"I've always been a big proponent of the idea of the "Golden Triangle" proposed by Professor Terman of Stanford University in the '50s. The government has allocated funds for education to build a first-class university with innovative capabilities. A good university can continuously cultivate talents in technology, management, marketing and other aspects for the society, and provide various scientific and technological innovations for the industry.

The industry relies on these technological achievements to invest, and the transformation of various new products and new equipment can quickly occupy the market and continue to grab profits. Some of these profits are converted into R&D funds to be returned to universities, and some are converted into taxes to increase government revenue.

If California were to become independent from the United States, its GDP would be higher than that of most countries in the world. In addition to Hollywood in Los Angeles, the two most important pillar industries in California are the Silicon Valley of San Francisco!

Therefore, I hope to establish such a university in China, and use this as the core to promote the industrial industry to invest and set up factories around the university, develop the advanced electronics industry, and turn it into China's 'Silicon Valley' and contribute to China's ongoing modernization!" said the statement.

Li Xuan smiled and nodded, stating that one of the most important achievements of Bai's father, Chen Ji-Tang, the "Southern Heavenly King", when he ruled Guangdong, was to promote education and persuade learning, and vigorously developed the education cause of eastern Guangdong Province. And Shu Bo apparently inherited his father's legacy in this regard.

Shu Bai was very interested in talking, and continued to introduce his philosophy in detail: "The purpose of this university is to learn from the advantages of education in advanced industrial countries and explore a set of advanced education systems that are suitable for China's national conditions. Because I wanted to run a school that was completely different from the existing universities in Chinese mainland.

First of all, the university should be under the responsibility of the president. Party committees, youth league committees and other institutions should not interfere too much in the daily administration of the school. Second, it should enable professors to govern the school. A special academic committee is formed by professors, which is responsible for the formulation and approval of teaching and research plans.

Beyond that. Universities should also establish a board of trustees composed of government leaders and prominent figures from the community at home and abroad. The Board of Trustees is responsible for setting and reviewing the school's budget for each school year and is responsible for selecting the principal. ”

"Professor Chen, how to solve the school's construction funds?" Li Xuan asked.

"I hope to solve this problem through government grants and overseas fundraising!" replied Shubai.

"So, can I ask Professor Chen how much money you have raised so far?" Li Xuan continued.

Shu Bai showed a somewhat helpless and embarrassed expression on his face, and said: "Mr. Wang An of the United States is willing to donate 500,000 US dollars, and he is also willing to pledge a batch of teaching instruments. Mr. Bao Yugang from Hong Kong is willing to donate to build a library, and Mr. Guo Henian from Malaysia is willing to donate 2 million Hong Kong dollars! I have taken the liberty to ask for help this time, and I also hope that Mr. Li will be generous and provide a help for the establishment of Shiyàn University!"

It was not difficult for Li Xuan to guess the purpose of the other party's visit. He is a well-known fortune boy in Hong Kong, especially in the field of education. From 1980 to the present, Li Xuan's total donations to the University of Hong Kong, CUHK, the Hong Kong Polytechnic, and the City College of Hong Kong under construction have exceeded 500 million Hong Kong dollars.

The reason why Li Xuan is willing to spend a lot of money on higher education, in addition to earning a good reputation for himself, is also to support the training of senior technical talents in Hong Kong and lay a better perspective for Dongfang Electronics Company to base itself in Hong Kong.

Under normal circumstances, in the case of Shu Bai coming to the door like this to resolve the fate. Li Xuan's donation of four or five million Hong Kong dollars is enough to show his sincerity. But Li Xuan unexpectedly gave a shocking answer.

"I can personally provide a donation of 30 million US dollars for the preliminary preparation of the university!" Li Xuan said unhurriedly.

Shu Bai felt as if his heart had suddenly stopped beating, and he repeated it with some incredulity: "$30 million?"

Li Xuan smiled and nodded. Signaling that he had heard correctly. Suddenly, Cheng Bai felt that he was filled with a huge happiness, and the irrepressible excitement in his heart made his body tremble slightly.

"But I also have some requirements!" The turn in Li Xuan's words made Bai Li Ke calm down. Li Xuan quickly continued: "First of all, I hope that this university can be set up in the Deep Sea Special Zone. Secondly, this university participates in the national unified college entrance examination enrollment, but graduates do not participate in the national unified allocation. The school will recommend the job according to the student's own volunteers!"

One of the reasons why Li Xuan is willing to spend such a huge amount of money is that the concept of imitating the Stanford model of running a school is very suitable for the needs of the Eastern Group. Talent in Hong Kong is limited. It simply could not meet the needs of Dongfang Electronics' rapid expansion.

If he can choose from China's billion people, then Li Xuan has the confidence to compete intellectually with any company in the world. Of course, he invested money in the university to train talents who were ready for his own use, and now the university graduates in the mainland are uniformly distributed. It is impossible for a foreign company like Dongfang Electronics to take the initiative to assign college students. As for the reason why Li Xuan asked to build the university in the deep-sea special zone, it is also because it is an important industrial base in his future planning.

In Shu Bai's view, the Shenhai Special Zone is a test field for China's reform and opening up, and the new university he plans to establish will also become a test field for China's education reform, so it is a very suitable choice to build it in the Deep Sea Special Zone.

Before coming to meet with Li Xuan, Shu Bai had just had an in-depth meeting with Secretary Liang and Mayor Wu of the Shenhai Special Economic Zone. The two government leaders of the Deep Sea Special Zone also very much hope that the Special Zone will have a university. And it was precisely because of Secretary Liang's guidance that he knew that the famous "God of Wealth Li" was now in Shenhai City.

In fact, as early as two years ago, just like the central government submitted a letter on the establishment of running a school, he happened to go to Beijing on the same plane as Li Xuan, and was personally received by Deng Lao. But after that, his book sank into the sea like a stone, and he never received a response from the relevant departments.

Not long ago, Shu Bai went to Beijing again and finally got some response from the Ministry of Education. One of the most important issues is that the construction of such a modern university requires a large amount of financial investment. And the Ministry of Education - has no money. So, Shu Bai decided to start fundraising on his own first. At that time, he promised the leaders of the Ministry of Education that he was ready to raise at least $10 million for the preliminary construction of the school.

In fact, in Li Xuan's opinion. This statement of the Ministry of Education is clearly a prevarication. Under the circumstances of the party's leadership of the country, you say that you want to build a university without party organizations or league organizations, and this is not a small step. Without the Supreme Leader's personal statement, the Ministry of Education would not have been able to take the lead in giving the reply.

According to the information collected by Li Xuan, as early as the 70s, when he was a visiting professor at National Taiwan University, he proposed to Xiao Chiang, then president of the Executive Yuan, to build a new science and technology university in Hsinchu based on the development experience of Silicon Valley in the United States.

His idea at that time was no different from the university he was now preparing to build in the mainland, but the Taiwan authorities did not support him. The reason for this is very important. It is also because of the fact that Shu Bai hopes to build a university that will be de-governmentalized.

And this is absolutely a big perverse thing in Taiwan, which has been carrying out the propaganda of "one political party and one leader" for a long time. It was not until the end of the 80s that Taiwan began to open up the party-ban and carry out the so-called democratization.

In fact, if there is clear official support from the mainland government, it will not be as difficult for Bai to raise money as he is now. Two years ago, the Shantou Special Economic Zone wanted to establish a university, so the relevant leaders approached Li Jiacheng, who was born in Chaoshan, and Li Jiacheng wrote a check for 45 million Hong Kong dollars without saying a word. In another time and space, the city of Nim-Po wants to build a university next year. Mr. Bao Yugang, the number one representative of the Ningbo Gang, did not hesitate to donate 20 million US dollars.

However, the current statement Bai has not been able to produce any official authorization from the mainland government, and he only uses empty words to go to the rich people, and people are naturally noncommittal about this project with uncertain prospects.

"Professor Chen. Every country's national conditions are different, and we shouldn't go for a sword! For example, the idea of de-politicization in universities that you advocate is very good. After all, even China's constitution clearly stipulates that China is a people's democratic dictatorship under the leadership of the Communist Party!

Our purpose in founding a new university. It is to explore a new model of perfect combination of production, learning and research, and should not be stuck in politics and other issues. Let's be honest. The reason why I am willing to make a large donation is also to hope that after the completion of the university of science and technology you envisioned, it will be able to recruit the best science students from all over China and continue to provide first-class scientific research talents for the Oriental Group!" Li Xuan said sharply.

Even 30 years later, the issue of de-administrativeization of universities has been shouted for a long time, but there is still no progress. Not to mention the de-politicization, it is a minefield that directly shakes the ruling foundation of our party!

He had always believed that it would be possible to create a truly first-class world university only if it ran independently without any political interference. However, in the past ten years, he has traveled from Taiwan to the mainland, and he has clearly felt the difficulty.

"Of course, Professor Chen, many of your ideas are also very correct, such as Professor Tong Guò governing the school, and a special academic committee is responsible for teaching and scientific research arrangements, so that there will be no academic corruption, and laymen leading insiders and other problems. It is very good for universities to implement the president's responsibility system, openly select the president, and then set up a board of trustees to supervise the president's governance.

For example, Peking University and Tsinghua University are vice-ministerial universities, and the president is actually a senior official, not an educator or scholar. The establishment of a new university in Shenhai City allows the mayor to serve as the chairman of the board of trustees, and the city government is responsible for appointing the president before taking office, which not only realizes the de-administrative, but also shows that the university is still under the leadership of the party and the government.

In addition, the university does not have to be isolated from the government, and the party organization sent by the municipal party committee can be stationed on the school to carry out the work. However, the party committee of the school does not interfere in the daily administration, but is mainly responsible for propaganda, party building and other work. The current administrative level of Shenhai City is at the prefectural and departmental level, and its lower-level party organization is at the department level.

And I believe that under normal circumstances, once the university you mentioned is supported by the state, its treatment level will not reach the level of vice minister like Peking University and Tsinghua University, but it will at least have the level of department head.

The party secretary of the department-level university is an official at the same level as the secretary of the Shenhai Municipal Party Committee. But if it is changed to a county level position now, the influence he can exert has actually been greatly reduced!" Li Xuan had already thought deeply about this issue and gave his own plan.

In fact, Li Xuan had already met Shubai last time, and he began to secretly pay attention to the progress of the other party, and he also had his own thoughts about what kind of new university should be built. When Li Jiacheng donated money to establish Shantou University, he did not actually participate in the specific preparations for the university, except for contributing money and personally finalizing the site.

Because Li Jiacheng's real purpose is to make a name for himself and release goodwill to the mainland, he has no appeal to the university itself. But Li Xuan is different, he hopes to build a first-class university that will provide great intellectual support to the Eastern Bloc. If it is to build an ordinary university, it will be difficult for Li Xuan and Dongfang Electronics Group to exert enough influence under the constraints of the current system in the mainland.

Only by de-administratively making the new university more independent can Li Xuan have a chance to control it secretly. So from this point of view, he supports most of the ideas of the state.

But Li Xuan is also a displayist, and he must control the risks that the project may bring in the future. And the depoliticization of universities is precisely a minefield that Li Xuan believes is very risky. He didn't want the university he had spent a lot of money to build end up being a disaster center for the divergence of liberal thought.

Students' minds are prone to feverishness, and with the slightest agitation by a force with a heart, it is likely to cause a storm. Li Xuan didn't want to end up by himself, not only did he not eat the mutton, but he caused a commotion!

Li Xuan threw out a promise of $30 million in one go, and couldn't help but state that Bai didn't seriously consider Li Xuan's idea. Preparing for the establishment of a university is by no means a simple matter, and Li Xuan fully realized this when he was the chairman of the preparatory committee of City College of Hong Kong before.

The establishment of City College of Hong Kong is actually relatively easy because the Hong Kong government has a specific process and can provide sufficient financial support. Li Xuan's main task is to use his prestige to win the attention and recognition of the Hong Kong society for the City College in preparation.

It will undoubtedly be innumerable times more difficult to build a university in the mainland that breaks through the existing system. Li Xuan naturally would not personally charge into battle, he needed to persuade Shubai to recognize his ideas, so as to act as his spokesperson and go north to communicate with the central government. And Li Xuan's commitment of $30 million donation is undoubtedly one of the most important weights to impress the central leadership.

"$30 million is just a preliminary donation, and I can further promise here that after the university is officially built, I will continue to donate another $5 million a year for four years, that is, a total of $50 million will be pledged! At the same time, I can also come forward to help raise donations for the new university in Hong Kong!" Li Xuan further increased his weight. (To be continued......)