After the presentation.

Principal Deng chatted with Zhang Shaojie: "Shaojie, I thought about the school subject reform you talked about, and it is indeed feasible!" There are so many schools in Hong Kong, if our Lingnan Secondary School has no characteristics, it will not be able to attract more outstanding new students to study. If the school becomes completely privately funded, offering special subjects such as film, television, comics, etc., it will indeed enhance the school's attractiveness to new students."

Zhang Shaojie smiled: "The school's teaching reform, don't be in a hurry, I'm just making a little suggestion!" How the school should develop in the future should be careful and cautious, and after professional analysis, it is indeed feasible, and it can be slowly planned in the future. As for the conversion to a private fully funded sponsorship, tuition fees are waived! In the first half of next year, I am willing to start and fund more than 3.5 million yuan per year! ”

When President Deng heard this, he felt his blood boiling.

In the early days, university education in Hong Kong was mainly open to British citizens, and rarely benefited ordinary Chinese citizens, so at that time, Lingnan Secondary School offered three subjects: arts, science, and business, so that students who did not have the opportunity to go to university could experience some of the atmosphere of university education.

After World War II, Hong Kong's university system was gradually opened up to the Chinese, and the public was more enthusiastic about sending their children to university.

It is precisely because of this that Lingnan Middle School's position is a bit awkward.

If you want to continue to maintain the school policy, it is undoubtedly very expensive to build a middle school similar to a university education. As a result, they have to charge higher tuition fees than other secondary schools. For this reason, Lingnan Secondary School is even preparing to downsize and gradually transform into a regular secondary school like other secondary schools.

If Lingnan Secondary School becomes a fully privately funded secondary school, tuition fees will be waived. Then, the attraction for students will definitely increase, and Lingnan High School will be able to restore its own traditions and characteristics!

Zhang Shaojie believes that the original idea of Lingnan Middle School is very good.

Even according to this line of thinking, in the future, a "Lingnan University" and a "Lingnan Middle School" can be set up to form a complete secondary and higher education system.

Zhang Shaojie's sponsorship of the school is to exert influence! In the future, Lingnan Middle School will become a cradle for providing the talents needed for its future.

Before leaving Lingnan Middle School, Zhang Shaojie donated 300,000 yuan to the school.

Zhang Shaojie originally intended to donate more, but because of the shortage of funds now, he can only tighten his pockets, which seems a little stingy enough.

Of course, in the eyes of the school management. Zhang Shaojie's donation is not small, in fact, many celebrities and wealthy families only donate tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, to Lingnan Middle School every year.

Because of a bet with Zheng Wei, a teacher at the school.

Zhang Shaojie plans to set up an additional "Diligent Writers Foundation", which can apply for 1,000 yuan per month for writers who insist on writing 100,000 words a month but cannot make ends meet with the income brought by writing.

The entire "Diligent Writers Foundation" was launched by Zhang Shaojie with a personal contribution of 500,000 yuan. In the first year, no more than 20 hard-working but impoverished writers are being funded.

In the future, as Zhang Shaojie's funds gradually become abundant, he will continue to donate to the foundation to support more poor but self-motivated writers!

God rewards hard work, there are motivated and hard-working writers, and those who are willing to work hard to change their fate, Zhang Shaojie will subsidize them. Even the lazy man who refuses to work hard to improve, Zhang Shaojie is indifferent!

―――――――― the "Diligent Writers Foundation" was registered at the end of September. Since the establishment of this foundation, it has sparked a little response from the Hong Kong writing industry.

There are writers' associations in Chinese mainland, and there are also writers' associations and other organizations in the United States, Ben, and European countries.

In the past 20 years or so, although outstanding writers such as Jin Yong, Ni Kuang, Liang Yusheng, Yishu, and Li Bihua have emerged in Hong Kong, there has been no organization that belongs to writers.

Historically, in the late 80s, Ni Kuang established the "Hong Kong Novel Society", and Zeng Minzhi founded the "Hong Kong Writers' Association", and since then Hong Kong writers have begun to have their own organizations.

Zhang Shaojie's "Diligent Writers Foundation" is not an organization like the Writers' Guild. However, because of the main focus on supporting and subsidizing poor writers, Zhang Shaojie's righteous act has also received a lot of applause!

"Zhang Shaojie is good, after he became famous, he didn't forget to fund poor aspiring writers!"

"Hong Kong has produced so many rich and famous writers, but there has never been a famous writer like Zhang Shaojie who can do such a great good thing for the writer group!"

"The most leading figure among Hong Kong writers has finally appeared!"

"The king is domineering!"

Of course, there are voices praising Zhang Shaojie, and there are a lot of cool words!

"Cut, he earns tens of millions of dollars a year, and he takes out a little money to buy people's hearts."

"It's nothing more than wanting to pull the banner of the tiger and sing a high note, so that a group of low-level writers will be grateful to him, so that he can be the leader of the Hong Kong writing industry in the future!"

"Phew! The villain has ambition and uses money to buy people's hearts. ”

――――――――――Of course, Zhang Shaojie can't know about the controversy of most people.

However, after Zhang Shaojie announced the establishment of the "Diligent Writers Foundation".

Jin Yong didn't say a word, the financial staff of Paiming Daily donated 200,000 yuan to the foundation, and Gu Long, Ni Kuang, and Yishu also donated generously.

Gu Long, Ni Kuang, and Yishu each donated 100,000 yuan.

Because of the funding of so many enthusiastic and famous writers, the scale of the "Diligent Writers Foundation" has increased to 1 million Hong Kong dollars before it was officially established.

Zhang Shaojie is busy with affairs, and he will only have the name of "honorary president" and founder of this foundation. However, the Foundation still needs a veteran who understands the writing industry and serves as a permanent manager for a long time to keep the Foundation running.

"Shaojie, give me the name of vice president, and I will be in charge of the regular management of the foundation." Ni Kuang expressed some interest in this foundation.

Zhang Shaojie smiled: "Vice president? It's so stingy, I'll make you the first president! ”

Ni Kuang joked: "This is not good, I originally wanted to help, but I didn't want to usurp power." ”

"It doesn't matter, this position doesn't have much power, it's more only pay and obligation!" Zhang Shaojie said.

Yishu suddenly said: "I also feel interesting about this foundation, and I don't want to be any management, can I be a volunteer who works without pay?" ”

"No problem!" Zhang Shaojie said with a smile.

Next, the group discussed the foundation's criteria for disbursing writers' support funds.

First, the writer himself applied to the foundation for assistance, and the first month of application did not require any proof, and the foundation gave the writer a cash subsidy of 500 yuan on the spot after he filled out the application report.

Second, starting from the second month, the writer needs to come up with 100,000 words of the manuscript written this month before the end of the month as proof of his hard work. After verifying that the manuscript was not plagiarized from someone else's published work, the Foundation gave 1,000 yuan to the writer who originally wrote the manuscript of 100,000 words. After that, every month, the writer who applies for the support needs to bring the original new work, and after the foundation simply verifies that it is not plagiarized and is not the writer's previous old manuscript, he will be given 1,000 yuan in cash support.

Third, the financial support for a writer is limited to half a year. Half a year later, the writer still can't make a living from the money he writes. Then the Foundation will find professional editors and professional writers to analyze the market and guide them in the direction of writing.

Fourth, identify writers who are not suitable for writing, and the foundation will help them introduce them to jobs and help them change careers.

"If you can really do these things, it is equivalent to solving some worries for the creation of enthusiasts. Then, Hong Kong's writing industry will enter a new era! Ni Kuang and others sighed.

Zhang Shaojie nodded and said: "Writing, film and television, comics and other creative industries are all very few famous artists at the top of the pyramid. The bottom is struggling, and the income is higher than that of any other industry. However, these industries are extremely important, and the import of Hong Kong's films, music, novels, comics and other cultural products to other regions is equivalent to the advertising of the whole Hong Kong brand, which will enhance the confidence of the international market in Hong Kong products. It is very beneficial to the region's exports, employment and economic development! ”

Ni Kuang, Gu Long, Yishu and others couldn't help but be shocked!

"Isn't it true that novels, movies, comics, and so on can promote trade and exports?" Ni Kuang was surprised.

Zhang Shaojie smiled: "Of course, otherwise why would the American capital giants be keen to invest in the film industry, and why would they be keen on the animation industry?" Those cultural industries are the business cards and word-of-mouth of the products of a country and a region, and others will gradually identify with your products subtly! ”

When Hollywood exports a large number of Hollywood films to the world, some American automobile, computer, and beverage companies will provide some sponsorship for the films.

It is because a study by American business organizations has found that the export of Hollywood movies will stimulate the global sales of American products.

Science fiction films, in particular, have a more significant stimulating effect on the export of high-tech products from the United States. Whenever a high-tech product comes out in the United States, Hollywood blockbusters will promote it with the high-tech product! Just like the later sci-fi movie "Iron Man", many scenes are surprisingly consistent with Apple's advertisements!

Zhang Shaojie very much agrees with a sentence in Jin Yong's novel: "The great man of chivalry is for the country and the people".

In China and Hong Kong, before anyone can see the strategic value of the cultural industry, big capital dislikes that the cultural industry is too small to accommodate their huge capital, and will not enter the cultural industry in a big way.

And small capital is mostly engaged in the cultural industry with speculation. But Zhang Shaojie is really thinking about the future of Hong Kong and even China's cultural industry!

(To be continued)