The campus of Deep Sea University is called Liyuan because there are thousands of lychee trees dotted with it. Every June, when the lychees are red, many students of Shenzhen University will call their friends and invite friends to come to the campus to eat lychees and share their feelings.

However, it has been less than a year since the establishment of Shenzhen University, and the current scene is far from what it will look like in a few decades, ranking among the top ten most beautiful campuses in China. At this moment, new school buildings are still being built everywhere on the huge campus, and red sand is flying all over the sky.

Since Shenzhen University moved into the new campus last year, the number of new students enrolled in each class has increased to about 1,000. In two and a half months, a new batch of students will be enrolled again, so the school must prepare enough dormitories and classrooms for new students before the start of the next school year.

Professor Zhang Wei, the president of Shenzhen University, was in Beijing for a meeting these days, so a vice president surnamed Luo was responsible for guiding Li Xuan and Governor Ye to inspect the campus. In the corner of the dusty campus, thousands of lychee trees are verdant, and the green leaves are dotted with clusters of red fruits.

This is the time when lychees are ripe. Ye Ping saw that many teachers and students were busy picking fruits in the lychee forest, so he stepped forward with great interest.

"Governor Ye and President Zhang Wei put forward the policy of students paying part of the fees, working and studying, and finding their own way out at the beginning of the establishment of Shenzhen University. Considering the practical difficulties of many students' families, the school specially left this lychee forest and allocated it to those students with financial difficulties to manage.

Each person contracts dozens of lychee trees to take care of them, and the proceeds from the sale of lychees after picking are distributed to students in a certain proportion as labor fees for the management of lychee trees, which is used to supplement tuition and accommodation fees. This will not only solve the financial difficulties of the students. It can also exercise everyone's ability to be independent!" Vice President Luo introduced.

From the founding of the People's Republic of China until the mid-90s, higher education in China was completely free. Especially in the late 70s, when the college entrance examination was just resumed. Not only do college students study for free, but the state also gives them a living allowance of several tens of yuan every month! This shows the superiority of the socialist system. But it is also a great burden on the national finances!

Changing free admission to a scholarship and bursary system is also a direction for future reform of higher education. Born in the Deep Sea Special Economic Zone, the city with the most exploratory and innovative spirit in China, Shenzhen University has also inherited this fearless gene, and has made this kind of attempt for the first time in the education sector.

According to the calculations of the relevant departments, it takes about 40 peasants a year's labor income to train a liberal arts college student, and a science college student needs a year's labor income of more than 100 farmers!

We, the pillars of the country and the elites of society, should have a greater sense of adversity and a spirit of gratitude! Better repay the country and society!" Ye Ping nodded and said.

"Principal Luo, I don't know if the market for these lychees has been found? We, the Oriental Group, are willing to buy all the lychees produced by Shenzhen University at the market price!" Li Xuan also said in support at the right time.

"Then thank you so much Mr. Li, this year's lychee harvest is bumper, and we are worried about sales!" Principal Luo was not polite.

Shenhai City is originally a place for lychee planting, and every year during the lychee season, the local market is full of lychees grown by fruit farmers, so it is not easy to find a market. Moreover, lychee is a fruit that has a very short shelf life, and it is not like the large-scale low-temperature refrigeration technology that will be used in a few decades now. It can be shipped to all parts of the country for sale.

A group of people inspected the construction site and continued west to the already operational campus. Ye Ping first visited a teaching building, and now it was the final sprint time before the end of the semester began, and every classroom was full of students who were nervously revising. Everyone can clearly feel the tense and hectic learning atmosphere on campus.

"Governor Ye, this is approved by the People's Bank of China, the only bank in the country founded by students!" Vice President Luo pointed to a sign in front of him that read "Shenzhen University Experimental Bank" and introduced.

So everyone walked into the bank with great interest. The president of the bank was already waiting at the door, and the boy's face was still a little childish. And the layout of the bank is indeed no different from that of ordinary banks. Salespeople at two counters are handling business for students who come to withdraw money.

"Our Shenzhen University campus is also three or four kilometers away from the nearest town of New South. Teachers and students had to walk a remote highway to withdraw money. Go to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in the town to handle it, and this is neither convenient nor safe!

After the school put forward a call to encourage students to work and study and participate in social practice, all the students in our finance class got together and felt that they should do something. So everyone thought about it, and finally simply proposed to set up a bank on campus to facilitate teachers and students to withdraw money!

With the help and guidance of the school leaders, the students applied to the People's Bank of China on the one hand, and went to major banks in Shenhai City for internships on the other hand, so as to experience the operation process of the bank firsthand! With the strong support of people from all walks of life, our 'Shenzhen University Experimental Bank' was finally officially opened at the end of February this year!" the student president clearly explained.

"Customers deposit their money, and the bank will definitely pay them interest! So what kind of income does this bank you founded rely on to maintain its operations?" Li Xuan asked curiously.

Ordinary banks rely mainly on the profit margin difference between deposits and loans to achieve profitability. However, the total number of teachers and students at Shenzhen University is less than 2,000, and most of the students are not too rich. Therefore, the total size of deposits in this small experimental bank should be very small, and it is impossible to lend at all.

"We signed an agreement with the Municipal Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and in addition to retaining the necessary liquidity, all the remaining deposits will be transferred to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. They gave us a slightly higher interest rate than our personal deposits, and we were able to make a profit by relying on this interest rate differential, which not only allowed us to meet our operating expenses!

Mr. Li, Governor Ye, I don't know if I have the honor to invite the two of you to open an account in our bank as well!"

"Haha, you little comrade, you have a very good business mind. Then I will deposit 500 yuan to support it, and I hope that your bank will get better and better! At the same time, I also hope that all students will run a bank in person. In the process, we will strive to accumulate practical experience and lay a solid foundation for future work!

This Mr. Li next to me. is a real big boss, you should find a way to move a big customer like him!" Ye Ping nodded with a smile and said, not forgetting to tease Li Xuan at the end of his words.

Li Xuan has never been stingy about donating money to persuade students, and since Governor Ye ordered him, he also took out the checkbook from his pocket happily! But the amount he filled in needed to be carefully considered. If the amount he gives is too large, it is obviously contrary to the willingness of the leaders of Shenzhen University to exercise the actual ability of the students.

"I don't know if your bank accepts cash checks from other banks, so I'll deposit 100,000 Hong Kong dollars first!" Li Xuan took a pen and filled in a number in the checkbook. Then he went back to the next page and filled in another number, "Also." I will also donate 10 million Hong Kong dollars to Shenzhen University in my own name to set up a special fund to encourage students to start their own businesses!"

Principal Luo couldn't help but be taken aback, this was not in the original plan. He wasn't sure whether he should accept the donation or not, so he simply looked up to the side and asked Governor Ye and several leaders in the city to make up their minds.

"Since Mr. Li is generous, the provincial government is not going to be able to pull out a dime. But the finances of our province are also very tight, so we will take out 500,000 yuan, and then let Shenhai City also support 500,000 yuan to jointly set up this fund!" Ye Ping said with his eyes. asked the secretary of the Shenhai Municipal Party Committee who accompanied the inspection silently, and the other party immediately nodded in agreement.

This was definitely a surprise for Shenzhen University, and President Luo took the check from Li Xuan very solemnly. At this moment, everyone else on the scene also focused their attention on the thin piece of paper.

Such large donations are usually accompanied by a grand ceremony. The two parties solemnly signed the donation agreement. However, Li Xuan handed over the check very hastily without even negotiating the specific regulations for the use of the donated funds.

This makes everyone feel a little incredible. It seems that the check handed over by Li Xuan is not 10 million Hong Kong dollars, but 1,000 Hong Kong dollars. Even 1,000 Hong Kong dollars is equivalent to the income of an ordinary family in the mainland for several months. Few people are so casual!

Among the people present, perhaps only Governor Ye Ping knows the mentality of this "God of Wealth Li" best. HK$10 million is relative to Li Xuan's total assets of more than HK$100 billion. It's just a little pocket money. He deliberately mentioned Li Xuan in his words just now, and he didn't have any intention of picking some oil and water from his world's richest man.

Coming out of the west gate of Shenhai University, across the road is Southern University of Science and Technology. SUSTech is definitely the most special university in China right now, because it is not public.

Mr. Bao Yugang, another well-known wealthy man in Hong Kong, was influenced by Li Xuan, and at the end of last year, he also handed over a check for $20 million to the Ningbo city government in his hometown, preparing to help his hometown prepare for a university. But Bao Yugang was only responsible for the money, and was not as deeply involved in the preparation for the new university as Li Xuan.

Unlike other universities in China, which are managed by provincial education departments or central ministries, the newly established Southern University of Science and Technology has a board of trustees as the highest adjudication body.

Across the road, the Deep Sea University has an administrative level -- the department level. Therefore, the president and secretary of the school committee of Shenzhen University are actually national cadres on an equal footing with the mayor of Shenhai. However, SUSTech has broken this administrative system, and its president is appointed by the board of trustees. If the board is dissatisfied with the principal, the employment contract can be terminated at any time.

Of course, although SUSTech is a bit of a maverick, it is not prepared to be truly independent from the system. On the contrary, on the premise of ensuring that SUSTech has a certain degree of independence, Li Xuan hopes that the university can be recognized and accepted by the existing system as much as possible.

SUSTech has 15 directors, including 10 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors. Among them, 10 non-executive directors have invited social celebrities from Guangdong and Hong Kong to serve as well-known people, so as to increase the social influence of SUSTech as much as possible.

The five executive directors who actually have voting rights on major issues include a representative of the Ministry of Education (usually the Secretary for Higher Education), a representative of the Guangdong-Dong Provincial Government (usually the director of the Provincial Department of Education), a representative of the Shenhai Special Zone (usually the deputy mayor in charge of education), and Li Xuan himself, who represents the Eastern Bloc, and a celebrity.

Under this structure, the government actually holds more than half of the voting rights, so SUSTech is still under control in the end. Although SUSTech has broken the rigid administrative system of domestic higher education institutions, it does not mean that the university will not set up a party secretary.

At the beginning, Professor Bai stated that he wanted to build a university free from political interference, but in Li Xuan's view, this was completely inconsistent with China's national conditions. Adhering to the leadership of the party is a red line that should not be challenged at any time!

According to the scale of investment of SUSTech, even if it cannot be rated as a deputy minister, it will at least become a department-level university like Shenzhen University. Therefore, if it is within the system, the secretary of the party committee of SUSTech should be a department-level cadre, which is under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong Provincial Committee-Committee Organization-Organization Department.

However, the party committee of SUSTech is actually a dispatched agency of the Shenhai Municipal Party Committee, and its level is at the department level. In this way, the influence of the party secretary of SUSTech is a little smaller. After all, department-level leaders can only be regarded as grass-roots cadres, but department-level leaders are already middle-level and high-level cadres in the state who have a certain right to speak.

The main responsibilities of the Party Committee of SUSTech are to undertake external publicity, liaison with the central, provincial and municipal departments at all levels, as well as the ideological construction and moral cultivation of teachers and students, but not to interfere with the administrative management and academic research of the university.

The university that Li Xuan is going to start is more like a self-financing company that needs to work hard to achieve better performance. Instead of a lifeless office yamen, everyone has to get by.

Li Xuan hopes that in ten or twenty years, SUSTech will grow into a world-class university. And the competition between the world's top universities is actually very fierce. For example, in terms of scientific research, the same hot topic, the teams of several universities may be in public relations at the same time.

In this speed race, your previous fame is meaningless. Maybe you came to a conclusion only one day later than your competitors, but the honor already belongs to someone else, and no one cares who is in second place!

The globally competitive Southern University of Science and Technology is meaningful to Li Xuan, so as to provide a solid backing for the Eastern Group to compete with other competitors in the future. (To be continued......)