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, 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 sunshine in summer.

The doctoral students live in spacious rooms, with a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom. It is undoubtedly pleasant to study and live here.

Liu Jianjun was packing clothes in the living room, and there was also an international student from China sitting next to him.

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

The two dormitories are next to each other, and they often visit each other, and sometimes discuss some learning problems, so they have a very good relationship.

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

"Yes, I am sent here by the government to study for a doctorate, can I not go back?" Liu Jianjun said while folding clothes.

"Who said that those who are sent by the government must go back?! Look at Zhang Qing, who graduated last year, who is also in your major. Now he works in the R&D department of Intel Corporation with an annual salary of one million US dollars! It's just a small penalty, just two or three months' salary!"

Liu Jianjun did not answer.

Wu Haitao was telling the truth.

"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-shirt and pants in the closet.

"Oh my God. That's the top laboratory in the United States, which is many times better than your broken 618 Institute!"

Liu Jianjun did not deny it.

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

"Then you still want to go back?!"

"I was sent here by the government. The country paid for me to study here. How can I not go back?!" Liu Jianjun asked back.

"You, you, you" Wu Haitao pointed at Liu Jianjun with an expression that he was a dead wood that could not be carved.

"What about you, have you decided to stay?" Liu Jianjun asked back.

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

"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 he took the words back.

It would hurt our friendship if he said this.

Everyone has their own ambitions, how can we force them?

"I have received an offer from Microsoft to work on the Windows series in the R&D department." Wu Haitao said.

"Windows is a hot product, Microsoft's flagship product, so the salary is not bad, right? Can you tell me a little?" Liu Jianjun asked with a smile.

"It's not too high, $600,000 in the first year, and it will probably increase later." Wu Haitao's tone was humble, but his eyes revealed a hint of pride.

"Well, it's not bad, you finally got your reward after all the hard work." Liu Jianjun said.

"Yes, I have endured for four years, serving dishes in restaurants, cleaning libraries, and helping people write code. Hey, but I have to thank you, Jianjun, for your support. I still owe you $10,000."

"It's not too late to pay me back when you get a job. By then, $10,000 will be a piece of cake for you." Liu Jianjun said with a smile.

"Hehe. That's true."

The two were chatting when they heard a knock on the door. Wu Haitao was close to the door, so he went to open the door 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 answered, he heard a surprised voice from the room: "Brother Minghua, you came to the United States?"

The person who came was Fang Minghua, who smiled and walked into the room: "Yes, I came to the United States to do something. Who is this?"

Fang Minghua looked at Wu Haitao.

"His name is Wu Haitao, he is my friend, a master's student at Tsinghua University, and he also came to Stanford to study for a doctorate in computer science. He will graduate soon." Liu Jianjun hurriedly explained and said.

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

"Hello." Fang Minghua took the initiative to shake hands with Wu Haitao: "We 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 made a lot of money, right? You must have obtained a green card, and persuade Jianjun not to do stupid things. Isn't it good to stay in the United States? 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 to chat, bye." After 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, you said before you came to study for a doctorate that you would go back after you finish your studies."

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

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

"Oh. From the tone of your voice, have you ever planned to do this?" Fang Minghua asked back.

"It's a lie to say I haven't thought about it! But I've decided to go back. Let's not talk about this. Brother Minghua, since you're here today, I'll cook some dishes and we'll have a drink!" Liu Jianjun said.

"Aren't you going to the lab this afternoon?"

"I'm going back to China soon. The lab's access control has been handed in, so I can't get in. Please sit down first."

After Liu Jianjun finished speaking, he rushed 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 drank in the small living room.

"Jianjun, do you really want to go back?" Fang Minghua asked after taking a sip of beer.

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

"Even if you don't go to the laboratory and go to the company, there is Silicon Valley here, and technology companies everywhere need high-end talents. Just look at the Wu Haitao you just met, who got an offer from Microsoft with an annual salary of 600,000 US dollars! That's 50,000 per month!"

"I will return to 618th Institute, and I will be considered a returnee. The country is in urgent need of talents, and the salary will be taken care of, but the monthly salary will definitely not exceed 4,000 yuan! How much difference?!"

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?"