The study system at Duke University is more or less different from the university Xu Ziming once attended, but there is still one thing in common, that is, both have a thesis defense before graduation.

In the fourth year of college, Xu Ziming also needed to write his graduation thesis, and before completing his thesis, Xu Ziming used his vacation time to do a small internship at IBM, and the reason for the internship was to increase his knowledge and respect Marisa's suggestion.

Secondly, it is more common to look up books in the library of Duke University without knowing whether they are alive or dead.

Ben Xu Ziming, who is already a person with a lot of reputation at Duke University, often browses the library, so that the number of library logins from the beginning of the semester to April has been noticed by people who are interested in the record, and it broke out for a while.

In Xu Ziming's eyes, these are just false names, and only if you have something to gain, is the meaning.

It's just that Xu Ziming didn't expect that his graduation thesis a few days later would become the most annoying thing for him.

The title of Xu Ziming's graduation thesis is "On the New Peak of the Future of Business - Science and Technology". Xu Ziming's dissertation, from his professional point of view, spends too much pen and ink on some American high-tech companies, but for management majors, Xu Ziming's professional content is very little.

His mentor Marisa is also particularly difficult, this graduation thesis can be said to be four dissimilar, because he is not a pure management article, but similar to science and technology, financial articles, from the perspective of an era to see the problem, to observe.

Whether it is Duke University's business school or the president, they are more rigorous in their academic research, which is one of the reasons why Duke University is so famous internationally.

Xu Ziming's graduation thesis was delayed, not because he was not good enough, but because he was off topic. Yes, a person who is well-known at Duke University and admired by a group of students will go off topic in his graduation thesis.

An international student who was highly praised at Duke University became the target of public criticism for a while because of his "off-topic thesis", which made him very uncomfortable. In addition to the cynicism among his classmates, he always warned himself to treat all this calmly, but the delay in reviewing the paper made him very depressed and uncomfortable.

In the office of the president of Duke University, a group of tutors kept repeating different topics, arguing with reason, and their faces were red.

The president of Duke University is not good at saying anything, and it is difficult for him to look at some of them with perseverance on his face, and he still looks like he refuses to let go. At this time, the knock on the door sounded again, and it was the No. 3 person from Texas Instruments who came in, and wanted to discuss with Duke University about business cooperation with Duke University.

The Texas Instruments executive, who had been pacing restlessly outside the door, clenched and opened his fists to show that he needed to release the anger or frustration that had built up in him. Sometimes he looked at his watch, sometimes he looked out the window at the sunset, with a straight face, red eyes, but he didn't say a word, like a lion walking by the cage, not angry and arrogant.

After entering, the Texas Instruments executive was angry, but when his eyes were attracted by a strange paper placed on the face,

His attention was drawn to the past.

Open it in front of everyone without scruples, look at the first page, and then there is the second page.

The man who checked the book in Buduan was Zhang Zhongmou, who was later known as the father of semiconductors. He attaches great importance to cooperation, so he came here in person, but he didn't expect to encounter a closed door, so his temper at this time is naturally not much better.

The president of Duke University asked some other school leaders and tutors, including Marisa, to go out, and waited for Zhang Zhongqian's face to look better before he smiled slowly: "I'm really sorry, recently there is a student's graduation thesis in our school, because there is a great disagreement in the evaluation, so it has been deadlocked until now. ”

Zhang Zhongmou is also a man in his fifties, not an unreasonable person, his anger has also disappeared, and others have given himself face to step down, and he is about to put down the paper in his hand. He began to take a hard look at the president of Duke University, who was a few years older than him.

Although Zhang Zhongmou did not graduate from Duke University, the reputation of Duke University is particularly loud, not to mention that Tom Watson, the former CEO of IBM not long ago, was very satisfied with the symposium held by Duke University, which made him have to pay attention to the excellent faculty and student resources of Duke University.

Zhang Zhongqian asked with a smile: "Which student's paper is worth the principal's bothering to discuss." ”

The president of Duke University pointed to the paper he had just sent out in his hand and smiled, "That's what you just read." ”

"What you just saw?" Zhang Zhongqian looked incredulous, the article just now was so well written, how could there be any big differences.

The principal also guessed what was in the other party's heart, nodded in affirmation, and said: "That's right, many teachers think that the content of this graduation thesis is off-topic and has little to do with the student's professional direction, and needs to be rewritten, but some teachers think that we can't stick to one pattern." ”

Speaking of this, the principal glanced at the other party and said with a wry smile intentionally: "It's hard to decide." Although the writing is exceptionally good, it is inseparable from the constraints of a regulation after all. ”

Zhang Zhongqian began to pick up the things he had put down before and began to look through them, and sighed at the same time: "The writing is very good, the angle of analysis is extremely in place, it is difficult to see that it was written by a student." He directly flipped the article to the cover, glanced at the writer's name and asked, "Who is this Xu Ziming?"

"A well-known international student, a high-level student in the administrative management class of the business school. "The principal introduced in the simplest language.

Zhang Zhong looked slightly impressed, and asked if it was the person who impressed the CEO of IBM when IBM held a symposium at your school a few months ago.

The headmaster nodded and smiled, "yes." "The principal didn't attend any of the meetings, so I heard a lot of feedback from the teaching staff of other schools.

Zhang Zhongmou heard these things a little bit, and for this Duke University student, he had an urge to see each other, because the advantages and disadvantages of IBM and Apple's competition were summarized in detail by Xu Ziming, and even the layout and planning with Apple were all known to Xu Ziming.

He had already made a decision in his heart that for Xu Ziming, an administrative talent, he must dig it up.

When the two were talking about things, Xu Ziming was in the north of the campus as usual

Wait at the door for the mentor Marissa to come out.

In the face of all kinds of foreigners with skin coming and going, Xu Ziming no longer had the initial curiosity at all.

Marisa walked out of the office with some books in hand. Xu Ziming, who was outside the same school gate, said hello, and the two began to leave the north gate together.

On the way, Xu Ziming asked, "Supervisor, what's the problem with the paper?" Xu Ziming's previous submission of the paper has not been answered, and he must have been a little anxious.

Marissa comforted: "Ming, the content of your dissertation does not belong to the category of essays in the management major, but more in the opinion of the Department of Finance and the Electronic Information major. ”

Xu Ziming spread his hands and said helplessly: "Is there any way to pass the trial." Xu Ziming suddenly felt that this was the same as the script being reviewed.

Marisa's voice was a little low, "Although your writing is off-topic, you can definitely pass it, but the final defense score will definitely be very low, which will have an impact on your school record after graduation." ”

She deliberately lowered her voice very low and comforted: "It's better to write another article, the time for the graduation defense will be completely closed next week, and there will be another week's chance." ”

"Mentor, I really don't need to. Xu Ziming did not hesitate at all, this is what he realized during his study abroad in college, although it took nearly a semester to prepare, but he felt that no matter what, this thesis was his graduation thesis.

Marisa saw that Xu Ziming's eyes were so firm, her dry mouth couldn't help but relax, and said with a smile: "Graduation is just a trivial matter for you, just that your thesis can't get a good grade." ”

Xu Ziming shrugged, pretended to be relaxed, and said, "It doesn't matter." ”

Marisa knew that Xu Ziming was very unwilling in her heart, and explained: "Your thesis is really well written, and the analysis of the current situation is very thorough, and even your words are very good, twenty years, maybe thirty years, information technology will replace the current secondary industry and become the top priority." We are also more surprised by your predictions about semiconductors, and we are even more surprised by your real and objective data. ”

Xu Ziming deliberately squeezed out a smile, "Tutor, don't think about it, I'm about to finish my studies in the United States, it's too late for me to be happy now, why do I have to keep struggling with this matter." ”

"By the way, mentor, I want to take a month's vacation, anyway, I don't have anything important to do when the graduation ceremony comes. Xu Ziming suddenly said to Marisa.

Marisa didn't think much about it, she was very respectful of Xu Ziming's idea, and nodded in agreement.

Xu Ziming has always been a perfectionist seeker, and in the past two years at Duke University, he has come step by step, so he naturally doesn't want his efforts to be disproportionate to his gains.

After staying in the United States for a long time, Xu Ziming did not come to school by car like he did at the beginning, and now he has basically gone back alone, and only when there are academic problems will he go to Marisa's house.

In recent months, he has exhausted his mind to finish a paper, not to mention that the results of the paper are not the same as he expected, and it is inevitable that he will be a little disheartened for a while.

After applying for a month's vacation from school, Xu Ziming decided to travel alone to relax.