Lawrence Bell, who was excited, didn't even need Fang Lang to continue speaking. He took the initiative to say to John Kennedy:
"John, you are a member of the Democratic Party, right? Do you have any plans for your political career?"
After John Kennedy heard what Lawrence Bell said, he glanced back and forth between Lawrence and Fang Lang, and after a while he said with an expression as if he had seen a ghost:
“I myself am planning to run for Senate next year, but I have never mentioned the idea to anyone.
Fang, I don't know if you really predicted my future through your oriental witchcraft, or if you just heard it from somewhere, but I have to say, you are amazing."
Hearing this, Fang Lang did not explain, but looked at the other party with a smile and said:
“You also said that you hadn’t told anyone that you were going to run for the Senate, right?
Believe it or not, my promise is always valid. My Global Group will support you in next year’s Senate election.”
Lawrence Bell's eyes lit up and he said firmly:
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"John, I believe in you! I will convince everyone in the consortium to fully support your campaign for the Senate next year.
If there is an opportunity in the future, we will also fully support you in running for President of the United States."
John Kennedy did not expect that the first support he received would come from Brazilian general Fang Lang.
According to US policy, candidates cannot accept foreign funds, but the other party's global trade is American capital and is very powerful.
If the other party can really support him with all his strength, coupled with the support of the Boston consortium, he may not have no chance to challenge the position of President of the United States.
Moreover, as far as he knew, the Universal Group and the Morgan Consortium had a close relationship. Given the Morgan Consortium's control over the Democratic Party, if he could gain the Morgan Consortium's support through the Universal Group, then there would be basically no problem in his campaign.
It has to be said that John Kennedy was still a little immature politically during this period. How could the Morgan Consortium support him, who clearly represented the interests of the Boston Consortium, just because of his relationship with the Global Group!
In fact, the reason why John F. Kennedy was able to ascend to the presidency later was not because he had the support of the Morgan Consortium. On the contrary, his ascension was entirely the result of an exchange of interests between the Boston Consortium and the Rockefeller Consortium.
There are rumors that he was assassinated because he gave all arms orders to arms companies under the Boston consortium, which angered the Morgan consortium and led to his tragedy.
Of course, Fang Lang was not aware of these situations. He did not care when a warmonger would be assassinated, and he never thought of reminding the other party that he might be assassinated.
"Okay! Fang, you're right, I have to do this business.
Since you have expressed your support for my campaign, I think I may not be able to refuse your request for joint school establishment."
After saying that, he turned his head towards Lawrence Bell and shrugged, indicating to the other party that he had been convinced.
When Lawrence Bell saw this, he realized that he and John Kennedy had unknowingly reached a deal with each other. He would not be able to easily reject the other party's proposal on jointly running a school.
He looked at Fang Lang with a wry smile and said:
"Fang, now can you tell me how you want to jointly run the school?"
Seeing the expressions of Lawrence Bell and John Kennedy, Fang Lang knew that as long as his request was not too excessive, the other party would not make things difficult for him.
“In fact, I have already built several schools in Brazil, but due to the lack of teachers, the progress of the schools is not smooth, so this time I came here mainly to seek help.
First of all, I hope to refer to Harvard University’s courses and teaching materials so that I can run my school in Brazil smoothly.
Secondly, we also hope to be able to catch up with Harvard in terms of school collections and scientific research equipment.
Thirdly, in terms of teaching staff, I also hope to get support from Harvard University. If some experimental projects of Harvard professors cannot be met here, I can also provide full support in terms of funding and equipment to meet my needs.
The scientific research results achieved by professors from Harvard University in our school can be shared by the two schools.
Finally, if possible, I hope to introduce Harvard University administrators to manage my university in the same way as Harvard.”
Upon hearing this, Lawrence Bell looked at John Kennedy and exchanged glances. Finally, Lawrence Bell took the initiative to speak:
"I see what you mean. You want to replicate everything at Harvard in Brazil, right?"
Fang Lang shrugged and said calmly:
"You could say that."
John Kennedy heard this and asked with some doubt:
"I feel like what you said can be achieved without looking for us, so why do you want to discuss this matter through us?
First of all, textbooks and courses are public materials. I think you can find out by just going to the school and doing some research.
Book collections and equipment can be solved with money. Of course, the teaching staff may be a real difficulty, but since you can provide sufficient scientific research funds and complete scientific research equipment, I don’t think this is an insurmountable difficulty.
As for management personnel, it is even simpler. You can even solve this problem by just spending money to recruit on campus.
This confuses me a little bit.”
Lawrence Bell on the side also looked at Fang Lang with a puzzled expression.
Fang Lang smiled and said sincerely:
"You are right, these are indeed very easy to achieve. But this is plagiarism, and I can't start such a bad example.
This will have a very negative impact on the academic atmosphere of the school in the future.
The reason I came to talk to you is to obtain the official authorization from your school. I can tell all the students entering the school that everything we do has been formally authorized by Harvard University.
I am not only a soldier, but also a businessman. I understand the importance of patents and knowledge. Harvard University's current academic atmosphere and these intangible assets are all Harvard's intellectual property rights, and I cannot infringe on them.
Only with the official authorization from Harvard University can I tell everyone in the school with confidence that everything in our school was established with the help of Harvard University.
We didn’t copy it from Harvard. These are two completely different concepts.”
Although Fang Lang spoke righteously, Lawrence Bell and John Kennedy were both smart people. They understood Fang Lang's real thoughts. Lawrence Bell smiled and said:
"So, you want Harvard University to endorse your school?"
Fang Lang didn't feel embarrassed at all after being exposed. He just smiled and said:
"You are not wrong in understanding it that way."
Lawrence Bell and John Kennedy looked at each other and burst into laughter.
Finally, Lawrence Bell smiled and said:
"As long as you don't plagiarize Harvard's name, I have no problem with that."
John Kennedy also picked up his teacup and gently touched it to Fang Lang, saying:
"That's fine with me."
Fang Lang was overjoyed when he heard this, and drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.
"Haha... Don't worry, my school is called Sao Paulo Polytechnic University, and it will never plagiarize the name of Harvard University. But I will publicize that we are an affiliate school of Harvard University, and the establishment of the school received great help from Harvard University.
This should be fine!"
The two thought that Fang Lang just wanted to use this name to recruit students locally and teachers for Hedao School. They didn't understand what special meaning Fang Lang had for the alliance school.
After all, the so-called Ivy League had not yet been established during this period. It was not until 1954, when our school became the first to become an affiliate school of Harvard University, that the resistance in recruiting professors and scholars in the United States would be reduced a lot.
You can even set up a special headhunting department and start poaching more professors from other prestigious universities in the United States.
For example, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is also part of the Boston consortium, is a very good target for poaching.
Lawrence Bell had no objection to Fang Lang's idea of riding on the popularity, and waved his hand indifferently:
"No problem. I will notify the Harvard Board of Trustees and have the school sign a formal authorization agreement with you."
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Fang Lang stood up with a smile on his face, stretched out his right hand towards Lawrence Bell and said:
“Thank you very much for your help, Mr. Bell.
If I can be formally authorized, I hope that Harvard University can recommend me some outstanding talents so that I can build the school."
Upon hearing this, Lawrence Bell did not refuse, but nodded without hesitation:
"no problem!"
Seeing this, Fang Lang's mind was completely at peace. He turned to John Kennedy and said:
"Thank you for your help, Senator!"
John Kennedy laughed and said:
"I'm not a senator yet, but with your help, I think I will be one next year.
You don't need to thank me, we are helping each other!"
Fang Lang didn't say much, he just stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other party and said:
"Haha... You're right. We are helping each other. We still have a long way to go. I think we will become firm allies."
Everyone laughed contentedly.
Seeing that the matter had been settled, Fang Lang could not wait to say:
"Mr. Bell, now that the matter has been settled, I wonder if it would be convenient for you to take me to visit the helicopter products produced by your company?"
Lawrence Bell did not expect Fang Lang to be so anxious, which made him very happy because it meant that the other party really wanted to purchase helicopter products from his company.
It is not that they try to please me deliberately just to get my support for running the other party's school.
In fact, what Lawrence Bell and John Kennedy didn't know was that Fang Lang's original idea was not as simple as he said, but he was really prepared to put up real funds to promote the joint school operation.
But in this case, Fang Lang would not only have to pay a large amount of money, but he might also have to sign a series of agreements with Harvard University. It is possible that part of the school's annual tuition income would have to be handed over to Harvard University.
Fang Lang could tell from Lawrence Bell's words that he did not want any branches of Harvard University to exist, which meant that if they really jointly established a school, it would likely be very large.
But now, with authorization from Harvard University and the consent of the Boston consortium representative, he can copy Harvard University's template and do the same.
They even poached the professors they needed from Harvard and other famous American universities.
The school framework built by Harvard University administrators is actually not much different from Harvard University, both in terms of their own investment and the price they need to pay.
The benefits gained from the current situation far outweigh the joint school running plan that we had originally prepared.
All this is because the two representatives of the Boston Consortium happen to have something that he can control, and he can get what he wants from them.
It's a perfect win-win situation.
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