Xueba's computing system

Chapter 46: The Instructor's Action
Professor Zhang put on his glasses again, tapping the table with his fingers rhythmically, while his eyes flew out the inky black window.

"I am almost 60 this year. I started working in the late s and early s, which was a time of scarcity.

It’s not like now, everyone is thinking about losing weight.

At that time, in order to improve the food, I would buy a few pounds of fat from time to time and ask the chef in the canteen to boil it into lard paste for me. I put it in an enamel can. After I got my meal from the canteen, I would scoop out a spoonful and pour some soy sauce on it. It was delicious when eaten with white rice. "

Lin Yuan didn't understand what the connection was between his instructor's reminiscences of the past and where to get computing equipment, so he just listened quietly.

"Later, I heard from a fellow student about a way to improve the food. Guess what it was."

Lin Yuan didn't know much about life in the 1990s, as he wasn't even born then. So he just casually replied, "Raise some chickens and ducks yourself?"

"I really thought of your idea at that time, but chickens and ducks need food to be fed. At that time, many chickens and ducks raised by ordinary people were released into the wild to forage for food. How could we, who lived in the teachers' dormitory, raise them?

However, if we are desperate, we will also conduct joint research with the Agricultural College.”

Joint research? Lin Yuan thought about it. Teach the duck to write code? And then because the duck can't write code, stew it?
Professor Zhang recalled the past, and a faint glow appeared on his face. "Later, my senior brother told me that I could feed on the enemy."

"Ah? What do you mean by feeding on the enemy?" Lin Yuan didn't understand what this meant.

"At that time, many of us young university teachers were future scholars. There were still some opportunities for foreign exchanges."

"Going abroad for exchange?"

"No," Professor Zhang waved his hand in denial. "It wasn't that easy to go abroad in those days. Embassies and consulates, as well as some foreign-funded organizations, often held some activities. They invited us to discuss academic issues and then talk about democracy, human rights and freedom behind closed doors."

"So?" Lin Yuan seemed to understand something.

"I always go there for the tea break." Professor Zhang's expression became more and more excited. "Well, I will definitely take you to some activities in the future, and you will understand then. A tea break is a meeting for a group of people to have together, no matter what the reason is. We can't just chat, we have to prepare some food and drinks.

Whether in our country or abroad, people have the habit of eating and drinking while chatting. "

"So, the teacher was just looking for food and drink?"

"Well, you can't say that. You know, our country was poor at that time. Foreign countries were very happy to work hard on us highly educated young people. I was brainwashed by them and felt sick. I couldn't fight them, so I had to eat food to retaliate against them.

We like to go there in the winter so that we can wear a coat and bring some things back.”

Lin Yuan said weakly, "Consume the enemy's supplies?"

"Yeah."

"Has the old man already paid?"

Professor Zhang slapped his thigh and said, "Your summary is spot on."

“That’s not what I concluded.”

"What? I haven't told anyone this story for many years. Those guys back then wouldn't have said anything nonsense. How did you know this? Ask Li Youcai, he will definitely deny it even if you kill him."

"Ah? Dean Li is also involved." Lin Yuan asked in surprise.

"You must be joking. How could he be missing from such a thing? You haven't answered me yet. How did you know?"

"I do not know."

"Then why do you say it wasn't your summary?"

"Wait a minute, I'll show you something." After a moment, Lin Yuan opened a video.

“Brothers, it’s time for dinner again!” With this shout, Professor Zhang took Lin Yuan’s phone and quickly immersed himself in it. a few moments later. . .

Professor Zhang said humorously, "I never thought that our career would be carried on by someone else."

"So, teacher, you want me to apply for computing resources from foreign institutions?"

"Well, as far as I know, I have heard from some informal channels..." Professor Zhang added enough prefixes, "some foreign NGOs are illegally collecting data from other countries in the name of open source and free scientific research computing resources. So, I plan to go back to my old job and help you get involved."

Lin Yuan didn't expect that the solution given by his instructor was actually the "North American jungle route." He was even more surprised that his search was fruitless, but the answer was in a short video he casually watched while relaxing.

But after a brief thought, Lin Yuan felt that there was a risk here, "Teacher, doing this is after all suspected of skirting the line." There was another half sentence he didn't say: This is much more serious than the way he rubbed the admission letter with his hands before.

"What are you afraid of? When a group of us were arrested and questioned by Guo An, we were able to pass the organization's investigation because of our loyalty to our motherland and our nation. If you are upright, you should not be afraid of your shadow being crooked."

"Have you ever been arrested?"

"If you walk along the river often, you will get your feet wet. But as long as people do something, they will leave traces. The organization is reasonable and advocates internal democracy. After the investigation is thorough, everything will be fine."

“And the teachers continue to eat and drink for free?”

"Well, I did as you said, but I always felt that Li Youcai has been a little mysterious since then. I asked him, but he didn't admit it. But since he suddenly changed his academic route to an administrative route, I think there is something fishy here..."

It's no wonder that Lin Yuan heard the flavor of "The Hidden" in it.

"Yu Zecheng?"

"That's about it. Well, go back first, I'll try to check it out."

Lin Yuan then decided to follow his instructor's advice and go back to wait for news.

Lin Yuan checked the price of an H100 GPU on JD.com and found that it starts at around 20 yuan. Therefore, the issue of computing power equipment is not something that Professor Zhang can solve by paying for it himself.

Lin Yuan always felt that it was a bit unfair to let his mentor, who was already old, do such things. If he was really caught for this, it would not look good at his age. But Lin Yuan himself was a bit timid. He had thought about doing it himself. He was also afraid of getting into trouble.

"Teacher," Lin Yuan stopped and walked back, "How about we just forget about it. I don't have to do my project."

"Why? Are you afraid that one day you will meet your teacher through the iron fence?"

Lin Yuan didn't say anything, which was considered as his consent.

"Don't be afraid of a bastard. I haven't been living here for nothing for decades. You don't have to worry about me."

Lin Yuan regretted coming to see his mentor for a moment. He couldn't bear to let his teacher take the blame for what he had proposed, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Teacher, let me do it. I'll go and look for such NGOs."

"You?" Professor Zhang thought for a moment. "I'll do it. The situation now is different from our time. Back then, those of us who were not keen on going abroad had already expressed our attitude through our actions. But now it's different, the situation is more complicated. You are still young. Go back."

"Teacher, you are old and can't stand the hardship. I will be worried, don't worry. Even if something really happens, just do as you said, a person with a clear conscience is not afraid of his own shadow."

Lin Yuan's expression was firm. Professor Zhang thought about it for a while and could not help but nodded slightly. "That's fine. Young people should always have some courage. If anything really happens, I will vouch for you."

Not long after, Lin Yuan came out of the tutor's office.

He was still a little confused.

After this trip to the mentor's office, I felt like it was a double script kill of North American jungler + "Lush".

(End of this chapter)