Hammer of Technology

"Seeing that you are all living so happily, I am relieved. I really want to be reunited with you all, but when you come back, I may have to go to the capital with Mr. Ning to get busy with applying for visas in the capital. Hey... miss you……"

As soon as this sentence came out, the painting style changed drastically.

"Huh? What's the situation?"

"Where do I go for a visa?"

"what happened?"

"Xiao Yu, don't be tricky!"

"Everyone, be careful..."

……

"Actually, it's nothing. Isn't the SODA conference going to be held at the end of this month? A conference convener wants to invite President Xiao Ning to give a report at the conference. I'm not the second author of the paper, so I'm also invited. It's so annoying, the United States is so Far away, the air ticket is so expensive, and the round-trip transportation fee will not be reimbursed until after returning, and the school is so stingy. The expenses approved during the conference by Xiao Ning and I are only 160 dollars. What do you think this money is enough for? If It’s not that I’ve filled out the DS[-] in the afternoon, so I’ll stay and wait for you all to go back to the lab, and invite everyone to dinner!”

The WeChat group was instantly quiet...

The lively Chinese New Year atmosphere before is gone...

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Then, a line of small gray characters appeared in front of Yu Xingwei.

"You were removed from the group chat by the group owner."

It's not the first time. Last time when he was removed from the group chat and took the second top issue and second work for no reason, he didn't feel hurt at all. On the contrary, Yu Xingwei at this time only felt It's as refreshing as eating ginseng fruit...

That kind of sleepiness also came rushing in.

Put down the phone, turn over, within 2 minutes, happy snoring sounded in the room.

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109 Ning Wei is impossible to be so superficial!

Ning Wei's passport was delivered to the school the next afternoon.

After parting with Yu Xingwei, he called home and explained that he would go abroad for a meeting at public expense, so the next day someone from the factory happened to be on a business trip to Jiangcheng, so he sent it over by the way.

Ning Wei knew that this was probably the handwriting of that Director Luo.

In fact, there is no need to be so anxious. Although the Chinese New Year is a traditional festival in China, the US consulate does as the Romans do, and the Chinese New Year holiday is still open.Even the festivals in the United States will not be missed, such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Thanksgiving, Christmas, these holidays, all of them.

But the family was still afraid of delaying Ningwei's affairs, so they directly asked someone to send it over.

This is probably family.

In addition, Ning Wei still has some insights.

The reason why factory director Luo became the factory director is definitely not as simple as having a high diploma.Insight into the world is knowledge, and understanding of human relationships is writing. Even if Lao Ning is given a postgraduate diploma, there is a high probability that Lao Ning will not be able to become the factory director with his temper.

This also reminded Ning Wei once again that he should minimize his involvement in unfamiliar areas, such as shopping malls where swords and swords are seen.

……

After the laboratory reopened, Ning Wei originally planned to give Yu Xingwei a five-day vacation, but he was sternly rejected.

Ning Wei was originally moved by Brother Yu's spirit, but later learned that he was simply afraid of being drugged. As for why he was drugged, it can probably be seen from the popularity of the two laboratories that Ning Wei currently manages.

Even Lao Lu couldn't bear the pressure and arranged for three doctoral students to join the EDA project team.

In fact, this is not bad, more people work faster, but you need to pay some training costs in the early stage, after all, the doctoral level of 985 colleges is still very high.

For example, Yu Xingwei, those good lucks covered up his mental effort.

After such a long time, he contributed at least [-] lines of code in the reviewed code base of the EDA project.

After the holiday syndrome passed, the two project teams got back on track, and it was almost time for the interview with the US embassy in Beijing.Although the scheduled time was three o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Lu Changbin still urged the two to go to the capital one day in advance and book a hotel next to the embassy.

Before leaving, he helped Ningwei check all the materials that might be needed in front of him at school.

Passport, conference invitation letter, unit certificate, DS160 application form...

After confirming that there was no problem, the two were sent to the airport.

It is enough to see that Lao Lu attaches great importance to Ningwei's participation in the SODA conference.

As for Yu Xingwei...

That was obviously an incidental item, and I asked from the beginning to the end: "Are the materials ready?"

Eccentric to outrageous.

Fortunately, Yu Xingwei has gotten used to it, and he has obtained psychological satisfaction from other students.

But when the plane landed and saw Lu Dongyi outside the airport, he still broke his defense!

Nima...

The boss over there in Jiangcheng delivered it in person, and the associate professor of Yanbei University in Beijing picked it up. Is there any law for this?Why do some people still dare to be so grandiose?

"Brother Lu, let me introduce you. This is a doctoral brother named Yu Xingwei who worked with me in the laboratory. Do you remember? The day you went to my place for a day, he brought me the meals. "

When Yu Xingwei was still in a daze, Ning Wei formally introduced him to Lu Dongyi.

"Well, I remember, I remember, the chicken legs I brought that day tasted good!" Lu Dongyi nodded and praised.

"Hey, if I knew that Professor Lu liked it, I should have brought some more today." Yu Xingwei, who was still wondering whether he should go back or report the truth, immediately responded.

"Haha, no need, no need, the food at Yanbei University is also very good."

After Lu Dongyi finished speaking, he turned to Ning Wei and said, "Director Tian said to invite you to dinner tonight, but unfortunately, there is an academic event in the past two days that Director Tian is invited to give a report, so let me arrange it on his behalf. Later, we will go to Donglaishun to eat hot pot first, and we will book a Hilton hotel for you in the evening, which is next to the visa office of the embassy. I will contact me after your interview tomorrow, and I will pick you up and go to Yanbei University. Tomorrow night I have booked rooms for you at the Yanxin Hotel in the school. I will take you to the airport the day after tomorrow."

Yu Xingwei stuck out his tongue secretly.

What is Pai Nian?That's it...

Those who knew that they were coming to the capital to apply for visas, and those who didn’t know, they probably thought they were visiting professors invited by Peking University to give lectures...

"Brother, you have spent a lot of money!" Ning Wei thanked him sincerely.

"I didn't spend any money! Director Tian said that this reception must be in accordance with the highest standards, and he is not afraid of spending money. He will charge it to the account. After you come to Yanda to take the project, you will deduct the principal with interest from it." .” Lu Dongyi said solemnly.

Hearing that Chi Guoguo poached people without caring about him at all, Yu Xingwei finally couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Professor Lu, are there any math projects that are so easy to get?"

"Is it hard to get it? I have three projects on hand this year, and one of them is a national one." Lu Dongyi asked curiously.

Facing Lu Dongyi's pure eyes, Yu Xingwei suddenly felt that there was nothing FUCK to say.

He remembered that Ning Wei had told him that during Ning Wei's return home for the Chinese New Year, the associate professor of Peking University had gone to him to discuss math problems for five days, and he finally understood why Ning Wei had only been home for more than ten days. His feelings have completely changed...

It turned out to be broken!

What else is there to say.While the two started discussing some things he didn't understand, Yu Xingwei silently took out his mobile phone and began to share his short journey in the capital in the group.

It's obviously low-end, but it can live up to its heart.

"Donglaishun's hot-boiled mutton tastes pretty good. Of course, what you eat is more important than who you are with."

The accompanying picture is a copper hot pot, fresh sliced ​​meat and a smiling boss.

"The suites at the Hilton Hotel feel pretty good. The key is that it is very close to the visa office in the United States, and you can walk there."

The accompanying picture is the furnishings in the room, the beautiful night view of the capital city with bright lights, and the comfortable big bed...

……

Play for fun, make trouble for trouble, business should not be delayed.

The next afternoon, the two arrived at the visa office on time according to the appointment time.

After saving all the mobile phones and other electronic products outside the embassy, ​​they started a long queue with the materials.

It may be that there are too many visa applications backlogged during the long New Year holiday, and there are a lot of people queuing up at the visa office. Even after entering the embassy and starting to divert them according to the appointment time, there is still a long queue.

It is definitely a torment to queue up and not have any electronic products to kill time.

Fortunately, this time it's two people together, and we can pass the time by chatting.

Chatting, chatting, seeing that there was not much movement in front of him, Ning Wei couldn't help but sighed.

"Hey, Brother Yu, why do you think most of those top academic conferences are arranged abroad? If they are all in China, it will save trouble."

"Who said it wasn't."

Yu Xingwei casually continued: "The top journals are also abroad, and if you want to publish papers in the top journals, you have to translate them into English. If they all move to China, it will be great, at least you can save money looking for papers." Mimi polished by people in English."

"I hope that in a few decades, our Huaxia will become the world's science and technology center. From now on, others will queue up at the Huaxia embassy to get visas and come to us." Looking at the long queue next to him, Ning Wei sighed from the bottom of his heart. .

"puff……"

As soon as Ning Wei finished speaking, a man about 30 years old behind Yu Xingwei suddenly laughed out loud.

Just when the two were puzzled, the man turned his head and said to the female companion behind him, "I'll tell you a joke. From now on, the top academic conferences will be held in China. From now on, the bosses will have to wait in line like us." Get a Huaxia visa."

In fact, the dialogue between Ning Wei and Yu Xingwei was really not loud, but the people in the front and back rows couldn't help it...

It's just that this person's voice was confiscated, which made Yu Xingwei unhappy at that time, turned around and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Oh, it's nothing, I just think you two are funny." The man behind shrugged and said indifferently.

"Why is it so funny that you can explain it?"

"Brother, are you a technical person? You are still studying at your age? Which school?"

"My master's degree is at the University of Science and Technology of China, and the Ph.D. of Jiang University is studying. What's wrong?"

"Yo, the whole process of 985 is amazing, but you must not have gone out to watch it? After going out to see it this time, you will know what it means to sit in a well and watch the sky. Some things can't be caught up just by talking about it. .” Obviously not much greater than Yu Xing, but this man spoke of the vicissitudes of being a member of the younger generation.

This made Yu Xingwei happy.

"Then may I ask which prestigious school you graduated from?"

"I'm sorry, I'm a 2012 master's degree in computer information science from the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. I'm not afraid to tell you that I just applied for a visa this time to attend one of the top academic conferences in the industry. You should You know? One of the papers I submitted was accepted by the conference and I was invited to give a speech, so I really have a say in this aspect, do you have any objection?" The man said quite proudly.

By the way, he glanced around with gusto.

Sure enough, although the two people's arguments were not too loud, they almost attracted the attention of everyone around them.

There is no other reason, no mobile phone, queuing is too difficult.

Hearing the man's words, Yu Xingwei subconsciously turned his head to look at Ning Wei who was also watching the excitement.

Coincidentally...

It turned out to be a colleague!

At this moment, Yu Xingwei got excited, and gave a thumbs up, complimented: "Brother, it's amazing, SODA conference, the world's top conference on computer algorithms! Can the papers of this kind of conference be passed? Worship!"

"Hehe, there are some things that you don't understand because you are still young. Maybe you will understand when you go abroad with your boss a few more times in the future. You seemed to say that you are studying for a Ph. The son is still very good. If he were here today, he would not dare to talk like you. Little brother, don't just sit on the sky!"

Seeing that Yu Xingwei was subdued, the man reached out and patted Yu Xingwei's shoulder, and said earnestly.

Hearing this, Yu Xingwei was stunned for a moment, then couldn't hold back, "Pfft...haha..."

Just laughing out loud like that, really, I couldn't hold back the laughter, because I tried my best to hold back the laughter and lower my voice, but it was counterproductive, I felt like tears were coming out, and my stomach was twitching even more Yes, it hurt a little, I had no choice but to cover my stomach with one hand, and bent slightly.

The man looked at Yu Xingwei who suddenly started laughing inexplicably, and was also a little dazed, he really couldn't feel the point of the joke just now, but this man bent over and covered his stomach in laughter.

His eyes passed over the intermittent neuropathy, and turned to the younger guy who was with the neuropathy, but after interlacing his eyes, the guy blinked, raised his head, and looked at the ceiling...

No way, Ning Wei never thought that this man would use him as an example in order to prove his point.

This is so, so embarrassing!

"That... puff... Brother, you believe me, puff... If Ning Wei was here today, he would definitely dare to say it." Yu Xingwei finally got through the situation, straightened up, suppressed his smile, Said.

"Superficial! A truly insightful person would definitely not tell such a joke." The man scolded.

The loud words made Ning Wei feel so embarrassed that he could dig a hole in the floor with his toes, so he simply turned around and ignored the two of them.

"Hey, let's not talk about this, let's see if you are going to participate in this SODA conference?" Yu Xingwei took out a scanned copy of the invitation letter that was placed on the top of the information bag, and handed it to the man .

He scanned three copies of this invitation letter, not afraid of losing it.

"Ok?"

"Cough cough!"

Looking at the special invitation letter, the man was a little dazed, and he hadn't waited for him to recover.The young man who was bragging with Yu Xingwei coughed dryly twice, and Yu Xingwei gracefully took back the invitation letter.Then turned around and ignored him.

A smaller voice than before entered his ears.

"Brother Yu, stop making trouble, I'm sorry."