Reborn in the red age

Chapter 196 School-enterprise cooperation, talent training plan

The train arrived in Suzhou, and everyone in the Hu family who had received the news yesterday had already arrived at the station to greet it.

It stands to reason that when a man comes to propose marriage to a man, the woman's family should be polite and not take the initiative to come to the station to greet him. It's just that Qingfeng Li's conditions were there, and the Hu family took the initiative to let the Li family come to the door. As soon as Hu's father and Hu's mother figured it out yesterday, they came directly.

When I got off the train, the old couple of the Li family were old after all. Even if they were sitting in a sleeper berth, they were not in good spirits.

After being identified by Qingfeng Li and seeing their future in-laws coming to greet them at the station, the old couple cheered up and went forward to greet the Hu family's parents politely with smiles on their faces.

The two families met very harmoniously, and there was nothing unpleasant. In the evening, instead of going directly to Hu's house, the two families had a meal together in a restaurant near Hu's house.

The reform and opening up has just begun, and the etiquette is still very thorough. Although there are no three books and six etiquettes such as Nacai, Naji, and Hebazi as before liberation, a matchmaker still needs to be present on the day of the door-to-door marriage proposal, and the same is true for free love.

The two elders briefly chatted about tomorrow's affairs at the dinner table. After the meal, the Li family stayed at a nearby guest house and prepared to go to the Hu family early the next morning to propose marriage.

"Third son, the two in-laws are very good people. They look like great intellectuals at first glance. Children raised in this kind of family can't be wrong. You will live a good life with the family in the future, and don't bully others."

In the evening, when preparing the gifts for tomorrow's visit in the guest house, Mother Li said with a smile while sorting them out.

Father Li also smiled and nodded in agreement: "Yes, I come from a scholarly family, and the couple are both college students. If we look at the conditions of the two families, our family is the one who has reached the top."

"What are you trying to do? Do you know how to speak? The third child in our family is not bad at all. He is also a well-mannered man. He is also a university teacher who has returned from studying abroad. He is more than suitable for the Hu family, a Chinese university family." I heard Li's father say Mother Li immediately became unhappy if she was not worthy of the Hu family. She stopped what she was doing and said angrily.

"What I said is the truth. Their conditions are indeed better than ours."

Qingfeng Li was tinkering with the train Lego he brought back from the United States. This thing was originally a toy brought by the son of the eldest brother of the Hu family. Qingfeng Li was bored on the train and took it apart and put it together. However, he was addicted to building this thing. Some can't stop.

Hearing that the two of them were starting to quarrel, Li Qingfeng quickly put down the parts in his hand and stepped forward to put his arms around Mother Li's shoulders to calm the dispute.

After Li Qingfeng's persuasion, Li's mother glared at Li's father dissatisfied and got back to work.

After sorting out the gifts she had brought, Mother Li sat on the bed and pondered for a while, then untied the cloth around her waist and carefully took out a large stack of unity from the cloth.

Counting out a few hundred dollars from inside, he turned to Li's father to discuss the betrothal gift: "Old Li, my in-laws said they don't want a betrothal gift, but we have to give it. When we were eating just now, I went out secretly to inquire. Let's take a look at the betrothal gifts here. The comrade at the hotel said that the minimum betrothal gift for a working girl in Suzhou is 366. I thought that Jiabao is a college student, so let's give it a medium one. I'll give 466. You How does it look?”

"I think it's okay. This number is neither too high nor too low, and it won't make the Hu family feel that our family has treated the girl Jiabao badly." Father Li nodded and agreed with the number.

Li Qingfeng, who was on the side, was a little confused when he heard the figure of the bride price, and said in surprise: "Are there so many gifts now? When my eldest brother got married, didn't he marry his sister-in-law home for just a few dozen yuan?"

"That was then, and this is now. Now in a small place like our county, the bride price is two to three hundred. In the past years of reform and opening up, the price of everything has increased, even wages have not increased. The bride price has almost risen to the sky." Li Mother curled her lips and criticized reform and opening up again.

Qingfeng Li couldn't help but shake his head in his heart, good guy, the price of bride price has indeed gone up a bit fast.

When it was time to go to bed, Li Qingfeng was sent to bed early by Li's mother. Early the next morning, he went to Hu's house with the local matchmaker that Hu's father had found.

In front of the matchmaker, the Li family handed all the gifts and betrothal gifts to the Hu family's parents. After the matchmaker made a gift list based on the number of gifts and handed them to both families, the marriage was finalized.

The wedding date was set after Hu Jiabao graduated. The format of the wedding was the same as that of the eldest sister of the Li family. A simple wedding was held in Sijiu City first, and the formal wedding was held in Qingfeng Li's hometown.

After the date was set, the trip to Suzhou was over. Hu Jiabao had limited leave time and did not stay in Suzhou longer. The next day, he got on the train back to Sijiu City with the Li family.

After Qingfeng Li returned to school and canceled his vacation, he rushed to the principal's office non-stop. Taking advantage of the fact that May had just entered, just in time to catch up with the deadline for studying abroad in the United States in October, Qingfeng Li was going to talk to the principal about school-enterprise cooperation. Entrust talent development matters.

"You mean to select outstanding graduates from our school's semiconductor and microelectronics majors to study in the United States and Japan, and all the expenses will be paid for by your Lemon Technology?"

After Qingfeng Li finished explaining his plan, the old man, the principal, touched the stubble on his chin, thought for a while, and then said seriously.

"Yes, not only our school, but also Wudaokou next door, the College of Posts and Telecommunications, Fudan University in Shanghai, Jiaotong University, etc., key universities across the country can participate in this school-enterprise cooperation program."

"Then how many people do you want?" "One hundred people, fifty each majoring in semiconductors and microelectronics. The tuition for two years of graduate school is about four million US dollars. Lemon Technology will bear this cost."

The cost of studying abroad for undergraduate students is slightly lower, about 15,000 US dollars per year, and the cost for graduate students is 20,000 US dollars per year.

The annual cost of state-sponsored international students is about 100 million U.S. dollars, which accounted for a very large proportion of the foreign exchange expenditures in the years before the reform and opening up. The country paid the money with gritted teeth. Unfortunately, of the 100 million U.S. dollars, 80 million U.S. dollars were spent. It's a waste of time.

The cost of talent training has never been low. If it weren't for the current inability to recruit talents in this field in China, Qingfeng Li would not spend money to train himself.

Fortunately, Qingfeng Li planned to pay the money in the form of student loans, and they would be able to get it back after they start working. At that time, those who have worked in their own company for five years will have their loans directly forgiven. If they do not work in their own company, then they can just repay the money honestly.

The principal nodded and did not rush to answer Qingfeng Li's question. Instead, he stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

Qingfeng Li did not disturb the principal's thinking, but sat opposite the principal, quietly drinking tea from the enamel jar.

After quite a while, after Qingfeng Li finished drinking a jar of tea, the principal finally finished his thoughts.

He raised his head, looked at Qingfeng Li with cloudy eyes, and said solemnly: "Last question, as an international student, you also know the return rate of government-sponsored international students. Aren't you worried that these people will disappear after graduation?"

"Of course I'm worried. I've done some calculations. Of these 100 people, I can only bring back at most 50 people. I don't have any hope for the remaining half, so I'll just spend money to play with it." Qingfeng Li collapsed. Face said.

"Oh, so confident? You know that the return rate of government-sponsored international students is only 20%. Why do you think half of the students can come back through school-enterprise cooperation?"

Hearing the principal's question, Li Qingfeng gave him a strange look and said in a low voice: "Well, I will pay them the salary of the returning personnel according to the average salary of the relevant industries in the United States."

The principal stopped talking. He was rich and powerful and could not be compared.

Later, the principal asked Qingfeng Li to learn more about the school-enterprise cooperation. After thoroughly understanding it, he asked Qingfeng Li to go back and write a document and give it to him, and he would help send it to the Ministry of Education.

Whether this matter can be accomplished depends on the results of discussions among the leaders.

Regarding school-enterprise cooperation and talent cultivation, Qingfeng Li had an idea in his mind. After leaving the principal's office, Qingfeng Li went back and wrote out the materials overnight. He sent it to the principal's desk just after he went to work the next day.

After sending the materials, Li Qingfeng went to work and patiently waited for the results of the discussion with the leaders above.

What Li Qingfeng didn't know was that after the principal handed over this document, the leaders had a huge quarrel.

The supporters and opponents were divided into two factions in the ministry, and they argued for several days without any results.

The state machine is no joke. When you really want to pay attention to someone, the other person has no secrets. Qingfeng Li’s lemon technology has been under the close attention of the country. The next day after this letter was sent, Qingfeng Li Information about Lemon Technology also appeared on the leaders’ desks.

What the opposition opposes is not because of the identity of Hong Kong businessmen, but whether college students should be subsidized by private companies and work in private companies after graduation.

After all, the company bosses are their comrades. In their eyes, Lemon Technology is an authentic Chinese company. However, the company is not registered in China and is not a Hong Kong company.

Those who agree believe that college graduates do not necessarily have to work in state-owned enterprises or scientific research institutions. Entering private companies can also contribute to the country's scientific research.

Since there are private companies willing to sponsor college students to study abroad, it can not only improve the country's overall scientific research strength, but also reduce the country's burden. This is a good thing worthy of praise.

The two sides kept arguing, and for a while the leader couldn't make up his mind, so he could only continue to submit this material to the higher-ups for a decision.

In this way, Li Qingfeng's information was reported through layers of reports, and finally appeared in an office in Haizili.

After waiting for more than ten days, the materials submitted by Qingfeng Li finally got approval.

That day, Qingfeng Li had just returned to his office after giving lectures to students. The principal came to Qingfeng Li's office excitedly with a stack of documents in his hand. He handed the documents over with a smile and said, "Comrade Qingfeng, your plan is approved." If it passes, you can prepare the money!”

(End of this chapter)