1689. Donations From Prestigious Schools

Seeing Billy making a cross on his chest, Qin Shiou thought he was having a convulsion, so he grabbed his shoulder and shook vigorously, asking, "Are you okay?"

Billy rolled his eyes angrily: "Of course I'm fine. I'm praying and thanking you. What are you doing?"

Qin Shiou smiled and withdrew his hand, and Winnie slapped him, knowing that he was deliberately teasing Billy. Melon slapped him, then felt that he had taken advantage of it, and giggled there.

There is nothing to introduce about the wedding scene. He has experienced it all. This time, the location has changed, the host has changed, the bride and groom have changed, and the priest has finished presiding, and the bride and groom have exchanged wedding rings. The rest is eating and drinking. up.

Of course, there was a link before that was to send blessing gifts. Qin Shiou and Wei Ni sent black pearls and deep-sea red corals. After opening the box, the black pearls were mysterious and dark, and the red corals were as gorgeous as fire. They were all high-end products.

Then the group returned to the manor, and there were long tables neatly arranged. Qin Shiou felt helpless when he saw it. This is the rhythm of eating western food.

At that time, he used a buffet to get married, which has the advantage that everyone can eat what they like, and they can form a circle to communicate at will.

The Brandon family is an old-fashioned aristocrat, and the dishes and wine used in the wedding banquet are extremely strict. Qin Shiou is not very interested in Western food, but a creamy clam soup with white wine is good. He wants bread and eats it happily. Didn't move, what was sent up and what was brought down.

Billy sat next to Qin Shiou, and a local businessman was originally arranged next to him, but was temporarily removed because of Shanna's arrival, and now it was replaced by Shana.

Apart from toasting the newcomers a few times during the meal, Billy was chatting with Shanna in a low voice at other times, making the latter laugh endlessly.

Qin Shiou glanced twice, and said to Wei Ni in a low voice: "Could it be that we can make a good thing happen this time?"

While cutting the steak, Winnie shrugged and said, "If that's the case, then we didn't come in vain this time. It would be great if Billy and Shanna can fall in love. I know both of them, they are good people."

Qin Shiou sighed: "Not necessarily, you don't know much about Billy, I think Shanna will really be tricked by Billy. She will hate you to death."

As he spoke, he beckoned to the waiter to take away the empty plate that he drank the thick soup, then brought over the plate of his daughter next to him, and continued to happily dip it in bread.

The little girl was enjoying the soup with a small spoon, when she was taken away suddenly, she became angry. Fluttering little short legs stretched out their hands and called: "Baba,

hate hate hate"

Qin Shiou pretended to be affectionate and wiped the corners of her mouth for her, and said with a smile: "Don't eat, you are still young, you have to eat in moderation, or you will become a big fat girl in the future."

Winnie watched the father and daughter fight with helplessness, but also happiness. Shanna noticed this scene and smiled even happier when she faced Billy.

After eating desserts and ice cream, Qin Shiou was about to leave. Billy grabbed him and whispered, "I feel like I'm in love with this lovely girl. Do you still have a lot of black pearls in your fishing ground? I'll get some later and give her as a gift."

Qin Shiou said, "How much?"

Billy said, "Four or five are enough. How much will it cost to make earrings and necklaces for her?"

Qin Shiou patted him on the shoulder and said righteously: "What money do you want? Our relationship is as a gift from me to help you pursue your future wife."

Billy was moved immediately, and said, "Then I heard that you still have some sunken red corals in your hand..."

"Get out" Qin Shiou immediately turned his face and refused to recognize anyone.

After attending the wedding, Winnie and her classmates in London got together again, and Qin Shiou stayed at the farm to play with her daughter and the little ones. Billy left first. He said that he would not go to the ocean to salvage, but would go to the University of Western Ontario for postgraduate entrance examination.

Qin Shiou thought he was joking, but this guy had a mess in front of the computer at night. Really got an Ivy League grad interview letter.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course, when did I not take things seriously?" Billy said impatiently.

Qin Shiou asked strangely: "But graduate students need to take an exam. You can enter the interview without taking the exam?"

Billy smiled triumphantly, shook his fingers and said, "You may not know that I donated 10 million US dollars to my alma mater to improve the laboratory, so it's very simple for me to ask for an invitation letter for a graduate student, and some professors are willing accept me."

Speaking of this, Qin Shiou remembered some tricks in American universities, that is, donations from graduates.

In order to prove their fairness, top universities in Europe and the United States always emphasize that their admissions are "ignoring needs", that is to say, no matter whether students can pay tuition fees, as long as their grades meet the requirements, they can be admitted, such as Harvard and other universities There will even be tuition waivers for poor or middle-class students.

Prestigious schools may really do this, but they are buying themselves a reputation. In fact, they have other ways to make money, and that is to accept graduates.

Donation and admission have become an unspoken rule of European and American universities. It is not just that universities will reciprocate after donations from the rich. Ambitious universities often take the initiative to admit the children of the rich and keep currying favor with the rich, hoping to be able to Get generous donations.

According to a social survey survey, as long as a sponsorship of 200,000 U.S. dollars, a student can be given priority admission by ordinary private colleges. For the more outstanding universities, this amount has reached half a million dollars, and the parents of the students need to promise to invest more in the future.

Even better universities, such as the top twenty-five schools, will have to donate at least one million dollars to obtain an admission qualification. And for those top ten prestigious schools, a few million dollars is just a passing line.

So in the U.S. and Canada, the kids of the rich and the poor don't have a fair chance at all.

Take Gordon and Weiss who are fighting together every day as an example. If Auerbach hadn't adopted those children, they wouldn't even have the chance to go to school, but what about Weiss? He practices martial arts every day now, but at least he can go to a famous school like the University of Chicago in the future, because his parents and grandfathers have paved the way for him to study in colleges with donations.

Evil capitalism, the officials of Qin thought angrily, these capitalists have taken up a lot of resources of ordinary people, how can such poor families produce noble children?

When Winnie came back later, he asked, "I said, honey, have you ever thought about donating to your school?"

Winnie took off her makeup and said, "I thought about it when I was in school, but I don't think about it now."

Qin Shiou asked, "Why?"

Winnie shrugged and said, "Because I was naive when I was in school, but now I'm mature. What, why did you suddenly think of asking this?" To be continued.

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