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Chapter 643 Change your face like flipping a book

Luft's face became ugly, and he cast his eyes on Vanier.He knew that all the crux of the problem lay with Vanier. Today, these Chinese people came here for Vanier. Unless Vanier changed his position, the carrots thrown by the other party would be the same. It can only be the moon in the mirror and the flowers in the water, which are elusive.

Although Luft is an expensive principal, he is not too sure that he can make Vanier succumb. However, in his heart, there is always one thing that has not been clear, why is this Vanier so different from the Chinese? What about the hatred?
Luft couldn't figure it out even though he was thinking about it. In fact, Vanier didn't have any grudges against the Chinese in his heart.If it weren't for the existence of the Indian Ocean route, there would be no connection between China and the St. Goga Islands. Naturally, Vanier would not have any emotional inclination towards China.In fact, whether China is good or bad, when will Vanier get to gossip?
He incited students to go to the presidential palace to protest, just out of a conditioned reflex. As a scholar who claims to be a public intellectual, his instinct is to oppose any decision of the government.That's right, anything!For example, when the expressway was tolled, he cursed that public resources cannot be charged; when the expressway was free, he said that once the scarce resource is free, it will inevitably lead to an imbalance between supply and demand.All in all, he must always stand on the opposite side of the government. Only in this way can he keep his title of "opinion leader".

This time, Lin Zhenhua came to St. Goga Islands to lease land to build a port. Government officials were very enthusiastic. For example, Mlak and others, on many occasions, boasted that they had made great political achievements and were able to make St. Goga The archipelago has since entered a high-speed growth track.After Vanier heard such rumors, he couldn't restrain his nature, and jumped out to oppose it.For him, it is really easy to find a few reasons to oppose the government's decision-making, and all of these reasons sound very reasonable and emotional. Qi Ni and others are positioned as traitors.

In terms of sensationalism, the entire cabinet is not the opponent of Vanier alone.There is a very unfair place here, that is, every official in the cabinet has stains on him, for example, there have been accidents in the project in charge, the price has suffered when exporting aquatic products, and the official in charge of health should be responsible for a certain medical treatment. Accidents are responsible, and so on.But Vanier has not a single blemish on him. He has never done engineering, never talked about trade, never managed a hospital, in a word, he has never done any practical work. How can he make mistakes?
A scholar who never makes mistakes, facing a group of tainted officials, can always stand on a moral high ground when debating. With such a moral condescending advantage, who can be his opponent?

So, what are Vanier's shortcomings?Lin Zhenhua could see clearly that it was money.In fact, there is no difference between scholars and officials, and no one can escape the words of power and money.Scholars have no power to pursue, and their desire for money is even greater than that of officials.Saint-Gogar Islands is a small country, and Vanier cannot exchange fame for money through speeches and other means. In this case, what he can pursue is foreign fund support.The purpose of his jumping up and down, to put it bluntly, is to win the title of "the first scholar" of the St. Goga Islands, and then use this title to apply for funding abroad.

Lin Zhenhua has seen many people like this when he was in China.He knows that as long as the money is spent properly, many scholars are easy to talk about. Outsiders seem to think academic viewpoints are sacred, but people in the circle just regard it as a piece of dough, and they can knead it however they want. .

The only thing Lin Zhenhua was not sure about was Vanier's worth, how much would it cost to make him change his mind?Now it seems that Vanier's status is really not too high, and it is completely within the range that Lin Zhenhua can bear.

"I am an independent scholar, and I will not sell my academic conscience for money." Vanier spoke, his words were quite tough, but his tone and speed were a bit strange.First of all, his tone is relatively gentle, as if he is expressing his feelings to his friends, rather than rejecting something.Secondly, he spoke very fast, as if he was afraid that he would not have a chance to say the following words.

"I've always had a good impression of China!" Vanier hurriedly said the last sentence after he finished the previous sentence. He was afraid that Lin Zhenhua and others would leave in a hurry because of the previous sentence.

"But..." Luft fainted first, big brother, two days ago you kept saying that China is such an unbearable country, but now you actually say that you are full of good feelings, don't you think you have changed too fast?Where did you learn this skill of turning faces faster than flipping books?

"Mr. Principal." Vanier looked at Luft and said seriously, "I have a different view on the movement against Chinese companies investing in the St. Gogar Islands in schools these days. The protection of the students' enthusiasm, I am not in a hurry to express my thoughts, I hope that they can realize the ills of this extreme thinking, so that they can learn to think independently through self-reflection."

Can this be explained?He Fei couldn't help casting a surprised look at Lin Zhenhua, but the feedback he got was the calm look in Lin Zhenhua's eyes.It seems that Lin Zhenhua had expected Vanier's change of face a long time ago, without even a hint of surprise.

"Professor Vanier, I really appreciate your favor towards China." Lin Zhenhua said slowly, "I have always believed that there is a traditional friendship between China and San Francisco. I very much hope that Professor Vanier can extract it from a historical perspective The friendship between China and San Francisco will be carried forward. I know that work like this requires very hard work, and our company is very interested in providing financial support for such research activities.”

A warm smile appeared on Vanier's face: "Mr. Lin, don't worry, as a scholar, I naturally hope that my research results can be touched and accepted by more people. I am planning to write a paper for a newspaper recently. A long paper, expounding the historical relationship between China and the St. There are many cultural classics."

"Dream of Red Mansions, the famous historical novel of our country, was introduced to the Saint Goga Islands at that time?" He Fei sat aside and couldn't help interjecting.These days, he had inadvertently learned that the residents of the St. Goga Islands had a good understanding of China's "Dream of Red Mansions", so he used this incident to tease Vanier.In fact, he also knew that the residents of the Saint Goga Islands mainly came from an imported TV series to understand the Dream of Red Mansions.

He Fei originally intended to be joking and mocking, but Vanier replied seriously: "Exactly, the introduction of the Dream of the Red Chamber has had a great influence on the culture of the Saint-Gorga Islands."

"Uh... no wonder the Dream of Red Mansions is still an eunuch in the end." Lin Zhenhua felt chills all over his body, lowered his head and muttered in a low voice.Cao Xueqin transmigrated to Zheng He's body, everyone is a eunuch, can Shu still be alone?

It would be nonsense to talk any further. Lin Zhenhua asked He Fei to come up with a cooperative research agreement and asked Vanier to sign it.The main content of the agreement is that the Hanhua Group will provide a total of 10 US dollars of research funding to Professor Vanier, paid in five years, for the study of Sino-Saint cultural exchanges.The agreement stipulates that Professor Vanier is obliged to publish his own research results in local newspapers, and choose the opportunity to open corresponding Sino-Saint cultural courses at the National University.

Vanier happily signed the agreement. When signing, he really wanted to pretend to be indifferent, but the unconcealable smile on his face revealed his thoughts. Of course, Lin Zhenhua and others People will not debunk this.

For the National University, Lin Zhenhua is also very generous. He directly signed an agreement to subsidize 10 U.S. dollars of school-running funds each year. There is also an agreement on funding for international students, promising to provide the National University with 10 places to study in China every year, and the Chinese side will bear all the expenses. cost.

The smile on Luft's face is extremely sincere. The San Goga Islands are very poor, and $10 is a huge sum of money for the National University.And the 10 places to study in China every year are extremely precious. With these 10 places in his hands, is he still worried that those senior government officials will not buy his account?

Lin Zhenhua didn't feel distressed at all when he signed these two agreements.This was not because he was rich and powerful, but because the money was not paid from Han Hua's account, it was a special allocation from the navy, and it was only spent in his name.Spending tens of thousands of dollars to smooth out local opinion leaders, and spending tens of thousands of dollars to cultivate a group of foreign students who are pro-China are all necessary expenses.Every powerful country in the world does this, and China is no exception.

On the second day after Lin Zhenhua visited the National University, several local newspapers in the St. Goga Islands simultaneously published a long article by Professor Vanier, "China-Saint Friendship Is Everlasting". The article summarized the history of Sino-Saint The traditional friendship between the two countries points out that although China and San Francisco are far apart, they share common national conditions and common culture, and China is a good friend worth cherishing.

The article also specifically mentioned that when Zheng He sailed to the West in the early 15th century, he visited the St. Goga Islands many times and leased the land of the St. Goga Islands to build temporary warehouses. The result of this lease was for the The St. Goga Islands have generated a lot of income and strengthened the cultural exchanges between the two countries, making the culture of the St. Goga Islands progress for 200 years...

It is not possible for Vanier to produce such an article in one day. In fact, many materials and viewpoints in the article were provided by Lin Zhenhua. What Vanier did was to These materials and opinions are replaced by my own tone.He Fei strongly asked Lin Zhenhua to include the story of Zheng He's involvement in the Dream of Red Mansions in the article, but Lin Zhenhua sternly refused. This kind of oolong thing is just used to ridicule Vannier, and it really needs to be written in black and white , it is too inappropriate.

It is self-evident that such an article appears at a sensitive time when the government is about to sign a port lease agreement with China.Some students who participated in the protest a few days ago almost jumped up when they saw these newspapers for the first time, but when they saw that the author of the article was Vanier, they were all shocked, and their brains were stuck in a long time. down state.

Of course, a large number of students went to Vanier to verify the authenticity of these articles. They once suspected that this was an article published by the government under the guise of Vanier's name in order to calm the situation.But Vanier's answer took the students by surprise, and he told them that this was his true point of view.As for what he said a few days ago, it was just to stimulate students' ability to "think independently".

"You should learn to think independently, not simply be swayed by the professor's point of view." Vanier said to the students who came to the door earnestly, "The reasons I said before are actually untenable. I originally hoped that you would stand up to debate with me and question me. Unfortunately, you did not do so. Therefore, I wrote such an article today to let everyone understand what is called independent academic thought. "

"But..." the students were anxious, "Professor Vanier, why did you say that you oppose the Chinese lease of land in front of the president? Everyone thinks that is your true point of view."

Vanier looked at everyone with firm eyes, and said: "At that time, the students were gathering in front of the presidential palace, and I had to stand up and stand with you. Then the government will think that the mastermind of this incident is me, I won’t suppress you anymore. I chose to debate with the president for the purpose of protecting everyone.”

"Professor Vanier, you are so kind to us, you are really our lifelong mentor!" The students cried bitterly, what a good professor, knowledgeable and good-natured, in the future I must be more Listen to the professor, and believe what the professor says.

"So, Professor Vanier, what do you think we should do now?" the students asked.

Vanier said: "Go to publicize and tell the public that the construction of a port is a great thing that benefits the country and the people, and it is unreasonable for the government headed by Kopechni to backtrack on such things. It shows that they don't care about the well-being of the people at all."

In this way, overnight, Vanier became the most supportive of the port project, while Kopechni and others became a stubborn force hindering the construction of the port and must be condemned.

Not to mention the grievances of Kopechni and others who were shot while lying down.After clearing away the obstacles of the students, the port project was successfully signed.A construction engineering team was sent from China to start a vigorous port construction project.Nearly a thousand residents of St. Goga Islands were employed in the project, responsible for some physical work such as digging and dredging, and the wages they received were enough to make the neighbors jealous.

Ships of cement, steel, port equipment, etc. were transported ashore through the temporary wharf and piled up like mountains on the shore.

The construction of this large port really stimulated the economic development of the St. Goga Islands.As Lin Zhenhua predicted, many large cargo ships across the Indian Ocean took a fancy to this large port in the middle of the waterway, chose to stop here for supplies, and let the crew go ashore to rest. The development of the service industry.

China's large cargo ships also began to "inadvertently" dock at the port of the San Goga Islands.After the local residents were slightly stunned for a while, they became indifferent.In their view, it doesn't matter what ship is docked, what matters is whether there are crew members on the ship and whether they are spending money on the island.

Lin Zhenhua stayed in St. Goga Islands for more than ten days and was deeply impressed by the beautiful scenery and crystal clear beaches here.After returning to China, he mobilized several tourism real estate tycoons to develop tourist resorts in the St. Goga Islands, and also mobilized several travel agencies to open overseas tourism projects to the St. Goga Islands.

China is now also a country with tens of millions of wealthy people, and the people's travel demand is very strong.A newly developed tourist destination like the St. Goga Islands has unique scenery and very low prices, so it is naturally favored by the majority of donkey friends.The St. Goga Islands quickly became a place where Chinese tourists gather, receiving millions of people a year, and the tourism revenue alone is worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

The people of San Goga Islands no longer make a living by fishing. They either work as laborers in the port, or as waiters in resorts, or open a small shop or small restaurant by themselves to do business with sailors and tourists, no matter which one they do , the income is more than 10 times higher than that of fishing in the past.

The people of St. Goga, who got rid of poverty and became rich, have a tradition of drinking water and never forgetting the well digger. They said with one voice that all of this should be attributed to the wise Professor Vanier, who contributed to the establishment of the Chinese people in the St. Goga Islands. Port's plan, without him, there would be no happy life for the people of San Goga.

Kopechni, Mrak and others want to cry but have no tears... This is the next story.

(End of this chapter)