Rebirth 1979: Hunting wild boars and saving educated youth

As soon as he entered the room, Chen Feng saw more than a dozen people standing in the room. Most of them were familiar faces, all senior students majoring in computer science.

Among the freshmen, besides him, there was also a girl named Mo Zhaodi.

Chen Feng was somewhat interested in Mo Zhaodi, not because she was pretty, but because she was surprisingly young, only seventeen years old.

Not to mention the current era when the college entrance examination has just been resumed, even if you go to college at the age of seventeen, you will be admitted to a genius class that allows you to skip grades.

Her name is also very interesting, "Zhao Di". Generally, parents hope that an older sister can have a younger brother. However, when your parents named you, did they never think that your surname was Mo?

Mo Zhaodi was very shy. In this room full of senior brothers and sisters, she hardly dared to speak.

When she saw Chen Feng, who was also a freshman like her, coming in, she felt like she had found a savior and immediately ran over to hide behind Chen Feng.

Chen Feng glanced at Mo Zhaodi behind him, not paying much attention. He turned around and asked the others in the room, "Seniors, why are you all here? What does the professor want to talk to us about?"

Everyone shook their heads and said they didn't know.

One of the oldest senior students, Liu Dongdong, who is also Professor Chi's teaching assistant, said, "We just received the notice, so I don't know the details. However, I heard Professor Chi mention a few days ago that a delegation was coming to our department for an inspection. I wonder if it's related to this matter."

As soon as he finished speaking, Professor Chi appeared outside the office.

"Is everyone here?" He pushed the door open excitedly, a bright smile on his face. "Haha, I have good news for everyone! A delegation from the United States is coming to Ninghai for a visit. They heard that Ninghai University has opened a computer science major, so they wanted to come and take a look. It's considered an international exchange activity."

Professor Chi said this, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

This is fantastic news for their controversial and difficult-to-recruit program! The fact that a delegation of American experts is visiting is undoubtedly a powerful testament to the importance of their program.

"I just got the list from President Shang," Professor Chi continued excitedly. "They're all top computer experts from the US, including university professors and engineers from major corporations. President Shang specifically instructed us to treat these distinguished guests well and leave a good impression on them!"

When the students heard the news, they all smiled.

After all, everyone wants their major to be valued, and it would be best to take this opportunity to get more support from the school.

It would be best if we could take advantage of this enthusiasm and buy them a batch of new computers!

Then, Professor Chi began to read out the list, each name representing a distinguished guest who was about to visit.

Chen Feng was also listening.

Suddenly, a familiar name jumped into his ears - Tim Patterson, from Seattle Computer Co., Ltd.

Chen Feng was stunned for a moment, and then an indescribable excitement surged in his heart.

He was very familiar with this name because he had read Gates' biography and was familiar with that period of history.

Tim Patterson was the one who developed the 86-DOS operating system! Later, Microsoft spent $5 to buy the copyright of this system and transformed it into MS-DOS and PC-DOS, thus opening a new chapter in the era of personal computers.

Although it is not an important part of Windows' predecessor!

Now, this key figure in history is among the visiting delegation!

Chen Feng was ecstatic and couldn't help but start to fantasize: What would it be like if he could buy the copyright of 86-DOS from Tim Patterson before Microsoft?

When he thought of this, he felt the blood in his body boiling!

The American delegation is coming, this is really a big deal.

The school and department were very busy, and even people from the city and province made several trips in advance, fearing that any preparations were not thorough.

Chen Feng has been so busy these days that he just lives in the dormitory.

Sometimes I get home late and the lights are off. I don’t have time to take a shower and can only lie down on the bed in the dark, tired as a dog.

To be honest, he felt that this was more tiring than going up the mountain to pick herbs or hunting!

The mobilization meetings and preparatory meetings one after another made him feel overwhelmed.

If it weren't for Tim Patterson, he really wanted to quit!

Finally, a week later, the American delegation arrived at the school.

A bus picked them up, and the top leaders from Ninghai were accompanying them.

The president and vice presidents of Ninghai University were also waiting early.

Chen Feng took a look and was stunned. "Wow, this is quite a scene!"

Ning Yao was seen wearing a red dress and walking over with a few pretty girls to present flowers to the American delegation.

Chen Feng had no idea about this! He hadn't been home these past few days, and Ning Yao hadn't mentioned it. Suddenly seeing Ning Yao dressed so beautifully, he was pleasantly surprised.

Then, he saw an unexpected person—Director Xu, who was also accompanying the officials of the American delegation.

He didn't see Chen Feng at first, until he accompanied the delegation to communicate with the dean and rushed to the Department of Mathematics to communicate with teachers and students of the computer science department, then he saw Chen Feng at a glance.

Director Xu was stunned!

He stared at Chen Feng as if he had seen a ghost.

Isn't this guy a wine and medicine dealer? Why did he come to the computer industry to join in the fun? The two fields are completely unrelated, okay!

Director Xu seized the opportunity and quickly approached Chen Feng, pulling him aside. He asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Why are you here, kid?"

Chen Feng replied calmly, "Uncle Xu, I'm a computer science student at Ninghai University. If I'm not here, then where should I be?"

Director Xu was surprised again when he heard this: "When did you take the college entrance examination? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Chen Feng deliberately kept it vague: "Uncle Xu, I'm a freshman this year, what do you think?"

Director Xu was even more puzzled: "Then why don't you apply to medical school? Ninghai University's medical school is also very famous."

Chen Feng was about to explain when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Tim Patterson walking towards him from the corner of his eye.

He immediately stopped caring about Director Xu and said hurriedly, "Uncle Xu, I have something to do now. I'll talk to you later."

After saying that, he turned to Tim Patterson with a smile on his face, extended his hand and greeted him in English: "Hi, Tim, welcome to Ninghai University, I'm Xu Feng, nice to meet you!"

Tim Patterson didn't expect to hear familiar American English here, and he suddenly felt relieved.

After arriving in China, he discovered that most people spoke English with a British accent, and that communication always felt a bit stiff, which made him very uncomfortable.

At this moment, in front of Chen Feng, he finally found a long-lost sense of freedom. So, he also enthusiastically extended his hand and shook hands with Chen Feng.

“Man, it’s great to hear American English!” Tim Patterson said with a laugh. “Have you ever been to America?”