I couldn't take it anymore; when I went home for Chinese New Year, the family genealogy book ha

After getting rid of Jiang Xuewen, that pest, the atmosphere at the village entrance became relaxed again.

Jiang Chen patted the dust off his hands, as if he had only chased away an annoying fly.

He turned around and looked at the villagers around him who were still talking and had relieved smiles on their faces, but his expression slowly became serious.

Instead of returning to his large apartment, he walked back to the stone bench under the big locust tree and plopped down on it.

Jiang Chen cleared his throat, and the previously noisy villagers immediately quieted down, all eyes turning to him.

"Fellow villagers."

Jiang Chen's voice was steady and powerful, carrying an unquestionable authority.

"Jiang Xuewen from earlier is a living example of what not to do."

"As everyone has seen, having a diploma without character, no matter how much you study, is just a useless piece of trash. In the end, you'll just become a rat that everyone wants to beat."

"Yes! Brother Chen is right!"

"No matter how much you read, if your heart is corrupted, you're more terrifying than someone who hasn't read at all!"

"Exactly! Look at his behavior! A PhD, my foot! Pshaw!"

The villagers nodded in agreement and echoed loudly.

Jiang Chen raised his hand and gestured for everyone to be quiet.

His tone suddenly shifted.

"but!"

Jiang Chen's voice rose eight octaves, his eyes sharpened, and he swept his gaze over everyone present.

"This doesn't mean that Jiangjia Village doesn't need talented people! It doesn't mean that education is useless!"

"On the contrary! Now more than ever, we need truly talented people!"

Jiang Chen stood up and paced back and forth in front of the stone table, his voice carrying a sense of urgency.

"The village has expanded too much! There's a market, a school, a livestock farm, a farm, and soon there's a traditional Chinese medicine hospital, and a railway is going to be built soon!"

"Relying solely on Da Gou, Shi Tou, and their gang, with their hard work and sheer brute force, isn't enough anymore! They're falling behind the times!"

"What we need is truly top-tier talent—smart minds who can help us with accounting, research, and development planning!"

Wang Dagou and the other security guards next to him seemed to understand, but they still nodded vigorously.

They knew that what Brother Chen said must be right.

Jiang Chen stopped and glanced at the brand-new school in the distance, his gaze becoming distant.

He suddenly turned around and slammed his hand heavily on the stone table!

"Bang!"

A loud bang startled everyone.

Jiang Chen looked at everyone, a domineering smile on his face, and announced, word by word.

"So, I've made my decision!"

"One billion yuan in cash will be directly transferred from our village's collective account!"

"Let's establish a 'Jiang Family Special Scholarship Fund'!"

Ten billion!

When those three words were uttered clearly from Jiang Chen's mouth.

The whole world seemed to have been muted.

Everyone present, whether it was the old man playing chess on the side, the villagers who had just returned from the fields, or Su Qing who had been watching silently from the side.

Everyone gasped in shock!

Their eyes were wide open like copper bells, their mouths were agape enough to fit an egg, and their expressions were as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

One billion!

What does that mean?

That's a mountain made of red banknotes!

The ancestral hall was completed a couple of days ago. Although the gold mountain was impressive, it was only worth 500 million yuan.

Now, Jiang Chen is casually asking for 1 billion! In cash!

Just to set up some kind of... scholarship fund?

Even Su Qing, who had always stood beside Jiang Chen and was used to his extravagant spending, was stunned at this moment.

Her beautiful big eyes were wide open, and her rosy little mouth was slightly agape; she was completely unable to comprehend Jiang Chen's train of thought.

This isn't just wasteful, this is utter madness!

However, the real bombshell was yet to come.

Jiang Chen completely ignored everyone's shock and continued to throw out an even more outrageous plan in his inflammatory voice.

"The money in this fund has only one purpose!"

"Starting this year, all top geniuses nationwide who are admitted to Tsinghua University or Peking University will be included!"

"Any student from a poor family who can't afford tuition!"

"As long as our foundation verifies that he has good character and isn't an ingrate like Jiang Xuewen!"

"So, from his freshman to senior year, all his tuition, book fees, accommodation fees, and even his monthly living expenses!"

Jiang Chen waved his hand and roared decisively.

"Our Jiang Family Scholarship Fund will cover it all!"

"boom--!"

If the previous ten billion was a bomb...

So these words are like a nuclear bomb that has detonated the entire square!

Everyone's gone mad!

This is not about sponsoring one or two people, or even dozens or hundreds!

This is going to wipe out all the poor geniuses in the country who got into Tsinghua and Peking University, and take them all!

This move has exceeded everyone's wildest imagination!

Wang Dagou swallowed hard, moved closer to Jiang Chen, and asked cautiously in a voice barely above a whisper.

"Chen...Brother Chen...Aren't we...aren't we just throwing money away for charity?"

"A billion...that could buy so many pigs, build so many buildings..."

Jiang Chen glared at him and chuckled as he cursed.

"You don't know anything!"

"This is called spending a fortune to buy a horse's bones! This is called stockpiling grain and delaying the proclamation of kingship!"

"Just you wait and see. With this billion yuan I've invested today, in just a few years, the world's most outstanding talents will be lining up to work for our Jiangjia Village!"

Jiang Chen revealed a confident smile, as if he had everything under control.

"This deal is absolutely guaranteed to make us money!"

As soon as the news was announced, the Jiang Group's terrifyingly powerful public relations machine immediately began to operate at full speed.

A professional copywriting team quickly compiled Jiang Chen's speech and the foundation's bylaws into written form.

Less than an hour.

A hashtag titled #RichVillageChiefSpendsBillionToEstablishFundToSupportImpoverishedStudentsFromTsinghua and Peking Universities# appeared on the front page of all mainstream media and social media platforms in China like a rocket!

The entire education sector in China was completely shaken!

Countless people are amazed by Jiang Chen's vision and courage.

Su Qing looked at the man beside her. He was wearing the most ordinary T-shirt, but at this moment, he seemed to be radiating a dazzling light in her eyes.

She couldn't help but tug at Jiang Chen's sleeve and asked softly.

"Brother Chen, are you sure... you don't want to add any restrictions?"