Luft's face became ugly, and he set his eyes on Vanier - he knew that all the crux of the problem was Vanier, and these Chinese came here today to Vanier, and unless Vanier changed his position, the carrots thrown by the other party could only be the moon in the mirror and the flowers in the water, which could not be reached.

Although Luft is the principal, he is not too sure that he can make Vaniere submit, but in his heart, there has always been one thing that has not been clear, why does this Vaniere have such a big hatred with the Chinese?

Luft couldn't think of it even if he wanted to break his head, in fact, Vanier didn't have any bitterness for the Chinese in his heart. If it weren't for the existence of the Indian Ocean shipping route, there would not be even a single connection between China and the Saint-Goga Islands, and Varnier would not have had any emotional inclination towards China. In fact, whether China is good or bad, which round will get Varnier to talk about the long story?

He incited students to protest at the presidential palace as a reflex, and as a self-proclaimed public intellectual, his instinct was to oppose any decision made by the government. That's right, any! For example, when the highway is tolled, he scolds that public resources cannot be charged; When the highway was free, he said that once the scarce resources were free, it would inevitably lead to an imbalance between supply and demand. All in all, he must always be on the opposite side of the government, and only in this way can he retain his title of "opinion leader".

This time, Lin Zhenhua went to the Saint-Goga Islands to lease land and build a port, and government officials were very enthusiastic, such as Mrak and others, who on many occasions boasted that they had done great political achievements, which enabled the Saint-Goga Islands to enter the track of rapid growth. When Vanier heard such rumors, he naturally couldn't hold back his instincts and jumped out to oppose it. It was so easy for him to find a few reasons to oppose the government's decision, and all of these reasons sounded very reasonable and emotional.

When it comes to sensationalism, the entire cabinet together is no match for Vanier alone. There is a very asymmetry here, that is, every official in the cabinet has a stain on him, for example, there has been an accident in the project in charge, the price loss of aquatic products when exporting, the official in charge of sanitation should be responsible for a medical accident, and so on. But there is no stain on Varnier, he has never done engineering, he has never talked about trade, he has never managed a hospital, in a word, he has not done anything practical, how can he make a mistake?

A scholar who never makes mistakes, in the face of a group of officials with stains on his body, is always able to stand on the moral high ground when debating, and with this kind of moral condescending advantage, who can be his opponent?

So, what are Vaniere's shortcomings? Lin Zhenhua can see it clearly, that is money. In fact, there is no difference between scholars and officials, and no one can get around the words power and money. Scholars have no power to chase, and they are more interested in money than officials. The Saint-Goga archipelago is a small country, and Varnier cannot exchange fame for money through speeches and the like, and in this case, all he can pursue is financial support from abroad. The purpose of his jumping up and down is, to put it bluntly, to win the title of "First Scholar" in the Saint-Goga Islands, and then use this title to apply for funding abroad.

Lin Zhenhua has seen a lot of people like this when he was in China. He knows that as long as the money is well spent, many scholars are very good at speaking, and academic opinions are such a thing as outsiders seem to be sacred, and people in the circle just treat it as a dough, and they can knead it as much as they want. ..., the only thing Lin Zhenhua is not sure about is Vaniere's worth, how much does it cost to make him change his mind? Now it seems that Vaniere's identity is really not too high, and it is completely within the range that Lin Zhenhua can bear.

"I am an independent scholar, and I will not sell my academic conscience for money." Vanier spoke, his words rather hard, but the tone and speed of his speech were somewhat unusual. First of all, his tone is softer, as if he is confessing his heart to his friends, rather than rejecting something. Secondly, he spoke quickly, as if he was afraid that he would not have the opportunity to say the rest of the words.

"I have always had a good impression of China!" After Varnier quickly finished the previous sentence, he hurriedly threw out the latter sentence, he was afraid that Lin Zhenhua and the others would leave because of the previous sentence.

"But......" Luft fainted first, big brother, two days ago you kept saying what kind of unbearable country China is, and now you actually say that you are full of good feelings, don't you think you have become too fast? Where did you learn this skill of turning your face faster than turning a book?

"Mr. Headmaster." Varnier looked at Luft and said solemnly, "I have a different opinion about the movement against Chinese companies investing in the Santa Goga Islands that is taking place in schools these days. Out of the protection of the enthusiasm of the young students, I did not rush to speak their minds, I hoped that they would recognize the disadvantages of such radical thinking for themselves, so that they could learn to think independently through self-reflection. ”

Is that okay to explain? He Fei couldn't help but cast a surprised look at Lin Zhenhua, but the feedback he got was a calm look in Lin Zhenhua's eyes. It seems that Lin Zhenhua had expected Vaniere's change of face, and he didn't even have a sense of surprise.

"Professor Varnier, I appreciate your good opinion of China." Lin Zhenhua said slowly, "I have always believed that there is a traditional friendship between China and Sri Lanka, and I very much hope that Professor Varnier can refine the friendship between China and Sri Lanka from a historical perspective and carry it forward." I know that this kind of work requires a lot of hard work, and our company is very interested in providing financial support for such research activities. ”

A warm smile bloomed on Varnier's face: "Mr. Lin, don't worry, as a scholar, I naturally hope that my research results can be accessible and accepted by more people. I was recently planning to write a long essay for a newspaper on the historical ties between China and the Saint-Goga Islands. According to my research, Zheng He, a Chinese navigator, visited the Santa Goga Islands seven times, bringing us valuable food seeds and many cultural classics. ”

"Is my country's historical masterpiece "Dream of Red Mansions" introduced to the San Goga Islands during that period?" He Fei sat aside and couldn't help but interject. These days, he had stumbled upon the inhabitants of the Saint-Goga archipelago who knew something about China's Dream of the Red Chamber, so he used it to make fun of Varnier. In fact, he also knows that the residents of the Saint-Goga Islands know about Dream of Red Mansions mainly from an imported TV series.

He Fei originally meant to joke and ridicule, but Varnier replied seriously: "It is precisely in this way that the introduction of Dream of Red Mansions has had a great impact on the culture of the Saint-Goga Islands. ”

"Uh...... No wonder Dream of Red Mansions is still a eunuch in the end. Lin Zhenhua felt a chill all over his body, lowered his head and muttered quietly. Cao Xueqin crossed over to Zheng He's body, everyone is a eunuch, can the book still be alone?

It would be complete nonsense to talk further, Lin Zhenhua asked He Fei to come up with a cooperative research agreement and ask Varnier to sign it. The main content of the agreement is that GCA Group will provide a total of 100,000 US dollars to Professor Varnier for research on cultural exchanges between China and Sri Lanka. Under the agreement, Professor Varnier was obliged to publish his research results in local newspapers and to offer courses in Sinsaint culture at the National University. ..., Varnier signed the agreement very happily, and when he signed, he wanted to pretend to be indifferent, but the smile on his face that couldn't be concealed revealed his thoughts, of course, Lin Zhenhua and others would not expose this.

Lin Zhenhua was also very generous to the national university, directly signing an agreement to subsidize the annual funding of 100,000 US dollars, and also a financial aid agreement for international students, promising to provide 10 places for the national university to study in China every year, and the Chinese side will bear all the costs.

The smile on Luft's face was extremely sincere, the Saint-Goga Islands are very poor, and $100,000 is a lot of money for a national university. And the 10 places to study in China every year are extremely precious, and he has these 10 places in his hands, and he is worried that those high-ranking government officials will not buy their own accounts?

Lin Zhenhua signed these two agreements and did not feel distressed at all. This is not because he has a lot of money, but because the money is not paid from Hanhua's account, it is a special fund allocated by the navy, and it is only spent in his name. Spending tens of thousands of dollars to settle local opinion leaders, and tens of thousands of dollars to train a group of pro-China international students, these are all expenses that must be expended. Every great power in the world has done this, and China is not immune.

The day after Lin Zhenhua's visit to the National University, several local newspapers in the Saint-Goga Islands simultaneously published a long article by Professor Vanier entitled "The Friendship Between China and Saints Lasts Forever", which summarized the traditional friendship between China and Saint China and Saint from a historical perspective, and pointed out that although China and Saint are far apart, they share common national conditions and cultures, and China is a good friend to be cherished.

The article also specifically mentions that in the early 15th century, when Zheng He went to the West, he visited the Saint-Goga Islands many times and leased the land of the Saint-Goga Islands to build temporary warehouses, and the result of this lease was to create a large amount of income for the Saint-Goga Islands, and strengthen the cultural exchanges between the two countries, so that the culture of the Saint-Goga Islands progressed for 200 years......

In fact, many of the materials and opinions in the article were provided to him by Lin Zhenhua, and what Vanier did was just to change these materials and opinions into his own tone. He Fei strongly asked Lin Zhenhua to write the story of Zheng He into the Dream of Red Mansions in the article, but Lin Zhenhua sternly refused.

At a sensitive time when the government is about to sign a port lease agreement with China, the purpose of such an article is self-evident. Some of the students who had protested a few days ago almost jumped at the first sight of these newspapers, but when they saw that the author of the article was actually Varnier, they were shocked, and their brains fell into a state of shutdown for a long time.

Of course, a large number of students went to Vaniere to verify the authenticity of these articles, and they suspected that they were articles published by the government under the name of Vaniere in order to calm the situation. But Varnier's answer surprised the students, telling them that this was his true opinion. As for what he said the other day, it was just to stimulate the students' ability to "think independently".

"You should learn to think for yourself and not simply be swayed by your professor's point of view." "The reasons I gave were actually untenable, and I hoped that you would stand up and debate with me and question me. Unfortunately, you didn't. Therefore, I wrote such an article today to give you an understanding of what independent academic thought is. "...," but ...... "the students were anxious," and "Professor Vanier, why did you say in front of the President that you were against Chinese leasing land?" Everybody thinks that's your true opinion. ”

Vanier looked at the crowd with resolute gaze and said: "At that time, the students were gathered in front of the presidential palace, and I must stand up with you. In this way, the government will think that I am the mastermind of this incident, and will not suppress you. I chose to debate with the president for the purpose of protecting everyone. ”

"Professor Vanier, you are so good to us, you are truly our lifelong mentor!" The students wept bitterly, what a good professor, knowledgeable, and good character, in the future, I must listen to the professor's words more, and I will believe what the professor says.

"So, Professor Varnier, what do you think we should do now?" The students asked.

"Go and spread the word and tell the people that the construction of the port is a good thing for the country and the people, and that the government headed by Kopecini is unjustified in going back on such a thing, which shows that they don't care about the well-being of the people at all," said Vaniere. ”

In this way, overnight, Vanier became the most supportive of the port project, while Copeccini and others became a stubborn force that hindered the construction of the port and must be condemned.

Not to mention the grievances of Kopecini and others lying down and being shot. This obstacle was removed from the students, and the port project was successfully signed. A construction engineering team adapted from a certain unit of the railway corps was sent from China to start a vigorous port construction project. Nearly 1,000 residents of the Saint-Goga Islands have been hired to do manual work such as digging and dredging, and they are paid enough to make their neighbors blush.

Truckloads of cement, steel, and port equipment were brought ashore through temporary wharves and piled up on the shore. An armed force in the name of protecting these materials has also been quietly stationed. The armed force numbered only about 100 people, all dressed in civilian clothes, armed with Type 95 assault rifles and Red Arrow anti-tank missiles, and hiding unknown anti-aircraft weapons in their tents.

Copecini, who had secretly observed the team under the pretext of inspecting the construction site, estimated that if the 100 men wanted to attack the San Goga Islands, his army and police would not be able to cope with it. However, he also comforted himself in his heart: the Santa Goga Islands are too small, and no major country is willing to be condemned by international public opinion for the purpose of encroaching on such a small country.

The construction of this large port has really stimulated the economic development of the Santa Goga Islands. As Lin Zhenhua predicted, many large cargo ships across the Indian Ocean took a fancy to this large port in the middle of the waterway, chose to dock here for supplies, and let the crew go ashore to rest, which led to the development of vegetable cultivation and service industries on the island.

Warships of the Chinese Navy, mixed among the large freighters, also began to dock "inadvertently" in the port of the Saint-Goga Islands. The local residents were slightly stunned for a while, and then they were indifferent. In their opinion, it doesn't matter what ship is docked, what matters is whether there is a crew on board to come down and not consume on the island. The number of crew members of warships is much larger than that of freighters, and although the per capita consumption is not high, the total number is quite large, so the inhabitants of the Saint-Goga Islands are more interested in warships than in freighters.

Lin Zhenhua stayed in the Santa Goga Islands for more than ten days and was deeply impressed by the beautiful scenery and crystal clear beaches. After returning to China, he mobilized several tourism real estate tycoons to develop tourist resorts in the Saint-Goga Islands, and also mobilized several travel agencies to open overseas tourism projects to the Saint-Goga Islands.

China is now also a country with tens of millions of wealthy people, and the people's demand for tourism is very strong. A newly developed tourist resort like the Saint-Goga Islands, with its unique scenery and low prices, is naturally favored by the majority of travelers. The Saint-Goga archipelago has quickly become a hub for Chinese tourists, welcoming millions of people a year and generating hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism revenue alone.

The people of the Santa Goga Islands no longer make a living from fishing, they either work as porters, or as waiters in resorts, or open their own small shops or restaurants to run the business of seafarers and tourists, either of which they earn more than 10 times more than they did in the past.

The people of Saint-Goga, who have been lifted out of poverty and become rich, do not forget the tradition of digging wells, and they say in unison that all this is due to the wise Professor Vanier, who facilitated the plan of the Chinese to establish a port in the Saint-Goga Islands, without whom there would be no happy life for the people of Saint-Goga.

Kopecini and Mrak were among the others who wanted to cry without tears...... That's for later.