The Age of Rebirth

Chapter 508 Two Eggs a Day
Li Weidong smiled embarrassingly. His words were indeed a little out of touch. Maybe when the children like Li Qian grow up, they will have no desire for big fish and big meat.

In the past few years, universities have begun to expand their enrollment, and the treatment of college students has also dropped a lot. Not only do they no longer have monthly living allowances, but they have to pay tuition fees and living expenses by themselves.

When Li Weidong was in school, as long as it wasn't too wasteful, the school's subsidies could basically meet the monthly food and drink expenses, and some frugal students could save the round-trip travel expenses.

But the current tuition fees are rising year by year. For universities like Beijing Institute of Technology, the annual tuition fees have risen from a few hundred to more than 3000, and they will continue to increase in the future.

For rural families whose disposable income is only a few hundred yuan for many years, it is indeed a huge burden.

Therefore, in this era, the phenomenon of being admitted to a university but having no money to go to college is still relatively common in the vast rural areas, especially in poor areas.

In these places, being admitted to university is almost the only way for them to get out of here. Poverty not only limits their imagination, but also limits their steps.

Fortunately, last year, the country began to pilot student loans in some big cities, and announced the implementation of them nationwide at the beginning of this year, but the policy is still in the stage of exploration, and the number of students who can really enjoy student loans is still very limited.

Even if some students come to the city to study, they can only make up tuition fees, and they have to find other ways to cover their monthly living expenses.

Li Weidong pondered for a while and asked: "Is the proportion of students in difficulties high now? Is there any special support in the school?"

Lu Yang said lightly: "Yes, the scholarships and bursaries you provide, the school will also allocate part of the funds every year to help students from poor families, but it is just a drop in the bucket!"

Then he said with a bit of compassion in his tone: "I sometimes help Wang Ning with some work in the student department, and I know them a little bit. Some students from poor families really can only eat steamed buns and pickles, and can wear a piece of clothing. One season!"

Although they were also very poor at that time, they were able to eat enough and eat well when they went to school because of the subsidies. Now, although the conditions are good, they still need to pay tuition fees. Say.

Li Weidong was not happy when he heard it, and a gleam of melancholy flashed in his eyes and said: "It's the time to learn to use your brain, how can you only eat steamed buns, you have to eat some meat and eggs!"

"How about this, I will donate a sum of money to the school in the name of the alumni of Jingcheng University of Science and Technology, and provide free steamed buns, rice and two eggs to the students every day. The time limit is tentatively set at ten years!"

"Ten years later, I guess everyone will be rich, and no one cares about one or two eggs. Of course, if I go bankrupt during this period, this matter will be suspended at any time!"

After Li Weidong finished speaking, he saw Lu Yang chanting with his eyes closed, and asked in surprise: "What are you doing, what scriptures are you chanting with your eyes closed, don't read nonsense, I will arrest you again!"

Lu Yang opened his eyes and gave Li Weidong a white look. He naturally knew what he was worried about. He is a dignified university teacher, and he is not a fool in the countryside. How could he believe in that stuff, how could he be controlled by those thoughts.

After another pause, Lu Yang gasped and said in surprise, "I did the math just now, this is a lot of money!"

After speaking, Lu Yang began to calculate the accounts with Li Weidong, "Currently, there are more than 2 students in the school, including master's and doctoral students!"

"Whether it's steamed buns or rice, based on the average student's meal size, it's almost one yuan a day!"

"Two eggs cost fifty or sixty cents according to the current market price, which is about one yuan and five cents a day for one person. This is still the cost price!"

"With so many people, it costs more than 3 a day, more than 90 a month, and more than 800 million in nine months a year except winter and summer vacations!"

"This is still the current situation. Enrollment has expanded rapidly in the past few years, and the number of students is increasing year by year. According to the school's enrollment and expansion plan, the number of students in the school will exceed 3 in the next three years!"

"Considering the rise in prices, after ten years, the cost will be almost over [-] million. This is an astronomical figure!"

Lu Yang knew that Li Weidong was rich, but according to the list of rich people, Li Weidong's net worth was several billion, so if he wanted to donate [-] million at once, wouldn't that be a bit of a fluke?

As for what Li Weidong said about bankruptcy, Lu Yang didn't believe it.

"It's not just taken out once, it doesn't hurt to cut flesh with a blunt knife!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

The last time he went to the United States, he went to Stanford to take a look. He saw that many teaching buildings and laboratories were donated by alumni. This way of giving back to the school is worth advocating. At that time, Li Weidong moved a little.

Now that Lu Yang brought up this matter, it was a good time. He remembered that there was a college in his previous life, and the alumni association donated rice and mineral water to the students.

It is more practical for him to donate two eggs than mineral water. As for whether there will be some waste in it, or even form some interest chains, these things don't need to be considered by Li Weidong himself.

He believes that the people under his command will definitely figure out the whole process, and if any loopholes are found, they will be blocked. Whoever dares to stretch out his hand to discredit him, he will prevent anyone from seeing the sunlight outside.

"By the way, these two eggs can't be given for free, I have another request!" Li Weidong said after a little thought.

"Don't mention one, ten or eight are fine, you said, I'll call the principal right now!" Lu Yang said seriously.

Lu Yang saw that Li Weidong didn't seem to be joking, so he knew that this matter was a sure thing. As for whether he had the money, Lu Yang didn't think about it. Without this strength, Li Weidong wouldn't get mad.

"For a certain student, this amount of money is not much, but I can't let them get it for nothing. I don't have many requirements, just one thing. Study hard and make progress every day!"

"As you said just now, the number of university enrollments has been greatly expanded in the past few years. Although our school is 211, it is said that the approval of 985 is about to come down, but if there are too many people, the quality will inevitably vary. The learning atmosphere will definitely affect it. Is the school good? , It all depends on whether the atmosphere is right or not!"

Lu Yang nodded and said, "Well, applying for 985 has been the focus of the school's work for the past two years. It is said that the Ministry has agreed in principle, and the only thing left is the approval of the superior department!"

"Study atmosphere, to be honest, it's really not as good as we were back then. The students are too impetuous now, but you study hard and make progress every day, isn't it a bit general?"

Li Weidong frowned and thought for a while and said: "At least you have to pass the exam, it can't be lower, if you fail this semester, the free eggs for next semester will be gone, this request is not too much!"

Lu Yang also frowned, and said helplessly: "Accordingly, this requirement is not a requirement at all. If you fail the exam, there is no need to study, but now there must be a few students who fail in each class!"

"This requirement is also very intense for them. If you fail, you can only watch others eat eggs. If you want to buy them, you have nowhere to go. See if they don't study hard!"

When Li Weidong thought about it, this was really the case. The eggs in the whole school were free. Which restaurant would still make egg food? He accidentally rationed the eggs.

Tens of thousands of eggs a day require tens of thousands of hens to lay eggs. Calculated in this way, the GDP driven is not small.

"What other conditions do you have? I will report to the school leaders together. I think the principal will come to you immediately after hearing about it!" Lu Yang said excitedly.

"Just this one, don't worry now, let's take a walk first, and then talk to the principal when we have time, besides, they have to spend the weekend!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

For Lu Yang to report this matter to the principal, Lu Yang naturally deserves a share of the credit, and Li Weidong is also happy with the easy things. We are all social people, so no one should say so noble.

Of course, Li Weidong is not short of money. If [-] million can benefit more students, it can be regarded as a good use. If it can drive more alumni to donate to his alma mater, it will exceed expectations.

"Thank you, and I also thank you on behalf of the students. You have done a lot of good deeds!" Lu Yang also received Li Weidong's favor, and the effect of reporting on the phone is definitely different from that in person.

"Thank you, I'll come up with something practical, and you'll treat me at noon!" Lu Yang said with a smile on purpose to ease the atmosphere a bit.

"It's no problem, just eat according to our monthly wages!" Lu Yang patted his chest and assured, originally they had dinner together in the capital, and most of them were hosted by him.

The two looked at Liu Jinhui, Wang Ning and several children who had gone away, and laughed loudly.

After leaving the Forbidden City, it was time for dinner. In a restaurant in front of their alma mater, Lu Yang invited Li Weidong to have a deluxe lunch of reminiscing bitterness and sweetness.

Lu Yang only looks for expensive dishes when ordering food, as if he really wants to contribute his two months' salary.

After eating, Li Weidong took the two children for a walk around his alma mater, and sighed in his heart, it would be great if the two children could be admitted to this school in a serious manner.

Li Weidong's expectations for children have never been very high. If you don't have to compete for a school ranking, you can just get by. Interests and hobbies need to be cultivated in many ways. Even if you are not proficient, you still have to learn about them.

Li Weidong not only thought this way, but also did so. The children watched fencing as fun, so Li Weidong asked someone to open the first fencing gym in Qizhou.

Li Qian watched horseback riding and fighting on TV, so Li Weidong built an international racecourse in the suburbs of Qizhou and established a decent horse racing club.

Maybe one day, the kids will like golf, and Li Weidong will have to let them learn it. He doesn't need to build this himself, and his subordinates have already done it in an arty way.

And it was very impressive. Many wealthy people in the surrounding area actively asked to join the membership. Now the membership fee for joining the golf club is completely enough for business use, and even has a good profit.

In short, he doesn't want the children to walk the road that Li Weidong has walked, and there is no need for that. As long as the children's three views can be corrected, it will not be so bad.

As for being able to inherit Li Weidong's family business and develop it in the future, Li Weidong doesn't have much hope at all. No one knows better than him how his careers started.

Perhaps in another 20 years, Li Weidong may not be so confident, and can only pin his hopes on the think tank hired by the company.

Although it is winter, the sunshine today is not bad, and it is almost time for meals. Even if most of the students do not have classes, they still have to come out to eat to fill their stomachs.

Classmates in twos and threes walked on the campus full of youthful atmosphere, occasionally passing by two male and female students walking side by side, they seemed to recognize Lu Yang and Wang Ning, and hurriedly staggered their positions.

It's just this kind of self-deception, which instead exposed the unusualness of the two of them.

Seeing this situation, Li Weidong smiled and said to Wang Ning: "It seems that Mr. Wang is very dignified in the school, and he scares the young couple!"

Wang Ning doesn't teach at school. Her main job is to be in charge of student affairs, specifically managing students' moral education and style of study. Love naturally also falls under her jurisdiction.

Wang Ning smiled nonchalantly and said, "Since I came to the school, I've never heard of students being dealt with because of a relationship between male and female students. The school just discourages it, and doesn't allow it!"

"Of course, in order to avoid bad things from happening, we still carried out the necessary and slightly exaggerated publicity. In fact, they are just scaring themselves!"

Li Weidong was a little puzzled and looked at Wang Ning, but Lu Yang explained helplessly beside him: "They are not exaggerating at all, they are simply creating something out of nothing!"

"Make up stories every day, telling which year, which class of students, because of falling in love, or misbehaving, were punished by the school, and even expelled if it was serious, or even worse!"

"Later, it was passed on to our class, and it was still in our department. I was quite puzzled, so I went to ask Mr. Wang for verification, and then I found out that it was a 36-pronged trick, something out of nothing!"

Li Weidong understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. Could it be that many of the legends they heard were all jokes made up by these teachers who were engaged in student work.

Is it true that those inspiring examples of self-improvement also have some false elements? According to them, this should be the flowering of the tree in the 36 plans.

Seeing Li Weidong's puzzled look, Wang Ning said with a smile: "There is a certain amount of exaggeration. The current students have a strong rebellious mentality. This way of giving examples, on the contrary, the memory is deeper!"

Li Weidong really has nothing to do except give others a compliment. Except for those who study abroad to teach, or work in the school for a long time, other people are really hard to expose. They are also anonymous examples.

Several people were walking on the campus, and from time to time they could hear students simply calling "Mr. Lu" and "Mr. Wang", which made Li Weidong quite envious. This was a pure heart's respect for knowledge.

When Li Weidong was in the company, others respected him when they called him "Chairman", but he lacked a bit of purity.

If he compares this with Lu Yang, Li Weidong may not be as happy as him. This is probably rooted in the class division of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen in the bones of the Chinese people.

If you say this is the chairman or CEO of a certain company, everyone will probably give you a compliment, but if you say this is a university professor, other people's eyes must be on another level.

Lu Qingni, who is familiar with the environment of Jingcheng University of Technology, walked in the front, and introduced the situation in the school to Li Qian and Li Rui as she walked, as if she was a qualified little tour guide.

Li Weidong wanted to visit Mr. Wang, but learned that Mr. Wang was on a business trip and led a team to a confidential unit for research. Li Weidong could not ask about the specifics.

"Old Lu, sister-in-law, I have some things to do tonight, so I can't continue to wait for your meal. I will come to the door again some other day!" Li Weidong shook hands with Lu Yang and Wang Ning and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)