Chapter 938 "Hospitable" Princeton (4/4)

Chapter 938 "Hospitality" of Princeton (44)

The Princeton dormitory is downstairs.

A silver-white car appeared around the corner, and stopped at the main entrance after the headlights flickered.

Reaching out and turning the key to get out of the car, Qin Yue, who was sitting in the driver's seat, glanced to the side and said.

"arrive."

After unfastening the seat belt, Xiaotong politely thanked and said, "Thank you for coming to pick me up."

Qin Yue smiled and said casually: "You're welcome, do you need me to help you send your luggage up?"

When he was studying in Princeton, he was often taken care of by Lu Zhou, and now it is finally his turn to repay the kindness of his mentor. At least in his opinion, this little thing is nothing to worry about, it is what he should do.

However, there is only one thing that Xiaotong and her brother are really similar to, and that is that they don't want to trouble others with their own affairs. Therefore, after hearing Qin Yue's offer to help carry the luggage, Xiaotong hardly considered it, and politely declined.

"No need, I can do this little thing myself."

He didn't insist on helping, Qin Yue nodded: "Okay, then I won't bother you, if there is anything that needs help, please let me know."

"Okay, then I'll go first."

"Go slowly."

After saying goodbye to this old brother's former student, Professor Qin who is now teaching at Princeton, Xiaotong first went to the dormitory supervisor to get the key, and then stepped on the stairs briskly, carrying an undressed The suitcases of many things went upstairs.

She applied for this student apartment online, and it is fully furnished with all kinds of furniture. Basically, she can move in with her bags.

After checking into the room, Xiaotong spent about two hours simply tidying up the room, and then took her own documents to Nassau Hall not far from here, which is the administrative building of Princeton, to handle the Enrollment procedures.

She is actually not unfamiliar with Princeton, and it can even be said that she is familiar with it.

A few years ago, probably during the summer vacation when she just finished her college entrance examination, she once lived here for two months, and did not go back until she reported to Jinda at the end of the summer vacation.

She still vaguely remembers her elder brother who was a professor at Princeton at the time, and a cute-looking, soft-spoken little assistant who was probably not much older than her.

It's just that because the little assistant was too timid, she tried to take the initiative several times, but she failed to establish a deep friendship with her.

"I don't know if she's still here."

Xiaotong, who returned to the apartment after completing the admission procedures, leaned on the soft bed and stretched comfortably.

"If I'm still here, it would be great if I can make friends with her... But speaking of it, she probably doesn't even know me, right? After all, it's been so many years."

The exhaustion of running all the way gradually hit the brain, and it didn't take long for the only sound of steady breathing left in the room.

After flying for almost a whole day and taking a car all the way, now I can finally sleep soundly on the serious bed.

Thinking about her future campus life, she slept very peacefully this time, and didn't get up from the bed until six or seven o'clock the next morning, yawning...

Looking at the new page of the calendar on the phone, Xiaotong went to the bathroom to wash up, turned on the computer and sent an email to her future mentor, Professor Krugman.

Almost as soon as she was getting herself ready for breakfast, a reply flew into her mailbox.

"Are Princeton professors so efficient?"

She was a little surprised to open this email. She was prepared to report to her supervisor in two days, but she did not expect to receive a reply within an hour.

The content of the email is very short and can be briefly summarized in a few sentences. It probably means that she is welcome to choose Princeton, and if she is ready to start her doctoral career, she can come to his office to report at any time.

At the same time, the address of his office was attached to the email.

Although I have seriously considered whether to report after two days after I have settled down in my life, but considering that I have completed the enrollment registration, it is better to meet the tutor as soon as possible, and leave a positive note for the tutor by the way. impression.

So, after writing down the address, Xiaotong, who had hurriedly finished her breakfast, simply packed up the tableware, changed into fresh and clean clothes, and went out.

Relying on her pretty good memory, she didn't spend a lot of effort, and she quickly found the office of her mentor, Professor Krugman, in the School of Economics.

And just when she pushed open the office door, an enthusiastic voice came from behind the door, which almost surprised her who was unprepared.

"Welcome to Princeton! Xiaotong from China, are you still used to life here?"

Jumping half a step back like a frightened little rabbit, after confirming that this face was consistent with that of Professor Krugman in the photo, she regained her composure and coughed lightly.

"...I lived here for a month before, and it's not the first time I've studied abroad. Anyway, I'm quite used to it."

Professor Krugman asked curiously: "Have you lived there for a month? But I remember that you are an undergraduate student at Jinling University and a master student at Oxford University... are you an exchange student?"

"Uh, it doesn't count...Visiting relatives overseas?" Unexpectedly, the tutor investigated her so clearly, and Xiaotong didn't know whether she should be flattered or surprised for a while.

"Oh," Professor Krugman showed a surprised expression on his face, and then smiled heartily, "Then I don't have to worry about you getting lost on campus, many students who come here for the first time will encounter Seeing this kind of confusion, there is no clear boundary between the town and the school here, and it is easy to wander around. In fact, it is far away from the school... Wissel, take this newcomer to familiarize yourself with the work here, I suddenly have a call to answer, and I will leave it to you first."

"Good professor." A thin doctoral student with freckles came over, pushed the thick-rimmed glasses on the bridge of the nose, and looked at Xiaotong who was a little embarrassed and stretched out his right hand , "Wessel, PhD student, nice to meet you."

"...Nice to meet you, Lu Xiaotong."

Shaking hands politely, Xiaotong said cautiously.

"Is that Lu Xiaotong? Come with me."

Weisser nodded, and then took Xiaotong to an empty desk near the window in the office, "This will be where you work and study from now on, if there is anything you don't understand, You can ask me, you can ask Professor Krugman directly ... or someone else in the office, we will try to help you, but most of the time it is still up to you."

Xiaotong: "...Thank you."

"You should really thank me. I was already off work yesterday, and I was called back by the professor to clean up the desk, saying that there was a freshman grade report." Looking at the professor who went out of the office to answer the phone, Wessel shrugged. He made a helpless expression, "Generally speaking, it's the rookie's job to clean up the things that the previous owner didn't take away, at least in our place... But, Professor Krugman seems to take you very seriously."

Hearing that she had caused so much trouble to others unintentionally, Xiaotong suddenly said with some embarrassment: "Please tell me if there is such a thing in the future, I can do it myself."

"It's okay, this kind of trivial matter is nothing to worry about," Wiesel said casually, waving his hands nonchalantly, "Let me introduce the other people in the office to you first."

"Um……"

Just when Wiesel was about to introduce other people in the office to the freshman, the door of the office opened again, and Professor Krugman, who had gone out to make a call earlier, came back with a smile on his face.

"The phone call is over! Leave this to me, Wissel, you go and do your own business first."

"Uh...Okay," I was a little stunned as to why my boss was so crazy today, he was as enthusiastic as Santa Claus to a freshman early in the morning, but Wiesel didn't dare to ask more, just nodded, Said to this newcomer, "Then I will deal with the thesis first... I will introduce it to you later."

"Well, it's troublesome."

Nodding to the senior in a daze, Xiaotong then looked at Professor Krugman, who was smiling enthusiastically, with a question mark on his face, not quite understanding the situation.

Is this some kind of Princeton special welcome?

Why didn't I hear my brother at all...

Walking over with a warm smile on his face, Professor Krugman looked at Xiaotong and asked gently.

"I have read your graduation thesis carefully many times, and it is very well written. Although there are a few flaws in the theoretical part, it is not easy to write such a thesis at your age, even in a place like Princeton. This kind of talent is rare in this place.”

Clearing his throat, he continued.

"Since you have mastered certain skills in theoretical knowledge, I will pay more attention to the cultivation of your other abilities... Speaking of which, Xiaotong, have you attended any academic conferences before?"

Xiaotong: "I've been there with my tutor... but I haven't published an article on it."

Krugman stroked his beard and asked thoughtfully, "Is it a top meeting?"

Xiaotong said embarrassedly: "Not yet..."

Unfortunately, her former advisor, Professor Foster, is not a particularly well-known expert in the field of macroeconomics, and most of the opportunities he provided her were not on the academic side, but the same as her brothers and sisters. Mainly focus on internships in major investment banks.

At that time, Xiaotong hadn't made up her mind to develop into academia, so she didn't pay special attention to the well-known top conferences in her major, but just went to a few more general conferences with her tutor.

"Haven't you been there? That's just right!"

Not at all minding that Xiaotong had no previous experience in participating in summit meetings, Professor Krugman's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands with a smile as if he had thought of some brilliant idea, and continued: "Next week there will be a meeting in Shanghai. Exchange conferences in the direction of macroeconomics. Participating in top conferences is an important academic qualification. Even if you don’t publish articles on it, it will be very rewarding for you to listen to it. There are also some academic programs for young scholars, PhDs, and masters Awards, if you haven’t participated in the top conference experience before, just follow me to see the world.”

Almost at the moment when this sentence was spoken.

Xiaotong noticed that all the doctoral and master students in the office, including the senior named Wessel, looked at her with obvious envy.

As a Nobel Prize-level scholar and a master of macroeconomics who created an era, Professor Krugman usually attends meetings and rarely brings students with him, unless it is a student he particularly values, or this Students happen to have published papers at conferences.

And this guy...

It has been less than a day since the report was reported, and even less than an hour since I entered this office, and I have received such "VIP-level" treatment...

It's so enviable!

Feeling uncomfortable being looked at by these gazes, Xiaotong declined in embarrassment.

"But... I'm not prepared at all, or you should bring other people—"

"It's okay! It's just that you have learned a lot in the past, so you don't need to prepare," Professor Krugman continued, "One day you will have to publish an article at such a top conference. Now Familiarize yourself, even if you are only familiar with the process of the meeting, it will be of great help to your future academic journey!"

Hearing what the instructor said, Xiaotong couldn't say no to excuses for a while.

In fact, if she had such an opportunity, she certainly didn't want to miss it.

The only thing that gave her a headache was that she had just come by plane from Shanghai. If she followed the instructor to this meeting, it meant that she would fly back soon...

Thinking that he would have to toss in the sky for more than 20 hours, Xiaotong felt bad all of a sudden...

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(I'll try my best to break out until the 20th, it's too cruel for a two-shifted beast to go all the way to the fourth shift QAQ)