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This newly established university is the first university in the country to enroll students independently without taking the general college entrance examination, and it is also a pilot school for national university reform.

The first president of the school was also the old president of Zhao Zejun at the University of Science and Technology.

When he came to this university, Zhao Zejun was unexpectedly warmly welcomed, and the largest auditorium in the university was full, and the audience was full of young and energetic faces.

For these college students, Zhao Zejun is half a senior brother, and unlike the 'senior brother' of this school, Zhao Zejun is from the University of Science and Technology.

Our Lao Zhao, these five words not only work in the University of Science and Technology, but also work in the Southern University of Science and Technology.

Any reform is full of resistance and unknowable difficulties, Yan Lishi, as the first president of the Southern University of Science and Technology, shouldered the mission of the country and the heavy responsibility of history, and is moving forward in a difficult situation.

As Yan Lishi's nominal protégé, Zhao Zejun himself has a legendary experience, vaguely a spiritual role model for the younger generation, he appeared at the Southern University of Science and Technology at this time, for the new SUSTech is a shot in the arm, for Yan Lishi, it is a strong support.

In the lecture, Zhao Zejun answered many questions, one of which was widely circulated later.

A girl asked, "Why did you take the time to go back to college when your Internet career was in crisis?"

Zhao Zejun replied with a paragraph, one of which was widely circulated later.

When I find that my abilities are not enough to support my dreams, then it is time to stop and enrich myself. ’

Learning is a lifelong coursework, including but not limited to professional scientific and cultural knowledge. The farther you go, the broader the platform, and the more you will find that you need to learn.

After the meeting, Yan Lishi personally entertained Zhao Zejun, who was on the second floor of the school's cafeteria.

I haven't seen him for a few years, and Yan Li looks a lot older, with deep wrinkles on his face and slightly gray hair.

Scientists of his level will be treated well by the state, and although people cannot resist the laws of nature, they generally do not appear to age all of a sudden in a short period of time.

As for the heavy scientific research, for scientists, it is a daily meal, and it will not lead to sudden aging.

The only reason can only be that SUSTech, a pilot school outside the system, is too difficult.

"The key is funding. In his words, there was less grace as a beginner, but there was more straightforwardness of a doer.

SUSTech's funding sources are divided into three parts, one is donated by social enterprises, one is funded by the government in Pengcheng, and the other is funded by the state.

Among them, the latter two parts, especially those allocated by the Pengcheng government, are the absolute majority, and the first part accounts for a small proportion.

Whether it is the country or Pengcheng City, it is not stingy with SUSTech, and the number of students is only one-tenth of the original USTC, and the funding given is almost the same as that of SUSTech.

But SUSTech is too good at spending money.

SUSTech's purpose is to 'innovate in scientific research and cultivate truly capable college students', with less than 1,000 students in a class, but equipped with nearly 300 teachers, an average of three students, one teacher, almost every undergraduate student can enjoy the detailed guidance of professional teachers and even masters, and there are more opportunities to study with teachers than ordinary university master's or even doctoral students.

In terms of scientific research funding, SUSTech also almost does not count the investment of blood capital. Such a newly established small-scale university, with per capita scientific research funding, is one of the best in the country, on par with Tsinghua University and Peking University.

In addition, the treatment and status of professors are indeed very high, and they can be compared with famous foreign universities.

The administrative body of SUSTech is reduced to the minimum as much as possible, giving power to professors, and de-administratively de-administratively by spending money on scientific research.

Scientific research costs money, and cultivating talents and attracting experts is a huge investment, so SUSTech's funds are simply not enough.

Pengcheng has money, the country has money, and it is impossible to allocate it uncontrollably, there is a plan every year, and the expenses of SUSTech are almost all benchmarked against well-known foreign universities, and it is very difficult to declare funds unplanned.

Moreover, when it comes to money, the school will inevitably be affected by the local government, which is contrary to the original intention of 'de-administrative, independent school-running, and research-led'.

On the one hand, to accept donations from enterprises, on the other hand, it is also the ultimate goal, like foreign universities, to cooperate with well-known enterprises to become the research and development base of enterprises, and have their own profitability, at least they do not need to rely on the appropriation of superior units.

You are not in the system, you don't want to be governed by the system, but you want to use the system's money, this is an unjustifiable thing.

However, most domestic enterprises are accustomed to establishing R&D centers within the company, and cooperation with universities is limited, while SUSTech has only recently opened and its scientific research capabilities have only started, so there is no strong cooperative enterprise for the time being.

For the future of SUSTech, Zhao Zejun, a traverser, knows a little about it.

It can be said that it has succeeded or failed, or in other words, in the course of educational reform, valuable experience has been gained.

In short, a few years later, Yan Lishi stepped down as the president of SUSTech, and SUSTech returned to the system.

There are many reasons, and it is not clear to him as an outsider.

It is precisely as an outsider that Zhao Zejun, from the perspective of ordinary people and even the rich, sincerely hopes that his country can make further breakthroughs in education and truly turn university education into an education for cultivating talents.

There is no one who does not want the world they live in, their own country, to become a better place.

This time, Zhao Zejun hopes that he can do something for SUSTech, even if in the end, SUSTech will still return to the system like in his previous life.

In essence, it is no different from making money and doing business, it is all about hoping to make a little change in the world through yourself.

"President Yan, the path of university and enterprise alliance should be feasible. The key is to identify the needs of the enterprise. ”

Zhao Zejun thought for a while and said: "After all, the enterprise is not charity, and it is impossible to donate once without asking for a long-term investment." In fact, the cooperation between Professor Li Mingran's laboratory and me at HKUST is a good example, and several laboratories of HKUST are still providing a steady stream of talents and scientific research results for the company until now. ”

"You mainly do the Internet, and in this area, SUSTech does not have too many advantages. Yan Lishi paused, "After all, it's too late to start." ”

"Then let's find someone who started early and start from scratch. Zhao Zejun said.

"Early start, cutting-edge science? What are your goals? Yan Lishi thought for a while and added: "SUSTech is a science and technology school, although there are a few experts in economics, but they are all elective courses, if you want to do economic research, SUSTech is not suitable." ”

"Of course, it's science and engineering. Zhao Zejun said seriously: "I want to independently develop the operating system of smart phones." ”

Smartphones are currently a novelty in China, let alone operating systems.

However, it is no stranger to Yan Lishi, who is at the forefront of science.

Yan Lishi's eyes lit up slightly: "This is a very good project. However, it is very difficult, it requires a huge investment, and it is not a year or two to achieve results. ”

After a pause, Zhengse said: "However, this project is very in line with the general direction of SUSTech's scientific research, if you really want to do it, you must make a big investment, and prepare for a long time, the current funding of the school is not even possible to start this project." Your personal contribution will make up the lion's share. ”

Of course, Zhao Zejun knows the difficulty, even after many years of smartphones everywhere, there are still only two mainstream operating systems, ISO and Symbian, and all of them are in the hands of foreigners.

Before the crossing, Huawei was ready to spend great efforts to develop a domestically produced operating system.

Once an operating system with independent intellectual property rights is developed, the impact on smart phones and the future Internet will be subversive and dominant, and it will control the mobile Internet era from the source upstream.

"Principal Yan, I'm prepared. This is a large-scale project that combines software, hardware and network, which is long enough to support several large laboratories and a large number of scientific research scholars and students. In terms of funds, you don't have to worry, in the first year, I can invest 200 million in it, and after that, adjust or add it every year according to the actual situation. ”

Zhao Zejun said seriously: "Old principal, we have been talking about innovation, but what I see in front of me is that most of our good things are imitated. I am not reconciled, nor do I believe that we cannot produce world-class products ourselves, like Microsoft, like Samsung Motorola, to lead the trend of the world and let the world dance in our footsteps. ”

Zhao Zejun thought very clearly, this project does not require time and does not set an investment ceiling, even if it takes ten years and billions of dollars.

It's a real failure, it's nothing. Living under the shadow of the prophet all his life, not daring to go to the unknown, no matter how much money he makes, he can't really feel satisfied.

What's more, ten years, billions of dollars, is not too much pressure.

But once successful, the rewards are immeasurable.

That's a new Microsoft, a new Huawei, a new Apple.

And Zhao Zejun's three words will also be listed in the palace of human development and progress together with Bill Gates and Jobs.

"But Principal Yan, I want to be clear, it's not funding. ”

Zhao Zejun Zhengse said: "Instead, investment, laboratories and schools, you can retain a certain amount of equity, knowledge shares, but the biggest equity holder is me." ”

Yan Lishi laughed: "Of course, SUSTech is not trying to make a lot of money from these projects, but to cultivate a group of talents and develop a new school-running model through this project." ”