Chapter 41: Styrofoam
Important Notice: "Mask Island" is an original Saloem-sama! He created a complete Matrix, and when I needed a Matrix, I found that no matter how I wrote it, there was overlap, and it felt like I was drawing a scoop on a gourd. For the sake of harmony, I'll join the Mask Island directly!
Of course, I won't copy what Lord Salem said, but I need the presence of the Mask Island, and the spirit of hacking. In order to let everyone know about the Mask Island, some of the frames I will still move over, just frames! Don't say I'm plagiarizing~ People are quoting ~~~
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In fact, when it comes to money, Shen Chi has a very easy way to become the richest man in a second!
He's a hacker, a hacker who joins the island of masks!
The island of masks, is the Jerusalem of all the hackers of the world. Their website is a program encrypted with a chaotic algorithm, and hackers must find the bug in the program and successfully penetrate it before they can see the registration page for Mask Island.
For hackers all over the world, the proudest thing in this life is to see the registration page of Mask Island.
In the more than 20 years since the establishment of the Mask Island, it is said that there are no more than 30 members. No one knows their real names and identities, not even among the members.
Every year on New Year's Day, the Mask Islands website is open to the public for one day, releasing the source code of several hacking software, and several theoretical hacking articles.
One can only guess the number of members from the attribution of these articles.
Shen Chi joined the Mask Island three years ago, when he was only fifteen years old. I don't know if it's the smallest member of the Mask Island.
He wants money, just hack into the banking system and move some of the dead and bad debts that will be enough for him to spend his whole life. He can even make something out of nothing!
But he couldn't, that would be against the spirit of hacking.
Hacking is an identity, never a profession, and cannot be used to make a living or make a profit. Every real hacker absolutely abides by this rule!
Those who wantonly attack other people's computers for illegal benefits are pests in the hacker world! Shame on everyone! And exterminating pests is the responsibility of every hacker! Because only they have this ability.
Hackers, although they cannot be said to be righteous, are by no means evil! It's all these rat that pollutes the hacker world!
Shen Chi didn't want to be a rat poop.
And he didn't want to make something out of nothing. That kind of unearned life is not what he wants.
So now there are two ways to go, one is to ask Father Shen for money. Second, earn it yourself!
First, Shen Chi just thought about it. He had already made up his mind to stay away from the Shen family, and if he opened his mouth to Shen's father again, he had a sense of depression that he would never be able to get rid of the Shen family.
Then you can only earn it yourself!
But with only more than 20,000 yuan in his hand, how can such a small principal earn 50,000 in two weeks? That's the bare minimum!
Fortunately, there is no endless road, and it suddenly occurred to him that the tuition fee could be paid in installments. Ten payments a year, in this way, almost more than 5,000 at a time, the money in his hand can support four months, and he must earn the next four months of tuition within four months, so that he can barely break even, and will not slowly become negative equity.
But it is not easy for him, a freshman, even a Stanford college student, to reach an annual salary of 60,000 yuan! At this time, the average annual income of an average family in the United States was only 50,000.
Chen Jie hadn't seen Shen Chi in the library for the past few days, and felt very strange. In recent months, Shen Chi has been visiting the library every day, although the time is uncertain, he sometimes has to go to class, but he always comes every day.
But it's been two days, and there's not a shadow at all. Could it be that the class time is staggered? But after school in the afternoon, he stayed until the museum closed! I haven't seen anyone for the past two days. Could it be something? Chen Jie is really interested in Shen Chi.
What to do if the vague "seduction" plan did not work out? Is it straightforward? She doesn't want it! Shame on the dead! Besides, if he refuses directly, there will be no way back!
But even if you want to go straight to it, you have to find someone!
On this day, Chen Jie ran to the physics department, and there was no one. (Shen Chi always went to the physics department to attend lectures because of the needs of the competition, and Stanford allowed double majors.) I went to the math department again and found it!
Shen Chi had just finished class and was walking out quickly, if she came two minutes late, she might not have seen Shen Chi's shadow.
This made her very happy and excited! It seems that they are very destined!
Chen Jie approached Shen Chi quickly, and only greeted him when he was three meters away. It's not too far and not close, and it meets the standards of a reserved girl.
"Shen Chi, wait a minute, I have something I want to ask you for help." After saying that, she regretted it a little, was her tone too tough? Is the wording wrong? I have something to find him, so he has to wait? Will it make him think I have princess disease? Ah! I regret it!
In fact, Shen had already discovered her sooner or later, his gaze was too strong, and he couldn't find it if he didn't want to. He thought that he would pass by like before, but he didn't expect to take the initiative to speak today. He didn't know Chen Jie's name yet
What a hassle
"What's the matter?" His tone was a little cold. Recently, I have been anxious to find a job, and I am in a really bad mood, and I have even saved my perfunctory efforts.
The cold tone froze Chen Jie. She was about to cry in her heart, and on the surface she had to maintain an indifferent and unaware appearance, and said with a smile: "That's right, I have been studying the history of modern science recently, and I want to find a copy of "The Story of E: A Legend of Constants", but the library said that it was all borrowed, and I saw you borrow one by chance last time. Can you lend me the book for two days? I promise, I'll give it back to you in two days! Please~~~"
In the end, I mustered up the courage, clasped my hands into fists, and used the cute pose that I had practiced for several days.
Shen Chi looked at Chen Jie coldly, from junior high school to college, he had met him with books I don't know how many times.
"The book was returned to the library."
Chen Jie can't be!
However, she was also a little unsure, after all, the last time she saw him read this book was a few days ago, and it was indeed possible that he would return it.
"What about the book?"
Shen Chi glanced at her, didn't speak, and continued to walk forward.
Chen Jie raised her legs to follow, as if she was reflexive. Now her heart is really bleeding, it's so embarrassing! But if Shen Chi really wants to leave her alone, she will have no face at all! I won't have the courage to talk to Shen Chi anymore in the future!
All the way! Chen Jie cheered herself up in her heart.
"This book was recommended by our teacher, I haven't read it before, and I heard that it is very interesting. It is said that this book is all-encompassing, not only depicting phenomena closely related to E in many fields such as mathematics, physics, biology, music, finance, etc., but also showing famous formulas, theorems and laws about E. These interesting historical stories and rigorous mathematical assertions are intertwined, allowing people to examine this familiar and unfamiliar constant from a new perspective, and to understand a silhouette of the development of mathematics over thousands of years. ”
Chen Jie struggled to find something to say.
"I memorized the profile well." Shen Chi hit the nail on the head and didn't save any face. He is an expert when it comes to combating women's self-esteem.
Chen Jie was stunned as if she had been pointed. watched Shen Chi leave without looking back.
She she doesn't want to live! Shame on the dead! It's so damning!
"Shen Chi, I won't let you go!" She cried out from the bottom of her heart.
Shen Chi really has no time to take care of another nymphomaniac girl. Do you like it? What do you like about him? The two are just one side, and they have said no more than three sentences, so they like him? What else could you like besides liking his face!
Shen Chi returned to the dormitory, changed his clothes and prepared to go to the interview.
Stanford University has the best accommodation conditions in the United States, 60 square meters, one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom, and single occupancy.
However, first-year students must live on campus, just like in China. This is not conducive to his part-time job, so he picked and chose and found a job that met his expectations, fighting sparring.
It's not that he doesn't want to be a coach, a coach needs a qualification, he doesn't. So I can only settle for the next best thing and be a sparring partner first.
Specific salary interviews.
Shen Chi came to the Styrofoam Club, and this is where he was going to interview.
This is a private upscale clubhouse! No, it should be said that it is a top clubhouse! The club only accepts internal members, and there is no distinction between members and members, because they are all top personalities! Three hundred miles and sixty lines, only take the most cutting-edge people in each industry!
Therefore, there is no distinction between superior and inferior, and there can be no distinction between superior and inferior.
Correspondingly, it is also difficult to join the Styrofoam Club. The club has a special evaluation body, which will conduct a rigorous review and evaluation of each applicant for membership, and will also issue invitations to those they like.
All members must be notified in writing before the approval and before the invitation is issued, and 80% of the members agree before joining the club.
The first two items are no longer easy to achieve, and it is even more difficult to get the consent of the vast majority of members who are above the top.
Their audit requirements are too high! For example, if an entrepreneur wants to join the club, then the company he manages must be among the top 10 in the same industry in the world! Not even the top 50, let alone the top 500.
If he is a scientist, then he must have won a Nobel Prize, if he is a politician, then he must be a cabinet member, and if there is only money, not an industry leader, then he must have 10 billion dollars in bank deposits, not fixed assets.
If it's an artist, oh, they don't welcome an artist, because a living artist is not worth anything!
This is a club of copper-smelling guys! But there's no denying that each of them has a lot of energy!
It's not easy to work in this kind of place. Shen Chi was able to get the interview qualification thanks to his status as a Stanford college student.
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American universities can pay tuition in installments, but not all universities can, Stanford, I don't know, here just take it as it, don't take it seriously!
There is also about the accommodation in Stanford, which is true.