This time, the publishing house earned more than 1.5 million yuan, and all of it was deposited in cash into the publishing house's bank account, according to Huo Yaowen's meaning, it was to pull the University of Hong Kong into the water and let them also contribute some money to use the initial capital of this education foundation.

Of course, Huo Yaowen doesn't expect the school to spit out all the money, but he only hopes that the school can contribute a part of it, and it won't be ridiculed in the future, after all, let the school's teachers sell tutorial books, although there are no rules that don't allow it, but if it is played by someone with a heart, it will outweigh the loss.

After listening to Huo Yaowen, Director Huang hurriedly ran to the principal Le Pinchun and told him everything about it.

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In the principal's office.

Le Pinchun frowned and said, "Evan hopes that the school can fund a part of the fund to set up an education foundation with him and Sir Zhou?"

Director Huang nodded: "Yes, that's what Evan said, he said that if he wants the publishing house to develop for a long time and continue to operate according to the current model, the majority of the shares allocated by the school are best used as scholarships for the school's students." ”

Le Pinchun pondered for a moment and said: "It's a good thing that the publishing house can make a profit, so that the school can get a new batch of new desks, chairs and equipment, and the scholarship has been available in the school before, if the publishing house can continue to operate and make a profit, it is also possible to add a little scholarship amount." ”

Director Huang said: "Yes, I know this, but Evan told me that this share is still used by the school, but it is not as silent as before, but to let people know where the money is spent." ”

Le Pinchun frowned: "What does this mean?"

Le Pinchun is not Chinese, so he doesn't know some of them, but Director Huang is clear, and under his explanation, Le Pinchun knows the meaning of Huo Yaowen's words.

After thinking about it, Le Pinchun nodded and said, "Okay, that's no problem, I will apply to the school board and cooperate with Evan to set up a foundation." ”

"That's great. Director Huang smiled.

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The affairs of the Education Foundation cannot be completed in a day or two, and after receiving the principal's words from Director Huang, Huo Yaowen began to actively work for this matter.

Within a few days, Zhou Xinian sent someone to send a check for one million to Huo Yaowen, and also arranged for two accountants to come over to help set up the foundation.

As for whether it is of a supervisory nature, Huo Yaowen doesn't care, anyway, he really wants to run the education foundation well.

Because only by running an education foundation can we get the title of Justice of the Peace for ourselves before 1970, when the British side amends the Hong Kong Justices of the Peace Ordinance.

Justice of the Peace, which is supposed to be translated as a magistrate, is a title that originated in the United Kingdom and was appointed by the government to maintain community peace, prevent unlawful punishment and deal with some of the simpler legal procedures.

Don't look at the fact that Justice of the Peace seems to have a lot of responsibilities and should be an official position, but in fact, this title is at most similar to the status of a neighborhood committee coordinator.

In general, they don't have much power, but they still have some responsibilities, such as being able to participate in the judge's decision, or maintaining local law and order.

Of course, this was the duty of more than ten years ago, and now, the law and order situation in Hong Kong is much better than before, and the power of justices of the peace is much less, and it is more of a kind of reputation and status.

As for why Fok Yiu-man rushed before 1970, this is mainly because the British government will amend the Justices of the Peace Appointment Ordinance in the "Royal Letter" next year.

(The Royal Decree and the Royal Decree are the main laws and regulations in Hong Kong)

In the past, when the Hong Kong Governor appointed Justices of the Peace, most of them were appointed to "people who have made significant contributions", on the one hand, to reward those who have contributed to Hong Kong, and on the other hand, to give the local Chinese gentry and wealthy businessmen a reputation and win over the gentry.

But next year, the British side will revise the requirements for appointing justices of the peace in the "Letters to the Queen", no longer just appointing those who have made significant contributions, but people with a certain social status and a certain influence among the Chinese in Hong Kong.

Although Huo Yaowen is a little famous now, he is only a little famous, and if he asks ten people, I am afraid that only one or two, or people who often read the newspaper, can remember it in a trance.

Therefore, it is imperative for Fok Yiuwen to run an education foundation and strive for the title of Justice of the Peace before 1970.

As long as he is titled a Justice of the Peace, it will provide great help and convenience for Huo Yaowen to accumulate contacts and increase his strength.

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The establishment of a foundation in Hong Kong is different from that in the Mainland, a foundation is regarded as an "association" in Hong Kong law, so the qualifications for applying for it are much simpler, and you only need to provide the name, purpose, officer information, and address of the foundation.

With the one million check sent by Zhou Xinian, as well as the money earned by the University of Hong Kong Press, Huo Yaowen can be said to be wealthy, and directly asked people to advertise and hire people in many newspapers such as "Ta Kung Pao", "Ming Pao", "Oriental Daily".

Within a week, the rough prototype of the Foundation had already been released, but there was a slight pause in the selection of officers and positions in the Foundation.

After consulting with a few hired employees, it was decided to invite some celebrities to join in order to increase the visibility and influence of the foundation.

The first person Huo Yaowen thought of was Zhou Xinian, followed by the president of the University of Hong Kong, Le Pinchun, both of whom have a high social status in Hong Kong, and they don't care about the legal person and president of the foundation.

But just two people were not enough, when Huo Yaowen had a headache and the foundation was preparing, good news came from the United States and the United Kingdom at the same time.

Christopher Littor and the people of Bantan Books applied for Huo Yaowen's book "1999" to the Hugo Awards, and they have successfully passed the first round of the Hugo Award selection group, and can be regarded as a finalist for the Hugo Award evaluation stage.

In the UK, when Huo Yaowen went back to school, Anna told him that Lilith wrote a letter to him, saying that the Times Publishing Company successfully published Huo Yaowen's "1999" in May, and so far it has sold more than 300,000 copies in the UK, although the sales are not as good as those in the United States, but it is also in the top 50 of the UK sales list.

At the same time, the book "1999" has a very good reputation in the UK, especially the law of the dark forest, which is deeply loved by the British, but it is a little unhappy with the opening Voyager No. 1.

You must know that although Britain at this time is not as good as before World War II, there is still a trace of the majesty of the old empire, and at the same time, the British look down on Americans from the bones, but they are very honest in body, and almost many things will imitate the United States, such as hippies in recent years, and Britain has gradually become popular.

This creates some inevitable ideological contradictions.

However, these are not the focus of Huo Yaowen's attention, what he cares about is when the manuscript fee will come!

Anna said that the first payment will be paid to Huo Yaowen's account in Standard Chartered Bank on the first day of next month.

As for the amount, Anna didn't say it, maybe Lilith didn't say it in the letter.

After talking about the sales and reputation of "1999" in the UK,

Anna suddenly said, "By the way, Evan, is Mr. Zhang really retired? I think he is a few years older than Professor Luke, and it is a pity to retire at this time." ”

When Zhang Chengyi said that he was going to retire, he was actually paving the way for Huo Yaowen, but the situation changed too quickly, and the elective course directly became a department.

The principal is also trying his best to retain, after all, the new department is opened, and it must be a good thing for this kind of old teacher who has been teaching for decades to stay, but Zhang Chengyi may really want to retire, shook his head and refused the principal's retention, and went home to recuperate.

Huo Yaowen nodded and sighed: "It's a pity, but I think it may be that Teacher Zhang wants to give up the teaching position to young people." ”

Anna didn't understand the thinking of the Chinese, thinking that Huo Yaowen really thought that it was a pity for Teacher Zhang to retire, and also said: "Evan, you are Teacher Zhang's favorite student, why don't you persuade him to come back?"

"Nope. Huo Yaowen shook his head and said, "Since Mr. Zhang has decided to retire, it makes no sense for me to say more, and Mr. Zhang should have a new job in the near future." ”

Huo Yaowen has already thought that once the foundation is established, he will definitely not be able to do it himself, so he needs to find someone to manage it as a whole, and this person is very good to choose Zhang Chengyi and Teacher Zhang.

Although Zhang Chengyi may not have a foundation and doesn't understand its operation, he doesn't need to understand, he only needs to manage the finances and the number of grants, and leave the rest to the people below to operate, which is relatively easy.

As soon as he thought of letting Zhang Chengyi serve as the coordinator of the foundation, Huo Yaowen got out of class the next day, so he drove to Teacher Zhang's house, and as soon as he told him about it, Zhang Chengyi immediately agreed.

He retired at home, although he lived very quickly, but the people who have taught all his life, have the comfort of the summer vacation for two months, and when the school starts, he is not happy, and he goes out to drink tea and watch a play with a few old guys, and he always feels empty in his heart.

Huo Yaowen invited him to temporarily take charge of the affairs of the foundation, Zhang Chengyi didn't even say a word, he directly agreed, and asked when he would go to work, he was too bored at home every day.

Zhang Chengyi said happily: "Yaowen, you hurry up and do it, and leave it to me if you get it done, although I haven't done it with the Education Foundation, I also managed some clubs in the school in my early years, and I have some experience." ”

"Yes, I'll do it as soon as possible. Huo Yaowen smiled, said a few more words, and got up to say goodbye: "There is still something at the teacher's school, so I will go back first, and when the foundation is done, I will notify you." ”

"Okay, you go and get busy, the school is important, and I have been reading books for the past two days to familiarize myself with the Foundation. ”

Zhang Chengyi waved his hand, got up to send Huo Yaowen out, and when he went home, he sang with a smile in his mouth: "Falling flowers cover the moonlight, borrow a cup to recommend the phoenix on ......the stage."

"Happy?"

The master wife watched Zhang Chengyi walk back happily, and sang the imperial daughter flower in her mouth, and couldn't help but chuckle and said: "You are the one who said that you are going to retire, and you are the one who said that you are moldy at home, now Yaowen has come to ask you to manage what foundation, will you? Don't delay Yaowen's big event." ”

Zhang Chengyi was in a good mood today, and he didn't want to quarrel with his wife, so he said: "Don't worry, you don't know what I'm doing, since Yaowen came to invite me, he must have the bottom in his heart." ”

After speaking, Zhang Chengyi continued to sing: "...... The old lady must be loyal to the country, and she ordered me to take command and go to the east. This time, I will put the king of Naan thief flat... Horses to succeed... It's not worth my old prestige!!"

"You are really Mu Guiying, you can't fall for a while!" The master shook her head and turned to cook, with a smile on her mouth, and she could see that she was also very happy in her heart.

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