Chapter 59: The Princess of Thailand
Pengcheng University is located on the southern peninsula, between Qianhai and Houhai, backed by a small hill.
At this time, it is the season when lychees are ripe, and there are also unique lychee festivals held here every year, which are unique in this national university, so it is also nicknamed "Lychee University"!
It just so happens that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Pengda, and although the history of the university is much more immature than that of other universities, it has cultivated a lot of interconnected talents. At least it supplies half of the Pangu Group, especially Tengxun has the most.
Brother Xiaoma, Zhang Zidong, Guan Xin and other five alumni jointly donated a welcome pine to their alma mater on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the school, and it grew lush after only a few months of planting.
"Principal Liu, you said that I wouldn't be rude to see the princess in this costume, right?" Chen Bo and Liu Weixin, vice president of Peng University, were standing in front of the neatly trimmed welcome pine, waiting for the convoy of the Chulalongkorn University delegation. Even Li Shusen issued a political order that it should be taken seriously and not damage Pengcheng's international image.
"You're not afraid of the heat, just wear it." Liu Weixin saw that he was serious, and he pursed his lips and smiled in a suit and leather shoes.
"Well, what do you think this Princess Sirindhorn looks like?" Chen Bo's curiosity rose again, so he asked.
"Do you have an idea?"
"No, it's just pure curiosity, and I finally saw the princess back to life." Before the words fell, Alyssa, who was standing behind her, sneered and laughed, Chen Bo turned his head and glared at her, and then stopped laughing.
A black Passat was in front of the guide, followed by a Toyota Coaster bus with the logo of Pengcheng University, drove into the campus and stopped in front of them, with the Thai flag on the body, presumably this is the vehicle that went to pick up the airport.
When the automatic door opened, a young woman walked down, this is the interpreter arranged by the organizing committee, and then came down a small person, with a darker complexion, and wearing glasses, this should be the head of the delegation of Chulalongkorn University. Under the introduction of the translator, Liu Weixin, as the host of this time, stepped forward, shook the hand of the young man, and greeted him warmly.
Chen Bo followed behind him and shook hands to welcome. But no matter whether it is about bearing or appearance, there is no one who looks like a Thai princess, could it be that Li Shusen reported false news?
At this moment, the leader of the other party stood up behind him, wearing a blue shirt and a very rich body, and a woman about 50 years old said skillfully, "Hello, I am the school representative of Chulalongkorn, Shimaha Zakri Sirindhorn. ”
Sirindhorn...... Public...... Host? Chen Bo can stuff an egg in his mouth, this woman who looks like a square dance aunt is actually the Thai princess, is there a mistake? Originally, I thought that she had to be a pampered, white-skinned, beautiful, and extraordinary beauty, but now she was slapped in the face.
"Your Highness the Princess." Zhang Weixin tugged at his grapefruit and said in a low voice, "Etiquette can't be abolished." ”
"It's okay, it's okay." The princess aunt warmly held Chen Bo's hand and said, "Just feel free, I'm no stranger to Huaxia, there's no need to be so restrained." ”
"On behalf of Ant Company, I would like to welcome the arrival of Her Royal Highness Princess Sirindhorn, our mayor will be here soon, and I will arrange for you to visit the beautiful scenery of Xia Pengcheng University later." No matter how surprised Chen Bo was, he could only press the doubts in his heart first, and he was full of politeness.
When Zhang Weixin welcomed them to the office building, Alyssa covered her mouth behind him and laughed.
"Did you already know? It's also embarrassing for me! Chen Bo said unhappily.
"You didn't seem to ask me, hehe...... It's just that you imagined the princess too beautifully. Alyssa laughed, and it seemed a joy to see him in a mess.
Chen Bo is so depressed, why didn't he check the information in advance, and this situation would not have happened.
When he was about to walk into the office building, Li Ziqiang hurriedly came and said, "The delegation from Ewha Womans University in Seoul is almost here, I have to go to the airport to pick up the alumni from Berkeley now, you can help me." ”
"Ewha Womans University is on the list as well?" Chen Bo wondered, the original list didn't have them.
"They asked to join, let's talk about it when we come." Li Zhiqiang hurriedly boarded the bus and left, leaving Chen Bo to stay where he was.
Ewha Womans University's ranking in South Korea is still behind established universities such as Seoul University and Keio University, but Ewha University's history is relatively long, dating back to the Ewha School of the Joseon Dynasty. Because it is a women's university, the focus is mainly on history, art, and financial management, but it also has the world's first women's engineering department.
Chen Bo had no choice but to pull Liu Weixin out again, so wait at the door.
Pengcheng University still attaches great importance to this event, although on the surface it is a commercial event, but Pengcheng University is the host city, inviting these famous universities to come over and at the same time to carry out corresponding academic exchanges and increase their own influence.
Before QQ reached the national level application, who paid attention to Ma Teng, and who paid attention to Pengcheng University? Although it is a first-tier city, the history of this city is short, and Pengda is even later, and many of the faculty and faculty of the school were built with the aid of other famous schools.
Chen Bo stood in the shade and chatted with Zhang Weixin, and while he was talking, another bus with the South Korean flag drove in, and there was no doubt that it must be the delegation of Pear University.
This pear is good, not only the students are beautiful, but the teachers are also mature and attractive, and only a few men are mixed in.
Liu Weixin took the lead in greeting him, and Chen Bo was also briefly introducing himself and greetings, his tender little hands held him, and he called out sweetly, "Oba!" ”
Look closely, who else could this be Lee Yoon-hee?
Damn, why did you forget this stubble, this little girl is studying at Pear University!
"Didn't you go back, why did you get here again?" Chen Bo was surprised that after the charity night, she rarely followed Li Zairong back, and she never thought of appearing here again.
"As a representative of Ewha University, I have a problem supporting your academic alliance program?" Flashing big eyes, the delicate expression is really cute.
"No problem, but it's time for you to graduate this year, right?" Chen Bo asked again.
"How do you know? Do you care about me secretly? Lee Yoon-hee smiled and said, "I got an offer to be admitted to NYU for graduate school in arts administration, but I won't graduate until next month, and I'm still a student at Ewha University." ”
In this case, Chen Bo couldn't drive her away, after all, she was also nominally the representative of Pear University, so she simply went.
Today's day is mainly to receive all the delegations, Nanyang Polytechnic, Hong Kong Island University, University, Berkeley, National University of Malaysia, plus Posts and Telecommunications, Jinling, Tongji University representatives also arrived.
Li Shusen is late, and there are always reporters behind him, whether it is TV or print media, they will closely follow his every dispatch, and they are also advertising ants in disguise. He came here for nothing more than kind words, and the official attendance had to be on the third day of the signing agreement, when QQ live will do a live broadcast.
Let's go through the motions today, representing the city's welcome and attention to major universities.
The second day was much more compact, with 100 members of the delegation visiting the Pangu Building in the early morning and demonstrating the technical strength of Ant Search in the Internet, as well as the original intention and future significance of the construction of the Ant Academic Alliance.
Then you will return to Pengcheng University and go to the back mountain for the opening of the "Lychee Festival", breathe in the fresh sea breeze and taste the delicious tropical fruits. In particular, the freshly picked lychees are really different from those in the market, and the students who have tasted them will never have a good impression of the lychees shipped from the far south.
The protagonists accompanying him today are Wales, the executive chairman of the Ant Academic Alliance, as well as Liu Weixin and Li Zhiqiang of the organizing committee, who finalized the final cooperation details with each school one by one to facilitate the signing ceremony on the last day.
This kind of loose cooperation model is not a commercial promotion, nor can it be said to be a pure public welfare.
But it is also mutually beneficial, the ranking of global universities is made based on the number of citations and other conditions, Ant Academic provides such a good convenience for global researchers through its own interconnected advantages, and it is also borderless, whether it is a competition for students for universities, or the actual significance of applying for funding is very significant.
By the way, Ant has cooperated with several science and engineering universities to build Ant Labs, providing research funds of varying amounts as a technical reserve for the future.
After all, it's all here, and it's not going to make a family a fate for you to hold such a big scene?
After a busy period of time, the third day of the formal cooperation ceremony finally kicked off in the auditorium of Pengcheng University, and the reporters were of course indispensable, all of whom were aimed at Mayor Li Shusen, who was talking eloquently on the stage.
In addition to the encouragement of academic exchanges, Princess Sirindhorn was also awarded a certificate of honorary citizenship on the spot, how is it also a Thai royal family, and the city has to be a little aristocratic. And Sirindhorn's gift in return was a children's study "Naughty Gail" written by herself, if Chen Bo remembers correctly, this book was released in the 80s, it seems that he has read it, but I didn't expect it to be written by this old lady.
This princess and Huaxia are really fated, Pengda beat the snake and gave the title of a visiting professor by the way, as long as this person is famous, there will always be someone rushing to have something to do with you. But this princess is a genuine talent, not only has a doctorate, but is also proficient in science, art and music, and is much better than those celebrities who have not read a few books but bear the title of so-called visiting professor, and the beast is almost the same.