As Xiao Ran expected, the graduation defense went very smoothly, it was just a formality.
In less than 20 minutes, the defense was over.
Xiao Ran came out of the conference room and suddenly felt much more relaxed.
Next, it’s time to wait for the graduation ceremony.
At the graduation ceremony, as an outstanding graduate representative, he also had to give a speech.
Then you can graduate and end your student career completely.
As soon as Xiao Ran came out of the conference room, Phillip invited him to the vice-principal's office to discuss the graduation speech.
What's more important is to discuss outstanding alumni.
Like all universities in the United States, although UCLA is a public university, it will also strive to win donations from alumni.
How could they let a billionaire like Xiao Ran go?
At the same time, Ma Ming has successfully passed customs at Los Angeles Airport and is preparing to fly back to Beijing on an Air China cargo plane.
As a diplomat, during special periods, he can leave the United States by cargo plane without being affected by the suspension of flights between the two countries.
About an hour later, we arrived at the Capital International Airport on the other side of the ocean.
An Air China cargo plane flying from Mexico roared from the night sky and stopped steadily on the runway of the Capital Airport.
In addition to carrying a large amount of cargo, this Air China cargo plane also brought something more important.
As soon as the plane stopped on the runway, several black SUVs sped over and parked next to the ramp of the cargo plane.
Immediately afterwards, a guy dressed as a pilot came down from the gangway, got into one of the cars, and left the Capital Airport.
All of this happened very quickly, and only a very limited number of people knew about it.
The guy dressed as a pilot is actually an agent stationed in Mexico.
The things he brought back to Beijing were the two mobile hard drives and digital memory cards that Xiao Ran gave to Ma Ming.
These priceless treasures circled around the sea, and then were put on cargo planes in Mexico and sent back to the country as quickly as possible.
After leaving the Capital Airport, these treasures were sent directly to a compound in the capital.
In an office building in the compound, several computer experts and network security experts were preparing to extract top-secret information from the two mobile hard drives and memory cards.
After all top-secret information is safely extracted, the information will be distributed in categories for analysis and research by domestic scientists.
After such operations, no matter how powerful the Americans were, they would not be able to trace Xiao Ran.
The people who know his role here are also very limited, only a few.
Xiao Ran, who was far away in Los Angeles, stayed in the vice principal's office for nearly an hour before coming out, and then returned to his Cullinan.
As soon as he got in the car, he took out his mobile phone and started checking the few messages he had just received.
The first message was from Ma Ming, and it was only a short sentence.
"Take off immediately, wait for you to return home and have a drink together"
Looking at this text message, a smile suddenly flashed across Xiao Ran's face.
The next moment, he deleted the text message.
Although his mobile phone has undergone anti-surveillance and anti-tracking modifications, he basically doesn’t have to worry about leaking secrets, but he still needs to be cautious.
Especially in matters involving life and death, one cannot be too careful.
After reading the remaining messages, Xiao Ran drove towards the School of Drama and Film, preparing to pick up Elaine and leave the school.
Not long after the car drove out, his cell phone suddenly rang.
The phone screen showed an unknown number, and I didn’t know who was calling.
Xiao Ran immediately parked the car on the side of the road and answered the phone.
The next moment, Counselor He's voice came over.
"Xiao Ran, it's me, Lao He from the Consulate General"
"Hello, Uncle He, why are you thinking of calling me?"
Xiao Ran smiled and said hello.
"It's like this. Ma Ming is on annual leave and went back to China to visit relatives."
"If you encounter security problems in the future, just contact Wu Jun from the Consulate General, and I will give you his mobile phone number."
"Liu Jie is still responsible for coordinating cargo plane positions for you."
Counselor He briefly explained the purpose of his visit.
As for why Ma Ming suddenly left Los Angeles, he didn't know the real reason, and he didn't think there was anything unusual.
At the Consulate General in Los Angeles, there are many people who have not returned home to visit relatives in a year or two.
Coupled with the current special situation, even fewer people can return home to visit relatives.
Ma Ming was granted annual leave this time to go back to visit relatives, which made many people envious.
Hearing this explanation, Xiao Ran couldn't help but chuckle.
"Uncle He, I know about this. Brother Ma called me before."
"You can just send Brother Wu's phone number later, and I will contact Brother Wu."
After chatting for a few more words, Counselor He hung up the phone.
Afterwards, Xiao Ran started the vehicle again and drove towards the office building of the School of Drama and Film.
On the way, he turned a corner and went to the school museum specifically to take a look at the situation there.
See the results.
There were many black people gathered at the entrance of the school museum, and many people lined up, waiting to enter the museum.
After UCLA bought "Angry Man", it was placed in the center of the hall on the first floor of the museum, covered with a special bulletproof glass display case, and put on public display.
Not surprisingly, this top-notch work of art with special meaning immediately attracted countless people to visit and appreciate it.
The largest audience was the black people who came in droves.
These guys even came here to visit with a bit of a pilgrim mentality.
The black people queuing up at the entrance of the museum are all here for the top piece of art.
Xiao Ran didn't get too close to the museum, he just drove slowly on the road in front of the building and took a look at the situation here.
Even so, the black people gathered at the entrance of the museum still saw this bulletproof Cullinan.
Thanks to previous news, these guys all know who this top-of-the-line luxury car belongs to.
The moment Cullinan was discovered, there was a commotion in front of the museum.
"Look! It's that lucky guy Sean. This bulletproof Cullinan is so cool!"
"This guy is a super rich guy, he can't afford any car!"
"'Angry Man' alone sold for 60 million U.S. dollars. I heard that this guy's net worth is at least a billion U.S. dollars!"
While there was a lot of discussion, many guys had greed in their eyes.
Looking at the bulletproof Cullinan gradually moving away, these guys' eyes turned red.
This is also on the UCla campus, which is not convenient for hands-on use.
If it were south of Los Angeles, if it were night, many people would have rushed up to him brandishing pistols and snatched away this valuable top-end luxury car.
Even the people in the car could not escape the fate of being kidnapped.
After a while, Xiao Ran arrived in front of the office building of the School of Drama and Film.
After parking the car in front of the building, he immediately called Elaine.
After about five minutes, Elaine came out of the building.
Also coming out together were several of her classmates, both male and female.
After saying goodbye to several classmates at the door of the building, Elaine walked towards Cullinan who was parked on the roadside.
Seeing this scene, her classmates were envious.
Especially some girls, their eyes are a little red with envy.
While talking, Elaine had already gotten in the car.
As soon as she got in the car, the beautiful woman asked with concern:
"Sean, how was your thesis defense? Did it go well?"
Xiao Ran nodded slightly.
"As I said before, this so-called graduation thesis defense is just a formality, without any difficulty."
“Compared with my graduation thesis, the school cares more about how much benefit I can bring to UCLA.”
Hearing this, Elaine said with envy:
“This is the special treatment of billionaires, it’s so enviable!”
"We are not so lucky. We still have to prepare for the defense carefully. It is not certain whether we can pass smoothly!"
While chatting, Xiao Ran started the vehicle and drove away.
Then, they left UCLA and drove to the University of Southern California.
About half an hour later, Xiao Ran had picked up Fang Yufei and drove straight to Chinatown.
If you pass the thesis defense successfully, of course you should celebrate it.
The current situation is special. It is too unsafe to eat out and there is no place to go. I can only buy some good ingredients and go home to cook.
As for fine wine, there is plenty of it at home, so you can drink it to your heart’s content.
Just when Xiao Ran and the others were shopping in a Chinese supermarket in Chinatown.
In an office building in a compound in Beijing, a burst of excited cheers suddenly came out.
"These two mobile hard drives contain top-secret information from NASA and JPL laboratories, and they are all cutting-edge research information."
"There are also detailed information on the Mars Science Laboratory plan, as well as many concepts and design drawings of deep space probes. These research information are really precious!"
"And there is no alarm program set up in these two mobile hard drives. I don't know what this guy named Charles thinks?"
Before the cheers could stop, a man in his forties next to him quickly rushed to the dedicated phone a few meters away!
