I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 172 Tour groups don't necessarily have to travel
The strategy for dealing with this situation is quite simple. To avoid such potentially significant risks, you just need to seize control of the conversation. Who says risk hedging can only be defensive?

Zhang An Education announced that it will raise 15 million yuan to improve the menstrual products needs of rural young women in Jiangkou Province!
"Zhang An Education" will launch the "Protecting Flower Buds" campaign this year, which mainly aims to improve the menstrual health and hygiene of young women in rural areas of Jiangkou Province.

Zhang An Education announced that the first pilot program for the "Protecting Flower Buds" activity will be launched in Fengyi County, Pengcheng City, with priority given to impoverished rural areas.

Both the "Zhang An Education" public blog account and the "Theme Chat" have published specific guidelines for the "Protecting Flower Buds" activity.

The main units that "Zhang'an Education" connect with are directly at the district and county level. If you look at it this way, the level of outreach is still quite average.

But if you see that the first pilot area is called Fengyi County...

That's completely different.

Uncle Zhang is not only the director of the management committee of the Jiangkou Provincial Rural Education and Employment Pilot Demonstration Zone and the Pengcheng City Fengyi County Rural Poverty Alleviation and Prosperity Industry Demonstration Park, but also the "county magistrate" of Fengyi County.

Whose advice do you listen to, the village women's director?
Upon seeing that this beast surnamed Zhang was playing this trick, the people in the capital who were speaking out from afar also got anxious. One Zhang Da'an was already disgusting enough. If someone else followed suit and a Li Da'an or Wang Da'an appeared, what would happen?
We must be vigilant against such acts of "seizing power".

The project, valued at 15 million, was promoted wildly by various groups, resulting in a massive stir worth 150 billion.

The three major portal websites reported on it without exception, and any regular newspaper in the Yangtze River Delta region gave it extensive coverage.

On TV, it's the same: you send a short news item, I give an interview—we each get what we need.

But to say that someone actually believed that Head Coach Zhang was "seizing power"...

That's simply impossible.

On the contrary, Zhang Da'an's incredible move once again reminded the public opinion tracking specialist stationed at "Liaoba Information Culture Co., Ltd." that the capitalists' comeback was no joke and could happen in a minute.

Then Jiangning City summarized this incredible operation by "Comrade Zhang An," and it can't be called "turning a funeral into a celebration," since Zhang Da'an did communicate with them and said he wanted to do some work and a little bit of small tasks.

It is highly effective and also refreshing.

The people in Beijing haven't even recovered from the "Tong Jinmei incident" yet, and suddenly they find out that someone here has done something so big with 15 million yuan. It's truly shocking and chilling.

Fifteen million is already like this, so what about one hundred and fifty million... it'll take off!
I don't know if he chatted with the old comrades in Beijing, but on May 8th, when Zhang Da'an had people buying "World Cup football betting" everywhere, he also asked someone to report on a few middle-aged people who were living in seclusion in the United States.

One of them was born to the older woman and her ex-husband.

Almost all media outlets with a good relationship with Zhang Da'an published a brief biographical report on him, reprinting it from "Jinbang Blog".

It meant nothing else, it was just a threat.

Unlike last year, this year Zhang Da'an's "cousin" has made rapid progress in his education and is a high-quality "successful person" who can get visas for overseas travel.

In this area, Chief Instructor Zhang also had Huang Dingjun in Qinjiang officially start his business, which was just a comic strip serialization business, and he would just report on the deeds of "models of supporting the army and police" on the platform.

Coach Zhang was essentially sending a message from afar: don't think that just because I'm abroad, I'm incapable.

On May 8th, prediction activities for this "World Cup" began all over the world, and betting businesses were also fully launched.

In fact, the special nature of this "World Cup" is not only that it is a domestic "breakout from Asia to the world". In terms of betting business, firstly, the scale in China alone exceeded 50 billion yuan; secondly, before the semi-finals, the total amount of bets reached a terrifying 20 billion US dollars.

Overall, it's more than ten times bigger than the previous World Cup.

This includes not only the normal pattern of recovery after an "economic crisis," but also the aftermath of the battle between the euro and the dollar, with the initial signs of monetary easing emerging.

Starting in May, Greek gambling ships began aggressively promoting their Mediterranean and Atlantic routes, while the number of newly registered gambling companies in many European countries has been increasing by at least 5,000, the vast majority of which are preparing to go bankrupt and flee.

Of course, if you're lucky enough to make money...

The natural course is to grow bigger and stronger and create new glories.

In reality, most betting companies did make a lot of money; the finals weren't the most lucrative, the semifinals and quarterfinals were.

South Korea's entry into the semi-finals set several records, though none of them were related to football. The main record was the number of people who were financially independent, which made FIFA ecstatic.

If the South Korean team is like this, then if it were the Chinese team next time, 20 billion US dollars would be nothing, starting at 200 billion US dollars, with no upper limit!

Then FIFA went completely mad, and even after the referees were sentenced, they still hadn't seen the $200 billion.

It's not their fault, really. They didn't expect that expanding the number of qualifying spots wouldn't work either.

Coach Zhang didn't care about these trivial matters. Anyway, he assembled a "family and friends group," a "cousin group," and a "veteran revolutionary group" to travel abroad together. In addition to chartering a plane, the tour group also included an "investment group," all honest people from Yuzhang University of Finance and Economics, Jiangning University of Finance and Economics, and Luzhou University of Finance and Economics.

At this age, and still no roommate in Tilanqiao, there really isn't much hope for the next few years.

They promoted their overseas trip in a high-profile manner, claiming it was to let the students experience the passion for football abroad, but in reality it was an "investment group" placing bets everywhere.

They are all from legitimate channels and can issue invoices.

Because the tour group was quite large, Zhang Da'an even brought along veteran revolutionaries from the rural areas of the province, and the media personnel accompanying the group couldn't just sit idly by.

There's still one report a day.

Thanks to the internet, the reports that came back not only had pictures and evidence, but also a wide variety of video angles.

"Sir, is this your first time traveling abroad?"

"No, I've been abroad before."

"You've been abroad? Well, the standard of living in our Jiangkou Province is much better. You must have traveled abroad a long time ago, sir."

"What tourism? I went to North Korea with our company commander. At the time, it was mainly to protect the railway from being bombed by American planes. Back then..."

"..."

The reporter was bewildered by the wind on the streets of Tokyo, but thankfully it wasn't in Seoul, otherwise it would have caused quite a stir.

At this time, South Korea was in its "honeymoon period," and the "Korean Wave" had already spread. If the interview with the veteran had been conducted in Seoul, it could basically be considered an accident.

However, the newly added comprehensive video section on the ACEC website still played this interview in Tokyo.

The website itself does not have the right to conduct interviews, but Shandong TV, along with Jiangkou TV and Luzhou TV, were among the first media organizations to register official accounts on the ACEC website. This interview video was sent back to China by a reporter from Shandong TV who was accompanying them.

The old man and Zhang Qihong were comrades-in-arms. Once the interview started, he became incredibly upright, displaying a depth that Zhang Qihong could never learn in his entire life.

"If I hadn't come out, I wouldn't have known how drastically things had changed outside. Those Japanese high-rises are really impressive. When I get back, I'll definitely make sure the young people study hard so we can catch up with them as soon as possible, and not just catch up, but surpass them! I have to thank Zhang Hong for this trip; he's truly remarkable. He has a grandson who's a scholar..."

"..."

Although the interview was somewhat disjointed, the interviewee was highly conscious. The veteran revolutionaries and soldiers were not intimidated by the outside world and only thought about continuing the revolution and the struggle. Their ideological awareness was instantly high, and they were also down-to-earth, without any of the usual "uh-huh" routines.

It was really not easy to get this group of old men on the tour; Kyoto University acted as their guarantor, allowing them to enter the country as "visiting scholars."

The entire tour group of veteran revolutionaries was essentially an "academic exchange visit group." It wasn't that there weren't scholars in it; there were, but out of more than a hundred people, there were five.

But because they were all dressed in sharp suits and the old men were in extremely high spirits, no one thought they didn't look like scholars.

Kyoto University even sent a student journalist to accompany them to Tokyo, during which they also visited the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

The school reporter spoke Mandarin quite well, but couldn't understand the dialect spoken by Zhang Qihong and the others...

The Chinese language is truly profound and extensive.

As for Head Coach Zhang...

He didn't go to Tokyo; he went to London.

Who stipulated that the "old revolutionaries" and the "family and friends" are on the same side?

Of course, I didn't go to London to see Big Ben, and the Thames River is nothing special. The main reason is that the UK has one of the largest gambling markets.

Sometimes it doesn't even count as one of them; it mainly depends on the extent of the involvement of "London's financial district."

During this World Cup, London, as a financial center, handled over 10 billion pounds in funds, which is quite staggering.

This place was also a bridgehead in the previous battle between the US dollar and the euro, but not for the euro, it was a bridgehead for the US dollar.

The largest European market is London, which is home to the “financial dollar,” the “petrodollar,” and the “trade dollar.”

Chinese businessmen inevitably flocked here; there was no other way. Although the domestic market was booming, Hong Kong was a crucial hub for foreign trade.

Hong Kong's "legal tender" is essentially the US dollar, and is completely pegged to it.

Because of the well-known "century of humiliation," the British influence here cannot be erased in a short time. Moreover, with the "Justices of the Peace" who were supported exerting their influence, it would be extremely difficult to discuss trade outside of London before the major outbreak in Luzhou and Bao'an.

If Zhang Da'an wants to make a fortune by playing in the "World Cup," he still needs to go to a legitimate "casino."

The "investment group" itself is not difficult; it's just about making predictions and placing bets, but it can't be too exaggerated. As long as it's dispersed and doesn't touch the 10% warning line, it's still quite stable.

Europe mainly focuses on major tourist cities like London and Paris, while Japan and South Korea are less concerned. Betting and predictions began on May 8th, with the group stage and semi-finals being incredibly exciting. Of course, there were also hundreds of millions of "ten-year veteran fans" fantasizing about beating Costa Rica, drawing with Turkey, losing to Brazil, and then advancing to the next round...

The atmosphere this time was truly on point.

There were only four people in China who correctly predicted that South Korea would make it to the semi-finals. Each bet was worth two million yuan. All four of them were drunk and just randomly guessed. If they had known they would win, they would have gone all in.

The 50 billion yuan domestic market during the entire World Cup period truly demonstrated that the general public has become wealthier.

The World Cup also proved the potential of the consumer market, and many local industry leaders that produce mass consumer goods have gone all in to expand production this year.

Many hesitant business decisions were also made this summer.

Again.

The atmosphere this time was truly spot on.

The region has fully emerged from the shadow of the economic crisis brought about by the Southeast Asian financial crisis and has been fully revitalized.

Zhang Da'an is also going to the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal this time, not because he can buy lottery tickets there, but to conduct on-site inspections of universities that he can cooperate with.

The University of Porto and the University of Lisbon are key universities to visit, as both are very interested in collaborating to establish "diploma mills".

In fact, the number of diploma mills in Europe and Oceania is not as large as that in the United States, and their professionalism is also much worse. Many diploma mills in the United States have sound procedures, and state laws can supplement them when necessary. As long as they can pay taxes and create jobs, everything is not a problem.

Old Europe, like the last "Eight Banners descendants," was obsessed with saving face and acted pretentiously. When discussing cooperation, they usually didn't want to take any risks to public opinion, but they wouldn't give up a single penny of the benefits.

Portugal's top universities are willing to lower their standards in this situation because they are facing financial problems, especially the University of Porto, which is a public university. Portugal's government finances are only a few years away from a full-blown financial crisis. The problems actually started before the euro was priced in, and now they are just using "living beyond their means" to temporarily postpone the outbreak of the problem.

Now that "Zhang An Education" is a new educational industry capital that has come from afar in the East, it would be strange if the Portuguese government didn't have some ideas about it.

Furthermore, due to historical reasons related to Xiangshan'ao, there is still a considerable number of Portuguese descendants in this "gambling city." It has only been a few years since the handover, and there has not been a large-scale struggle like in Hong Kong. Overall, there is a basis for cooperation based on sentiment.

The "cousin group" that accompanied Zhang Da'an on the visit was not just the current "cousins," but also included some descendants who had come from Lingxi Province to Xiangshan'ao to start their businesses as "junket operators" in earlier years.

Their idea is to expand the scale of Xiangshan'ao University, but not to expand it in Xiangshan'ao itself, but to develop a "university town" in an "enclave" in the mainland.

Because Xiangshan'ao is too small and the cost of land reclamation remains high, having an additional "university town" can alleviate a significant amount of per capita land pressure.

Without "Zhang An Education," it would simply be a matter of following the principle of proximity, allocating a small plot of land, whether it's across the sea or across the river.

Now that we have "Zhang An Education," there are many more methods and approaches available.

It needs to be made clear that Zhang Da'an has not yet unleashed the power of his "three-time champion" title. His business expansion so far has been extremely conservative. Any other capital group would have expanded to most parts of the country long ago, and wouldn't even give a second glance to the six provinces and one city in East China. They would definitely be looking at the whole country.

How could someone with a reputation that is unique since ancient times possibly have the same ability to monetize it as Zhang Da'an does now, earning hundreds of millions from three campuses?
This is a business worth hundreds of billions, and there are countless old capitalists from the "Chinese civilization sphere" who are drooling with envy.

So when Chief Instructor Zhang assembled a "cousin group," the "junket operators" from Lingxi Province immediately returned to their hometown to pay respects to their ancestors. Of course, they no longer do such low-end business; they are now respectable bosses who can even be on friendly terms with some warlord descendants. Their return to their hometown to repair roads, graves, and ancestral halls was indeed an astonishingly grand affair.

With this connection, he naturally got in touch with Zhang Da'an's "cousins".

Once the connection was established, things became much easier. Two younger members of the family were chosen to become "cousins," addressing him as "Brother Da'an" with remarkable ease.

Meanwhile, during this trip to Europe, it was heard that "Brother Da'an" liked football, so he specifically contacted more than 20 betting companies with which he had a good relationship. In fact, Zhang Da'an reminded them not to introduce him, otherwise their good relationship might be broken when they received the prize in July or August.

But these "cousins" from Xiangshan and Aozhou patted their chests and said with a smile, "There are no fathers and sons at the gambling table," so don't blame "Brother Da'an" for being impolite.

Previously, they only wanted to raise three to five hundred million US dollars, but now "Big Brother" is planning to raise three to five hundred million euros just from euros.

After this job, we'll do it again in Germany next time. Anyway, we can do it even more aggressively in Europe.

In fact, the University of Porto was already facing a funding shortfall in research at that time. Zhang Da'an's arrival prompted Professor Jorge Gonçalvis, who was teaching in the Department of Engineering at Cambridge University, to travel all the way from England to Lisbon.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Porto, and then went on to earn his master’s and doctoral degrees from MIT, where he focused on “systems biology,” which later became part of the field of artificial intelligence.

The University of Porto has already extended an invitation to him, hoping that he will return to his alma mater to establish a related research program, and that he will be given a vice-chancellor position in the future.

However, Gonçalovis is currently aware of the University of Porto's internal financial situation and plans to wait two years before making a decision.

A few years later he did return to the University of Porto, and then he got scammed.

Who would have thought that Portugal would develop into one of the "PIIGS" countries?

Currently, "Zhang An Education" carries the halo of being an investment platform of Dow Chemical, and in addition, the DuPont Group has a good relationship with the former president of the University of Porto, Santos. Therefore, the internal assessment of the strength of "Zhang An Education" is very high.

Coach Zhang himself was unaware of this.

He didn't care, after all, he had three purposes for coming to Europe: first, to give those who challenged him a bit of a deterrent; second, he loved football, so buying more football lottery tickets was a reasonable and logical thing to do; and third, to get rid of the obstacles to the joint construction of universities before the "PIIGS" countries were formed.

In fact, the "European debt crisis" has already begun to emerge, but old Europe doesn't care and is still boasting about the "Athens Olympics." They have no idea that Goldman Sachs has accumulated enough ammunition to prepare a national-level false account for Greece, and then they can wait for the euro to explode.

It's hard to say who instigated this; it could be India, or it could be Türkiye, but it certainly couldn't be "humanity's hope."

perhaps.

"Welcome, Mr. Zhang." "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Santos."

"Just call me Jose."

Santos Sr. was best at making money. Under his management, the University of Porto was at least well-organized. He was also very interested in the Confucius Institute that was being prepared, and had his son, Santos Jr., contact the Chinese side.

However, with the emergence of "Zhang An Education," things can change. Cooperation with the "Confucius Institute" is not essential; we can establish a "Zhang Zi Institute."

"I heard you had a great time in Europe and were also following the World Cup. To be honest, I'm also very interested in Chinese football. Your South Korean and Japanese teams played very well."

"..."

The old man wasn't talking nonsense; after drinking a glass of wine, he came to believe that South Korea and Japan were China's regional republics, just like São Tomé and Príncipe.

Their worldviews are completely different.

"My team of mathematicians is currently testing a large mathematical model to predict large, multivariable social systems, currently using the World Cup for prediction. If successful, we will invest around 100 million euros to build a large supercomputing center in the Yangtze River region to provide ample computing power."

"Your country has indeed left a deep impression on people with its supercomputer system and algorithm design."

When this topic came up, Santos was no longer sleepy. After all, the French and Italians wouldn't tolerate Portugal occasionally trying to cut in line to verify algorithms, and as for the other side of the Atlantic, the daily rental fee for a supercomputer was still high, often tens of thousands of dollars.

Cheap ones are available, but who uses them? They're mostly used by "diploma mills" for stock trading.

As for ultra-high-end, don't even think about it. Without cooperation with the US military, the mere mention of it involves "national security."

Only when they are on the table do small European countries realize how small they are.

Neighboring Spain sometimes secretly seeks cooperation with Russia. It's a last resort, as it's too close to France and not far from that damned Britain.

Therefore, as long as international relations are not too strained, small European countries with decent economic levels are actually willing to invest some of their research in the East, except for India!
Portugal's relationship with India is not particularly good, and at the same time, in the "high-end nuclear weapons" category, there are very few countries that truly possess national will; you can count them on one hand.

So don't be fooled by Santos's complete ignorance of Chinese football; he knows everything about Chinese supercomputing.

The rental fee of 10,000 yuan per day is practically a family price. If it weren't for the fact that domestic research institutions are also in a hurry to use it, many small countries would be lining up to verify the experimental results.

In fact, in Jiangkou Province, almost every key major in a first- or second-tier university has some form of international cooperation project. As long as it's not a literature-related major, there are always commissioned experimental projects that are paid for.

This is actually one of the sources of revenue.

The fact that the two sides were able to hold talks was due not only to the presence of the Asia-Pacific director of DuPont's investment department, but also to the presence of officials from both sides. The Ministry of Education remained silent while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made an appearance, and the overall tone was still to promote economic and cultural exchanges between the two countries.

The head of Dow Chemical in Spain also accompanied them, after all, the University of Porto is a world-renowned university.

tentatively.

Both sides enjoyed the meal. The local chefs were all from Zhejiang province, and the seafood served in Portugal was prepared in the style of Zhejiang, which greatly surprised Coach Zhang.

During the meal, they basically went through each other's interests and needs quickly. The University of Porto currently has a funding shortfall of around 28 million euros, so it is very interested in co-founding a "diploma mill" because it is a quick way to make money.

A single "gilded turtle" can generate around 300,000 euros in revenue. Not counting the local expenses of the "gilded turtle," just the revenue it brings to the school is approximately 300,000 euros. Therefore, it's not hard to see that as long as Head Coach Zhang sends out 100 such "gilded turtles," the immediate crisis can be solved.

This plan made the "cousin" from Xiangshan'ao very anxious. "If you're going to set up a 'diploma mill,' what are we going to do?"
Why don't we just reclaim land from the sea and build a casino?

So the "cousin" from Xiangshan'ao quickly turned his gaze to Coach Zhang: "Cousin, I'm from Xiangshan'ao, you know!"
“Mr. Santos, when I left London, I heard that Professor Jorge Gonçallves’ research at Cambridge was very forward-thinking. Why don’t we collaborate in the field of artificial intelligence? You see, I have a 100 million euro investment plan, and the research project of the ‘Du Xiaoshuai Team’ cannot consume all the funds in a short time. Perhaps Professor Gonçallves could return to Porto, to his alma mater, and then collaborate to establish an ‘Artificial Intelligence Institute’.”

"Just call me Jose, Zhang."

"Okay, Jose, what do you think?"

"Is the investment in Porto? We need the funding, but it would obviously be better if it were in Portugal."

“Perhaps we could establish a joint college. After all, in my country, some students are not very willing to study far from home. There are plans for Xiangshan’ao to expand university education in mainland China, and I happen to have secured an ‘independent college’ in Zhongwu City called ‘Zhang’an College.’ Based on this, we can further expand it, allowing mainland students to study at universities registered in Xiangshan’ao and obtain degrees from universities registered in Xiangshan’ao…”

This idea shocked the embassy staff who were accompanying him.

Dude, this... this...

Awesome!
On the path of "one school, different interpretations," Head Coach Zhang has made increasingly more progress, since the Mazhou and Jianggao branch schools did the same thing last year.

Now, let's step outside of Jiangkou Province and try something even bigger. What's wrong with that?

People in the DuPont consortium thought this idea was really good, no wonder "Zhang Xiaobai Technology Co., Ltd." is thriving, this company has taken "meritocracy" to the extreme.

Actually, after contacting the "Zhang An Industrial Alliance," both DuPont and Dow wanted to invest in "Zhang An Education," but they were blocked.

Pursuing advanced studies in chemical engineering is already quite an achievement.

The current discussions involve two key disciplines: "chemical synthesis" and "drug design." Strictly speaking, collaboration is not allowed, as these are among the lifeblood of the United States. However, in scientific research, setting up a mirror lab is not impossible as long as the money is available.

Some obsolete laboratory equipment is worth 20 million US dollars, so why not just destroy it instead of selling it?
As for that messy "Batumi" issue, why not just ignore it?

Just like now, they can easily ship the used equipment to Portugal. As for what name the Porto people use to re-export it... their own customs won't allow random checks.

Of course, things need to be kept secret. Once the plan is finalized, only the heads of certain research labs at the University of Porto will know about it, at most one president and two vice presidents.

As for whether or not to include local government officials, that depends on how close these officials are to the Santos family.

The contact and communication between the two parties actually began before May 8th. Before "Zhang An Education" acquired the international education business, interested universities in Europe had already been screened.

Since nothing interested him in Paris, Zhang Da'an simply took a photo at the Eiffel Tower and left. In London, however, something did interest him, so he stayed a couple more days. Aside from having friendly exchanges with the betting companies, he mainly wanted to see if the Scottish engineers at the Grasse shipyard wanted to earn more money.

Overall, they are not interested in prestigious universities in the UK, France, and Germany, but they are very interested in local "diploma mills".

The only prestigious university willing to set aside its dignity is the University of Porto.

This is why Zhang Da'an met Old Santos so quickly; it wasn't because he liked the Zhejiang cuisine in Portugal.

"So, can we understand it this way: Porto doesn't need to issue special signature certificates to international students?"

“Absolutely. If a joint college is established, we can have an outstanding talent like Professor Goncalves serve as the dean. Of course, top talents like Professor Goncalves are very busy with academic tasks, so we can share the administrative work.”

"pretty."

After all, Santos was very familiar with this kind of business. He was not unaware that leading a top scholar into an unfamiliar pit could easily ruin his academic career.

However, upon seeing the people from DuPont and Dow, and the embassy staff with their black hair and black eyes, he became certain that the delegation that had come here was not a fraud ring.

The question is whether that "investment of one hundred million euros" is real.

Let's be honest.

Zhang Da'an actually speaks very fast, and the embassy's translators and accompanying interpreters can hardly keep up, because this bastard Zhang Da'an lacks normal diplomatic language and speaks like a smooth-talking liar.

The purpose of having multiple translators is simple: Chief Instructor Zhang doesn't trust the embassy staff at all. If they make up nonsense or translate haphazardly, he'll be taken out while they're abroad.

Fortunately, the problem wasn't serious, and the information conveyed was quite effective.

When he heard Zhang Da'an say, "Let's be sincere," Old Santos knew it was time to make empty promises. Even an Italian pineapple pizza tasted better in Porto at that moment.

It pairs very well with local red wine.

“When the amount reaches one hundred million euros, all emotions can be put aside. José, I think that in order to prove the existence of this ‘one hundred million euros,’ your side can do two things.”

"First, during this 'World Cup,' I will visit the university clusters in Luzhou and Jiangning, and I will have the officials of Jiangkou Province extend an academic visit invitation to the University of Porto."

"Secondly, I will release the results of the predictive mathematical model during this 'World Cup' to you. If it is less than 300 million euros, then the cooperation will be carried out according to the plan of the University of Porto, even if it is to let international students study Shakespeare, finance or other majors; if it exceeds 300 million euros, the joint college plan will be implemented, and the project will be promoted by 'Zhang An Education' and Xiangshan'ao."

"I think that shows a lot of sincerity."

The translator actually felt like he was hallucinating.

Not bro...

What? Three hundred million euros?
What kind of predictive mathematical model has this capability?

So you shouldn't have studied Portuguese in college, you should have studied math instead.

At this moment, not only did Santos think Zhang Da'an was a fraud, but people from DuPont and Dow also thought it seemed plausible. However, people from DuPont and Dow knew Zhang Da'an's capabilities. Even in the United States, he should have been an important member of the family marriage alliance list.

So, if this is true, DuPont is planning to invest in this project.

No, it's investing in "Du Xiaoshuai's team"!
Mathematicians are amazing!

An old man surnamed Du, who was sleeping in the eastern district of Jiangning City, never dreamed normally, but today he had a nightmare. In his dream, foreigners were whipping him and torturing him, trying to get him to confess.

What did he confess to? What did he confess to...?

Because Coach Zhang's aura was so impressive, even the members of the "investment team" felt that this was a demonstration of the combined investment results of the mathematicians under the boss.

And they all reaffirmed in their hearts that those who studied mathematics were much better than them, the accountants.

The initial contact was quite successful, but Zhang Da'an is about to travel to Italy, so if a memorandum of understanding is to be signed, it will be done during Porto's visit to China.

We can take a photo with the Portuguese consul in Luzhou then, since it's an achievement of economic and cultural exchange.

Going to Rome is just a matter of luck. Many universities in Italy have this idea, but due to the fact that each university is backed by different political groups, and the extremely bad political environment in Italy, the chances are slim.

"Zhang An Education" is too grassroots; only model projects like "Confucius Institutes" have the official need to promote each other.

Just as Coach Zhang had predicted, the two sides parted on bad terms when he ordered a pineapple pizza from the pizzeria.

There is no such foundation.

Portugal is still the most suitable; a small country doesn't necessarily mean a lot of trouble.

This "European trip" actually had a larger context, not the "World Cup," but rather the fact that the main filming locations for the recent "News Broadcast" were Frankfurt, London, Paris, and the like. It was a major segment, and many international stars made cameo appearances, such as Schröder and Chirac.

Taking advantage of the lingering effects, Head Coach Zhang also... seized the opportunity.

If we can't play with England, France, and Germany, then trying our luck with Portugal isn't out of the question.

If you gain nothing, then try your luck with the football betting prize; if you gain something, then that's the icing on the cake.

However, although Zhang Da'an's trip abroad with his entourage didn't receive much coverage in the host country, it was a completely different story in China.

It doesn't matter if the news can't be broadcast on TV, as it can be found everywhere on the internet. Besides, the official media mainly followed a "senior group," and the old revolutionaries and veterans were quite happy.

Different social circles see completely different things.

The general public just wanted to have some fun, finding it amusing that veterans were going abroad.

But those who had spoken up to Zhang Da'an earlier felt extremely uncomfortable.

Zhang Da'an even had people film many classic British and French travel communities on "Jinbang Blog" and "Chat Bar". The reports were unremarkable, and the content was nothing more than saying that "outbound travel" and "European travel" are becoming more and more popular, and how domestic tourists are doing.

The accompanying pictures are very important.

Some of those who obtained British citizenship live here with that authentic British accent.

Zhang Da'an doesn't know how to scout locations. If Zhang Zhengdong, who has served in the army for so many years, doesn't even know how to "pull out the tongue," then wouldn't all those years of military service have been wasted?
Besides, even if Zhang Zhengdong doesn't do it, surely his father Zhang Qihong would?
This can be considered a family heirloom craft.

It's just that I used to do everything myself, but now times have changed, and I have many "cousins" now.

Taking out 15 million to help young women in rural areas proves that I have the financial means; taking my "cousins" on a trip to Europe to take some photos proves that I have the ability.

The next step is for each other to prove whether they have the courage to do so.

If you dare to keep making those threats, I'll first expose London as a haven for travelers; then I'll go to Washington, D.C., to scout out the situation and see just how competent the Seattle police really are.

Just as Zhang Da'an was confirming his return time, an international long-distance call made Coach Zhang instantly smugly lean back in triumph. That's what an international action superstar looks like!

The other party did not dare to continue to rely on its age and stopped advocating for women's rights protection.

However, now that the other side has backed down, Coach Zhang is ready to attack.

Unfortunately, he was a "God of Literature," a true celestial being, blessed by the gods along the way, and even managed to eat a "grouper" in Hong Kong.

Upon arriving in Luzhou, the staff who were supposed to be "interviewed" knelt down in the arrival hall, begging Coach Zhang to let them go.

"Mr. Zhang, we agreed to communicate before doing this kind of thing. What you're doing is putting us in a very difficult position. It's making our work very difficult now."

"Difficult to handle? If it's difficult, then don't fucking do it!"

"..."

"Besides, I'm a capitalist and I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of? What's wrong? You just want to do more things that benefit me? Isn't it a good thing that I'm taking the initiative to prevent the resurgence of bourgeois ideology? You don't want that?"

"..."

Divine gold.

You can't say that in the capital!

"Mr. Zhang, please show me the way. What are your demands?"

"Our demands are very simple."

Zhang Da'an took off his sunglasses, pointed them at the people who had come to "talk" to him, and said, "From now on, I will handle the women's rights protection work in my company myself. I don't need anyone to tell me what to do. I am the only one who has to tell others what to do. Understand?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)