In order to stabilize Yang Rui and to end the matter, Baldwin asked people to send money over after the embassy's welcome party.

$150,000 is a bit too much for Coca-Cola China, and it's really nothing for Coca-Cola itself.

Moreover, academic donations are not of the same nature as business expenditures, and the government has a much better reputation, not to mention tax exemptions. For the big capitalists, it is really better to donate money to pay taxes.

In '84, Rockefeller's grandson donated $1.6 million to his Institute of American Studies, and he donated even more to Harvard's Center for American Studies, with an initial $1.5 million and then a pledge of $10 million over the next few years.

As a result, Harvard University invited nearly 50 world-class scholars in the field of American studies in one go, and its American studies soared from scratch to the world's top level in an instant.

The power of money, when turned on in the right way, is powerful enough to make people despair.

In China, Peking University is actually a rich school. Compared with the local universities, Peking University is simply rich and exaggerated, and the budget listed for the library alone is less than the book purchase budget of all universities and research institutions in many provinces combined.

The library of Peking University has always purchased foreign language books and foreign periodicals, which require foreign exchange, and locally, at the beginning of the reform and opening up, many universities did not even have the funds to buy Chinese books, let alone foreign books.

However, the sudden entry of $150,000 still shocked Peking University.

This is not a recurring project, let alone formal funding approved by the state.

No matter how much Peking University spends a year, this extra money makes people smell of living money.

As a member of the Academy of Sciences, Academician Cai is in charge of the entire Department of Biology, and gave all the living money to Yang Rui, that is, 600,000 yuan, and it is only 70,000 yuan to exchange dollars on the black market, and the key point is not necessarily to exchange so much.

In addition to Professor Cai, other faculties also have their own expenses.

At last year's budget meeting, I couldn't manage the money, and the professors and leaders who had good relationships with the administrative staff in the office came to inquire about the situation, either by phone or by real person.

They don't want to make money, but it's also great to be able to exchange RMB for foreign exchange.

The hectic atmosphere in the office continued into the afternoon.

When I was about to get off work, a student timidly found the office to sign up and said, "I am Sun Ruyue from the Department of Biology, I want to ask, there is a sum of money in our laboratory, it seems that there is no call?"

The noisy office suddenly fell silent.

"Which laboratory are you from?" Zhang Jianxun, the deputy director of the school office, stood up from behind the desk inside with a dignified face.

"Yang Rui Scientific Research Group of Tang Centralized Laboratory of the Department of Biology. Sun Ruyue whispered to sign up.

Zhang Jianxun nodded: "You said that there is a sum of money in the account, is there a voucher for the account?"

Sun Ruyue was dumbfounded: "No." However, there is a total of $150,000, so it can't be exactly the same amount. ”

"Then you wait, today's account hasn't been settled yet. ”

"Okay. Sun Ruyue didn't dare to argue and left cautiously.

Zhang Jianxun nodded and returned to his desk.

A night of turmoil.

The next day, Sun Ruyue went to the office to inquire again, but was still driven out by Zhang Jianxun without saying a word, and said, "You go and call Yang Rui to come and say." ”

Sun Ruyue went away in a huff and told Yang Rui about it.

Yang Rui sat still and didn't move, continued to direct the experiment, and said after a while: "Call Baldwin." ”

"This is our school's business, is it useful to find foreigners?" Sun Ruyue was very worried.

"I don't know if it's useful to find foreigners, I know it's definitely useless if I go, maybe it's a complete stalemate in the relationship. "Yang Rui has never had a good impression of administrative officials, and he has no trust in them.

Sun Ruyue hesitated for a moment and said, "Is it okay to find the head of the department?" or Professor Tang?"

"It's not easy for them to come forward. Yang Rui shook his head, there are so many 150,000 US dollars, and it has entered the public account, it is normal for some people to have ideas, and there are more researchers who will not be able to get money in the future, but fortunately, they generally do not owe debts, so there are not many people who jump off the building.

However, from another point of view, 150,000 US dollars is so much, and there are still ideas, such people are not worried.

Yang Rui did the work at hand and said: "The people are afraid of officials, and officials are afraid of foreigners, which has been the case since ancient times. It's better for Baldwin to come forward, you go call, listen to me. ”

"But that Director Zhang is still waiting for you to meet him. ”

"The director of the neighborhood committee is also the director, don't worry about him. Yang Rui just doesn't want to have a conflict with the administrative cadres in the school, this kind of thing is not beneficial, the other party is just because of ignorance, and unscrupulous greed, Yang Rui believes that if he sees his teeth, the other party can also be an elegant and talkative beautiful official.

Sun Ruyue had no choice but to call obediently.

Now making a phone call is not as simple as dialing a number, manual transfer is not necessarily a transfer, if the line is occupied, often wait for more than half an hour.

In the afternoon, wait longer.

It was almost time to leave work when Baldwin's voice came out of the phone.

"Yang Rui, Yang Rui!" Sun Ruyue was about to fall asleep and shouted excitedly.

"Mr. Baldwin. Yang Rui took the phone.

"Mr. Yang Rui, is there any more problem?" Baldwin was a little uneasy, for fear that Yang Rui would regret it.

The afternoon is also the time when the scientific research dogs submit the most experimental questions, Yang Rui read the documents in his hand while reviewing, and said at the same time: "Mr. Baldwin, I haven't seen the funds you said come into the account. ”

Baldwin was taken aback: "Impossible. ”

On the other end of the phone, Baldwin immediately stood up, covered the microphone, and asked the secretary to check.

Yang Rui said "En" and said, "I don't believe this happens, but I think there is no special explanation when you transfer the funds into the account of Peking University." ”

"I made it clear that it was funding for your joint laboratory. ”

"But our joint laboratory has not yet been approved...... All in all, your money may be being withheld. Yang Rui's tone didn't look like his money had been withheld, in fact, he was talking about Baldwin's money.

Baldwin said in a deep voice, "That's not going to work. ”

"Of course not. I hope to see the money in a few days. ”

Baldwin was silent, and after a moment said, "Policy risk is an unknowable risk......

"At this time, I think it is a good time for Mr. Heng An Shi of the United States to come forward. ”

Baldwin repeated the Heng'an Stone before he realized who it was, and couldn't help but say, "Please Mr. Ambassador come forward, if it's an economic dispute......

"In China, economic means often fail to resolve economic disputes, especially when government officials intervene. Peking University is a public university, and administrative officials are equivalent to government officials, so you can ask Mr. Heng Anshi about this question in detail, but I think it is the most appropriate and quick way to ask Mr. Heng Anshi to come forward. ”

Baldwin came back a little and said, "You need Ambassador Heng An Shi to come forward." ”

"There is also an element of this. Yang Rui did not shy away from saying: "China's university system has just been restored, and a student receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding may not be the first case, but it is still very rare. ”

"So you asked me to introduce Mr. Hengan Shi to you. ”

"Yes, he's seen me, and it might be easier to ask him to come forward now. ”

"It's a pity that Ambassador Heng An Shi is a career diplomat. "If it's a non-career diplomat, like George H.W. Bush, they're often kind to people and very friendly to multinational corporations, because they're using the position of diplomat as a springboard.

Career diplomats are less of a good conversation for managers of multinational corporations.

However, Yang Rui believes that Baldwin has a way, but it is just a different effort.

Therefore, Yang Rui laughed twice on the other end of the phone and said, "Since you have said this, you can also ask Mr. White to send a letter, which can also be of great help." ”

Baldwin said dissatisfiedly, "You really have a lot of requests. ”

"I owe you a favor, an American favor. Yang Rui said.

Baldwin was immediately happy and said, "You know what American favors mean, I'll be back." ”

"Don't look for something too hard, I'll give it back to you. Yang Rui paused for a moment and said, "The bigger the momentum, the better, I am not short of money for the time being." ”

He hadn't seen Director Zhang stuck in his office, and he wasn't interested in knowing that there were too many self-proclaimed or honorific directors in a university, and he was just the one he happened to meet.

For Yang Rui, he hopes that after this time, he will not meet Director Zhang, Director Liu, and Director Li again.

Baldwin happily hung up the phone and began to think about the wording.

He didn't like the way Yang Rui wrote his papers, but that didn't prevent him from understanding Yang Rui's strength.

Baldwin once met one of his colleagues who was considered an Indonesian-Asian-Asian expert because of his relationship with a professor at the University of Indonesia, and was always a voice in the office building. In contrast, Baldwin prefers scholars like Yang Rui - yes, a scholar who frequently publishes high-end papers in authoritative Western journals, and his ability to hurt Coca-Cola, just proves that he has the advantage of having a voice, at least in China, where he has outstanding ability to understand both Coke and China.

Baldwin dialed the phone without hesitation.

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