Chapter 1638 1640【Donate to support education】
In the 1930s, the economic crisis has spread.
?However, France has not seen any impact in the short term. Exports are still strong, factories are still hot, and the market is still prosperous.
?Parisians still run and dance and live a happy life as usual.
However, Xiang Nan has been sensitive to the fact that the market is gradually getting worse.
?For example, last year, he was often invited by major scientific research institutions, universities and academic forums.
But since the economic crisis spread across the capitalist world, such invitations have become much less frequent. Moreover, even if invited, the appearance fee is much lower than before, and they even hope that Xiang Nan can give free lectures.
The reason why this is so is simple. Most scientific research institutions, institutions of higher learning, and academic forums rely on government funding to maintain them.
When the government encounters an economic crisis, it will naturally tighten its finances and reduce expenditures. Therefore, major scientific research institutions and universities are short of funds, and naturally it is difficult to spend money.
Fortunately, Xiang Nan had already earned tens of millions of francs by selling books and cashed them out promptly, so the economic crisis did not have a great impact on him.
?However, not everyone is as lucky as him. Many Chinese students who came to France for work-study programs have lost their jobs and subsidies due to the economic crisis, and have fallen into difficulties in life and study.
?Seeing this, Xiang Nan immediately contacted the embassy and donated five million francs to solve the students'' living and learning problems.
?This move naturally made everyone very grateful, and even the media reported on it.
“Xu Wenqiang donated five million francs to help Chinese students studying in France.”
“Warmth in the economic winter, Xu Wenqiang donated five million francs.”
When the news spread back to China, the domestic media were shocked.
?Five million francs is not a small amount of money. The Beiyang government did not spend that much to prepare Tsinghua University. However, Xiang Nan donated such a large amount of money, which can be said to be a kind-hearted and charitable person.
?Hence, for a time, the media also spread praises one after another.
“The light of our country! Mr. Xu Wenqiang donated five million francs to help students studying in France complete their studies.”
“Generous donation! Mr. Xu Wenqiang donated five million francs to students studying in France!”
Many Chinese people were filled with admiration when they saw this news.
“Mr. Xu, after all, is really of high moral character! Five million francs, so much money, he donated it as soon as he said it. It’s really admirable~”
“Mr. Xu is not only talented, but also has first-rate character. Such a person is worthy enough to be president!”
“Officials, warlords, and capitalists always show off their wealth, but at critical moments, they don’t donate as much as a scholar.”
Everyone was talking about it.
…
Feng Jingyao was extremely surprised when he saw this news.
He knew Xiang Nan was rich, but he guessed it was only a few hundred thousand. In terms of family wealth, it is by no means as good as this Shanghai-Jiang tycoon.
??But I didn’t expect that Xiang Nan’s donation was five million francs, which was much larger than his donation.
Since Xiang Nan can donate five million francs, I believe he must have at least five million francs in hand. Otherwise I wouldn’t be so happy to donate. As a result, Xiang Nan''s family property alone is probably not much less than his. As a result, he has even less control over Xiang Nan.
Before, he was still thinking that Xiang Nan might be dating Feng Chengcheng because of his money. And he just used this money as an inducement to let Xiang Nan do things for him.
But now it seems that he obviously underestimated Xiang Nan''s ability and overestimated his own value.
After understanding this, Feng Jingyao was very depressed.
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In 1930, Xiang Nan continued his scientific research.
Has published many works such as "Mathematical Methods in Production Organization and Planning", "Operations Research and Management Science", and "Reliability Theory and Application".
These are all mathematical monographs. They talk about planning theory, operations research and reliability theory. They are all related to industrial production, warehousing and logistics, personnel scheduling, product design, etc., so they are very practical mathematical theories.
?The well-known Chinese mathematician Hua Luogeng''s "Optimization Method" and "Coordination Method" are also monographs in this area.
However, these mathematical theories have never made any major breakthroughs because they are too complex.
The three books published by Xiang Nan have provided the theoretical basis for three emerging disciplines and pointed out the direction of scientific research.
?In this way, his contribution to applied mathematics can be said to be unique and unparalleled in the world, and the academic community has become more and more admirable for his talent.
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As we enter March 1st, the economic crisis has spread on a large scale.
France, under the economic crisis, is also in chaos.
From November 29, to May, 2031, France had changed its cabinet four times, with the average length of each cabinet being in power being less than four months.
Because the political situation was chaotic, orders changed overnight, and the government was unable to organize a rescue, so although the economic crisis began in France in the late 1930s, nearly a year later than the United States and the United Kingdom, it suffered more severely.
?Workers are unemployed, prices are plummeting, exports are declining, trade is shrinking, and the world is in depression. It can be said to be a tragedy. France''s economy has regressed for twenty years. The industrial output value in 3 years was only at the level of 1 year.
Fortunately, Xiang Nan took precautions in advance, so the economic crisis did not harm him. On the contrary, he took advantage of the economic crisis to actually acquire a batch of antique calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver jewelry.
Because under the economic crisis, even the rich are having a hard time. Many middle class and wealthy people invested heavily before the economic crisis.
Under the current economic crisis, many people''s wealth has been wiped out in an instant and they have no choice but to sell off their property. As a result, the prices of antique calligraphy and painting, gold and silver jewelry have dropped sharply.
Xiang Nandu took the opportunity to acquire many antiques, such as paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo during the Renaissance, masterpieces of Baroque art, such as works by Rubens and Van Dyck, and Chinese paintings from the Rococo period. Thor, Boucher, Fagoner, etc., as well as Impressionism, Abstraction, Cubism, Expressionism, Futurism, Surrealism, etc.
Xiang Nan has studied oil painting specifically, and he knows a lot about the history of European art, even if he doesn''t know it well, because when he buys paintings, he specializes in representative works by famous artists.
For example, Van Gogh''s "Starry Night" and "Sunflowers", Cezanne''s "The Card Players" and "Mont Saint-Victoire", Monet''s "Water Lilies" and "Woman in a Green Dress", Raphael''s "Madonna" Like" and so on.
?These works are classics of European art and worthy of being included in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
Xiang Nan hopes to take all these paintings back with him when he returns to China in the future. By then, these exquisite fine arts will have become China’s national treasures.
Whether it is auctioned or donated, it is extremely valuable.
(End of this chapter)