Countercurrent 1982

When he came to the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States, Duan Yun still felt a little emotional, because he also came here a few years ago, and was shocked by the beautiful scenery here, and he still remembers it fresh until now.

In fact, San Francisco is also a place with the largest number of Chinese. According to previous statistics, there are 52 Chinese in New York, which is the American city with the largest Chinese population, followed by San Francisco with about 18 Chinese, second only to New York.

So when he came here, Duan Yun could more or less find some intimacy. Those familiar Asian faces made him feel a little close, but in fact, many Chinese here have been immigrants for two to three generations. He is a pure American, and cannot speak Chinese or write Chinese characters at all.

For Stanford University, in his previous life, Duan Yun was very impressed with this university. There is no doubt that this is a top-notch university in the world. It has produced 84 Nobel Prizes, 29 Fields Medals, [-] Turing Award and four Pulitzer Prizes.

In the history of the United States, Stanford University has also trained many world-class talents for it, including 163 academicians of the National Academy of Sciences and 101 academicians of the National Academy of Engineering. From this point of view, Stanford University is a top science-based university. Over the years, many domestic high-achieving students have chosen to study here, and it has become the school with the largest number of Chinese students in the United States. This is also an important reason why Duan Yun chose to give a speech here.

On the second day after arriving in San Francisco, Duan Yun received an invitation letter from Stanford University, inviting him to visit the university at 9:[-] tomorrow morning, and prepared a speech for teachers and students for him.

In fact, in the United States, many wealthy people have donated generously to Stanford University, including Bill Gates, who have also given speeches at this university. As a Chinese, Duan Yun, being invited is actually a very high honor. , because before this, no Chinese entrepreneur had been invited to give a speech at this university.

As for the reason, it is also very simple. On the one hand, Duan Yun has indeed shown enough generosity. The funding of 1000 million US dollars is not a small amount for Stanford University. On the other hand, as the most successful Chinese businessman at present, the current Duan Yun has already gained a lot of fame in the United States, especially because he started his business with technology. It took him less than 20 years to start a business in China and achieved great success, and he also successfully turned the company into a world-renowned multinational company. , This is an unbelievable thing for Americans, and it can even be said to be a miracle. After all, China is not a capitalist country. Duan Yun can achieve such success. One of the big reasons Stanford gives lectures.

The person who received Duan Yun was Ward Dolby, the president of Stanford University. She is also the first female president in the history of Stanford University. After seeing Duan Yun, she was very enthusiastic and led Duan Yun to her office.

As the principal of a prestigious school, Ward Dolby's office is very simple. There is a desk, a computer and two telephones on the desk. On the bookshelf at the back, besides books, there are several group photos with his family The photo frame, it can be seen that Ward Dolby is usually a very family-loving woman. In fact, Ward Dolby is also very dedicated to her work. After she became the principal, she advocated a new plan for the development of the university. It brought the university into a new stage of development and named the program "Plowing Readers", and this program quickly expanded the scope of traditional education on American campuses.

For Duan Yun, Ward Dolby knew nothing about it before, but she was very surprised when she learned that a Chinese businessman wanted to donate 1000 million US dollars to their school, because it was somewhat beyond her knowledge In her opinion, China is just a poor and weak country, and it is hard to imagine that a Chinese will donate such a huge amount of money to his own university.

Later, through various channels, Ward Dolby gradually learned that this businessman named Duan Yun was really extraordinary and had extraordinary influence in China, and what surprised him even more was that the popular DVD in the American market And MP3 and other products are produced by this Chinese company!

"Mr. Duan Yun, it is a great honor for you to come to our school. In fact, before you came, I have always had some doubts in my heart. I hope you can give me some suggestions and answers." Ward Dolby and Duan Yun sat face to face , asked with a smile on his face.

"You can ask, as long as it is within the scope of my understanding." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"I've checked your information. For a long time in the past, you don't seem to have any contact or contact with our school. Then why did you suddenly donate such a huge amount of money to our school? I want to know The reason," Ward Dolby said.

"In fact, the reason is very simple. I do business in the United States, and I want to impress the American people, and your school is famous enough, so it will definitely achieve the results I want." At this time, Duan Yun was very frank , because he also knows that as a female scholar, Ward Dolby can serve as the principal of such a prestigious school as Stanford, which is an extraordinary thing in itself, so Duan Yun has no need to hide it when facing such a smart person. Because the other party must have guessed his intention.

"Haha." Sure enough, when Duan Yun said this, Ward Dubi laughed.

"You are the most straightforward person I have ever met." A moment later, Ward Duby nodded approvingly, only to hear her continue: "Since you are so generous, I believe you will get what you want."

Obviously, Ward Dolby is already used to such donations, and she also knows that well-known American universities like Stanford have always been a channel for international businessmen to contact the American elite, including Ward and Dolby , has a very high influence in the American business and political circles, even the current US President Clinton.

The essence of the operation of capitalist society is still the exchange of interests, but Americans are good at beautifying and packaging, and those who are familiar with the underlying logic of social operation will benefit everywhere.

"Actually, apart from business, I also have full respect for your school. This is one of the reasons why I choose your school. In addition to donating 1000 million US dollars, I also plan to establish a research laboratory with your school, which will cost 150 million US dollars per year. , for research and development of communication technology." Duan Yun said.

"I think this suggestion is very good." I got Dolby to agree.

(End of this chapter)