Chapter 917 Edwin
Chapter 917 Edwin
This is the place most international students would choose, and the cost is relatively affordable.
This place is close to Harvard Square, and most of the apartments are old wooden structures. Although it is nicknamed the "Harvard Slums," it is actually relatively safe.
Of course, there are other places, such as Allston, nicknamed "Harvardtown". There are many Chinese Super Leagues nearby, which is a good place to save the Chinese stomach.
The price for a shared room in most of these places is $1200 to $2000 per month, but that's more than $ per month in Chinese currency.
This is probably why people always say that studying in the United States is at the top of the despised circle. Compared with other regions, studying abroad in the United States is indeed much more expensive.
Closer to home.
The place Tang Quan chose for Tang Tang is an area that is more favored by the so-called Old Money.
Originally, Tang Quan preferred to buy a century-old villa in the Back Bay Area, but the procedures were too complicated and Tang Xiao had to make advance arrangements later, so he had to settle for the second best and chose the current Beacon Hill townhouse.
But in fact, Beacon Hill is also a place chosen by countless aristocrats and wealthy people. Compared with the wealthy people in the Back Bay Area, Beacon Hill is more low-key and profound.
The 12 townhouses on Beacon Hill have long been considered the finest and most expensive neighborhood in the United States.
On December 1962, 12, Beacon Hill was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.
And because the Massachusetts State House is located at the top of Beacon Hill.
Local news media often use the term "Beacon Hill" as a synonym for the state government.
The square is privately owned, and the residents here need to jointly contribute to pay for maintenance fees. Tang Tang took direct action and acquired one of the buildings, becoming one of the 12 property owners.
And the price is quite beautiful, too.
Here, the minimum entry threshold is $1800 million, which is equivalent to about 1.3 million Chinese yuan.
But what you can buy with this 1.3 million is just a villa located on the edge of the square, with limited lighting and still using old decoration from the 19th century.
Tang Quan naturally couldn't let her master live in such a place.
Therefore, Tang Quan communicated directly with all the other owners through the auction house, and finally acquired the villa in the central area for $3000 million, equivalent to 2 million Chinese yuan.
The previous owner of this villa was Nobel Prize winner in physics, Mr. Edwin Caldwell Stirling.
Mr. Edwin is from the Sterling family, also known as the "sterling silver family" of the East Coast. They started their business in the 19th century Industrial Revolution and later turned to academic investment.
Mr. Edwin's middle name, Caldwell, comes from his mother's family, the Caldwells.
Unlike the Sterling family who were keen on power and money, the Caldwell family was a well-known local descendant of Puritans, and was famous for its crossover between theology and science.
In the academic circle, the Caldewell family is much more prestigious than the Stella family, so Edwin's father kept the middle name Caldewell for him in order to gain more recognition from the academic circle.
Obviously, Mr. Edwin did not disappoint his parents' expectations. At the age of 32, he became the youngest Nobel Prize winner in Physics.
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Mr. Edwin can be said to be a very standard and perfect American academic aristocrat.
The academic talent of his mother, the wealth and ambition of his father, and his personal achievements make Edwin one of the most authoritative scholars in the current academic circles of the United States.
And most importantly...
Mr. Edwin is currently the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, one of the most distinguished and oldest chairs at Harvard.
The reason why he was willing to sell this mansion was not because he was short of money. After all, both of these two families had almost inexhaustible family funds for their disciples.
The reason why Edwin was willing to sell the townhouse was because he knew the buyer was Tang Tang.
As it happened, an experimental project involving Edwin's laboratory in Italy was subtly blocked some time ago.
The one who stopped this experiment was none other than the Agrigente family.
That is, they are Karlrachi’s friend, and the family of Isolde, who later worked with Tang Tang.
Therefore, Edwin and Tang Tang made a trivial exchange of interests.
Tang Tang called Isolde and learned the whole story of the experimental interception, and facilitated the cooperation between Edwin and Isolde.
Edwin sold the villa to Tang Tang at a friendly price, which was at least $200 million less than the market price.
And most importantly, Edwin's return to Tang Tang.
Tang Tang's goal is to increase her influence in the United States, and the way to increase influence is nothing more than constantly showing her presence.
Based on this premise, Tang Tang must appear to be extremely excellent and active to the outside world, just like those politicians who constantly speak out to maintain their influence.
With the system's golden finger, Tang Tang can be said to be 360-degree excellent. As long as she does it, she will definitely succeed - and it will be easy.
Therefore, Edwin learned that Tang Tang was about to enter Harvard and that she was very interested in other subjects.
This youngest Nobel Prize winner in physics in history broke Harvard's rule of "no tenure under the age of 25" at the age of 35 and directly became an academic aristocrat as a tenured professor at Harvard, opening a small back door for Tang Tang.
He directly invited Tang Tang as a "special research assistant" and put her directly into his first laboratory at Harvard, even though Tang Tang's undergraduate major was economics and management.
This laboratory is studying a branch of the experimental project that won Edwin the award.
Even among the best doctoral students at Harvard, not even one out of a hundred could get into Edwin's laboratory.
It is conceivable that after Tang Tang officially enrolls in school, there will be a huge discussion about this news in the school.
Of course, Tang Tang returned the favor and said that as long as Edwin's laboratory in Italy did not touch the unchangeable legal bottom line, she could help him save a little time after making a judgment.
The two happily reached an agreement, and Tang Tang's decisiveness and the power of speech she showed in her words and deeds also made Edwin very curious about her.
So Edwin, who was originally planning to let his assistant sign the contract on his behalf, happily decided that he would go to the appointment in person and wait for Tang Tang's arrival at Lighthouse Hill.
The formal meeting with Edwin also meant that Tang Tang’s journey to the US had finally officially begun.
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