"I heard the news that, according to a teacher at Tsinghua University, there is a Hong Kong research institute that is ready to cooperate with domestic universities in scientific research. If the submitted project application can be approved by the Hong Kong side, you can get a large amount of research funding directly from abroad!" a teacher shouted to the others as he walked into the office excitedly.

"Really, there is such a good thing, can our school apply?" The eyes of all the teachers in the office were immediately attracted.

"Even if you have a small project, you will definitely be brushed up. I think Professor Chen's digital programmatic computer project can be given a try! This project has been approved by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications before, but unfortunately the ministry has no money to drag it down. I think I can take this opportunity to try to see if I can get foreign scientific research funds!" The teacher who reported the news shook his head and said noncommittally.

"Yes, Professor Chen has just returned from the United States, and he has seen the most advanced international cutting-edge communication technology, so there must be a chance for his project!

"Why, our College of Posts and Telecommunications was one of the first batch of key universities in the country as early as 60 years, and in terms of scientific research strength in communications, it is only stronger than them Tsinghua University!" another young teacher immediately shouted dissatisfied.

"Okay, you haven't figured out the specific situation yet!" another more stable teacher said, "Professor Chen, why don't you go to Tsinghua with Teacher Li to ask about the specific situation, if this is really an opportunity, don't miss it! Your digital program controller wants to wait for the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to allocate funds, but I don't know if you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey!"

The name of Professor Chen in everyone's mouth is Chen Junliang. He is in his early fifties, with short hair on his face. He was fortunate to be one of the first 50 visiting scholars to visit the United States in 1978. After studying under a famous master at the University of California, it was an eye-opener. I just returned to China last month. He also went to the Soviet Union to study in the fifties, and he was able to convince the public in terms of academics and qualifications in the office.

The first thing Chen Junliang did after returning from the United States was to submit an application report to the Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, requesting that the project be established to develop a digital program-controlled telephone exchange with independent intellectual property rights. In developed countries in Europe and the United States, program-controlled digital telephone exchanges have basically replaced backward electromechanical exchanges, but China's ordinary telephones are still all old-fashioned electromechanical systems.

He received support from the university, which sent him a report to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to apply for R&D funding. The leaders of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications also felt the backwardness of domestic communication technology, and agreed to set up the project but did not have the money. We have to wait for the ministry to arrange the funds slowly!

Just yesterday, after a fierce debate, the Party Committee of the Ministry of Education finally adopted a vote to approve the Hong Kong Oriental Real Office to carry out commissioned scientific research cooperation with domestic universities by a narrow majority. The presidents of Tsinghua University, ** and several other universities that had verbal appointments with Li Xuan immediately took action after learning that the Ministry of Education had been unified, so the teachers of Tsinghua University accidentally revealed the news.

Hong Kong's Oriental Real Office also received a reply from the Xinhua Branch, officially starting to accept applications for scientific research projects from the mainland. But the process is not simple, and each project has to go through a rigorous prospect assessment. After the assessment, it is necessary to carefully discuss the terms of cooperation with the relevant partners in the Mainland.

In contrast, another personnel exchange and cooperation plan is much smoother, when teachers and professors who are interested in scientific research in various universities in Beijing are rushing to tell each other because of the news that has spread from Tsinghua University. The first batch of teachers and students from the Mainland to go to Hong Kong for exchange has arrived in Hong Kong.

Dongfang Science and Technology Holding Co., Ltd. has set up a special fund in the Dongfang Shi Yàn room. To support talent exchange programmes between universities in Hong Kong and the Mainland. The plan is divided into two parts. In the first part, the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China organizes 30 students and 5 teachers to come to various tertiary institutions in Hong Kong for a one-year exchange study. At the same time, various tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Every year, 10 students and 2 teachers will be sent to the mainland for exchange.

The second part, Hong Kong Oriental Real Yàn Room. Every year, 30 places will be open to well-known universities in China to receive outstanding young scholars from the Mainland. Come to Hong Kong for a three-to-five-year research visit.

The reason why Li Xuan and Dongfang Shi Yàn are willing to invest in this project that will not see any benefits in the short term is still in the long-term layout. Although the Oriental Group has no plans to invest directly in the mainland in the near future, the potential of the mainland in the future is far deeper than that of Hong Kong.

In particular, the demographic dividend of the mainland is incomparable to any country in the world, not only low-end factory assembly line workers, but also large-scale scientific research migrant workers. In the future, there is no multinational enterprise that has not set up various R&D centers in China. It may not be comparable to developed countries in terms of high-precision and refinement, but some ordinary projects and cheap domestic scientific research costs can definitely crush Silicon Valley.

With its backing on Hong Kong, the Oriental Group has a natural distance advantage over other multinational giants. Now, while no one has noticed the virgin land of talents in the mainland, we will rush to stake the land first. By the time European and American companies reacted in the nineties, the Eastern Group had already completed its own layout.

"Dear teachers and students, welcome to Hong Kong, my name is Liu Lili, and I am one of the reception leaders of the 'Dongfanghong' project. In the next period of time, you can come to me if you have any problems while living in Hong Kong, and I will do my best to help you!"

In the customs inspection hall of Luohu Port, as soon as the first batch of mainland teachers and students of the Talent Exchange Program went to Hong Kong walked out of the security checkpoint, the person in charge of the Talent Exchange Project Department of the Oriental Real Office was already waiting.

"Dongfang Hong", this is Li Xuan's name for this talent exchange program.

Liu Lili was accompanied by a person in charge of the Xinhua branch in Hong Kong, who also briefly said a few polite words of love for Hong Kong and patriotism, and everyone boarded the bus prepared in advance and went to Chinese University of Hong Kong.

CUHK has just started its summer vacation, so the campus is a little deserted. This group of teachers and students from the mainland will take advantage of this holiday to learn Cantonese and English in a surprise way, so that they can better integrate into the local life in Hong Kong.

"Liu Wei, our monthly subsidy is 400 Hong Kong dollars, which is more than the combined salary of my parents when converted into RMB, and this is still foreign exchange, our conditions are too good! How can we spend so much money every month!"

Liu Chang quietly leaned over to another student sitting next to him and whispered in his ear. He, along with Liu Wei next to him, are both students from Tsinghua University.

"Don't talk, listen carefully!" Liu Wei was much stricter than Liu Chang, he glared at his classmates, and continued to listen carefully to Liu Lili's various precautions.

Liu Chang came from a small county town in the northeast, while Liu Wei was born in the countryside deep in the mountains of the southwest, and his family's conditions were much worse than Liu Chang's. The monthly living expenses of 400 Hong Kong dollars is a huge amount of money that he has never seen before, and this does not include the food allowance. But Liu Wei forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and seemed very calm.

"Chinese University has prepared dormitories for everyone in advance, and all teachers and students who come to study and exchange will live at CUHK this summer. After the start of the next semester, teachers and students who go to HKU, Polytechnic and other institutions for exchange will have a special person to arrange room and board for you to transfer to another school!

Teachers who come to participate in the visiting program, my colleague Li Ling will take care of you after you get off the bus later. Dongfang Shi yàn room has arranged another dormitory for you in Sha Tin!" Liu Lili, who was sitting in the front row of the bus along the way, held a megaphone and introduced various things to everyone in slightly awkward Mandarin.

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"Ah Wen, the sun at noon is so poisonous!" Li Ying was drinking soda with a straw in her mouth, and looked at the scorching sun outside the cold drink store very hesitantly. This summer, she decided to work and study with her friends, and the first job they received was to distribute advertising flyers for a small property that had just opened.

"We've been resting for more than an hour, and if we don't hurry up, we won't be able to finish today!" Ah Wen's full name is Zhong Liwen, and her family's conditions are similar to those of the Li family two years ago.

"Okay!" Li Ying pouted and nodded, she must come to make money with Zhong Liwen herself, and she can't drag her friend back because of her.

Li Ying quickly took out a small bottle from her backpack, which was the sunscreen that Zhong Chuhong specially prepared for her. She first applied sunscreen evenly on her arms and face, which were outside her short sleeves, and then began to apply sunscreen to her friends as well, so that the two of them would not be tanned by the scorching sun.

The two little girls didn't notice that the saleswoman at the counter behind them was staring at the small bottle that Li Ying put aside with wide eyes. She recognized this brand of sunscreen, the same one she had seen when she and her girlfriend went to the mall the other day. This small bottle costs 1,500 Hong Kong dollars, which is higher than her monthly salary.

But the girl in front of her didn't blink her eyes, and wiped all over her body very profligately, not even letting go of her fingers. Have you ever heard of a sunburn on your fingers, and she doesn't have any pity for her companions. Did you know that the sunscreen you wipe off is more than the two of you make money handing out flyers!

Li Ying naturally didn't know that the saleswoman complained about her in her heart, she finally decided to go out to work after applying sunscreen.

Li Ying and Zhong Liwen had just left on their front feet, sitting in the corner of the cold drink shop, and a woman with a neat short hair also paid the bill. She always seems to appear inadvertently on Li Ying's left and right, this is Li Xuan's personal bodyguard arranged for his sister, in addition to her, there is another male bodyguard not far away to follow around.

Li Ying naturally recognized her bodyguard, but she didn't want Zhong Liwen to know. So the two bodyguards just appeared in her line of sight and didn't disturb her work. Zhong Liwen has no professional anti-tracking experience, so she naturally has no idea that there are two faces around her all the time.

"Hey, beauty, are you interested in playing with your brother!" a Maserati pulled up slowly, rolling down its window on the side of the road. (To be continued......)