Niu Xiaoqiang smiled: "Professor, things are not what you think, I don't have the idea of opening a study abroad agency, I just want to help people in need when necessary, the frequency will not be too high, or let's make an agreement, you will only help me fight for a maximum of five places every year, and only three places in two years, which shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?"

Watson continued to hesitate: "You tell me the truth, why do you want to help others get a place to study abroad? I don't believe you have so many acquaintances and friends who need help. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang did not hide it, and said honestly: "This is mainly to help me make important connections, so that I can better develop my career." ”

Watson scratched his hair: "You Chinese really ...... It's really boring, in the United States, doing business is more important to the actual situation, the relationship is secondary, even if you don't have connections, but as long as you have strong technical strength, you can also do business very successfully, unlike Chinese, actually put the relationship first, in your Chinese words, this is called ...... It's called putting the cart before the horse, right?"

Niu Xiaoqiang spread his hands helplessly: "This is indeed putting the cart before the horse, and it is also the actual situation in China. ”

Watson didn't want to agree easily, he thought for a moment and put forward his request: "I can promise you, but there are some things we must make clear in advance, first of all, I will only give you one place every year, no more, and then in exchange, you need to do your best to help me achieve the set goal after you go to the United States." ”

This time it was Niu Xiaoqiang's turn to hesitate: "There is nothing wrong with the front, but I don't know what the established goal is mentioned later?"

Professor Watson looked embarrassed: "I'm not afraid of being embarrassed, let's tell you first, although MIT is the world's No. 1 science and engineering institution, but not every discipline can be ranked first in the world, for example, my computer school has been suppressed by the computer schools of other universities, what you want to help me do is to surpass the front leader." ”

There are many disciplines in a university, such as chemistry, physics, literature, etc., and there are dozens of them, and computer science is only one of them. Even the best universities in the world dare not say that they can be the best in the world in every major. As the saying goes, the ruler is short and the inch is long, and no matter how powerful the school is, it is not uncommon for it to have relatively backward shortcomings.

What makes Xiaoqiang wonder is why MIT, or Professor Watson, is it difficult to accept that the School of Computer Science is lagging behind other universities.

If it was just that they were very self-motivated, Niu Xiaoqiang didn't believe it, because Professor Watson had a little annoyed look in addition to embarrassment, and it seemed that there was something else going on.

Niu Xiaoqiang thought of this and asked, "Professor, there should be a secret in this, can you explain it in detail?"

Professor Watson let out of his mind and gritted his teeth: " Of course, there are hidden feelings, it is actually very simple, because the computer school in front of us once humiliated MIT, it was a few years ago when the Turing Award was selected, we lost to the people of the School of Computer Science of Stanford University, originally this is not a big deal, people are indeed better than us, we lost convinced, but when they gave their acceptance speeches, they said that they were too lonely, they couldn't even find an opponent, and they also deliberately named MIT's name, saying that they thought MIT could cause them some trouble, but the final result still disappointed them, MIT is like a toothless lion, It's scary to look at, but that's actually what it's all about, you talk about it, isn't it too much?"

The Turing Award is known as the Nobel Prize in the computer industry, which is the highest honor in the entire computer industry.

Niu Xiaoqiang once heard Professor Watson talk about the Turing Award, he sighed, and said in his heart: This is indeed a bit excessive, maybe the guy who won the award is a very arrogant guy himself, so he would say such a thing on such a grand occasion, but even so, MIT shouldn't react so violently, right? After all, you are the world's No. 1 science and technology university, this is something that the whole family recognizes, is it necessary to be angry with an arrogant guy?

"Professor, if it's just because of this incident, you seem to have overreacted a little, MIT's world rankings are recognized by everyone, there is no need to be angry because of this arrogant man's remarks, right?

Watson hesitated for a moment and nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "There is another thing that makes it difficult for me to swallow this breath! The senior I told you about who entered the MIT School of Computer Science through the genius clause was reported by someone from Stanford University and then arrested by the relevant departments!"

This senior is obviously very fond of Watson, and Watson's eyes are red when he speaks, and he looks like he wants to eat people.

Niu Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment before asking, "Professor, what's going on?"

Watson stopped eating, took out a Marlboro cigarette and lit it, took a deep breath before speaking: " Four years ago, Edward helped people at the Stanford School of Computer Science develop an application, and at that time he set up a backdoor program for this program, as a program developer, this is a relatively common practice, and it is not an uncommon thing, but he is too easy to trust people, and secretly revealed the matter of setting up a backdoor to this so-called friend of Stanford College, he didn't know that this friend was actually a complete garbage! The other party saw the superiority of this program, and coaxed Edward to transfer the source code to him, Edward was originally unwilling, but then he couldn't stand the other party's pleas, he relented and agreed to the other party's request, which was the beginning of the disaster!"

Watson took a hard puff on his cigarette as he said this, and in the smoke he continued: " This program is extremely good, it spread quickly in a short period of time, it has received great recognition and praise, it was included in the selection scope of the Turing Award jury, and it is the most popular award-winning project, Edward's friend moved his mind in front of the great glory, he invited Edward to make a game together, the game here refers to hacking operations, in the university, those students who are very good at computer technology are very enthusiastic about this, and call hacking a game. ”