Since it is a school-running cooperative, financial support is naturally indispensable.

However, there are many ways to deal with such "vulgar things" as paying money. A group of political, business, academic and journalist bigwigs stood behind to endorse, and many people came to wave checks.

Of course, money cannot be taken for free, and business people definitely don’t want to be taken advantage of, so in addition to ordinary members, a permanent special member status is set up specifically for these businessmen to support their face. You don’t need to be famous or famous, just donate.

If you have enough money, you can join.

"Chen Yingying, two thousand yuan in national currency."

"Shi Guangming, two thousand yuan in national currency."

"Cai Desao, one thousand yuan in national currency."

"Cao Rulin, two hundred yuan in national currency."

After all, there are some differences between people. Just like the Bazaar Charity Gala in later generations, some have a simple purpose, just for charity, while others are more complicated, treating it as a vanity fair and turning it into a business.

"You said that this person named Cao is not the general manager of the Bank of Communications? He has also been the deputy minister of foreign affairs. Why is he so picky when it comes to business? He doesn't look like a poor person by looking at his clothes. He only has 200 yuan in national currency.

Not enough for my afternoon tea."

"Look at what you said, you don't care how much money someone earns. No matter how much he earns, it's his own. Can anyone else care if he donates as much as he likes? As long as he donates, I respect him. But then again,

What you eat is dragon liver and phoenix marrow, which can cost you 200 yuan. How much did you donate?"

"Hey, that's right. Who kept me fed? I didn't donate much, but it was only a mere five hundred dollars."

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion among the crowd not far away, and then someone shouted.

"Mr. Chen Jiageng, donate 10,000 yuan!"

The Lat currency is the currency issued by the British colonial government in Malaya, Singapore and Brunei during the British colonial period. It was issued between 1899 and 1939 and was abolished in 1940. The British colonial government issued a new currency, the Malayan dollar, to replace the Lat currency.

, but the Chinese people sometimes still use "Lake" to refer to the local currency.

The purchasing power compared to the ocean is about 1:3. After conversion, Mr. Chen Jiageng donated 3,000 yuan in national currency. No one present was able to donate as much as he did. There was a moment of silence, and after a while, warm applause broke out.

The entire overseas Chinese community in the Philippines together donated 10,000 yuan, and he could personally fight against it head-on.

However, he who was supposed to receive the praise did not appear at the main venue, but was in a certain reception room discussing with others about running a school.

"Professor Cheng, I can hear your reports in Nanyang. The great progress in arithmetic made us overseas Chinese very inspired. We felt that the British were not necessarily better than us. Now that I see you in person, it is really exciting.

It’s a great honor.”

Cheng Nuo said politely: "These words are exaggerated. Even though Mr. Chen is living overseas, he still cares about education in the mainland. Now he has contributed so much to the vocational education society, which makes me, a junior, ashamed."

The two exchanged a few words of humility and then got down to business.

As Chen Jiageng, who was praised by great men as "the flag of overseas Chinese and the glory of the nation", is naturally not a vulgar person. In addition to supporting the establishment of the Chinese Vocational Education Society, he wants to return to his hometown to set up schools and change this bad status quo.

.

"Alas, Professor Cheng is not afraid of your jokes. The problems in his hometown are indeed serious." Chen Jiageng sighed, with regret on his face: "The local government is stupid and corrupt, the country is weak and the people are poor. The education is decadent. It is indescribable. The countryside is very poor.

Children over the age of 10 are out of school and are gathering in groups without any clothes. This will corrupt the customs in the near future and hinder the future of the nation in the distant future. Whenever I think about this, I tacitly agree that I should do my best to run schools within my ability and do the best for the people.

Vocational duty.”

Cheng Nuo could completely understand this feeling and expressed his respect: "What you sir want is also what I want. I believe that most colleagues who come to the vocational education club also have the same idea, but just

For now, I believe that with my strength, it shouldn’t be a problem.”

Chen Jiageng shook his head with a wry smile: "It would be great if the problem was so easy to solve as Professor Cheng said. In the early years, I visited Fu City Provincial Normal School, only to find that it was occupied by a group of rich kids, just for a picture.

If you don’t have a diploma and live in confusion, you won’t even think about teaching and educating people after graduation, and no one will even consider the poor place back home.”

"So Mr. Chen wants to build a normal university specifically for poor students to save the province's educational decline?" Cheng Nuo quickly understood what was going on and asked tentatively: "Mr. should have built it first.

I was in a primary school and found that it was hard to find teachers, so I thought of going to the provincial normal school to find some talented people, but what I got was indeed mediocre."

Chen Jiageng smiled helplessly: "It's okay if they are just mediocre, but even so, I spent a lot of effort to hire two people. For the students in the county, it is just a drop in the bucket. It is inevitable to build a private normal school.

It must be done.”

Cheng Nuo nodded and asked, "Mr. Chen is looking for me because of school matters. I wonder what I can do?"

"You just need to help me with one thing." Chen Jiageng took out a stack of documents from his carry-on bag and put it on the table. He introduced: "This is the list of teachers I intend to hire for the normal school. Most of them are liberal arts. I want to hire Cheng.

The professor helped them improve some mathematics courses so that they can be taught to more students in the future.”

Cheng Nuo hesitated for a moment. He was good at advanced mathematics, which didn't seem to have much to do with secondary education. But if you think about it carefully, it wasn't a big problem. He could just pass on the key mathematical knowledge to future generations, and let the students behind him in advance.

Experience the feeling of writing a "solution" without knowing the next step.

"It's better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish." After a pause, Cheng Nuo said: "I don't have any problems with doing what I can do. I don't know when the school will start, so I can arrange my time here."

Chen Jiageng replied: "If everything goes well, the normal and middle schools of the private Jimei School are tentatively scheduled to start on March 10 next year."

Cheng Nuo counted the days in his mind and said: "Then I will set up a cram school for arithmetic. It will start on July 1st and end on August 31st this year for two months. It is best to select some people with arithmetic skills to come in."

, as for the location.”

Chen Jiageng was the first to answer: "Professor Cheng can choose the location at will. This is not a problem. Oh, by the way, this is the salary given to you."

Chen Jiageng had 100% respect for the number one person in arithmetic in China, and even the number one Chinese person, and immediately took out the prepared check and handed it over.

Cheng Nuo took a look and saw nothing else. It was all zeros, so the number must not be too small.

In fact, not only are they willing to spend money on recruiting talents, Chen Jiageng is also very generous in the entire process of running the school.

In order to acquire land, Chen Jiageng persuaded the villagers to overcome the obstacles of Feng Shui superstition. All the land needed for the school was purchased at double the ordinary land price. Public and private graves also had to make up for the relocation fee. The school building alone cost more than ten dollars.

Ten thousand yuan.

After the establishment of Jimei Normal School, in addition to exempting tuition and miscellaneous fees, it also covered all living expenses. Bedding and mosquito nets were provided uniformly, and a set of uniforms was issued in spring and winter. At that time, people in southern Fujian lived a relatively difficult life, and they had to eat porridge for three meals a day.

Mainly, Jimei School provides students with two meals of dry rice and one meal of porridge. If students still insist on eating porridge, they also provide a special subsidy of two yuan a month as pocket money.

At that time, this kind of school was a beacon in the dark for poor students.

To be honest, there are few educated people in the first place, and good teachers are even more scarce. We are not familiar with the place in China, and the current teachers are all recruited by others. The actual level is a matter of opinion.

Moreover, at that time, the local area was relatively xenophobic, and regional concepts and sectarianism were relatively serious. If the principal was from another province, the teachers must also be from other provinces. The problem was so embarrassing.

I spent a huge sum of 10,000 yuan to donate to the China Vocational Education Society. In addition to sincerely supporting vocational education, I also wanted to establish a relationship with Huang Yanpei, vice president of the Jiangsu Provincial Education Association, and ask this great educator to help solve the teacher problem.

Now that I can meet Cheng Nuo, I naturally warmly invite him to train teachers in this province, and all the problems can be easily solved.

"Mr. Chen, setting up education is also my main job. The money should be used to recruit more talents. The teaching location should be in Peking." Cheng Nuo smiled and declined without even accepting the check. He joked:

"But for the food and accommodation expenses, I'll have to worry about Mr. Chen."

Chen Jiageng burst out laughing when he saw this. He originally wanted to insist on paying his salary, but Cheng Nuo gave in anyway. In the end, he had to put it away, saying that he would definitely send some thoughts when he returned to Nanyang.

Looking at the roster in his hand, Chen Jiageng sighed: "When Professor Cheng publicized the lifting of the ban on women in the newspaper, I thought it was just a small matter in education and did not require a lot of effort. Now it seems that I spoke too early.

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Cheng Nuo said: "The domestic ban on women is deeply rooted. After all, Nanyang is under the jurisdiction of foreigners, so the situation may be better."

Chen Jiageng said with memories on his face: "When the primary school was first established, many parents refused to let girls go to school because they could help collect firewood and open oysters at home, so they gave each female student two yuan as a subsidy.

Let the situation get better."

Pulling out several female teachers from the roster, Chen Jiageng continued: "These female teachers are hard-earned. Professor Lao Cheng will take a lot of trouble when the time comes."

Cheng Nuo naturally said nothing and nodded in agreement.

When the topic was over and they were about to stand up and separate, Chen Jiageng suddenly said another sentence.

"The long-standing evils of autocracy have not been eliminated, the construction of a republic has not been prepared, the education of the people has not been comprehensive, and local industries have not developed. Without higher education and specialized knowledge, it is not enough to achieve success in a short period of time. Primary and secondary schools are just their appendages. If we

If I build a university in the future, I wonder if I can hire Professor Cheng?"

It looks pretty good to be able to work with Lu Xun immediately, and even to work together in the future.

"Cheng is extremely honored."

Thanks to book friends Su Laomai for 500 starting coins, Yue Banwu for 200 starting coins and Yang Dingdingtian for 100 starting coins.
Chapter completed!