wild 1995

Chapter 119 Thoughts

In order to avoid the ubiquitous paparazzi, Diana's trip to Hong Kong was very low-key. She only brought two assistants, two bodyguards and a photographer. She arrived at the VIP lounge of London Heathrow Airport half an hour before the flight took off.

Di Ye did not have the information of the two assistants in his memory, but he had the information of the photographer, so he went to the British National News Agency and met with Martin Keane in the name of holding an Internet photography exhibition, hoping to create an opportunity to contact Diana through him. Now with Deng Yongqiang as the middleman, there is naturally no need to be so troublesome.

However, those arrangements were not in vain. After Deng Yongqiang introduced the two parties to each other, Di Ye and Diana briefly greeted each other, and then discussed technical topics such as beautification filters and image editing with Martin Keane to strengthen his image as a technological elite.

After being enlightened by Di Ye, Xia Fangfei let go of her psychological burden, disguised herself as a fanatical fan, and tried to get close to Diana in a very exaggerated way. She even opened her suitcase on the spot and took out a pair of high-heeled shoes made by Jimmy Choo and asked her to sign them.

As early as 1991, Jimmy Choo became Diana's exclusive shoe designer. However, in 1995, he had not yet founded the Jimmy Choo brand, which was still a niche shoemaking workshop. Users of niche products often have a strange sense of identity, and Diana was no exception. On the one hand, she agreed with Xia Fangfei's vision, but on the other hand, she disliked her shallowness and pointed out: "These are last year's old shoes. They don't match Chanel's new suit. You should let Jimmy tailor them..."

When it comes to fashion and dressing, Diana is a world-renowned expert. Compared with her, Xia Fangfei is just an elementary school student, so she humbly asks for advice, and they soon become familiar with each other through chatting.

When the waiter in the VIP lounge came to remind us to board the plane, Xia Fangfei returned to Di Ye and whispered, "She asked me to continue chatting on the plane later."

"Let's talk about high heels?"

"No, it's about you catching a serial killer to protect me."

It has been several months since Feng Shijie's case. Due to the complexity of the case, it has not yet been publicly tried. Di Ye has forgotten about it. He was slightly stunned when he heard this, then he couldn't help laughing and praised: "You did a good job, and you are very good at choosing topics. Who doesn't like to hear the story of a hero saving a beautiful girl, both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign?"

Xia Fangfei was also very satisfied with her performance and asked with a smile, "Then how should you reward me?"

Di Ye put down the suitcase, took two steps forward, bent down, lifted her up, and hugged Xia Fangfei like a princess. He turned around on the spot, then lowered his head and kissed her, and asked, "Are you satisfied with this reward?"

Heathrow Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world. There were many people in the VIP lounge. It was the first time that Xia Fangfei was so intimate with Di Ye in public. Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes were seductive, and she said coquettishly, "Take another turn before I'm satisfied."

"Okay! Let's go around again."

Diana was stimulated by the couple's love-showing behavior. In addition to envy and jealousy, she also overturned the stereotype in her heart and asked Deng Yongqiang: "I heard that you Chinese people are introverted and not good at expressing emotions. Why is Di not like this?"

Deng Yongqiang often goes to the mainland, but he has never seen someone as unbridled as Di Ye. He was also shocked and guessed: "Maybe it's because he's too excited. After all, he made $6 million yesterday."

Diana was skeptical, staring at Di Ye and asking, "Are you sure he doesn't have a special background?"

"Probably not. I asked a journalist friend to help me find out. His father was a small trader, his mother was a nurse, and the university he attended was also very ordinary, ranked outside the top 50 in China, and is unknown internationally."

"In that case, how did he make $6 million?"

"It is said that he is a genius with a high IQ and can predict the fluctuations of the financial market through mental calculations."

"Can this really happen?"

"Brainpower calculations are as illusory as astrology and cannot be verified, but as long as you can make money legally, who cares whether it is true or not?"

While Diana and Deng Yongqiang were whispering, Martin Keane showed his professionalism and took a lot of photos of Di Ye and Xia Fangfei. After taking the photos, he said, "Di, your actions just now were very romantic. The photos will definitely turn out well. They are very suitable for participating in the Internet photography exhibition."

"First, develop the photos and show them to me."

The little episode passed quickly. After boarding the plane, Di Ye found that Diana's assistant, bodyguard and Martin Keane were all in the business class. Only she and Deng Yongqiang were in the first class. The seats were arranged in two rows, so she instructed Xia Fangfei and Deng Yongqiang to swap seats to facilitate communication between them.

It takes more than ten hours to fly from London to Hong Kong. There is nothing to do on the way, and there is not much to talk about with Deng Yongqiang, so Di Ye took out a dozen professional magazines from the suitcase, and then summoned a little red flower to compare the papers in the magazines with the information in his memory to see which scientific and technological achievements have not yet been researched, so that it will be easier for him to pick peaches - the ideal of becoming a rich man has basically been realized, and the next step is to consider how to become a top student.

Deng Yongqiang saw that the magazines were diverse, including economics and finance, physics and chemistry, and even medicine. They were all top journals in various disciplines, with profound and complex content. However, Di Ye read them very quickly, changing one every ten minutes. He could be described as a cursory glance. He was curious and confused, and asked, "Do you understand all of these?"

"I understand some of it, but not others." Di Ye was flipping through a physics journal and said, "I plan to win a few Nobel Prizes, so I'm going to collect some information first."

Deng Yongqiang was stunned and said, "Mr. Di is really a joker."

Di Ye looked up at him and emphasized: "I'm not kidding."

Deng Yongqiang shook his head and smiled, obviously not believing his words, but he did not make any sarcastic remarks. Instead, he said in an enthusiastic tone: "With the teaching resources and scientific research environment of domestic universities, it is a fantasy to want to win the Nobel Prize. Mr. Di, have you considered studying in the UK? I have some connections in Cambridge and can help you apply."

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Deng. It's just that I can't leave my hometown. I'm a very homesick person and I don't plan to study abroad."

For ordinary people, studying abroad in Cambridge is a resume worth boasting about for a lifetime, but for time travelers, a Cambridge diploma is just an optional embellishment, so Di Ye is not interested at all, because he has a crazier plan - to build Yunnan University into a world-renowned university comparable to Cambridge!
Xiang Yu once said a famous saying: If you don't return to your hometown when you are rich and powerful, it is like walking in the night with brocade clothes.

Di Ye agreed with this statement, so when he was recruiting members for the browser development team at school, he told his classmate Su Zhaonian about his ideal: "There are many cities in the world, but there is only one hometown. I want to start from Yunnan University and make Yuncheng better."

This plan may seem crazy, but it is not impossible, because Di Ye is a person with broad interests. The information stored in his memory is very complex, and a lot of it is related to scientific research. Although most of them are half-understood, for scientific research, as long as the exact direction is known, the difficulty will be greatly reduced. If you still find it difficult, then spend money. If 100 million is not enough, spend 200 million. If 200 million is not enough, spend 500 million. Anyway, he has plenty of money.

For example, at this moment, there was a review article in the publication in front of Di Ye, which mentioned that in 1994, Chinese-American scientist Zhu Jingwu raised the superconducting critical temperature of the mercury barium calcium copper oxide (Hg-Ba-Ca-Cu-O) system to 164 K through high-pressure experiments, and thus won the Matthias Prize.

According to the information retrieved by Little Red Flower, 20 years later, in 2015, two Chinese scholars will receive this award for their groundbreaking research in iron-based superconductivity. The iron-based superconductivity phenomenon was first discovered in 2006. If Di Ye had figured it out in advance, he could have at least produced one or two academicians for Yunnan University and more than a dozen top journal papers at the level of Nature and Science.

Iron-based superconductivity is just an appetizer. Graphene, gravitational waves, gene editing, asymmetric organic catalysis, etc. are the main courses. These are major scientific achievements certified by the Nobel Prize. As long as one of them is developed, it will be enough to make Yunnan University rise from the last 211 to the top 985. If three, five or even ten are developed, Yunnan University will surpass Peking University and Tsinghua University and become a truly world-renowned university.

Of course, the idea is good but difficult to realize. Scientific research achievement is only one of the prerequisites for a prestigious school. Factors such as facilities, management, faculty, and student sources are equally important. These issues are complicated and cannot be solved simply by spending money. Therefore, Di Ye currently only plans to do some preparatory work and is not in a hurry to act.

Deng Yongqiang didn't know Di Ye's thoughts, so he naturally couldn't understand his choice. After a moment of silence, he asked tentatively, "So, Mr. Di's future career focus will be on the mainland?"

"That's not necessarily true. Hong Kong has unique advantages in business and finance. I will go there often in the future. Fangfei likes Hong Kong very much and plans to buy a house and settle down there."

"Oh? If Miss Xia wants to buy a house in Hong Kong, I might be able to help."

"It would be great if Mr. Deng is willing to help..."

Di Ye chatted while reading various publications. After finishing reading all the publications, he took out a thick calculus textbook to study. Deng Yongqiang studied philosophy in Cambridge and knew nothing about mathematics. Seeing this, he stopped disturbing him and put on an eye mask to rest.

More than an hour later, Deng Yongqiang woke up from his nap and found Di Ye reading a book called Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications. He was surprised and asked, "That calculus book is so thick, how did you finish it so quickly?"

"Just reviewing, just taking a look."

Di Ye said it calmly, but he felt a little sad in his heart.

When he was in college before he traveled through time, the subject he hated the most was mathematics, and he even had to take a make-up exam. This time when he went to Darmstadt to attend the W3C conference and communicated with top programmers from all over the world, he found that mathematics had become his biggest weakness, so he bought some classic textbooks in London and prepared to bite the bullet and work his way through it.

As a result, when he was reading "Calculus" compiled by James Stewart just now, he was not drowsy at all. Instead, he was enjoying it very much. Not only did his thoughts become clear, but he was also able to stay focused for a long time. He understood various formulas and theorems at a glance. It was obvious that such a good learning talent and such strong self-control were left to him by Di Ye.

"This guy should have been reincarnated. I hope he lives a peaceful, wealthy and leisurely life... Never mind. Let's just wish him to become the best programmer in the world."

In the past two days, some minor revisions have been made to the public chapters, including setting the protagonist’s alma mater before the time travel to Yunnan University to enhance the sense of belonging.

In order to avoid the God of Harmony, the geographical location of Yuncheng is set in Hefei, but a magical change has been made. Yuncheng University is fictional, similar to Zhengzhou University, Nanchang University or Taiyuan University of Technology. It is the only 211 key university in the province.

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