Deng Lijun stepped on her skates and slid a few steps on the ice to reach Xu Ziming's location.

However, her legs and feet were not careful, she didn't control the speed well, and hurriedly grabbed Xu Ziming's clothes, Xu Ziming hadn't come to his senses, and was innocently taken into the pit by Deng Lijun and fell to the ground together.

Both of them were sitting on the ice in embarrassment at the moment, feeling very amused by the embarrassment of both sides.

She sneered and asked curiously, "What did you just tell him, and ah, why do you say that you are my agent, is it possible that you really want to be my agent." ”

Xu Ziming knew that Teresa Teng was a joker, just like she was in a variety show in Taiwan at the time, she asked: Mr. Guigeng, can Mr. marry a wife. And when she heard that she was marrying a wife, she deliberately made a disgusted look, which made the audience laugh, and many people felt that she was both humorous and temperamental.

Xu Ziming joked: "I, ah, I want to be Sister Qingxia's agent." ”

Deng Lijun suddenly exclaimed excitedly: "Okay, it turns out that you really like Qingxia, I will tell her another day when I have a chance." ”

Xu Ziming hurriedly defended: "Where there is, where can you see it." ”

Deng Lijun ignored his eyes, and said a little arrogantly: "Yes, you are definitely interesting to her." ”

Xu Ziming blushed at her nonsense, and suddenly said in a hurry: "Don't... There is no ...... at all , you Sister Lijun, you are talking nonsense. ”

Deng Lijun got up from the ground, clapped her palms, raised her lips proudly, and said with a smile: "Come on, look at you, you can't even lie." I'm going to talk to Qingxia. ”

Xu Ziming was flustered when he was said, and pretended to scare at the moment: "If you dare to talk nonsense, I won't let you go back." ”

He hurriedly got up, and Deng Lijun playfully skated directly, but her face was full of this innocence and boredom, and she was very leisurely and comfortable.

Teresa Teng is a busy person, even busier than Xu Ziming's study arrangements in the United States.

After staying in a hurry for a few days, they embarked on the journey back to China, and Xu Ziming naturally had to leave, and after agreeing with her mentor Marisa to meet the place, they were drawn back to the place where Duke University was located.

Xu Ziming didn't expect that his study at Duke University would reach the third semester in a flash, and the encounter with acquaintances made Xu Ziming's heart even heavier.

As usual, he began to study at his desk, and in September of '84, Xu Ziming was able to successfully receive his graduation certificate and announce the end of his successful studies at Duke University. However, at the moment, he still needs to study hard to ensure that his two years have not been wasted.

In Xu Ziming's residence, when Marissa brought soup to Xu Ziming for supper, she suddenly said: "International Business Machines Corporation has a symposium at Duke University, and it stands to reason that the number of places in the business school is limited, but I have won a place for you." ”

IBM, Xu Ziming has some understanding of this extremely famous company.

International Business Machines Corporation, i.e. IBM Corporation. IBM is one of the few companies in the world that has survived several economic crises and has successfully turned around in several technological revolutions

type of company. A lot of people think that IBM is just a manufacturer of mainframe computers, and that it is outdated for today's society. But it's not that simple.

It remains the world's largest service company, the third-largest software company, and the third-largest database company to this day. IBM has the largest laboratory in the industry today, is the world's largest patent filer, and is the world's largest server manufacturer at RISC.

So why IBM has become an evergreen in technology? In fact, IBM's leaders have unusual decision-making skills, can analyze the current market conditions, and know where the wind is going.

Xu Ziming is very grateful to his mentor Marisa for her help, to be able to learn about IBM through this conversation, it is a rare opportunity for him, Xu Ziming was obsessed with the market economy, and even more obsessed with the development of real estate.

In order to better understand IBM's development business, Xu Ziming not only checked IBM's development business in his spare time, but also asked Mai Lisha for a lot of conversation content about the symposium.

IBM chose Duke University's West Campus for the symposium, which Duke students often refer to as a "Gothic paradise." The nickname comes from the Gothic-Revival-era architecture in the West End of the campus.

Most of these buildings were designed by Julianabele, one of the first black architects in the United States. In contrast to the very austere and early architectural style of the main courtyard, the architecture of the collegiate courtyard shows the influence of late French and Italian architectural styles.

The stone used in the West Campus building is available in seven basic colors and seventeen different colors.

The school's superintendent of planning and architecture once described the stones, "in an old, appealing style of antiquity," and "warmer and softer in color than the stones used in Princeton," and that they looked exceptionally aesthetically pleasing because they were stacked in such a way that they were hatched between the gaps. The founder of Duke University, Mr. James Duke, originally proposed to mine the stone from Princeton, New Jersey, all the way away, but later to save money, the stone was mined in Hills-Burgh, North Carolina.

At the center of the West Campus is Duke Cathedral, which is also the religious center of Trinity College, Duke University, and its construction took five years from 1930 to 1935. The church can accommodate up to 1,600 people, and with a height of 64 meters, it is one of the tallest buildings in the city of Durham.

Because Duke University attaches great importance to cooperation, IBM was honored to hold a symposium in the Duke Lecture Hall of this university, Xu Ziming went early, the time of the symposium was 9 o'clock in the morning, and Xu Ziming arrived in the church almost an hour early.

In the entire church, the personnel of IBM were already arranging the seats, and Xu Ziming sat in the middle without any waves in his heart, carrying a notebook, which is the recent effort, and it is also the record book of today's meeting.

Tom Watson, a legendary figure of IBM and a long-retired man, will also attend the symposium, as well as Apple

and other companies such as Microsoft will also send representatives to attend the meeting.

Tom Watson Jr. led IBM into the computer age and further developed it into a business giant. As a result, he was called "the greatest capitalist of all time" by Fortune magazine

Xu Ziming looked around, and the seats in the front row were probably the seats of representatives of those companies, and there were also those who came with him a long time ago, but he definitely didn't come from his business school, maybe someone from other colleges.

As the participants of the symposium arrived one after another, the church that had been empty suddenly became noisy, and the sounds of discussion and small talk came and went.

Xu Ziming's mentor Marisa came in at the same time as a group of mentors, glanced in Xu Ziming's direction, and after being relieved, he sat down directly in the first few rows.

As soon as Marissa sat down, the dean of Duke University's business school dressed up and asked with a smile, "Marisa, the international student who published the paper in the campus academic journal last time also came?" ”

Marissa was a little flattered and shuddered, "Here it is." ”

The dean said with great anticipation, "I hope to see what this international student will think differently today." ”

Marissa smiled and nodded, Xu Ziming was his proud student, and she knew clearly how Xu Ziming was studying.

At the beginning of the symposium, after the employees of IBM and other companies introduced each other, John Obao, CEO of IBM, presented IBM's current business and development to Duke students and a series of other participants.

John Obao's previous executive, who had already prepared to launch IBM University, was further strengthened by the conference's efforts to deepen its collaboration with Duke University.

Xu Ziming learned from a series of meetings with John Opault that China and IBM are working together to develop and comprehensively cooperate. Xu Ziming can see that IBM's development is extraordinary.

Tom Watson Jr.'s speech, the planning of IBM, and the direction of current business cooperation pushed the whole conference forward.

Tom Watson Jr.'s own story is an autobiographical book, an example that can inspire the Duke college students in the room, and his judgment is more pertinent and understandable.

But Rao is such a successful person, after retirement, he still pays attention to the development of IBM, and also raises some concerns about the development of IBM, but it is very vague.

After saying some heartfelt words, Watson Jr. held the microphone and asked, "I wonder if everyone here can give some valuable opinions on the future development of IBM." ”

Naturally, there is no shortage of great people at Duke University, and it has been said, "IBM product developers can make better products or computers, but when the market is monopolized, it is the sales and marketing people who can make the company more successful, and they will eventually control the company, and the product people will be pushed out of the decision-making circle." ”

Someone said, "When a company gets bigger and bigger, there is a desire to replicate the initial success, and most people unconsciously think that there is some kind of magic to the process that can be successful." So they started to institutionalize the process in the company, and it didn't take long for people to be confused and think that going through the process was the workbook, which eventually led to IBM's decline. ”