Without academic atmosphere and strong teaching staff, what do you have?
With money and power, as long as these two forces can be used well, the academic atmosphere can be cultivated, and the teaching staff can be strengthened with money. I don’t believe that this school cannot become famous quickly.
Throwing money is simple, but it also requires skill. At this time, a plan began to take shape in Fang Lang's mind. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was a good idea.
The corners of my mouth began to curl up involuntarily.
Fang Xinshan quickly noticed the change in Fang Lang's expression and quickly said:
"Why, have you come up with any good ideas?"
Hearing this, Fang Lang looked up at his father and the old man, nodded slightly and said:
"Hmm! I have some ideas. However, it may require a huge amount of funds and continuous investment."
The old man didn't seem to care about money at all. The Fang family didn't lack money at all. Moreover, in the old man's mind, money was not important, but education was very important, especially the education of Chinese people.
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As the head of Fangyuan Group, Fang Xinshan is very familiar with his family's financial situation. If the Fang family now says that they are the second largest consortium in Brazil, no one would dare to stand up and say that they are the largest consortium.
The Brazilian Development Bank has established branches all over Brazil, and the amount of deposits in the bank is frightening. Even if these deposits are not counted, the treasures that Fang Lang brought back from outside are worth a lot.
Although the Fang family has invested a lot and spent a lot of money, Brazil's economy is developing rapidly now, and many companies have begun to make profits. They are all high value-added industries with huge profits, so they are not afraid of consumption at all.
He knew that although Fang Lang's participation in the European aid program might require a considerable investment, most of the funds were from banks, not his own capital.
Therefore, he didn't care much about Fang Lang's suggestion to invest a large amount of money. He also believed that the invested funds would definitely get a greater return.
With such confidence, he was not panicked at all, and said in a calm tone:
"Tell me, what plan is it that you think will cost you a lot of money?"
The old man also looked at Fang Lang expectantly.
Seeing this, Fang Lang was not polite and told all his thoughts. The old man and Fang Xinshan were stunned and secretly smacked their lips. No wonder they said they would spend a lot of money. This was simply an act of throwing money around!
With their knowledge, they couldn't understand the significance of this for a while, but they also felt a sense of awe.
Out of trust in each other, the two of them did not raise any objections, but chose to fully support without hesitation.
The next morning, my brother Fang Tao took the earliest flight back home from Rio de Janeiro. Before he could even have a sip of water, Fang Lang pulled him to the teahouse.
The old man and his father did not participate in the conversation between the brothers. Since Fang Lang already had a plan, they only needed to choose to fully support it and did not need to worry too much.
"Brother, why did you call me back in such a hurry? Is there something serious going on?"
Fang Tao, who was exhausted from the journey, looked at his brother with a puzzled look on his face.
Fang Lang handed over a cup of tea, motioning for the other party to drink while chatting, and then slowly said:
"I'm going to give you a task. Next, you have to hand over the other tasks to others and focus on this task."
Hearing his brother's gentle but firm words, Fang Tao was slightly startled, picked up the teacup and drank it in one gulp, then said without hesitation:
"If you have any questions, just tell me, I will do my best."
Fang Lang was very satisfied with Fang Tao's attitude. He nodded and continued to add tea to the other party.
“Have you ever heard of what an academic journal is?”
Although I don't know why my brother mentioned this relatively unfamiliar field, as a practitioner in the media industry, I still have some general understanding of these aspects. It seems that this is the place where some experts and scholars publish their latest research papers.
Hearing this, he nodded and said:
“I’ve heard of it a little bit, but I don’t know much about it.”
After saying that, he looked at Fang Lang, waiting for what to say next. He had some guesses in his mind. It seemed like his brother had some new ideas!
“And what about those academic journals you’ve heard of?”
After pondering for a while, Fang Tao said uncertainly:
"Nature, Cell, Science, and I'm not sure which others there are. If you want to know I can have someone look it up."
Fang Lang shook his head, indicating that it was not necessary. Seeing that the other party did not know much, he was not completely ignorant, so he nodded with satisfaction and said:
"You should prepare yourself and organize an acquisition team from your company to go to the UK, the US, and Switzerland to set up three magazines controlled by our Fangyuan Group.
The magazine doesn't need to be very large, and it's best if it's affiliated with a famous local school. On the premise of ensuring that we have absolute controlling rights, it's best if it can be covered with a layer of local capital.
Then, I will provide a list of journals, and you will be responsible for starting the acquisition plan on behalf of these journals. It is best not to personally appear in the acquisition, and we must do our best to keep a low profile.
Don't let outsiders know that we were behind this, do you understand me?"
Fang Tao looked at Fang Lang in confusion. Although he understood his mission, he didn't understand why he had to do this. He didn't need to be polite with his brother, so he spoke directly and bluntly:
"I see what you mean, but why?"
Fang Lang sighed softly and said:
"Because we are Chinese. Although these academic journals are not very prominent, they play a pivotal role in the academic world. The Western world will never allow such an important field to be controlled by us Chinese."
After hearing this, Fang Tao knew what his brother meant. He thought for a moment and said:
"Then I will purchase a magazine company in the United States in the name of Mr. Anderson. Then, brother, see if you can purchase a magazine company in the United Kingdom and Switzerland in the name of my two sisters-in-law.
On the surface, it seems that the magazine has little to do with Chinese people.”
Fang Lang only thought about it for a moment before agreeing with Fang Tao's opinion. Acting with these identities, although someone with ulterior motives could discover the connection, on the surface, it had nothing to do with Fangyuan Group.
"Okay, let's do as you say.
After you complete the acquisition of these journals, we will quickly publish the journals simultaneously around the world to further expand the journals' influence in the academic community.
Then, we will establish a paper database, count the frequency of paper citations, and conduct a comprehensive evaluation study of academic journals and scientific research results, so as to judge the scientific research output performance of a country or region, scientific research unit, or individual, to reflect its academic level internationally.
Finally, we will regularly make public all the papers included in our database and the cited data.
This will be your main job for some time to come. How is it? Can you do it? "
Fang Tao looked at Fang Lang in confusion, and said without quite understanding:
“Can this make money?”
He glared at his younger brother fiercely and scolded him angrily:
“Is this about money? You studied journalism, don’t you understand what the benefits are?
It’s influence, you know? The influence of academia.”
"I understand this, but why do we do this? We can't blatantly tell others that these magazines are controlled by us. Even if we have influence, we can't monetize it, right?"
Looking at Fang Tao who still had a puzzled expression, Fang Lang did not get angry anymore, but smiled and said:
“Who says it can’t be monetized? Our possession of these academic journals means that we can be the first to understand the development direction of science and technology and the achievements made.
Then, we can invest in these areas. Once we grasp this opportunity, our family will always stand at the forefront of science and technology and will always be invincible.
Of course, these are things of the future.
In the short term, I want to discover outstanding talents in the academic world through these journals, recruit them to our own schools, and train our own talents.”
At this moment Fang Tao was stunned to understand Fang Lang's true intention. For a moment he didn't know how to react. He wanted to sigh at his brother's shrewdness and wisdom, but he was afraid of being beaten up by his brother.
I could only swallow hard and say:
"Brother! I just now realize how amazing you are. You can even come up with such an idea. I can't help but admire you.
No problem, leave this to me, I will immediately start organizing people and execute according to your plan."
Seeing Fang Tao's performance, Fang Lang just smiled slightly, looking calm and composed, but he couldn't help but feel emotional in his heart. Thanks to the shortage of teachers in the school, he was able to think divergently and come up with this plan.
In fact, this was not his main method to solve the shortage of teaching staff in schools. Rather, it was a plan to become an invisible academic tycoon that he came up with when he was thinking divergently while looking for ways to solve the shortage of teaching staff.
All he did was just a trick that was used very well by people in later generations. Just think about the important influence of SCI impact factors on teachers' professional titles in later generations.
If an ordinary teacher wants to be awarded the title of professor, it is simply a fantasy without several influential papers in academic journals.
If a doctoral student at the school can have a paper published in an important journal and obtain a high SCI impact factor, then he or she will be basically safe.
There have even been cases where teachers secretly replaced the first author of a student's paper with their own for their own benefit.
This kind of thing is even more common in the medical field. If a doctor can publish several papers in The Lancet, he will have a natural advantage in professional title evaluation or obtaining a regular position.
Even if a scientist wants to win the Nobel Prize, if he does not publish a few academic papers in top journals, who will know about his achievements and breakthroughs in related fields?
Therefore, the relevant academic journals are essentially the stage for scientists, and Fang Lang’s goal is to build and control this stage in the form of capital.
Not to mention manipulating academia, at least there will no longer be a biased view of papers written by Chinese scholars.
He has never thought of manipulating academia by using his own means to allow certain people's papers to be published easily or to have certain people's papers rejected. On the contrary, he wants to be truly fair and ensure that the academic journals he controls have greater influence.
Let all scholars around the world be proud to publish their papers on it.
Moreover, as he and Fang Tao said, these papers often contain unlimited business opportunities. The higher the SCI impact factor of scientists' latest research results, the more it represents the future of related fields.
If Fangyuan Group can really grasp this thread, then no matter whether Fang Lang is still alive in the future, or whether he still has the memories of his previous life, their family will definitely not be eliminated by the times and will continue to prosper.
This can be considered as a smooth road he paved for the future of his family.
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