Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 789 Everyone has their own aspirations, how can we force them?

Stanford University is located in Palo Alto, in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in California, close to Silicon Valley. The campus is very large and the architectural style is mainly red and yellow. It is very beautiful under the summer sun.

The accommodation for doctoral students is also very spacious, with a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom. Studying and living here is undoubtedly very pleasant.

Liu Jianjun was packing clothes in the living room, and next to him was a foreign student from China.

This student is Wu Haitao, from Tsinghua University. He is also a doctoral student who is about to graduate, but he is not studying electronics but the more popular computer science.

The two dormitories were next to each other and they often visited each other, sometimes discussing study issues, so they had a very good relationship.

"Jianjun, do you really want to go back?" Wu Haitao asked.

"Yes, I'm sent here to study for a doctorate. How can I not go back?" Liu Jianjun said as he folded clothes.

"Who says those who are sent by the government must go back?! Look at Zhang Qing, who graduated last year and is also from your major. He is now working in the R&D department of Intel and earns a million dollars a year! The penalty is just two or three months' salary!"

Liu Jianjun did not answer.

What Wu Haitao said is true.

"I heard that your mentor, Professor Robert, admires you very much and hopes that you can stay and continue to work with him?"

"Yes, Professor Robert said that I can stay in Edwards Laboratory." Liu Jianjun said as he put the folded T-shirts and pants into the closet in the room.

"Oh my god! That's the top laboratory in the United States. It's many times better than your crappy 618 Institute!"

Liu Jianjun did not deny it.

"Yes, to be honest, there are really few research institutes in our country with better equipment and environment than here."

"Then you still want to go back?!"

"I was sent here on a government mission. The country pays for me to study here. How can I not go back?!" Liu Jianjun asked in return.

"You, you, you..." Wu Haitao pointed at Liu Jianjun with an expression that said he was a hopeless case.

"What about you? Have you decided to stay?" Liu Jianjun asked.

"Of course, I came here to study at my own expense. The country didn't pay a penny!" Wu Haitao said in a firm tone.

"You studied for your undergraduate and master's degrees at Tsinghua University, and you spent the government's money, right?" Liu Jianjun wanted to ask back, but took the words back.

Saying this would hurt our friendship.

Everyone has their own ambitions, how can we force them?
"I have received an offer from Microsoft to work in the R&D department on the Windows series," said Wu Haitao.

"Windows is a very popular product, Microsoft's flagship product. The salary must be quite high, right? Can you tell me a little bit?" Liu Jianjun asked with a smile.

"It's not that high. It's 60 US dollars in the first year, and it will probably increase later." Wu Haitao said modestly, but his eyes revealed a hint of pride.

"Well, that's good. You finally got your reward after all the hard work." Liu Jianjun said.

"Yes, I endured for four years. I worked as a waiter in a restaurant, cleaned the library, and helped people write code. But I have to thank you, Jianjun, for supporting me. I still owe you $1."

"It's not too late to pay me back when you get a job. By then, ten thousand dollars will be a piece of cake for you." Liu Jianjun said with a smile.

"Hehe. That's true."

The two were chatting when they suddenly heard a knock on the door. Wu Haitao was close to the door, so he went over to open it and saw a middle-aged man with black hair and yellow skin standing at the door.

"Excuse me, who are you looking for?" Wu Haitao said in English. Before the middle-aged man could answer, he heard a surprised voice from inside the room: "Brother Minghua, you are in America?"

The person who came was Fang Minghua, who walked into the room with a smile: "Yes, I came to the United States to do some business. Who is this?"

Fang Minghua looked at Wu Haitao.

"His name is Wu Haitao, he's my friend, a master's student at Tsinghua University, and he's also here at Stanford to pursue a PhD in computer science, and he's about to graduate," Liu Jianjun hurriedly explained.

"His name is Fang Minghua, a famous writer in China, and also my wife's brother, my eldest brother-in-law!"

"Hello." Fang Minghua took the initiative to shake hands with Wu Haitao. "You are both top students, amazing! Computers are very popular now, and the domestic Internet is booming now."

"Why should I go back? Are you stupid?" Unexpectedly, Wu Haitao curled his lips and looked at Fang Minghua: "You are the writer Fang Minghua, and your pen name is Minghua? Then the Harry Potter novels that are very popular in the United States are written by you, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"You must have made a lot of money, right? You must have obtained a green card. Please persuade Jianjun not to do anything stupid. Isn't it better to stay in the United States? Why do you have to go back?"

"I'll talk to Jianjun." Fang Ming looked at him with a smile on his face.

"Okay, then I won't disturb you guys from chatting. Bye." After saying that, Wu Haitao left the dormitory and helped close the door.

"Brother Minghua, you don't really want me to stay in the United States, do you?" Liu Jianjun asked.

"What do you think?"

Liu Jianjun laughed.

“No, before you came to study for your doctorate, you said you would go back after you finished.”

"That's right, if you don't go back, what will happen to Mingli and Yaya (Mingli's daughter)? Be careful that she will bring Yaya to the United States to find you!" Fang Minghua joked.

"Haha, Brother Minghua, this is really not a threat." Liu Jianjun laughed heartily: "If I stay in the United States, I can definitely bring Mingli and Yaya here. Besides, with Mingli's master's degree from Northwestern Polytechnical University, work experience, and her major in computer science, can't she find a job in Silicon Valley?!"

"Oh. From the sound of your voice, have you ever made such a plan?" Fang Minghua asked back.

"It would be a lie to say I haven't thought about it! But I have decided to go back. Let's not talk about this. Brother Minghua, since you are here today, I will cook some dishes and we can have a couple of drinks!" Liu Jianjun said.

"Not going to the lab this afternoon?"

"I'm about to return to China. The access control to the laboratory has been handed in, so I can't get in. Please sit down first."

After Liu Jianjun finished speaking, he excitedly went into the kitchen.

Not long after, Liu Jianjun brought three dishes and ran to the convenience store downstairs to pick up a bottle of Budweiser beer. The two of them started drinking in the small living room.

"Jianjun, do you really want to not go back?" Fang Minghua asked after taking a sip of beer.

"Yes, to be honest, my advisor has asked me to stay and go to Edwards Laboratory more than once. Brother Minghua, I guess you don't know much about this laboratory, but it's first-rate in the United States! The equipment and environment are incomparable to those of the 618 Institute!"

"Even if you don't work in a lab, you can still find Silicon Valley here. There are technology companies everywhere that need high-end talent. Take Wu Haitao, the guy you just met. He got an offer from Microsoft with an annual salary of $5! That's $ a month!"

"I'm back at the 618 Institute. I'm considered a returnee, a talent that the country urgently needs. I'll be given some salary and benefits, but my monthly salary will definitely not exceed 4000 yuan! Can you calculate how much the difference is?!"

After listening to Liu Jianjun's sigh, Fang Minghua put down the beer can in his hand and asked, "Since you can stay, why do you want to go back?"

(End of this chapter)