Chapter 135 Tsinghua Alumni and Which One Is He?

It turns out that one of the two boys is Pan Zhanlong and the other is Gu Qijun, both of whom are international students from China. They both studied abroad at the School of Computer Science, National University of Singapore. Since they were in the same school, Lin Junfeng was a little familiar with them, but since they were not in the same class and in different grades, they did not have much communication.

Pan Zhanlong graduated from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and is now pursuing a doctorate at the National University of Singapore.

Gu Qijun graduated from Tsinghua University in China, Class of 1988, and is now a master's student in computer engineering at the School of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, one grade lower than Lin Junfeng. There is a celebrity named Gao Xiaosong in the Department of Electronic Engineering of Tsinghua Class of 1988, and there is another musician named Li Jian in the Department of Electronic Engineering. The engineering men in Wudaokou are also earth-shaking when they get coquettish!

Speaking of Tsinghua, Li Xiaofan in his previous life was also considered a half Tsinghua alumnus. When he was in Shanghai, many of Li Xiaofan's friends in the workplace were keen on studying for various MBAs, which were said to expand their network and allow them to meet beautiful girls there...

Li Xiaofan was no exception. After completing the Sino-foreign joint MBA in Shanghai, he went to Tsinghua School of Economics and Management to study for an EMBA, and finally got into the "Tsinghua campus circle". In fact, after entering this circle, Li Xiaofan found that those alumni who studied at Tsinghua for their undergraduate degree did not recognize them, the alumni of the School of Economics and Management who could get into the EMBA program by spending money, just like they despised Peking University next door...

However, Li Xiaofan still liked the atmosphere of Tsinghua School of Economics and Management, especially the work of Tsinghua Alumni Association. Tsinghua Alumni Association did not discriminate against them at all. Before rebirth, the Secretary-General of Tsinghua Alumni Association, Mr. Tang Jie, was called "Service Tsinghua Alumni General Station Leader" on WeChat. He was a kind and amiable big brother who invited them to participate in the school anniversary and homecoming activities on the last weekend of April every year. On April 25, before his rebirth, at Tsinghua’s Homecoming Day event, Li Xiaofan took a photo with teacher Tang Jie and former table tennis champion Deng Yaping in front of the auditorium...

Now, Li Xiaofan and the other four boys have a common hobby and topic: the Internet, which is the hottest topic in the world’s famous universities!

The conversation between Li Xiaofan and Lin Junfeng just now really caught the attention of Pan Zhanlong and Gu Qijun, not only because of Li Xiaofan’s mainland accent, but also because of the content of the Internet topic they discussed...

The four boys were talking enthusiastically about the Internet topics they were interested in, and Tang Xinyi and Huijuan had nothing to do with them.

Halfway through the conversation, Pan Zhanlong asked, "Xiaofan, do you know that I have an alumnus of the University of Science and Technology of China named Tian Suning?"

When it comes to Tian Suning, the name of this important figure in the history of the Internet in mainland China is well-known to Li Xiaofan.

At that moment, he pretended not to know this person.

"I don't think I know him..." Pan Zhanlong continued, "I started paying attention to this alumnus named Tian Suning when he published an article called "The Significance of the US Information Superhighway Plan to China's Modernization" in Guangming Daily two years ago! When I was still studying at the University of Science and Technology of China, I heard from alumni that he founded a company called AsiaInfo when he was studying in the United States. Now he seems to have returned to China and is helping China build the backbone network project of the Internet in mainland China..." Pan Zhanlong's words reminded Li Xiaofan of some early entrepreneurial stories about Tian Suning that were circulated in his previous life. In April 1994, the NCFC (China National Computer and Network Facilities) project was opened through the 64K international dedicated line connected to the Internet by Sprint Corporation of the United States, realizing the full-function connection between mainland China and the international Internet. Since then, China has been officially recognized by the international community as a country that truly has a full-function Internet, and the Internet era of China has begun. In 1995, China Telecom planned to open two 64K dedicated lines through Sprint Corporation of the United States, one in Beijing and the other in Shanghai. This was also the earliest public Internet in China, and began to provide Internet access services to the public. At that time, Sprint was one of the world's three largest telecom equipment operators. Tian Suning's AsiaInfo somehow managed to get the subcontracting orders for China Telecom's two nodes in Beijing and Shanghai from Sprint, and then it started to take off...

This means that this year, big cities like Beijing and Shanghai can access the Internet through China Telecom.

Li Xiaofan suddenly remembered the story about Jack Ma creating China Yellow Pages in April 1995 in his previous life, which means that provincial capitals like Hangzhou also have the conditions to access the Internet in April this year...

The four of them chatted until 11:30, and after several tactful reminders from Tang Xinyi and Huijuan, they interrupted their chat about the Internet.

Before leaving, Li Xiaofan and Lin Junfeng, as well as Pan Zhanlong, Gu Qijun and others left contact information with each other. Li Xiaofan agreed with them that he would come to ask Lin Junfeng, Pan Zhanlong, Gu Qijun and others for advice and communication next time when he was free.

Leaving the computer room and walking on the tree-lined path on the National University campus, Tang Xinyi called her second sister Tang Zixin.

The time difference in Singapore is 15 hours faster than that in San Francisco, California, USA.

When the second sister Tang Zixin received the call from Tang Xinyi, it was about 8:30 in the morning in San Francisco time. She had just returned home from a morning run near the Botanical Garden and Risang Tea Garden and was about to take a shower.

Tang Zixin was a little surprised after receiving the call: "Xinyi, how come you have time to call your second sister today?"

Xinyi said coquettishly on the phone: "I miss you, my second sister!"

Zi Xin said angrily: "If you miss me, come and see your second sister, you silly girl, you just shout slogans but don't do anything practical!"

Although Mr. Tang's four wives are not in harmony with each other and none of them will give in to the other, Tang Xinyi has a good relationship with her three sisters. They all like this well-behaved and cute mixed-race sister.

Tang Xinyi said affectionately on the phone: "Second sister, I called this time just to come and see you and my brother-in-law, and my lovely nephew!"

"Okay, warm welcome! Xinyi, have you booked your flight?"

"Not yet!"

"Ah, the flight hasn't been booked yet! So when do you plan to come?"

"As soon as possible!"

"How soon is as soon as possible?"

"You have to do me a favor first!"

"What do you want to do? Tell me!"

"I need you to send an invitation letter first. This time I'm bringing a friend from mainland China with me. He needs your invitation letter to apply for a visa to the United States!"

Because Tang Xinyi and Tang Zixin were communicating in Singaporean English, Zixin was very sensitive: "He? Which him?"

"Well, a boy from mainland China..."

Tang Zixin was very sensitive and asked: "A boy from mainland China? What's your relationship with him? Boyfriend?"