After a hearty dinner, John motioned for Suli to follow him to the study on the second floor. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After waving his hand to signal his cook to sit down, John waited for a moment before asking, "Sue, how did you talk to Mr. Yung in the end?" ”

"Although there were some twists and turns, it was quite smooth!"

Sitting up a little straighter, Su Li spoke: "Mr. Rong has basically agreed to help, and he will use his influence in China to screen young children for us to study in the United States." And Mr. Rong also agreed with your selection criteria, that is, between six and ten years old, with a clean family background, smart and clever, every Chinese New Year's Eve person in the first three years, and then increase or decrease according to the situation...... Mr. Rong believes that now that the Sino-Japanese war has been newly defeated, there must be much less resistance to studying abroad......"

"Well, as I thought."

With a calm look on his face, John nodded slowly.

If you put it in a hundred years, studying abroad is quite a trendy thing. At first, it was to settle or study abroad, but then it gradually became a way out, and some high school students with strong financial strength in their families would choose to go abroad to be gilded or something if they could not get into the university of their choice. So by the time John crossed over, the returnees no longer had the aura they used to be. But in this era, studying abroad is difficult for Chinese who pursue the concept of not traveling far to accept. For example, a few decades ago, young children studying in the United States could only recruit children from poor families, and families with a little wealth did not want their children to study abroad, thinking that it was a humiliating move.

But a war can change a lot of things.

The result of the Sino-Japanese war is different from what many Chinese people imagined, Japan in the land of projectiles defeated the **** country with vast land and resources, and Japan learning from the West shocked many people!

The door for Chinese to study abroad has really been opened.

After the Sino-Japanese War, some people of insight began to sponsor students to study abroad, and the subsequent entry of the Eight-Nation Coalition into Beijing, especially the victory of the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese War, set off a climax of studying in Japan, and even led to the Japanese government to introduce a bill restricting Chinese students. It can be said that John's sponsorship of international students came at a good time.

Or rather, he deliberately chose a good time......

A faint sadness welled up in his heart, but he was instantly thrown aside by John, and asked in a deep voice: "In that case, why does Mr. Rong have to come to New York to meet me in person?" ”

This time, he came back to New York with Su Li, as well as Rong Hong himself.

When he received the telegram from Suli, John was quite surprised. Because Rong Hong actually said that he wanted to come to New York and talk to him face-to-face, only after meeting himself would he decide whether to cooperate in the end. Of course, John would not object to this, and specially explained that Su Li must book a ticket and accompany Rong Hong back. But John was a little puzzled, why did Rong Hong have to come in person, could he be relieved after seeing him in person?

After a little hesitation, Su Li smiled bitterly: "Sir, Mr. Rong is very prestigious in China, especially because the matter of studying in the United States had a great impact, so as you said at the beginning, it will be much easier for us to act with his help, but ......"

"But what?"

His eyes narrowed slightly, and John asked lightly.

"In general, Mr. Yung is still worried about the future of these children!"

After taking a deep breath, Su Li Zhengse said: "There are two main worries, one is that we are worried that we do not have enough financial resources, or that we will reduce investment for various reasons, which will have an adverse impact on the children's learning, and on the other hand, we are worried that we will not have enough financial resources...... As you know, a few years ago, he had a terrible reputation for selling piglets, and he was afraid that we were lying to him. Therefore, Mr. Yung would like to meet with you in person to make a final judgment. ”

"Hmm...... Understandable. ”

Nodding slowly, John's expression became ugly.

Even if he doesn't know this history, but he has watched the Wong Fei Hung series of movies in his previous life, John naturally knows what it means to sell piglets. As the movie says, the Americans used the gimmick of "Golden Mountain" to attract many Chinese to cross the ocean and build railways for them. At that time, there was no breakthrough in the navigation industry, and a trip often took several months, and Chinese laborers were imprisoned in the "floating hell", with extremely poor living conditions and a mortality rate of 30~50%. After arriving in the United States, they had to sign extremely harsh contracts, and they worked tirelessly to build railroads or work in factories and mines, and I don't know how many people died.

As the first Qing native to study in the United States, Rong Hong was well aware of this, so it was natural to worry about John's purpose.

At the same time, Rong Hong also participated in the organization of young children in the United States by the Qing government, and also knew how much money hundreds of young children would spend more than ten years if they went to study in the United States, so it was difficult for him to imagine that an American would invest so much in China, even if the American spent the first ten years of his life in China.

So John understands Yung Hong's worries very well.

John himself also had a yellow soul in his body, so he knew very well what Rong Hong was thinking, so he only thought about it for a moment and then immediately spoke: "In this way, you wait to go to the hotel to inform Mr. Rong, and say that I will hold a banquet at home tomorrow and welcome him to ......New York."

……

“…… Tsk, I really don't understand it anymore. ”

After listening to John's detailed explanation, old Huntelaar tapped his staff lightly, shook his head and smiled bitterly. He could understand John's investment in Shanghai, China, where there was now a prototype of an adventurer's paradise, and there was still a great benefit to trading with the Chinese and developing a banking career there. But what old Huntelaar didn't understand was, why did John run a university? Now it is even more necessary to directly fund Chinese to study in the United States!

The root reason, of course, is because he is a yellow-hearted American, but if you have to say why, it is not impossible to prepare for the future. After all, it is a huge country, and that means a huge market, what is wrong with cultivating some pro-American, to be precise, pro-Huntelaar family elite?

"Hehe, it's just preparing for the future."

Fooling his grandfather casually, John shrugged his shoulders and smiled.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he really regarded old Huntelaar as his grandfather, John wouldn't have mentioned it at all, and just did it silently. But now, John really doesn't want to hide anything, even if the old man opposes it, he has to make it clear, after all, he will entertain Rong Hong at home tomorrow.

Faced with his grandson's natural reply, Old Huntelaar's expression changed slightly.

Don't......

"Is it because of Elizabeth?"

His face couldn't help but darken, and Old Huntelaar's mood instantly became depressed, and he sighed and said, "Okay, you are old now, and you naturally have your own plans for doing things, so you don't need to talk to me about decisions like this in the future...... John. (To be continued.) )