Of course, he could not let them take the blame for nothing. Wang Yan still funded them, generously donating ten thousand fabi.
At this time, the fabi was still relatively strong. One U.S. dollar could be exchanged for just under three fabi. Ten thousand fabi was only around four thousand dollars.
That sum was naturally small change to Wang Yan, but for Datong University, which was struggling to keep itself afloat, it was life-saving money that relieved an urgent crisis. With that single donation alone, Wang Yan could rank near the top of Datong University's donor list.
In the end, Wang Yan was simply too wealthy. And that was after he had used the vast majority of his personal fortune to support the Soviet Districts. To put it bluntly, even the people printing money at the banks could not earn as fast as he did. That was the power of a super comprador who had made a fortune off the war.
That little money, along with all those comprehensive scientific journals and magazines, made Wang Yan an honored guest at Datong University. Naturally, his status was an important bargaining chip as well.
Wang Yan naturally put on a thoroughly reluctant act. He even made things clear to Hu Dunfu and the others: the teachers and students of Datong University had better stay away from ideologies and politics. If anything happened, it had nothing to do with him.
Hu Dunfu expressed his understanding. After all, everyone on the Shanghai Bund knew that Wang Yan feared the Japanese and both political parties. If he had not suddenly lost his mind this time and decided to make money through science, and thus had a use for them, then given Wang Yan's character, he would certainly have kept as far away as possible from