After seeing off Osler and Kelly, John got busy.

After digging up two big bulls, our Mr. Huntelaar is more confident about the medical school in three years. Originally, he was worried that his ideas were too far ahead of his time, so that some places might not be suitable for this era, but now that two big bulls, especially Osler, have joined, this little worry has disappeared.

The combination of experience and future ideas is immense!

So after a few days of deep talks with Osler, he was struck by John's plan, and he himself had to start preparing in earnest—three years later, in 1891, the medical school had to be built, and the first students had to be admitted before Hopkins......

“…… So, Grandpa, I'm going to name the school Al Huntelaar Medical College! ”

At his own dining table, John waved his arms vigorously and said in a loud and passionate voice: "This will be a medical school independently invested by the Huntelaar family, and it is really fitting that the school should be named after you." ”

"Hmm......"

Without raising his head, old Huntelaar ate his breakfast to himself, and let out a low grunt that seemed to come out of nowhere.

"Uh......"

Old Huntelaar's reaction made John's body pause, but soon he continued with a smile on his face: "Grandpa, look at Harvard, look at Hopkins, and look at Stanford, which is being built, all universities named after people, and then famous all over the United States!" I believe that with the development and growth of medical schools in the future, the surname Huntelaar will inevitably be known by people all over the United States and even the world! ”

"Then, the money of the Huntelaar family will also be spent!"

Raising his head and glancing at his grandson, old Huntelaar said lightly.

"This ......"

Little Mr. Huntelaar stiffened again, then scratched his head and smiled, "Grandpa, I've done it." In fact, it doesn't cost much, not to mention compared with Stanford University, even compared with Hopkins University......"

"Oh?"

This time, without waiting for John to finish speaking, old Huntelaar finally put down the knife and fork in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said, "Then have you calculated how much the Stanford couple are worth?" And the key question is how old are they? When did Hopkins donate all of his family fortune? ”

"Uh......"

John opened his mouth to say something. But in the end, he fell silent.

The elder Huntelaar couldn't argue with it, because the facts were there: the Stanfords had donated a lot of money to found Stanford University in memory of their youngest son, who was already sixty years old at the time. Hopkins gave away his entire net worth even later before he died. And, more crucially, both are America's mega-riches, amassing decades of wealth. But for the Huntelaar family, although wealth has faintly begun to catch up with Hopkins, it is still far from a rich man like Stanford. It's just a few years old, especially when many industries are in a period of rapid development, and it is the time to use money, and the situation is completely different......

At the end of the day, running a university is a money-losing business.

Perhaps for most American medical schools today, running a medical school is a lucrative business, after all, each student has hundreds of dollars to pay every year. If John had just had the whim to set up a medical school, using that school building in the hospital. And then add the equipment that has been purchased and the employees in the hospital, and it is naturally impossible for old Huntelaar to object. It doesn't add much to the cost every year. If you include the tuition fees charged to the students, it is even possible to earn a little more.

But when old Huntelaar read John's plan last night, it would be hell to believe that this Huntelaar medical school could make money!

The most important thing to run a university is nothing more than three major parts: housing, equipment, and talent.

The first of John's plans was to prepare at least ten acres of land, and it was in Manhattan, where low prices had already begun to skyrocket. That alone almost made old Huntelaar's blood pressure soar!

Just kidding, that's ten acres of land.

Although John had already asked Steve to start acquiring more than six acres of vacant land near Heinz General Hospital last year, don't forget. He gave the staff of the hospital to build those buildings to use land, and the future development plan of the hospital also had to reserve land, so that there was basically nothing left.

In other words, all 10 acres of land had to be repurchased.

And in addition to the land for these schools, John even listed the land for the laboratory animal center, the land for the accommodation of school staff, etc., which is almost ten acres!

In Manhattan these days, low prices are not cheap.

Twenty acres of land is not a small area in itself, and if you consider that it is best to join them together, the difficulty is definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and high difficulty means higher costs, as old Huntelaar knows all too well.

In addition to the plots, John also stated the size of the future school in his plan, planning four faculties from the beginning: the School of Clinical, the School of Public Health, the School of Pharmacy, and the School of Nursing. And after reading this, old Huntelaar was confused: didn't he say that he wanted to build a medical school? This nursing school can still be understood, after all, the name of Ms. Nightingale has long been heard by Americans, but what do the School of Pharmacy and the School of Public Health do?

After reading the planning of the whole school, old Huntelaar can be described as having a headache.

If you consider his grandson's usual generosity, the elder Huntelaar is almost certain that he will fill them all when the school begins to be built in the future. That means hundreds of teachers, workers, and support staff, and you don't know how many microscopes and how many glass bottles you need to buy to fill these teaching and research buildings......

How many students does such a medical school enroll to make money?

Thinking of this, old Huntelaar couldn't help but shake his head and said, "John, have you calculated this account?" If you were to build this medical school exactly as you envisioned, how much money would it need? ”

"This ...... That's about three million dollars. ”

After a moment of serious thought, John grinned.

The moment he said this number, John's own heart suddenly pounded twice violently - it was not thirty thousand dollars. Not three hundred thousand dollars, but three million dollars! And John knows that in order not to make the old man too "shocked", this number is actually just the most basic investment, and in fact, it is likely to exceed ...... in the future

Hopkins' estate totaled only seven million dollars, and he built a John? Hopkins University. The future Hopkins School of Medicine also became the best medical school in the United States. And John spent three million dollars on just one medical school, not to mention old Huntelaar, and he couldn't help but sweat when he saw it himself.

Anyway, that's three million dollars at the end of the 19th century!

But......

John didn't mean to reduce his investment or downsize, because he knew very well why he was spending so many dollars, and he knew that what he was going to build was not a traditional medical school, or even a new type of medical school like Hopkins, but a behemoth that was really at the top of the world!

This medical school is definitely not simply used to teach students.

If seriously. John didn't intend to have the school admit too many students from the beginning, and it wouldn't have more than three hundred students a year for at least twenty years. On the one hand, there are too many people to guarantee the quality, and on the other hand, fundamentally, this will be a huge medical research institution dressed as a medical school and undertaking part of the educational function!

The foundation of medical development, such as anatomy, physiology, and pathology, is still continuing the momentum of the 18th century and is developing rapidly. Biochemistry, microbiology, and immunology, which define the direction of medical development, have sprouted and gradually entered people's attention. End of the 19th century. The world's most important medical specialties, infectious diseases and parasitology, are entering a brilliant ...... These will be the key development directions of medical schools in the future, and they should make full use of the medical knowledge in their minds. John had to rely on the top medical scientists of his time, like Ehrlich, like Howard? Kelly.

But John was never satisfied with American talent alone.

After all, the science center of this era is more accurate. The center of medicine is in Europe, especially Germany! John hopes that in addition to the Americans who are studying abroad, more Germans will come to New York and join him!

The medical school of the future will be the most important weight for John to attract those people.

He wants to provide those people with the best research environment in the world. Offering the highest salaries and providing scientific research ideas and ideas that are ahead of their time, they are attracted to come to New York from Europe, the center of the world, and eventually from Europe to New York......

"Three million dollars!"

After listening to John's words, old Huntelaal also shook his head for a moment.

However, to John's surprise, although the old man's expression was also shocked at first, he was not as shocked as he imagined, and then fiercely questioned or objected, but only frowned and pondered after a moment.

"Grandpa, this money is invested year by year."

After pondering for a while, John said calmly: "Although the next three years will be more expensive, I estimate that more than one million dollars is enough, and the profits of several companies under my name should be able to support it." As for the future, I don't think it's a problem. ”

When it comes to making money, John has absolute confidence in himself.

"I know."

To John's surprise again, old Huntelaar nodded and said, "I know you can spend money and make money, if you have to build this medical school, then go ahead and build it......"

"Huh?"

After hearing his grandfather's words, John was stunned: "Grandpa, you don't object? ”

"If I object, will you give up?"

Rolling his eyes, old Huntelaar said angrily.

"Uh...... Of course not! ”

The reflex was average, and John immediately shook his head. This matter is extremely important to him, how can he give up because of his grandfather's opposition?

"That's it!"

Old Huntelaar sighed softly, waved his hand and said: "I said a long time ago, the Huntelaar family's property is yours after all, and most of everything now is earned by yourself, if you think it's worth it, then let it go......"

…… (To be continued......)