Mr. Zhou Weilie, the future great mathematician, the provers of Fermat's theorem, the father of China's computer, the father of China's Internet, the first batch of China's highest national science and technology awards, the first Chinese academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is still on the arduous road of study.

Fairbank, on the other hand, immediately wrote to Roosevelt after his visit to the Southwest Associated Congress:

"Access to food and housing, as well as the minimum necessities of life, has become the main problem for the faculty and staff of Southwest Associated University. I am deeply alarmed by the poverty of the professors. They are waging a stubborn struggle, but it is difficult to hold out for a long time. You can imagine the situation — despair, poverty, window dressing, mutual support, and a gradual erosion of action. ”

"The professors and lecturers of Southwest Associated University are slowly falling into a state of mental and physical starvation, even though they are all students who have returned from studying in the United States and are the elite of Chinese academic research...... These Chinese intellectuals, who have been trained in the United States, have adopted the same methods and contents in their thoughts, words, deeds, and lectures as we do, and they constitute a tangible American interest in China and are a decisive force in the ongoing struggle here. But in the past year, instead of helping them and coming up with solutions, the United States has done a little bit of work. ”

Fairbank used to teach at Tsinghua University, and was old friends with Mei Yiqi, Jin Yuelin, Chen Daisun, Zhang Xiruo, Qian Duansheng and others. Therefore, he was appointed as a special envoy to the United States this time, and his first stop in China was to visit the Southwest Associated University.

That night, Mei Yiqi held a banquet and called Jin Yuelin and others.

Fairbank learned the next day that the meal he ate cost more than 1,000 yuan, which is equivalent to three months' salaries for professors. Fairbank was shocked and inexplicable, and gave the school a bottle of Western medicine worth 1,000 yuan in return, and immediately wrote a letter to President Roosevelt.

In the letter, Fairbank adopted a very effective strategy, saying that most of the teachers at Southwest Associated University had studied in the United States, and that their academic thinking and teaching methods were American, which was a special part of American interests in China. The United States should hurry up to help, as long as it helps the Southwest Associated Congress, it can achieve far-reaching influence in China.

President Roosevelt agreed with this very much, and immediately after receiving the letter, he sent a telegram back, ordering the United States to provide living allowances to the professors. It is necessary not only to help Southwest Associated University, but also to help all Chinese universities with difficult conditions.

Fairbank was overjoyed to hear the news and flew directly to Chongqing, but what happened next made him angry.

Chang Kaishen actually refused to allow the United States to fund China's government-run universities, on the grounds that it undermined the dignity of the country and the nation......

Fairbank sent a telegram to the Southwest Associated University in a depressed manner, and when Jiang Menglin announced that the American aid plan could not be implemented, all the professors of the Southwest Associated University were mad. The dignity of the country, and now the government is still borrowing money and materials from the United States through the "Lend-Lease Act", why can't it be done to the professor?

Although professors at Southwest Associated University wrote articles criticizing the government, they were limited to specific policies, and they also expressed their positions through rigorous academic papers. This is not about politics, but about the interest and discussion of policies by scholars, and the starting point is to help the government fill in the gaps.

But now that they can't ask for a salary increase, and even the United States can't take the initiative to help, the professors of Southwest Associated University have become more and more radical in their thinking, and they have gradually begun to take a political stance when attacking the government. In the next two or three years, some of them completely turned to the side of the Communist Party, some of them were inclined to sympathize with the Communist Party, and the rest of them were not optimistic about the Nationalist Government.

Zhou Mansion.

Fairbank looked extremely excited, he waved his arms frantically and said, "Zhou, is there something wrong with your Mr. Jiang's brain?" Holy, national dignity of the nation! Is his dignity just to starve professors? Does his dignity mean that he doesn't care about the lives of the people? I wished I had a gun in my hand and shot this bastard! ”

"I don't understand it either." Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly.

Zhou Hexuan really didn't know that there was a refusal to allow the United States to support Chinese professors, and when he heard Fairbank say just now, he also wanted to knock Chang Kaishen's brain open to see what was going on. And without the government paying for it, it can improve the lives of countless professors, what is there to refuse this kind of thing?

If it is for political purposes, the Southwest Associated Congress at this time is only yearning for democracy and freedom, and there are not many people who are pro-communist, and even radical Ruwen Yiduo has nothing to do with the Communist Party. Even the Southwest Associated Congress still has ultra-rightists, and these ultra-rightists all support Lao Jiang and are Lao Chiang's own people!

can force the ultra-right into liberals and liberals into ultra-leftists, Lao Jiang is really a talent, and it is almost suspicious that he is the number one underground party lurking in the Kuomintang Party.

Southwest Associated University is just a microcosm, representing a broader group of Chinese professors. This time, the United States wanted to help all the professors in difficulty, and Lao Jiang knocked him to death with a stick, offending the elites of China's scientific research and academic strength.

Is it really for the sake of the so-called national face?

Although it sounds ridiculous, Zhou Hexuan actually believed it a little, because he really couldn't find a more reliable reason.

"Alas, don't talk about that," Zhou Hexuan asked, "Lao Fei, what is your important task in coming to China this time?" Need my help? ”

Fairbank said: "I am the chief representative of the US Strategic Intelligence Agency in China, and I am responsible for collecting intelligence on all aspects so that the United States can formulate a more detailed aid plan for China. ”

The Strategic Intelligence Agency, the predecessor of the CIA, was established in June this year.

Zhou Hexuan said helplessly: "China's biggest problem now is fiscal collapse and financial market chaos. On the one hand, it was affected by the war factor, and on the other hand, the Japanese printed too many counterfeit money. From the beginning of the war to the present, the Japanese have printed at least billions of counterfeit money, and all these counterfeit money have flowed into the market, and it is difficult for China's economy not to collapse. ”

"No wonder prices in China have risen so much." Fairbank said with emotion.

Since the end of last year, the price of rice in China has risen nearly threefold, and it continues to skyrocket, almost one price a day. Zhou Hexuan asked Sun Yonghao to bring 10 million to repair the teacher's dormitory in June, but in August, he felt that it was not enough, so he hurriedly asked Wu Youxun and others to bring back another 20 million.

To put it mildly, Zhou Hexuan's factories in China are now struggling to make a profit, except for the pharmaceutical factory. In the case of short supply of products, several factories have actually begun to lose money, and it is estimated that even pharmaceutical companies will lose money next year.

Drugs are controlled materials, and the price increase needs to be discussed with the government, even if it rises, it is impossible to skyrocket, the problem is that the cost of raw materials and labor is skyrocketing!

Don't look at the price of sulfonamides in the black market, but they are cheap for those second-hand dealers.

Especially those officials who handle the control of materials, fill their pockets at all levels, deduct and embezzle, Zhou Hexuan's investment in setting up a pharmaceutical factory is actually making money for these bastards. But he still has nothing to do about it, unless he can make the decision and change all the officials, otherwise even if Zhou Hexuan stands up and kills a few little shrimps, the real mastermind behind the scenes will still be at large.

The suffering of the country can be overcome, but the moths are so disgusting that it is no wonder that the Republic of China will not die.

Even if Zhou Hexuan is not a traverser, with the situation he is facing now, he can't wait for Lao Jiang's government to end sooner. Isn't it a big joke that the sulfonamide factory will face losses during the Anti-Japanese War?