Facing the warm sunshine at noon, Fang Nian and his party returned to the hotel.

Guyu had already booked an elegant package in the hotel banquet hall in advance.

When he was almost done eating, Fang Nian wiped his mouth, looked at everyone, and finally focused on Lu Weiyu.

Looking suspicious, he asked: "Is there some administrative problem at Xi'an Jiaotong University?"

Hearing this, Lu Weiyu raised her brows slightly and said thoughtfully, "Do you think you don't take it seriously?"

"Not entirely. According to common sense, Principal Jiang should not be curious personally; as the person in charge of the establishment of the Frontier Institute, he has almost no decision-making power..."

Fang Nian only said half of the words and then made a summary.

"From what Principal Jiang said, this process seems to be commonplace..."

Having said this, Fang Nian paused slightly.

Lu Weiyu sighed: "It's not a matter of not paying attention to it, it's a habitual problem left over from history."

"Our school's ranking has been declining in the past two years. I guess it has something to do with this factor. Maybe I am blind and don't know much about things."

Fang Nian was silent for a moment and said quietly: "The information is still not fully prepared."

"Probably... the principal shouldn't take the initiative to pay too much attention." Lu Weiyu said hesitantly.

Wen Ye blamed himself: "Sorry, I didn't do my job well!"

Lu Weiyu quickly apologized: "I didn't think carefully and didn't realize the importance of administrative efficiency."

"It's okay, we just want to spend more time and talk slowly." Fang Nian waved his hand and said no more.

The thing is obvious.

As a vice principal, Jiang Zhuang cares too much about details.

However, they did not show their due decision-making power.

The center of gravity is too far away.

In layman's terms, what Fang Nian saw in the morning's exchange with Jiang Zhuang was superficial emphasis, putting the cart before the horse, and low administrative efficiency.

This situation is relatively rare.

Lu Weiyu talked about a few more small things that were rumored among people.

For example, the renovation of some facilities on campus has been delayed again and again.

All in all, what is reflected is low administrative efficiency.

Fang Nian doesn't blame Wen Ye, nor does he blame Lu Weiyu.

Because they didn't know that this cooperation matter was so important to the frontier.

After all, Lu Weiyu was not Wen Ye. Although she knew that Fang Nian was interested, she was not as sensitive as Wen Ye in some matters.

And she only cooperated in collecting part of the information.

…………

Fang Nian took a sip of warm tea and said calmly: "In general, the communication with Principal Jiang went smoothly. It's my fault that I chose this time today."

After a pause, Fang Nian said seriously and forcefully: "In any case, there can be some waiting time for relaxation, but we must promote progress as soon as possible."

With that said, Fang Nian looked at Wen Ye and said, "Secretary Wen, please report the current situation."

Hearing this, Wen Ye looked at everyone and said slowly: "Our company has initially proposed to invest 100 million to assist in the construction of the Frontier Institute."

"...Principal Jiang does not have full decision-making power, but we have an understanding of the specific content of the preparations for the establishment of Xi'an Jiaotong University."

"..."

After Wen Ye finished speaking briefly, Fang Nian took over: "Including Mr. Guan, everyone should be wondering why they attach so much importance to it."

"Indeed." Hearing this, Guan Qiuhe nodded, "I do have some confusion."

"The Frontier Institute being built by Xi'an Jiaotong University includes aspects of setting up a cutting-edge society of your own that are worthy of investing huge sums of money over and over again."

"My intuition tells me that it's not the reasons you asked me to say."

After Guan Qiuhe finished speaking, everyone, including Lu Weiyu, nodded in agreement.

So in fact, not only Jiang Zhuang is curious about the details, Guan Qiuhe is also curious.

Even Wen Ye, Gu Yu, Lu Weiyu, and Liu Xi, who have been involved for a long time, are still curious.

The Frontier Society has so far been an obviously ultra-low or even zero-return project.

That is, pure loss items.

Not only did Fang Nian not end, but he also planned to invest huge sums of money to support a university to build a science and technology institute. It was clear that it was inevitable and would undoubtedly increase costs indefinitely.

Having a clear view of everyone's expressions, Fang Nian did not answer the question directly and said: "Mi Wen, please tell me."

When Fang Nian called him by name, Wen Ye didn't panic. He sorted things out a little and said.

"Mr. Fang, let me be blunt. I have been with Frontier since its establishment. Until now, I have only seen you working hard to obtain funds through Frontier Angels and investing in bottomless projects including Frontier societies, Frontier project companies, etc."

.”

After a pause, seeing that Fang Nian did not interrupt, Wen Ye continued speaking in one breath.

“Yes, the establishment of cutting-edge societies is a good thing that benefits many college students, and it is not that there are no companies setting up societies in schools in the name of companies;

But there is nothing like Frontier, which spent more than 100 million in cash in less than half a year!"

"The Frontier Project Internship Department does create certain value, and it can invest in research projects that are difficult to follow and are not optimistic and have stalled."

“At most, cutting-edge entrepreneurship will bring some rewards, but the failure rate of college students’ entrepreneurship is 99%;

Therefore, the entire Frontier Department, except for the Frontier Angels, seems to be sacrificing one of itself to help thousands of families;

For example, cutting-edge societies can cultivate personal management qualities in advance, cultivate personal professional qualities, etc.”

"It is true that some members will give priority to joining Frontier, but Frontier is completely an empty shell with no concrete products. What can they do after joining?"

At this point, Wen Ye asked and answered: "I know Mr. Fang said that the cutting-edge department must build its own ecosystem;

Angel investment obtains funds, project investment produces R&D results, innovation transforms results into products, and entrepreneurship incubates downstream enterprises;

But Mr. Fang never said what you want Frontier to do."

Wen Ye has feelings for Frontier.

There are five companies in the Frontier Department, which she personally registered.

She founded the first community in Frontier, and she planned and implemented it first-hand.

The Frontier Internship Department was implemented step by step by her from beginning to end.

Therefore, she has the most thorough understanding of current affairs at the forefront.

After listening to what Wen Ye said, Guan Qiuhe's brows furrowed into a straight line.

Gu Yu and Liu Xi also fell into confusion.

Lu Weiyu frowned and relaxed, and finally looked at Fang Nian quietly, expressing her support with subtle actions.

Feeling the various meanings of everyone's gaze, Fang Young smiled lightly.

"It's not that I haven't thought about what I want to do at the forefront, but the funds and preparations from all parties are not enough to start my plan."

"This is my problem. Even if we fund the construction of the Xi'an Jiaotong University Frontier Campus, we are still making preparations."

"In other words, until now, the cutting-edge department is still in the incubation stage."

Guan Qiuhe raised her eyebrows, and she understood a little bit: "Luzhou 20 billion project?"

"More or less, there are other plans." Fang Nian did not deny it, "I want to call it: preference."

After changing his sitting posture slightly, Fang Nian looked at everyone and said, "What Mi Wen said is actually not quite right."

"Xiaogu, tell me what are the common ways of cooperation between enterprises and universities?"

Guyu didn't even have to think about it and quickly answered: "When an enterprise needs to study or solve a certain problem, it submits a directed project request to the corresponding laboratory."

Then he added: “It’s easy to get access to at the master’s and doctoral level, including outstanding undergraduates;

The number depends first on the major, and secondly on the tutor’s network resources.”

Fang Nian nodded: "Yes, the higher level is to build a laboratory together."

“I happened to have a conversation with senior Cheng Qian about a similar thing a while ago, and he felt that cutting-edge projects were taking a new approach;

With low investment costs and a wide range of options, he believes that there should be many problems that need to be researched and solved at the forefront."

Hearing this, Wen Ye subconsciously took over the conversation: "There is another benefit to doing this, it is to bypass some unspoken rules."

Fang Nian was noncommittal.

Then he said: "Establishing a cutting-edge society, aside from the possible benefits of starting a business capital support.

The purpose of the internship department, resource support, etc. is to subtly allow club members to identify with Frontier culture and allow members to give priority to joining Frontier when Frontier provides better treatment.

This is a passive talent reserve mechanism.”
To be continued...