Principal Levine was amused, pointed to his desk, and laughed, "No, no, in five years, you will be the richest beggar in the world." If I ask you to raise money now, it will be tantamount to asking myself for trouble in the future. ”

The secretary next to her hurriedly took out a budget sheet from the desk, and Sun Ziming glanced at the total number and had some bottom in his heart. Yale University, with a budget of only 9 next year. With $1.5 billion, based on its own economic strength, the newly opened university could support decades even if it provided free education.

Jill stretched his head, tapped his finger at the budget sheet, and quipped, "Ming, do you understand?" Yale has been around for nearly 300 years, and we now have to spend an extra amount every year on top of student tuition.9 $1.5 billion. Your university has to build all the new facilities, and you have to pay for a chair, and I dare to ask you for donations? ”

Hey, it's easy to build a building, but it's hard to build a university. "The so-called university is not only a building, but also a master", to invite masters, not only to give the masters enough academic freedom, but also to treat money as paper, and not hesitate to build all kinds of practical rooms for the masters. Therefore, Sun Ziming is known as the richest person in Hollywood, with assets of tens of billions of dollars, and Professor Levine does not ask him to raise donations.

"What do you mean?"

"Yale has a high social reputation and advanced scientific research capabilities, and you have strong funds, so we can cooperate in the field of teaching and research. Ming, although private universities rely on students' tuition fees and social donations, they must have their own hematopoietic function, which is the long-term solution. ”

This is no problem, cooperating with world-renowned universities was originally Sun Ziming's plan, and he even thought about copying back the libraries of famous schools such as Yale and Harvard; Hire professors from these prestigious universities and teach at their own universities.

"What, God, you have courage!"

President Levine said with a wry smile, "Ming, we at Yale University alone have 11 million books. Ming, if you want to do this, I will try to make it as convenient as possible without affecting the normal learning of teachers and students. ”

"Ok, after I hire the principal, I will definitely carry out comprehensive and in-depth cooperation with your school."

At the mention of the president of the university, President Levine remembered something and quickly got up and went to his desk to look for something. After searching for a long time, Principal Levine finally found a record from his work notebook, and said happily: "Ming, I recommended you a candidate for principal, and he is definitely the most suitable!" ”

"Principal Gao?" Sun Ziming was dumbfounded, this old man is a good old man, how can he manage a university in the grass creation period?

In 93, the old principal was in trouble with the student union at the graduation ceremony because he accepted the position of 'Hong Kong affairs adviser' from the mainland government. The student council bastards stood up at the bottom and pointed at the headmaster on the stage and shouted, 'Shame on Kao! And he was smiling innocently, and no one knew what he was laughing at.

"I knew that he was an adjunct professor at our school's Trumbull College, and I had learned more about his work at Yale, so I recommended him. Ming, 'I can disagree with you, but I will defend your right to speak to the death,' which is the basic requirement of academic independence. In universities, the last thing you need is authority, and only by encouraging everyone to challenge authority will outstanding talents appear. As for the things you're worried about, it's entirely possible to form a university disciplinary committee and let them maintain the normal order of the school. ”

……

Farewell to Richard? Charles? Mr. Levine and Sun Ziming called back to Los Angeles and announced that the crew of "Independence Day" would continue to rest for three days and fly directly to New York to transfer to Taiwan.

After participating in the donation ceremonies of the three universities of Furen, Soochow and Tamkang non-stop, Sun Ziming flew back to Hong Kong in a hurry.

When the plane landed at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport, it was already brightly lit, and Sun Ziming got into Wang Fatzi's Bentley, and then he was comfortable with smoking.

Accompanied Sun Ziming to smoke two cigarettes, Wang Fatzi hurried to report the company's situation, and waited for the car to arrive at the gate of Zhongda before he worried: "Ziming, are you really going to let Lao Gao be the principal?" With his character, he made the officials and students in the mainland? ”

Seeing the familiar school gate, Sun Ziming hurriedly tidied up his clothes and scolded with a smile: "So you and I can only make movies, people can be the 'father of optical fiber' and change the world!" ”

"Cut, except for gaining a reputation, I didn't get any benefits. Those who play with computers say that if Lao Gao applied for a patent back then, he would at least be a super-rich man with tens of billions of dollars! ”

Sun Ziming is too lazy to pay attention to this guy, everyone has different pursuits, how can he evaluate a scientist and educator by the standards of laymen?

The shiny black Bentley stopped silently in front of a small detached house, Sun Ziming got out of the car empty-handed, and Wang Fatzi carried a bunch of swallow abalone winged ginseng and went to the small detached house in the back to visit his teacher.

In the cold moonlight of early winter, Sun Ziming knocked on the door, said hello respectfully, and entered the house.

Entering the door, Principal Gao and his wife were startled when they saw Sun Ziming's appearance, and their long half-white hair reflected a trace of miserable white in the light. If it weren't for the fact that his face was still young, Sun Ziming would have changed from a young man in his prime to a calm and calm old man within a year.

Is this still the Sun Tzu Ming of God who was regarded as a god by more than 2,000 graduates at last year's graduation ceremony, which caused a tsunami of applause and cheers as soon as he stepped onto the podium?

Sun Ziming laughed at himself in the shocked eyes of the principal and his wife: "Let the principal and the teacher laugh, my appearance is not bad, right?" When I was at Tamkang University this morning, Luo Dayou and Qi Yu said that I was just like a genius, not a copper-smelling businessman. ”

Principal Gao pointed to the news of Hong Kong Satellite TV on TV and quipped: "I watched TV just now, and you donated $300 million to Taiwan, are you going to go back to your alma mater and donate some?" ”

"You are a public university, you can ask the government if you have a small budget, they are a private school, and they refuse to make money from students", Sun Tzu said clearly, but he respectfully got up and took the black tea from Mrs. Huang's hand, and looked at the Westernized Gao Principal Zhile.

"Sun Ziming, you're too traditional, aren't you? When you go to Professor Wang's, it's the same? ”

"Headmaster, I'm from the country."

"Yes, yes, you're a Hollywood redneck. Say, what is the matter with me? I'm busy, and you're not idle. I heard in the news that you're still making a movie on your hands, right? ”

Sun Ziming was used to being direct, but he didn't expect this person to be more direct than himself, and he hadn't even drunk the tea, so he was ready to blast people out after talking. Sun Ziming, who was a little embarrassed, hurriedly put down the teacup and revealed his intentions.

"President, the mainland government has promised to give me 50 square kilometers of land on the outskirts of my hometown to build a private university. I have prepared $400 million in preliminary funding, and during the three-year infrastructure construction period, I will invest between $10 and 2 billion in the infrastructure construction of the school. After the school officially opens, another $500 million will be invested every year; After my company in the U.S. went public, all the shares I held were injected into the school ,......"

Yes? Principal Gao was stunned and hurriedly interrupted: "Wait, you mean, if you want to run a private university, please ask me to be the president?" ”

Sun Tzu, who played a little trick, said with a smile: "The principal is talented, and it is too condescending to nest in this small pond in Hong Kong." I would like to invite you to go north, restore the governance of professors from the Republic of China, and establish a truly academically independent university. ”

"But my term of office won't end until next year, and besides, I'm 62 years old and I'm about to retire next year."

Sun Ziming could not be excused by him like this, and hurriedly said: "Principal, you are a great talent, why do you want to retire so early?" The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, I finally won a special policy for the education of the motherland in the mainland, you can't stand idly by, right? ”

Principal Gao leaned back on the sofa and said with a wry smile: "No, I'm really ready to retire." I heard that the newspaper of the student union even prepared a farewell message for me, 'Eight years of principal, nothing has been accomplished'! ”

Nothing? Sun Ziming sneered, without the old man in front of him, Zhongda and Dalian are not second-rate in Asia, let alone have a certain international reputation.

"Don't, don't put a high hat on me, the merits and demerits will be determined after many years. Ziming, I'm really tired, I really want to recuperate. ”

Sun Ziming nodded silently, for people like them who have already achieved fame, they have no desire for fame and fortune. However, in the future university, there is no such master to preside, and Sun Ziming has no bottom in his heart.

First there are masters, then there are universities. The style of the first president often determines the style of a university after that, without Professor Mei Yiqi, how could Mizuki Tsinghua come after that? Without Stuart Leiden, where did Yenching University come from?

In desperation, Sun Ziming had no choice but to come up with a way that was not a way to start misinterpreting the ancient texts.