Chapter 167: Moran's role
In Liu Lang's villa, in addition to the Moran sisters and brothers, there is only a Chinese female nanny in her forties, this woman came to the United States three years ago, she is an excellent teacher in China, thinking that the United States is a paradise, so she ran out to pursue a better life, she also fantasizes about breaking out in the United States, and then taking her son and husband over.
But reality slapped her hard, she barely knew English, and without a teaching certificate in the United States, it would be difficult to find a job, if Moran hadn't happened to meet her, she would probably be working in a Chinese restaurant now.
Here she is responsible for Moran's life, cooking two meals a day for Moran, then cleaning and cleaning the room, talking with Moran, most of the time she can also study English and education exams by herself, Moran will pay her 2,500 US dollars every month, she only leaves 500 yuan for this income, after all, she does not spend money on food and accommodation here, 500 yuan is enough, and the rest of the money has to be sent back to China, first, to let her son and husband know that they are "mixed" well, and secondly, it is also for her son to marry his daughter-in-law.
Mo Lan greeted Liu Lang and Sun Hu like the master, Liu Lang was not outside, after all, this is his home, and he misses it very much if he hasn't come back for three years, he came to the second floor and pushed open the room where he once lived.
To Liu Lang's surprise, there were no changes in it, it was still the way he was when he left, but there were a lot of books on the law on the table, obviously this became Moran's bedroom, and there were a lot of books in the bookcase, most of which were still the books he didn't take with him when he left, in addition to these books, there were also every record and videotape released by Shengtang Company.
"Liu Lang, this was originally your room, but now it's my bedroom, you won't have any opinions, right?"
Moran leaned aside and smiled.
"Sister Mo, don't laugh, if you hadn't helped clean up in the past few years, the house would have been abandoned a long time ago, alas, I have lived here for two years, I really have feelings, maybe I will come back in the future, and then go to school at Stanford University to make up for the regrets of the year!"
At that time, Liu Lang's mentor, Professor Claire, wanted to send Liu Lang to study for a doctorate, but Liu Lang wanted to return to China to build a factory, and this great opportunity was missed, which was also a small regret in his heart.
Moran laughed when he heard Liu Lang's words.
"Haha, how old are you? Ten years old, well, the end of March is your birthday, and now you are eleven years old, and everyone else is only in the fourth or fifth grade at the age of eleven, and you have graduated from graduate school now, and you still regret it! You don't have any regrets now!"
Moran is really right, she was admitted to Stanford for undergraduate studies at the age of thirty, Liu Lang is only eleven years old now, and it is a pity that she did not study for a doctorate?
Liu Lang smiled when he heard the other party's words, and he really didn't have any rebuttal.
Of course, Liu Lang's current level is no worse than that of any doctoral student, even Professor Claire may not be able to compare with him in many aspects, and Liu Lang's mastery of what he has learned is not comparable to him.
What Liu Lang lacks now is the understanding of the world's top technology, the world is developing so fast, there are many technologies born every day, these technologies continue to accumulate and upgrade to make the world change, a year or two may not see anything, but five years and ten years later, the world of the two time periods is completely different, Liu Lang left the United States for three years, and after coming back again, he saw great changes, what he was most afraid of was that his knowledge was lagging behind the world.
Of course, Liu Lang will not make such a big mistake, and in the past three years, Moran will buy the latest issue of the journal of American academia for Liu Lang every two months.
The publication of academic journals in the United States is very interesting, in the sixties, the vast majority of academic publishing is still in the hands of academic groups of various professions, but with the progress of science and technology, on the one hand, the output of academic papers has increased exponentially, on the other hand, the professionalism of the subdivision of research fields has gradually improved, and many academic groups simply cannot independently undertake the review and publication of academic journals, so commercial publishing companies have taken action, and they have formed their own professional teams to screen and study the vast number of papers.
At the beginning, publishers did not dare to ask for a sky-high price, after all, the average profit of the entire publishing field was there, and later they found that the subscription of academic papers by researchers and institutions was a rigid demand, and a large number of academic journal resources held by publishers were strange, as long as you have resources, then someone must read and buy, so profits are generated.
At the same time, in the most important review process of academic journals, researchers still adhere to the traditional method of free anonymous review, so it becomes that researchers provide articles for publishers, pay money to read articles and buy journals, and pay for publishing articles, but the review is free, and the source of research funds is also allocated by the state.
Liu Lang doesn't know if this system is good or not, but there is an advantage, as long as you have money, many core journals can be bought, and the price is higher, but Liu Lang is most lacking money, a few hundred dollars a core journal has more than a dozen sets, and the cost of spending in this area is nearly 10,000 US dollars a year.
The periodicals would be delivered regularly to Liu's home at Stanford, and Moran would then mail them back to China.
In the past three years, Liu Lang has a very good understanding of the current science and technology in the United States, of course, most of the papers in these journals do not discuss too many technical details, but only provide a method and conclusion, especially engineering papers, only one idea and conclusion will be released, and the process will not be too detailed, otherwise there is a possibility that someone will steal it.
This kind of paper is of little use to others, at best it will tell you what technology is available today, maybe some businesses will find the author, study the business cooperation, then the paper will change to reality, for example, Liu Lang's graduate thesis was an analysis of a steamship turbine process, this paper was later sold by a shipyard, the patent fee was two million US dollars, Liu Lang divided the money into two parts, one million donated to Stanford University, and the other million was given to Moran as the cost of her study at Stanford。
The transformation of theory into practice is the purpose of science, but the conversion rate is not necessarily, most of the papers are basic research and theoretical research, and I am afraid that even one percent of them can not be transformed into practice, so the vast majority of papers only become pure academic research in the end, and are rarely noticed by people, but in Liu Lang's eyes, these papers also have their value, his divergent thinking is incomparable, and others cannot be inspired, so he may not be so.
A large number of core journal papers have been completely digested by Liu Lang, even if these articles do not involve core technologies, but they can also have a great impact on Liu Lang, and Liu Lang is ready to set up his own laboratory this year.
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