Rebirth to 90s: Start from Scratch

Zhang Qianxiu quickly adjusted his thoughts and said, "Minister Xie and Director Hu, I will consider this carefully. I will not make blind decisions to subsidize students to study abroad."

Xie Donggang smiled and nodded: "That's good, Mr. Zhang, I know that you are in business, and you want to make some contributions to the country."

"Education is the foundation of the country. In fact, you can invest more in education. In this way, you can also cultivate more talents for our country."

Zhang Qianxiu didn't know if Xie Donggang was really as he showed, for the country and the people, or if he wanted to take the opportunity to make some money.

Zhang Qianxiu also smiled and said: "Minister Xie, what you said is that I will seriously consider it. I will have the opportunity to ask Minister Xie for advice on the current domestic education situation. When I have the ability, I am willing to educate the country. Contributing to the cause."

Seeing that Zhang Qianxiu seemed to understand what he meant, Xie Donggang nodded his head with a smile on his face: "That line, education issues, if you have any questions, you can come to me at any time. If you want to cultivate talents, I am a one million supporter. "

"You want to do scientific research. Although it is not under the management of our department, the scientific research of any industry requires talents!"

When Zhang Qianxiu heard this, he was even more sure of his conjecture: "This is, no matter what you do, you can't do without talent in the final analysis."

Xie Donggang and the others came to persuade Zhang Qianxiu to give up sending students to study abroad. Tian Shuyuan arranged a meal and everyone ate a little casually. Xie Donggang and Hu Xueyi left.

Before Xie Dong left, he left Zhang Qianxiu's phone number, and Zhang Qianxiu also gave Xie Donggang his own business card.

When Xie Donggang and Hu Xueyi left, it was already dark. Tian Shuyuan invited Zhang Qianxiu back to his residence. Mrs. Tian Shuyuan helped make tea and left the study.

Tian Shuyuan smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, are you a little discouraged today?"

Zhang Qianxiu nodded: "There are some, the situation is much worse than I thought."

Tian Shuyuan said: "The real situation may be worse than what you think, Mr. Zhang, now you just see the talent problem facing our country."

"Our country's technology is also facing big problems."

"Speaking of you, those chip design drawings are placed in front of us, and we can't make them."

Zhang Qianxiu was not very discouraged when he heard this: "The main reason is that we have not accumulated enough. After we have accumulated enough, these will naturally be no problem."

Tian Shuyuan sighed slightly and said, "This is an endless loop. You can see it later, Mr. Zhang."

"It is too difficult to make a breakthrough in an endless loop."

Zhang Qianxiu understands that the infinite loop Tian Shuyuan said is that the overall domestic industry is relatively low: "It's human beings! Our country can't always lag behind the people, and the current backwardness is also temporary."

Looking at Zhang Qianxiu, Tian Shuyuan couldn't help but agree: "Yes! Being behind is also temporary."

"Mr. Zhang, the people from the education department are here today, and what I told you is true. Our country does not actually have the conditions to send a large number of talents to study abroad."

"If you really want to make a chip, I personally give you a few suggestions."

"In the initial stage, you can cooperate with some universities and research institutes to share the results. You don't have a scientific research team at the beginning, and it is impossible to do research and development directly."

"In terms of talents, we can focus on training high-end talents and send them abroad for training."

"For such talents, you can find a way to screen them, and send them out those who will definitely come back."

"There are some people whose family situation is not good, there are old and young, if they go abroad and don't come back, the family will have no way of living. Although some white-eyed wolves will not come back, some people will still come back."

"In other respects, some restrictions can also be imposed. Even if they want to breach the contract, it will be difficult for them to bear the consequences of the breach."

"This method is only suitable for a small number of people, not for large-scale."

"In China, you can also cooperate with universities to create a more professional team of teachers. I am not saying good things to the National Tsing Hua University, but the National Tsing Hua University does have an advantage in this respect. If you are willing to contribute funds, we can definitely invite more. Better teachers can enroll more students."

"If you really don't want to cooperate with the school, you can consider preparing a university yourself."

"However, the development of private universities will be very difficult. To be honest, most teachers are really not willing to go to private universities."

Zhang Qianxiu really has this plan in his heart, but he does not have much confidence: "Professor Tian, ​​what do you think is the success rate if I establish a private university?"

"It's hard to say, but the possibility is still not great." Tian Shuyuan said: "In fact, opening a school is a very big investment. Do you know how much our tuition fees are this year?"

Zhang Qianxiu said: "Two or three hundred!"

Zhang Qianxiu's last university education was the university he attended in the second half of 1993. At that time, his university only cost 400 yuan a year.

In fact, domestic university fees did not start until 1985. Before 1985, universities were free, and accommodation was also free. The country would give you a little money for living expenses every month. Before 1985, as long as you were admitted to university, it would cost you a dime. You can finish college without spending money.

In 1985, universities began to implement the "education fee dual-track system" because at that time, many things were dual-track prices. The price set by the country and the market price were usually higher than the price set by the state.

In the dual-track system of educational fees, students in the plan do not have to pay, but self-financed students and trainees collect tuition. The tuition at that time was also very cheap, more than two hundred, basically between two hundred and five hundred per semester.

In 1993, a trial of combining fees in individual schools began, which meant that everyone had to pay.

In 1996, some universities tried to merge enrollment, and the tuition rose to two thousand.

In 1997, it was fully integrated, and the university tuition was maintained at about 3,000 yuan.

People born in the late 1970s and early 1980s basically did not spend money in college when they were in elementary school, and did not spend money in elementary school when they were in college.

Tian Shuyuan said: "Our school has three hundred students! Even if there are three thousand students a year, the tuition fee is only 900,000 yuan a year."

"The daily expenses of the school, such as water, electricity, coal, daily maintenance, etc., are more than 10,000 undergraduates and postgraduates, plus the teachers and staff, between 17,000 and 20,000. There are a lot of things."

"Adding the salary of teachers and staff, 900,000 yuan is not enough at all, and this is not considered as research funding."

"To put it mildly, running a university is a loss-making business, and you have to invest money in it all the time."

"Moreover, it is long-term, continuous!"

Zhang Qianxiu figured it out in his mind. Even if National Tsing Hua University has 3,000 teachers, an average of 400 per month is calculated, and a monthly salary of 1.2 million is required. In addition, there must be security guards, cleaners, maintenance workers, cafeteria workers, etc. , I don’t know how many people are. A few hundred thousand people are needed. Even if one thousand people, an average of two hundred a month and 200,000 a month are required.

The sum of the wages on these two sides will cost 1.4 million a month and 16.8 million a year. This is just wages. Water, electricity, coal, meals, and teaching supplies have not been counted.

There is also a large amount of investment, that is, investment in scientific research.

If this is the case, even if it maintains operations a year, there will be at least 30-50 million.

Zhang Qianxiu feels that he should be able to try it. When the time comes, he can only cultivate a series of talents related to chips. For normal operation in one year, 20 million should be enough.

In scientific research, if you have money, just invest a little. If you don’t have money, just take one step and count as one step.

Starting a school on your own is always more autonomous than cooperating with other universities.

Many other schools cooperate, and everything depends on others.

However, cooperation with universities can also be carried out simultaneously, and sending people to study abroad must also be considered. You cannot give up completely, just choose and reduce the scale.

Zhang Qianxiu said, "Professor Tian, ​​I plan to try it myself."

"What if it succeeds?"

Tian Shuyuan froze for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Zhang, you have to think clearly, this is not a small amount of money. It needs to be invested every year. I can show you the expenses of our school for one year. You want to cultivate high quality. The talents cost a lot."

Zhang Qianxiu insisted: "I still want to try it myself, but you are right. It is indeed easier to cooperate with universities."

"Professor Tian, ​​if your department enrolls one hundred students a year, I will pay for it. How much will it cost?"

Tian Shuyuan thought for a while and said, "If we are in the department, it will be up to the country to see if the country can subsidize these 100 people. Nowadays, even if they pay tuition, the country also subsidizes them, but they don't know."

"If the subsidy is given, the school will charge 300,000 in one semester and 600 a year. If the subsidy is not given, a student will cost at least 3,000, and 100 students will cost 300,000."

"But this is not just a slap in the head. It requires the school's approval and the education department's approval. We will accept one hundred more students, and the scores of other schools will need to be adjusted."

Cooperating with the school, the cost of this is indeed much less.

Zhang Qianxiu said: "Professor Tian, ​​you can apply for me. I will pay out the 300,000 yuan. I also cooperate with your department to research integrated circuit-related topics every year, with at least 1 million research funds each year."

When Tian Shuyuan heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "This is no problem. I will apply to the school and the education department."

"We will send a notice to the students who expand their enrollment every year to the following high schools. For these 100 students, all fees are free, but after graduation, you must go to work in your company, Mr. Zhang. If you breach the contract, you will be compensated for all the expenses. And pay 30% interest."

"Mr. Zhang, you invest in research and development projects, the academic achievements belong to us, and the technology patents to Mr. Zhang."

"In the future, if Mr. Zhang has other needs, you can entrust us to do research. Simply put, Mr. Zhang, you want a certain aspect of the technology, we develop it, and Mr. Zhang provides the funds. We only need some salary and academic-related. "

Zhang Qianxiu knew that Tian Shuyuan was looking forward to cooperating with him. What he liked was actually the research expenses he paid.

Although the National Tsing Hua University is well-known, people who do scientific research will never think that their own scientific research costs are too high. Scientific research is a gold-swallowing beast, and it can swallow any amount of money.

Zhang Qianxiu has no opinion on the plan given by Tian Shuyuan: "Okay! Professor Tian, ​​then we will follow this cooperation model."