The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

Seeing the envelope in Nancy's hand, Li Yuan couldn't help but look at Minister Ma.

Minister Ma glanced at the envelope with a smile and made a casual gesture.

Every move he made was caught in Nancy's eyes. The other party pretended not to know and still looked at Li Yuan with a smile.

Li Yuan took the envelope with a serious expression.

Open it directly and pull out a double-page folded card. The cover says Stanford University, along with a campus background image.

After opening it, there was an invitation letter with a very simple paragraph inside.

Roughly means:

Stanford University invites Li Yuan to become a full professor, and he can choose between the School of Engineering and the School of Computer Science.

Benefits include a villa, freedom of academic research, professional laboratories, and assistance in gaining academic reputation.

The annual salary is an astonishing US$100 million.

It's great to help you gain academic reputation. If it's a scientific research result from Stanford University, it's basically a sure thing to gain academic reputation.

After reading it, Li Yuan handed it to Minister Ma very naturally.

As a foreign official, English is a must for him.

After reading it quickly, my eyes were full of surprise.

His knowledge of Li Yuan is limited to the Metaverse Laboratory.

The reason is also the heated patent dispute cases that were circulated internally in the previous stage.

As an external department, they studied internally and discussed how to handle similar incidents in the future.

Ordinarily, such reception matters can be handled by a branch office.

It was just that he had received instructions from his superiors in advance to receive Ms. Nancy well, so he came forward in person.

Seeing Ms. Nancy like this, she was polite but never revealed anything, so he was also full of curiosity.

When I first met Li Yuan, I was attracted by his clean, refreshing and elegant temperament, which had the temperament of an ancient Confucian scholar, and I suddenly felt good about him.

In the series of responses just now, he saw Li Yuan's calmness, confidence and tranquility, as well as the other party's appropriate etiquette.

He is neither humble nor proud, and has a strong sense of distance.

In short, that indifference made him a little envious.

It would be fine if he was a university teacher. This young man is a big boss with a market value of 100 million.

He was curious about how Li Yuan would respond to such temptation.

Li Yuan looked at the invitation handed back strangely, and then looked at Ms. Nancy who was also looking forward to it.

"I'm sorry, I have my own business and my own laboratory here. Why do you think I would leave these behind and travel far away?"

Li Yuan did not use English, but spoke Chinese.

Minister Ma was shocked and thought to himself: "Yes, the other party has such a big family business, how could he leave it alone?"

In his mind, Li Yuan is just the manager of the laboratory, and the equity should belong to Google.

He had just heard that the laboratory belonged to Li Yuan himself. He was still a little confused. Looking through his memory, it seemed that he was really the young man in front of him.

He was just curious and wanted to meet the young man who caused the dispute between the two people.

In my heart, I just regarded Li Yuan as a motivated young man and didn't pay special attention to him.

He didn't look at Li Yuan until just now, and he was also a little curious about America's thoughts.

Nancy leaned forward and stared at Li Yuan with a formal expression.

"Mr. Li, maybe you don't know what a good professor at Stanford University will get?

It will attract worldwide attention, and it will receive funding from a large number of outstanding companies, and the project rewards will be even more generous.

If your results are purchased by a company, there will be a lot of profit.

Before I came here, the president of Stanford had promised to help you get your COMS patent back.

We will consider the original permanent authorization as illegally obtained.

Think about how much patent royalties you can receive in the future. The salary of 100 million will only be a negligible part.

Of course, all of this is provided you accept this invitation.”

After speaking, Ms. Nancy nodded vigorously and slowly leaned back until her back was against the back of the sofa.

A kind of pride radiated from her body unabashedly.

Minister Ma, who was watching the show just now, was even more shocked and regretful at the same time.

According to Ms. Nancy’s description, Li Yuan clearly has unlimited potential.

The American government is willing to offend those big companies for Li Yuan. Of course, those companies in Silicon Valley are not considered big companies now.

Now, America is still affected by the old conglomerates, such as General Motors and Rockefeller.

There was sweat on Minister Ma's forehead. He now hated the woman opposite him.

If she had explained this to him just now, he would not have let her meet Li Yuan no matter what.

If Li Yuan is seduced from his hands, he will definitely be in trouble.

If it's serious, he may have to go to a small institution to wait for retirement.

He kept thinking of countermeasures in his mind and wanted to stop the conversation, but he was immediately overruled.

Doing so would not only stir up trouble with the woman opposite, but would also be more likely to anger Li Yuan.

Once he agrees now, given the current international situation facing China, he will probably only be able to let it go.

"Comrade Li Yuan, this is a big matter, and things in the laboratory must be complicated. Therefore, I suggest you think twice and not act hastily.

When the time comes, I will find a professional person to help advise and avoid future troubles.

Of course, you are free to choose what you want, I am just giving you a suggestion."

Minister Ma feels that the best way at the moment is to delay.

As long as he doesn't agree face to face, he has many ways to restore the current situation.

Of course, if you agree now, there is nothing you can do, but it may be a lot of trouble.

After hearing the translation, Nancy smiled confidently.

Open the briefcase again and take out an envelope again.

"Mr. Li, take a look at this and then decide."

Li Yuan took it curiously, while Minister Ma kept staring at the envelope, eager to grab it.

He was extremely regretful now. He thought it was just a regular reception, but he didn't expect that it would explode directly.

Li Yuan's movements of flipping the envelope and taking out the letter paper made his heart churn.

The letter was sent to him by the Nobel Prize Committee.

The general meaning is that his COMS circuit invention has received enough recommendations and has been determined to be shortlisted for the award.

He was specially invited to attend the awards ceremony in Stockholm on December 12th.

Nancy has been paying attention to Li Yuan's expression.

She knew that no scientist could resist the temptation of the Nobel Prize.

Not to mention the ridiculously handsome young man in front of him.

What disappointed her was that she didn't see the surprise she expected from Li Yuan's face, it was still damn dull as always.

Moreover, he handed it to the sanctimonious Chinese official next to him without seeming to care at all.

She snorted secretly, and the smile spread across her face again.

"Mr. Li, as long as you join America and with your contribution to the COMS circuit, it should be very easy to win this year's Nobel Prize.

I once heard a senior person in the industry comment that the invention of the COMS circuit opened the digital age for mankind.

It will surely push the world into the third industrial revolution.

So, great America, we need your help. Only there can you show your talents! "