Chapter 285 The Principal’s Banquet

While the three of them were talking, an elegant old man who was a little thin, about 60 years old, and full of energy came out of the study. After looking at Bai Zirui, he showed a friendly smile and said kindly: "You are the economics and business man."

Bai Zirui, an international student from Mainland China in the School of Management, is indeed a handsome young man!"

Bai Zirui and Xu Jingli stood up and said respectfully: "Hello, principal! I am Bai Zirui, and this is my fiancée Xu Jingli, who came with me to study abroad at the School of Economics and Business Administration."

The mistress pointed at the tea set on the coffee table and said with a smile: "Zi Rui and Jing Li are too embarrassed to come in empty-handed. Knowing that you love tea, I specially brought a set of Longquan celadon tea set for you!"

Huang Lisong, President of Xiangjiang University (September 1, 1920 - April 8, 2015), was born in Tangpu Village, Konggang District, JY City, Guangdong Province. He was a chemist, an academician of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the first Chinese president of Xiangjiang University.

He made great contributions to Hong Kong. During his 14 years as president of Xiangjiang University, the number of university students in Xiangjiang doubled from 4,000 to 8,000. Members of Xiangjiang University and many Xiangjiang citizens miss him very much.

Huang Lisong glanced at the packaging of the tea set, roughly estimated the value in his mind, and said with a smile: "You are really thoughtful!"

Since this was the student's wish and the value was not high, he readily accepted it without shirk.

Huang Lisong waved to Bai Zirui and the other two, and said, "Don't stand still, just sit down wherever you want!" After he finished speaking, he sat down on the chair first.

Huang Lisong waited for the two of them to sit down and asked with interest: "I heard from Shen Haipeng, the deputy dean of your School of Economics and Business Administration, that you opened two companies?"

Bai Zirui replied: "Not long after I came to Hong Kong in August last year, I founded two companies. One is First Catering Company, which operates fried chicken, burgers and other Western fast food, and the other is Dingtian Technology Company, which currently mainly produces arcade games.

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Bai Zirui briefly introduced the process of establishing the two companies to Principal Huang Lisong. Huang Lisong listened carefully and nodded from time to time. After Bai Zirui introduced the basic situation of the two companies, he smiled and said: "Your catering company opened

I also tried it at the store in our school and it tasted really good.

I listened to your introduction to the organizational management structure of the catering company, referring to the organizational and management structure models of two international catering giants, KFC and McDonald's. It seems that you have great ambitions to develop the catering company into an international giant.

I have also heard about the two arcade games developed by your technology company. They are very popular in the Japanese and American markets, and they have received a large number of orders to earn money from foreigners.

You are the first student in our school to successfully start a business while studying. As your principal, I am very pleased with your achievements!"

Huang Lisong's wife Li Wei brought tea to everyone and praised: "Zirui, you have opened two companies at a young age. You are really young and promising!"

She said to Xu Jingli: "Jingli, you have to hold on to such a young and promising boy, don't let other girls snatch him away!"

Xu Jingli's cheeks turned red after being spoken to by Li Wei, and she said "Yeah!" with some embarrassment, which attracted a burst of kind smiles from everyone, and the atmosphere became a little more homely and warm.

Huang Lisong asked: "Professor Yao Zhaoming from the Department of Computer Science said that you are going to donate 20 million Hong Kong dollars to our school for scientific research. What exactly is going on?"

Bai Zirui explained: "Principal, Dingtian Technology Company under my name is interested in cooperating with our school. The HK$20 million is the first batch of R&D funds invested by Dingtian Technology for future cooperation projects between the two parties!"

Huang Lisong said solemnly: "Twenty million Hong Kong dollars is not a small amount. Are you really willing to spend such a large sum of money for research and development?"

School-enterprise cooperation, where the school contributes intelligence and the company provides funds, to jointly conduct research and development on certain projects, is very common in prestigious international schools in Europe and the United States. Only those basic subject research that companies are not interested in do schools need to apply for special funds from the government.

But in Hong Kong, such industry-university-research cooperation is very rare. This is also determined by the economic structure of Hong Kong. Before the 1950s, Hong Kong had always existed as an entreport trade port. With the war, the British government closed down under the pressure of the US government.

Due to tight trade policies with the mainland, Hong Kong's entrepot trade declined rapidly, forcing it to embark on its first economic transformation.

At that time, due to the domestic situation, a large amount of capital and technology poured into Xiangjiang from Shanghai, and the textile industry in Xiangjiang rose rapidly. Including textiles, clothing, and the plastic flower and toy industries that began to flourish in the 1960s, they are all labor-intensive industries with high technical content.

Not high.

Even when the electronics industry emerged in the 1970s, electronics factories in Xiangjiang were generally at the bottom of the industrial chain, responsible for assembly processes with low technical thresholds, and followed the path of export-oriented industrialization.

The two universities in Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, do not provide much support and contribution to the business community in Hong Kong, and they receive very limited feedback and funding from entrepreneurs in the business community.

Bai Zirui said: "The two arcade games developed by Dingtian Technology Company are selling well in the beautiful and Japanese markets, and the cash flow is very abundant. The 20 million Hong Kong dollars will have minimal impact on the development of Dingtian Technology Company.

The lack of high-tech talents is the biggest obstacle restricting the next development of Dingtian Technology Company. I am willing to carry out school-enterprise cooperation with the school to lay a good foundation for the company's future development!"

Huang Lisong asked: "In what aspects do you want to cooperate with the school?"

Bai Zirui said: "I hope to develop comprehensive cooperation with the Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, and Department of Mechanical Engineering in the fields of electronic computer development, electronic circuit design, semiconductor component development, and integrated circuit design.

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Huang Lisong smiled and said: "You are really ambitious! You are working on so many fields at the same time, and 20 million Hong Kong dollars is far from enough! You are not afraid of biting off more than you can chew. As the saying goes, you have to eat one bite at a time.

You can’t become fat by eating in one go, but you still have to be down-to-earth, one step at a time, and take your time!”

Bai Zirui wants to work steadily, but time waits for no one. He doesn't want to just develop in the game industry. The new era of personal computers has begun, and the electronics industry is about to fully enter the development of the semiconductor era.

With the help of his maid, Li Wei specially prepared a sumptuous table of Jieyang dishes, oyster bake, Teochew braised food, Puning bean sauce chicken, Puning fried dried beans, Chaoshan raw pickled seafood, raw crab paste, crepe lotus paste, and eight-treasure vegetarian dishes.

, dry-fried oysters, etc. are all traditional dishes in Jieyang.

As the host, Huang Lisong specially introduced the origins and allusions of several Jieyang dishes to Bai Zirui and Xu Jingli. After the guests and hosts enjoyed the family dinner, Bai Zirui and Xu Jingli said goodbye and left.

Huang Lisong invited Bai Zirui to his home to learn about his donation to the school and to get to know this successful student. Bai Zirui's donation will be followed up by a dedicated person.
Chapter completed!