The flowers in the factory of rebirth are too fierce

After hanging up the phone, Lin Zhiyuan soaked in the bathtub and thought for a while.

Even if Teacher Cang can lower the price of second-hand lithography machines, it is estimated to be around five million US dollars.

This price is currently unaffordable for the lithography machine project team.

What should I do?

Just a month ago, I had already begged for donations from everyone I knew, and it was obviously unrealistic to do it again.

He does have money, but the problem is that he can no longer move the money in the country. As for the money abroad, he does not want to expose himself.

Lin Zhiyuan didn't get out until the water temperature in the bathtub dropped a lot. After drying his body, he turned on his laptop and went online.

Lin Zhiyuan searched the Internet for a long time and gradually came up with an idea.

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In New York, the United States, there is an old building near the Manhattan campus of Columbia University. On both sides of the dark-colored gate are doorplates of different sizes. One of the doorplates has Chinese and English characters in it. A row of large Chinese characters in cursive script is particularly eye-catching: "North American Alumni Association New York Branch".

The North American Alumni Association was founded in 1913, and has a history of 87 years. It was originally composed of a group of patriotic overseas students living in North America, and its purpose has always been to serve the country.

Yan Qiu, 24 years old this year, is organizing information for the alumni association. She is an international student from mainland China, studying for a master's degree at Columbia University. She has been in New York for two years and is now a volunteer for the North American Alumni Association.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the sunlight shone into the office, shining on Yan Qiu's bare, jade-like face.

Perhaps because she was too devoted to her work, her forehead was covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat.

She was wearing a pair of white in-ear headphones, with a thin headphone cord winding down and the other end connected to the music garden in Yan Qiu's shirt pocket.

At this moment, the music garden was playing Yan Qiu’s favorite song, "My Motherland and I".

Me and my motherland,

Can't be separated for a moment,

Wherever I go,

A song of praise flows out...

Ever since coming to a foreign country alone to study, Yan Qiu has liked this song even more.

Just last week, she used her scholarship to buy a Music Garden. Since then, whenever she has time, she would listen to music, and "My Motherland and I" is a must-listen song for her.

Yan Qiu finally sorted out the information, stopped working, and sat in front of the computer. She found that there was a new email on the computer screen.

Yan Qiu opened the email casually, glanced at it for a few seconds, and then his eyes widened.

The content of the email is very simple.

"I am an old overseas Chinese who has lived abroad for many years. I heard that the popular Music Garden in the United States is a product of my motherland. I am very pleased. As a Chinese and an engineer engaged in the electronics industry, I sincerely hope that all undertakings of my motherland can flourish. I am willing to donate 2 million US dollars to the electronics industry of my motherland. I hope that your association can transfer this donation to China to support the electronic technology research of my motherland."

After reading the email, Yan Qiu hesitated for a moment, then clicked on the account of the North American Alumni Association.

This account is public and is posted on the official website of the North American Alumni Association. It is used to collect donations from overseas Chinese in North America.

On weekdays, this account always receives donations of various amounts from time to time, but most of them range from tens to hundreds of dollars. Only when some particularly large natural disasters occur in the country will the donation amount be larger.

Two million dollars is also the largest donation Yan Qiu has ever seen since he became a volunteer.

Yan Qiu wasn't sure whether the email was a joke, but when she opened her account, she really found an additional donation of two million US dollars.

Yan Qiu took a deep breath and checked the email again, trying to find out who the donor was, but unfortunately, both the donation and the email were anonymous, and no information about the donor could be found at all.

Yan Qiu had no choice but to call Ding Baohua, the current president of the North American Alumni Association.

Ding Baohua is a famous scholar living in the United States, a professor at Columbia University, and the current president of the North American Alumni Association.

He received a call from Yan Qiu and rushed back. It was not until he saw that there was really a donation of two million US dollars lying quietly in the account that he believed what Yan Qiu said.

Yan Qiu asked curiously, "Professor Ding, who could be the donor? Two million dollars, he's really rich."

Ding Baohua seriously corrected Yan Qiu, "Xiao Yan, this is not a question of money, it is a question of patriotism. Although I don't know who the donor is, there is no doubt that this old man is a staunch patriot."

Yan Qiu stood in awe, "Professor Ding, I was wrong. This old man is indeed worthy of respect."

Ding Baohua made several phone calls, trying to find the real donor.

The Chinese community in North America is very small. Old overseas Chinese, engineers in the electronics field, and wealthy people should be easy to find with these pieces of information combined.

But Ding Baohua was disappointed. He made several phone calls to the donors he thought of, but without exception, they all denied it.

"Who could it be?" Ding Baohua also began to wonder, "It shouldn't be hard to find! Could it be that those old friends didn't tell me the truth just now?"

"Professor Ding, are you still looking for it?"

"Forget it. The donor may not want outsiders to know! In any case, it's great to have such a patriotic heart. Xiaoyan, make a phone call to China and ask which electronic technology fields in the country need funding. We can't let this old man down and spend the money where it counts."

"Okay, Professor Ding, I'll call right away."

Yan Qiu called the Yenching headquarters of the North American Alumni Association and asked comrades in China to help with the inquiry.

The comrades at the Yanjing headquarters of the North American Alumni Association did not delay. After a search, they learned that the Music Garden, which is currently selling well around the world, is a product of Dongtian Electronics, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Information Industry. The Ministry of Information Industry is currently carrying out a large-scale enterprise restructuring and integration. At the same time, just last month, the ministry established a photolithography machine research group, which is conducting scientific research on photolithography machines. Due to the lack of funds in the Ministry of Information Industry, the early research and development of photolithography machines mainly relies on social donations, and therefore a special fund for photolithography machines has been established. So far, more than 15 million yuan in social donations have been absorbed.

The news soon spread back to New York.

Ding Baohua made a decision, "Since the scientific research in our motherland needs funds, let's launch a donation campaign among the overseas Chinese community in North America! Let's do our part and try to raise as much money as possible."

The North American Alumni Association quickly launched this initiative on its official website, which received responses from many patriotic overseas Chinese. Everyone donated enthusiastically. Although most of the donations were small, they accumulated over time.

Since the initiative was launched, the North American Alumni Association’s account has received two large donations, also anonymously, one for $500,000 and the other for $300,000.

In the end, the North American Alumni Association raised $3.2 million and transferred it to the lithography machine fund account.