In mid-March, major newspapers in northern China reported on Einstein's appointment as an honorary member of the Beijing Research Institute. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoPeople rejoiced about this, as if with Albert Einstein joining, China's scientific research was about to take off.

In fact?

The entire Institute of Physics is only a few simple bungalows, and even some basic scientific research equipment is not perfect.

Li Shizeng was only a literati after all, he took the lead in founding the Beiping Research Institute and set up major research institutes, which can only be responsible for the general direction, and the specific work must be completed by professionals.

After accepting the appointment of the Beijing Research Institute, Einstein went to Nankai University in Tianjin to stay for a day, and then sailed south to Tianjin.

Le Corbusier went to Shandong, where he wanted to inspect the hometowns of the Chinese workers who aided France, from the tools of labor, to the clothing, food, housing, and transportation, and even the facial characteristics of the Shandong people, all of which were in preparation for the creation of Chinese sculptures.

Zhou Hexuan's brother-in-law, Zhang Yuandong, has also taken a boat to the north. He was Le Corbusier's Chinese assistant, and the two agreed to meet up in Qingdao.

Zhou Hexuan did not get involved in this, and he stayed in Peking to discuss with the presidents of ten national universities (including Tsinghua University) about the establishment of a foreign fund.

The initial plan is as follows, Zhou Hexuan will donate 50,000 silver dollars every year to sponsor 10 outstanding students (in the northern region) to study in Europe and the United States. In addition, another 10,000 silver dollars will be taken out to subsidize 30 outstanding students (in the northern region) to stay abroad for work-study, and through the relationship between Wuzhou Hongmen and Li Shizeng, help international students find jobs in Britain, France, the United States and other countries.

Tsinghua's preparatory class for studying abroad was invalid due to the exhaustion of funds for studying in the United States. Now it has been re-opened to help Zhou Hexuan's overseas study fund, and international students who do not pass the foreign language must attend preparatory classes in advance.

Similarly, Zhou Hexuan also donates 60,000 oceans every year in the southern region to sponsor 40 outstanding students to study in Europe and the United States. Among them, 10 are fully funded students, and even have a small monthly living allowance; The other 30 people are work-study, and they are only responsible for the round-trip ferry tickets and living expenses for the first two months, and the rest have to be maintained by the students themselves.

Cai Yuanpei is responsible for the enrollment of students studying abroad in the southern region, and the preparatory class for studying abroad is located in Shanghai.

Regardless of the north and south, regardless of age, in principle, as long as you are Chinese, you can apply. The examination is held in early May every year, and the 20 people with the best scores receive full funding, and the 60 people with slightly lower scores get the work-study qualification.

That is to say, Zhou Hexuan spends 120,000 silver dollars every year to sponsor 80 students from all over the country to study abroad.

After the scholarship plan was decided, major newspapers published news one after another, especially reminding students in remote areas to prepare in advance, because only Shanghai and Beiping will have examination rooms in May.

As soon as this news came out, the whole country was shocked.

120,000 silver dollars a year, that's a lot of money.

Take Shanghai, which has the highest prices today, for example, 1 silver dollar can buy 16 catties of rice, 5 catties of pork, and 6 feet of cotton cloth. In terms of purchasing power, 120,000 silver dollars at this time are at least equivalent to 7 million to 10 million yuan in 2017.

Not to mention reluctance, it is unimaginable to be able to come up with so much money every year.

Many people don't believe it, thinking it's fake news. Because even some big bosses have some difficulties in taking out 120,000 yuan in cash at once, and it takes time to raise it, where does Zhou Hexuan find so much money every year?

Even if Zhou Hexuan makes a lot of money selling underwear, and he earns a lot of money from running newspapers and writing articles, he can't afford to spend so much, and his money can last for two or three years at most.

Newspapers and magazines don't care, anyway, they just tout it vigorously.

The "Declaration" praised Zhou Hexuan as "a model of celebrities and celebrities", and the "News" said that Zhou Hexuan was a "great patriotic educator".

Even Lu Xun, who has always loved to scold people, praised Zhou Hexuan a few words in his recent essay, saying that he had done some great things for China.

While the students were happy, they were also a little disgusted by the establishment of study abroad places, because science and engineering places accounted for 60%. Most of the students in China are majoring in grammar, and if they want to get the qualification to study abroad, the competition is too great.

……

Nanjing, Central University.

Tong Dizhou came to the classroom with a handout, he was not a lecturer, let alone a professor, just a teaching assistant.

Tong Dizhou studied psychology at Fudan University, which is not easy to find a job. He had no backer, and he was not well-known, so he finally begged Chen Bui to introduce a job (lieutenant of the Political Propaganda Department of the Kuomintang General Headquarters during the Northern Expedition), but Tong Dizhou was not suitable for the smoky struggle here, and resigned after only working for more than a month.

Immediately afterwards, Tong Dizhou went to Tonglu County, Zhejiang Province as a section chief under the introduction of his family. The salary for this position is at least 80 yuan, but the county magistrate bullied him for being young and only gave him 30 yuan a month.

If you are a bachelor, a salary of 30 yuan per month is still good. But Tong Dizhou got married soon, his wife was studying, and he gave birth to a daughter, and the family of three had an extremely difficult time.

There was no way, Tong Dizhou wrote a letter to ask for help from his former teacher, and finally got a job as a teaching assistant at Central University, and his life was a little passable.

Tong Dizhou put down the lecture notes, wiped the blackboard clean, and arranged the experimental equipment for this class, just waiting for the professor to come to class.

The students in the classroom suddenly shouted:

"Big news, big news!"

"What's the big news?"

"Mr. Zhou donates 120,000 yuan every year to sponsor 80 students to study in Europe and the United States."

"Really?"

"How can there be a fake, it is clearly published in the newspaper."

"Show me."

"Oh my God, fully funded international students not only provide travel and tuition, but also have a monthly allowance of 5 yuan."

"5 yuan is too little, right?"

"5 yuan is a small amount, but 20 students add up, it is 100 yuan a month, and it is more than 3,000 yuan in three years."

"If you can provide tuition and travel expenses, you can be content, and the monthly allowance of 5 yuan is dispensable. Even if I got a work-study place, it was not bad, including the round-trip expenses and living expenses for the first two months, and I also helped to contact the thrift work. ”

"I'm graduating soon, and I want to go to Shanghai to give it a try, maybe I'll be able to get in."

"I'll go too!"

"But you have to pay a 3 yuan registration fee."

"Of course you have to pay money, otherwise cats and dogs will try their luck, and others won't be able to get out of the test papers."

“……”

Tong Dizhou was surprised to hear this, and walked over and asked, "What are you talking about studying abroad?" ”

"Teacher Tong, see for yourself." A student hands the newspaper to Tong Dizhou.

Tong Dizhou read the article in detail and couldn't help but admire: "Mr. Zhou is really a great educator, and he is willing to spend so much money to fund his studies. ”

"That's ah, 120,000 yuan a year. Gee! The students were dumbfounded.

At this moment, the professor suddenly walked in and reminded, "Quiet, it's class!" ”

Tong Dizhou hurriedly ran to stand on the side of the podium, but he was worried about the study abroad fund. He also wants to take the exam, even if he can't get a full-funded place, it's good to be able to work and study, it's better than not even being able to afford a ferry ticket.