Chapter 107 Who doesn’t know anyone yet? (Please be the first to order, please subscribe)
Zhang Wei slept until the next morning, feeling jet lag.
Early in the morning, Ye Haotian came to the door and asked Zhang Wei to have breakfast with him.
“Let’s go have breakfast.” Ye Haotian stretched his head and looked into Zhang Wei’s room, and then asked, “Why don’t you ask your roommate to come with you!”
Zhang Wei shook his head: "He is a Saudi. Oil guys don't eat pork, so I'm embarrassed to eat bacon or sausages in front of him! Or go to the third brother in your room? That third brother shouldn't be a Muslim, right?"
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"He is a Hindu and a Brahmin. His surname is Brahma, one of the three great gods in India, similar to our Chinese Jade Emperor."
"Hindu, that is, do not eat beef , Pork should be fine!"
"He is a vegetarian. I would be embarrassed to put beef buns in the braised beef noodles in front of him."
"You can just put it in. That’s it, there’s no beef in braised beef noodles anyway.”
Zhang Wei said, deliberately slowing down and falling behind Ye Haotian.
"Why are you walking so slowly? The jet lag hasn't reversed yet?" Ye Haotian asked.
“No, let me see if your walking posture is still normal!” Zhang Wei said and nodded slightly: “Well, your walking posture is still normal. It seems that the chrysanthemum is saved!”
< br>"Believe it or not, I will give you a flying kick!"
"Who told you that your roommate is the third brother!" Zhang Wei said with a smile.
“I found that you are quite prejudiced against Indians.”
"Ten years later, your prejudice against Indians will be very big!"
After all, it was 2004. There was no self-media, and the Chinese people did not understand the strange operations of Indians. Many people even have a good impression of India. They feel that they are all third world countries, have been oppressed by imperialism, and should help each other.
Ye Haotian didn’t understand why Zhang Wei had a grudge against Indians. He explained: “My roommate is one of the top three landowners in a state in India. According to him, his family Before India became independent, he was an aristocrat from an Indian state!"
"Coincidentally, my oil guy roommate was also a Saudi aristocrat."
"How expensive is it?"
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"It's so expensive!" Zhang Wei showed off his Rolex watch.
“Rolex? When did you buy it?”
“A meeting gift from the oil man’s roommate!”
“A Rolex as a meeting gift? It’s quite expensive.”
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Another day later, almost all the exchange students from all over the world had arrived, and the activities of the exchange student project officially kicked off.
The first activity, of course, is to visit the campus. It's similar to the freshmen summer camp at Tsingta University, where a teacher takes you around various departments in the school.
The first thing we came to was Berkeley's College of Arts and Sciences, which is the largest of the fourteen colleges in Berkeley, with six departments and more than 40 departments. For example, the Department of Humanities, the Department of Social Sciences, the Department of Physical Sciences, the Department of Life Sciences, etc. are all in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Those who study mathematics, physics, and biology are grouped together with those who study art, foreign languages, politics, and history. This division of departments seems a bit strange to the Chinese.
Berkeley’s mathematics, physics and biology were once very strong, on the same level as Stanford and MIT. However, in the past two decades, they have fallen behind. Currently, only astrophysics is still the best in the world. Top level.
"This is the Department of Life Sciences. Are there any students majoring in biology among you? You can apply to audit classes here."
The teacher leading the team pointed to the front, but saw a woman coming from the life sciences department. Walked out of the Science Department building.
This woman is in her early forties, with a medium build, short blond hair, blue eyes, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and jeans, and looks very capable.
"Professor Doudna, good afternoon!"
The leading teacher greeted the other party, and a capable woman in her forties also walked over.
"Let me introduce to you, this is Professor Jennifer Doudna from the Department of Life Sciences! Professor Dodna's teacher is Thomas Cech, the Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry!"
"No wonder he is so young. He can become a professor at Berkeley! It turns out he is a disciple of a Nobel Prize winner!" Ye Haotian whispered in Zhang Wei's ear.
I saw Professor Dodna walking over, looking at everyone, as if he was looking for someone.
The next second, Xiaoxi Hachi Huang Junji immediately walked out of the crowd, bowed to Professor Dodna, and said: "Professor Dodna, long time no see!"
"Huang , I finally found you! I talked to your father on the phone yesterday morning? Is he okay?" Professor Doudna asked.
"My father is very good, and he also asked me to convey his greetings to you!" Huang Junji said immediately.
The leading teacher looked at the two of them curiously: "Professor Dodna, do you know this exchange student?"
Professor Dodna nodded: "His father is The famous Korean biologist Hwang Woo-suk is an authoritative scientist in the field of life sciences
The world's first somatic cell cloned cow was cloned by Professor Hwang. In a few years, he also successfully cloned human embryos. Stem cells, this is a Nobel Prize-level scientific research achievement!”
After listening to Professor Dodna’s introduction, everyone looked at Huang Junji with great admiration.
Professor Dodna then said: "Huang, after you officially enroll, you can come to the Department of Life Sciences to apply for courses! I will arrange which courses you want to take."
"Thank you, Professor Dodna!" Huang Junji quickly thanked him.
After Professor Doudna left, Huang Junji immediately showed a proud smile. At this time, he had a superior aura, and he did not forget to cast a look of contempt at Zhang Wei.
Those two shopkeepers! Did you see that? We have acquaintances here!
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Ye Haotian pouted, looking unhappy.
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?" Zhang Wei asked with a smile.
"Look at that Huang Junji who is so arrogant! He almost walked away sideways!" Ye Haotian said disdainfully.
"Who would let me have an acquaintance?" Zhang Wei continued indifferently: "You have read too many stories, and you really think that the United States has no humane and sophistication, right?
What if? Just being a chef in a restaurant doesn’t mean you have any worldliness, but as long as you reach a certain social level, you will inevitably have worldliness. This is an objective consequence of the development of human society!”
"Now I finally understand how those freshmen felt during the Tsinghua University summer camp. Those professors came out to greet you, how angry they were!"
Ye Haotian paused and lowered his voice: "Speaking of which Do you have any acquaintances at Berkeley?”
“I have some acquaintances at Stanford, but I really don’t have any at Berkeley.” Zhang Wei shook his head. "A tiger is being bullied by a dog!" Ye Haotian looked at the front: "In front is the Department of Physical Sciences. It would be great if this was in Tsinghua University. Someone is inviting you to drink beer again!"
"When I go to the School of Engineering, will I still have to hang me on the wall?"
Berkeley's Department of Physical Sciences not only has physics-related majors, but also the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. There is no way to set up a separate academic department, and the professional level is definitely not strong.
After visiting the College of Arts and Sciences, everyone went to Berkeley's Business School.
Berkeley’s business school ranks among the top ten in the United States, and in the western United States, it is definitely among the top three. There are many Indians studying here, and Ye Haotian's third brother roommate is a major in this field.
Science and engineering students have little interest in business school. Although literature and history students are interested, interest is useless. The key to studying business is to look at family connections.
If you have good connections, you can easily get into top investment banks, but if you don’t have good connections, Harvard and Yale will also hit a wall.
The next destination to visit is the School of Chemistry.
Berkeley’s School of Chemistry is very strong and has produced several Nobel Prizes. Therefore, chemistry-related majors are not in the College of Arts and Sciences, but a separate college.
After leaving the School of Chemistry, everyone next visited the School of Engineering, which is the most powerful school in Berkeley and the cradle of the world's top engineers.
“In front is our School of Engineering! I think many students come to UC Berkeley for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, right?” the leading teacher said with a proud face. .
The teachers who lead the team are indeed proud of themselves. Berkeley’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science means jobs for top technology giants such as Microsoft, Google, and Apple.
This means that the median annual salary of $200,000 per year means that you can buy a villa in a community with good security, marry a beautiful wife, have three children, buy three or four cars, and keep two dogs!
Villas, cars and dogs, this is the most standard embodiment of the "American Dream", and to achieve it all, you only need a diploma from the Berkeley Computer Department!
In the United States, many immigrant families cannot make a class jump in three or four generations. You only need to study in the computer science department at Berkeley for four years to achieve it.
Looking at the white gate building of the School of Engineering, many exchange students present had a ray of longing in their eyes. They all know that as long as they can enter here, they can realize the American dream!
At this moment, about five or six people walked out of the gate in a mighty manner.
The leader is a white man in his sixties, with dark brown hair but graying hair on the temples. He wears a pair of glasses and smiles, looking like a comedian.
Behind him is a woman in her forties, also with dark brown hair, very tall, visually over 1.85 meters tall, with a big face and big frame, a typical strong European and American woman. .
Looking back, the other people are much younger and don’t have a strong aura, so they should all be followers.
The teacher leading the group instantly recognized the white man with a comedian temperament, and he greeted him with a smile on his face: "Professor Aardman! Long time no see! The weather is really nice today!"
Then he said to the woman: "Dear Sophie, you are beautiful again!"
"Are these this year's exchange students?" the white man leading the group asked.
“Yes, they all just arrived in the past few days, and I am planning to take them to visit the School of Engineering!”
The teacher leading the team stepped aside and gave up the C position to He turned to the white man and then said: "Let me introduce to you, this is Professor Leonard Adelman, an academician of the National Academy of Engineering, a famous cryptography expert, and the winner of the 2002 Turing Award! The public key we are using now The cryptographic system was invented by Professor Adelman!”
Everyone present showed expressions of admiration.
"The Turing Award winner is equivalent to the Nobel Prize in the computer industry! This Professor Aardman is a top expert in the computer field!" Ye Haotian said softly.
The teacher leading the team then introduced; "This beautiful lady is Professor Sophie Goldwasser, an academician of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an academician of the National Academy of Sciences!"
Although the latter one is not as good as Turing The winner of the award is so awesome, but he has the title of two American academicians, and he is also a giant in the computer field.
At the same time, Professor Adelman was looking at the exchange students.
Many exchange students also showed expectant expressions. If I could connect with Professor Adelman, wouldn't it be a sure bet to enter Berkeley's Computer Science Department as a graduate student?
With a master’s degree in computer science from Berkeley, you can’t choose an engineering position at Microsoft, Apple, or Google!
Professor Adelman's eyes finally rested on a few Asian exchange students.
Huang Junji instinctively leaned forward, thinking to himself: "Is Professor Adelman looking at me?" Could it be that my father still knows Professor Adelman? I’ve never heard him mention it before! ”
Professor Adelman also noticed this young man taking a step forward. He thought that this should be the Mr. Zhang Wei of Tsinghua University he was looking for, otherwise he would not take the initiative to take a step forward.< br>
So Professor Adelman stepped forward with a smile.
“You are indeed here to see me! My father, Hwang Woo-seok, is indeed the top scientist in the Republic of Korea! I even know the Turing Award winner, so my network is really wide! ”
Huang Junji was so happy that he took two steps forward and came to Professor Aardman. He first bowed in Korean style, then stretched out his hands to hold Professor Aardman.
"Hello, Professor Adelman!"
Adelman said to himself that the other party was quite polite, so he said with a smile on his face: "Hello, you are Tsinghua University Mr. Zhang Wei? Welcome to the University of California, Berkeley!”
“What? Zhang Wei?” Huang Junji was confused.
"Uh...that...Professor Aardman, my name is Huang Junji, and my father is Huang Yuxi!"
"Who is Huang Yuxi?" Professor Adelman shook his head, indicating that he did not know him.
Sure enough, the authoritative figures in the field of computers are not recognized as the authoritative figures in the field of life sciences.
At this second, Professor Adelman also realized that he had found the wrong person, and immediately shook off Huang Junji with a look of disgust, and even glared at Huang Junji with dissatisfaction.
"Where did the pig head come from? You didn't even insert two green onions, so you come here to pretend to be an elephant!"
Professor Aardman curled his lips and then asked: "Who is this? Mr. Zhang Wei from Tsinghua University?”
"Zhang Wei, I'm looking for you! Didn't you say that you don't know anyone in Berkeley?" Ye Haotian pushed Zhang Wei.
“I don’t know him!” Zhang Wei whispered back, and then walked forward: “Hello, Professor Adelman, I am Zhang Wei from Tsinghua University.”
"Is it Zhang Wei who discovered five Mersenne primes in a row in the first half of the year?" Aardman confirmed again, fearing that he was mistaken.
"It's me." Zhang Wei nodded.
"I didn't expect Mr. Zhang Wei to be so young! Welcome to the University of California, Burnley! Please sit inside for a while, we have prepared afternoon tea for you!" Aardman smiled again Ruhua pulled Zhang Wei and walked into the engineering department.
The other exchange students watched helplessly as Zhang Wei was dragged to have afternoon tea by Professor Adelman.
Ye Haotian glared at Huang Junji provocatively.
Isn’t it the University of California, Berkeley? Who doesn’t have an acquaintance yet?
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