Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 407 Unreasonable Things (Addition 4)

After interviewing the dean of the school and the professors of related courses in the School of Architecture, Carter obtained several interview records.

Only then did Carter know that Maya Lin was actually of Chinese descent.The full name is Maya Ying Lin, but this is not important, because she is obviously a second-generation, or even third-generation Chinese.

If you are a new immigrant, it is impossible to have a previous high school record, let alone apply to Yale.Because China does not even have a TOEFL test at present, the first TOEFL test is still under preparation.Without standardized test scores, it is impossible for her to enter Yale, let alone be admitted to Yale in 77, before the establishment of diplomatic relations.

However, his identity as a Chinese, and the interview draft in his hand, made Carter slightly fond of him.At least, as far as the current key proof of the logic chain is concerned, she didn't make it difficult for herself.
On the contrary, the debate over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial gave Carter a whiff of opportunity.

If you can come up with enough convincing arguments in this matter, including this crisis public relations about your "Yale political image".Then his first shot, even if it was fired!The human design can stand still!

Sure enough, crisis and crisis always coexist with danger and opportunity.
"Hey, Rick, I have a leave of absence the day after tomorrow. I'm going to Harvard to meet Maya Lin in person. This is a leave note from Dean Mann. Please help me to go to the professors' side if you work hard later. We should set off tomorrow night, maybe we won’t be able to wait until the day after tomorrow to visit the professors one by one. Oh, by the way, Professor Wadrin and Professor Montreal don’t need to run away, he doesn’t call names.”

"It's not too far to go to Harvard. It will take about three hours. Why are you in such a hurry?"

After taking Carter's leave note, Rick didn't mind running errands for Carter.

"I'm worried that I can't find anyone. I heard from the dean of their school that she may be studying at Harvard now. But she may also be at the construction site in Washington DC. It's hard to say, so I have to go to Cambridge first. If she is not in If so, I can still have room for relaxation and go to Washington."

Patting Rick on the shoulder as thanks, Carter walked over to Rick's desk and chair by the door and sat down at his desk.

"Is it worth it for you to do this?"

"Who knows, maybe it's worth it, maybe it's not."

Carter shrugged, took a short rest, and then began to deal with the day's homework.
The next afternoon, Carter, who had just finished class, jumped into the Lu Xun driven by Norton.The three headed straight to Cambridge in the Boston metropolitan area
At about eight o'clock in the evening, Carter met the person in charge of the Harvard University Board of Trustees.

As centuries-old rivals, the relationship between Yale and Harvard is a bit like falling in love with each other.Especially in the sports circle, the two sides can be said to be incompatible, and if they don't fight when they meet, it's all about being civilized and polite.On the other hand, the Student Council, which is also under the university student self-government system, has a good relationship with the Harvard Council, which is responsible for managing Harvard students, and the Yale Council.
Occasionally, we can even sit down and have a cup of coffee together, and communicate with each other about management experience. Of course, occasionally Stanford University will be included in it, because they are also like this.
Everyone is in the same campus political ecology, and there is no shortage of common topics for each other.Of course, this is something that Carter will know in the future. This time, he contacted the classmates of the Harvard Council for help, and Melinda came forward to help him contact the person.

As Carter's discoverer, Melinda didn't want Carter's political personality at Yale to collapse because of such a mess.If Carter's design collapses, how can she hold her head up in the council? !

It was a bit of a detour, but things went fast.Although a little surprised by the identities of Norton and DeMille, the people from Harvard quickly took Carter to the Department of Architecture, Department of Civil Engineering, or the Design Institute to check where Maya Lin might be studying.

As a result, as Carter expected, at Harvard Graduate School of Architectural Design, Carter and others found Maya Lin, or Maya Lin's admission records.But at this moment, Maya Lin was in Washington.
So, after thanking his Harvard "colleagues" for their help, Carter hurried to the airport with Norton and the two of them.During the nearly two hours of waiting for the red-eye flight to take off, Carter also consulted the opinions of the two people around him.

These two Vietnam War veterans are more Buddhist, and they don't care about Maya Lin's design.In DeMille's words: "We finally got out of the haze of war, why should we go back to the past?"

However, while expressing their indifferent attitude, they also did not understand why Maya Lin firmly resisted the idea of ​​adding an American flag in the middle of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Perhaps because of the face of Carter, the employer, they did not express their dissatisfaction too bluntly.

But the attitude of the two of them cast a little haze on Carter's heart.

It doesn't matter whether Maya Lin designed this inverted V-shaped monument out of a unique design concept or something else.It is a bit unreasonable that the national flag pattern is not allowed on this kind of funeral building involving fallen soldiers.
You know, martyrs covering the national flag is not a unique tradition in China.Even speaking, it is still a bit difficult to cover the national flag in China. The general contribution is not up to the standard, and you may not be able to cover it if you want to!

But the United States is different, generally as long as soldiers are killed in action.Two huge national flags were issued per capita, and sent to the soldiers' family members along with their coffins.One flag goes down with the soldier's coffin, and the other American flag goes with the family.
Living in the South for two years, Carter has seen such "American families" often.The kind of family that can put up a full-sized American flag on their roof, or in their front yard.

How would you describe this thing?It's a bit like the "House of Glory" in China, no, it's one level higher than the plaque of "House of Glory", similar to the plaque of "Family of Martyrs" or "House of Heroes".

Of course, the reduced version of the national flag is also hung, that is too much!There is such a flag on the door of many American homes.It can be said that the American flag is of great significance to the hearts of most Americans.

Even if there is still Chinese thinking in his mind, Carter has to praise the patriotism of the people in this country that can be said to be somewhat hostile.

They often never shout patriotism, but who dares to restrict them from hanging the national flag?
For example, the 2005 "Federal Freedom to Display the National Flag Act" gave real estate and other residential area management companies the legal power to restrict residents from flying the American flag.As a result, in less than a year, in 2006, new legal provisions were promulgated. The new legal provisions clearly stated: "The apartment or property shall not enforce any policy or establish any agreement to limit or prevent the owner from living in the United States. Display the American flag."

And what happened in Georgia, where some ex-Marine dude put up a flag in the front yard.Then the property notified him that he wanted him to move the flag to the backyard, otherwise he would be fined $25 per day.

Note, this is not to prevent hanging, just to move a place!As a result, this buddy was straight up, saying that I am for the party. Oh no, I have sweated and bled for the United States, and this is how I got this national flag. You have no right to let me move him!

Then, this buddy was accused.The property company claimed 25 US dollars, calculated as a fine of 1280 US dollars per day, that is to say, this buddy resisted for [-] days, and it took almost three and a half years before he was brought to court
Putting aside the state court's no-payment decision, think about it!This buddy delayed the property management fine for three and a half years before the property management couldn't bear to sue him. If you want to change something else, that's absolutely impossible!

I can bear you for a month at most!If you don't pay for a month, you will immediately hire a lawyer to file a lawsuit with you!Why did you delay for so long?

American real estate companies do not have the patience of Chinese real estate companies. Some real estate companies even have the right to directly auction off the property when the owner refuses to fulfill the management regulations!The real estate industry is one of the few industries in the United States that are darker and less regulated.
Capital companies in this industry dare not go too far because of the flag issue when facing a fourth-class veteran retired from the army, which shows the status of the American flag in the eyes of the American people.

Don't allow the flag to be added to the monument
Aren't you stabbing the American people's eyes? !This is not justified by the crowd's anger!
(End of this chapter)