Lunar New Year is not an official holiday in the United States, so Springfield Polytechnic Institute and the School of Medicine are not closed for Lunar New Year.

Of course, considering that the majority of the students on campus are Chinese, the canteens of the Polytechnic and Medical Schools are still preparing a large number of traditional Chinese New Year delicacies to celebrate the Lunar New Year, and dumplings are of course indispensable.

Limited by conditions, there are not too many vegetables to choose from in this season, and there are no common vegetables in the Qing Dynasty in the United States, what meat seedlings, leeks, Chinese cabbage, the vast majority of Americans have never seen at all, the Institute of Science and Technology and the School of Medicine have made some attempts before, using carrots and small greens to make dumplings, but the taste is not popular, so simply return to the basics, whether it is pork dumplings or mutton filling, beef filling, meat filling is pure meat filling, at most add some shallots to taste, which is more acceptable.

In fact, it is not so difficult to accept, before coming to the United States, the vast majority of Chinese students have never eaten dumplings with pure meat filling, and many people are even forced by life to eat dumplings at all during the New Year, so the key is not what the filling, but the atmosphere of the New Year, as long as the atmosphere arrives, even if they are in a foreign country, it is emotionally acceptable.

Although the vast majority of the faculty at Springfield Polytechnic Institute and the School of Medicine are not Chinese, they also enjoy all the benefits provided by the school, and Franklin and Mrs. Henry have never been stingy in the distribution of benefits, with each teacher receiving the equivalent of $1,000 worth of shopping vouchers during the Chinese New Year, which can be used in lieu of cash at all subsidiaries of the Zefner Group in New York.

As a newly graduated from the Institute of Technology less than half a year ago, Lytton also received his own shopping coupon.

Lytton is the second batch of graduates of the Polytechnic Institute, although Lytton is not as good as Lee's genius of their class, but among ordinary students, Lytton is already very outstanding, so Lytton was able to stay in the Polytechnic after graduation to teach, and received the salary of the third tier of the Polytechnic faculty member, which made Lytton very satisfied, not only the salary is good, Lytton also has the opportunity to continue his studies, and now Lytton is seeking to join the Horse Laboratory, once successful, Lytton will become an external professor of the Institute of Technology, Get a first-tier salary of $1,000 a month, which even in New York goes into the top five percent of the earners.

"Shopping vouchers can be used as U.S. dollars, right?" After Lyton gets the shopping voucher, he determines the purpose of the voucher with the financial staff.

"Yes, if you identify yourself when you use the shopping voucher, you may even get a high discount, which is a benefit that the Dean is fighting for all of us." Bonnie, who is in charge of paychecking, confirms that as a treasurer, Bonnie is also eligible to receive shopping vouchers, much to Bonnie's delight, and Bonnie has decided to go shopping at Battery Park after work.

It must be pointed out that the admission to Springfield Institute of Technology is not because of how good Bonnie is at work, but because Bonnie is Franklin's niece.

This is normal, even in the twenty-first century, it is impossible to completely eliminate this kind of thing, it is normal in this era, as long as Bonnie no longer makes mistakes at work, then no one will accuse Franklin of nepotism, and the supervision department of the Horse Group will turn a blind eye, even if Li Mu knows about it, he will not trouble Franklin for a financial officer.

"Well, I'm trying to ask, if I want to use the vouchers to pay off my previous student loans—" Lytton had a little bit of a big brain, and these vouchers might be meaningful to Bonnie, but not to Lytton.

Like most Chinese, Lytton lives very frugally, usually lives in the dormitory arranged by the Polytechnic Institute, the clothing is the uniform issued by the Polytechnic Institute, and the meals will only go to the special dining hall for the faculty of the Polytechnic Institute, where the meals are cheap and delicious, under the premise of the Polytechnic Institute's subsidy, Lyton only needs to spend one dollar a day to get three meals, so that Lyton can repay all the student loans in a year at most.

"Lee, are you mistaken? You have chosen to stay and teach at the Polytechnic, that is, to stay in the ZAMA Group, so you do not need to repay the loan, you have proven yourself with loyalty. "Bonnie is a little strange that, in Lytton's case, there is no need to repay the loan.

"No, no, no one, Bonnie, no one asks me, I take the initiative to repay the loan, not just now, every month in the future, I will donate a part of my income to the Polytechnic as my return to the Polytechnic, I know that for the Polytechnic, my salary is nothing, but, this is what Mr. Dean calls gratitude, I am grateful to the Polytechnic and Mr. Ream-" Lytton was not polite, he really intended to do this, and as far as Lytton knew, he was not alone in preparing to do this, Many of Lytton's classmates plan to do the same in the future, and as Lytton said, if there is no polytechnic, there is nothing Lytton has to offer.

Lytton has seen the school's propaganda before, for American schools, alumni donations are an important income for the school, Lytton knows that Springfield Institute of Technology has been losing money by cultivating their students, so Lytton also wants to do something for the Polytechnic Institute, although this power seems insignificant, but if enough graduates do it, Lytton believes that sooner or later the Polytechnic Institute will become the best institution of higher learning in the United States.

At that time, Lytton's diploma will also be more valuable.

"Lee, you're really generous – I'm sorry though, I wasn't notified of this, so I can't make a decision for the school." Bonnie would love to help Lytton, but it was beyond Bonnie's power.

"Well, alright." Lytton was a little disappointed that he really didn't need the vouchers.

"It's not impossible, Bonnie, if you want to help Lee, then you can pay for these vouchers, and Lee can pay off the student loans—in return, Lee, Bonnie has done you a favor, you should be gentlemanly and give your advice while Bonnie is shopping." Someone always needs to break the ice at times like this, and Bonnie and Mary come up with an idea, which is a good idea, and both Bonnie and Lytton are a little excited.

Of course, there may be something else that makes Bonnie and Litton excited.

As a graduate who stayed in school, it is obvious that Lytton's personal ability is undoubtedly excellent, in fact, the Polytechnic Institute will produce the real first batch of graduates this summer, Lytton also completed his studies a year ahead of schedule, whether it is in the nineteenth century or in the twenty-first century, Lytton is a standard scholar, which also means that Lytton has a bright future in the future, such a person, put there are very popular.

Although Lynghton is so good, Bonnie is not bad, even if the relationship between Bonnie and Franklin is not considered, Bonnie's own conditions are also excellent, beautiful, good figure, cheerful personality, like small animals, Bonnie is the most standard American girl, if it is not for Lyton's excellent grades, then Lytton really has no qualifications to stand with Bonnie.

"Is that okay?" Lytton was thrilled, I don't know if it was because of a thousand dollars, or because I could go shopping with Bonnie, they were all adults, and Lytton certainly knew what it meant.

"Of course." Bonnie was a little shy when she answered, if it was just a simple money transaction, then it shouldn't be like this, as a financial officer, Bonnie doesn't know how much cash she handles every day.

At noon that day, Lytton and Bonnie had lunch together in the faculty cafeteria, and then the two left campus together.

As Bonnie and Lytton walked past the office building, Franklin was discussing financial allocations with Lisa in the principal's office on the third floor.

"The Polytechnic and the School of Medicine will receive a total of $2 million for the next year, and that doesn't include the Foundation's donations, and last year because of the expansion of the two colleges, we still have a loan from the Bank of America to repay, so we only have about $1.5 million at our disposal, and my opinion is that the proportion of the distribution should be determined by the proportion of students enrolled in the two colleges." Franklin was like an old fox, calculating how much money the Polytechnic would get.

Compared with last year, the biggest change in the president's office is that there is an honor cabinet for display next to the bookcase that originally occupied one wall, which contains the commemorative medal issued by the New York City Government and the New York State Government to the Polytechnic Institute for the success of the first Olympic Games, as well as the medal awarded by the Olympic Organizing Committee to Franklin himself. This certificate is placed in the center and is very prominent.

"Are you a fool for me? How many people are in the Polytechnic? How many people are in medical school? Don't think about taking an extra penny, first pay back the money from the Bank of America, and then half of the family. Lisa didn't fall for it, and after saying that, she felt that the money was still not enough, so she decided to hit the idea of the Bank of America: "If you don't pay back the money from the Bank of America, our family will have one million." ”

"Don't go too far, Lisa, your medical school and affiliated hospitals can increase your income, don't think I don't know how much money you can make, so it's impossible to have half of a family." Franklin agreed that the Bank of America's money could be relied on first, but the medical school had no way to get more money, and Franklin had made a lot of concessions because of the medical school spin-off.

"The Institute of Science and Technology is going to expand its enrollment this year, and you can charge tuition fees to recruit social students, and you can't make money yet?" Of course, Lisa also understands the financial situation of the Polytechnic Institute, and the educational resources are still very scarce in these years, and Franklin sets a tuition fee of $3,000 for each student, which is only half a year's fee, and it is too expensive to not pay for it.

There will never be any selfless dedication in American education, the so-called spring silkworms are all fooled when they die, and the candles turn to ashes and tears begin to dry, and the sky of capitalist society never falls pie, and Franklin can of course charge less, but in that case, I am afraid that it will affect the reputation of the polytechnic, because really good things are never cheap.

"The polytechnic can make money has nothing to do with what we are discussing, although the polytechnic will have additional income, but the polytechnic also has more expenses, we have more than 100,000 dollars a month, and this is not counting the salaries of faculty members, this year the polytechnic is going to set up two laboratories, this is another big amount of money, I don't know where to squeeze out this money, maybe I have to go to the Bank of America for a loan." Franklin complained that while his income was increasing, his expenses were increasing even more.

To develop to a first-class school, simply improve the number of teaching facilities, increase the number of students can not do, the Institute of Science and Technology has established an effective contact mechanism with the Horse Laboratory, then we must make full use of this advantage, the Horse Laboratory has the world's most outstanding scientific research capabilities, the Institute of Science and Technology established a laboratory, is to move the research project of the Horse Laboratory to the laboratory of the Institute of Science and Technology to complete, then the main tests are completed in the Horse Laboratory, as long as it is released in the Institute of Technology, so that once the results are out, Polytechnics are naturally famous.

"You have cooperation with the Horse Laboratory, we also have it, our medical school is also preparing to set up a laboratory this year, specifically for the study of various infectious diseases, to tell you honestly, Father Damien has already had the research results, just wait for the medical school laboratory to be completed and then released, this is a good thing for all mankind, your laboratory can be more important than this?" Lisa also had an urgent need, and even the project was completed, much to Franklin's annoyance.

Damien is the priest that Li Mu brought back from Molokai Island, Damien used to study leprosy on Molokai Island, and after Li Mu brought Damien back, he placed Damien in the Horse Laboratory, on the one hand, he continued to conduct leprosy research, and on the other hand, began to study cinchona.

Lisa is talking about cinchona, in fact, the research on cinchona has been completed a long time ago, but because Damien has not figured out how to carry out large-scale production, so the news has not been announced, and now Lisa wants to announce cinchona, then there must be a method of mass production, which is indeed a good thing, medicine has always been one of the profiteering industries, even more profitable than the arms industry, it will not be long before medicine will become a new profit growth point for Junma Group.

"Come on, since you say so, it just proves that your medical school has a new way to make money, so let's not rob this fund." To be honest, Franklin is quite envious, why the Horse Lab is famous, in addition to the excellent research results, the welfare of the Horse Group is also enviable, the key is that the Horse Lab no longer needs Li Mu's appropriation, it is completely self-sufficient, which is the most important thing.

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