Chapter 1312

Ye Chen drove his car to the administrative building of Jin Ling University of Finance and Economics, and according to the room number given by the security guard, he arrived at the door of the deputy dean's office of the School of Management.

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Chen knocked on the door.

After three knocks, He Yuanjiang's voice came from inside: "Please come in!"

Ye Chen pushed the door open and entered, and saw He Yuanjiang wearing a proper suit, at that moment wearing glasses and sitting in front of his desk looking at documents.

A few seconds later, he put down the documents in his hand, raised his head to look at Ye Chen, and was somewhat stunned all of a sudden.

Immediately, he asked in surprise: "Ye Chen? How did you come here?"

Seeing his surprised expression, Ye Chen knew that he had not connected him with the identity of the chairman of Emperor's Glory Group.

So he smiled slightly and said sincerely: "Hello, Professor He, I had Dongxue make an appointment with you on my behalf."

"Ah?!" He Yuanjiang stood up all of a sudden, astonished, and said: "You... are you the chairman of Emperor's Glory Group?!"

Ye Chen nodded and said frankly: "That's right, Professor He, I am indeed the chairman of Emperor's Glory Group."

"My goodness..." He Yuanjiang couldn't help but exclaim: "Yesterday when I was jogging with your Aunt Han, she told me you were a feng shui master... Well, this, the identity of a group chairman seems to be off by quite a bit..."

Ye Chen smiled and said: "The so-called feng shui master is just a rumor among some friends in Jin Ling; I have studied a bit of feng shui, but overall I am still quite inexperienced, not worth mentioning."

Speaking, he then explained: "As for the identity of the chairman of Emperor's Glory Group, I hope Professor He can help me keep it confidential; even my wife and my parents-in-law do not know about this identity of mine, so please do not tell anyone, especially Aunt Han."

He Yuanjiang couldn't help but ask: "I have one thing I don't quite understand: with such a big identity, how exactly did you manage to hide it from your wife and your parents-in-law? Did they know nothing at all about the entire process of you founding Emperor's Glory Group?"

Ye Chen explained: "Although Emperor's Glory Group is now mine, it was not founded by me; Emperor's Glory Group has already been established for nearly ten years, and I only took it over last summer; as for my family, mainly due to some personal reasons, it is still not convenient to tell them for the time being."

He Yuanjiang fell silent for a moment, lightly nodded, and said: "Okay, I promise you I will not tell this matter to anyone else, but I am not clear, what is your purpose in looking for me today?"

Ye Chen said sincerely: "Recently, ocean transportation has been very hot, and I personally also want to invest in this business, but I have always been troubled by the lack of a suitable management talent."

Speaking, Ye Chen looked at He Yuanjiang and continued: "Dongxue introduced you to me, saying your abilities are very strong and you are also highly respected by her, so I wanted to ask, Professor He, are you interested in cooperating with me?"

After listening, He Yuanjiang gently shook his head and said earnestly: "Sorry, Mr. Ye, from the day I started teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I have already decided to give up social work."

Ye Chen did not expect that He Yuanjiang would refuse him outright as soon as he spoke, so he asked: "Professor He, if it's a money problem, actually everything can be easily discussed; you just need to state a figure, and I will definitely satisfy what I can satisfy."

He Yuanjiang shook his head and said: "No, no, this is not a money problem, it is my personal decision; I have worked for twenty years in several Fortune 500 companies, and during these twenty years I have been racking my brains thinking about how to help enterprises earn more profits, which makes me feel particularly meaningless and uninteresting, so I decided to go into teaching, using another way to prove my own value."

Ye Chen asked puzzledly: "Why does helping enterprises earn more profits make you feel meaningless? You are now teaching, which is also helping the school cultivate more talents; I feel there is no absolute difference between the two."

He Yuanjiang smiled slightly and said earnestly: "To be honest, I am actually not a person who loves money very much."

Speaking, He Yuanjiang said somewhat emotionally: "Actually, after money reaches a certain level, for me it becomes meaningless. My living situation has been fixed since I was earning five hundred thousand US dollars a year, and even when I could earn ten million US dollars a year, my standard of living and condition remained the same as when I earned five hundred thousand."

"Although I cannot be considered a rich person, after working for so many years I have also saved several million US dollars, and in addition, I have made some stock investments, holding part of Apple's stock and Tesla's stock; if all were cashed out, it might amount to two to three hundred million US dollars. Although this money cannot compare with Mr. Ye's Emperor's Glory Group, I really do not know where to spend it."

"The house I live in now is not expensive; all the investments added up, converted to US dollars, come to about one million. I could afford a more expensive house, but I feel living in one would be too troublesome and unnecessary."

"The car I drive is a Tesla, the most ordinary model, economical and practical and also very environmentally friendly; all investments added up, converted to RMB, come to less than sixty thousand US dollars."

"And my monthly expenses only need a few thousand US dollars to be fully covered, and this expense can be entirely covered by my current salary; as for the remaining money, it can only stay in the bank account, having completely lost its liquidity. No matter how much more money I earn, in the future it will all be donated to charitable organizations, so for me, I feel I might as well just stay here and teach diligently."

Ye Chen asked in surprise: "Don't you plan to leave a substantial fund for your own children?"

He Yuanjiang laughed and said: "To be honest, I really have no idea about this; my daughter is about your age, her living situation is similar to mine, she can earn money but will not spend it, and she has absolutely no motivation to spend money."

Ye Chen, upon hearing this, couldn't help but feel somewhat difficult to deal with.

He Yuanjiang clearly has no interest in money, only wanting to teach and nurture people; in this situation, what can I use to move him and make him willing to cooperate with me?

Ye Chen thought back and forth, but still could not come up with a good solution.

However, a black-and-white sketch on the wall of He Yuanjiang's office attracted his attention.

That sketch only depicted the shape of a tree, looking quite ordinary, and even most people would find it hard to tell the species of the tree from its shape.

Nevertheless, Ye Chen still looked at the sketch with interest and said: "Professor He, is this sketch drawn by you?"

He Yuanjiang asked curiously: "How do you know? I didn't even sign it."

Ye Chen smiled and said: "Because I recognize this tree."

"Oh?" He Yuanjiang hurriedly asked him: "Since you recognize this tree, can you roughly say something about it?"

Ye Chen nodded and smiled: "Professor He, the tree you drew is actually the redwood tree in California, USA."

He Yuanjiang was slightly stunned, and then Ye Chen continued: "Actually, this sketch of yours should have been taken from the emblem of Stanford University; if I remember correctly, the central pattern in Stanford University's emblem is exactly such a redwood tree."

He Yuanjiang asked in surprise: "Mr. Ye, are you also a Stanford graduate?"