After hearing Zhang Qi's words, Wang Yi nodded.
"You mean you want me to donate to schools? You should've just said so. You took such a long detour, but I've actually been thinking about this for a long time. How about this: I'll set aside 25 million for you. You can decide how many schools to donate to."
"But I have two requirements. First, we can't hand the money directly to the local authorities. Our people have to manage it, while the locals just cooperate with us on construction. If we give the money to them, who knows how much of it will actually go toward the schools?"
Zhang Qi nodded. "I agree. We've had plenty of worthwhile projects with good intentions and substantial investment, but I'm afraid less than thirty percent of the money actually ends up being spent on the projects."
"So we have to assign people to oversee every penny we spend. The problem is, we're already short-staffed, so we'll have to expand our team."
Wang Yi said, "You know the country well, so you can handle this. My second requirement is that we don't name the finished schools after me."
Zhang Qi understood. Wang Yi had also asked them not to use his name for Huali Basketball School.
Besides, seeing someone's name displayed in front of a perfectly good school might be intended as a gesture of gratitude to the donor, but Wang Yi personally thought it looked tacky.
After Zhang Qi finished discussing what he had to say, Wang Yi continued:
"There's something else I've been thinking about. I want to establish a technology investment company that specializes in investing in pharmaceuticals, new materials, AI, and other fields."
Zhang Qi thought it over before replying, "Investing in technology is incredibly expensive. I recommend setting up