Chapter 22 Capital and the University

"Boss Zhao walks slowly, and when my brother goes out, I'll go to you......"

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"Transform well and be a new person as soon as possible!"

After leaving a parting message, Zhao Zejun waved his hand and left the detention center.

The people who came to pick up Zhao Zejun this time have upgraded their level.

Wang Yan's Cadillac stopped at the gate of the detention center, and a bodyguard drove the car, but Wang Yan sat in the passenger seat.

In the back row, sat an old man with glasses and clear bones.

"Principal Yan, why are you here?" Zhao Zejun looked at this old man unexpectedly, Mr. Yan Lishi, President of HKUST.

Wang Yan said in the front row of the interface: "I held a people's congress in the province, met President Yan, chatted, President Yan heard that we are friends, no, I specially followed my car to pick you up, you kid has a big face, the president of the University of Science and Technology will pick you up." ”

"Principal Yan, how can I work for you?" Zhao Zejun got into the back row and smiled a little stiffly.

Zhao Zejun is not a fool, Yan Lishi, a vice-provincial university president, came to pick him up in person, of course, not because he has a big face, when he knows Yan Li, he doesn't know himself when Yan Lishi. The fact that he was able to deign to come today must have something to do with the incident of beating the teacher.

Speaking of which, Zhao Zejun has a very good impression of Yan Lishi in both lifetimes.

He rarely uses the word 'very good' to summarize anyone, even if there are many people with outstanding morals and strong ability, Zhao Zejun's evaluation is generally 'good' and 'okay', except for this Principal Yan is an exception.

Just as many college students regard Zhao Zejun as a hero, because of Zhao Zejun, they believe that there are heroes in the world, but they can't do it; For Yan Lishi, Zhao Zejun also has this view.

There is a kind of person in the world who has a pure heart, and for a bright belief, he resists the pressure of the world with his own strength, and knows that he cannot do it.

Mencius has a saying, although there are tens of millions of people, I will go.

There are things that everyone knows are right and should be done, such as education reform, but no one actually does it.

Knowing that you can't do it, the difficulty lies in the first half of the sentence, knowing that you can't do it, you can't do it.

This kind of person seems to be very simple, even naΓ―ve, but has the courage and sense of responsibility that most intelligent people do not have.

The progress of science and technology needs scientists, and the improvement of human civilization is inseparable from such people.

Zhao Zejun can't do it, and he won't do what he knows can't do, but he admires people who can do it.

Therefore, in the face of this old principal, Zhao Zejun still has a little numbness in his scalp, he can beat Professor Shen without hesitation, and he can treat the secretary as air, but in the face of truly virtuous people, he always has a heart of awe.

It is not this person who is respected, but the virtue of this person, and it is not this person who is feared, but the righteousness and truth that this person represents.

Righteousness, unclear reasoning, and darkness; Righteousness, clear reasoning, upright people's hearts, and all kinds of evils are easy to dispel.

Yan Lishi himself is a very kind person, judging from his face, he is even a little dull, and after Zhao Zejun got into the car, Yan Lishi took the initiative to speak and said, "You really decided to drop out of school?" ”

"Hmm." Zhao Zejun nodded.

Yan Lishi thought for a while and said, "Dropping out of school doesn't mean that you will be unproductive." Some people go to college to learn knowledge skills, and some people, the university can no longer give them more nutrition, on the contrary, they attend classes regularly every day and complete their homework, which has become a drag. I talked to Mr. Wang about you a lot along the way, and I also learned about your situation from Professor Li Mingran, and I think you are the latter. ”

Zhao Zejun thought for a while and admitted: "Principal Yan, I think so myself. For more than a year, this bit of career development in my hand is too fast, I feel that my energy is not enough, and then I run at both ends of the university and the company, I am afraid that both ends will be delayed, so I took the initiative to drop out of school by taking advantage of this incident. ”

"Well, this decision may be the right one, but it's a little too drastic."

Zhao Zejun was about to say something, Yan Lishi waved his hand, motioned to listen to him, and continued: "I can understand that the atmosphere in universities is very impetuous now, and many scholars' minds are not on scientific research, nor on cultivating talents. Make a fuss, take a breath and relax your mind, do your best to Teacher Su Yun, and drop out of school by the way to concentrate on your career, killing three birds with one stone. ”

Some people are smart, some people are wise, Zhao Zejun was a little embarrassed, he smiled, and acquiesced.

"However, although you will not be a student of USTC in the future, you have studied and lived in HKUST, which is a fact that cannot be changed; No matter where you go, whether you are slandered or famous in the future, or you are just an ordinary person, you are an alumnus of HKUST, and no one can deny it. HKUST's doors are always open to its alumni. ”

"Principal Yan, I will remember your words today." Zhao Zejun nodded and said sincerely: "If you have any orders, just say it." ”

"I can't talk about orders, after all, you're not in my charge now."

Yan Lishi smiled, "What I just said, if you look at it the other way around, I hope you can remember that you are an alumnus of HKUST, and before you do things, you will also consider HKUST for three points." HKUST has gone through a lot of ups and downs to get to where it is today, and we need to take care of it together. ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Zhao Zejun and said calmly: "What I mean, you should be able to understand, right?" ”

Zhao Zejun smiled, "Don't worry, I said that I could beat him once that day, that is, to scare and scare Professor Shen." How can there be so much spare time, to beat him every day. Well, this incident, I think that's the end of it. I'm sorry because of my personal matter, which has caused a lot of negative effects on the school and you. ”

"It's not entirely negative." Yan Lishi shook his head: "Poisonous sores and pus, someone always has to uncover it, the moment it is broken, it is very painful, but if you always ignore it, over time, the pus will grow all over the body, hurt the body, and even cause irreversible consequences." ”

"Headmaster, you have won the award, I actually didn't have such a noble purpose, it's purely a personal vendetta." Zhao Zejun said.

"It's a natural thing to get a clever hand." Yan Lishi pondered for a moment and said, "You just said this, it's not entirely right. Next, the school will check the report letter, but I can tell you clearly that once the results are found, the reputation of HKUST will suffer a major blow, so it must not be able to find out the results. I talked to Lao Shen privately, and he was willing to transfer his job and teach at Sujing University, which can be regarded as a disguised expression of attitude by the school and deal with it. Oh, and you don't call me Headmaster in the future. ”

"Huh? Why? Zhao Zejun was stunned, he didn't call the principal anything, he couldn't call him 'Lao Yan' like Li Mingran and them, let alone call him Brother Yan to Mr. Niu.

"You don't know yet, President Yan is about to be transferred to Southeast University of Science and Technology as the first leader, presiding over the daily work." Wang Yan interjected in front.

Transferred to Southeast University of Science and Technology, what's going on? Zhao Zejun was stunned.

Seeing Zhao Zejun's surprised face, Yan Lishi explained: "It's normal that you haven't heard of South China University of Science and Technology, this school is still in preparation, it only has a name, and there is no entity at all." In fact, it has been in preparation for two or three years, but it has never been implemented. The impact of Professor Shen's incident was so great that it prompted the Ministry of Education to make a decision in advance to try to carry out education reform and appoint me as the principal. ”

As soon as he said this, Zhao Zejun was stunned.

He knows South China University of Science and Technology, not only knows, but also because he was a graduate of the University of Science and Technology in his previous life, and Yan Lishi was the first president of Southeast University of Science and Technology, so he is very familiar with this university.

Southeast University of Science and Technology is the first university in the country to independently enroll students and students do not take the general college entrance examination, and is the most pioneer in China's university education reform.

But in his previous life, Yan Lishi was transferred to South China University of Science and Technology after 06 years, so when he heard about the transfer just now, Zhao Zejun was surprised.

Unexpectedly, it was another butterfly effect brought by himself, which led to Yan Lishi's appointment a few years ahead of schedule.

At this time, taking away the president of the University of Science and Technology at the time of Yan Li may have some meaning of 'punishment'.

Professor Shen was beaten continuously, the nature of which was too bad, known throughout the country, and even more so in the entire education system.

"I'm in trouble for you." Zhao Zejun paused and changed his title: "Old principal." ”

"There's no trouble, you ask for kindness, and I ask for kindness, and everyone is happy. In the existing university, many things have been deeply rooted and cannot be changed, and in Southeast University of Science and Technology, everything can be started from scratch, and there may be some hope. ”

Yan Lishi said, patted Wang Yan's seat shoulder, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Mr. Wang, I, South China University of Science and Technology, have left the Ministry of Education system, although the degree of freedom is great, but also lack all kinds of support within the system, the most lacking thing in the future is probably money." When the time comes, old friends will ask you to ask for sponsorship, how much more support you have. ”

"There are two kinds of money that I don't feel sorry for, one is national defense, and the other is education." Wang Yan said lightly.

Zhao Zejun looked at the old principal's side face and felt quite emotional.

Although tens of millions of people have gone to me, most of the results are that there are no bones.

Most of those who seek the light have fallen into darkness.

In the last life, this university, which pioneered education in the country, was once hailed as the hope of China's university education reform with independent enrollment, separation of teaching and management, and professor responsibility system, with the goal of cultivating students' innovation ability and practical ability.

However, after breaking away from the system, in this institutional society, it is difficult to recruit students, graduation certificates are not recognized by the Ministry of Education, and funds are scarce, and so on, Southeast University of Science and Technology is struggling.

Four years later, Yan Lishi, who was obviously aging, stepped down as president, Southeast University of Science and Technology, and returned to the system again.

As for Wang Yan's so-called 'not distressed' money, I'm afraid it's because he doesn't know much about how much a university costs.

The alliance of well-known foreign universities and large conglomerates is extremely common, and the likes of Haval and Yale stand behind Rockefeller and Morgan, the 800 highest-ranked universities in the United States, controlling nearly $400 billion in assets.

Funding universities, establishing university research funds, that thing is going to be calculated in billions.

Of course, the combination of universities and business groups produces amazing creativity, and investing in university laboratories is almost one of the most profitable business practices in the world, with an average annual profit of nearly 15%. If you can produce high-end scientific research results, the return will outweigh all investment.

Some people even believe that the scientific and technological superiority of Britain and the United States is based on the mutual alliance and independence of politics, capital, and universities under the capitalist relations of production. For example, the top aeronautical research and computer research in the United States are all joint projects between universities and foundations.

Money has never been Zhao Zejun's goal, if he has the ability, Zhao Zejun is also willing to contribute to his country's university reform, even if it fails in the end.

Thinking of this, Lao Zhao suddenly laughed at himself.

This is the difference between myself and Yan Lishi.

There is a premise for doing things by yourself, the upper limit is 'sure and profitable', and the lower limit is at least 'capable and possible', 'not harming one's own interests'.

And the criterion for judging Yan Li is whether this thing should be done or not.