Chapter 11 Living with Bill Gates
Li Zetian's three roommates came back very late, and as soon as they came back they told about their romantic affairs. Li Zetian listened for a while and then went to bed. He felt that he was not on the same channel as them.
In the early morning of the next day, while others were still sleeping, Li Zetian had already gotten up. After washing, he went out alone to familiarize himself with the environment of Harvard University. At the same time, he also hoped to meet the girl named Chen Ruoxi by chance last night. In fact, Li Zetian couldn't forget her. Her image was all in his mind last night! It's a pity that I haven't seen her again for a long time since that goodbye.
On the third day, the school officially started. In addition to the required courses of music, literature, history, and economics, Li Zetian also took elective courses such as mathematics, computer, and electronic engineering!
Nietzsche once said: "Only geniuses and madmen can enjoy loneliness!"
Li Zetian is a genius and a lunatic. Once he starts studying, he will forget to eat and sleep. In the eyes of others, including his roommates, Li Zetian is just a nerd who doesn't know how to enjoy college life, participate in social activities, or pick up girls.
However, Li Zetian himself enjoyed this state and enjoyed it. And because of this, although Harvard University in the United States is full of geniuses, he can stand out. Many people have even paid close attention to him, and Bill Gates is one of them.
Bill Gates majored in law, but he also signed up for math courses. Sometimes, several math classes would be held in one large classroom. The professor will raise some mathematical problems in class and ask the students to answer them on the spot. Bill Gates' mathematical talent is undoubtedly very strong. However, there are always two people in the class who are better than him in mathematical ability. One person is called Steve Ballmer, and the other person is Li Zetian from China!
When Steve Ballmer was in high school, he participated in a mathematics competition and ranked among the top 10 in the United States. He received a scholarship from the Harvard Mathematics Department and received a perfect score of 1,600 in the SAT test. He is a mathematical genius.
What surprised Bill Gates was that Li Zetian was a music student, but his attainments in mathematics far exceeded the two of them.
There is a saying that goes, “People of the same species flock together, and things divide into groups!”
In less than a month, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Li Zetian quickly came together.
It was a math class on the morning of September 21st. The math professor gave everyone a set of difficult test papers to take the test.
Li Zetian, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer who finished first were praised by the professor. The three of them got to know each other and became good friends.
Steve Ballmer is an active member of the school, while Li Zetian and Bill Gates are more like-minded and are both otakus.
When Bill Gates learned that Li Zetian was very interested in computer programming and that his skills were not bad, he extended an invitation to move into a dormitory together.
He said to Li Zetian with excitement: "Li, please move here and live together!!!"
When Li Zetian first heard this, he got goosebumps all over his body. My sexual orientation is normal and I am not gay! However, when I think back, Bill Gates’ sexual orientation is normal, no problem, and he shouldn’t have become a gay because of me...
"Okay!" Li Zetian nodded and agreed. Firstly, he could get closer to Bill Gates. Secondly, he couldn't chat with three roommates including Charles Eleanor.
Bill Gates has two roommates, and they are willing to change places with Li Zetian. Living with a nerd like Bill Gates is not exciting, but living with three boys from the music department would be much cooler! There are many beauties in the music department, and dormitory parties are often held!
It’s simply not too happy!
Steve Ballmer learned that Li Zetian had moved to Bill Gates' dormitory, and he also moved there subsequently.
Apart from attending classes, Li Zetian spent the rest of his time either staying in the dormitory or spending time in the computer room of the university. He even slept in it for several nights. So much so that the students who came to class the next day were shocked to find a snoring sound coming from the computer room. Of course, this incident later became a joke on Harvard campus. And when Li Zetian became famous, this turned into an extremely inspiring campus story!
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Time flies.
On October 5, Li Zetian received a letter from his parents. The letter stated that after they resigned and handed over the work of the newspaper and school, they left Hong Kong on September 4 for Taipei, Taiwan. His father, Li Chengzhi, took over a small magazine owned by his uncle and planned to serialize "The Devotion of Suspect X" in the magazine on November 1st. His mother, Xiao Zhixuan, also found a job at a local school and became a junior high school musician. teacher.
"November 1st, which is next month, I don't know what the sales situation of "The Devotion of Suspect , but in general, after reading the letter and knowing that his parents had settled there, he felt at ease.
In Taiwan, the magazine that Li Chengzhi took over was called "Life". It had prose essays, feature photos, women's fashion, etc., and it was a monthly issue. After Li Chengzhi took over, he decided to add novel columns, delete prose essays, and change the monthly magazine into a weekly magazine. The prose essay is finished after reading it, and people will not expect anything else to come. In short, the user stickiness is not enough!
The workload of a weekly magazine is huge, so the content must be prepared in advance, just like a TV station recording several issues of a variety show in advance!
At this time, Li Zetian carefully put the letter into the cabinet, then straightened his clothes and hair in the mirror, preparing to apply for a job at a company later. Li Zetian didn't have much money left. The money from selling songs paid for his tuition. His parents gave him US$1,000 for living expenses, but he "squandered it all" and bought chips, memories, circuit boards and other hardware. In this era, software engineers and hardware engineers have not yet been subdivided. A great engineer must be proficient in both software and hardware, but Li Zetian is not yet able to do this. Needless to say, software, he originally studied computer programming, and his mind is full of The knowledge is beyond this era, but the hardware is his shortcoming. Therefore, he spent money to buy a lot of things and came back to do research.
If you don’t have money, go make it on your own. How can you, an old man, ask your parents for money? Li Zetian had no idea of calling his parents to ask for money!
The company Li Zetian was applying for was called American Digital Equipment Company (DEC Company). On January 5, 1970, DEC Company finally launched the PDP-11 computer. PDP-11 has a series of computing functions, is easy to operate, has beautiful appearance, and has a longer service life than other computers. It quickly became a model for the small computer industry and a model for a generation of small computer design. DEC's influence began to spread to every corner of the industry and around the world, and finally stood out, breaking through the shadow of this blue giant, surpassing all other opponents, and becoming IBM's number one challenger!
DEC has a branch in Boston, and this company is also one of Bill Gates' favorite companies to apply for during college, because they send helicopters to the Boston Airport to take applicants to the company headquarters. Of course, Li Zetian learned about this from reading the biography of Bill Gates in his previous life.
At this moment, Bill Gates was waiting for him at the door, and the two of them were going to apply for a job at this company together.
