Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 14: Academic Faction
Well, Ethan admitted that there were many things he really couldn't handle on his own.

If he went it alone, Ethan believed that as long as he was willing to spend time researching or find someone to make it, the game "Snake" would definitely be able to come out, but what about the copyright issues afterwards? He could only go to a law firm and find a lawyer to solve it.

Although he believed that copyright registration issues related to video games could be resolved by paying money, he also firmly believed that lawyers hired for money would never be able to play with the law like Ms. Barbara Babcock did.

As for the reason?

Ethan felt that it could be described by a sentence he had heard in his previous life.

“You will never know how great your college professor is.”

A university is a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are hidden, and this is especially true of top universities. They gather countless talents and control countless resources, which is why they attract countless people who are willing to break their heads to come here.

Although Stanford at that time was not yet the world-renowned university it would become, and if one had to describe it, in the eyes of the public, it was still just a century-old California university that wanted to become a world-class university, Ethan knew that Stanford at that time might be the most amazing moment in its history, because they were firmly running on the road of the school-enterprise co-construction plan.

The so-called school-enterprise co-construction plan has two steps.

The first step is to attract excellent external companies to set up factories and provide students with learning and employment opportunities.

The school rents the land that cannot be sold to others to companies at low prices. In return, they must give priority to Stanford students when recruiting. This plan has attracted many high-tech companies to settle here, including Lockheed.

Well, to be honest, just by reducing the rent, it would not attract too many people to set up factories in Stanford. But the person who came forward to invite the companies was Fred Terman, the vice president of Stanford.

Fred Terman was one of Vannevar Bush's favorite students!

He is also the teacher of the founder of HP!

When he comes out to beg for alms, which company dares not to give him face?
It was precisely because of his strong personal connections that top scientific research institutions and production companies gathered at Stanford in a short period of time. After he solved the students' employment problems and the school's scientific research problems, the second step of encouraging students to start their own businesses appeared.

The school will provide technical guidance to every student who wants to start a business, and open the school laboratory to entrepreneurial students free of charge. When students have needs, the entrepreneurial guidance teachers will provide help and solve the problems as soon as possible. In return, successful students will also help the school as much as possible when they achieve success in their careers.

The most famous player in this area is actually Google.

When Google was first founded, it encountered funding problems. They sought help from the school, and the school helped them call SUN. The founder of SUN spent five minutes listening to Google's idea, and then directly wrote a check for $100,000 to help the junior start a business. Later, Google was running wild in the field of technology, and when SUN failed to challenge Microsoft, most of SUN's engineers, under the advice of Stanford, directly changed companies and joined Google next door, and among them was Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt.

In fact, the rise of Stanford was inevitable because they were following the academic clique’s tactics.

This kind of academic clique behavior makes people inside love them to death, and people outside hate them to death.

But that’s not important, right?
Even though Ethan didn't get into Stanford, it's enough to have one in the family!

Evelyn is his sister!
Isn't it a crime not to use such close resources for free?

After seeing Ethan admit his mistake by sliding on his knees, Evelyn felt very happy because she felt she had won.

With a snort, he let this stupid brother send him to engineering college.

At the same time, she also asked Ethan to pick her up from school at 5pm.

Since the two of them drove here in the same car this morning, Ethan readily agreed, but when he said goodbye to Evelin, a question that puzzled Ethan popped up in his mind.

"Evelyn--" Ethan shouted from the driver's seat of the Chevrolet.

"What's the matter?" Evelin came back after just taking two steps.

"Uh-huh." Ethan nodded and frowned, "If I remember correctly, you graduated this year?"

"Yeah, I'll get my diploma next month, so what?"

The affirmative answer made Ethan even more confused. He gestured with his hands and said, "You will get your diploma next month? Then why do you still have classes now? Is it because you haven't completed all the credits?"

Yes, this is what Ethan found strange.

Evelyn was born in 1954, exactly one year older than Ethan, and she also applied to college a year in advance. Now, Ethan has been working for three years, which means Evelyn has been in college for four years. In this case, how can she still have classes?
Ethan didn't understand.

That confused expression made Evelin smile and bend down, and then she leaned directly on the car window.

"Hey Ethan~ You're really stupid like this~"

Evelin turned her head and said with a smile, "Why should I go to class? It's very simple, because I want to continue my graduate studies!" "Didn't I tell you before? Our family doesn't need us to make money for the time being, so when I have time, of course I will use this time to improve myself!"

"Normally, I will graduate next month and re-enroll in September, but I am very familiar with this place. I have selected my teachers in advance, and they also welcome me to join the research group at any time. So..."

Evelin shrugged, looking very relaxed and happy.

"So that's it?"

This was the first time Ethan heard about Evelyn's graduate studies.

However, considering the cold war relationship between the two, Ethan felt it was normal that the original owner of the body didn't know.

"Uh-huh, any other questions?"

Evelin snorted, then pointed behind her with her thumb and said, “If there’s no problem, I’ll leave. I have an appointment with Professor Vinton today. I originally wanted to choose him as a graduate student, but he told me that he might not be able to stay at Stanford for long, so I have to hurry up and ask him some more questions.”

"Oh, by the way, he is the teacher who told you last time that 'knowledge is neutral'. He also helped me make an appointment with Barbara today."

"Then he is a really good man. Okay, go quickly and don't keep him waiting." Ethan, who had already got the answer, said with a smile.

"See you this afternoon?"

"See you in the afternoon."

Under Ethan's gaze, Evelyn entered the teaching building of the School of Engineering, first greeted a few guys who looked like classmates, and then stopped in front of a room on the third floor.

She knocked on the door, and then a man in his thirties appeared in Ethan's sight.

The guy was wearing a suit and tie.

Perhaps because most of his hair follicles grow on his face, he has a bald head and a beard.

When he saw it was Evelyn, he enthusiastically turned aside to let Evelyn in.

As he moved, Ethan suddenly felt a flash before his eyes.

A glaring light made Ethan instinctively close his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, the classroom door had closed.

"Is this Mr. Vinton? He's too young, isn't he?" Ethan muttered to himself while sitting in the car.

After learning that the teacher Evelyn was going to meet today was the guy who helped him, Ethan wanted to know who this kind-hearted guy was.

And when he sees it...

It's actually quite common.

He has an ordinary appearance, a thin body, and no special features.

This situation made Ethan feel a little regretful.

He thought that whoever could be friends with a great lawyer like Barbara must be a genius!

If he is a big shot that you can recognize, you have to curry favor with him no matter what.

After all, there are only a few paths to success: either have a good father or hold on to a good leg.

result……

"Alas! What a pity!"

Note: ① Vannevar Bush: A national treasure scientist in the United States. He founded the US National Science Research Agency during WW2, was one of the three approvers of the Manhattan Project, and was the founder of Raytheon. He directed the US hydrogen bomb test and the moon landing, and facilitated the establishment of the US National Science Foundation and the Advanced Research Projects Agency. Fred Terman, the vice president of Stanford and the father of Silicon Valley, was one of the three most proud students of this god. The other two were Claude Shannon, the father of information theory, and Perry Crawford, the pioneer of American computers and the first to promote digital computers. To be honest, when Stanford embraced the thighs of such a god, it was impossible for it not to develop. ② The Stanford endorsement of Google as described in the article is just an ideal world promoted by the media. The reality is that Stanford endorsed Google because Stanley Wojcicki, the father of Google founder Sergey Brin's girlfriend at the time, later wife, and now ex-wife Anne Wojcicki, was the director of Stanford's Department of Physics and a consultant to the U.S. High Energy Physics Laboratory. The high energy physics advisory group he led did something very impressive in 1983, which was to build the SSC, or Superconducting Super Collider. Although the project was eventually canceled, Stanford was in the limelight at the time because the plan was led by Stanley Wojcicki, the director of Stanford's Department of Physics, to establish the SSC. When Stanford needed to build up its reputation in the academic circle, Sergey Brin's father-in-law took the lead.

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