When it was initially speculated that Li Mu might be influencing Harvard behind the scenes, Su Yingxue felt particularly conflicted.
The reason for the contradiction is that she really can't determine why Li Mu did this. Is it simply for her own good, or does she prefer to stay in the United States
Su Yingxue is very smart at heart, and people who are too smart are usually too sensitive. In addition, the gap between her and Li Mu is too big to reach, which makes it easier for her to think too much. She is afraid of Li Mu precisely because of the two of them. There is a huge gap between them, so he tries to distance himself. If this is the case, then Li Mu should do this because he hopes that he will continue to stay at Harvard and continue to stay away from his life.
However, Su Yingxue did not dare to rule out that Li Mu was simply doing it for his own good, because Li Mu knew that he had a high pursuit of academics and had always regarded Harvard University as his biggest dream in the future, and now he has enough ability to help him realize this Dream, after all, Harvard operates Li Mu’s 3321 in the United States, and they almost always respond to Li Mu’s requests.
Just when Su Yingxue didn't know which judgment she should lean towards, Li Mu called her.
Li Mu and Su Yingxue didn't talk to each other very frequently. They called each other almost once a week. Sometimes they chatted a few words via text on YY, but they usually didn't chat for too long.
Not only did he not communicate enough with Su Yingxue, from the beginning of preparations for the Veterans Immortality Foundation, to the launch of the "Flying Tigers" movie, to the response to SARS, and the recent plan to acquire Apple, Li Mu's private time has been almost completely occupied.
In addition, his parents have been in Yanjing recently. Li Mu returns home from work every day and spends almost all his time with them before going to bed, so he has no private space.
After receiving a call from Li Mu, Su Yingxue thought that Li Mu was going to talk to her about her studies, but she didn't expect that after Li Mu asked her about her current situation, he suddenly asked her: "Is your exchange cycle almost over? In a few days. Isn’t it time to return home?”
Su Yingxue was slightly startled on the other end of the phone. She didn't know whether Li Mu was pretending to be confused or if he didn't know about it at all, so she hesitated for a moment and replied: "The exchange cycle will be over soon. Harvard has arranged a return time for us. It’s a week later.”
Li Mu said with a smile: "It just so happens that I will fly to the United States early the morning the day after tomorrow. I can still make it to Harvard to see you before you return to China."
Su Yingxue asked in surprise: "Are you coming to the United States the day after tomorrow? Are you busy with work?"
"Yes." Li Mu said, "I want to go to Silicon Valley first, but it won't take long. I will stay in Silicon Valley for about two days, and then fly to Boston."
Su Yingxue couldn't help but ask him: "You came to Boston specifically to see me, right?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "The main thing is of course to see you, and also to see that Harvard kid Mark Zuckerberg."
Su Yingxue suddenly felt warm in her heart, and said with a smile: "Mark started Facebook, which has been quite popular on university campuses recently. You invested in it, right?"
Li Mu hummed and said, "This guy is quite interesting, so I'll invest some angel funds in him and let him mess around."
After that, Li Mu added: "By the way, when you come back, the National People's Congress will probably be on summer vacation. Have you communicated the process with the National People's Congress? Are you going to report back to school, or will you go on vacation directly after returning to China?"
Su Yingxue said: "The National People's Congress sent us a teacher to lead the team. The teacher means that after we return, we should report to the school first and go through the paperwork, and then we can go on summer vacation."
Li Mu asked again: "Then there's no need to take another exam, right?"
"No need." Su Yingxue said, "The credits for this semester will be calculated as full marks."
At this point, Su Yingxue was murmuring in her heart. Li Mu had been asking herself questions about what to do after returning to school. It didn't seem like he knew that he had a chance to stay at Harvard. Could this matter be different from what he had guessed? Maybe Li Mu was not the person who secretly helped him leverage Harvard at all
But besides Li Mu, who else could it be? Even if some people have this ability, you can be sure that you will have nothing to do with such people. Why would the other person do such a thing for you
Su Yingxue's mind is more mature than the average of her peers, and she considers issues more objectively. She doesn't feel at all that her performance at Harvard in the past six months can really make her receive such exceptional treatment from Harvard...
Li Mu on the other side of the phone didn't know Su Yingxue's doubts. He heard Su Yingxue say that there were no particularly important things to deal with when returning to school, so he said to her: "Otherwise, don't go back to China with them. I'll go." Harvard is looking for you and will take you to Los Angeles and New York. Then you can come back to China with me and I will greet you at the National People’s Congress.”
Su Yingxue wanted to agree. Ever since Li Mu left school to start a business, she had almost no chance to spend time with Li Mu. What's more, she had been in the United States for half a year. Although she had met Li Mu in the meantime, it was very hasty and she had very little time alone. Pitiful.
But when she thought that Li Mu must be busy with a lot of business when he came to the United States, Su Yingxue hesitated again. She asked Li Mu: "Will I cause you any trouble if I follow you?"
Li Mu said: "Of course not, and if you are willing, you can help me think about work. Now I feel more and more that my brain is not enough."
Su Yingxue knew that Li Mu was joking with her, so she chuckled and said, "As long as you don't think I'm stupid."
Li Mu smiled and said, "Then I'll take it as your promise and wait for me at Harvard. I'll communicate with you at the school."
"Okay, I'll wait for you at Harvard."
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After hanging up the phone, Su Yingxue began to think about Harvard's unusual green light for her. From her phone call with Li Mu, she could basically determine that Li Mu was not aware of this matter, so this also ruled out the possibility of Li Mu secretly helping. Originally, Su Yingxue thought that this person must be Li Mu. She just couldn't figure out Li Mu's motive for doing this. But now she feels that this person could be anyone, but it couldn't be Li Mu.
This is so confusing.
But this made Su Yingxue breathe a sigh of relief. At least this matter could not have been deliberately manipulated by Li Mu in order to alienate herself. It's impossible to know.
So there is another question: Should I accept this offer
Staying at Harvard, studying for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, and realizing your biggest academic dream in one step is indeed very attractive.
Moreover, Su Yingxue knew very well that if she told her parents and relatives about this matter, they would definitely support her 100% and even strongly oppose her rejecting the offer. But what about Li Mu? What will his attitude be
Su Yingxue was troubled by these problems. After thinking about it, she came up with a relatively compromise method. When Li Mu comes to Harvard, tell him about the matter and listen to his opinion. If he makes it clear that he does not want her to stay, Then I will never hesitate or be nostalgic, and I will not tell my family about this matter, just pretend that it never happened; if Li Mu supports me to stay, then whether he is for his own good or to alienate himself, I will If he chooses to stay, if it is for your own good, you cannot let him down; if he wants to alienate yourself, you cannot let him feel unnecessary trouble.
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Li Mu was suddenly about to leave for the United States, which caught Li's parents off guard. However, thinking about Li Mu's self-requirement not to leave Yanjing before the risk of SARS was lifted due to SARS, and the fact that he had recently talked to them about many work matters, they all thought With the details that the United States talked about, they could understand their son's urgent mood.
Their son was going to the United States, and the epidemic in Yanjing had been lifted. Most areas across the country where the epidemic had been detected have successively announced that the SARS epidemic had been eliminated. As soon as Li's father and Li's mother put it all together, they decided to return to Haizhou. After all, the couple was still in Haizhou. He has his own career. He came to Yanjing to accompany his son, but now it’s time to go back and do his own business.
Li Mu didn't want his parents to drive back to Haizhou for a long distance, so he asked Makino Technology's driver team to send two drivers to help his parents drive the car back to Nansu and wait at Jinling Airport. He chartered a flight to take his parents back to Jinling first, and then Fly to the United States.
Li's father and Li's mother didn't want to cause trouble to Li Mu, but they couldn't stand Li Mu's firm attitude, so they had no choice but to agree.
Afterwards, the family of three began to make preparations.
Li Mu himself quietly made a list for his upcoming trip to the United States. His tasks for this trip to the United States include: consolidating business, strengthening relationships with partners, strengthening government relations, acquiring Apple, and planning for the future.
Currently, both Makino Technology and Taobao are developing very smoothly in China. Looking at the entire Chinese Internet industry, there are no competitors that can threaten these two companies. Therefore, Li Mu has transferred most of his energy to the United States.
For Makino Technology, if it wants to become the world's top Internet company, or even a dominant Internet company, it must swallow the entire Western market and chew it in its mouth, bite it into pieces, and swallow every bit of it. Strictly speaking, the entire West is Uncle-Sam's son, and everything depends on his leadership. Therefore, if you want to conquer the West, you must first conquer the United States.
Makino Technology's current foundation in the United States is far from solid enough. What Li Mu will do next is to make Makino Technology's foundation in the United States deeper and deeper, so deep that no one can shake it in the future.
As for strengthening partner relationships, it is not just Makino Technology’s existing business partners in the United States, but also prepares for the future and strengthens relationships with companies that may cooperate, such as Google, Oracle, and Cisco.
In addition, Li Mu has bigger plans for the United States. He is eager to lock in the huge cake of mobile Internet in advance. It is not enough to swallow Apple. He also needs to hoard more conveniences for himself in advance and make strategies. Layout, a very important link in this is future mobile hardware, of which the processor is the top priority.
Li Mu has no dream of entering the computer processor market, not only because the threshold for this industry is too high, but also because it has long become one of the key areas of national competition. Companies like Intel, like Lockheed Martin, have No matter how much money the US government spends, it will not allow overseas companies to acquire or obtain core technologies.
Even a powerful technology company like Apple cannot achieve self-sufficiency in desktop processors. It even later completely switched the MacOS architecture from PowerPC to Intel's X86. If Li Mu hadn't come along halfway, it would have taken less than two years. , Apple MacOS will fully fall into the arms of X86 and Intel.
However, in comparison, mobile processors are far less valued than desktop processors.
Although Apple did not make any commendable achievements in desktop processors in its previous life, it did make a breakthrough in mobile processors. A few years later, Apple acquired a few companies in the ARM architecture at a very small price. A company with a certain foundation in the industry, it has attracted a large number of relevant talents, and then based on the ARM architecture, it has developed Apple's own A-series mobile processors, and has long occupied a leading position in the field of mobile processors, providing iPhone, iPad and iOS systems. Great support. Without A-series processors, Apple’s future would not be so smooth.
Therefore, when Li Mu went to the United States this time, in addition to acquiring Apple, he also wanted to help Apple lay the foundation for mobile processors in advance. Perhaps in the future, Makino Technology itself will not be able to obtain advanced lithography machines due to the Wassenaar Agreement and will not be able to develop its own mobile processors. Processor production, but it doesn't matter. As long as you have a mobile processor R&D team, there will be foundry companies like TSMC, and you won't have to worry about production at all.
Now taking advantage of the acquisition of Apple to develop efforts in the field of mobile processors is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
(End of chapter)