Chapter 232

With the acceleration of reform and opening up in the mainland, baozixuan's companies are making every effort to increase investment in the mainland. Many people can't understand this, but only they know that these investments will be made back hundreds of times in the future. Now the investment may be suppressed by the Hong Kong government, but considering that there is Huo Yingdong in front, baozixuan is at least safe. Moreover, the mainland will not be indifferent to the suppression of patriotic businessmen, at least on the surface.

Baozixuan stayed in Xiangjiang until the beginning of 1980, when he had to go back to the United States. Because the Turing Award, the highest honor in the computer industry, was awarded to him, he had to go back to the United States to receive the award.

In fact, the software written by baozixuan and his contribution to computer hardware have long been able to get this honor, but many people think he is not a computer major and is not qualified. Let a layman receive the Turing Award, then who will concentrate on learning computer.

The Turing Award, fully known as the "a.m. Turing Award", was established by the American Computer Association (ACM) in 1966 to reward individuals who have made important contributions to the computer industry. Its name comes from Alan M. Turing, a pioneer of computer science and a British scientist. As the Turing Award has extremely high requirements for award conditions and strict award procedures, generally only one computer scientist is awarded every year, and only a few years have two collaborators or scientists who contribute in the same direction to share the award. Therefore, it is the most prestigious and noble award in the computer industry, known as the "Nobel Prize in the computer industry".

As the Turing Award has extremely high requirements for award conditions and strict award procedures, generally only one computer scientist is awarded every year, and only a few years have two collaborators or scientists who contribute in the same direction to share the award. Therefore, it is the most prestigious and noble award in the computer industry, known as the "Nobel Prize in the computer industry".

Each year, the American computer association will ask the nominees to recommend this year's Turing Award candidates, and attach a 200 to 500 word article explaining why the nominees should win the award. Anyone can be a nominee. The American computer association will form a selection committee to strictly evaluate the nominees and finally determine the winners of the year.

Bao Zixuan knew that he had won the prize only after receiving a call from Professor Harry Roland, who is one of the judges of the Turing Award. With its own special channels, baozixuan is very excited to win this Nobel Prize in the computer industry. This is nothing more than adding chips to their talents and making themselves more famous. We should take into account many things that are unfavorable to us.

Harry Roland said on the phone, "boy, this news is shocking enough! It was right to let you learn computer! "

Bao Zixuan: "thank you very much for your cultivation. Your teaching will be unforgettable all your life. What should I pay attention to and when to receive the award. "

Harry Roland: "I just informed you today. There will be special staff to contact you at that time. However, the award time is March 25, at the headquarters of the American computer association in New York. You go back to school first and we'll go there together. "

Bao Zixuan: "OK, thank you, professor. I'll go back to school immediately after I've arranged for Xiangjiang. "

At present, only a few people know that baozixuan has won the Turing Award. After all, it has not been announced all over the world. It's just spread among the top computer circles, but it's really shocking.

After arranging Xiangjiang's affairs, baozixuan returned to the United States again. In fact, he was worried about Li Yulin. After all, he spent too little time with his mother in recent years. Li Yulin knew her son's worry, but she still had to focus on the overall situation. When Dr. Huang Chunqiu promised that there was absolutely no problem, baozixuan boarded the plane to the United States.

In January 1980, baozixuan returned to MIT. This time he left for a long time. The original plan was to leave for up to 2 months and come back, but Li Yulin's illness made her leave for 4 months this time.

When I came to Harry Roland's office, I saw the old professor looking at the information in front of the computer. Seeing that it was baozixuan coming, he immediately put down the keyboard and said to him, "boy, I'll be back so soon."

Bao Zixuan: "you always call me. How dare you not come right away, but how can I win the prize this time?"

Tomorrow he will go to New York and the benefits of gold and silver futures will be settled. Although clay Clark has been informed to close his position on the phone, he is still a little worried. This involves a business of 10 billion dollars, and no one dare to be careless.

Harry Roland: "in fact, the jury has long had this idea. After all, the black cloud office software and system software you wrote have reached a height that others can't reach in the software system. In addition, the notebook computer you presided over has played a key role in computer promotion."

"You didn't nominate before because of your status as a Xiangjiang person, and the most important thing is that you are not a computer major student. There is no precedent for another professional scholar to win the highest award in the computer field. However, this matter has not existed since the moment you choose to study computer science. That's why you won the prize. In addition, the influence and achievements in the computer field have obvious advantages over other candidates, which are the reasons for the award. "

Baozixuan didn't expect this factor. It seems that the relative fairness of American academia also depends on region and specialty. Turing is an Englishman and his main achievements are published in the United States, so this award will certainly take care of Europeans and Americans. Also, you are not a computer major and it is difficult to win awards. It seems that there are many benefits to choose to study computer major!

Bao Zixuan: "I still want to thank the professor for his guidance and support. It would be difficult to win the prize without you talking for me."

Harry Roland: "fortunately, it's mainly your own strength. I'm just icing on the cake."

In fact, as expected by baozixuan, Harry Roland really argued for the prize. It has convinced many well-known scholars and professors to lay a solid foundation for the final award.

Even in the key evaluation link, Harry Roland did not hesitate to offend other well-known professors to help baozixuan fight for it, which is related to baozixuan's generosity and the reputation of the school. After all, the competition between MIT and Stanford is very fierce in the Turing Award Evaluation.

With the answer, baozixuan returned to the dormitory, but unfortunately, Joseph Kane was the only one, and the others were in class.

Joseph Kane: "bag, I'm back. It's been a long time this time."

Bao Zixuan: "how are you recently! What are your plans after graduation? "

Joseph Kane: "I'm going to set up a software company myself, mainly to do software outsourcing tasks. Everything started from scratch, and I also found some former classmates to come together. "

Bao Zixuan: "good thing! If you need money, you can come to me. I can be your venture capitalist. "

Joseph Kane: "I'm relieved to have you. When the money is not enough, I will definitely find you a rich man."

In fact, when Joseph Kane finished, baozixuan knew that they were leaving. Even he will leave MIT himself, or he will spend less and less time in school in the future. Everyone should work hard. There is little time left for study. This is the reality. Everyone has his own way to go. Even I have to think about the development strategy of the enterprise after leaving the United States. After all, I have chosen a difficult road.

No one can help you in the process of walking. All your achievements depend on yourself. Moreover, the development of the United States in the 1980s can only be regarded as general. It will not develop rapidly until the rise of the Internet in the 1990s. RB will be the next goal of baozixuan.