John Chambers was also a decisive man, and after learning about the progress and technical principles of the development of large switches and multiprotocol routers, he boarded a plane to San Francisco. If money can't impress the other party, then use technology and platforms to attract the other party, and if it doesn't work, you have to send John Howard, and the boss asked him to accompany him, which is to tie people up.

This is Chambers' understanding, in fact, he misunderstood the meaning of Bao Zixuan. Because John Howard's daughter is also studying at Stanford University, Bao Zixuan wants to arrange a guide for them, and he can also reunite John Howard with his daughter.

This is how the two Johns came to Stanford, albeit with a somewhat different idea. But the purpose is the same, which is to bring Leonard Bosak to the boss.

Stanford University, whose full name is Leland Stanford University Jr., is a world-renowned private research university located in Palo Alto, in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, California, near the high-tech park Silicon Valley. Founded in 1885 and began formal enrollment in 1891, Stanford University covers an area of about 33 square kilometers (8,180 acres), making it the sixth-largest university in the United States.

John Howard had already called his daughter before he came, and after picking up the car at the airport, the two of them came directly to Jenny Howard. As John Howard's daughter, Jenny perfectly inherited her father's height, and she also looks powerful, not like a girl at all.

Jenny Howard has always been the pride of John Howard, and there is probably no father who is dissatisfied with his outstanding daughter who has been admitted to one of the best universities in the United States completely on her own.

Jenny Howard: "Daddy, how do you have time to come and see me. ”

John Howard has been the head of security at Blackcloud's U.S. headquarters and is largely based in the city of Cambridge. Usually busy at work, I have very little time to see the rest of the family, let alone this daughter who is far away on the West Coast. He understands that if he doesn't work hard, he is really sorry for the high salary given by his boss and this trust.

John Howard: "I'm coming to your school for something, so I'm going to introduce you, this is my colleague, John Chambers; you can call him Uncle Chambers." ”

John Chambers laughed and said, "Don't listen to your father, just call me John." I came here mainly to ask you for help, and we are not familiar with Stanford. ”

Jenny Howard: "No problem, are you guys here looking for someone!"

I know that my father works in the black cloud, and Chambers, as the head of the black cloud in the United States, often appears in the media. Black Cloud is a high-tech company that cooperates with major universities across the United States, but to be able to get Chambers to come forward must be to invite very important academic experts, and ordinary people cannot reach this level.

John Chambers: "That's right, I came here this time to invite Leonard Bossack, the director of the computer center, and I want him to work at the Black Cloud Group, are you familiar with him?" ”

Hearing this name, Jenny Howard suddenly had an idea, and said with a smile: "I don't know him, but his girlfriend is my teacher, and I heard that they are currently preparing for the wedding." ”

John Chambers: "This is indeed good news, can you take me to meet your teacher!"

After coming to the business school, Jenny introduced John Chambers and Santi Lerner, who is certainly no stranger to Chambers, one of the most successful professional managers in the United States.

After learning about Chambers' intentions, Santi Lerner was very excited, after all, this is a recognition of her fiancé's strength. Being able to cooperate with an enterprise of the level of Black Cloud is the dream of many university professors. As the products developed by Heiyun are becoming more and more popular in the market, the R&D mechanism of Heiyun has also been reported by the media. Moreover, the professors at MIT have all changed to big houses, and the living standards of their families have skyrocketed. To a certain extent, the Stanford professors are very angry, and everyone has to support their families.

Bao Zixuan is a student at MIT, and it is most normal for many resources to be tilted towards his alma mater. Being able to find her fiancé now shows that she didn't make a wrong choice, Leonard is a talented man whose talent is now finally appreciated.

When John Chambers was taken to Leonard Bossak's lab, he saw a very familiar scene, which was basically the same as the one he saw at MIT, but it had not yet taken shape. R&D spending may be limited. He saw a lot of electronic components that had been removed from other machines, and all the electronic components in the MIT lab were new.

It was at this time that a diode burned out, probably a problem with the aging of the device. Unlike Leonard Bossak's frustration, John Chambers is very happy, this is a good opportunity, the most important thing in the black cloud is money, with money can not buy any equipment. Who still uses second-hand ones, it seems that the work arranged by the boss will be completed soon.

Seeing her fiancé's state, Santi Lerner said, "Honey, take a break!"

Seeing his fiancée coming over with a few people, Leonard Bossak barely squeezed out a smile and said, "Santi, it's okay, it's mainly caused by the overload of the equipment, just replace it with a new one." ”

Stanford University is not very optimistic about this project, and the allocation of research funds is very insufficient. Of course, this is related to the structure of the school, and most of the main reason is that most of the scientific research funds are made by small couples, and the school only provides equipment and venues, which is embarrassing to take it for itself.

Santi Lerner: "This is Mr. John Chambers, Vice President of Black Cloud, who came to you today. ”

Hearing that it was the vice president of the Black Cloud Group, Leonard Bossak took a closer look at Chambers again. It is a person who does not care about things outside the window, and also knows the position of black cloud in the entire computer industry, and what does it mean that the vice president of the group has come to the door now.

Leonard Boss: "Hello, Mr. Chambers, I don't know what you're doing at Stanford! As far as I know, most of Blackcloud's research projects are with MIT. ”

John Chambers: "Hello, Mr. Bossak, this time I have been entrusted by my boss to invite you to join the Black Cloud Group. Someone recommended you to him that you are the top expert in this world when it comes to multi-protocol routers. ”

Leonard Bossak: "Thank you for your kindness, and also take me to thank Mr. Bag. But I'm happy working at Stanford and have no plans to leave yet. ”

John Chambers: "Won't you listen to the treatment that the black clouds give you!"

Leonard Bossak: "I have no intention of leaving Stanford, it's useless to have more money. If I'm not happy while making money, I'd rather not make that money. ”

Seeing what his fiancée wanted to say, Leonard continued: "Santi, you know my character, what I hope most now is to complete this project, this is our common dream, isn't it! ”

Sure enough, as analyzed by the boss, this is a scientific researcher who is not very interested in money. can only use the second trick, Chambers thought for a while and said: "Heiyun is also tackling large switches and multi-protocol routers, my boss has already explained when he leaves, if you don't agree to join Heiyun, you can guide this project as a consultant." It's twice as much as what you would get at Stanford, and I think that's a good idea. ”

Leonard Bossak: "I'm sorry, I'm either leading a project on my own or I'm not involved. Thank you Mr. Bao for your kindness, please tell him that I will not serve as a technical advisor to Blackcloud. In addition, after the successful development of my project, I can definitely prove who is the world's number one university in computer science. ”

Bao Zixuan has said on many occasions that MIT's computer major is the first in the world. This makes Stanford, which is on par with them, very unhappy, including almost all the students and teachers.

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