Chapter 937: "Hospitable" Princeton (4/4)

Downstairs in Princeton's dormitory.
A silver-white sedan appeared around the corner and stopped at the main entrance as the lights flickered.
Qin Yue, who was sitting in the driver's seat, reached out and turned off the key. He glanced to the side and said.
"Arrived."
Unfastened the seat belt, Xiao Tong thankfully said, "Thank you for picking me up."
Qin Yue smiled and said casually, "You're welcome, do you need me to bring your luggage up?"
He used to be under the care of Lu Zhou when he was studying in Princeton. Now it is his turn to repay the graciousness of the instructor. At least in his opinion, this trivial matter is completely inconsequential and he should do it.
However, the only thing that Xiaotong and her brother are too similar is that they are unwilling to trouble others with their own things. Therefore, after hearing Qin Yue's proposal to help move luggage, Xiao Tong had little consideration and declined politely.
"No, I'll do this little thing myself."
He didn't insist on having to help. Qin Yue nodded his head. "Okay, then I won't bother. If you need help, tell me."
"Okay, let me go now."
"Walk slowly."
After saying goodbye to Professor Qin, a former student of this brother and now a teacher in Princeton, Xiaotong first went to the residence to collect the keys, and then he stomped on the stairs, briskly walking with his clothes A lot of suitcases went upstairs.
She applied for this student apartment online. It has all kinds of furniture and can be checked in with a bag.
After checking in the room, Xiaotong spent about two hours, simply packed the room, and then took his information to the Nassau Hall, which is not far from here, the administrative building of Princeton. Enrollment procedures.
She is not new to Princeton, or even more familiar.
A few years ago, it was probably the summer vacation that she had just completed the college entrance examination. She had lived here for two months, and returned to Jinda when the summer vacation ended.
She still vaguely remembered that the old brother who was a professor at Princeton at the time, and a little assistant who looked very cute, soft-spoken, and probably not much older than her.
But because the little assistant was too afraid of life, she tried to take the initiative several times without successfully establishing a deep friendship with her.
"I don't know if she is still there."
After completing the admission procedures, Xiao Tong returned to the apartment, leaned on the soft bed, and stretched out comfortably.
"If it's still there, if only I can make friends with her ... but speaking, she probably doesn't know me? After all these years."
The exhaustion that ran all the way gradually hit the brain, and there was only a steady breathing sound in the room.
After a full day's flight, and a car all the way, now I can finally lie on the bed with a good sleep.
Thinking about the future of campus life, she slept extraordinarily peacefully. It wasn't until 6 or 7 o'clock the next morning that she yawned and got up from the bed ...
Looking at the new page of the calendar in her mobile phone, Xiaotong went to the bathroom to wash, opened the computer and sent an email to her future tutor, Professor Krugman.
Almost as soon as she had prepared breakfast for herself, a reply flew into her mailbox.
"Is the Princeton professor so efficient?"
I opened the e-mail with a little surprise. She had already made preparations to report to the instructor after two days, but she did not expect to receive a reply in less than an hour.
The content of the email is short and can be summarized in a few sentences. The general meaning is that she is welcome to choose Princeton. If you are ready to start your doctoral career, you can come to his office to report at any time.
At the same time, a line of his office's address was included in the email.
Although I also seriously considered whether I would spend two days waiting for my life to settle before reporting, but I thought it was better to see the mentor as soon as possible after I have completed the enrollment registration. impression.
So, writing down the address of the line, Xiao Tong, who hurriedly finished his breakfast, simply packed up the tableware, changed out of his clothes, and went out.
With her pretty good memory and not much effort, she quickly found her tutor Professor Krugman's office in the School of Economics.
Just when she opened the office door, a enthusiastic voice came from behind the door, and she almost did not startle her unprepared.
"Welcome to Princeton! Xiaotong from Huaguo, are you still used to living here?"
She took a half step backwards like a frightened bunny, and after confirming that this face was consistent with Professor Krugman in the photo, she calmed down and coughed softly.
"... I have lived here for a month before, and this is not my first time studying abroad, anyway, I am quite used to it."
Professor Krugman asked curiously, "Live a month? But I remember you were a bachelor's degree from Jinling University, a master's degree from Oxford University ... is an exchange student?"
"Eh, don't count ... to visit relatives overseas?" I didn't expect the tutor to investigate himself so clearly. Xiao Tong didn't know he should be flattered for a while, or he was surprised.
"Oh," Professor Krugman's face showed a stern expression, and then he smiled heartily, "I don't think I need to worry about you getting lost on campus. Many students who come here for the first time will touch To this confusion, there is no obvious boundary between the town and the school here, it is easy to stroll around and actually have been out of school a lot ... Weisser, you take this newcomer to familiarize yourself with the work here, I suddenly had a call to answer. I'll leave it to you first. "
"Good professor." A thin-skinned doctoral student with freckles on his face came over and pushed the thick-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, watching Xiaotong's right hand stretch out slightly. "Weisser, studying for a PhD, nice to meet you."
"... I'm glad to meet you, Lu Xiaotong."
He politely shook his hands, Xiao Tong said cautiously.
"Is Lu Xiaotong? Come with me."
Wiesel nodded, and then led Xiaotong to an empty desk near the window in the office. "In the future, this is where you work and study. If you do n’t understand anything, You can ask me, or you can directly ask Professor Krugman ... or other people in the office, we will try to help you as much as possible, but in most cases it is up to you. "
Xiaotong "... thank you."
"You really should thank me. I was off work yesterday. I was called back by a professor to clean up the work station. It said there was a freshman report." With a glance at the professor who went out of the office to answer the phone, Wiesel shrugged. With a helpless expression, "Generally, cleaning up what the previous host didn't take away is the job of the newcomer, at least here we are ... but Professor Krugman seems to take you seriously."
Hearing that he had caused such a big trouble to others accidentally, Xiao Tong suddenly said a little embarrassedly, "Please tell me if there is such a thing in the future, I can do it by myself."
"It's okay, such a trivial matter is inadequate," Wisser said casually, "I'll introduce you to the rest of the office first."
"Ok……"
Just as Wiesel was about to introduce the other people in the office to the freshman, the office door opened again, and Professor Krugman, who had previously gone out to call, walked back with a smile.
"The call is over! It's over to me here, Wiesle, go ahead and do your own thing."
"Uh ... okay," Some of the bosses are really nervous today. Early in the morning, he was enthusiastic to a freshman like Santa, but Weisser did n’t dare to ask more, just nodded, He said to the newcomer, "Then I will deal with the thesis first ... I will introduce you later."
"Well, trouble."
He nodded a little aggressively towards the brother, and Xiao Tong then looked at Professor Krugman with a enthusiastic smile on his face, with a question mark expression on his face, a little bit unclear about the situation.
What is this special welcome ceremony for Princeton?
Why haven't you heard my brother ...
He came over with a kind smile on his face, and Professor Krugman looked at Xiao Tong and asked softly.
"I read your graduation thesis many times and wrote it very well. Although there are a few flaws in the theoretical part, it is quite difficult to write such a thesis at your age, even in Princeton. Such talents are rare in places. "
Clearing his throat, he continued.
"Now that you have mastered certain skills in theoretical knowledge, I will pay more attention to the cultivation of your other abilities ... Speaking of Xiaotong, what academic conferences have you attended before?"
Xiaotong "has been to the mentor ... but has not published an article on it."
Krugman touched his beard, thinking, "Is it a top conference?"
Xiao Tong said embarrassedly, "Not yet ..."
Unfortunately, her former mentor, Professor Foster, is not a particularly well-known bull in the field of macroeconomics, and most of the opportunities provided to her are not in the academic world, but are the same as her brothers and sisters. Mainly focused on internships in major investment banks.
At that time, Xiao Tong had not made up his mind to develop into the academic world, so he did not pay special attention to the well-known top-level conferences in this profession, but just followed a few general conferences with his supervisor.
"Have you been there? That's just right!"
Didn't mind Xiao Tong's previous experience of not attending the summit. Professor Krugman's eyes brightened, and he patted his hands with a smile, thinking of some brilliant idea, and continued to say, "Next week there will be a macro in Shanghai Economics exchange conference. Participating in the summit is an important academic qualification, even if you don't publish an article on it, it will be very rewarding for you, and there are some academic awards for young scholars and phd and masters. If you have n’t participated in the summit meeting before, just follow me to meet the world ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Almost at the moment when this sentence is said.
Xiao Tong noticed that all the doctoral and master students in the office, including the fellow named Wessel, cast a clear envy on his eyes.
As a Nobel Prize-winning scholar and a great bull on macroeconomics who has created an era, Professor Krugman usually attends conferences and rarely brings students with him unless he is a student he values ​​especially, or this The student happened to publish an article at the conference.
And this guy ...
It has been less than a day since the report was reported, and even less than an hour from entering the office, it has been treated as such "VIP" ...
It's so special and enviable!
Uncomfortable looking at these sights, Xiao Tong shouted in awkwardness.
"But ... I'm totally unprepared, or else you take someone else--"
"It's okay! It's just a long experience in the past, you don't need to prepare for it," interrupted Xiao Tong without hesitation, Professor Krugman continued, "One day you have to publish an article at this top-level conference, now Familiarize yourself, even if you are only familiar with the conference process, it will be very helpful for your future academic journey! "
Hearing the instructor said so, Xiao Tong could not say anything for a while.
In fact, she certainly did not want to miss such an opportunity.
The only thing that made her feel headache was that she had just flown in from Shanghai. If she followed the instructor to the meeting, it meant that she would fly back again soon ...
Thinking of myself having to toss in the sky for more than twenty hours, Xiaotong instantly became ill ...
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(I try to explode to the 20th, it has been too cruel for a second more beast qaq)
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