The last stop for Yu Dong and the others was the Roche Memorial Library, because this building is now used for offices at Columbia University and is equivalent to the government building of their school.
When he arrived in front of the building, Schroeder turned to look at the students behind him, then smiled and said to Dong and others, "This is the first time I have seen students from our school so enthusiastic. It shows how charming you are."
Wang Xiaobo laughed and said, "They mainly come here for Yudong and have little to do with the rest of us."
Schroeder waved his hand, "No, no, no, although YU is indeed very popular in our school, the students are also familiar with the rest of you, such as Mr. Wang Xiaobo's "The Silent Majority", "The Golden Age", Bi Fei
Mr. Yu's "Panic Fingers", Mr. Yu Hua's "Alive", "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", Mr. Fu Shui's "Alien Monkey", "Falling on Mars", "The Long River of Life" and other works are very good.
Loved by the students.”
Hearing Schroeder talk about how many of these works he treasured, Yu Dong couldn't help but sigh, the president of Columbia University has something special.
However, the works Schroeder mentioned are indeed well-known in Europe and the United States, and several of them have been included in the recommended books of many universities.
Among the works listed by Rhodes, the most well-known to American audiences is Hu Changqing's "Alien Monkey". This is Hu Changqing's first novel published in "Science Fiction World" and can be regarded as his debut novel.
This novel and some other short and medium-sized novels were later used by Jimmy to create a series of unit dramas. This series of unit dramas included some relatively light and funny science fiction dramas. "Alien Monkey" was the most popular among them.
At that time, after "Alien Monkey" was aired, primary and middle school students liked it more, and many of the students at Columbia University now watched this series when they were young.
Students at Columbia University also love to join in the fun. From the moment Yu Dong and the others entered the school, there were students following them. After they walked around, the students did not leave, but there were more and more students.
Yu Dong waved to the students, and then entered the building with Schroeder.
Schroeder's principal's office was not big enough to accommodate so many of them, so Schroeder arranged them in a lounge specially designed to entertain guests.
After walking for more than an hour, both parties were a little tired. Now they finally sat down to rest, and everyone felt much more relaxed.
The two sides chatted in a relaxed mood for a while, and then Schroeder got down to business again, "After a short rest here, it may take a little more time for everyone. I still need to communicate with you some details of the afternoon exchange meeting."
Yu Dong nodded, "No problem. If you need our cooperation, principal, just tell us and we will definitely cooperate actively."
Schroeder smiled and said, "It's nothing. I'm just communicating with you about some common issues, processes, time, seats, etc., which are also included in the process manual I sent you before, but I think it's better to communicate in person to make sure nothing goes wrong. Although it's just
It is an ordinary exchange meeting. You may have experienced many exchange meetings with larger scenes, but I still hope to do it well so that you can leave a perfect impression on the students of our school and let our school remain in your hearts.
Leave a better impression.”
Listening to Schroeder's words, Yu Hua, who was sitting behind Yu Dong, raised his eyebrows. Although Schroeder spoke English and Yu Hua couldn't understand it, Schroeder's manner of speaking sounded like a Chinese.
"What did he say?" Yu Hua poked Bi Feiyu's arm.
"Look, it's pitiful that you don't know foreign languages." Bi Feiyu teased Yu Hua, and then translated Schroeder's words to Yu Hua.
After listening to the translation, Yu Hua clicked his tongue, "The president of Columbia University talks in the same way. He doesn't look like an American."
"This is a stereotype. Of course Americans can cause trouble. Isn't Jimmy an example?"
Yu Hua retorted, "Jimmy is no longer an American. He has been staying in China longer than he has been in the United States."
"That's true..."
The two were chatting quietly, and Schroeder suddenly smiled at them, and the two of them smiled back.
Schroeder nodded again, then pointed to the window and said to Yu Dong, "In more than a year, you should be able to see the Deep Space Building when you look out of this window."
Yu Dong looked in the direction of Schroeder's finger. There were many buildings standing outside the window. The farther away he looked, the more buildings he could see. These buildings were eventually intertwined together, like a curtain that looked a little blurry.
, to separate the distance.
"Is it this direction?" Yu Dong asked.
"That's right, it's in this direction. Follow the road next to our school and walk southwest to the location of the Hearst Acquisition and Editorial Building."
The Deep Space Building will build a new building based on the original Hearst editorial building to be used as the office of the Deep Space Group. The Deep Space Building broke ground two months ago and is expected to be topped out in two years, so Schroeder said
The building will be visible in more than a year.
But in fact, from their current position, the Deep Space Building cannot be seen.
The Deep Space Building is planned to be over 180 meters high, less than 200 meters high. Such a height is nothing in a place like Manhattan.
The Bank of Manhattan Building, which has just been completed, is over two hundred meters tall, not much different from the direction of the Deep Space Building, but the Bank of Manhattan Building is still not visible from this direction.
Of course, Schroeder also knew that it was impossible to see the Deep Space Building from their location. He mentioned this just to turn the topic to the Deep Space Company.
"Many students from our school have gone to Deep Space Group after graduation. Now Deep Space Group ranks at the top of the list of companies that Columbia University students most want to join."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "It is an honor for Deep Space Company to attract students from your school. I would also like to thank Columbia graduates for their contributions to Deep Space Company. Before coming, Jimmy told me that the company is indeed
There are many Columbia graduates, and they are all excellent."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The conversation between the two sounded like business compliments, but it was also true.
The Deep Space Company is highly comprehensive, has a wide range of businesses, is large in scale, and requires many types of talents. It is also located in Manhattan, and is geographically connected to Columbia University.
Columbia University's well-known business school, law school and journalism school can all provide jobs for Deep Space Company. Moreover, many Columbia students have Chinese as their first or second foreign language, and their basic conditions are more suitable for recruitment by Deep Space Company.
Talent standards.
"Jimmy and I are very good friends, and sometimes he will come to my office for tea."
Yu Dong nodded. He had also heard Jimmy mention this. Jimmy and Schroeder had a very good relationship in private, and Yu Dong's understanding of Schroeder also came from Jimmy.
Schroeder himself graduated from Columbia University Law School. After graduation, he worked as a lawyer for several years and then traveled.
During the ten years of traveling abroad, he spent half of his time in Europe and the other half in Africa.
After returning to the United States, he came to teach at his alma mater and gradually became the principal.
Schroeder also has a Chinese name called Hua Qingyu. When Yu Dong heard this name, he thought he heard it wrong.
Hua Qingyu sounds like the name of a character in an idol drama. In fact, it is indeed the name of the male protagonist in "Flowers and Grass Lovers".
Jimmy explained that last fall, Schroeder suddenly asked him what was the most famous name in China.
But Jimmy didn't think much about it. He first said Yu Dong's name. Schroeder was not satisfied with the answer. Then he asked, besides Yu Dong, which name is the most famous at the moment.
At that time, "Flower and Grass Lovers" was on the air, and the name Hua Qingyu was particularly famous. Jimmy heard it every day, so he named her Hua Qingyu.
Schroeder was very interested in the name Hua Qingyu, and asked Jimmy to write it down for him, and then asked Jimmy to explain the three words Hua Qingyu to him.
Jimmy later learned that Schroeder was planning to start learning Chinese at that time, so he wanted to give himself a Chinese name.
In the beginning, whenever Schroeder had the opportunity to speak Chinese, he would tell people that his name was Hua Qingyu. However, as he became more and more familiar with China and his Chinese became better and better, he rarely took the initiative.
Introduce your Chinese name to others.
Jimmy also persuaded him to change his name to a more normal Chinese name, but the old man was quite stubborn. He said that the name was his own and he couldn't change it just because it didn't sound good. This is not what a person with a strong will should do.
.
Thinking of this, Yu Dong smiled and asked Schroeder: "Are you still learning Chinese recently?"
Schroeder nodded very seriously, "Of course, once I decide to learn a language, I will keep learning. But my spoken English is too bad, so I didn't communicate with you in Chinese today."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "My speaking is poor, but my listening is pretty good?"
When saying this, Yu Dong specifically turned to look at Bi Feiyu and the others.
Schroeder smiled and nodded, "My hearing is not bad. I can still understand what Mr. Bi Feiyu and Mr. Yu Hua said."
Bi Feiyu also heard this. He looked at Schroeder blankly, then at Yu Dong, and then smiled sheepishly. Just now, the two of them were talking about Schroeder next to them.
I thought that Schroeder could actually understand Chinese.
Yu Hua didn't understand English, but he could understand the embarrassment on Bi Feiyu's face, so he poked Bi Feiyu again, "What did Lao Shi say again?"
As soon as these words came out, Bi Feiyu became even more embarrassed. He did not answer Yu Hua, but directly asked Schroeder in Chinese, "Principal Schroeder, how long have you been studying Chinese?"
Schroeder thought for a while and replied in English, "I started learning it last fall, and it will be a year in one month."
Bi Feiyu praised, "You can learn listening to this extent in one year when you are so busy at work. Your language learning ability is very strong."
"Although Chinese is special, all languages ​​have something in common. I have studied many languages ​​and I have some experience..."
Bi Feiyu spoke in Chinese, Schroeder spoke in English, and the two chatted back and forth like this.
Yu Hua looked at the two chatting and was dumbfounded. He dared to believe that the people he was muttering to Bi Feiyu just heard them. No wonder he had smiled at them before.
Seeing Yu Hua's surprised expression, Yu Dong reached out and patted his shoulder, "A gentleman should be careful in his words and deeds."
Yu Hua twitched the corners of his mouth and didn't respond. He just raised his head and looked around to cover up his embarrassment.
Schroeder chatted with Bi Feiyu for a while, then looked at Yu Dong, "YU, Jimmy said, do you have any ideas to develop battery and motor technology recently?"
Yu Dong nodded, "Well, I have some thoughts in this regard. Principal, do you have any suggestions?"
"No suggestion. I just want to introduce our school's advantages in engineering and applied sciences as well as environmental science and policy. Deep Space Company can consider cooperating with our school."
Yu Dong stared at Schroeder and asked curiously, "Have you told Jimmy this?"
"As I said, he responded to me very perfunctorily."
Yu Dong was a little surprised when he heard Schroeder's words.
There are two reasons why it was unexpected. The first was Jimmy's reaction. After all, Columbia University is one of the top schools in the United States and took the initiative to cooperate with deep space. Jimmy should be very active and not perfunctory; secondly,
The first is Schroeder's reaction. He didn't achieve his goal with Jimmy, so he came to him. Does he know the relationship between himself and Jimmy?
"You came to me because you think I can make a decision on this matter?" Yu Dong asked.
Schroeder shook his head, "I just think this is a way to go. Jimmy will always consider what you say."
Yu Dong did not express his position directly, but asked, "Can you tell me how you want to cooperate?"
"Of course it's no problem. That's it. Deep Space Company can open a new company that specializes in batteries and motors..."
Yu Dong interrupted, "The motors we want to develop are used in robots, and these two businesses need to be separated."
"Well, that means opening two companies. Both companies can sign strategic cooperation agreements with our school and establish joint laboratories to carry out technical cooperation..."
Schroeder quickly stated his thoughts. Although he spoke very quickly, he still spoke for a long time because his speech was quite long.
But to sum up, it is very simple. It is hoped that Deep Space Company can provide funds to establish a joint laboratory with Columbia University, and Columbia University will provide outstanding talents for the laboratory, and the technology developed by the latter laboratory will be shared by both parties.
After listening to Schroeder's plan, Yu Dong also understood. No wonder Jimmy was not active. It turned out that this cooperation model was not attractive to deep space.
Yu Dong frowned and asked, "Can the joint laboratory help our company cultivate talents on a regular basis?"
"Of course, two or three deep space staff can go to the laboratory for training every year."
Yu Dong shook his head, "Two or three places are really too few."
Schroeder pursed his lips and asked, "How much do you think is appropriate?"
"Ten will be given to each laboratory every year, and then your school will provide another 100 places to deep space companies every year. Among these 100 places, there must be 40 masters."
Chapter completed!