Zhang Chen didn't expect Hans to be a fan of ICQ, so he touched his nose, "I'm sorry, I'm not involved in the specific operation of ICQ, so I don't know what you're talking about." ”

But Zhang Chen suddenly thought that this could become one of ICQ's profit points, and follow QQ's example to launch a beautiful number service. There is no charge for general registration, but if a special custom number is required, it can be charged according to rarity.

Hans was a little disappointed, but he still talked very strongly, "So that's the case, it's been rumored recently that ICQ will restrict registration, so many people are desperately registering new numbers, I don't know if the restriction on registration is true?"

Zhang Chen said firmly: "I can be sure that ICQ will never restrict registration. ”

Hans said happily, "That's good, haha, but Zack, you're really good." It's all too rare to hang Steve Jobs on TV and he hasn't fought back. ”

Zhang Chen scratched his head, feeling that this buddy was talking too much, so he smiled embarrassedly: "Maybe Steve thinks it's undignified to scold a little person like me, by the way, Hans, if it's okay, I'll go with me first and get something to eat." ”

Hans came to his senses and said, "I'm sorry, Zack, I'm a little too excited to see you, you don't have to worry about me." ”

Zhang Chen smiled and took the plate to the cold food tray on both sides to get food.

"Hey, what a nice song you just sang. Is this song called You-raise-me-up?" a female voice said to Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen looked back and saw that it was Rice.

Rice was the first black female secretary of state in the United States, and was a hard-line secretary of state.

Zhang Chen doesn't know much about Rice, but according to Zhang Chen's sporadic recollections, during Rice's administration, especially after 911, he was quite friendly to China, which also gave China a rare opportunity to rise.

And Rice's influence on the later US President George W. Bush is even greater, and even the two have had scandals, and Bush Jr. also personally admitted that he has ambiguous feelings about Rice.

Zhang Chen's mind moved, from 2000 to 2008, it was the eight years of great development of the Internet, and in these eight years, if he could establish a good relationship with the conservative Republican administration, his career in the United States would be much smoother.

You know, countless big American companies have to find political brokers to lobby Washington and Congress. It is because of the government's paper policy that it may have huge benefits for a certain industry or a huge loss for a certain group.

Zhang Chen said with a smile: "Miss Rice, the main thing is that the song is better and easy to adapt, and the Irish ballad of dannyboy is indeed a very classic tune." ”

Rice put a few onion rings on the plate, "No, your lyrics are very well written, very uplifting, do you want to develop the direction of music in the past?"

Zhang Chen shook his head and said: "For music, I am a layman, I just have some hobbies. And now, I still want to focus more on computers and finance. ”

Rice nodded: "That's right, your website just sold for nearly three million dollars, and you have also launched ICQ, and you may become a billionaire soon." ”

Zhang Chen was surprised: "Miss Rice, do you know me?"

Rice laughed: "All the students of the Stanford summer program need to be signed by me. And with so much news about you lately, it's hard to know if you don't know. ”

Zhang Chen scratched his head embarrassedly, "Hehe, maybe I'm lucky." ”

Rice said: "I never believe in any luck, only when you work hard, good luck will come, and luck is also part of strength." ”

Zhang Chen said shamefully: "Your compliment makes me very embarrassed. ”

Rice laughed, "By the way, you said you were thinking about whether to go to high school in the United States, how are you thinking about it now?"

Zhang Chen thought for a while, "Well, in the short term, maybe I won't come to the United States to study in high school." I compared education in the United States and China. I think that in high school, maybe the Chinese education method is more suitable for me. ”

Rice was curious: "Oh, but as far as I know, the Huaxia education method is difficult to cultivate students' creativity and innovative spirit, and it is more about training learning, oh, sorry, I don't mean anything else, but it seems that Huaxia students are rarely pioneering and enterprising in academics." ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "It's okay, what you said is correct in some aspects, but Huaxia education also has a reasonable side. For example, in terms of basic knowledge, education in Huaxia is more solid. As for the academic problems you mentioned, I think they are caused by historical accumulation. ”

"It is true that the academic atmosphere in China is not strong at present, and there are indeed not many world-class achievements, but with the passage of time, I believe that in 20 years at most, Huaxia will be able to make breakthroughs in natural sciences and make Nobel Prize-level achievements. ”

Rice looked at Zhang Chen with interest: "You are really special, many Asian students come to the United States, and they will think that the American education method is more reasonable and effective." ”

Zhang Chen said: "The national conditions in China are different from those in the United States, after all, there are more than a billion people in China, and the illiteracy rate in China 49 years ago exceeded 90%, and the per capita income and GDP were not even a few tenths of the United States. In this case, it is unfair to say that Huaxia education stifles students' creativity and innovation. ”

"There is an old saying in Huaxia that ten years of trees and 100 years of people are cultivated, which means that if you plant a tree, you can become a talent in ten years, and through education and cultivating talents, a hundred years is considered short. Therefore, at this time, it is too early to judge the superiority of education in the East and the West. ”

In the nineties, the discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of education in the East and the West was almost one-sided. The whole society blindly admired Western education, and schools in various regions began to follow the trend and carry out a campaign to replace "examination-oriented education" with "quality education" regardless of the actual situation.

Twenty years later, the Chinese scientific research workers who grew up under the examination-oriented education have made remarkable achievements in various fields. Shi Yigong, Zhang Shousheng and other outstanding scientific researchers have made Nobel Prize-level achievements, and Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of artemisinin.

Twenty years later, the Western world also began to study the Chinese education method, believing that the Eastern education method is better than the Western education method in many aspects.

Rice nodded: "Ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, this sentence is very good." ”

Zhang Chen said: "Yes, actually, I think China and the United States are only different in terms of education, and the core concepts are not different. Even India, these big countries attach great importance to education, like my roommate Shanatanu, who is an Indian and very good. ”