Chapter 30 Life Turning Point
Just as Chen Li was struggling in her heart in pain, the sound of restlessness in the corridor became louder and louder.
Suddenly, someone shouted in the corridor: "Professor Lin just transferred to the History Department of Peking University today. A teacher from the logistics department asked our student union to clean a staff dormitory. It turned out that the dormitory was what Teacher Lin wanted to live in."
"Are you sure that Professor Lin who is the tour guide in the Forbidden City?" someone asked in the corridor.
"That's right, it's him. Lin Ping, a professor of history, is 21 years old this year. But more importantly, Professor Lin is unmarried." Students from the Student Union showed off the rumor he had returned from the Logistics Department.
"Are you so young? He isn't he a professor?" The student who had never seen Lin Ping himself was screaming in surprise.
"Isn't it normal for young people? I heard from seniors who went abroad to be exchange students that a math professor in their school is only 18 years old, but he is a genius. Foreigners can do it, why can't we do it?" Obviously, no one was too surprised to be a professor at the age of 21!
"Today I went to the Forbidden City to meet Professor Lin Pinglin himself. He is not only young and promising, but also very handsome. I just don't know if he has a good relationship?" When I think of Lin Ping's handsomeness and a young professor from the highest institution, and with 200,000 US dollars in hand, it's hard to find such a man.
"If Professor Lin has a partner, please ask tomorrow, do you know what time it is? How many times does Professor Lin live in the staff dormitory?" For unmarried people with conditions like Lin Ping, even in such conservative era, some people will become more proactive.
"Professor Lin lives in Room 404 of the employee dormitory building!" Student Union classmates may not have expected that her words were like the wings of the butterfly effect, which made Lin Ping very hard in the future. It also made Lin Ping understand how terrible the illegitimate meal was in 1980. Although there was no such term these days, their behavior was no worse than the girls who chased stars in later generations.
"404..." Many people silently remembered it in their hearts.
Today and this night are destined to be uneasy.
Soon, the news spread from the girls' dormitory to the library, and then spread throughout the school through the library.
In this era of lack of entertainment, there is such explosive news. Everyone will actively talk to people they know or don’t know.
As the heroine of the incident, Ye Wenzhu probably couldn't imagine that when her name spread to major universities with Professor Lin Pinglin, people would adapt it with added fuel to the fire.
For most people who have never seen Lin Ping's true face, a professor took a female student out of school to earn money from foreigners. He also gave the female student $100 to buy clothes at the first time, which more or less other plots and scenes in some people's minds. The news spread so quickly that it spread to the family courtyard where Ye Wenzhu's family was located in the afternoon of the next day.
However, at this time, neither party involved knew about their future tragic experiences.
At this time, Lin Ping was meeting with Smith at the Friendship Hotel.
"I'm really embarrassed to visit late at night to disturb your rest!" Lin Ping's first words when he saw Smith were apologetic.
"Lin, you are our GM friend. You can come here to have two drinks at any time." Smith obviously understood what Lin Ping was going to do at this time, just for the $200,000 consultation fee.
"Then I'm not polite in the future. Don't blame me for drinking all your wine at that time. But I came here tonight to ask Mr. Smith for a little help. I have a dream, and I want to start my own company. But because our country does not allow private application for a company license, I can only go to Hong Kong City to start it. If possible, I plan to fly to Hong Kong City tomorrow. After opening an account at a local bank, I hope Mr. Smith can transfer 20 US dollars to the bank account I opened in Hong Kong City." Lin Ping didn't want the money to be exchanged directly for himself through the Foreign Exchange Administration.
In this era, any money transferred from outside must pass through the Foreign Exchange Administration. Whether private or corporate, they can only hold RMB in bank accounts rather than foreign currencies.
In this way, the procedures are complicated and efficient.
More importantly, Lin Ping does not want his economic lifeline to be in the hands of others, nor does he want others to know his financial situation.
"I wonder what kind of business company Professor Lin plans to set up?" Smith was very curious. Smith admired Lin Ping's vision for the analysis and speech in the automotive field. Therefore, Smith was extremely curious about such a smart person and what kind of company he opened.
"I think Atari is a great company worthy of respect!" Lin Ping said and directly touched Smith's glass.
Lin Ping knew in his heart what a nonsense company Atari was, but he had to give a few compliments at this moment.
"Is electronic game console? Do you have a domestic market for this kind of thing? Or are you planning to enter the international market directly? But as far as I know, this is a money-burning industry. The 200,000 US dollars you have, not to mention that the R&D funds are insufficient, not even enough salary for recruiting R&D personnel." Smith once again agreed with Lin Ping's vision. It has to be said that this is a huge market with great prospects. However, there are already many big players in this market. Companies like Professor Lin who have no R&D capabilities and no money may not even be able to stir up a slight wave.
"You are right. We do not have too much money to research and development. However, the 200,000 US dollars is enough for me to recruit some scientific and technological talents and take out a prototype to raise funds within a few months." Lin Ping was actually unsure. He was very experienced in software development. However, he was a completely layman in hardware development.
As for how much money is needed to develop a Nintendo red and white machine. I'm afraid it can only be seen how deep the talent reserves of electronic departments in the two schools in Peking University are.
This 200,000 US dollars is meaningless to ordinary people. This is definitely an astronomical figure. However, when a high-tech enterprise wants to develop new products, the 200,000 US dollars is probably just buying scientific research materials. Fortunately, the salary level is extremely low these days. As long as you pay more than three or five times more salary, take a bonus of 50% off, and take a bonus of 50% off. I believe that teachers and professors from Tsinghua and Peking University will help you do private work in research and development in extracurricular time.
"It seems that Professor Lin is very optimistic!" At this moment, Smith wanted to laugh a little. It seems that God is fair, and this person doesn't seem to be proficient in everything.
"Since this is Professor Lin's dream, I wish you all the best. I will write you a Citibank check now. You can go to the bank to withdraw it directly!" Smith said, and immediately took out the checkbook and wrote a check for 200,000 US dollars.
Lin Ping saw that the money was obtained, so he stopped disturbing others to sleep.
Chapter completed!