“…… I'm sorry sir! ”

Facing John's gloomy face, the middle-aged white man looked helpless: "Although President Roosevelt has also changed his attitude, and we have won the support of many congressmen, the traditional forces are too strong!" ”

"Well, how did it turn out?"

Taking a deep breath, John, who had already been mentally prepared, asked lightly. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"This ......"

Gritting his teeth, the middle-aged white man smiled bitterly: "Although diplomats and international students are no longer restricted, the various bills of Chinese workers will be extended for ten years!" ”

“……”

John's long silence made the middle-aged white man's heart beat violently.

"Okay."

A soft voice, as if it came from a distant land, John said indifferently: "Then so be it, as long as it doesn't affect the enrollment of our school, then so be it." ”

To get to the point where he is now, John can only express his satisfaction.

After all, his personal ability and strength cannot control the United States, and it is impossible for Americans to give up their inherent prejudices against the Chinese. Now it is only the extension of the effect of the original law, rather than the introduction of more excessive provisions, which is already a big victory in John's opinion. And in this way, the resistance of the domestic side to the United States may be lighter, and I think that with a ten-year basis for cooperation, it should not affect the reputation and activities of the Huntelaar family in China.

But......

When meeting with the other three people in the afternoon, John still said solemnly: "Sir, the matter of opening universities in China must start as soon as possible, and I hope that the three universities will start recruiting students in September next year!" You've been analyzing it for so many days, you should already know if you can make it happen, right? ”

"This ......"

The three of them glanced at each other, and one of them, a tall man in his forties, nodded: "Yes sir, we have communicated with our colleagues in the East, and they are confident that the three universities will start recruiting students in September next year, and those names you propose, such as Erich?" Mr. Baolong has also agreed to serve as the dean of the School of Medicine. Merely...... Although we have purchased enough land and prepared school buildings and school buildings in advance, they may need a lot of money to buy the necessary teaching materials and recruit more teachers! ”

"No problem!"

Without hesitation, John nodded vigorously and said, "I will allocate a special fund of 500,000 US dollars to the Shanghai branch for their use, and if it is not enough, it can be increased!" I was even able to recruit teachers from the United States with high salaries and send them enough teaching materials and testing equipment. But I only have three conditions, one is to start recruiting students in September next year, the second is that the quality of teaching should not be lower than the standard of ordinary American universities, and the third is that the annual enrollment of each school must not be less than 500 students -- of course, the enrollment in the first year can be less, but after three years, the enrollment must reach more than 500! ”

"Uh......"

After hearing these three requests, the faces of the three people showed embarrassment at the same time.

The first condition has just been discussed, and of course it is not a problem. The second condition should be grudgingly fulfilled with the full support of Mr. Huntelaar. After all, John is well known for his generosity towards China, and doubling his salary is enough to attract many university lecturers to work in the Far East for two or three years!

But the third condition is ......

"Sir, I'm afraid the third one is a bit difficult!"

After smiling bitterly, the tall man shook his head helplessly and said, "The enrollment of five hundred people per year is two thousand in four years, which requires too many resources." If it is only the teaching space, equipment and instruments, it can be solved with money, but it is probably impossible to use the teachers. You know, our three universities require all English or German to teach, but a school of 2,000 people needs at least 100 teachers, so we can really invite so many excellent teachers to China, right? ”

The trio were generally skeptical of John's videography.

In fact, it is not particularly difficult to hire people to become teachers in China, for example, the Rockefeller Foundation has hired many teachers to teach at the future Union Medical College. The salary is much higher than that in the United States, which can indeed attract some people, such as John's Huntelaar University, and the Northeast Ten University Alliance, which has gradually begun to form, if John offers a salary twice as high, it can indeed attract many people.

But this amount, by all, will not be too much.

Moreover, these people must go to the Far East for a short time, two or three years will be fine, if it is a long time, I am afraid that there will be very few people who are willing. So no matter how they calculated, they couldn't figure out how to realize Mr. Huntelaar's idea, the three schools needed hundreds of excellent university teachers, and it was almost impossible to recruit in China in this era!

"Hehe, don't worry."

In response to the doubts of the three subordinates, John smiled and waved his hand: "I can't recruit so many European and American teachers for you, and to be honest, I don't want to hire too many short-term employees." So I can give you a contact information, the contact information of a group of Chinese studying at universities in Germany or the United States, you can try to invite them! ”

In recent years, the number of Chinese students studying abroad has begun to grow explosively.

According to John's memory, the total number of international students this year should be more than 8,000, and although most of them went to Japan, don't forget that he himself sponsored a large number of students to study in the United States and Germany. And unlike in the future, the vast majority of international students in this era will choose to return to their home countries.

These people will be excellent candidates for university teachers!

International students with formal European and American higher education, coupled with high-paid foreign professors, believe that they will soon be able to organize a reliable teaching team. And other international students John dare not say that if it is a young person who is sponsored by her to study in Germany or the United States, I am afraid that he will seriously consider the invitation of the three universities. If you add to this the fact that the salary is much more generous than other positions, the time to consider it will be much shorter......

……

After sending off the three worried subordinates, John ushered in another heavyweight subordinate.

"Edward, how's the publishing house going?"

After having a cup of tea served to Mr. Edward of Huntelaar Press, John asked with a smile.

"Everything went well!"

After taking a deep breath, Edward, who had been following John Dow from England for a decade or two, smiled: "The paper books we publish are very popular in the market because they are less expensive and of good quality. In the first four months of this year, we have published 104 books, and we expect to publish 500 books for the whole year, which is at least 1/20th of the number in the United States! ”

"Well, good job!"

After listening to Edward's report, John nodded with satisfaction, and then said with a smile: "But I'm still not satisfied with this number, Edward, if I hope that by 1910, Huntelaar Publishing House can publish at least 1,000 books a year, occupying more than 10% of the market in the United States, do you think it is possible?" ”

"This ......"

After listening to John's question, Edward fell silent.

After a long time, the strict Englishman gritted his teeth and nodded: "There are still six years to go, I will try my best." ”

"Haha, very good!"

John, who knew Edward well, smiled and nodded with satisfaction. He also knows Edward well, and knows that since the other party said that he will try hard, then he will definitely try his best to achieve this goal. And John also believes that with the Sherlock Holmes detective collection as a benchmark, many great European writers now know about Huntelaar Press, and the elite writers in the United States have been encircled a lot under John's reminder, this goal is not difficult to achieve.

And......

"Also, I'll inject money into the publishing house again!"

After a moment of silence, John continued, "In the next few years, in addition to your own development, you can start to make acquisitions. In addition to publishing houses, newspapers can be acquired, such as newspapers in big cities such as New York and Los Angeles, and some high-quality magazines can also be acquired......"

John is naturally extremely optimistic about the future of the American publishing industry.

With his words, Edward's expression suddenly became excited, and he hurriedly nodded: "If that's the case, sir, I guarantee that your goal will be achieved ahead of schedule!" ”

"Haha, that's great!"

Smiling happily, John suddenly changed the topic and said, "By the way, the more than two hundred books I asked you to prepare last time...... That's right, just those Chinese books that only have samples printed, let's start printing...... Well, don't worry about the cost, I'll give you $200,000, and you will print me 10,000 copies each, and then send them to our branch in the Far East as soon as possible to ......" (To be continued. )