Although Harvard University is the most comprehensive university in the United States and the world, it still cannot escape the impact of the most beautiful girls in the United States and the impact of million-dollar beauties.
80% of the female students at Harvard University have signed up to participate in the list of the most beautiful girls in the United States. The school has become extremely fanatical because of this competition. Girls on campus are in groups. It seems that there is never anything to talk about about this competition. He had finished talking about the topic, and he screamed excitedly at every turn, making the entire campus a little nervous.
Most of the male students at Harvard are practicing "Paradise Town" hard, and some even practice several numbers at the same time in order to vote more for the person they like.
Even the president of Harvard lamented at the meeting that apart from exams and thesis defenses, he had never seen anything else so popular at Harvard.
The impact of the entire competition on Harvard went beyond mobilizing the enthusiasm of all students. Even many professors were affected by this competition.
Professors majoring in computer science are conducting in-depth analysis of "YY" and "Paradise Town" these days to help students understand the importance of technology and products, and to more clearly define the core of computer development: All technologies actually serve products;
Harvard Business School has been conducting case analysis teachings these days around Makino Technology’s successive big moves in the United States, analyzing why Makino Technology can create over 100 million US dollars in American society with a mere “commitment cost” of tens of millions of dollars. With a level of publicity effect, in the eyes of Harvard professors, Makino Technology is a typical representative of profiteers in the new era.
The so-called "commitment cost" is actually a cost that does not require actual investment in the early stage. It is announced through a promise, and the actual cost is actually minimal.
Although it didn’t cost much, due to the tens of millions of promised costs, the influence has been maximized in advance. If Makino Technology opens the advertising bidding for the “Top School Beauties in the United States” at this time, according to the evaluation of senior professors, the entire “America The potential advertising revenue of "School Beauty Ranking" can easily reach more than 80 million US dollars.
In other words, before Makino Technology has paid tens of millions of dollars in "committed costs", it is possible to get the principal of all costs and 100% of the profits, assuming that the entire activity costs 40 million. , Makino Technology’s 40 million yuan was not spent yet, but 80 million yuan was recovered with capital and profits.
As a result, the four words "Makino Technology" became popular across almost the entire Harvard campus, whether it was students or professors, and the name Li Mu was also highly respected by the entire Harvard University.
At this time, Mark Zuckerberg took the initiative to find his department chair and expressed to him his request to invite Li Mu to Harvard to give a lecture on behalf of the school.
After hearing his request, Mark Zuckerberg's department chair's first reaction was: Does this guy admire Li Mu's idolized head? You invited Li Mu to give a speech? Why don't you invite President Bush to speak? Or invite Bill Gates and Buffett to give speeches
In the eyes of the department chair, it is more convenient to invite Bill Gates than to invite Li Mu, because Bill Gates goes to the university to give a graduation speech every few years. If Harvard invites it, Bill Gates should also appreciate it. After all, He also spent a year at Harvard, but Li Mu is actually extremely unfamiliar to the entire Harvard. No one has seen him, no one can even get in direct contact with him, and no one even knows that Li Mu is from China. , whether he will buy into Harvard’s account.
So, the department chair asked Mark Zuckerberg: "I'm curious, how are you going to invite Li Mu? Will you send him an email?"
Mark Zuckerberg lied: "A cousin of mine works at Makino Technology. He can convey the invitation to Li Mu on behalf of me and the school."
"Really?" As soon as these words came out, the dean's expression immediately froze.
"Of course! And his position is not low. He often has meetings with Li Mu recently."
Mark Zuckerberg said it very firmly.
The head of the department thought that the child was talking nonsense before, but as soon as he heard this nonsense, he immediately believed it.
After all, Makino Technology has hired a lot of employees in the United States and is making frequent moves. It doesn’t seem impossible for Mark Zuckerberg to say that his cousin is in this company.
The department head put away his previous contemptuous attitude and asked him: "If you are really asked to invite Li Mu on behalf of the school, how confident are you that he will agree?"
Mark Zuckerberg pretended to think very seriously for a moment and said: "I think it's at least 70%!" After that, Mark Zuckerberg said confusingly: "Actually, the school only needs to issue an official letter of invitation. That’s fine, of course it would be best if it succeeds, but if Li Mu really doesn’t agree, the school won’t lose anything.”
When the head of the department heard this, he was immediately moved by Mark Zuckerberg. This was indeed something with nothing to lose, and it wouldn’t be a bad idea to try it. Moreover, Li Mu’s popularity and popularity at Harvard University are indeed very high. Gao, if we can invite him here, it will be an exciting thing for Harvard students.
Thinking of this, the department chair confirmed with Mark Zuckerberg again: "You said that you work at Makino Technology, and your position is high enough that you can directly talk to Li Mu, right?"
Although Mark Zuckerberg felt a little guilty, he still nodded and said: "That's right!"
"Okay!" The department head nodded with satisfaction and said, "I will report the situation to the school leaders and I will notify you of the results as soon as possible."
Mark Zuckerberg was very excited, but also a little nervous. After talking to the dean of the department, he hurriedly left.
The head of the department immediately reported the matter to the school, and some students had channels to invite Li Mu to give a speech. This was a very good thing for the school. In a school like Harvard that focuses on cultivating high-end talents, school leaders are very I hope that more successful high-end talents can come to Harvard to give speeches. This will not only increase students' enthusiasm and provide them with encouragement and support, but also increase the school's influence. Why not
Mark Zuckerberg returned to his dormitory with a worried heart. Not long after, he received a call from the dean of the department. On the phone, the dean sounded particularly friendly and said to him: "Mark, the school has Approved, you can come to me now to get the invitation letter."
"Great!" Mark Zuckerberg said excitedly: "I'll pick it up right now and fax it to my cousin!"
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The administrator of Makino Technology's Silicon Valley branch suddenly received a fax from Harvard University. After carefully reading the fax, the content inside surprised her.
Generally speaking, this is an official invitation from Harvard University to Li Mu to give a personal lecture at Harvard University. However, this invitation letter is a little strange. The invitation letter is indeed officially given by Harvard University. This is absolutely correct, but the content is different. It was Harvard University that commissioned Mr. Mark Zuckerberg to invite Li Mu to Harvard University to give a personal speech. This is a bit strange. Who is Mark Zuckerberg
The administration couldn't understand this strange invitation letter, but Harvard University didn't think there was anything inappropriate about it, because Harvard couldn't connect with Li Mu at all, and there happened to be a student whose cousin lived in Makino. For scientific and technological work, it is natural to make use of this relationship.
Moreover, in Harvard's imagination, this invitation letter must have been handed over to Li Mu through Mark Zuckerberg's cousin, so he would naturally explain this special invitation letter.
However, Harvard officials did not expect that Mark Zuckerberg actually set a trap for them.
After the administrator saw this strange invitation letter, he immediately found Lin Qingya and showed her the fax of the invitation letter. Lin Qingya was a little confused and confused, but since it was an invitation letter from Harvard University, it was still quite good. It was important, so she immediately went to Li Mu's office with the fax of the invitation letter.
Li Mu was meeting an "old friend" in the office at this time, Elon Musk, one of the founders of PayPal. Ever since Li Mu came to the United States, Elon Musk had been thinking about coming to visit the pier, and he had not made an appointment with Lin Qingya. , in a hurry, he simply ran over by himself.
In Li Mu's eyes, Elon Musk's greatest value right now is to stay in PayPal and use his remaining energy, so Li Mu has lost some of his original enthusiasm for him. This actually makes Elon Musk feel very hurt. He feels, This twenty-year-old Chinese young man has developed so fast that he seems to look down on himself. The gap between the two is getting wider and wider. Meeting again in the United States is no longer the same feeling as when they met in China. .
Li Mu didn't expect Elon Musk to be so glass-hearted. This time he came to the door, and Li Mu saw that he was not confident in front of him, so he quickly put down his work and chatted with him like an old friend for half an hour. .
In Li Mu's eyes, Elon Musk's core value is still a few years away, but he should also maintain the relationship a little bit, so that when Elon Musk has other entrepreneurial ideas in the future, he may take the initiative to come to him. Invest by yourself, what if he impulsively asks you to invest in Tesla that day
The two were chatting heatedly when Lin Qingya knocked on the door and came in, saying to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, Harvard University sent a fax and wanted to invite you to give a lecture at Harvard."
Li Mu frowned: "Harvard?"
Lin Qingya said: "Yes, it's Harvard."
Li Mu thought for a moment and said: "Please reply to them for me and say thank you for their invitation. I personally have great respect for Harvard, one of the world's top universities with a long history, and I am very happy to share my life experience with my peers at Harvard. But I’m really busy with work during this period, so I hope I can have this opportunity again when I come to the United States next time.”
Lin Qingya asked with some regret: "Mr. Li, you refuse now?"
Li Mu also said helplessly: "Cambridge is too far away, thousands of kilometers away. I don't have the heart to go there."
Lin Qingya sighed and said, "Yes, Massachusetts is indeed too far away. It takes six or seven hours to fly one way."
After saying that, Lin Qingya added: "Then I will politely decline as you said."
Li Mu nodded: "Please decline."
Lin Qingya looked at the faxed invitation letter in her hand and said smoothly: "This invitation letter is quite strange. It probably means that Harvard University commissioned a person named Mark-Elliot Zuckerberg to invite you to give a speech. I don't know about this Mark-Elliot." -What does Zuckerberg do?”
When Li Mu heard Lin Qingya's pronunciation, his eyelids jumped wildly. He suppressed the excitement and shock in his heart and asked her, "What did you say? I didn't hear it clearly. Say it again."
(End of chapter)