Reborn in the red age

When the car arrived at the gate of Stanford University, Li Qingfeng quickly asked the driver to stop the car, opened the door, and walked quickly towards the crowd that came to greet them with Hu Jiabao.

"Professor McCarthy, you are old, but you are still my teacher. I feel unworthy of you coming out to greet me." Li Qingfeng supported the old man McCarthy, his former professor, and then nodded to greet the principal Jelf next to him.

Old man McCarthy glanced at Jeff and said unhappily, "I didn't want to come either. It was Jeff who asked me to come. Otherwise, I wouldn't have rushed to the school to greet you so early in the morning."

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The smile on the principal Jellal's face froze, and he looked a little embarrassed.

Looking at the embarrassed expressions on the faces of the principal and the people who came to greet him, Qingfeng Li found it funny.

This old man has been here for more than ten years, and his personality hasn't changed at all.

The principal is the principal after all, so he still has to give some face. Li Qingfeng smiled and said, "Haha, professor, you still love to joke like you did back then. You can come to the school gate with Principal Jellal. You must be eager to miss me, your former student, right?"

"uh-huh"

McCarthy shrugged his shoulders, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, which was considered as tacit agreement, giving the principal a way out.

With this step, Jellal's expression eased a little. He shook hands with Qingfeng Li enthusiastically and started chatting with him. Qingfeng Li also took the opportunity to introduce Hu Jiabao to everyone.

The school leaders of Stanford were very friendly to Hu Jiabao. After learning that Hu Jiabao was a teacher at the medical school, President Jelf took the initiative to invite Hu Jiabao to visit Stanford Medical School and invited Hu Jiabao to study at the medical school during the summer vacation.

Founded in 1858, Stanford University School of Medicine is one of the oldest and most prestigious medical schools in the United States.

The medical school is very strong, with many Nobel Prize winners and outstanding scholars in the field, and it is also at the forefront among medical schools in the United States.

Being able to study at Stanford Medical School was a great temptation for the hardworking and ambitious Hu Jiabao.

Li Qingfeng had expected Hu Jiabao to agree without hesitation, but faced with such a great temptation, he was not moved at all and declined the invitation for further studies with an indifferent expression.

This surprised Qingfeng Li, and he looked at Hu Jiabao questioningly.

Hu Jiabao received the look and whispered to Li Qingfeng in Chinese: "Let's talk about it when we get back. There are too many people here."

Qingfeng Li nodded slightly and continued to greet the principals and professors.

According to American practice, when outstanding students return to school, they must donate 100%.

Li Qingfeng did not waste any time and announced publicly at the school gate that he would donate 5 million to the school.

One million of the funds will be used as a scholarship for needy Chinese students studying abroad, one million will be used as a scholarship for all students in the school, and the remaining three million will be used as the school's scientific research funds.

After a round of photos, the welcoming ceremony at the school gate ended. Li Qingfeng and McCarthy took the same car to the auditorium that Stanford had prepared for the speech.

In the car, Li Qingfeng looked at Professor McCarthy. It had been a few years since they last met. Old man McCarthy had aged a little, but apart from a lack of energy, he was still in good health. His head was still smooth, and a mosquito would split its legs if it landed on it.

McCarthy noticed that Qingfeng Li was staring at the top of his head, and said angrily: "Li, aren't you Chinese known as an ancient civilization? Don't you know that staring at people is impolite?"

"Haha, teacher, I'm just a little curious, how do you keep the top smooth and the surrounding area still lush?"

Even if it is the student you are most satisfied with and who has achieved the greatest success after graduation, it is an unforgivable crime if he makes fun of his hairstyle in person.

"Fake"

Therefore, McCarthy angrily uttered a swear word and extended an international friendly gesture to Li Qingfeng.

As Stanford's most outstanding graduate, Li Qingfeng has naturally been vigorously promoted by Stanford for a long time.

Especially in the School of Computer Science, students are familiar with the name of senior Li Qingfeng and his entrepreneurial experience. They regard Li Qingfeng as their idol in their entrepreneurial journey.

Inspired by Li Qingfeng's success in starting a business from scratch, starting a business became a trend among Stanford students, and a large number of computer science students embarked on the road of entrepreneurship in their junior year.

When these student entrepreneurs from Stanford talk to investors, they are more arrogant than others. They start with:
"Do you know Li Qingfeng's Lemon Company? We have the same teacher. I will be the next Li Qingfeng, and my company will be the next Lemon Company. We will replicate the success of Lemon Company. Hurry up and transfer the money, otherwise you will miss the opportunity to become a shareholder of a world-class company."

Taking advantage of the dividends of the times, quite a few of these entrepreneurial students have achieved success.

Since the year before last, four companies have been successfully started up in succession, the company's stocks have been listed on NASDAQ, and the founders have become billionaires, Stanford's student entrepreneurship has been pushed to the pinnacle.

It has also been crazily sought after by investors, who are looking for entrepreneurs in need of investment in schools with money in hand. As long as you dare to start a business, I will give you money.

Faced with the temptation of becoming a successful entrepreneur, few people can resist.

In the past, people started their own businesses as juniors, but since last year, freshmen and sophomores have all joined in the fun.

The most outrageous case was that of a freshman who had just completed admission registration at Stanford School of Computer Science and announced the start of his own business the next day.

He went around looking for investors with his student ID card. When he met an investor, he would say, "I am Li Qingfeng's schoolmate. I am the next Li Qingfeng. I have a very good idea. Please transfer the money to me quickly."

In this context, one can imagine how popular Li Qingfeng's speeches on campus would be.

When the vehicle was entering the internal road where the auditorium was located, it was blocked by students on the road and could not move. As a last resort, everyone abandoned their vehicles and walked to the auditorium.

"Everyone, look! Qingfeng Li is there!"

Following a loud shout, the densely packed group of students rushed towards Li Qingfeng like crazy, just like the scene of fanatical fans meeting their idols in later generations.

"What's going on? Why are there so many students?"

Surrounded by the bodyguards assigned by the school, Li Qingfeng was stunned as he looked at the wall of people surging over like a wave.

What the hell is going on? I’ve rarely appeared in America, and I’m not a celebrity. Why are there so many people here?

"They are all students from other departments of the school. The auditorium is already full of students from the School of Computer Science and alumni who have graduated. We can only refuse admission to students from other departments," explained Jellal as he led Qingfeng Li forward. Qingfeng Li rubbed his brows, glanced at Hu Jiabao, and said to himself with a smile, "I never thought that one day I would be treated like a star."

"Haha, Li, it's hard to say in other places, but at Stanford, you are a well-deserved entrepreneurial star." Jellal smiled and patted Li Qingfeng on the shoulder.

Despite the desperate attempts of the security guards to stop them, Qingfeng Li and his group successfully arrived at the auditorium and prepared to begin today's speech.

When Qingfeng Li came in, cheers loud enough to lift the roof suddenly rang out in the small auditorium.

Li Qingfeng smiled and waved to greet the alumni who filled the auditorium. He told Hu Jiabao to sit in the reserved seat in the first row, walked quickly to the back of the rostrum and stood there, waiting for the host Pire to introduce him to the stage.

Pire, who had worked with him in McCarthy's laboratory, stood on the podium, smiled at Qingfeng Li, and said into the microphone:

"Classmates, alumni, please be quiet. I am your teacher Pire. Today, please allow me to solemnly introduce to you my fellow student from my school days—"

Having said this, Pire paused for a moment, and then spoke Li Qingfeng's name in standard Mandarin.

As soon as Li Qingfeng's name was spoken, warm applause broke out from the audience, and people kept shouting Li Qingfeng's name.

After the applause and cheers died down, Pires smiled and pretended to be sad and said: "Oh, it seems that everyone doesn't welcome me to take up everyone's time on the stage."

The students below smiled knowingly and shouted "no" to give Pire face, saying they really liked listening to Teacher Pire talk.

"In that case, as you all wish, I will occupy the microphone on the podium and stay there for a while longer."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a burst of booing from the audience, and they were almost ready to kick Pires off the stage.

Faced with this situation, Pires was not angry. He shrugged and said loudly: "Without further ado, please welcome my old friend, your idol on the road to entrepreneurship, Li Qingfeng to the stage."

After Pires finished speaking, he was the first to applaud, and the students below followed suit, and the applause rang out throughout the auditorium.

Li Qingfeng stepped forward with a smile and hugged Pires, whom he had not seen for many years. Then he stood on the podium, took the microphone and prepared for his speech.

Looking at the two to three thousand people below looking at him enthusiastically, Li Qingfeng was honestly a little nervous.

It's not that I'm nervous about public speaking, but their eyes are too scary, as if they want to eat me.
"Good morning, teachers and students. I am Li Qingfeng."

"Li, I like you and want to marry you"

Before Qingfeng Li finished his self-introduction, a woman's voice suddenly rang out from the student group below.

"Ha ha"

There was an immediate burst of laughter at the scene, followed by applause for the girl's boldness.

Looking at the young white female student who made the sound and kept waving at him, Qingfeng Li's mouth twitched.

My buddy’s wife is here, and you’re playing this with me?

Looking in the direction of Hu Jiabao in the front row, Li Qingfeng's face darkened.

Sister, someone said in front of you that she wanted to marry your man, but you were not angry at all. You even grinned with your big teeth bared.
Li Qingfeng pressed his hands down and said with a smile: "I know I am very handsome and charming. I am the dream lover of countless girls. They dream of marrying me."

"But, I'm sorry, I can't do what you want. I have to reject your proposal because my wife is here and she may not agree to let me marry you."

These playful and narcissistic words were a perfect response to the bold remarks made by the female student just now, and made the students laugh again.

Hu Jiabao, who was standing below, covered his smiling mouth with his hands and gave Li Qingfeng a look that said "you better know your place".

"OK, let's get back to the topic. I don't think you came here to listen to my jokes. Now I will officially start today's sharing. You can take a pen and write down. The following are some of my views on the future development of computers."

Hearing that today's useful information was coming, the students put away their smiles, took out paper and pen, looked at the podium seriously, and were ready to take notes at any time.

“I know a lot of people want to hear about my success stories, and want me to share my success stories with everyone and teach entrepreneurs how to succeed. But I may disappoint everyone. I don’t know how to succeed, and I will never be able to teach you how to succeed.”

“But I can tell you, my classmates, if you really want to succeed, don’t be afraid, don’t be confused. As long as you can keep moving forward and upward every day without stopping, your dream will eventually come true.”

Having said that, Qingfeng Li paused for a moment, giving everyone some time to think, before beginning the highlight of the day.

"As the World Wide Web is developed and put into use, I believe it will become a global information platform that will make it easier to access and share information, and the whole world can communicate with each other through the World Wide Web."

"You are all computer science students. I know that most of you have already started using the World Wide Web, and many of you may have opened your own website on the World Wide Web."

"Just think about it, as computer computing power increases, Internet speeds increase, and server construction improves, will it be possible for everyone to start a business on the World Wide Web?"

"For example, opening an airport ticket office on the World Wide Web? Selling daily necessities on the World Wide Web?"

"I will only briefly talk about a few possibilities of the future World Wide Web. The rest is up to you to use your own imagination. I think that in a few years, when the prerequisites I mentioned are met, the World Wide Web will become the next wealth-making outlet that far exceeds computers."

What Qingfeng Li said today is absolutely the most useful information.

All the top business projects that no one had thought of at this time were mentioned. If any of the following people really did the project according to what Li Qingfeng mentioned, they would have the potential to become a global business tycoon in the future.

The reason why Li Qingfeng gave up the projects that could make him rich was because these projects were of no use to Lemon Company.

Instead of waiting for others to propose it, Qingfeng Li took the lead in speaking out and solidified his position as the godfather of the Internet.

Li Qingfeng has a clear positioning for Lemon Company. Lemon Company is a basic company that helps the whole world lay a solid foundation for the Internet and attracts them to build houses on the foundation laid by themselves.

As long as the foundation of the Internet is in their own hands, Lemon Company will not touch it no matter how high the house built on the foundation can be.

If you want more and more, your greed is too ugly and no one will want to play with you. (End of this chapter)