Hearing what Zhou Xin said, Cao Yongluo breathed a sigh of relief.
The environment will change people. Judging from the tone and content of Zhou Xin's words, the other party is not fundamentally different from before because of his great success during this period.
“Actually, eating out is pretty much the same.
After eating too many steaks and burgers here, I miss the fast food in Yanda cafeteria.
Maybe what I miss is not the cafeteria of Yanda but the carefree days at Yanda.
I'm different from you. My academic talent is limited. I can only get into Yanda by relying on my father to get me a place in the online Yanda.
After coming to Santa Barbara, all classes were taught in English. I basically had to study the content on my own after class. "
Nowadays, there is no information, and most people do not have a clear understanding of Cao Yongluo as a group.
Even twenty years later, for people like Cao Yongluo, the Internet is still dominated by speculation and there is no authoritative statement.
The theories circulating on the Internet are basically my friends, I heard, and my friends’ friends.
And no one came out to say that I enjoyed any rights that you ordinary people could not enjoy.
When Zhou Xin started his own business in Shenhai in his previous life, he also had this group of investors among his investors.
But in terms of impressions, Zhou Xin felt that Cao Yongluo was more powerful than his previous partner.
Of course it could also be an illusion.
Because Zhou Xin didn't know who Cao Yongluo was, the rumors in his memory were just rumors.
Zhou Xin smiled and said: "For you, it doesn't make any difference how well you study in exchange.
Even if you fail a single course, it will not affect the path you take after graduation. "
Cao Yongluo smiled bitterly: "That's right.
But I still have brothers and sisters, and resources require competition.
The resources of your family are limited, and the resources that can be allocated to you are even more limited.
You need to be better than others to get such an opportunity.
Take studying at Yenching University as an example. I can study at Yenching University if I go to the first line. If I fail to get into the first line, it will be a lot of trouble. If I want to stay in Yenching, I can only go to Yenching Institute of Technology or Yenching Normal University. .
Unless I am willing to go to Shenhai, I can go to Fudan regardless of my score.
That's the difference.
Similarly, if my grades in Santa Barbara are good enough, it will be more likely that my family will be able to help me get to a higher-level college in the future.
So the background is just a help, and you still need to put in some effort. "
Zhou Xin admitted that he felt sad. No matter in his past life or now, he had to study hard to get into a prestigious school. As a result, the other party could go to Fudan with any score he wanted.
Going to Fudan was a no-brainer for him.
But fortunately, he is not eighteen years old, so he is not surprised by the phenomenon of Tianlong people.
Not only does China have a similar phenomenon, but the phenomenon of Tianlong people abroad does not need to be covered up.
Zhou Xin took a sip of the lychee-flavored sparkling water. The cold taste revived his brain, which was trying to stop thinking in a warm environment. He didn't know why the heating in this restaurant was turned on so much.
The fireplace turns Los Angeles in December into Yanjing in August.
“I didn’t expect you to have similar troubles.
Santa Barbara is not as good as Berkeley academically, but it is also a strong school in engineering.
Their academic requirements will never be low. "
Zhou Xin also had friends who were studying for Ph.D.s in Santa Barbara. In terms of published results, the powerful Ph.D.s there were no worse than ordinary Ph.D.s at Berkeley.
Cao Yongluo would not be dissatisfied because the other party said that Santa Barbara was not as good as Berkeley.
Although Cao Yongluo is not good at studying, to be precise, he is not good at learning theoretical knowledge, but he is very good at socializing and assessing the situation.
In his opinion, Zhou Xin is now a big deal, and the combined assets of his family are probably not as high as Zhou Xin's.
It wouldn't be great if a friend I met when I was young could become a big boss. It's normal to feel jealous of a friend's achievements, but it's not normal to let this emotion affect normal interactions between the two parties.
Zhou Xin's fortune was so fast that Cao Yongluo didn't even have time to be jealous, and his heart was filled with admiration for him.
Many of the children of Cao Yongluo's father's colleagues have gone abroad, but there are only a few who can do well abroad without relying on family connections.
Most of them rely on family connections to do business related to China in financial institutions.
For example, *** worked at Bear Stearns Investment Bank when he was at Americen, and later moved to Citigroup, where he was responsible for Citigroup's investment bank in China.
Citigroup had repeatedly encountered obstacles in China before. After she took over, she successively won the contract for super large-scale IPO projects such as Huaguo Life Insurance, China Netcom, and China Construction Bank.
It's hard to say how much of it is your own ability.
Cao Yongluo has seen too many such deeds in the industry, so he knows even more how difficult it is for Zhou Xinchun to become a billionaire on his own.
"Yes, the courses here are difficult, and language is just one of the reasons.
It is inherently difficult.
I kind of regret choosing an engineering major. It would have been much better if I had chosen a business major.
There are a lot of subjective judgments in business majors. As long as the language foundation is well established, there will be no problem in at least passing the exam.
There is no such fuzzy space in engineering. "
Cao Yongluo looked very annoyed.
Zhou Xin reminded: "Anyway, you are only exchanging for one year.
When applying for master's or doctoral programs in the future, just change it to a business-related field.
In fact, you can choose business when you come to Yanda, so why choose microelectronics? "
Cao Yongluo said helplessly: "I didn't want to choose, it was all decided by my dad.
He thinks that engineering is good and that it will be the trend for engineers to govern the country in the future, so why should he study business?
The biggest gap between us and foreign countries lies in science and technology.
How do you say that? If you learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, you will not be afraid of traveling all over the world!
I also felt that engineering was good.
Speaking of which, you are so successful in starting a business, are you still studying for a PhD? "
Zhou Xin nodded and said: "Here, I still want to finish my Ph.D. study.
For me, the most important thing about a successful business and the wealth I earn is having more choices.
Before, I might have only been able to complete my Ph.D. and then get a job. This seemed good, but in fact there was only one way.
But now I am studying for a PhD because I like the science of semiconductors, not because this is the only option I have.
Most of the time freedom is about having a choice.
Compared with Wang Wei and Li Li, you have more freedom than them because you can choose to go abroad, and I have more freedom than you. "
Cao Yongluo nodded and said, "If someone else said that, I might be jealous.
But you said, I don't feel jealous at all.
Just when we were at Yanda, you were the first to leave the dormitory to go to the library and the last to come back every day. This level of hard work was simply not something I could compare to.
Including you getting first in every exam, your learning talent is beyond my comparison.
So it’s normal for you to achieve worldly success, but I didn’t expect it to come so quickly. "
