Chapter 350 Huangpu

They set out from Xiamen Wharf by boat and sailed south along the coastline. Four days later, they arrived in Guangzhou and were warmly welcomed by Mr. Yixian.

After a day of rest, Zhang Xingjiu listened to Mr. Yixian's plan for the university the next day. "I have already discussed with several schools. We plan to establish the National Guangdong University based on Guangdong Normal University, Guangdong Agricultural College and Guangdong Law University."

Zou Lu, who was assisting him in the preliminary work, added, "The Teachers College and the Law School have a good liberal arts foundation, and the Agricultural College also has a certain foundation in the agricultural field. Now with the addition of Mr. Zhang and other wise men, the school's science foundation has also been supplemented. In this way, it can become a comprehensive university."

Zou Lu's role in this matter was similar to that of Deng Cuiying. He served as Zhang Xingjiu's assistant during the school's preparatory stage. After Zhang Xingjiu left, he took over the position of president and continued to lead the development of National Guangdong University.

He was an early member of the Tongmenghui and is now the principal of Guangdong Normal University. He also founded Lequn Middle School, Chaojia Normal School and other schools. He has rich experience in education and is just the right person for this position.

"With the help of Mr. Zou, running this school will definitely go smoothly." Zhang Xingjiu said politely, and then chatted with them about the various preparations for running the school. Mr. Yixian was busy with his work, so he listened for a while and then left.

Zhang Xingjiu and Zou Lu simply went directly to Guangdong Normal University. Both sides took their assistants and walked around the school carefully. They also visited Guangdong Agricultural College and Guangdong Law University before returning to the conference room for a serious discussion.

Wherever they went, the teachers and students of the three schools were very excited. They had heard of Zhang Xingjiu's name and knew his ability in running schools. The fact that Aurora University had become a first-class university in Asia and that Peking University and Xiamen University had developed rapidly in recent years were all good proofs. Now that Mr. Zhang had come to Guangdong, didn't that mean that his own school would also have great development opportunities? Soon, the news spread to other schools in Guangzhou, and many schools were interested. They thought directly: since Guangdong Normal University could merge Guangdong Agricultural College and Guangdong Law University, why couldn't it merge more schools?

If they could merge their own school into the school, although they would lose a certain degree of autonomy, they would be able to take advantage of this favorable situation, get strong support from Zhang Xingjiu, obtain government funding, and quickly achieve leapfrog development.

Many Guangdong gentry also thought this was a good opportunity. Guangdong had long desired to have a high-quality university. On the small hand, having such a school would make it much more convenient for their children to study in the future. On the big hand, this would also be a great thing for the benefit of their hometown, and they would be able to open a separate page in the family tree when they passed away.

As a result, Zhang Xingjiu's office at Guangdong Normal University was immediately crowded with people. Some came to ask Zhang Xingjiu to merge their school, and some came to donate funds for the school. The office was soon packed with people.

Fortunately, Zhang Xingjiu had experienced a similar thing once in Xiamen, and this time he brought with him a capable assistant who had experienced the whole process. He quickly settled the guests. Those who needed to go to the next office to discuss donations went to the next office, and those who wanted to discuss mergers first learned about the specific situation of the school.

Guangdong was the first province to be opened as a port, so although it does not have very good universities, there are many ordinary new-style schools, such as Guanghua Medical School. This school was founded by Zheng Hao and others more than ten years ago. It is now renamed Private Guangdong Guanghua Medical School and has certain teaching capabilities.

It just so happened that according to Zhang Xingjiu's plan, the future National Guangdong University should also have a medical school. By merging this school with the teachers trained by Wu Lien-teh, it would become the best medical school in Lingnan.

There is also Lingnan University, which was originally a private university founded by Americans in Guangdong. Its current business performance is not very good, so it can be merged with Lingnan University. This will not only fill the foundation in foreign languages ​​and science, but also provide an additional channel for studying in the United States.

There were also several engineering colleges that had some foundation. Although they were slightly insufficient, they were much better than starting from scratch. So Zhang Xingjiu merged these schools as well, and thus the National Guangdong University took shape.

After working for more than a month, Zhang Xingjiu put together a preparation plan and reported it to Mr. Yixian. He immediately organized the first preparatory meeting, focusing on discussing and passing the organizational outline of the Preparatory Office of National Guangdong University to ensure the smooth implementation of the preparatory work and the opening of National Guangdong University. He was personally responsible for raising funds, meeting with local wise men in succession, calling on everyone to donate, and allocating funds from government funds for the use of running the school.

After the first batch of funds was in place, the assistants Zhang Xingjiu brought from Xiamen began to work. Some communicated with architects on the school's design, while others went to the construction site to supervise the workers in carrying out construction according to the design requirements.

Some have detailed conversations with teachers from different schools in turn to determine their future jobs.

Some are responsible for teaching these teachers, striving to improve their teaching abilities as quickly as possible so as to better serve the students.

Others also order various experimental teaching equipment from home and abroad so that teachers and students can use them when school officially starts.

Everything was progressing in an orderly manner. Mr. Yixian could not help but feel gratified when he saw it. “In terms of running a school, Zhou Ping is indeed the best talent in the country.”

"Yes, I originally thought that I had some experience in running a school, but now after seeing this, I realized that I still have a lot to learn. I have also learned a lot these days following Mr. Zhou Ping." Zou Lu echoed from the side.

"I think it would be better if we invite all the wise men here now to take a look at our preparations. Perhaps more people will donate generously," Zhang Xingjiu suggested.

There was nothing before, so the local gentry would definitely hesitate when it came to paying. But now it’s like the model room of a real estate project has been built, so it’s relatively easier to get everyone to pay.

Mr. Yixian also had rich experience in fundraising. He immediately understood Zhang Xingjiu's intention and quickly sent out invitations to invite local gentry to take a look. As expected, they were full of praise and pledged a considerable amount of money that day.

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Looking at the total amount of donations, Mr. Yixian became more convinced of Zhang Xingjiu's ability. He quickly made another request to Zhang Xingjiu, "The preparations for National Guangdong University are on the right track, but the other university is still a mess. Zhou Ping, you have to help me!"

(End of this chapter)