Chapter 258: Accidentally Breaking into a Public Class
Yang? Martel's address to them was at the University of California, Los Angeles. Although UCLA, referred to as UCLA, is not as good as Harvard, Stanford and other prestigious schools, and although it is not as good as its more well-known cousin, the University of California, Berkeley, its strength should not be underestimated.
It is ranked second among public universities in the United States, after the University of California, Berkeley, and has always been in the top 15 in the world! Yang Guo has also heard of this university for a long time, but it only exists in the quotations of some papers.
Because the school is too big (about 1. 7 square kilometers), Yang Guo and Zheng Yujie took a taxi directly into the school, and the driver seemed to take this route often, happily introducing Yang Guo and them to the buildings along the way.
It has to be said that the architecture of this university inherits the characteristics of the multiculturalism of the United States, and each building has its own characteristics, such as medieval style, Gothic style, Slavic style, etc., and the architectural charm of all over the world can be found here, which is very different from the monotony of domestic universities. Of course, the fusion of classical and modern is also a major theme here, and the natural and human architecture is also closely combined, and many buildings are covered with green vegetation, but there is also a bit of harmonious charm.
Yang? Martel is holding a lecture here today, and the scale is not too big, so he decided to settle this matter with Yang Guo after it is over, but this school is too big, and Yang? Martel himself didn't understand too much, after Yang Guo and Zheng Yujie got out of the car, they had to ask for directions to find Yang? The building Martel was talking about.
"It should be here." Yang Guo pointed to a large stepped classroom and said to Zheng Yujie, although the door was closed, he could still see that there were many students sitting inside. Zheng Yujie carried the bag and followed Yang Guo, and the two tiptoed open the back door and walked in.
Walking in, Yang Guo realized that he had gone to the wrong classroom! The one who spoke in a subdued tone on the podium was not Jan? Martel, but an old gray-haired professor, was so immersed in his lecture that he didn't notice that two uninvited guests had barged in.
There was a camera on the stairs behind him, and a young man in a hat was manipulating it, and when he heard the movement, he raised his head, glanced at Yang Guo and the two of them strangely, noticed Qiqi in Yang Guo's arms, and then made a shushing gesture to them.
Yang Guo was embarrassed, he quickly pulled Zheng Yujie back along the same road, and before closing the door, he seemed to hear some psychological terms, probably, this old professor is talking about psychology.
After coming out, Yang Guo helplessly looked at Zheng Yujie, who was leaning forward and backwards with a smile, pushed her, and said, "Okay, I know I'm making a fool of myself, do you want to be so exaggerated?" ”
He remembered the young man who had just gestured to him, and said to Zheng Yujie suspiciously: "What the hell is going on, there was a camera there just now, could it be that this school is still holding classes for live broadcast?" ”
"You don't understand this, do you?" Zheng Yujie said a little proudly, "People are holding an open class!" ”
Under Zheng Yujie's introduction, Yang Guo learned that this new thing gradually emerged in China after he graduated.
Open classes, to put it bluntly, are some famous schools record some of their courses into videos, and then put them on the Internet for everyone to watch and download. In fact, there have been schools doing this a few years ago, and the more famous ones are Yale University's "Game Theory" and so on.
In essence, the open class is a publicity model for universities to promote themselves, saving trouble, effort and money. However, to a certain extent, it has also allowed these sources of knowledge, which only exist in ivory towers, to be shared around the world. Therefore, the open classes of the world's top universities will be sought after by people, after all, these were only looked up to in the past!
"We have also published a lot of open class videos in China!" Zheng Yujie said, "I watched one some time ago, called Eternal Mingyue, and the knowledge of writing about the moon in our Chinese culture is quite good." ”
"I see." Yang Guo nodded thoughtfully.
Finally, they found Jan? Martel.
"Leon!" Yang? Martel had just finished the lecture and was communicating with a few students, and when he saw Yang Guo, he happily greeted him.
"Mr. Martel," Yang Guo shook his hand and said with a smile, "Today, because I didn't find anyone to help with the care, I brought my daughter over, hoping not to disturb you." "Actually, it's not that he can't find someone to take care of him, Yang Guo After he experienced a life-and-death competition, he didn't feel at ease to let his daughter stay with strangers, besides, Qiqi was not happy!
"No problem, today we are just here to do the last step of cooperation, there is no need to be so serious. Besides, looking at this cute little angel, I think of when my daughter was little. "Jan? Martel laughed.
In Young? At Martel's request, Yang Guo directly called him "Yang", which made Yang Guo feel weird, and he always felt that he was calling himself.
Jan who got the results of the business survey? Martel, finally believed in Yang Guo's strength, there was no way, in the face of this manuscript without the author's name and the title of the book, eighty-seven out of a hundred people chose it very good-looking, he couldn't help but be tempted!
Actually, Jan? Martel also had an extra eye, he paid for the commercial research company to do research with the manuscripts that Yilin Publishing had previously translated for him, and only a dozen of the 100 people chose to be interested in continuing reading.
Everything is afraid of comparison, and when compared, Yilin's manuscript seems weak. The strong are willing to compare, because comparison can better set off their strength, and Yang Guo's translation is like this, becoming extra precious!
For the new contract, Jan? Martel didn't have any opinions, because it was better than what Yilin Publishing House had given him before, and he paid more attention to this opportunity to cooperate with Yang Guo.
Signed the contract, Jan? Martel held Yang Guo's hand tightly and said seriously: "Leon, what you said to me last time is very reasonable, my book should not be sought after because of other people's movies." I also hope that my readers will truly recognize this book that I have poured my heart and soul into, not the movie of the same name. ”
"And you also said that your translation can bring my work back to life on the Chinese mainland, and I hope you can really do that." Yang? Martel stared at Yang Guo's eyes, looking very solemn.
Yang Guo patted his arm, smiled and said to him confidently, "Please rest assured, I will not let you down!" ”
Walking out of this building, Yang Guo and Zheng Yujie, who was tightly pressed by the bag of the dress contract, looked at each other and smiled, and they conquered another fortress. Of course, this is only the beginning of this part of the campaign.
(This chapter is actually a foreshadowing, hehe)