Lao Zhen: Lao Ji is full of ambitions and starts studying.

Lao Zhen: Lao Ji is full of ambitions and starts studying. Leaving Seattle, which is rated as the "most livable", and takes a bus through Vancouver to cross the sea barge...

Lao Zhen: Lao Ji is full of ambitions and starts studying. Leave Seattle, which is rated as the "most livable", and take a ferry across Vancouver to visit Victoria Harbor, the "world-famous garden". Then return to Vancouver, which is hailed as "paradise" by Hong Kong people, to visit the city, and then take the Princess Elizabeth cruise ship to the Arctic Ocean to Alaska. Wandering in this "Palace on the Sea", for seven days and six nights, you can enjoy a life like a royal family. Flying back from Alaska to Phoenix, returning from the extremely cold zone to the hottest place, is like turning everything upside down. Too cold or too hot is difficult to adapt to, but the mild temperature is most suitable for the elderly to live permanently. Los Angeles, about four hundred miles west of Phoenix, has bright sunshine all year round, four distinct seasons, and changes in cold and heat gradually. In late July, it was a five and a half hour drive. Arrive at this "town of the Virgin Mary of the Angels". Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States, with a population of nearly four million. There are more than half a million Chinese. The economy here is developed and social welfare is good. Some friends have moved there in recent years. When I got there, I felt like "going back to my hometown to visit relatives". For several days, I gathered with relatives and friends in Kaiping, enjoying the local sounds and feelings. That day, while drinking tea with Mr. Zhou, who had returned to Luo City from the countryside, I heard some exciting news. The Kaiping Municipal Government wants to invest heavily in the development of education and is planning to invest more than 10 million yuan to build Kaiping No. 1 Middle School into a school with first-class equipment and beautiful surroundings. The first phase of the project is to open up the flat land on the east side into a large garden and build an auditorium that can accommodate more than a thousand people. As the honorary principal of Kaiping No. 1 Middle School, Mr. Zhou returned to the United States this time to discuss with Mr. Fang, another honorary principal in San Francisco, to mobilize philanthropists, especially alumni, to donate donations. The two elderly gentlemen said that each person donated more than 500,000 yuan in the first installment. At the age of ninety, Mr. Zhou is still working hard at home and abroad to revitalize the education industry in his hometown. He can be said to be an "old man", and his ambition is still as strong as it was back then. Speaking of Mr. Zhou's "early years" experience, "it's like a river of spring water flowing eastward." A hundred years ago, Zhou's father lived in North America, leaving his mother behind and taking his two brothers to study in the countryside. At this time, educator Wu Zaimin returned from studying abroad and became the president of Guangzhou National University. In order to revitalize education in his hometown of Kaiping, he returned to North America to raise funds. He brought the generous donations from the villagers back to the countryside. Half of the money was spent on the "private" Kaiqiao Middle School in Changsha, which made the school complete and large-scale; the other half was used on the Chikan County Kaiping No. 1 Middle School to build a magnificent teaching building. Facilities such as dormitories, auditoriums, and campuses are planned to be built upon funding from the county government. Young Mr. Zhou attended junior high school here, and then went to Guangzhou to attend high school and university. The Anti-Japanese War broke out and Guangzhou fell. Wu Zaimin, the then president, led the teachers and students of Kuomintang University to Kaiping, Yangjiang, Yangchun and other places to set up temporary campuses for classes. Mr. Zhou arrived in Yangjiang as an exiled student. During the heat wave of anti-Japanese and national salvation, Mr. Zhou joined the army and served in the headquarters of the Kuomintang general Zhang Fakui. He was baptized by the flames of war and withstood the test of life and death on the battlefield. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he returned to university. Seek true knowledge and grow in knowledge. When the new political power of the motherland was first established, he just graduated from college and joined the work with enthusiasm. Soon, he moved to Hong Kong. In 1968, he moved to the United States and worked in New York. In 1972, he moved to Phoenix and worked as a chef in a Chinese restaurant. During this time, he enthusiastically participated in cultural and public welfare activities of Chinese associations. Journalists often keep in touch with this old man, becoming a close friend and learning from him deeply. Mr. Zhou and his wife used their hard work to raise their children in the United States, and now their children have achieved success. The couple gained respect and filial piety from their children in Hong Kong and the United States. Nearly ten years. The old couple traveled back and forth between Hong Kong and Los Angeles to enjoy their old age. After the opening up and reform of the motherland, Mr. Zhou often returned to his hometown. Hearing and witnessing, the rural government is well-connected and all industries are prospering, which bursts out the enthusiasm to contribute to the revitalization of the hometown. He said frankly: A person reaches a hundred years. People of insight should make it a wealth beneficial to society! Education is the foundation for social prosperity. Revitalizing education is the destination of an old man like me. Over the years, he, his wife, and their son (the third son) have donated nearly one million yuan in educational funds to schools such as Lily Hualien School, Cangcheng School, and Kaiqiao Middle School in their hometown. He donated more than 4 million yuan to his alma mater, Kaiping No. 1 Middle School, to build dormitories for girls and boys. This time, he and Mr. Fang took the lead, mobilizing alumni and fellow citizens to work with the government to improve the construction plan of Kaiping No. 1 Middle School that has not been realized for decades. The villagers praised him as "another Wu Zaimin". The story of "Lao Ji started studying with great ambition" spread throughout the hometown of overseas Chinese in Siyi.