Early the next morning, Clay Clark boarded a plane to Tokyo with the main staff of the Blackstone Fund. And Bao Zixuan woke up and began to freshen up, whether it was in this life or in the previous life, this was his most important day.

Bao Zixuan's award advanced the time for Chinese to receive this honor by 20 years, even if Wang An did not have this honor. It can be said that Bao Zixuan has won the highest award, and it is almost impossible to win more important honors than this award in the future.

Bao Zixuan and Professor Harry Rowland had breakfast and headed towards the Association for Computing Machinery. Looking at Bao Zixuan's neat suit, Harry Roland said: "Boy, you are very handsome in this outfit! If you wear it like this every day at MIT, it is estimated that there will be more little girls who like you." ”

Since the last time Phil Hawkins got married, Bao Zixuan ordered the first dress. With the increase of wealth, it is necessary to dress modestly on many occasions. So Bao Zixuan ordered a lot of clothes at that dress shop, and now he has become a VIP customer of the store.

Bao Zixuan: "The professor laughed, didn't you tell me to dress more formally!"

After a while, the two of them arrived at the headquarters of the Association for Computing Machinery. Looking at this building, Bao Zixuan sighed with some emotion, the various associations in the United States are really rich, at least the economic situation of the computer association is very good.

This is all sponsored by various large enterprises, especially the computer association has a deep cooperative relationship with major high-tech enterprises and well-known universities. The most important thing is that the highest honor in the computer industry is awarded here every year, which is the top event in the global computer industry.

Most of the staff here know Professor Harry Rowland and greet him warmly. The two of them went all the way, and under the introduction of Professor Harry Loland, Bao Zixuan knew many people in the computer industry. Looking at the authoritative experts of various enterprises, professors of well-known universities, and academic leaders of scientific research institutions, Bao Zixuan was eager to arrest all of them to the Xiangjiang Heiyun Production Center and work for him. If it really succeeds, Xiangjiang will definitely become the strongest computer in the world, but this is just a good wish.

If he really dares to do this, it is estimated that the US government will definitely arrest and shoot Bao Zixuan at all costs. After coming to the hall, I saw that many people had already done their jobs, and Bao Zixuan was arranged in the first row as the winner of this time.

The entire hall covers an area of about 1,000 square meters and occupies the entire first floor of the building. There are many award ceremonies and gatherings for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) that take place here every year. So the decoration is very luxurious. However, it is more about the decoration style of the computer, and the overall sci-fi color is very strong.

The current president of the Association for Computing Machinery is Professor Joe Douglas, a graduate of Stanford University. Therefore, during his tenure, more people from Stanford have won awards, but the professors who can win awards are relatively academic and accomplished, and they do not involve any black-box operations.

To put it bluntly, the Turing Award is a competition between several university alumni, most notably between MIT and Stanford. Together, alumni of these two universities have won more than half of the awards, even in the 21st century.

They are all IT men who come here, so the procedure is relatively simple. There are no tedious steps, everything is very simplified. Everything is very pragmatic, which is also the sadness of the polytechnic man.

Joe Douglas stood on the stage and said, "Hello guys in the computer industry! I'm Joe Douglas, your old friend. It's time again for the annual Turing Awards, the most important event of our association every year. ”

"Alan Matheson Turing is a pioneer and leader in our computer industry, and the highest honor of computer science has been named by him every year, which can be said not only to commemorate the great predecessors, but also to let all of us computer people use Turing's deeds to spur themselves. I hope that all the winners can make greater contributions to the computer industry and guide our association to go further. ”

"Today we are presenting a trophy for the winner of the 1979 Turing Award, which may be the youngest and richest winner of our Turing Award since its inception in 1966, and it is estimated that this record will be difficult to break in the future."

At this time, everyone's eyes looked at Bao Zixuan, knowing that what the president said must be him. Bao Zixuan politely nodded to all the people who came over to express his gratitude.

Joe Douglas continued: "This laureate is the developer of office software, the programmer of system software, and the pioneer of computer miniaturization. It can be said that his achievements can save countless tons of paper for mankind every year, and the number of trees cut down can be said to be incalculable. ”

"He is Bao Zixuan from MIT, and we congratulate Bao Zixuan on winning the 1979 Turing Award. ”

Hearing his name mentioned, Bao Zixuan stood up. Waving and greeting the crowd, the focus of the audience was on him, as Joe Douglas said, the richest and youngest recipient of the Turing Award. It is not too much to describe him at this time, after all, this honor is too high.

After receiving the silver bowl trophy and certificate of the Turing Award from Joe Douglas, Bao Zixuan came to the microphone. He made an acceptance speech to express his gratitude to the association and all the staff.

Bao Zixuan looked at the people below and said, "Thank you to the association, thank you to President Douglas and all the members of the Computer Association." To be honest, winning a Turing Award is something I never dared to think about, it's all too dreamy. ”

"I was an ordinary Xiangjiang teenager who had only read about computers in newspapers and magazines before going to Oxford. When I first started using computers, I was thinking about how I could write a software for my mother to quickly calculate and keep accounts. So that she will not have to work so hard in the future, which may be the original intention of me to continue to learn computer technology. ”

"It was an eye-opener for me to be exposed to the most cutting-edge computer knowledge in the world when I arrived at MIT. Computers aren't just a dream of fulfilling my childhood dreams, there's a lot to dig into. How hardware and software can be perfectly combined, and how to match computer performance to achieve the highest computing value. It's all about solving problems, and it's a discipline that's more challenging than any other discipline. ”

"The computer literacy we know now is only the tip of the iceberg, and there is still a long way to go. In the future, Heiyun will spend at least $100 million every year on computer research and development, and will spare no effort to invest in computer science. ”

"I don't want much in return, I just want computer science to keep improving. Make our lives better and more convenient, thank you. ”

After speaking, he bowed to the audience, and the audience was also very face-saving. All stood up and applauded Bao Zixuan, which was a recognition of his award, and possibly his annual investment of $100 million in computer science research and development.

After stepping off the stage, many people came over to greet him warmly. In fact, Bao Zixuan said that no less than 100 million US dollars are invested in computer science research and development every year, and it is also for advertising. It is to release a message to all top computer experts that Heiyun Group can provide you with R&D funds, which is a big temptation for scholars and professors who cannot get R&D funds in other enterprises and schools.

In fact, many scholars' research directions are not recognized by most people, and many do not see hope, and even if they see the direction, sometimes the input and output are not proportional. Not every scientific research project has economic value, and many scholars' research directions are more inclined to theoretical research, and they cannot make physical objects at all.