Chapter 793 Honorary Doctor of Literature
After his daughter finished talking, Fang Minghua took the phone.
Hearing Fang Minghua's voice, Song Tangtang on the other side of the microphone smiled coquettishly and said, "Why, did you make Lili angry?"
"Yeah, she said I value theory over literature."
"You are indeed wrong, but it also makes sense. The country is indeed in urgent need of engineering talents and should be treated differently. I have just advised Lili."
"Yeah."
Fang Minghua glanced at Li Li, who was teasing his daughter next to him. At this time, he no longer looked angry as before.
"Minghua, if you want to implement this idea, you still need the support of relevant national departments. I am going to Yanjing in a few days. I will stop by the National Education Commission to talk to the relevant personnel about your idea and listen to their opinions. What should I do? Like? ”
"Okay, it's not urgent anyway. You're going to Yanjing. Is it about annexing Xiying Film Studio?" Fang Minghua asked.
"Yes, we negotiated with Xi Film Factory and decided to purchase all the assets of Xi Film Factory for 430 million yuan. Now the relevant provincial departments have approved it, but it still needs to be approved by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, so I am going to discuss it with Director Zhang of the Provincial Radio, Film and Television Bureau Let’s go to Yanjing with Director Liu of Xiying Film Studio to get this matter done.”
"Thank you, the next step is to integrate the resources of the two companies and divert the laid-off people. There are more things to do, so you have to pay attention to your health."
"Yes. Regarding the establishment of a fund for distressed people you mentioned, our preliminary calculation shows that it will cost about 3000 to 3500 million."
"Are there enough funds in the account?" Fang Minghua asked.
He never asked about the family's accounts, Song Tangtang took care of them all.
"That's enough, but if it's 35 million, there won't be much left, maybe more than 3 million." Song Tangtang replied.
"More than three million is enough." Fang Minghua said with a smile: "We don't have anywhere to spend it at home. Besides, there will be dividends from Shengshi and Sun Lizhe's company at the end of the year. As for the entrepreneurial fund for international students, I will allocate it from the account here. Past.”
"Okay, that's it."
Fang Minghua asked concerned about the situation of the two children and their parents, finally hung up the phone and turned back to ask Li Li.
"Lili, how much money is there in the account here?"
"About 24 million, mainly your royalties, Ashleypress dividends, and Sun Lizhe's dividends from the International Typesetting Group in the United States." Lili explained.
"Why so few?"
"Did you forget that you asked me to use my savings to buy stocks of Microsoft and HP on a regular basis?!" Li Li said angrily.
Yes, I almost forgot about it.
"I don't need to buy it now. I will sell it all next year," Fang Minghua said.
"The stock market is going up very well, why should we sell it?" Li Li was puzzled.
"You've almost made enough, but if you go too far, you won't make enough. It's decided like this, you transfer 10 million US dollars to Stanford University, and 5 million US dollars to China first, and then continue to transfer next year."
"Okay."
When it comes to financial matters, Li Li has always obeyed her words, and she doesn't like to waste her brains on it.
"Let's go, Xinxin, let's go downstairs and play horse riding, okay?" Fang Minghua took his daughter's little hand.
"Okay, okay, I like daddy's horses the most." The little girl happily followed downstairs. Within a few minutes, Li Li saw her daughter riding on her father's back, shouting excitedly and shouting "Drive"
Li Li and her mother shook their heads when they saw it.
This Fang Minghua is really too spoiled to his daughter.
Fortunately, there are only a few months in a year. If I spend the whole day with my daughter, I wonder how I will spoil Xinxin?
Stanford University also acted quickly. After receiving the $10 million from Fang Minghua, the other party immediately sent an email to express its gratitude, and soon sent a detailed plan called "Minghua Grant" from Stanford.
He briefly introduced the basic situation of mainland international students studying at Stanford University, and then elaborated on the scholarship application conditions in detail.
"According to the 1997 Statistical Bulletin of National Economic and Social Development of your country's Bureau of Statistics, the per capita disposable income of urban residents and the per capita disposable income of rural residents in your country are 5,160 RMB and 2,090 RMB respectively. According to the official exchange rate in 1997, they are converted into The U.S. dollars were 621.7 U.S. dollars and 251.9 U.S. dollars respectively. ”
“Our school recommends that international students whose family per capita income is US$436.8 lower than the two averages can apply for scholarships.”
The steps and required materials for applying for scholarships are also detailed later.
Fang Minghua looked at this information and said nothing for a long time.
"Minghua, why is our country's per capita disposable income so low? I don't believe it." Li Li, who was sitting next to her, said.
"This data is officially announced. Just call China and you will know. Is it necessary for the United States to falsify it?" Fang Minghua asked rhetorically.
"Our country is indeed still backward and poor. This is an indisputable fact, so we need more talents to go back to construction. Don't make any averages, just use the per capita disposable income of farmers as the standard."
"Okay, I will reply to Stanford University's email later." Li Li said.
The other party quickly adopted Fang Minghua's suggestion and said that he would hold a grand donation ceremony for Fang Minghua soon, and he would be notified once the specific time was set.
Fang Minghua didn't care. He didn't have much to do in San Francisco now. He just took care of his children, wrote and went out for a walk after dinner. He lived a leisurely life.
But what makes Fang Minghua feel a little strange is that there has been no movement from the other party in the past twenty days or so.
Could it be that the other party just broke the appointment once the matter was done?
Impossible, 10 million US dollars is not a small amount. Besides, Stanford is a world-famous university, not some vocational and technical college.
Little did Fang Minghua know that the board of directors of Stanford University was arguing over something related to him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have distributed Mr. Fang Minghua's personal information to everyone. Although the time is short and incomplete, it has basically summarized his achievements in the field of literature." The speaker was Fantes, chairman of the Stanford University Honors Committee.
In the United States, the honor committee in a university has one responsibility: to recommend, nominate honorary doctorates and manage the university!
It turns out that not long after Fang Minghua decided to donate 10 million US dollars to Stanford, Louis, director of the Stanford Development Office, made a special report to Professor James, the vice president in charge of this work.
James is both the vice principal of the school and a member of the school board, and has great power.
When he heard it.
There are many happy events this year.
Not long ago, Li Ka-shing from Hong Kong donated 4 million US dollars, and now Fang Minghua from the mainland has donated 10 million!
Are all Chinese people so rich? !
When he found out that Fang Minghua was the author of "Harry Potter", he was not surprised. It turned out to be the famous writer Minghua.
Is this the only best-seller in the United States?
It is said that a publishing house was also acquired.
Coincidentally, this James has a doctorate in literature and has served as dean of the Stanford School of Arts and Sciences and the Stanford Humanities Research Center, and he suddenly felt a sense of sympathy.
Writers and colleagues.
So he suddenly thought, could he award Fang Minghua an honorary doctorate in literature?
(End of chapter)