Chapter 1058 In-Depth Cooperation with Harvard
"3321 America Station?"
Li Mu didn't expect that Lawrence would be interested in his 3321. He thought that Americans didn't know 3321 at all.
In Li Mu's opinion, the Americans who know the most about themselves should be YY and Paradise Town, and the others know about Taobao and Alipay the most, but it is very unlikely that Americans know about a complete charity project like 3321. .
Lawrence was surprised to see Li Mu's expression, and said seriously: "I have studied your 3321, and I think this business model is too innovative. Although it is still a real service transaction, it can be implemented on the Internet. It's a great model, and the program means a lot to American college students."
Li Mu asked curiously: "President Lawrence, do you think American college students need a part-time platform like 3321?"
"Need!" Lawrence said seriously: "You may think that the economy and education in the United States are very developed. American college students will not have more general economic difficulties like Huaxia college students, but in fact, the American university education system is It is very commercial. Most of the universities in the United States are private universities, and the tuition fees are very expensive. On average, they need at least tens of thousands of dollars a year. However, as far as I know, most of the universities in Huaxia are public universities, and the annual tuition fee is not even Over a thousand dollars, that's a huge difference."
Having said that, Lawrence added: "Most college students in the United States cannot get full scholarships. The expensive tuition is an expensive expense for the students themselves and their families, and a considerable number of college students' families cannot afford it. Supporting the cost of college, so that they can only complete their education through bank loans, is very common among American college students.”
Li Mu nodded thoughtfully and said, "So, the proportion of American college students working-study should be very high?"
"That's right." Lawrence said: "Most of the American college students will work part-time through part-time jobs. Some are lucky enough to get jobs arranged by the school, but more need to find suitable jobs in the society. Most of them are Many students work part-time in restaurants, and many students are part-time tutors for middle school students, but this market is very chaotic, and there is no smooth communication channel between the supply and demand sides, so I think the model of 3321 is really suitable. If it is brought to the United States The market will definitely create a very high-quality part-time channel for American college students.”
Li Mu said: "3321 is a huge online and offline project. Although I also hope that it can blossom and bear fruit in the United States, judging from the current team size and workload of Makino Technology in the United States, it is really unable to undertake such a huge project. s project."
When Li Mu said this, he paused for a moment and then said, "If Mr. Principal really wants to try the 3321 model in the United States, I think we can try to cooperate.
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Lawrence hurriedly asked him: "How to cooperate?"
Li Mu said: "I will be responsible for building the 3321 US station, providing a full set of technical support, and then I will personally invest two million US dollars in start-up operating funds, provide a small-scale operation team, and then Harvard will provide the operation and promotion needs. Most of the staff, we work together, starting from the universities in Cambridge and Boston, and then slowly spread to Massachusetts, I will not take a penny for the profit of this project, and Harvard will control it all.”
When Lawrence heard this, he immediately clapped his hands in excitement and blurted out: "Great! Harvard is not relying on this project to make profits. We also hope to establish a commercial charity fund like you did in Huaxia. While helping students earn part-time income, they can also provide funds to accumulate funds, and then use the money to help other students in need. This model is a truly healthy model.”
Li Mu said: "Then let's set up a charitable fund together. After 3321 America Station deducts all operating costs, all the remaining income will be invested in the foundation."
Lawrence said excitedly: "This is the result I most hope for! I have already thought about the name of the foundation. What do you think of Li Mu and the Harvard Charity Education Foundation?"
Li Mu waved his hand and smiled humbly: "Huaxia people believe in Confucianism and don't like publicity too much, so don't put your name in the foundation's name..."
At this time, Xie Huairu said, "Li Mu, as the saying goes, do as the locals do. Almost all companies in the United States are named after people, as are foundations. Do you know the name of Bill Gates' foundation?"
Li Mu shook his head: "I don't know."
Xie Huairu said with a smile: "It's called the 'Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation', which is the name of the couple."
Saying that, Xie Huairu said with a serious look: "This is not in the country. When it's time to be high-profile, you should be high-profile. The higher the profile, the more in line with the mainstream American values. Otherwise, if you are too low-key, it will cause counterproductive effects."
Li Mu thought about it for a while, and felt that what Xie Huairu said made sense. This is the United States, not in China. If he was in China, if he named the company "Li Mu Technology Development Co., Ltd.", he would be scolded to death. The scholarship fund is called the "Li Mu Scholarship Fund", and I'm afraid it will also be offensive.
Even in Li Mu's impression, there is no entrepreneur in China who dares to play so directly.
However, for countries like the United States and Japan, they are very accustomed to naming their companies and funds with names. Americans will not think this is any exaggeration, but think it is a normal thing.
If the 3321 US station is launched, it will be promoted and operated in the US market. If a charitable education fund is established with Harvard, it will also be a fund registered in the United States, and there is no doubt that this fund will help itself in the US market. Gaining a lot of support and recognition will be of great benefit to yourself and your company's future development in the United States. If the foundation has its own name in its name, then this relationship is naturally obvious. If not, I would like to do something about it. It is much more troublesome to click on the article.
After thinking about it, Li Mu made a decision, picked up the wine glass and said to Lawrence, "Mr. Principal, I wish us a happy cooperation."
Lawrence was extremely happy, and also raised the glass and touched Li Mu: "Happy cooperation!"
The matter of jointly operating the 3321 US station with Harvard was settled. Li Mu promised Lawrence that after returning to China, he would immediately draw an operation team from 3321 to the United States, and also from Makino Technology, which was responsible for technical support for 3321. After one maintenance team and two teams arrive in the United States, they can immediately start related work on the 3321 US station.
Lawrence is naturally 10,000 satisfied with Li Mu's efficient arrangement. At this rate, the 3321 US station might be able to go online at the end of 2002. If it is a little slower, it will definitely be online in early 2003.
Li Mu was also very happy. He didn't expect that in addition to being able to export business to the United States, he unexpectedly found a way to export charity to the United States.
The so-called charitable output is not to donate money to the Americans, but to bring the 3321 model to the United States, allowing American college students to make money by themselves, and at the same time donate to the education cause in the United States, and Li Mu can use this project. The U.S. market has a faith and serves multiple purposes.
Lawrence attached great importance to this matter, and arranged for Xie Huairu to connect with Li Mu on the spot.
After Li Mu fulfilled Lawrence's wish, his own selfishness began to play havoc. He said to Lawrence, "Mr. Principal, I have a personal request, and I hope you can agree."
Lawrence hurriedly said: "You can speak, and I will promise to help!"
Li Mu said with a smile, "The cooperation between my alma mater, Renmin University, and your university is about to start. The comprehensive strength of Renmin University is much worse than that of Harvard. Between schools, this kind of exchange student activity can be carried out for a long time.”
Lawrence immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry about this! Harvard will definitely provide all the facilities and support it can provide for exchange students at Renmin University."
Saying that, Lawrence pointed to Xie Huairu and said, "You can also connect with Andy on these things. He proposed the exchange student program, and he has always been in charge of the specific operations."
Li Mu looked at Xie Huairu in surprise and asked him, "Principal Xie, did you propose the exchange student plan with the National People's Congress?"
Xie Huairu's smile was a bit unnatural, but this look was fleeting. After he adjusted, he smiled and said to Li Mu, "Harvard is very interested in schools that can nurture talents like you, and I hope there will be more Get to know other NPC students."
Li Mu nodded and said earnestly, "Thank you, principal, for this rare opportunity for college students."
Xie Huairu said with a smile: "We also hope to learn some experience, and hope to cultivate an outstanding young man like you in the future."
Li Mu smiled slightly, pointed to Mark Zuckerberg beside him and said, "Mark chatted with me while he was on the road. He is also trying some entrepreneurial ideas. I think Harvard can set up a fund in the future, which will be dedicated to to support school students in entrepreneurship.”
Xie Huairu glanced at Mark Zuckerberg and said with a smile, "I will mention this to the school in the future."
Mark Zuckerberg saw that Li Mu and Xie Huairu were talking about himself, but because he didn't understand Chinese, he didn't know what the two of them were talking about. Are you discussing me with Principal Xie?"
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "I'm telling him, you are trying some entrepreneurial ideas, I hope Harvard can set up a fund to support students like you to start a business, and support you to realize your Idea, maybe you can A large project worth tens of hundreds of billions of dollars has been hatched."