Chapter 936: Meeting with MacLehose

Remember for a second【】

Time kept passing, and a week passed in a blink of an eye, and Lin Shanyuan and others finally came up with a more complete plan.

Xia Yu called everyone for a meeting again, and also called Wang Gengwu to attend the meeting. After brainstorming, the plan was further improved, and the newly added departments and majors of Jiuding University were also determined.

After the meeting, Xia Yu ordered Huo Jianning to contact the Hong Kong government and posted a greeting. MacLehose determined that he would be able to set aside an afternoon to meet with Xia Yu the next afternoon.

In the afternoon of the next day, Xia Yu regained his energy, took Huo Jianning and his bodyguards, and drove to the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion.

Under the leadership of MacLehose's personal secretary, Xia Yu and others came to MacLehose's office.

Seeing Xia Yu's figure appearing at the door, MacLehose, who was processing the documents, immediately smiled and stood up to greet him.

"Mr. Xia, you are welcome!"

"Mr. Governor, good afternoon!"

"good afternoon!"

After a while of hello and me, MacLehose led Xia Yu and Huo Jianning to sit down. After his secretary asked them what they liked, they began to make tea.

"Mr. Governor, this afternoon will take up more of your precious time."

Before the tea was brewed, Xia Yu said in a joking tone.

MacLehose smiled and shook his head and said, "Mr. Xia, you are being humble. You say my time is precious. Isn't your time more precious than mine?"

"Looking at the whole Xiangjiang, you are the first person to be the guest of honor of the President of the United States, and the things you are talking about are not limited to the small Xiangjiang."

"As a person with the strongest vision and strength in Hong Kong International, I have always wanted to have a good chat with you."

After all, MacLehose is not an ordinary person. Although Xia Yu did not let Jiuding Newspaper Company report news related to him, the impact of the change of the US president is too great, and MacLehose will naturally get relevant news from other channels.

In Xiangjiang, Xia Yu can still control public opinion, but in the United States and Europe, the appearance of Xia Yu, a yellow race, has also attracted the attention of some media.

However, MacLehose did not know it from the media, but from the news from the UK, reminding him that Xia Yu's international influence was already extraordinary, and he should pay more attention.

Xia Yu didn't care,

With a faint smile, he said, "Mr. Governor, I am not a guest of the President of the United States. I just happen to have some common topics with Reagan, such as the economy and employment."

"It just so happened that I saw a lot of things in the United States this time, and I was very touched, so I came this time to have a good chat with Mr. Governor."

"Thinking about it carefully, it seems that although I have visited Mr. Governor many times, I have never really sat down and had a good talk."

MacLehose smiled and nodded, then asked, "Yes, but isn't this a good start?"

"Yes!"

Xia Yu smiled and nodded back.

Then he looked straight and said, "Mr. Governor, although I have a lot of careers in the UK and the US, in the final analysis, Xiangjiang is where I was born and raised. This is my hometown. You have been in Xiangjiang for more than nine years. It's time, and you should know the Chinese people's complex for their hometown."

MacLehose nodded understandingly. He really understood and respected the local complex of Chinese people.

Xia Yu continued: "Although Xiangjiang is my hometown, I can bluntly say that after seeing the appearance of developed countries, I have a specific concept of Xiangjiang's backwardness and poverty. If I don't have the ability, that's all. Since I have a certain ability, I can't let it go."

"My original intention is the same as yours!"

"Mr. Governor, you have been in power in Hong Kong for more than nine years. You have been deeply loved and supported by Hong Kong people. You are the best Governor in Hong Kong's history. You have promoted drastic reforms and made Hong Kong's social outlook appear profound. Under your rule, Hong Kong has undergone earth-shaking changes in medical care, education, transportation, welfare, social security, infrastructure, etc.”

Hearing this, MacLehose couldn't help but smile.

The same sentence can have completely different effects in different people.

Compared with ordinary people, Xia Yu's praise for his governance performance is undoubtedly quite pleasant to MacLehose, and he is very comfortable to hear it.

Xia Yu is not flattering and touting, but has something to say.

It's like the merits and demerits are not equal.

Motivation is motivation, action is action!

It is undeniable that MacLehose's ruling in Hong Kong has elements of wrestling with the mainland and elements of establishing a positive image of Britain in the minds of Hong Kong people.

But he did make a huge change in Xiangjiang. Under his administration, Chinese became the official language of the land in Xiangjiang. The construction of public housing within ten years improved the living environment of at least one million citizens, and implemented nine-year compulsory education. The Independent Commission Against Corruption was created, the subway was built, and people's livelihood was improved.

Later, the reason why Heung Kong became the "Asian Four Little Dragons" was due to the solid foundation he laid during his ten-and-a-half-year tenure.

But Xia Yu didn't just come here to make MacLehose happy.

Then he changed the subject and said: "Mr. Governor, you came to Hong Kong in 1971, this year is 1981, and your term of office will soon be completed for ten years, although there are still seven or eight months, but basically things have been finalized. , the outside world has started talking about the decade that is about to pass, and the new decade that is about to begin."

"At this critical period, my heart tells me that I should do more for Xiangjiang!"

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^0^ Remember one second【】

Legally, the construction of Hong Kong is the responsibility and obligation of the Hong Kong government, but it is the incumbent responsibility of every Hong Konger when we zoom in on it. "

"I think, with my ability, I should be able to help the Hong Kong government!"

MacLehose felt that he had roughly understood the meaning of Xia Yu's words, so he nodded affirmatively without hesitation: "Mr. Xia, if you don't have the ability, then there will be no one in Xiangjiang who has the ability!"

"You have made indelible contributions to Hong Kong in education, surprise, charity, employment, etc.!"

"On behalf of the Hong Kong government, I thank you for your dedication to Hong Kong, and sincerely hope that you can continue to contribute to Hong Kong!"

Xia Yu smiled and said humbly, "Since the Governor approves, then I will say it directly."

"Please speak!" MacLehose stretched out his right hand and made a please gesture.

"The first thing is about Jiuding University."

With that said, Xia Yu looked at Huo Jianning next to him, Huo Jianning immediately took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Xia Yu, and Xia Yu handed it to MacLehose himself.

The latter picked it up immediately.

Xia Yu's words followed: "Mr. Governor, the first phase of Jiuding University has been completed. You also participated in the groundbreaking ceremony before, and the school will start in September this year. This is about the situation and planning of Jiuding University. Check it out in a few minutes."

"OK!"

MacLehose nodded in response, and opened the document in his hand.

A few minutes later, MacLehose said to Xia Yu in surprise: "Mr. Xia, Jiuding University plans to enroll 8,000 students this year? This number has exceeded the combined enrollment of Hong Kong University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong!"

Xia Yu immediately said: "Yes, but even so, this year, most of the students will still be unable to receive higher education after graduating from middle school. If it is possible, I would like to increase the number of enrollments, but unfortunately the conditions are not allowed."

"Jiuding University can enroll 8,000 students, so it will benefit at least 8,000 families!"

MacLehose first affirmed Jiuding University, and then asked: "But Mr. Xia, running a university is not just about recruiting students, but to give students a good education. Can Jiuding University achieve this?"

Xia Yu replied: "It can be achieved. In terms of hardware, Jiuding University has received a total of more than 600 million Hong Kong dollars in social donations. In addition to the establishment of the school and the purchase of various hardware facilities and experimental equipment, there are more than four in the school's account. 100 million Hong Kong dollars in funds, so there will never be any shortcomings in hardware!”

"In terms of software, Jiuding University has recruited high-level teachers and professors from all over the world, and has now recruited 621 teachers and professors, and President Wang is still actively recruiting teachers. Recruited more than 1,200 teachers and professors for the school, enough to keep the teacher-student ratio below one to seven!"

MacLehose nodded immediately, his inner worries dissipated, the teacher-student ratio of 1:7 was already very good. As far as he knew, the ratio of teachers to students at Hong Kong University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong was between 1:8 and 1:9!

Hardware can be built with money. The financial resources of Jiuding University are many times stronger than those of Hong Kong University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The hardware is definitely no problem.

Both hardware and software are better. It makes no sense that the students of Jiuding University cannot receive a good education.

In that case, what is Xia Yu worried about?

Although there was a vague suspicion in his heart, MacLehose still asked, "Mr. Xia, what are your concerns then?"

Xia Yu immediately said, "The school is too small!"

"Now Jiuding University covers an area of ​​60 hectares, and the construction of teaching buildings and dormitories is enough to accommodate 20,000 teachers and students."

"But this year, Jiuding University will enroll 8,000 people, plus there will be more than 1,200 teachers, as well as some administrative and basic school personnel. After the school starts this year, Jiuding University will have about 10,000 people."

"If we don't expand now, and wait until next year to enroll students, Jiuding University will be full, and we won't be able to enroll students until the year after."

"So the area of ​​Jiuding University needs to be at least doubled, otherwise there will definitely be problems in two years!"

"I hope Mr. Governor can redistribute a part of the land around Jiuding University to Jiuding University for school construction!"

MacLehose frowned slightly, always feeling that something was wrong, he thought to himself.

Xia Yu didn't rush, he picked up the teacup and drank it slowly.

After a while, MacLehose looked sharply at Xia Yu and asked, "Mr. Xia, I remember that I had communicated with you before when Jiuding University was approved to build a school. Why is this happening now?"

Dear, this chapter is over, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^