Chapter 2294

Before Zhang Jinbao came to Guangzhou, he also considered the various uncontrollable factors that he might encounter in an unfamiliar environment, so he expected that the branch hospital project would take as little as three to five months, or as slowly as one and a half years, during which he might have to travel to Guangzhou several times.

, only then can the site selection truly enter the implementation stage.

But the actual situation was indeed much better than he expected. Fu Ruifeng's participation really saved him a lot of time and energy. In just a few days, the step of selecting the academy's location had been basically implemented. Moreover, Li

The houses provided by the family are all ready-made. As long as the interior is slightly modified and the equipment needed for teaching is purchased, it can be quickly turned into a qualified academy.

Next, report to the government and go through the necessary registration procedures. The two parties have already reached a consensus that Fulifeng will handle it to avoid being embarrassed because of the special relationship between this academy and Haihan. After all, this academy is open.

Unlike business, for pure money transactions, the government can turn a blind eye and allow Haihan merchants to engage in trading activities in Guangzhou. However, the Haihan people want to open an academy in Guangzhou, and the teachings are not the traditional Four Books and Five Classics.

It goes against the ethos of the Ming Dynasty.

Following Li Nai's suggestion, Zhang Jinbao took the initiative to visit Guo Huan at Haihan Bank the next day and applied for a loan from him in the name of Qiongxi Academy to prepare for the fund turnover of the Guangzhou branch. Zhang Jinbao borrowed this loan

Of course money is not very necessary, the main purpose is just to maintain this relationship.

Of course, during this period, Zhang Jinbao also inadvertently revealed that he had decided on the location of the academy with Li Nai and would continue to cooperate according to the original plan. Guo Huan heard the string song and knew it, and understood that Zhang Jinbao came to borrow money solely to help

When he gave it to himself, he immediately said that he owed Zhang Jinbao this favor first and would definitely repay it when he had the opportunity in the future.

Although the location of the academy has been settled, this is actually just the first step in preparing for an academy, and there is still a lot of work to be done in the follow-up.

Zhang Jinbao had originally expected that the progress would not be so fast, so the two subordinates he brought to Guangzhou seemed to be insufficient. Later, he would need to organize various affairs of the academy and establish subjects, and some teachers would need to be mobilized from Danzhou.

Zhang Jinbao went to the Guangzhou Liaison Office again and spent money to send a telegram back to Danzhou to arrange for the transfer of personnel and teaching materials. Fortunately, he had made corresponding plans before departure, otherwise he would have to rely on per-word billing.

If he needed a telegram to explain the matter clearly, it would really cost him a lot of money. Even so, the expense was considered to be a lot of money for Zhang Jinbao. After completing the formalities, holding the receipt was painful.

However, before he could walk out of the gate of the Guangdong Office after finishing this matter, someone stopped him and asked him to go to the backyard to talk to the principal.

Zhang Jinbao was not nervous at all. This was where Haihan had the final say in the Guangzhou Liaison Office. He believed that the person who wanted to see him would not harm him, so he followed the person to a secluded courtyard at the back.

The man took Zhang Jinbao to a study room. Sitting behind a desk across from him was Chen Tianqi, the head of the General Office of the China General Affairs Office, whom Zhang Jinbao had only met a few days ago.

Chen Tianqi asked Zhang Jinbao to sit down and asked his men to serve tea. Zhang Jinbao felt even more relaxed when he saw this, knowing that the other party probably wanted to ask him something.

"I just heard that Dean Zhang came here to send a telegram back to Danzhou. Is the matter of setting up the academy settled?" Chen Tianqi didn't say much to him and went straight to the topic.

Zhang Jinbao responded respectfully: "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your concern. I have already agreed on cooperation matters with Mr. Li San from Furifeng, so I came to the Guangdong Office to send a telegram and asked Danzhou to send the second batch of people as soon as possible."

Come and prepare for the follow-up matters."

Zhang Jinbao heard what Chen Tianqi meant. It was obvious that as soon as he handed over the prepared telegram and fee, someone reported the news to Chen Tianqi who was sitting in the backyard. Chen Tianqi felt that it was necessary to ask about the details of the matter, so he

Have someone stop him and take him to the study for questioning.

Zhang Jinbao did not expect that Chen Tianqi would be so concerned about the Guangzhou branch. When he met with him a few days ago, the other party only asked a few questions and did not show much interest. At that time, Zhang Jinbao still felt that he was so

The project could not catch Chen Tianqi's eye, but he never thought that the other party was actually paying attention to the matter secretly, and was called for questioning as soon as he showed up.

Chen Tianqi said: "Then how to choose the location of the academy?"

Zhang Jinbao knew that the other party was well-informed and did not dare to hide anything. He honestly said that he had inspected many properties in and outside Guangzhou these days, but in the end, a manor offered by the Li family was the most suitable for opening an academy.

, so the address was finalized. The next step was to start preparing teaching materials, mobilize teachers from Qiongxi Academy to Guangzhou, then publicize enrollment, determine the opening date, and implement it step by step.

After hearing this, Chen Tianqi nodded and said, "Dean Zhang is indeed a practical person. He has already settled so many things in Guangzhou in just a few days."

Zhang Jinbao quickly said humbly: "It is only thanks to the care of all the adults, and Fu Ruifeng helped a lot, that this matter can go so smoothly."

Chen Tianqi said: "Dean Zhang thinks there is anything else that the Guangdong Office can help with. It doesn't hurt to speak out. As long as it is within my ability, I will try my best to arrange it."

Zhang Jinbao didn't know the reason for Chen Tianqi's change in attitude, but he thought it was certainly not his fault. He quickly thanked Chen Tianqi for his concern and said that he would try his best to do what he should do first, if it was really necessary.

When asking for help from the authorities, I will definitely come to the Guangdong Office again to bother me.

Chen Tianqi was very satisfied with Zhang Jinbao's informed and interesting response, and immediately said that when the Guangzhou branch was established, he would personally come to support the academy. Zhang Jinbao was flattered and quickly thanked Chen Tianqi again.

When Zhang Jinbao left, he still didn't know why Chen Tianqi's attitude became so enthusiastic, but in fact it was just because Chen Tianqi had just received an official document from Sanya yesterday about the work arrangements of the Guangdong Office in the next year.

One of the key tasks requested by the Executive Committee is for the Guangdong Office in Guangdong to further increase the efforts to introduce professional talents from the Ming Dynasty, mainly craftsmen with skills from all walks of life. We can further relax the restrictions for these people to go overseas.

The conditions for settling in areas under Han rule, such as retaining the right to choose whether to join Haihan nationality, providing better settlement conditions in terms of living conditions, etc.

In fact, the Executive Committee's requirements for the introduction of talents are not only raised this year, but are a repertoire that is mentioned every year. Although the Executive Committee will not set requirements for the specific number of successfully introduced professionals, it is obvious that

At least we have to ensure that our performance will not decline from the previous year, which is already a very heavy task for an organization like the General Office of the People's Republic of China.

The total number of folk craftsmen in Guangzhou is limited. Considering that the training cycle of traditional skills is generally very long, the speed at which these trades produce new blood may not be as fast as Haihan poaching. If you want to achieve increasing results every year in this task

Achievements are not easy. Although Chen Tianqi is very capable, he still has to deal with headaches every year to complete this task.

According to the traditional approach, the only way to poach people is to offer generous treatment, but nowadays there are fewer and fewer skilled craftsmen every year, and the number of people poached by this method alone is not as good as the previous one.

However, the appearance of Zhang Jinbao gave Chen Tianqi a new idea. He believed that the teaching model of Qiongxi Academy could allow local students in Guangzhou to gradually yearn for Haihan while learning production skills, and persuade these people to study in Haihan.

After receiving the corresponding courses and going to Haihan to settle or further study, the probability of success will obviously be much higher than that of ordinary civilians.

Chen Tianqi's ideas are actually similar to those of other senior Haihan officials who knew about the opening of a branch of Qiongxi Academy. Most people believed that the opening of this academy would help Haihan's cultural export and personnel introduction. However, the executive committee did not

Communicate with him directly about this aspect, so Chen Tianqi thought of this section much later than the one in Sanya.

The Executive Committee is also very concerned about the development of this matter as to whether social school-running forces can gain a foothold overseas. The school-running plan of Qiongxi College can be regarded as an experiment in the eyes of senior officials. If it fails, there will be no loss for the official, but if it succeeds,

That would certainly yield long-term benefits for Heihan.

Therefore, although the Executive Committee did not ask the Guangdong Office to give Zhang Jinbao special treatment in this project, after Chen Tianqi realized the significance of this matter to Haihan, he decided to give Qiongxi Academy certain treatment within his scope of authority.

Support. He summoned Zhang Jinbao for an interview. Firstly, he wanted to confirm whether the other party had the intention to serve the country. Secondly, he wanted to make the other party clear about his attitude. In the future, he would try to cooperate with the official requirements, especially the demand for talent training, and he must give priority to supplying his own country.

In this way, Zhang Jinbao muddleheadedly obtained the support from the person in charge of the Guangdong Office. Now with the dual backers of the Furifeng Li family and the Haihan Office in Guangdong, the issue of Qiongxi Academy opening a branch in Guangzhou was already certain to be successful.

It increased suddenly.

"Last year, the fortune teller said that I would have good luck in the coming year, everything would go well, and I would have a big breakthrough in my career. It seems that it was indeed true!" Zhang Jinbao was so excited that he didn't care whether the fortune teller he was looking for said it casually.

His auspicious words are easy to appreciate. I just feel that everything I have encountered in Guangzhou this time has gone smoothly, and it is probably time for me to become prosperous.

Compared with Zhang Jinbao, who had a smooth sailing, Zheng Zha, who also came to Guangzhou to expand his career, did not have such smooth sailing. Although the connections he asked for in Guangzhou all agreed and were willing to help, in actual operation, he found that there were stumbling blocks.

, not as smoothly as he expected.

The first thing Zheng Zha encountered was the problem of land acquisition. The area Zheng Zha was interested in was not far from the Liaison Office in Guangdong. It was indeed the property of the Li family in name, but in reality it was not an empty land, but had some houses and shops built there.

If Zheng Zha wants to build the Annan Guild Hall here, he must first demolish the existing buildings on the land.

Usually in this case, you just need to pay some money to buy these houses, but this process is not smooth. According to the reported information, some of the owners of these houses actually have government backgrounds. This is not something you can just give away some money.

situation.

With Zheng Zha's identity, he naturally cannot handle these matters personally. He can only continue to entrust the Li family to communicate with these homeowners on their behalf and obtain these properties under suitable conditions.

While Li Nai agreed to the matter, he also explained the inconvenience to Zheng Zha. The Li family bought these lands but retained the properties here because these homeowners with backgrounds were not easy to deal with. If

To persuade them one by one to accept the purchase price proposed by Zheng Zha, it will take more time to handle it properly - this time may be three to five months, or it may be longer.

Zheng Zha was naturally unhappy when he heard such a response. He felt that it was because the Li family had not explained the situation of these places to him in detail before. Now that the place has been decided to start construction, these inexplicable problems have arisen. But the place belongs to him.

It was chosen, and now the Li family still needs to mediate, so this complaint can only be buried in the heart.

But what Zheng Zha didn't know was that as long as the Li family made a move, these houses could be moved within seven days. The so-called landlord asking for trouble was actually just a double act arranged by the Li family. The purpose of this

The purpose is to delay the Annan people so that the Annan Guild Hall planned by Zheng Zha will not appear in Guangzhou so soon. And Zheng Zha, who is unaware of it, will inevitably owe the Li family favors for these mediation efforts in the process.

, more than half of the extra money spent will flow into the pockets of the Li family.

When it comes to calculating people in business, it is estimated that ten Zheng Zha are not as good as one Li Jifeng. The dual identity of the old fox and the local snake allows Li Jifeng to easily scheme against Zheng Zha, but Zheng Zha can only play the role of being sold and returning.

The unlucky character who helps count money.

Of course, this drama will not go on endlessly. Perhaps after a year and a half, when Zheng Zha gradually loses patience with this project, Furifeng and the Office in Guangzhou will join forces.

He advised Zheng Zha to move the Annan Guild Hall southward to near Lijiazhuang on the lower reaches of the Pearl River, or simply locate it in Hong Kong.

As long as they do not directly compete with Furifeng and Haihan Office in Guangzhou, Li Jifeng and Chen Tianqi would not mind the existence of institutions like the Annan Guild Hall. But Zheng Zha is good at diplomacy and is not good at understanding these hidden aspects of trade relations.

Due to the conflicts of interest, he did not realize that he had been plotted after arriving in Guangzhou, and it was difficult for the so-called Annan Guild Hall plan to be implemented as he thought.

In late September, starting from the Hong Kong Pier at the Pearl River Estuary to the Pearl River Pier outside Guangzhou, almost all the terminal warehouses under the name of Fulifeng had erected advertising signs for Qiongxi Academy in the most conspicuous places, and the terminals

Admission notices for the Guangzhou branch are posted everywhere on the Internet, and a large-scale publicity campaign has been launched quietly.
Chapter completed!