Looking back on 2009

Chapter 94 Thesis
everything's ready.

After He Linsen was asked to submit the entry materials in the name of the dormitory collective, all that was left was to wait.

On the way, Professor Liu made a special trip to find Chen Zhihe.

On Friday, Chen Zhihe received a call from Professor Liu asking him to come to his office.

The office building of the School of Economics and Management is well-built, and the offices of the professors are relatively spacious.

When they arrived at the hospital office, Chen Zhihe asked the location of Professor Liu's office and knocked on the door.

"Please come in!"

Chen Zhihe walked into the room and saw Professor Liu sitting at the desk watching something on the computer, and said with a smile, "Hello, Teacher Liu."

Seeing that it was Chen Zhihe, Professor Liu stood up unexpectedly: "It's Zhihe, sit down, sit down."

Chen Zhihe was a little puzzled, which seemed a little polite.

On the phone, Professor Liu didn't say anything about looking for him. On the way here, Chen Zhihe thought about it and reckoned that it might be about the Daiso competition, but isn't this kind of thing just a name?There's no need to ask him to come here.

But Chen Zhihe was not too impolite, and said with a smile, "It's okay, what's the matter, Mr. Liu, please tell me."

Professor Liu pretended to be angry: "If I tell you to sit, you can sit down, what are you being polite about?"

Chen Zhihe was no longer polite, and said yes with a simple smile, sitting on the chair, leaning forward, as if waiting for Professor Liu to start the conversation.

Professor Liu took a sip of the coffee on the table and said, "I've read your proposal, sharing bicycles. The idea is very good, and the proposal is also very professionally written."

It really is a matter of the Daiso competition.

However, Chen Zhihe was still puzzled, why would a professor of finance be interested in such a business plan developed by a student?
"Thank you, Mr. Liu, for your compliment. It's not all done by me, it's the collective contribution of our dormitory." Chen Zhihe said.

Professor Liu pondered for a moment and said, "Are you optimistic about smartphones?"

"Well, Apple has released their latest smartphone this year, and HTC has also launched their smartphone brand. I have used it and the experience is very good. I think this must be an epoch-making product." Chen Zhihe said.

Some fingers tapped on the table, and Professor Liu said, "You have good vision. My classmates in the United States are full of praise for Apple's new mobile phone, which coincides with your point of view."

Chen Zhihe didn't speak, he knew that Professor Liu wouldn't call him over just because of this.

Professor Liu rubbed his coffee cup: "What do you think about the sharing economy?"

Chen Zhihe vaguely grasped something, but he hadn't figured out what it was.

So, Chen Zhihe thought about it and organized his words.

"I recently saw this term in a paper called "Community Structure and Collaborative Consumption: An Approach to Routine Activities". In the paper, the author found through research on car sharing that the most prominent feature of the sharing economy model is An Internet intermediary platform is needed to provide the possibility for the sharing of products and services.”

Before Chen Zhihe could continue, Professor Liu smiled, looked at Chen Zhihe and said appreciatively: "You are very good, now you know how to read foreign literature, and I know what you are talking about. Then do you know Uber? "

After reading Chen Zhihe's proposal, Professor Liu immediately thought of Uber, a new company that was discussed in his classmate group. Although the two seem to have little connection, they are essentially a sharing economy.

Chen Zhihe was taken aback, Uber appeared so soon?
What he didn't know was that in October this year, Uber had officially launched their first-generation App in San Francisco.

However, if you even know this, it is not easy to explain.

So, Chen Zhihe shook his head, expressing that he didn't know.

Professor Liu shook his head with a smile. This student indeed has a wider and sharper vision than ordinary people, but he is still a student after all.

Even himself, if he wasn't interested in industry news, he wouldn't have paid special attention to this matter.

"You can check this on the Internet. It is a startup company in the United States. I think their model is a typical sharing economy."

Chen Zhihe nodded, but he couldn't figure out Professor Liu's intention.

As a doctor of sea turtles, Jiang University paid Professor Liu well, but the requirements for academic achievements were also high. Although it was not as harsh as the later "up or go", the pressure on academic achievements was still great.

The point is, how can there be so much inspiration to write a thesis?

In his 30s, at the prime of his career as a scientific research worker, he despises publications in journals, and even more disdains stealing students' ideas.

I had collected a handful of Chen Zhihe's wool before, and it was considered to be a core journal.

This proposal made him see the hope of publishing a thesis again.Although the thesis here does not necessarily belong to the category of finance, it can also be regarded as the content of big economics, not cross-border.

Professor Liu said calmly: "That's it. I think your business plan idea is very good. Do you have any ideas about writing it into a paper? Of course, don't worry too much about it. You can write it after you have practiced it. Opinions will be more fleshed out and better expressed.”

Writing a thesis again?Chen Zhihe fell into deep thought.

This is indeed a good idea, and if you put your mind to it, you can indeed write a good article.

Moreover, making money is no longer the main purpose for him, and he does have some ideas about academics. It is of course a good thing to be able to publish papers.

Therefore, Chen Zhihe readily agreed.

"Okay, Mr. Liu. I'll read the literature and collect information first. After the Daiso competition, I'll write out the first draft of the thesis for you to review. I don't have much experience, and I still need your guidance in writing the thesis. At that time, If published, you are still the first author."

Professor Liu is very pleased.

More and more I feel that I have to take Chen Zhihe seriously, and when the time comes, I will directly accept him under the family, and don't run away after graduation.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with doing this, because Chen Zhihe wrote this paper with his suggestion, and he was also responsible for the revision and polishing of the paper later on. It's not that he didn't do nothing.

Moreover, this is also very common in foreign countries.Even in the United States, it is basically impossible for an undergraduate student to publish a paper in a core journal.

The conversation that followed became more cordial.Professor Liu recommended some bibliographies and documents to Chen Zhihe, saying that they might be useful for writing this thesis, and asked him to read more.

In fact, he himself can write it himself, but this is undoubtedly killing the chicken and taking the egg, which is not taken by the wise.

Moreover, he also wanted to deliberately train Chen Zhihe's academic ability, thinking that the faster Chen Zhihe grew up, the more useful it would be for him.

Before leaving, Professor Liu patted Chen Zhihe on the shoulder with concern, and told him to communicate with himself more if he had any ideas.If you encounter something like a Daiso competition, just go to him directly.

Walking out of Professor Liu's office and back to the dormitory, Chen Zhihe thought a lot.

Making money means nothing to me.So what are you going to do?

This start-up, on the one hand, is because Chen Wen’s part-time job has touched him, on the other hand, he has not yet found his own direction, so he just does what he encounters.

Perhaps, taking the academic road is not a direction?
However, it's still too early, it's only my sophomore year.

Forget it, let's do the things in front of us first!

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(End of this chapter)