Reborn: Billionaire in College

After the meal, Chen Pingjiang got up and sent Huang Ru to the car, and then returned to the hotel with Director Liao.

"Mr. Chen, I'm really sorry. Academician Huang..."

Chen Pingjiang smiled and waved his hands. "It's normal for Academician Huang to hesitate. Director Liao, it's great that you can help take the lead. We should also give others some time to consider."

Director Liao breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly, "Then I will do some more work and make sure to invite Academician Huang here."

Huang Ru neither agreed nor refused during the meal, and said she would think about it.

When Chen Pingjiang talked with this well-known scholar who was already in the system, it was impossible for him to use his power to pressure him as he did in previous acquisition discussions or business negotiations.

It's normal for her to go home and discuss this matter with her children and husband.

He planned to give Huang Ru a month, and at the same time steadily advance the public bidding for campus planning and architectural plans.

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There is no wall that is impenetrable.

The news that Chen Pingjiang took the lead in establishing an education foundation together with his various large and small enterprises to invest in the construction of a world-class university spread like wildfire.

"Can someone who knows the subject tell me whether this Lakeside University of Lao Ma is the same thing?"

"You made me laugh. To put it bluntly, Lakeside University is just a specious business alliance. It wants to follow the path of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. Can it compare with Huaxia University?"

"It can only be said that money makes one willful. The starting amount is 200 billion, and there will be billion injected every year. Peking University and Tsinghua University would drool at the sight of this."

"I originally thought that it was just a gimmick to be on par with Tsinghua University and Peking University in ten years and surpass MIT in twenty years, but after seeing this investment, I was speechless. If you spend money, you can recruit ten Nobel Prize winners, right?"

"I am not optimistic about Chen Pingjiang's university development. How can a businessman like him, who is tainted with money, handle the things of intellectuals? Isn't our country awesome enough? How many years have Peking University and Tsinghua University been around? Do you dare to say that they are on par with MIT now?"

"That's right. Whether Huaxia University can develop depends on whether it can attract international faculty and whether it has strong academic resources. It also needs to have a complete undergraduate, master's and doctoral training system. The most important thing is whether it can cultivate scientific research stars."

All in all, it’s all there.

Public opinion is no longer polarized, but multipolar.

Some are keeping a wait-and-see attitude, some are optimistic, and some are pessimistic.

Chen Pingjiang turned a deaf ear to the outside world's voices and instead organized an international design competition to attract the country's top designers and design institutes to participate.

"The construction area of ​​the first phase should be at least 100 million square meters, right?" Chen Pingjiang asked at the meeting: "What do you think?"

Luo Wentao immediately held up a notebook and reported: "It is mainly about campus buildings and laboratory research facilities. In terms of campus buildings, we need to prepare enough student dormitories, classroom dormitories, canteens, activity centers and other supporting living facilities according to the size of the student population. The core area should include libraries, teaching and research rooms. In addition, the main teaching building of the campus is the core, and finally there are basketball halls, swimming pools, comprehensive training halls, football fields, outdoor running tracks, volleyball courts, etc."

"Sufficient number of laboratories and scientific research facilities should be reserved, and equipment can be added when projects are approved."

Chen Pingjiang nodded with satisfaction. "You will take the lead in this matter. Discuss with the organizing committee and then issue a bidding request. The main building should be beautiful and grand, but remember that this is a university, don't make it fancy. Then try to incorporate the Internet of Things and big data technologies of our various groups. I hope to build a modern university in one step to avoid repeated additions later."

"Okay, Mr. Chen! I'll make it happen as soon as possible." Luo Wentao quickly wrote it down. It is said that a university is a small city, and this is absolutely true.

Even though Chen Pingjiang would not set up a super-sized university with only four or five students on campus, he would still have to have 20,000 students in total.

There are 8000-10000 undergraduate students, which is not a large number.

In other words, there are only 2000 to 2500 students in each class, which is not as many as the current enrollment of some colleges and universities.

All classes are taught in small sizes to maximize the quality of teaching.

Some irrelevant subjects, such as art and fine arts, are not considered at all.

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Beijing.

Academician Huang Ru's lover Tian Kai put down the newspaper and asked, "The person you mentioned last week who wanted you to be the president of a university, couldn't that be Hua Xia University?"

Huang Ru corrected: "It is now called Huaxia College, and the name is also tentative."

"Oh, I didn't take it too seriously last time." Tian Kai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "You didn't say it was done by the richest man. I saw that the report described it in detail, and it seems to be the case. Why don't you consider it again?"

"Why? You suggest that I go, too?" Huang Ru closed the book. "I've been thinking about it for a while now, and I haven't mentioned it to anyone at school, not even my teacher."

Tian Kai: "You are the leader of the family. I dare not help you make decisions. It is up to you whether to go or not."

Huang Ru rolled her eyes. "It would be a lie to say I'm not excited. I can go back to my hometown to teach and do the job I like. Most importantly, I can focus on chip manufacturing, which is a bottleneck in China."

"Isn't this the most important thing? Aren't you at Peking University working on these?"

Huang Ru nodded, "That's definitely different. If it's really like what Chen Pingjiang said, the resources of this future Huaxia University will be great. If there is enough funding, many academic leaders can be attracted to carry out a lot of scientific research projects without having to wait for national projects. Graduates can go to Huaxin for internships while they are still in school, and they can master cutting-edge technology at the first time. Outstanding graduates can even be interviewed and join the company, which is something that even Peking University cannot do."

"Moreover, AI is becoming more and more important now. Several companies under Chairman Chen are leading in this field in China, and they can indeed build an industry-university-research combination with great demonstration effect."

Tian Kai figured it out, "That means you are still moved. If that's the case, why are you still hesitating?"

Huang Ru sighed, "I hesitated a lot. Leaving the system requires determination, not to mention saying goodbye to Peking University, which has nurtured me for so long. I feel like I have failed the old president and mentor. Moreover, such a large project involves early preparations, and I am also worried that I can't do it well. Finally, it may be because of you."

"Me? What does it have to do with me?"

Huang Ru was furious. "I'm going to work in Dongjiang. Your job can't be transferred with me. Then we will be separated from each other. What about Xiaonan?"

Tian Kai laughed: "Xiao Nan is in college now. She usually lives on campus and only comes back occasionally on weekends. Since you are not here, we can still live our lives as usual. I will go to Dongjiang to see you when I am free. You can also come back."

"In fact, I think this is a good opportunity. It can help you realize your ideal of teaching and educating people to a greater extent, and it can also help the country cultivate talents in related fields. I think that even if you tell Academician Wang, he will definitely support you. You can only be an associate professor at Peking University at most, so you might as well go out and try your luck." He changed the subject and said, "However, although I believe in your ability, I still have to prevent the university from doing well and kicking you out. Then you won't be able to come back to Peking University."

Huang Ru nodded: "I see, let's see. It's not easy for me to call them now, so I'll take the initiative to say I want to go and see if they are sincere. If they come again, I will resign and go." (End of this chapter)