After a long flight of more than ten hours, Qing Huan finally set foot on the land of the United States, and after leaving the airport, she went directly to her destination.

Manhattan is the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City, and the smallest borough. It consists mainly of an island and is surrounded by the East River, the Hudson River, and the Harlem River. It is home to many famous businesses and is known as the economic center of the world, making it the wealthiest district in New York. Columbia Business School's campus is located on 125th Street in Manhattan.

Qing Huan took off her box and laboriously came to this independent apartment with an obvious sense of age, red tiles and white walls extending on both sides, and for a moment felt that she had come to the wrong place, the information clearly stated that it was a shared apartment for four people, and in the Manhattan area, where every inch of land was expensive, it was impossible for her to find such a place with the monthly rent she paid.

She looked at a few purple lilies planted in the doorway, and a leafy tree that she couldn't name, and froze for a few seconds, then dialed the phone.

The other party didn't answer, but the heavy wooden door creaked open, and a small blonde boy came out, looking at her and saying with some hesitation: "Hey, I'm David, are you—Jingguan?"

"Qinghuan. ”

"Kyo ...... Bend?"

Qinghuan: "......"

"Wendy, you call me Wendy. In the end, Qing Huan gave up correcting the other party's pronunciation of his name and said his new English name.

"Hello, Wendy," a relieved look appeared on the blonde boy named David, "come in with me, and I'll introduce you to the apartment." ”

Qing Huan followed him into the apartment, the place where he turned left after entering the door was the stairs, the upper part should be the bedroom, the downstairs was the living room and kitchen, the whole room was a very typical retro American style, it was cleaned up and tidyed, and there was a warm feeling. It was very different from the suffocating feeling she had imagined she would have to rent with three people.

"Welcome to your new home, Wendy!" Davy said enthusiastically as he walked forward, turning his head back, "By the way, I'm sure, you're a student at Columbia Business School, right?"

"Yes, I just finished the enrollment process. Qing Huan nodded and said.

"That's great," David said happily, "so that all four of us are Columbia students, Joan and I are undergraduates, Sue is a graduate student, and what about you?"

As he spoke, he gentlemanly helped Qing Huan carry the box upstairs.

"Thank you, I'm also a graduate student. Qing Huan followed him, went upstairs and continued to turn right, and then came to the door of a bedroom.

"OK, this is your bedroom, this bedroom of yours doesn't have a bathroom, the bathroom is at the end of the hallway, only Sue's room here has a bathroom, so usually the three of us share a bathroom, and the cleaning is also the three of us take turns, is that okay?" Davy said after placing the box next to the door for her.

Qing Huan shook his head and walked into this bedroom, the wooden floor was covered with a soft carpet, a large wooden bed occupied most of the space in the bedroom, there was a desk with a bookcase in the corner of the wall by the window, and a wardrobe in the other direction of the bed, the whole room was spacious and bright, and it felt incredible.

She walked to the window gently, lifted the white sand curtain, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, the view here is excellent, you can see the view of Manhattan shrouded in night, Qinghuan almost got drunk.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor, and Qing Huan turned around and saw a white girl also standing in the doorway, her face was covered with spots, and her hair was the color of brown and reddish.

"Hey, Joan!" Davy greeted her, then introduced Qinghuan, "This is Wendy, our last roommate." ”

"Hey......" Joan's gaze turned to Qinghuan, then smiled at her, and without saying anything, she walked towards her bedroom.

"Joan is a bit of an introvert, I hope you don't mind. Probably afraid that Qing Huan would misunderstand something, David scratched his head and explained to her, "Then it won't prevent you from resting, Su is not at home at this time, and when she comes back, I will tell her that you have arrived." ”

Qing Huan nodded, and then whispered, "Thank you." ”

David's face suddenly turned red, and after waving his hand to close the door for her, he left.

The room was quiet, Qing Huan stood by the bed, looked at the brightly lit street scene in the distance, realized that this was the city where she was about to live for two years, and suddenly a feeling of extreme unreality rose in her heart, she slowly sat on the edge of the bed, looked at the furnishings in the room in a daze, and after a while, she sighed and stood up, dragged over the box and began to organize things.

After packing up her things, Qing Huan walked downstairs, ready to go out to buy something to eat, just walked down the stairs, she heard a sound of giggling from the kitchen, she paused, looked over there, but saw David sitting next to the bar on the marble counter with his back to her, and there was an Asian girl standing inside, while getting something in the pot, she was chatting with David enthusiastically.

This girl should be the "Su" that David said, right? Qing Huan stood in place for a few seconds, but decided to go over and say hello.

Before she could get closer, Sue saw Qinghuan, she stopped chatting with David, and then greeted her very warmly: "Hey, I'm Sue, you're Wendy, right?"

Sue's skin is very white, she is the kind of gentle look, and she is warm and generous when she speaks, giving people a very comfortable feeling.

Qing Huan couldn't help but feel good about her, smiled and nodded: "Hello, I'm Wendy." ”

David also turned his head when he heard it, and then said with a smile: "Wendy, I just forgot to tell you that Su is Chinese like you." ”

Qing Huan looked at Su, saw her smile and nodded at herself, and then introduced herself in Chinese: "My Chinese name is Su Jing, usually you call me Su." ”

"Hello, my Chinese name is Gu Qinghuan. Qing Huan smiled and introduced himself, "In order to avoid trouble for Davy and them to listen, just call me Wendy." ”

"Wendy, are you going to go out?" Davy asked.

Qing Huan nodded and said, "I'm going to go out and buy something to eat." ”

"Don't bother, I'm cooking here, let's have some food together. When Su Jing heard this, she said, "This is my specialty, fried shrimp with green onions, which can't be eaten anywhere else." ”

When David heard this, he also raised his hands in approval, "Indeed, Sue's craftsmanship is excellent......

Qing Huan wanted to refuse, but he felt that it was difficult to be gracious, and he also wanted to integrate into this unfamiliar circle as soon as possible, so after a little hesitation, he nodded.

After making dinner, Sue proposed to put the dishes outside in the courtyard to eat, and the kitchen was facing a glass door, outside which was a yard of mixed peanut trees, with tables, chairs, and grills, and an open space under the platform with vertical rebounds.

The three of them brought the food to the table outside, and David took a few more cans of beer from the refrigerator, and they just gathered around the table, drinking beer while eating Sue's fried shrimp with green onions and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and chatting lively. If it weren't for the difficulty of switching the language to English when chatting, lest David not understand, Qing Huan would really feel like he was still in China.

After a pleasant dinner, Qinghuan and the two roommates got closer a lot, and David also intimately told her which restaurant nearby had delicious food, which supermarket had the most comprehensive food, and where part-time jobs paid the highest salary.

The next morning, Qinghuan got up and simply cleaned up and went out, the block of the apartment was not far from a coffee shop, she quickly turned in and bought a cup of American pour, and then patted her face hard, and shook her head, due to the time difference, she almost didn't fall asleep all night, and now she is sleepy to death, and she has something to do later, and she must cheer up.

When he walked to the gate of the school, Qing Huan clearly felt the difference between foreign universities and domestic universities, less solemn and more casual. A lot of people gathered, some handing out leaflets, some giving speeches, each promoting some of their own ideas. There are also countless kinds of strange clubs recruiting new students.

Along the way, she avoided some hands that kept handing her leaflets, searched through various clubs, and finally found what she was interested in - the Investment Banking Student Association.

As far as the investment banking industry is concerned, Columbia Business School's investment banking consulting major is very strong. At the time of the financial crisis, Morgan Stanley reduced the core schools for investment banking alumni recruitment to two: Columbia Business School and Wharton School of Business. Therefore, it can be seen that Columbia Business School's position in the investment banking and financial circle.

Qinghuan came here to study with a strong purpose, that is, he wanted to become a first-class investment bank job after graduation. Because entering the investment bank means a high starting point, a high salary, and a high income.

But how hard is it to get into a top-notch investment bank? She has checked some information before: every summer, about 90,000 applications are received for analyst and assistant positions offered by Morgan Stanley's summer program, but the acceptance rate is less than 2 percent, and Goldman Sachs' acceptance rate is also pitiful, with an acceptance rate of 2.06 percent. In comparison, Harvard's acceptance rate of 5.9% is considered high. It seems that getting a ticket to an internship on Wall Street is even harder than going to Harvard.

Difficult doesn't mean impossible, why do so many people want to go to a prestigious school? That's because the elite school has connections that you can't get even if you work hard outside. With such connections, you will have the opportunity to get that ticket to the land of your dreams.

Qing Huan knew that it was not easy for her to go to Columbia University this time, if it weren't for Chen Yidong, she might not have been able to enter at all, but now that she is standing on the campus of Columbia Business School, she will definitely not let down this opportunity...... She smiled and accepted the leaflet from the society in front of her before turning to leave.