1155. Gifts to the University (1/5)
The meeting was one hour, and the people talked about were all hard-working. Principal Sallins did not speak the official accent, but carefully asked about the people's conditions in Sunset Town and speculated on the impact it would have after the school was established.
The rapid development of Sunset Town over the past five years was the most touching thing. Elizabeth brought a memorandum of development of the town, which contained many photos.
Looking at the changes in Sunset Town in one photo after another, Principal Sallins exclaimed repeatedly: "It's a miracle! It's so amazing, Mayor Wang! You are a natural leader!"
The one-hour reservation time was extended to an hour and a half, and it was past three o'clock in the afternoon after the end.
This meeting was not about Sunset Town doing a report to Lincoln University, but about the two sides getting to know each other, so Wang Bo’s understanding of Lincoln University was more comprehensive.
Principal Sallins also tends to build a branch in Sunset Town. Not only among the candidates, Sunset Town is the most sincere and enthusiastic, but also adds points because of Wang Bo's Chinese identity.
Among all New Zealand universities, this school is the one that has received the most visits from Chinese national leaders, and their school has also cooperated with China's largest dairy companies.
During the talks, Principal Sallins personally accompanied them to the campus and started wandering around.
Wang Bo said angrily: "Principal, you are busy with work, so let's just take a walk and take a look."
President Sallins laughed and said, "It's summer vacation now, young man, what can I do with it? The scientific research is not about the time when you are a distinguished guest at Lincoln University. Of course, I have to treat you with courtesy."
The school covers a vast area of thousands of hectares, and Wang Bo planned a vast area for Lincoln University's branch, also with thousands of hectares.
He didn't simply want to plan a branch school, but he also wanted to subtly attract Lincoln University's main body to the town in the future.
The school is built in a simple and generous manner. Many buildings are a century and a half years old, full of historical vicissitudes, but they are well protected. At this time, workers are repairing the building.
It was getting late, and Principal Sallins asked them to stay here. There were hospitality rooms in the school.
Wang Bo refused and said, "We have been unable to get along with you all morning. We will communicate with you again if we have the opportunity in the future."
Principal Sallins smiled and said, "I'm not polite, Mayor Wang, I sincerely invite you to stay for another night, because there are some small programs for you to watch at night, which is also my gift."
Wang Bo is a little looking forward to this way, and there are still night programs to watch?
Bowen coughed lightly, looked at Eva and whispered: "With a woman, is this kind of show not suitable?"
Wang Bo was almost scared by his words: Damn, Brother, are you here to sabotage me? Do you think someone is preparing a student girl for you? This horse-drawing is a serious occasion!
Principal Sallins obviously understood what he meant, but he understood it very much, and waved his hand and said, "The other people may not be interested in the program that you expected, but I guess Mayor Wang will be very interested."
Dinner is not luxurious, it is very simple to steak, vegetable salad and fried fish, fried chicken nuggets.
Eva said, "I guess, Mr. Principal, are these foods grown from your own cultivation shed, right?"
Principal Sallins nodded and said, "Yes, it's very correct. These are species we cultivate ourselves. They are all improved. Can they be eaten?"
Asulu, who was eating voraciously, said in surprise: "Can you still raise dragon-sharp fish on campus?"
Every big supermarket in New Zealand has fresh fish, and the price span is also very large, ranging from a few dollars per kilogram to a few dozen dollars per kilogram.
In fact, the dietary materials of New Zealanders are relatively monotonous, and there are only a few fish that really like to eat, among which the top one is Dragon Spike Fish.
This fish is not well-known internationally, not many people know it, and even fewer people have eaten it.
This is because the origin of dragon-spike fish is quite small, only in the southern hemisphere, close to the coast of New Zealand, Australia's south coast and southeastern coast of South America.
In other words, there are no such fish in the northern hemisphere, and only in the southern hemisphere near the Antarctic.
Lincoln University is located in a suburb of Christchurch that is in the mainland and has no connection with the coastline, so Astulu is wondering how to breed seawater fish in Tamsui?
Principal Sallins did not explain, and said, "Let's have dinner first, everyone, I'll take you to a place later, you will understand."
At the dinner table, Bathir found a topic to discuss the food culture of various countries. There were New Zealanders, Maoris, Chinese, Ukrainians, Mexicans and British people on this table, so this topic was very interesting.
After dinner, Principal Sallins found a minibus and walked towards the northwest of the campus under the moonlight.
There is a small lake northwest of Lincoln University, which is also a breeding area of the school, where some aquatic animals and fish are studied.
The two were not far apart, just a few kilometers away. The car arrived quickly, and then there was someone waiting for them at the door. They were Wang Bo's acquaintance and Professor Sandra Angus, the principal of the new campus.
"I know you came to Lincoln University, but I couldn't leave here in the afternoon, so I could only ask Rheiden to stay here and then come to my house in the evening." Sandra said in an apology tone.
Principal Sallins said: "Sandra, my old man, take them to see the gifts we have prepared."
The lake area is like farmland, divided into several different areas by fishing nets. They took a boat to enter the central area of the lake. The cool moonlight shone down, and the lake surface looked like a large crystal mirror.
There is no wind at night, but the lake is undulating, and countless waves reflect the moonlight and emit silver light.
But when you get closer, you can find that these silvery colors do not come from the lake, but some fish that are more silvery than moonlight appear on the lake.
The fish swam around the boat, and some even jumped. When Professor Sandra turned on the headlights of the boat, the true appearance of these fish appeared in front of them.
Most of the fish that jump out of the water are twenty or thirty centimeters long and are silver-white all over, with a black belt half-moon-shaped behind the head; in addition, when they jump out of the water, they can be seen that their pectoral fins are very long, which is different from ordinary fish.
Seeing this, several voices rang out one after another: "Hey, dragon pointed fish! No, dragon pointed fish is in the sea, what kind of fish is this?"
Wang Bo understood what was going on. He said in surprise: "How did you do it? Are these dragon-sharp fish adapted to freshwater? Can they live in freshwater?"
"If this is a gift for us, then this is a big gift," Eva added.
(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!