Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 793 Honorary Doctor of Literature
After his daughter finished talking, Fang Minghua took over the microphone.

Hearing that it was Fang Minghua's voice, Song Tangtang on the other end of the phone giggled and said, "What's wrong? Did you make Lili angry?"

"Yes, she said I value science over literature."

"You are indeed wrong, but you also have a point. The country is in urgent need of science and engineering talents right now, and they should be treated differently. I have just advised Lili."

"Ah."

Fang Minghua glanced at Li Li, who was teasing her daughter nearby. She no longer looked angry.

"Minghua, if you want to implement your idea, you still need the support of relevant national departments. I'm going to Yanjing in a few days, and I'll go to the National Education Commission to talk to the relevant personnel about your idea and listen to their opinions. How do you think?"

"Okay, it's not urgent anyway. Are you going to Yanjing to merge with Xi'an Film Studio?" Fang Minghua asked.

"Yes, after negotiations with the Xi'an Film Studio, we decided to purchase all of its assets for 4.3 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 plan to go to Yanjing with Director Zhang of the Provincial Radio, Film and Television Bureau and Director Liu of the Xi'an Film Studio to get this done."

"It's hard work. The next step is to integrate the resources of the two companies and transfer the laid-off workers. There's a lot more to do. You have to take care of yourself."

"Yes. Regarding the matter of setting up a poverty relief fund that you mentioned, our preliminary estimate shows that it will cost about 30 to 35 million."

"Is there enough money in the account?" Fang Minghua asked.

He never asked about the household accounts, all of which were handled by Song Tangtang.

"It's enough, but if it was 35 million, there wouldn't be much left, probably 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 in China. Besides, there will be dividends from Shengshi and Sun Lizhe's company at the end of the year. As for the start-up fund for international students, I will transfer the funds from this account."

"Okay then, it's settled."

Fang Minghua asked about the two children and their parents, then hung up the phone and turned to ask Li Li.

"Lili, how much money is there in this account?"

"About 24 million, mainly your royalties, dividends from Ashley Press, and dividends from Sun Lizhe's American International Typesetting Group." Lili explained.

"Why so little?"

"Have you forgotten that you asked me to use my savings to buy Microsoft and HP stocks regularly?!" Li Li said angrily.

Yeah, I almost forgot about this.

"You don't need to buy now. I plan to sell them all next year," said Fang Minghua.

"The stock market is doing very well, why should you sell it?" Li Li was puzzled.

"You've made enough money. Too much is as bad as too little. It's settled. You transfer 1000 million US dollars to Stanford University, and transfer million to China first, and then transfer more next year."

"Ok."

When it comes to financial matters, Li Li always does what her superiors say and she doesn't like to rack her brains over them.

"Come on, Xinxin, let's go downstairs and play horse riding, okay?" Fang Minghua took her daughter's hand.

"Yes, yes, I like my dad's horse the most." The little girl followed him downstairs happily. A few minutes later, Li Li saw her daughter riding on her father's back, shouting excitedly, "Go!"
Li Li and her mother shook their heads when they saw this.

Fang Minghua really spoils his daughter too much.

Fortunately, he only comes for a few months a year. If I had stayed with my daughter all day, I wonder what Xinxin would become.
Stanford University also acted quickly. After receiving the 10 million US dollars remitted by Fang Minghua, the other party immediately sent an email to express gratitude, and soon sent a detailed plan of Stanford's "Minghua Scholarship".

A brief introduction was given to the basic situation of mainland international students studying at Stanford University, and then the conditions for applying for scholarships were elaborated in detail.

“根据贵国统计局1997年国民经济和社会发展的统计公报上的数据，贵国城镇居民人均可支配收入和农村人均可支配收入分别为5160人民币和2090人民币，按照1997年官方汇率，折合成美元分别为621.7美元251.9美元。”

"Our school recommends that international students whose family's per capita income is lower than the average of the two, which is $436.8, can apply for a scholarship."

The following is a detailed description of the steps and materials required to apply for a scholarship.

Fang Minghua looked at the information for a long time without saying anything.

"Minghua, why is the per capita disposable income in our country so low? I don't believe it." said Li Li, who was sitting next to him.

"This data is officially released. You can find out by calling China. Is it necessary for the Americans to falsify it?" Fang Minghua asked in return.

"Our country is still backward and poor, this is an indisputable fact, so we need more talents to go back to build it. Don't use the average, just use the per capita disposable income of farmers as the standard."

"Okay, I'll email Stanford University later," said Li Li.

The other party quickly adopted Fang Minghua's suggestion and said that a grand donation ceremony would be held for Fang Minghua soon, and he would be notified after the specific time was set.

Fang Minghua didn't care. She didn't have much to do in San Francisco anyway. She just took care of the kids, wrote some things, and went out for a walk with her family after dinner. Her life was very leisurely.

But what made Fang Minghua feel a little strange was that the other party had not made any move in the past twenty days.

Could it be that the other party broke the appointment after seeing that the work was done?
Impossible. 1000 million US dollars is not a small amount of money. Besides, Stanford is a world-renowned university, not some vocational college.

Fang Minghua had no idea that the Stanford University board of directors was arguing over something concerning him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have distributed Mr. Fang Minghua's personal information to everyone. Although it is not complete due to time constraints, it has basically summarized his achievements in the field of literature." The speaker was Fantes, chairman of the Stanford University Honor Committee.

In the United States, the Honor Committee at a university has only one responsibility: to recommend and nominate honorary doctorates of the university and to perform management duties!
It turned out that shortly after Fang Minghua decided to donate 1000 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 school's vice-president and a member of the school board, and holds great power.

He listened.

There are many happy events this year.

Not long ago, Li Ka-shing from Hong Kong donated 400 million US dollars, and now there is another Fang Minghua from the mainland who donated 1000 million!
Are all Chinese people so rich? !
When he learned that Fang Minghua was the author of "Harry Potter", he was not surprised, because it turned out to be the famous writer Minghua.

There are more than one bestseller in the United States.
I heard that he also acquired a publishing house.

Coincidentally, James is a PhD in literature and has served as the dean of Stanford's College of Arts and Sciences and the Stanford Humanities Research Center. I immediately felt a sense of mutual appreciation between us.

Writers, colleagues.

So he suddenly had an idea: could he award Fang Minghua the title of Honorary Doctor of Literature?
(End of this chapter)