Chapter 118 Enrollment
"Luna, is that source you got reliable?" Holding the camera a little nervously, Harry, the pre-photographer of the Harvard Crimson Newspaper, looked at the quaint dormitory building in front of him, his eyes full of doubt, "Do you think Felix would live in this kind of place?" ”
On the outside, the appearance of the residence hall to which Harry is referring is appealing — it has the shape of a bell tower and its rusty gates, and many of Harvard's residence halls and academic buildings retain the Georgian style, which is typified by this one. Many people are confused by its appearance, and only when they actually live in it do they know that the space of this dormitory building is very small. An ensuite has two bedrooms, while one bedroom sleeps two people.
In 1986, seven of Harvard's 12 student residence halls were officially designated Historic Buildings. According to Boston law, such old residence halls can only be innovated internally without changing the exterior structure. This created a lot of restrictions for the renovation, students had to use very small showers and rooms, and the lack of elevators caused a lot of trouble in moving dormitory furniture. The renovation plan for the old dormitory was cautious and took decades to approve.
"For his kind of person, is there any difference between a four-person dormitory and Harvard's most exclusive studio?" Luna, who spoke, was a girl with light yellow hair, and if it weren't for the freckles on either side of her nose, she would have been a beauty. She was dressed smartly today, as if she was going to do something big, "The dormitory is just a foothold for Felix Lin, and he definitely won't live in the school." ”
"I still think that the idea of Ginny's interview team is more realistic, Felix Lin must report first when he arrives at the school, and they will gain more if they wait for permission over there!" Despite Luna's point, Harry still muttered something to himself.
He and Luna are both preparing to join the Harvard Crimson Newspaper as a pre-correspondent. Harry is a photojournalist, while Luna is a text journalist. Like them, there are many people who want to join the Harvard Crimson Newspaper, like Ginny mentioned in his words. However, the number of students admitted to the newspaper each year is limited. Because there were many people who signed up, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper came up with an idea. The applicants were divided into several groups, and whichever group could successfully interview Lin Mingyang at the beginning of the school year could directly become the official reporter of the "Harvard Crimson".
Harry actually wanted to be in a group with Ginny, because Ginny was recognized as a big beauty in her grade, and she had a large group of followers behind her every day, which made her well-informed, and she would definitely be able to receive the news as soon as there was any disturbance on campus, instead of dragging him for more than three hours at the door of this dormitory called Kirkland just by relying on a message from an unknown source like Luna. The guys who got in and out of the dormitory now look at them with foolish mockery in their eyes.
"I'm sure I'll be able to defeat that big-chested Ginny this time!" Luna clenched her fist and slashed twice in the air, while Harry looked at her flat chest, and although he didn't slander the other party in his heart, he also knew that this was a typical manifestation of "can't eat grapes and say grapes are sour".
As soon as Luna thought that she would interview Lin Mingyang immediately, and Ginny found nothing, her heart blossomed, "This time I have secret information, Felix Lin lives in this dormitory, absolutely yes!" ”
As for the source of the information, Luna has been tight-lipped about it, which makes Harry curious: "Secret information? ”
Seeing the eagerness on Harry's face, Luna's eyes rolled, considering that this kid's photography skills are good, and when the target appears, it will depend on him to take a few more photos, so now you can give him a little sweetness.
Luna hooked her finger at Harry, motioning for him to lean his head over, "You really want to know?" ”
Harry nodded vigorously, and then Luna said with a mysterious face: "Every year, there are always some guys with special identities like Felix Lin who come to Harvard, and they don't go through the normal channels when they enroll. To put it simply, he has been registered, but no one knows it. ”
"Since it's through a secret channel, how do you know?" Harry immediately asked.
"I have a friend who is a computer whiz at MIT, and I asked him for help in hacking into our school's freshman file system." Luna was speaking lightly, but Harry's eyes widened.
"You're ......"
Before the word "hacker" could be spoken, Harry's mouth was gagged by Luna's hand, "Can't you be quiet?" ”
"But is it really good to do that?" Harry was a little dead-headed, "If this is found out to the school, we'll be miserable!" ”
His worries were reassuring to Luna, at least he was already on the same side as herself, which was a good start. She patted Harry on the shoulder: "Journalists always resort to unconventional means in order to collect evidence. If journalists honestly play their cards according to common sense, how much truth in history will be blinded? You can rest assured that I won't be like Mark Zuckerberg's idiot who hacked into the school's website and then proudly posted the girls' photos on his stupid website to usher in the most vulgar atmosphere of Harvard students! ”
Harry was still silent, but he knew in his heart that the reason why Luna really cursed Mark Zuckerberg was probably because Luna was deliberately omitted from the girl information released by the other party.
-- When others enrolled, they still had to go through a lot of cumbersome admission procedures, but Lin Mingyang received "special" care from Harvard, in order to prevent this guy from appearing at the enrollment site and causing unnecessary confusion, Harvard helped him go through all the procedures in advance and arrange the dormitory. After the start of school, Lin Mingyang only needs to "carry a schoolbag" to class.
Of course, Lin Mingyang is not the first Hollywood star to study at Harvard, a year ago, the precocious "little girl" Natalie Portman in "This Killer is Not Too Cold" just graduated from here, she was admitted to Harvard at the age of 19 with full honors, and like Lin Mingyang, she also majored in psychology. The admission of the first and last two Hollywood movie stars is enough to prove the unique charm of Harvard University.
But Lin Mingyang's "trouble" in Hollywood during this period of time is not small, his admission will attract more eyeballs than Natalie Portman back then, the media that pay attention to this time is not only "Harvard Crimson", Boston newspapers and television stations, large and small, these two days have filmed reporters wandering around the Harvard campus, even if Lin Mingyang does not accept interviews, everyone can often take street photos!
expected that such a situation would occur, Lin Mingyang himself had already made sufficient preparations, he found a wig with an explosive head to wear, and his sunglasses were replaced with a pair of funny toad glasses, and the clothes were very exaggerated hip-hop styles. Walking on the campus of Harvard, he did successfully attract the attention of many people, but after walking around, no one has associated this strangely dressed guy with Lin Mingyang himself.
This time it should have been relatively successful to sneak into the Harvard campus to make up, because on the way Lin Mingyang saw several beautiful women, and he was used to whistling with his surname, but what the other party threw over was not flattering, but disdainful. Even asking for directions was despised.
Lin Mingyang wandered around the school for a long time, but could not find any buildings with the surname "Harvard University" marked with the words. You know, Harvard University is considered the top university in the world. Founded in 1636, the university has been a leader in world education for more than 300 years. But on this prestigious campus, there is not even a decent gate.
After inquiring for a long time, Lin Mingyang finally found a small broken door, which is the so-called Harvard University gate, and there is a pig's head engraved on it. It is said that in the early days of Harvard, in celebration of the Harvard canoeing team's championship, students happily slaughtered a pig and hung its head at the school gate to celebrate.
The student who brought Lin Mingyang over patted him on the shoulder as he left, "Man, the most realistic meaning of this 'pig-headed school gate' is that when you go to Harvard, even a pig-headed pig-brained guy like you can learn and succeed!" ”
Lin Mingyang was depressed and found that he had changed his look, and then the evaluation in the eyes of others became so bad, when he, a "pig-headed pig-brained" guy, walked in front of a blonde beauty, before he could speak, the other party screamed first.
"Hey, you guy, do you think it's eye-catching with such an exaggerated hairstyle?"
"You took the initiative to talk to me, proving that I have succeeded!" Lin Mingyang grinned, which made the other party a little embarrassed.
"This kid thinks I'm talking to him?" The blonde beauty pointed at herself and made a very exaggerated movement, and the boy carrying a camera opposite her patted Lin Mingyang's shoulder, "Brother, your hair is blocking my lens!" After he reminded him of this, Lin Mingyang realized that there was indeed a camera behind him. He was standing right between the camera and the blonde beauty, and he flashed to the side in embarrassment, and then stood curiously behind the photographer to see what the other person was shooting.
After watching it for a while, Lin Mingyang also saw a little way, it turned out that the two were filming a piece of campus live news, and the blonde beauty opposite was the host, she should be a veteran, and she was not nervous in front of the camera. But the videographer is a complete layman, fiddling with an expensive camera, but the things that come out are not what the news report needs at all, and the whole thing in his lens is a close-up of the face of the blonde beauty opposite, and there is not even a basic background, let alone news-related content.
In the end, Lin Mingyang couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help but ask out loud: "Will you use this thing?" ”
The photographer looked up and looked at him stunned, "So you can use it?" ”
"Come, I'll teach you!" Lin Mingyang stretched out his hand, and the other party actually handed over the camera to him.
Lin Mingyang carried the camera on his shoulder very professionally and adjusted the lens. His eyes were fixed on the image, but his mouth asked, "What do you want to shoot?" ”
"A piece of live news!" The blonde beauty opposite him who answered him also saw that Lin Mingyang should be very professional when playing with the camera.
"Then let's get started!" Lin Mingyang carried the camera and joined the temporary reporting team.
After helping them shoot a few sets of shots, the beautiful woman named Ginny had a great impression of him, although Lin Mingyang still wore the annoying toad sunglasses and refused to take them off.
"You're all reporters for the Harvard Crimson?" After the shooting, a group of them sat on the grass and chatted.
"It's only temporary!" The original photographer on the team saw that Tom was an honest man.
Ginny glared at him, then added, "We'll be full members of the newspaper in no time." ”
"Why is Harvard's newspaper called that?" Lin Mingyang found that he seemed to have asked a very stupid question, because even Tom, an honest man, rolled his eyes at him.
Every good university has its own theme color. Crimson is the color of Harvard, the buildings of Harvard are crimson, and the name of Harvard's sports team is Crimson, so Harvard's newspaper is called "Harvard Crimson". The crimson color represents the love and dedication of Harvard teachers and students in the pursuit of learning, and it also represents the incomparable glory and incomparable self-confidence of Harvard, an ancient famous school.
Listening to his explanation, Lin Mingyang looked suddenly enlightened, "So what is the test for you to join the newspaper?" ”
"Successful interview with Felix Lin!" At the mention of this, Ginny was a little discouraged. Because so far, none of her eyeliners distributed in all corners of the school have found any trace of Lin Mingyang.
"You're looking for Felix Lin?" The expression on Lin Mingyang's face was strange.
Ginny asked hopefully, "Have you seen him?" ”
Lin Mingyang shook his head, "You want to interview Felix Lin, you should go to Hollywood, what is that guy doing at Harvard?" ”
This time everyone collectively cast a disdainful look at him, and Ginny pointed to the campus in the distance: "Look at those guys with cameras around their necks, wandering around the campus like headless flies, they are all reporters from various newspapers and magazines, do you think they are here to take pictures?" ”
Jim patted Lin Mingyang's shoulder speechlessly, "Brother, go back and read the newspaper carefully, otherwise your roommates will treat you as an alien!" ”
Ginny snorted coldly from her nostrils, "I think it would be nice if he was really an alien, at least the bunch of creatures could have one more object to dissect!" ”
Lin Mingyang was completely beaten by them, and finally could only ask weakly: "I want to know, how to get to the Kirkland dormitory?" ”
(To be continued)