Can you be called a rich man if you don’t indulge yourself?

Chapter 163 Gu Heng Scholarship Gu Heng Bursary

Time flies by like a white horse.
More than half a month was wasted by Gu Heng.
Gu Heng didn't spend much money during this period, not because he suddenly became frugal, but because there was no place to spend money.
Apart from the daily expenses of several hundred thousand yuan, Gu Heng couldn't find any place to spend money.
Now he lacks nothing.
They drive supercars worth tens of millions and live in mansions worth hundreds of millions.
The company's current 10 billion yuan in funds is enough for the time being, and the injection of capital is not so urgent. It seems that life has lost its pursuit all of a sudden.
Gu Heng finally understood the classic quote that Lao Ma said on CCTV: "I am not interested in money"
In the past, Gu Heng thought that Lao Ma was just pretending to be cool.
But now, as my wealth has increased and my horizons have broadened, I understand that Ma may have been trying to show off, but he was more likely expressing his true thoughts.
When money reaches a certain level, it really becomes just a string of numbers.
A mansion worth hundreds of millions of dollars can be considered the ceiling of luxury houses even in the whole world.
As for living expenses?
Every day, she eats top-quality ingredients flown in from all over the world, her chef is a famous chef who can prepare state banquets, and she wears high-end clothes from top luxury brands.
But even if life has become so extravagant, the daily consumption is only a few hundred thousand.
It is no exaggeration to say that with his current wealth of several billion, even if the system suddenly disappears now, Gu Heng can still maintain this kind of life for more than ten years.
At that time, Lao Ma had assets worth hundreds of billions.
With so much money, if we only spend it on personal consumption, we can't spend it all.
In the eyes of these people, money is no longer a currency, but a tool to improve their own value. For them, making money is more of a byproduct of improving their own value.
So when Lao Ma said he was not interested in money, Gu Heng felt that at least half of it was sincere.
Thinking of this, Gu Heng shook his head and put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind.
I was thinking too far ahead. Perhaps I could only understand their true thoughts when I really reached their level. Then I walked out of the Peking University parking lot.
In Peking University's Yanyuan, banners are hung everywhere. Even a fool knows that today is a special day.
Today is the 126th anniversary of Peking University.
The old Peking University's anniversary was December 12th, but on December 17th, 1951, the then Peking University leaders thought that the anniversary was too close to the end of the semester and that it was not appropriate to hold a big event because the teachers and students were too busy. So from then on, the anniversary of Peking University was changed to May 12th every year.
This is the first time that Gu Heng has participated in a school anniversary event.
Don't even mention Peking University's anniversary celebration.
He didn't even attend his high school's anniversary celebration.
Now, as a member of Peking University, he suddenly attended the anniversary celebration of China's top university. Gu Heng couldn't help but feel a little excited.
It's not just because I'm excited about attending the school celebration.
More importantly, this year I will be speaking on stage on behalf of the new Peking University alumni of 2024.
I have been eagerly waiting for this day.
I just want to see if this Peking University anniversary celebration can improve my social status.
If it were possible, I wouldn't have to keep pumping money into the company. I could just spend a large sum to fill the funding gap.
No, it's okay.
After attending the Peking University anniversary celebration, Gu Heng took a flight to Guangzhou in the afternoon.
In Tu Yong's words, the bidding quota has been negotiated, and now the most important thing for Gu Heng is the share.
As the matter was of great importance, Tu Yong did not dare to act on his own, so he asked Gu Heng to represent the company in the last project meeting of Yangcheng Municipal Engineering. After this meeting, the Yangcheng International Circuit would officially start construction.
Once this project starts to be publicized, I, a major investor with an investment of at least 10 billion, will definitely become the focus of attention.
Your social status will definitely improve!
Two Peking University students dressed in volunteer uniforms looked at Gu Heng, who was dressed in a suit. A girl stepped forward and asked respectfully, "Hello, are you a member of society who was invited to attend our school's anniversary celebration or a former senior?"

The question interrupted Gu Heng's thoughts. He looked up at the female student in front of him and said with a smile, "Guess?"

Hearing Gu Heng's tone, the volunteer students had a few black lines on their foreheads.
Although the 126th anniversary is not an integer anniversary celebration, and the school did not hold a grand ceremony, it is still the most grand event in Beijing today.
no way.
The reputation of China's highest institution of learning is too loud
Every year, both people from the society and Peking University alumni will take the opportunity of the school anniversary to show their faces. It is precisely because of this that Peking University is unusually lively today, and people can be seen almost everywhere in the previously quiet and peaceful Yanyuan.

There were always concerns that something might happen when there were too many people, and the school student union did not have enough people to maintain order, so a number of ordinary students were temporarily assigned to serve as volunteers to maintain order on campus.
The two volunteer students in front of us were captured by the conscripted soldiers.
Being conscripted was already annoying, and now hearing Gu Heng's teasing, he felt even worse. His tone was no longer as respectful as before, but the most basic politeness was still there.

"Sir, if you are an outsider, you need to show your school's invitation letter to enter the auditorium. If you are a former senior, please show your graduation certificate. If you are not...
Please visit in Yanyuan. The auditorium cannot accommodate too many people. Please forgive me. "

Seeing that the two students couldn't help but laugh, Gu Heng could only shake his head helplessly, took out a red invitation letter from his arms and handed it to the volunteer students, saying: "This invitation letter should be okay, right?"

When the volunteer students opened the invitation letter, the first thing they saw was the principal's signature in the lower right corner.
Looking at the invitation letter again, my pupils suddenly shrank.
"Dear Mr. (Ms.) Gu Heng! May 2024, 5 is the 4th anniversary of Jingcheng University."

The front is all standard text, nothing special
But the last sentence is "We sincerely invite alumnus Gu Heng to return to Yanyuan to witness this grand ceremony of his alma mater!"

This is an alumni invitation letter!

What is unusual is not the alumni invitation letter
There is no telling how many Peking University alumni there are, but the number of invitations sent out each year is estimated to be at least a thousand. These volunteer students are doing this work. Just now, they received a Peking University alumnus, who seems to be an internationally renowned academic giant.
but!

All the alumni they received had one thing in common.

The youngest one is probably in his 30s or 40s.
For a schoolmate like Gu Heng, who was about the same age as them, or even looked a little younger, they couldn't help but be shocked.
Thinking of this, the volunteer student quickly handed the invitation letter back to Gu Heng, then bowed and apologized: "I'm sorry, senior, I didn't mean it."

As for what she is apologizing for.
Gu Heng also knew.
It's nothing more than an apology for my attitude just now.
If it was normal, Gu Heng might have teased them, but Gu Heng looked at his watch and found that the school anniversary speech was about to begin, so he could only smile and said, "I should be able to go in now, right?"

The volunteer students nodded repeatedly.

Seeing Gu Heng walk into the auditorium, the student who checked Gu Heng's invitation letter breathed a sigh of relief, touched his chest with lingering fear, turned his head and said to another student: "I was almost scared to death, he is already an alumnus of our Peking University at such a young age
Could it be that he is some genius who was recommended to study abroad after graduation and has returned?"

The other student did not respond to her words, but stared at Gu Heng's back. She shook her head until Gu Heng's back disappeared from her sight.

"Our Peking University alumni come from all walks of life. Who says that this senior must be an academic?"

"How did you become an alumnus when you are so young and not an academic?"

"Isn't it okay for a billionaire?"

"Ok?"

The volunteer student stared into his classmates' eyes, his face full of confusion.

"You still haven't figured out who he is?"

"You don't know this boss, do you?!"

"I usually tell you not to go to the library every day when you have nothing to do. You're almost stupid from studying. Play with your phone more when you have nothing to do! Gu Heng, don't you know him? He dominated the hot searches on Weibo and Douyin for several days recently.

At the previous Beijing Auto Show, Gu Heng spent 2.3 million yuan to buy more than 20 luxury cars. He is definitely a billionaire. Is it strange that he is so rich and is an alumnus of our Peking University? "Volunteer student: "???"

Another classmate looked at the confused girl and had no choice but to take out his phone, search for the keyword and hand it to her.
Seeing the results of the keyword search, the expressions on the faces of the volunteer students became more and more exciting
Gu Heng, who had already walked into the Peking University auditorium, was unaware of the discussion between the two volunteer students and looked for his seat according to the number on the invitation letter.
The auditorium, which can accommodate 4000 people, is now full.

No wonder you need to check the invitation letter to enter
It's not that Peking University officials discriminate, but if everyone could be allowed in, the auditorium would not be able to accommodate them.
Apart from other things, there are tens of thousands of students in Peking University alone. Even if only one tenth of them want to attend the annual ceremony, the auditorium will be packed, and those alumni and outsiders who are invited will not have a place to sit.
Following the number on the invitation letter, Gu Heng finally found his seat.
But when Gu Heng was about to sit down, he was stunned when he saw the middle-aged man next to him.
The middle-aged man is none other than Liu Qiao, the dean of Guanghua College.
Seeing Gu Heng's dull eyes, Liu Qiao asked with a smile, "Why, are you surprised to see me?"

Gu Heng nodded honestly.
A big guy like Liu Qiao.
When attending the school celebration, I must sit in the first row
Although the seat the school arranged for me was not bad, it was obviously not enough for me to sit side by side with a big shot like Liu Qiao.
Liu Qiao could guess what Gu Heng was thinking. He patted the seat next to him and invited him with a smile, "Sit down first."

Gu Heng didn't delay and sat down.

“Originally I was supposed to attend a meeting at the Shenzhen campus today. I didn’t plan to attend the school anniversary, so my seat was not arranged. However, there was a problem with the meeting process, so it was temporarily cancelled.

I was thinking of taking a day off, but then I remembered that today is the day you announced your donation of 1000 million to the school, and as your dean, I had to come and save face, so I came over again.

But I've been sitting here for 20 minutes and you haven't arrived yet. I thought you were too nervous to come, but I didn't expect you to be here on time."

Gu Heng could only smile awkwardly upon hearing this.
He has always hated such serious occasions.
If I hadn't announced my donation today and had to give a speech, I wouldn't have been able to attend this school celebration, let alone get in place in advance.
Arriving on time and not being late was Gu Heng's greatest respect for Peking University.
Liu Qiao looked at Gu Heng's expression and could only shake his head helplessly.
It was the most difficult to guess what a young man like Gu Heng, who was unruly and rich, was thinking. He came to attend the school celebration specifically for Gu Heng, fearing that he would do something weird and affect him.
Thinking of this, Liu Qiao took out a speech of several hundred words and placed it on Gu Heng's lap.

"This is the speech I asked my Chinese Department graduate tutor to write for you. It's not long, just a few hundred words. You can familiarize yourself with it now, and then you can just read it when you go on stage.

But there are some uncommon characters in it, so don’t read them wrongly. There are many media reporters filming Peking University’s anniversary celebration, so don’t read them wrongly. If you do, you will not only lose face for yourself, but also for the entire school.”

Gu Heng: “???”

How much does Liu Qiao look down on me?
Even though I only have a high school education, how could I not know the words I should know?
As if he had guessed what Gu Heng was thinking, Liu Qiao whispered in Gu Heng's ear, "Don't take it lightly. During the 120th anniversary celebration, the principal mispronounced an uncommon Chinese character and was ridiculed online for several months."

Gu Heng's expression paused when he heard this.
Principal of Peking University
The administrative level is already so high that it cannot be raised.
Even a big shot like this would be ridiculed by the crowd if he made a mistake. If I read it wrong, wouldn't I be criticized to death by netizens?
Thinking of this, Gu Heng also read the speech manuscript attentively.
Fortunately, the speech was very short, only a few hundred words. Although there were some uncommon characters, they were not very uncommon. Gu Heng quickly read it through and then said to Liu Qiao, "Uncle Liu, in addition to donating 1000 million, I have another idea, but I'm not sure, so I want to ask you."

Being called Uncle Liu by Gu Heng, Liu Qiao showed no sign of surprise and asked calmly, "What do you think?"

"I want to set up a school scholarship and a school grant in my name, but I haven't mentioned it to the school before. Do you think there will be any problems if I bring it up on stage later?"

“Scholarships and grants?”

“Yes, I plan to set up a Gu Heng Scholarship and a Gu Heng Bursary in my own name.

It is a fund funded by me, distributed by the school, and jointly supervised by both parties.”

Liu Qiao's expression flickered when he heard this: "You have to know that this is not a small amount of money. The minimum amount is several million per year. Moreover, grants and scholarships are not donations. If you really want to get them, the starting point is 4 years. If you can't reach 4 years, the school may put you on the blacklist."

Gu Heng nodded and said, "I understand what you said. In fact, I have my own selfish motives in establishing these two funds. You also know that I have my own business outside of school. I want to use this opportunity to promote it and recruit some talents."

Liu Qiao was silent for about a minute before he slowly spoke.
“If you are sure, you can announce it during your speech later, but I still suggest that you discuss it with the school first before announcing it, otherwise you may not be able to withstand the pressure of public opinion if you don’t have enough funds.

If you discuss cooperation with the school in advance, at least the school will back you up.”

Gu Heng nodded and said nothing more.
What he wanted was to announce it in such a large occasion, otherwise who would know about the scholarship he founded?
Gu Hengke never dared to underestimate the degree of evil hearts of these college leaders.
As for Liu Qiao?
He hoped that Gu Heng would make as much noise as possible.
The more sensational it is, the greater his contribution will be in sharing the profits.
(End of this chapter)