927 Memories of the Void (Part 3) (1)
Maybe it's because he has completely extracted a memory in London last time, and the link between Su Muhua and the source of the memory in the dark is much stronger. The last time it took Orlando's careful dictation, multiple visits, and on-site observation to awaken the memory of the void. This time, although Sandiego didn't say much, new memories had come from the depths of the void in waves.
"When I first met that guy, I was just a grocery store owner. Sandiego looks like he reminisces about the past and quietly recalls the early days of his development: "I probably remember that it was the summer of 1980. I got to know Sophia and that person because of an Apple 2 I had in the store. ”
"Apple~fruit~2~?"
"It's the same Jobs, but it's not the smartphone we use now, it's one of the world's first personal computers, Apple Type II. - plus. Yes, at that time, Apple was already this urine, and it was all kinds of plus at every turn. Sandiego rubbed his brows, glanced at Su Muhua next to him, and then sighed and sighed: "Sophia was still a very young lady at that time, thin and weak. One day she just appeared outside the window and looked at the Apple computer I had in the store, looking like a child. I remember that scene very clearly, because there was something very special about her, which is indescribable, but unforgettable. ”
Everything in front of them began to become trance-like, and before they knew it, a new memory had soaked the spirits of the three of them. The three linked spirits scrept along the veins of the void, and in the blink of an eye, they returned to the distant past.
In 1977, the college entrance examination was resumed for the first time after New China put things in order.
In the middle of winter that year, Su Muhua wore a torn cotton jacket, drove dozens of miles of mountain roads, and participated in the first college entrance examination after the Cultural Revolution with a frozen red face. She swept almost all subjects with extremely high scores, becoming one of the few candidates in China who was directly admitted to the undergraduate program among the more than 5.7 million candidates, and even caused a great sensation in the local county - of course, English is her eternal pain.
At the moment, "I am Chinese, why bother learning foreign languages", Su Muhua nodded deeply at that time.
Of course, with the educational resources and learning conditions of that small county at that time, it was almost impossible to cultivate such a high-scoring genius. At that time, Su Muhua showed a very high talent for science, and sometimes even knew the answers to the exam questions directly as if he was born to know them, but now it seems that I don't know how much of it is because of the twin effect passed from Su Muqiong's end.
After 1978, Su Muhua honestly went to school in the land of abundance and studied at West China Medical University. Although I majored in obstetrics and gynecology, the knowledge of other subjects is also invincible, like a small copy of Sophia's trip to Cambridge. As the first batch of female students admitted to colleges and universities after the resumption of the college entrance examination, Queen Su has set off a lot of storms in the school because of her personality, style, appearance, and academic tyrants.
Every time she recalls that era, Su Muhua is very proud, saying that those local chickens and dogs can't withstand her crushing. No, there are some people in the Ministry of Health today who were among her admirers at that time.
But Su Muhua can only be said to be an ordinary genius in the normal category, which is understandable and acceptable, and the sensation caused is only a small-scale phenomenon at the student level. Look at Su Muqiong's side again, at the same age, the sensation caused is much greater.
In 1979, Sophia finally followed Orlando to do experiments, and published academic research and papers in the same year. In the end, Orlando didn't have the cheekiness to write his name in front of him, and after weighing the proportion of his own contribution, he begged to get the same first author. Writing his name on the back of Sophia swiped a wave of prestige, and brought him a second Nobel Prize years later.
The following year, Sophia officially received her Ph.D. from Cambridge University, becoming one of the youngest PhDs in human history. Compared with some of the demonic predecessors, Sophia got a doctorate from Cambridge at the age of 18, which is not too dazzling. Of course, if you want to count the time between going to college and getting a doctorate, Sophia is absolutely invincible in history.
Orlando often sighs about this, eager to discover Sophia's super talent from a young age. If you can read and write at the age of one, go to school at the age of three, get a doctorate at the age of five, and Nobel at the age of seven, such a strong resume is excellent and very appropriate for Sophia.
But no matter how much Orlando is obscene, Sophia's graduation day is coming as promised. Before leaving Cambridge, Sophia went on to earn as many as nine PhDs in various other disciplines, putting together enough to make a grand slam. Then, under Orlando's regretful and reluctant gaze, Sophia left Cambridge.
Left London.
Left the UK.
Came to Wisconsin, USA.
At this moment, the world of memory is no longer completely black and white. The world of memories is red flowers, green grass, clear and magnificent Great Lakes, wide, clean and bustling modern American streets, and a kaleidoscopic world of flowers.
At this moment, the influence of the hippie movement is still spreading, and all kinds of pompous fashion trends are sweeping across the United States, and smoky makeup and explosive heads can be seen everywhere. Young people who are unbridled in their youth, self-indulgence, and profligate are rubbing shoulders one after another, anesthetizing themselves in the dance hall one by one. The strong rhythm of the movements is similar to today's square dance music, which can make people can't help but shake their heads and tails.
At this moment, the international situation is changing delicately, the Iran-Iraq war is imminent, and the crude oil market is full of twists and turns. The Soviet Union was still powerful, and its annual increase in its nuclear arsenal was straining nerves for American residents from old to young. Since the day the Tsar Bomba exploded, Americans have had the strange habit of digging holes and cellars in anticipation of nuclear war, and this habit has not ceased until this time.
At this moment, the United States is not having a good time. The Bretton Woods system has long since run out, and the high inflation rate has made the dollar less and less spent. Banks are almost as shameless as loan sharks, with interest rates as high as 20 percent leaving many Americans on the brink of unemployment and bankruptcy. Housing and car supply have become the biggest worry for many Americans, and house slaves are definitely not the unique scenery of China at one time and one place.
It was in such an era that Yang Qi and the three of them saw that Su Muqiong, an 18-year-old girl, plunged headlong into this world of flowers. She came to Wisconsin to work at a university research institute.
Cambridge graduate, Grand Slam Ph.D., super genius Sophia, what kind of sensation will her arrival bring to the United States?
I'm sorry, unlike many people's expectations, her arrival is not a sensation, and it can even be said that it is not shocking. Even Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize twice and opened the door to human cognition of atomic reactions, was attacked as a "Polish slut" and suffered a major spiritual blow for this.
After coming to the United States, Sophia faced such a demonic scientific community. Most of what she saw was: The little girl is very young, she looks good, do you want to make a date? No, ten doctors are fake. Can you do it? Can you do it? You can do it, do you have any evidence! Doctor? Don't say anything about doctors and not doctors, there is a P use, start brushing test tubes and petri dishes today! Don't want to do it? Don't want to do it, fuck off! Can you do anything else? Dream! I tell you, if it weren't for your good looks, I wouldn't even give you a test tube, and there are more young people begging me to brush the test tube. Finally, either brush the test tube well, or get out of the house and go out to ask for food, you can do it!
INTERVIEWER If it weren't for that, how would she have ended up in Wisconsin, a place where research is not a very good place? Although the University of Wisconsin-Madison is known as the "Public Ivy League" and is one of the most powerful public universities in terms of scientific research, Sophia is not able to enter this kind of place, but a smaller, more inferior place.
And even in Wisconsin, at a university that can be said to be rural, Sophia has not been treated fairly. In this small place, she did get an independent research laboratory with her blinding golden degree, and she didn't have to really brush test tubes and wash petri dishes like a temporary worker. But the equipment and funds she was able to obtain were simply not enough to support any real scientific research.
In the entire scientific community, she, a supernova who should be rising no matter how you look at it, has been given an unprecedented cold reception and has been severely marginalized.
If she is still in the UK, with Orlando's many years of business connections and prestigious status, she must have a bright future. Needless to say, at least Orlando must have welcomed her in her laboratory with both hands and feet, and would have served this adult well with food and drink.
But she didn't.
She did not stay in the privileged conditions of Britain, but plunged headlong into the rolling tide of the United States, persistent and lonely struggle. And all this, not because of anything else, but because Adam said, "I'm going back to America, will you go back with me?"
Without any hesitation, she pulled up her suitcase: "Let's go." ”
Crossing the Atlantic, from a Cambridge demon who didn't have to worry about anything to a country school researcher, Sophia's life has changed dramatically. But this ethereal and clear woman did not feel any sorrow, on the contrary, she now had a lot more smiles on her face than before.
Because—
"Off work?" In the crowd, Adam's elegant figure is still so eye-catching, his expression is bright and sunny: "Do you want me to take you home, I have a car!"