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"I have always been in agreement with the idea of ​​the "Golden Triangle" proposed by Professor Terman of Stanford University in the 1950s. ≧ The top novel, the government builds a first-class university with innovative capabilities through education funding. And a good university can continuously cultivate the society. Talents in technology, management, marketing and other fields provide various technological innovations for the industry.

The industry relies on these technological achievements to invest, and the various new products and new equipment transformed can quickly occupy the market and continue to grab profits. Some of these profits go back to universities as R&D funds, and some are converted into taxes to increase government revenue.

If California were separated from the United States, its gross national product would be higher than that of most countries in the world. The two most important pillar industries in California, in addition to Hollywood in Los Angeles, are Silicon Valley in San Francisco! And Silicon Valley is relying on Stanford University to rise rapidly!

Therefore, I hope to set up such an experimental university in China, and use this as the core to promote the business community to invest and set up factories around the school, develop advanced electronic industry, and make it China's 'Silicon Valley', for China's ongoing Contribute to the cause of modernization! "Chen Bai said eloquently.

Li Xuan nodded with a smile. Chen Ji-Tang, Chen Ji-Tang, Chen Ji-Tang's father, "Nantian King", ruled Guangdong. One of the most important achievements was to promote education and encourage learning, and vigorously developed education in eastern Guangdong. And Chen Bai obviously inherited his father's legacy in this regard.

Chen Bai was very enthusiastic and continued to introduce his school-running philosophy in detail: "The purpose of this experimental university is to learn from the advantages of education in advanced industrial countries and explore an advanced education system that suits China's national conditions. Because I hope to be able to To run a school that is very different from the existing universities in mainland China.

First of all, the university should be the president's responsibility system. Instead, there should be too much political interference in the day-to-day administration of the school by the Party committee, the Youth League committee and other institutions. Second, it should realize professors governing the school. A special academic committee composed of professors is responsible for the formulation and approval of teaching and research plans.

Beyond that. The university should also set up a school board composed of government leaders and prominent social figures at home and abroad. The school board is responsible for formulating and reviewing the school's budget for each school year, and is also responsible for electing the principal. "

"Professor Chen, how to solve the school's establishment funds?" Li Xuan asked.

"I hope to solve it through government funding and overseas fundraising!" Chen Bai replied.

"Then, may I ask Professor Chen how much funds you have raised so far?" Li Xuan continued to ask.

Chen Bai showed some helplessness and embarrassment on his face, and said: "Mr. Wang An from the United States is willing to donate 500,000 US dollars, and he is also willing to pledge a batch of teaching equipment. Mr. Bao Yugang from Hong Kong is willing to donate to build a library. , Mr. Robert Kuok from Malaysia is willing to donate 2 million Hong Kong dollars! I take the liberty to ask for help this time, and I also hope that Mr. Li can donate generously and provide help for the establishment of the experimental university!"

It is not difficult for Li Xuan to guess the purpose of the other party's visit. He is a well-known scatterbrain boy in Hong Kong, especially in the field of education. From 1980 to the present, Li Xuan's cumulative donations to the University of Hong Kong, CUHK, Hong Kong Polytechnic, and the City College of Hong Kong, which is under construction, have exceeded 500 million Hong Kong dollars.

The reason why Li Xuan is willing to spend a lot of money on higher education is not only to earn a good reputation for himself, but also to support the cultivation of high-level technical talents in Hong Kong, and to lay a better perspective for Dongfang Electronics to establish a foothold in Hong Kong.

Under normal circumstances, in the case of Chen Bai coming to the door to beg for alms. Li Xuan's donation of four or five million Hong Kong dollars is enough to show his sincerity. But Li Xuan unexpectedly gave a shocking answer.

"I can personally donate 30 million US dollars for the preparation of the university!" Li Xuan said calmly.

Chen Bai felt that his heart seemed to stop beating suddenly, and he repeated it somewhat inconceivably: "$30 million?"

Li Xuan smiled and nodded. Signed that he heard correctly. Suddenly, Chen Bai felt that he was filled with great happiness, and the uncontrollable excitement in his heart made his body tremble slightly.

"But I also have some requests!" The turning point in Li Xuan's words made Chen Bo Li Ke calm down. Li Xuan quickly continued: "First of all, I hope that this university can be established in the Deep Sea Special Zone. Secondly, this university participates in the national unified college entrance examination enrollment, but the graduates do not participate in the national unified distribution. The school will recommend jobs based on the students' own volunteers!"

An important reason why Li Xuan is willing to spend such a huge sum of money is that Chen Bai's idea of ​​running a school imitating the Stanford model is very suitable for the needs of the Oriental Group. Hong Kong has limited talent. It is simply unable to meet the needs of the rapid expansion of Dongfang Electronics Corporation.

If he can select materials from China's one billion population, then Li Xuan has the confidence to compete intellectually with any company in the world. Of course, the talents he invested in colleges and cultivated are for his own use, and now the college graduations in the mainland are all distributed uniformly. It is impossible for a foreign company like Xiangdong Electronics to take the initiative to assign students to college students. As for Li Xuan's request to build the university in the deep-sea special zone, it is also because it is an important industrial base in his future planning.

In Chen Bai's view, the deep-sea special zone is an experimental field for China's reform and opening up, and the new university he intends to create will also become an experimental field for China's education reform, so it is a very suitable choice to build it in the deep-sea special zone.

Before coming to meet with Li Xuan, Chen Bai just had an in-depth meeting with Secretary Liang and Mayor Wu of the Deep Sea Special Economic Zone. The two government leaders of the deep-sea special zone also very much hope that the special zone can have a university. And it was with the guidance of Secretary Liang that he knew that the famous "God of Wealth Li" was now in Shenhai City.

In fact, Chen Bai had submitted a proposal for running a school as early as two years ago. At that time, he happened to travel to Beijing with Li Xuan on the same plane, and was personally met by Deng Lao. But after that, his proposal went to nothing and never got a response from the relevant departments.

Not long ago, Chen Bai went to Beijing again and finally got some responses from the Ministry of Education. One of the most important problems is that building such a modern university requires a lot of capital investment. And the Ministry of Education has no money. Therefore, Chen Bai decided to start fundraising by himself. At that time, he promised the leaders of the Ministry of Education to raise at least $10 million for the pre-construction of the school.

In fact, in Li Xuan's view. This statement by the Ministry of Education is obviously evasive. Under the circumstance that the party leads the country, it is not a small step to say that you want to build a university without party organizations and league organizations. Without the personal speech of the top leader, it is impossible for the Ministry of Education to take the lead in giving a reply.

According to the information collected by Li Xuan, when Chen Bai was a visiting professor at National Taiwan University in the 1970s, he made a suggestion to Xiao Jiang, the then president of the Executive Yuan, hoping to build a new school in Hsinchu with reference to the development experience of Silicon Valley in the United States. Brand new University of Technology.

His thoughts at the time were no different from the university he was planning to build in the mainland, but the Taiwan authorities did not give him support. This is a very important reason. It is also because Chen Bai wants to build a depoliticized university.

And in Taiwan, where "one political party, one leader" propaganda has been carried out for a long time, this is definitely an outrageous thing. Taiwan had to wait until the end of the 1980s before it began to open the party-ban and carry out the so-called democratization process.

In fact, if there is clear official support from the mainland government, Chen Bai's desire to raise money will not be as difficult as he is now encountering. Two years ago, the Shantou Special Economic Zone hoped to establish a university, so the relevant leaders approached Li Jiacheng, who was born in Chao-Shantou. Li Jiacheng wrote a cheque of 45 million Hong Kong dollars without saying a word. In another time and space, Ningbo-Bo City wants to build a university next year. Mr. Bao Yugang, the number one representative of Ningbo-Bo Gang, donated 20 million US dollars without hesitation.

But now Chen Bai can't produce any official authorization documents from the mainland government. He only uses empty vernacular to seek alms for the rich. Naturally, people are noncommittal about this project with uncertain prospects.

"Professor Chen. The national conditions of each country are different, we should not seek swords! For example, the idea of ​​de-politicization in universities that you advocate is a good idea. But it also greatly increases the number of universities to be established. Resistance! After all, even China's constitution clearly stipulates that China is a people's democratic dictatorship country under the leadership of the Communist Party!

Our purpose for founding a new university. It is to explore a new mode of perfect combination of production, learning and research, rather than sticking to politics and other issues. Tell the truth. The reason why I am willing to give a large amount of donation is that I hope that after the completion of the university you envision, it will recruit the best science students from all over China and continuously provide first-class scientific research talents for the Oriental Group! "Li Xuan said sharply.

Even thirty years later, the issue of de-administration of universities has been clamoring for a long time, but there is still no progress. Not to mention depoliticization, it is a minefield that directly shakes the ruling foundation of our party!

Chen Bai was lost in thought. He always believed that only by running a school independently without any political interference would it be possible to create a truly first-class world university. But in the past ten years, he has traveled from Taiwan to the mainland, and he has clearly felt the difficulty.

"Of course, Professor Chen, many of your school-running concepts are also very correct. For example, through the management of the school by professors, a special academic committee is responsible for teaching and scientific research arrangements, so that there will be no problems such as academic conflicts, and laypeople leading experts. The university implements The principal is responsible for the system, and the principal is publicly selected, and then the school board of directors is established to supervise the principal's academic governance. This method is very good!

At present, domestic universities have clear levels. For example, Peking University and Tsinghua University are deputy ministerial-level universities. The president is actually a senior official, not an educator or scholar. The establishment of a new university in Shenhai City can completely allow the mayor to serve as the chairman of the school board, and the city government is responsible for appointing the president before taking office. This not only achieves de-administration, but also shows that the school is still under the leadership of the party and the government. .

Besides, the university does not have to isolate politics, and the city party committee can send a party organization to work in the university. However, the school party committee does not interfere with daily administration, and is mainly responsible for publicity, party building and other work. The current administrative level of Shenhai City is the prefecture level, and its lower party organization is the division level.

And I believe that under normal circumstances, once the university proposed by you, Professor Chen, is supported by the state, its treatment level will at least be at the level of the main office, even if it cannot reach the level of deputy ministers like Peking University and Tsinghua University.

And the secretary of the party committee of the main hall-level university is an official at the same level as the secretary of the Shenhai Municipal Party Committee. But if it is now changed to a county-level position, the influence he can exert has actually been greatly reduced! "Li Xuan has already thought deeply about this issue and gave his own plan.

In fact, after Li Xuan met Chen Bai last time, he began to pay attention to the progress of the other party secretly, and he also had his own thoughts on what kind of new university should be built. When Li Jiacheng donated money to set up Shantou University before, he did not actually participate in the specific preparations of the university except for the money and the finalization of the school site in person.

Because Li Jiacheng's real purpose is to gain fame and release his goodwill to the mainland, he has no appeal to the university itself. But Li Xuan is different. He hopes to set up a first-class university that provides great intellectual support to the Oriental Group. If it is to build an ordinary university, under the constraints of the current system in the mainland, it is difficult for Li Xuan and Dongfang Electronics Group to exert sufficient influence.

Only by de-administrating and making the new university more independent will Li Xuan have the opportunity to control it secretly. So from this point of view, he supports most of the ideas of running a school in Chenbai.

But Li Xuan is also a displayist, and he must control the risks that the project may bring in the future. Depoliticization in the university is precisely a minefield that Li Xuan believes is very risky. He doesn't want the university he built with a lot of money to end up being the hardest hit by the liberalization trend.

The students' minds are easy to heat up, and as long as there is a little incitement by the forces of intention ~www.readwn.com~, it is likely to cause a storm. Li Xuan didn't want to end up on his own, not only did he not eat the mutton, but he caused a whole body of commotion!

Li Xuan threw out a promise of 30 million US dollars in one breath, and could not help but state that Bai did not seriously consider Li Xuan's idea. Preparing for a university is by no means an easy task. Li Xuan fully realized this when he served as the chairman of the preparatory committee of City College of Hong Kong.

The establishment of the City College of Hong Kong is actually relatively easy, because the Hong Kong government has a set of specific procedures and can provide sufficient financial support. Li Xuan's main task is to use his prestige to win the attention and recognition of the Hong Kong society for the city college in preparation.

It will undoubtedly be many times more difficult to build a university that breaks through the existing system in the mainland. Naturally, Li Xuan would not charge himself into the battle. He needed to persuade Chen Bai to recognize his ideas, so as to act as his spokesperson and go north to communicate with the central government. The donation of US$30 million promised by Li Xuan is undoubtedly one of the most important weights to impress the central executives.

"The $30 million is just a donation for the preliminary preparations. I can make a further commitment here. After the university is officially completed, it will continue to be divided into four years and donate another $5 million each year, which means a total pledge of $50 million! At the same time, I can also Come forward and help the new university raise donations in Hong Kong!" Li Xuan further increased his weight. (To be continued..)