Chapter XXVII
In this part of North America, the Chinese do not seem to have a good time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In the beginning, there was a shortage of labor in the United States, and a large number of Chinese were transported to North America, and even "sold piglets" to deceive them, and worked hard for the railroad and mining industries in the United States, leaving a lot of white bones, and then after the construction tide passed, these people felt that the Chinese had seized their job opportunities and viciously wanted to drive them back.
This is how the Chinese Exclusion Act came about.
John had felt this unfriendliness from the train to New York, and the little girl still remembers it vividly. And almost everywhere in New York City, you can see this kind of discrimination, such as the vulgar jokes in the newspapers, such as the fixed image of Chinese laundry workers and thieves in theaters......
It's full of malice!
Before his 36 children came to New York, John had already thought about the resistance he might encounter, and he believed that this resistance would not only exist in the outside world, but also in the people around him.
Merely......
"I hope no one forgets that these children are guests of the Huntelaar family!"
After the subordinate left in a cold sweat, John said with a sneer. The surname Huntelaar is not the most common in the United States, but it is actually not a few, and in this place in New York, when this surname and John? When Huntelaar is linked, it means more than just a surname.
Today's Huntelaar family does not only have huge financial resources.
Maybe John wasn't the kind of person who was good at managing power, but don't forget that old Huntelaar is still around. The old man's years in New York have not been in vain. Especially after John helped the family business rise, the old man has not been idle. With sufficient financial resources and the elder Huntelaar's connections, the Huntelaar family can now be said to have become the core of German-American New Yorkers, and the elder Huntelaar has also invested in many politicians, such as Roosevelt Sr., who has taken up the post of police chief.
With huge financial resources and black and white management, the Huntelaar family is not something anyone can mess with.
Even if he is as powerful as Morgan, who has always been eyeing John's pharmaceutical company and automobile company, he can only make small moves in private, such as agitating and investing in Tesla's research projects, etc., if he really wants the other party to directly confront the Huntelaar family, Morgan's old fox will never dare to do it......
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A week later, John arrived at the newly built Huntelaar School.
According to John's plan and arrangement, it will be a school that integrates elementary, middle and high school. This time, John also made a lot of money, not only took out a large piece of land, but also completely renovated the original building, and even asked his subordinate company to quickly build a simple stadium and install several basketball hoops.
"It's a waste to just target these thirty-six kids."
After accompanying John into the campus gates, the head of the school, Henry? Stanford frowned slightly and said, "Mr. Huntelaar, the venue you provided is really too big, if it is only more than thirty people, it is not cost-effective." ”
"Who said there were only thirty of them?"
Squinting his eyes slightly, John smiled: "In the future, at least the same number of people will come to New York every year, and gradually the number of people will increase." ”
"But ......"
Hesitate slightly, Henry? Stanford smiled bitterly: "Even if there are Chinese students coming every year, but this school is too big, needless to mention the junior high school and high school parts, after all, there is no enrollment plan, but the primary school part alone is enough to accommodate thousands of students to study at the same time, this scale ...... We can afford 200 students per grade, and we recruit so many teachers because the students are all Chinese, and the salaries are still very high......"
"Huh?"
After hearing this, John's face instantly turned cold.
Of course he heard Henry? The meaning of Stanford's words is nothing more than that the students are all Chinese, and the status of Chinese in New York is so low, even lower than that of blacks, that teachers are probably a little reluctant to teach......
"If anyone is not willing to teach, let them quit themselves!"
Without hesitation, John said coldly: "Remember, I asked them for a high salary not because the students are all Chinese, but because I think the teachers deserve a high salary, so I warned them in advance, I don't care what they think in their hearts, if anyone in the school dares to show unfriendliness to the Chinese, then don't blame me for being unkind!" ”
"Yes, sir."
Unable to help but shudder, Stanford nodded hurriedly in response.
However, when he was about to walk to the door of the teaching building, Stanford was entangled for a while, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Sir, anyway, only thirty or so students are a bit too wasteful!" Even if people come every year in the future, but now ......"
"Well, I understand."
This time, John didn't get angry, but nodded and said lightly: "So I decided to arrange a benefit for everyone, as long as it is a company under the Huntelaar Foundation, all the direct children of employees can come in and study here, and the cost is ...... It's half of the same school in New York, which is considered a benefit. ”
"Uh...... Good. ”
With a secret sigh in his heart, Mr. Stanford nodded in understanding.
Anyway, the number of teachers hired is enough, even if it is enough for the sixth grade of primary school. Although Mr. Huntelaar decided to charge only half of the fee, if the number of students enrolled is large, it will be quite affordable, if not recoverable. I believe that as long as Mr. Huntelaar is willing to invest a sum of money every year, the school can continue to operate, and he does not have to worry about losing this well-paid job......
Ignoring Mr. Stanford's careful thoughts, John began to look forward to the meeting that was coming soon.
Of course, this school will not only be used to train children from China, because it will also take on the task of educating the children of employees of various companies under the name of the Huntelaar family - a bit like the children of enterprises and institutions in China in later generations.
On the one hand, it is natural to give employees benefits that can increase their sense of belonging. After all, in New York in this era, the capitalists thought most about how to oppress the poor workers, and even the famous philanthropist Carnegie had to bloodily suppress the disgraceful record of the steelworkers. John's benefits can naturally greatly increase the cohesion of employees.
On the other hand, it is for the sake of these young international students.
John didn't think about building a closed school to avoid the children being disturbed by the outside world, after all, New York was very unfriendly to them in this era. But after thinking about it, John still prepared for the young students to integrate into the society as soon as possible - although isolating them would avoid discrimination, it would also lose the meaning of studying in New York.
It is not unreasonable that the young children who studied in the United States at that time were all housed in American families.
However, John would not tell anyone else about these things, and after seeing him from a distance, a familiar figure quickly greeted him: "Sir, you are here, and the children are already waiting for you......" (To be continued.) )