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Chapter 1: Going to America (2)

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On May 7, Liu Dehai sent someone to inform Zhao Zhenzhong, saying that President Liu of Qingdao University wanted him to go to Qingdao University to attend the school's student meeting tomorrow at 9 a.m.

On the morning of May 8, after breakfast, Zhao Zhenzhong rushed to Qingdao University.

In the principal's office, Liu Quanfa happily said when he saw Zhao Zhenzhong: "I thought you were going to be late. Get ready soon, and the whole school student union will begin in a while."

"Why am I late for the time you have set by President Liu? There is nothing to prepare, just tell the truth." Zhao Zhenzhong said, taking out a check and handing it to him, "Give it, this is the 100,000 yuan fund I told you last time. It should be enough to expand the school building with a capacity of more than 600 people and the corresponding facilities. If it is too much, it will be considered as the fund I should pay the school every month."

"It should not be used. By the way, I am going to form a written document to inform the school board of directors about the expansion of the school and the arrangements for enrollment. Do you have any opinions?" Liu Quanfa asked.

"Form a written material? That's good." Zhao Zhenzhong thought for a while and said, "However, I guess it's unlikely that I'll see your material before I leave. Even if you kick it out, I'll have no time to discuss it with you. Let's do this, while there's still some time now, I'll tell you some of my views first."

Afterwards, Zhao Zhenzhong spent more than half an hour to briefly express his point of view to Liu Quanfa.

Zhao Zhenzhong believes that on the basis of the existing engineering classes, the School of Mechanical and Architecture will be established; on the basis of the business classes, the School of Business School will be expanded; on the basis of the medical classes, the School of Medicine will be expanded into a School of Medicine; and on the basis of the agricultural and forestry will be expanded into an Agricultural College.

The faculty was introduced to establish the School of Geology, School of Mathematics and Sciences, and School of Chemical Engineering.

In addition, the combination adjustments will be made based on the existing faculty and expanded into the history department, law department, foreign language department and other teaching and research departments.

Among them, the college is responsible for educating students' professional education and daily management of students. The professional education of each college will also be classified as the school's development; other departments and teaching and research departments only provide students with the usual basic education that is necessary for students of each major.

After listening to Zhao Zhenzhong's explanation, Liu Quanfa thought for a while and said, "This is a bit like a European and American system. However, I think the ones you listed are all focused on science and engineering? There is no college in the liberal arts except for a few departments?"

"What China urgently needs now is not the literati who shakes his head and is full of sour and rotten breath. What it is urgently needed is various application-type talents. Of course, I have to invest limited funds in these majors that can change China's appearance as soon as possible." After a pause, Zhao Zhenzhong added: "China now does not lack the kind of literati who does not know the so-called literati, but the one who lacks professional knowledge is a practical person."

Liu Quanfa himself is also a pragmatic person. After hearing Zhao Zhenzhong's words, he nodded and agreed. He was preparing to plan the future development direction of Qingdao University according to this idea.

At 9 o'clock, Zhao Zhenzhong and Liu Quanfa had already arrived at the place to meet with all the students in the school. Because Qingdao University does not have a school building that can accommodate 300 people to gather, the venue is arranged in a shade of trees.

After Liu Quanfa finished speaking in accordance with three of the original ideas Zhao Zhenzhong had made, Zhao Zhenzhong introduced to everyone: "This is what many of our classmates have always wanted to see, the legendary young chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Zhao has done a lot of strength to the school since Qingdao University was founded. At the end of last year, after the former president Mr. Gao left the school for some reason, Qingdao University faced a shortage of funds and fell into a crisis of pause. Mr. Zhao took it upon himself, which not only allowed Qingdao University to maintain it, but also had greater development. Here, we welcome Mr. Zhao!"

Facing the warm applause of 300 students, Zhao Zhenzhong was a little lost and could not help but remember the scene when he was awarded a meritorious service in the special forces team. However, he controlled it well and was stunned for a moment, and he replied to normal.

After signaling everyone to stop applauding, Zhao Zhenzhong said: "Principal Liu praised me like a flower just now, and I thought that was not me anymore." Many students below couldn't help laughing.

"Principal Liu just said something about the current situation, which shows the school's attitude, and I support it. However, I think some students below may not agree with the school's approach. I would like to say something to everyone here."

"As we all know, schools are a place to impart knowledge to students. It is the mission of students to study hard and master as much knowledge as possible. Some students are distracted when they have not studied their studies well and completed their mission. I think they have made mistakes in this regard."

"The students sitting below, whether they are from business or other classes, know some financial problems. At least I think everyone should know the principle of paying back the debt."

"Students should not live independently now. In a sense, they all rely on borrowing money from their parents and relatives to live and study. Of course, your creditors are really generous to you and take good care of you. They never ask for debts to you, and you are also at ease to pay back the debt."

After hearing Zhao Zhenzhong's metaphor, some students below laughed secretly, while some began to think.

"From the mentality of parents and relatives in your hope that your children will become successful and your daughter will become a phoenix, to a certain extent, your parents and relatives are investing, investing in your future without asking for returns. The students rely on the capital borrowed from magnanimous creditors to operate, and they are operating the future of each of you. You are equivalent to a manager who is investing in the company. Shareholders are confident that they will not disappoint them, and they will learn from the future.

With the ability to establish a career, you will repay your investors, that is, your parents and relatives. You can now say that you are in the early stage of the future industry construction, but some of you future managers who are investing in shareholders are not at ease to lay the foundation for the future and want to participate in things that have nothing to do with your future development plan. This kind of thing is likely to not only make your investors’ investments nothing, but even you future managers who are involved in other things are likely to have their own lives.”

"Perhaps some classmates think I'm exaggerating. I want to ask, how many people were there when the Boxer Rebellion first resisted the foreign priests? There were only a thousand people. But what was the result later?"

"Maybe the Boxer Rebellion is far away from us. So the salt people storm that broke out in Qingdao in July last year, I think Qingdao and the students nearby should have an impression. When the salt people began to oppose Yongyu Salt Industry Company, the number of people was far less than that outside the strike now, and there were more people boycotting Japanese goods. But in the end, the angry salt people not only attacked Yongyu Salt Industry Company, but also beat the company's boss Ding Jingchen."

"There are now data on the strike outside that there are more than 20,000 people, and the people who boycott Japanese goods have also begun to lose their minds, impacting some merchants that operate Japanese goods, and beating, smashing, and burning merchant goods. Is this the result that everyone hopes? What will be the result if this continues? I can't say much about this result here. However, I think the authorities will not let it go like this. Don't forget that there are thousands of military and police in Qingdao and nearby areas! There are many of these military and police who are close to some merchants!"

Looking at the many students who were in deep thought, Zhao Zhenzhong changed his tone and continued: "Actually, I envy everyone. Everyone knows that the people's lives are difficult at the moment. In this case, you can get the support of your parents and relatives, and it is not easy to come here to study with your own intelligence and talents. I also want to sit in a spacious and bright classroom like everyone else and listen to the teacher teaches scientific knowledge. Unfortunately, I still have to be busy with a lot of things and work hard for tomorrow's life. I can only master as much knowledge as possible through my own continuous self-study."

"I am 16 years old this year, and everyone here may be older than me. Some students may also be curious about how I did all this now. I can tell you here without reservation, just relying on knowledge!"

Many students were even more curious after hearing Zhao Zhenzhong's disclosure of his history of making a fortune.

"A few years ago, I returned from overseas with several of my companions. We all lost our relatives and became orphans in this world. Fortunately, the master took us in, and the Taoist priests from Taiqing Palace helped us with righteous help, giving us a place to stay."

"At the beginning, we could only rely on collecting some wild fruits from the mountains and medicinal materials for our own life. When we were rushing to the sea, we picked up some sea things to supplement our daily needs. Later, with the permission of the Taiqing Palace, we could cultivate some land by ourselves, and the situation improved. In this case, we still took in some orphans who could not survive on the winter in the aftermath of the disaster. Life was relatively difficult at that time."

"This state lasted for more than two years. By the beginning of 1920, we took in about 200 orphans. In order to teach these children with the same fate as us to read and read, we established Nanyao Yixue after obtaining the consent of the Taiqing Palace. In the first two years, because we could not afford to hire teachers, we could only teach the children to read and read, "

"In 1921, when I was looking for books to learn, I met Mr. Lord, who helped me enthusiastically. Later, based on what I learned from books, I drew some mechanical design pictures myself. When Mr. Lord saw it, he was very surprised and told me that these could be exchanged for a lot of money. I gave them to Mr. Lord, thanking him for his previous help. Mr. Lord, since then, has given me a certain amount of money every year as patent fees."

"Since then, we have continued to develop and established Sihai Industry, Sihai Restaurant, and Sihai School, and the more we run it, the better and better."

"I tell you the purpose of our own experiences is to tell you: cherish the hard-won learning opportunity in front of you, because knowledge changes destiny. It not only changes the destiny of an individual, but also changes the destiny of a nation and a country!"

"Instead of delaying the great opportunity to study now and pursue some things that are unpredictable now, it is better to read with peace of mind and master as much knowledge as possible. Fortunately, we will contribute our strength to our nation and our country when we need it in the future!"

"Your parents hope that their children will become successful and their daughters will become phoenixes. They spend money to send you here to study, hoping that you can become talents and glorify your ancestors in the future; and the school directors provide tens of thousands of yuan in funds to purchase various teaching facilities and hire outstanding teachers, so that they hope that every student of their own will become a pillar of the country! One day in the future, they can do their best to change the situation of our country! The school also hopes that all students can cooperate with the arrangement of the teaching plan and complete their studies smoothly!"

"The students below should all be older than me. I think you should understand more truths than me. You are like a match now, and it is far from when you are shining and hot. If you are impulsive and ignite yourself now, it will basically not have much impact. But if you are successful in your studies and careers in the future, you can influence more people, many things, and even create more industries to add more strength to this country. A match can ignite a fire, ignite firewood in the stove, ignite lights, or you may not be able to ignite anything, but you burn yourself briefly."

"If it's a match, I want to ignite as many things as possible. You can do what I can, and you should do better!"

After Zhao Zhenzhong finished speaking, the 300 students below were all thinking. After a moment of silence, there was a long period of warm applause.

After listening to Zhao Zhenzhong's speech, Liu Quanfa also felt awe-inspiringly. He clapped excitedly and said, "I've said that well! Zhenzhong, I want to learn from you too."

After attending the student meeting at Qingdao University, Zhao Zhenzhong did not stay and further communicate with the students who were eager to communicate with him. Instead, he gave Liu Quanfa some precautions and rushed back to Nanyao. However, he also expressed his apology to the students through Liu Quanfa, promising to communicate with everyone after he returned from the United States.
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