The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 341 Not very magnanimous
Director Huang was also in a dilemma, and finally had to say: "Our school is currently facing a severe shortage of research funding. Not everyone can secure funding like you. Please give the school some face and meet these South Koreans. It's okay if you don't smile at them."

Liu Hua nodded: "Alright, they've been causing trouble for me time and time again. If I don't give them a good whack with a brick, they won't know what it means to shut up."

This time, they came from South Korea. The leader was surnamed Lee and was said to be a core member of his family. He was wearing a suit typical of South Koreans and was slightly arrogant.

"Mr. Liu, it's really not easy to see you. Two groups of people from our company have been taken to the police station."

Liu Hua frowned: "Is it my fault? You chaebols are used to being arrogant in South Korea, and now you come here and act all high and mighty. Have you forgotten how Quan Xiaojiang treated you? Are you feeling unwell and expecting us to treat you to another meal?"

Director Wang didn't quite understand the joke about Quan Xiaojiang, but he sensed Liu Hua's unfriendly tone and quickly tried to smooth things over.

"Mr. Li, you said that you would donate money to our school on the condition that you meet Mr. Liu. Now that you have met him, I wonder if you still stand by your word?"

Liu Hua sneered, "Breaking their promises doesn't put any psychological pressure on them. After all, they are just a country with a history of less than fifty years and no cultural heritage."

Director Huang whispered to Liu Hua, "Professor Liu, please be polite. Don't be so aggressive. No matter what, we are guests, and we cannot lose our composure."

Liu Hua nodded: "Speak, what exactly is your Four Star Group up to that you've been trying to cause trouble for me time and time again?"

"Our Four Star Group wants to acquire your Taiyi Group."

Liu Hua shook his head: "Don't flatter me. My company is not a group yet, and I'm telling you clearly, there's no way you're going to acquire us. You're not the only ones who've had that idea. The Japanese have tried, and the Hans have tried, but I refused them all."

“They are them, and we are us. I hope you can see the goodwill that we Southerners are conveying.”

Liu Hua laughed heartily and said, "Goodwill? Sorry, I didn't see it. What makes you think you're guaranteed to succeed? What makes you think you're different from others? Just because you built your country on a US military base?"

Liu Hua paused for a moment: "I do admire your audacity and shamelessness, but I don't see any reason why we should sell to you."

“Mr. Huang, the professors at your school are speaking extremely rudely. Aren’t you going to do anything about it?”

Director Huang smiled and said, "Strictly speaking, in universities, we administrative staff serve the researchers, not manage them. There is no subordinate relationship between us. If we have to distinguish between superiors and subordinates, my rank is not as high as Professor Liu's."

Director Huang's words infuriated the man surnamed Li, who thought that China was like them, where those who received money were in charge.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that some universal truths don't apply in our country. Liu Hua's rank was just too high, and Director Huang neither dared to interfere nor wanted to, and even had to curry favor with him.

“Mr. Liu, if you refuse the goodwill of our Four Star Group, then we will impose the most severe sanctions on you.” The man surnamed Li said with a forced smile, “You know South Korea quite well. You should know that we have the ability to get our government to issue a document imposing sanctions on you.”

Director Huang was getting a little nervous. People of this generation hadn't experienced so many things, and he was genuinely worried about Liu Hua regarding a country's sanctions. Liu Hua shrugged: "Let them impose sanctions if they want. I only have two products right now. One is engines. I've already authorized the market outside of my country to Japan. I don't care how they sell them; I just want my share of the profits. The other is carbon fiber. I wasn't planning on selling it to you anyway. Besides, our production capacity isn't enough right now. We're even struggling to supply Europe. Your South Korean market is so tiny. Sorry, I don't want to deal with it."

Director Huang felt relieved. He wanted to laugh, but he felt it wouldn't be appropriate to laugh in this situation, so he tried his best to hold it in.

There is an old Chinese saying, "The people are not afraid of death, so why force them to die?" This saying has a similar meaning here.

I don't care about the South Korean market at all, yet you're threatening me by preventing me from entering it. What do you mean? Don't you think you're shameless enough? Are you ready to embarrass yourself all over the world?

The Li family left in a huff, and the promised donation was not delivered. Liu Hua said to Director Huang with a slight apology, "I'm sorry, because of me, the school can't get this money."

Director Huang shook his head: "I think, given their nature, even if you agree, I probably won't get the money. They don't care about saving face at all; they have no magnanimity or vision. Even if they do, it will be very small."

Director Huang then made a gesture with two fingers that would later be absolutely forbidden in South Korea, and emphasized, "At most, just this little bit."

Liu Hua smiled and said, "Now that I'm making money, I can donate two million to the school as scholarships to subsidize impoverished students."

"Really?" Director Huang said excitedly, "This is no joke, I'm serious. Two million, that's no small amount."

Liu Hua nodded: "I've made money now, so taking out two million is not a problem for me. How about this, in addition to the two million scholarship, I will contribute a total of ten million in research funding over the next five years."

Director Huang's legs went weak, and Liu Hua supported him, jokingly saying, "It can't be that bad, Director Huang. The research funding you handle is more than a billion yuan a year. Ten million yuan has scared you so much."

"That's government funding, this is a private donation of twelve million," Director Huang said enviously. "Before, you said you wanted to go into business to raise funds for your research, and I was a little skeptical. I was thinking how much money you could make. You must be the richest man in the world now, right?"

Liu Hua shook his head: "How would I know? There might be other people in China who are richer than me."

Director Huang straightened up, thought for a moment, and said, "I need to report this to the principal. This spirit of donating money to help students should be widely publicized."

Liu Hua grabbed Director Huang, who was about to turn and leave, and shook his head: "I'm begging you, you can report to the higher-ups, but please don't publicize it."

"Why? Such a good thing should be publicized so that more people know about it and more wealthy people can follow suit."

"I don't want to flaunt my wealth," Liu Hua shook his head. "I don't want to get into any trouble."

(End of this chapter)