After resting on the sofa in the office for a while, Zhang Lisheng Shi Ran walked downstairs and drove back home in good spirits.

For the next three or two days, he didn't go anywhere, spent August in New York City, said goodbye to his mother's family, and flew directly to San Francisco.

San Francisco, the second largest port city on the Pacific coast of the United States after Los Angeles, has a population of more than 4.5 million in the metropolitan area alone, and the degree of prosperity can be imagined.

There are many Chinese here, and there is the most lively and ancient Chinatown in the whole country, which is one of the must-see cities in the minds of every Chinese tourist who travels across the ocean to rice.

But for Mr. Zhang, who has lived in New York for two years, the rest of the country no longer has any appeal.

Empty-handed, with only a credit card and a few hundred meters in cash, he walked out of San Francisco International Airport, looked back at the airport hall with three huge arched eaves under the empty blue sky and white clouds, took a deep breath of California's crisp air that seemed to smell of straw, and walked into a taxi.

"Where are you going, young man?" the tall and fat black driver asked when he saw that the business was booming, and he was nearly middle-aged, showing his white teeth.

"Stanford. ”

"Oh, Silicon Valley engineer," the driver's smile widened when he heard that it was a 'big job,' "my car is fast and stable, just come up." ”

The world's famous electronic technology incubator 'Silicon Valley' is located on the Stanford campus, and it is obvious that the black driver will not take public transportation after getting off the plane, but will take a taxi directly to Zhang Lisheng, a destination hundreds of kilometers away. Become a generous computer engineer.

For the young man's noncommittal smile, he didn't explain anything, just leaned his head on the pillow in the back seat of the car, and looked out the window without saying a word, the driver saw his indifferent expression, shrugged his shoulders, stopped talking, started the car and slowly drove out of the airport.

All the way is a wide and straight highway, and after more than an hour of smooth driving, the car came to the "forefront of new technology and new education" in the United States. Stanford University.

Compared with Harvard, a famous school with a history of more than 400 years. Stanford, who is only a little over 100 years old, can indeed be called a 'new' word.

However, looking through the car window at the vast campus covering an area of more than 30 square kilometers, those early rice-style buildings that are quite old, Zhang Lisheng still has a sense of stepping into history.

Taxis pull into Stanford's open campus. I consciously slowed down. When the car passes by the shade of several caftan trees side by side. He suddenly said, "Driver Xie Luxie, please stop here." ”

"Young people, this is the central campus of Stanford. It's still a long way from Silicon Valley. ”

"I came to Stanford to go to school. Zhang Lisheng smiled, glanced at the meter, and took out a few hundred-yuan bills, "No need to look for it, I wish you a smooth return trip." And got out of the car.

After getting off the bus, looking around in the bright weather, he saw only a few figures on bicycles on the empty campus, and the young man had a puzzled expression on his face and dialed Professor Stephen's phone.

"Professor, I'm already at Stanford, but there's hardly anyone here..."

"No, oh, how did you get here?"

"I hailed a taxi at the San Francisco airport. ”

"Oh, it seems that you went to the wrong campus, Li Sheng, don't you understand, usually college admissions should take the school bus, so you won't find the wrong place, especially if you want to go to the second largest school in the United States. ”

"I'm sorry, I have no experience of being persuaded to quit before, and it's the first time I've gone out to study in college," Zhang Lisheng joked with a smile, "Then what should I do now?"

"Tell me about the buildings and special features around you, and I'll pick you up. ”

"That's so much appreciated. The young man looked around, and after a while, he reported three or two quite distinctive characteristics, hung up the phone and waited for ten minutes, and then he saw the biology teacher who he had not seen for a long time driving a nearly brand new royal blue double SmartBeConcept (Smart) convertible car, coming to him, 'Di Di...' and honked the horn.

"It's been a long time since I saw you, Professor, you look so good, oh, and you bought a very 'dazzling' new car. Zhang Lisheng sat in the passenger seat and said with a smile.

"Long time no see, Li Sheng, you look in good spirits.

Not to mention this little car, I hate Smart, driving on the road is like driving an engine with a cardboard shell on the outside, but it is really easier to use on campus than a big car," Professor Stephen smiled and said, "Okay, now I'll take you to the admission process." ”

Judging from the tone and attitude of his speech, after getting a teaching position at Stanford, his psychology was much smoother, and he even made jokes.

"Professor Xie Luxie. ”

"No need Xie Lisheng, this is my promise to you.

Speaking of which, we were all very lucky, and before the government announced the discovery of the 'otherworldly world', I published the first volume of my paper in the annual journal of Science magazine with those two 'soft-shelled deformed beetles', and as a result, I became a tenured professor at the university again, and you became a graduate student at Stanford a few years early. ”

"It's also the professor, looking at it today, no matter how important the status of those two little bugs in the history of insect evolution is, they will depreciate a lot, after all, the discovery of the 'otherworldly world' also means the 'species explosion' in the biological sense.

However, it is not easy to go to the 'Otherworldly Realm' to capture creatures for research, even if the President has ordered the opening of the 'Sea Shrimp No. 2 World' Realm, the government and military are still strictly controlling the spread of species?" Zhang Lisheng replied casually.

"It sounds like you know something that others don't know, Li Sheng. When it comes to biological research, Stephen's eyes lit up.

"Yes, professor, I went to the 'Sea Shrimp No. 2 World Realm' three days ago as a 'private investor'.

I think you should know that the main place of human activity there is a huge island with an area of more than 30,000 square kilometers.

The U.S. military built a small city on that island, just like an ancient city, with walls, gates, and fortifications, and they attracted the natives of the otherworldly realm to barter in that small city, well, I guess they are still trying to tempt and tame the natives with abundant supplies.

I went to that small town with a lot of 'new cowboys', and I had contact with the natives, and I got a lot of strange insects from the spoons and spoons that were never worth anything in their hands, but unfortunately the 'star officer' at the 'gathering place' told me that those bugs could not be taken away..."

"God, Li Sheng, you are really lucky that you have already traveled to the otherworldly realm, and you have also come into contact with the strange species over there.

What kind of insects are you exchanging for, and what kind of structure does it look like to the insects on our planet?"

"Well, the experimental environment is too harsh, and I can only pinch and explode those precious experimental materials with my bare hands...

In fact, on that otherworldly island, these materials should not be precious, and I have seen many resting soldiers and natives use them for barbecue.

Most of them are juicy, the flesh is delicate and soft, and there is no toxicity to the eye, and the insects on the earth should be summarized in a unified genus, but the volume is much larger.

Oh, speaking of which, Professor, since ordinary people in the United States can travel to the otherworldly world by drawing lots, if you are interested, why don't you apply to go there as a researcher?"

"Because I don't have the funds," Stephen said irritably, "the use of the lab's funds is clearly specified, and I can use them to buy a laser pulser to bake a hamburger, or I can buy myself a new car, but I can't use it to go to another world for scientific research."

Because there is no precedent for this 'use of this way', the damned bureaucrats in the school are perfunctory to me for such ridiculous reasons..."

"Oh, in that case, maybe I can fund you for a large-scale scientific expedition to the 'Shrimp II' realm, and if all goes well, maybe even build a first-class biological laboratory there. Zhang Lisheng's heart suddenly moved, looking at the beautiful campus outside the car window, and said with a sharp opening.

"What, are you willing to do this, Li Sheng, this is not just a matter of spending millions of yuan to donate a research instrument, it requires a much larger investment. ”

"Of course, I know this professor, in fact, the purpose of my business is to help myself become an outstanding biologist, all for the development of human science, as long as it is within my ability to provide financial support, I will do it," Zhang Lisheng said in a high-sounding voice: "At present, because of the expansion of business, I can only come up with 50 million."

However, after a year, the funds will be returned, and if I really establish a biological laboratory in the otherworldly world, I can provide at least about 100 million US dollars in financial support every year, and of course, if the research of the laboratory can generate commercial benefits in the future, I will account for at least half of the share. ”

"Oh Li Sheng, you just said that 'the purpose of running a business is to help you become a brilliant biologist', and now you are so greedy...

But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it's a very strange thing if you give so much and don't ask for anything in return.

As long as you're willing to come up with enough money to fund my research, it doesn't matter what you want," Stephen said loudly with a surprised expression of surprise after hearing Zhang Lisheng's words: "It seems that we won't be busy with your admission procedures first."

Let's meet Margot, the head of Stanford's biology department, for I'm sure he'll be very interested in what you've just said..."

As he said that, he drove the car to a sudden stop, Smart's tires rubbed against the ground and made a 'zzi...' sound, and several cyclists on the road who were alarmed also hurriedly stopped the car.

"Hell, you lunatic, who would drive like that on a college campus. Amid the angry curses of the bicycle rider who came back to his senses, the car turned its head sharply and sped away in the opposite direction. (To be continued.) )