「…… The Columbia University Endowment Foundation will invest $8 million in AEC Capital Management's Mars One Fund."

Several top universities tried their best, and Cambridge even moved out the method of "Ms. Helena is our alumnus", but in the end, it was crushed by the admissions officer of Columbia University.

The meaning of this sentence is equivalent to when the real estate developer bids, Party B expresses its willingness to advance the full amount to the end of the project......

Although Ms. Helena is her own mother, everyone has added money. Several colleges and universities had no choice but to secretly scold Colombia for being vulgar and unbearable, with a nouveau riche face, and then abruptly withdrew from the competition and left.

"Mr. Davis, I have to double-check that the investment amount is eight million dollars?"

In the large empty conference room, Hall asked the only Columbia admissions officer left, "That's three million dollars more than we agreed upon."

"Sorry, this is the latest directive from the school headquarters. Due to the time difference, I didn't have time to let you know before today's meeting. After a thorough evaluation, our colleagues at the Foundation believe that AEC Capital is a very high-quality institution that deserves a higher investment amount." Davis is a middle-aged white man with deep eyes, and he looks quite literary.

Hall smiled and asked frankly, "So can I understand it as a purely commercial act and not one of my requirements for admission?"

"Not only that, but in fact there is no such thing as a 'conditional' between us, and we make all kinds of efforts just to bring an exceptional student to the Columbia campus." Davis replied sincerely.

The leading private universities in the United States have foundations, and the main source of funds is social donations, and then invest in the income to feed back to the school, which is the majority of the school's income.

Among them, the most well-known ones are the Harvard Endowment, which has the largest amount of funds among all prestigious universities; There is also the Yale University Foundation, which lent Hillhouse Zhang Lei's first venture fund.

Most of the funds themselves are FOF, which do not directly participate in investment operations such as stocks and debts, but indirectly hold valuable targets in the financial market by investing in other funds.

Prior to today, Hall and Davis had a private chat in advance, and the latter offered a number of benefits, including the Columbia University Foundation's investment in AEC capital.

"I am very grateful to my peers at the Council and the Foundation for this recognition, and I think the rest of my university career will be wonderful." He bowed his head slightly in thanks.

Davis smiled kindly, stood up and stretched out his hand: "On behalf of the school, I welcome you, in fact, there should be a few distinguished alumni from the European region here today, but you want to keep a low profile."

"Yes, this is detrimental to the dignity of the alumni of Harvard and Yale, and I specifically canceled this link." Hall joked, "I'd love to see them at a donation to the school someday."

Many prestigious universities in the United States like to let outstanding alumni from all over the world serve as admissions interviewers, which can not only be used as a live advertisement for school publicity, but also conducive to the healthy development of alumni resources and social influence

Prestigious schools often show people the image of noble academic palaces, but in fact, there are no less commercial operations in connotation. ….

Of the five universities present today, Cambridge is relatively the cleanest, and Oxford, which has gradually become a bit sour in recent years as it has been overrun by the elite.

They come to the "tender" in order to not only recruit gifted students.

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Traced back to the Mayflower. In addition to business cooperation, they are more optimistic about Hall's hidden resources in Europe, and there is a reason why Harvard admissions officers first mentioned the alumni association.

As for Columbia, it is Utah's old home base in the field of colleges and universities. There are also many other schools that are not ranked and have a background in local consortia.

They have their own plans, but in the end, they came out on top with the most bottomless and willing to kneel and lick.

Of course, we can't ignore Hall's own slight filter on his alma mater.

In his last life, when he graduated, he remembered the scene of Barack returning to school to give a speech, and now he had the opportunity to hang his picture in the library of Columbia, and he naturally did not want to miss it.

In particular, Columbia University plans to record a documentary with him as the protagonist, which may be included in the history of the university in the future.

"Well, what is the documentary shot in? I've been very busy lately, and I don't have to worry about it if it's too much, you know, I like to keep a low profile."

Hall said modestly, glancing at the large suitcase with the words "Filming Equipment" on the corner.

Davis smiled: "The overall idea is simple, you will appear as a representative selection of new students, and we will record your process from graduating from high school to entering in the fall."

「…… It's too long, and I'm going to New York in two weeks." Hall is struggling in his heart, appearing in front of people or making money, a tangled choice.

Davis raised an eyebrow, "No, actually, we only need to spend two days in one place filming your daily life. Later, you can make up some footage of the graduation ceremony and the opening ceremony to complete the timeline of the documentary."

"Sounds professional." Hall faltered slightly.

"Hugo, you have to know that the Pulitzer Prize, the best journalism award in the world, is awarded by the School of Journalism." Davis joked, "A little secret, your 'Moses chart, the photo, is a strong entry for this year's Breaking News Awards."

Hall coughed lightly and said reservedly, "yes, if I can win, I will write a thank you note to the judges." Now let's talk about the documentary, I'm going to host AEC Capital's investor conference this afternoon, which should be a good image for the camera."

"Wait a minute."

Davis said and turned back to his assistants and said, "The camera is on, let's start shooting now."

"Have you heard that AEC Capital has recently opened the first phase of the fund to the public, so let's talk about it?" After the camera is turned on, he asks as a voiceover.

Hall unconsciously looked at the camera: "Yes, we raised £200 million in this fund...... Uh, don't I need to put on makeup or something, I heard that the camera makes people ugly?"

"This is a waste film, and the main thing is to help you find the feeling of shooting."

"Okay, let's go ahead. …… To be honest, the fundraising went beyond our imagination and it only took us a month and £200 million. I have to commend my team and the investors who trust us."

"Can you name any investors, we all know that you have a high reputation in England, does this help AEC Capital increase the value of goodwill in disguise?"

"Investors come from all walks of life, including my family, individual investors, the Duke of Westminster, Viscount Astor...... Institutional Investors: Bucklai Bank, Columbia Foundation...... There's also a heavyweight investor, who is kept secret for the time being, and you'll meet her agent at the afternoon meeting."

"She? Is it Her Majesty the Queen who can be called a woman who can be called a heavyweight?"

"Well, a small investment institution in the royal family's assets to be exact, but I'm still honored to get its money."

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