After this day's visit, no, it was half a day, everyone felt very tired, the American style of doing things made Yang Wanli and others a little unbearable, although there was a break in the middle of the way, how could there be a continuous rotation, which was too different from the domestic reception!

In the morning, Zhang Wei came to pick them up, and they were on the road all morning, and then visited the factory of the Lynn branch in the afternoon, and the itinerary was arranged very tightly.

Seeing that everyone was too tired, Lin Qiangsheng proposed to stay in Lynn City at night, and go back to Long Island, New York tomorrow after visiting Pratt & Whitney's PW1216 engine.

Zhang Wei suggested: "Mr. Lin, why don't you find a hotel in Boston for one night, and I can take you to visit MIT and Harvard University by the way!" ”

Ma Chenglin felt that this proposal was good, he looked at Lin Qiangsheng and said with a smile: "Xiaolin, why don't we follow Mr. Zhang's arrangement, it's a pity that we don't visit a world-famous school when we come to the United States!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng looked at Yang Wanli, and Lao Yang reluctantly cheered up and nodded, so he said to Zhang Wei: "Okay, then go to Boston!" ”

Zhang Wei got in the car and drove everyone to another town, and it turned out that the two universities were not in the main city but in another town.

This Boston is very interesting, its main roads stretch out like a wheel hub, and it is known as the city on the wheel hub. The traffic is developed, the roads are smooth, and they arrived in Cambridge, Boston, twenty minutes later, this time Lin Qiangsheng chose a high-grade star hotel to stay in, and it was already more than six o'clock in the evening after arranging their rooms.

A few people in the car have already squinted for a while, and this will barely lift their spirits, which is also in the United States, everyone feels that it is worth the trip, so they insist.

Ma Chenglin and others also lamented that it is so inconvenient to not have a car in the United States!

After understanding, everyone knows. Zhang Wei has to drive an hour from his home, near the Royal China Hotel, to get to work every morning at the General Electric branch in Boston's Linn City, a small county town.

According to him, this is the case for most Americans, who spend a lot of time commuting to and from work, and they are used to it.

This made Ma Chenglin, Niu Xintang and Yang Wanli very surprised. According to the Chinese idea, it is best to live near the company, and I can't wait for a few steps. And Americans don't, they want to go as far as possible, work is work, life is life, work and life are very separated!

Everyone simply cleaned up and set off quickly, Zhang Wei was very enthusiastic, and Lin Qiangsheng and others were not easy to sweep away his friendship.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is located in the city of Cambridge, Boston, and belongs to the Greater Boston area. The city is also the oldest city in the United States, with a history of more than 370 years, and there are many old European-style buildings in the city, known as the Athens of the United States.

When everyone arrived at Harvard University, it was almost 7 o'clock in the evening, and the campus was deserted, and there were not too many people studying on their own, which was very unexpected by everyone.

However, Harvard's old buildings are indeed more interesting. If it's sunny or rainy weather, the environment here is indeed more temperamental. Pity. They visited this institution in the evening.

Leaving Harvard and going to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is only two stops away from Harvard, very close, separated by only a river.

According to Zhang Wei, the teachers of the two universities teach each other, and students can also choose courses in the other school. This made Ma Chenglin and the three of them very curious.

Perhaps it is an engineering school, and the learning atmosphere at MIT is much stronger than that of Harvard, and the school is bustling, and if you look closely, it is full of students who are going to study on their own.

Zhang Wei smiled and said to several people: "Harvard students are more social, and students there are more enthusiastic about participating in social activities. And MIT has a better learning atmosphere, and students work harder! ”

Sure enough, after going deep into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I saw that the buildings were brightly lit, and there were many people coming and going in a hurry, which showed that the school spirit of the two schools was completely different.

MIT's library and computer room are open 24 hours a day, and it's rare to have such a large computer room in '84.

Lin Qiangsheng and others visited the library, and there were still many people in it at this time, and there was an endless stream of students reading books, borrowing books, and copying materials by themselves.

What makes everyone curious is that the students here are very self-disciplined and do it themselves, and they don't need anyone to supervise them, and no one supervises them, and this kind of free and open environment is absolutely invisible in China, and the librarians of domestic universities have to watch, let alone make copies and fiddle with the photocopiers themselves.

In front of the "one-faced" art sculpture in the library, Zhang Wei proposed that Lin Qiangsheng and others take a photo as a souvenir.

Lin Qiangsheng secretly thought that he was also a person who had visited MIT, just thinking about it, he unconsciously looked for the wall, looking for the engraved 'so-and-so, visit here', shook his head, Lin Qiangsheng smiled.

Out of the library, everyone was a little unsatisfied, Niu Xintang said with emotion: "Before liberation, on. The teachers and students of Haijiao University admired the Massachusetts Institute of Technology very much, and called themselves the MIT of the East. After the reform and opening up, many scholars and experts in our country, as well as high-achieving students from school research units, have wanted to study in the United States and come to MIT, a famous university, to have a look. ”

Ma Chenglin and Yang Wanli also nodded silently, including Lin Qiangsheng, everyone admits that MIT is indeed a first-class famous university in the world, and there is no second one!

Everyone visited the study room, and it was not an important leader who came to the students to pose, but they did see many students burying their heads in the case file. At least on the surface, the atmosphere of hard work in this school is very unusual!

Passing through the corridor of a school building, there are many handwritten activity posters and advertisements by students, and students are studying hard everywhere.

This actually surprised Lin Qiangsheng, I really didn't expect foreigners to be so diligent!

In his understanding, American college students are American pies, American carnival balls, and all kinds of bizarre activities, such as seeing who has the most beautiful hips!

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "Do you know that when MIT chose to be established near Harvard University, it was still a big risk!" ”

Everyone looked at him suspiciously, and Lin Qiangsheng asked curiously, "What are the risks?" ”

Zhang Wei looked around the campus, and the students walked into the library and study room with books and bags on their backs, and he said: "After the establishment of MIT, Harvard University once wanted to forcibly annex the school, but fortunately, the president and teachers of MIT at that time strongly rejected Harvard's request, so that this famous university was saved!" ”

Ma Chenglin said in surprise: "There is such a thing, doesn't the US education department care?" ”

Zhang Wei smiled and explained to him: "Both universities are private institutions, and the U.S. education department can't control them!" I can say that there are many private schools in Europe and the United States, and many famous schools are founded by individuals or groups. In the U.S. News & World Report's rankings of schools, the top 10 schools are all private, including MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, Caltech, etc., these private universities are not worse than public universities at all, and both the teaching environment and the quality of teachers are better! ”

Ma Chenglin was puzzled as to how private universities could become world-renowned universities, and whether they would receive financial support from the state. Although he was puzzled, he didn't ask it, and Ma Chenglin still paid attention to maintaining his demeanor in front of outsiders.

Lin Qiangsheng said to Zhang Wei: "We Dongxing Group has also established a university in China, of course, the Ministry of Education is also involved, it is not possible to participate in it, it is difficult to recruit students without the support of the Ministry of Education, but this school is still very talkative, and I will build it into a world-famous university in the future!" ”

Zhang Wei was puzzled for a moment, stretched out his thumb and smiled: "Mr. Lin, what a spirit!" I believe that there are not many people who donate to build universities in the mainland these years, you have a very vision, with a good university can cultivate good talents, such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other world-famous universities, if China has one or two, every year graduated a large number of outstanding talents, how can China not be strong! ”

Lin Qiangsheng glanced at Zhang Wei unexpectedly, and saw that he was looking at himself with a smile and a sincere tone, so he nodded in agreement and said to Zhang Wei: "You're right, I think so too!" ”

Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang glanced at each other, and suddenly felt that after Zhang Wei said this, the distance between the two sides had narrowed a lot, and the original American style was much weaker.

Yang Wanli also lowered his head and thought deeply, originally he didn't think about what the university built by Lin Qiangsheng could do, but now that he visited these two famous universities in the United States and saw so many hard-working talents, Lao Yang couldn't help but worry about the education of the motherland. (To be continued.) )