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This chapter's subtitle: "Learn to Scam from Dr. Yuan"
Saturday morning, June 4, 1921.
It is a midsummer day, the sun is shining brightly, and at New York University, a warm breeze blows on your face.
On the NYU campus, the bell tower where Yuan Yanshu once gave a speech has been converted into a conference hall. The 1921 degree conferment ceremony will soon be held here.
Our Master Yuan and several of his friends came to the venue. They all wore bachelor's gowns that looked very much like "Harry Potter".
In fact, the "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" written by Aunt Rowling is an allusion to those famous British institutions, which were originally transformed from medieval European theological schools.
The black robes and turbans worn by monks in the seminary gradually evolved into the bachelor's gowns and bachelor's hats of later generations.
The later square flat-top hat (mortarbard, meaning mortarboard) was first adopted by Oxford University.
In the United States, Harvard graduates were the first to wear the university gown, and other universities followed suit. However, the style differed from the gowns still in use in Europe, and each university had its own variations. In 1895, representatives from various universities met to establish a unified dress style. By 1903, a unified standard system of American university gowns had been established.
Therefore, although the formal attire of American universities in later generations differed in details, they were generally very similar.
Compared to Louis Baker, John McCall, and other Stern School masters, Dr. Yuan's gown was more elaborate and different in style. The biggest difference was that the master's gown had square sleeves, while the doctoral gown had flared sleeves.
In addition, there is a 5-inch wide velvet welt on each side of the chest button of the doctoral gown, and three parallel velvet welts are sewn horizontally on the sleeves. The color of these welts is gray, indicating that he is studying for a science degree.
Yes, economics does fall into the category of science.
By the way, grammar is pink, agriculture is green, engineering is yellow, medicine is white, and military science is red.
They naturally wore bachelor's caps. However, the tassel on Yuan Yanshu's cap was red, while the other masters' caps were dark blue and black. This was also to distinguish the two.
Although this kind of clothes is a bit awkward to wear, our Master Yuan has worn it three times in his two lifetimes, so he is quite familiar with it.
In fact, this is the embodiment of Western hegemony. As Western culture spreads eastward, whether it is a church school a hundred years ago or a 985 university in Serbia a hundred years later, this Western etiquette will be adopted.
Not only do Orientals have to work hard to learn the Western academic system, they also have to follow these inexplicable and broken rules.
This is because the ancestors of Seris were not strong enough, otherwise the white people should now perform our Seris's departure ceremony.
Of course, Yuan Yanshu, who aspires to become... should be a high-class Chinese now, would not wear Hanfu to stand out.
"Hello, Dr. Yuan."
"Hello, hello."
"Neo, long time no see."
"Yeah yeah."
"Dr. Yuan, could you please sign an autograph for me?"
"Sure, sure."
"Neo, we must find time to get together."
"Okay, okay."
Our Master Yuan had not returned to his "alma mater" for a long time, so he was naturally warmly welcomed.
Whether it was a student or teacher he knew or not, he always maintained a warm smile and responded enthusiastically.
“Ding…ding…ding…”
The bell in the bell tower rang ten times, and the ceremony officially began.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to NYU..."
Vice President James Brian Conant, also wearing a bright red president's gown, came to the podium and announced loudly, "Welcome everyone to the graduation ceremony of the class of 1921."
"Let us welcome the special guest of this ceremony, Mr. Albert Einstein."
Because of the butterfly effect of Yuan Da's time traveler, Einstein did not return to China in May, but stayed until June, preparing to set off back to Europe with him.
Since he was in New York, NYU invited him as a guest because of Master Yuan's reputation. In fact, he did give a speech at NYU in the original timeline, but the time was just postponed.
“Pah pah pah…”
Amidst the enthusiastic applause of the crowd, the greatest scientist of the 20th century took the stage. In fact, besides being the greatest, he was also the most popular scientist.
He shook hands with the vice president and said, "Thank you, President Conant, and thank you NYU for giving me this opportunity. I am deeply honored. I want to say that NYU is a great school..."
His "my friend Neo Yuan" thought to himself, it's not that great. This is not Hunan First Normal University.…
“…NYU has produced great scholars and outstanding economists like my friend Neo Yuan!”
“Pah pah pah…”
Following another round of applause, the great scientist and outstanding economist trained by NYU hurriedly stood up and bowed several times to the people around him.
"...I wish all the graduates of this year's program a bright future and hope they will make their due contributions to the world we share! Thank you all."
One of the graduates nodded secretly. Others didn't know, "My future is definitely bright. My contribution will be incredible! Incredible!"
“Pah pah pah …”
The vice-president returned to the stage and said loudly, "Let us thank Mr. Einstein for his blessing with applause..."
After the applause died down, he pulled out a list and said, "Graduates who heard their names called, please come to the stage..."
Because he had greeted everyone in advance, our Master Yuan knew that he would be the last one to go on stage, so he chatted calmly with Einstein who was sitting next to him.
"Albert, is the fundraising for Hebrew University going well?"
Einstein smiled wryly and said, "Neo, it's not going very well."
Yuan Yan suddenly thought, it turns out that even Jewish families don’t have surplus food these days.
So he said with some dismay, "Albert, I have to say something to you. You are begging for food while guarding the granary!"
"Neo, what do you mean?" When it comes to small amounts of money, even the greatest scientist of the 20th century can't help but be polite.
Master Yuan said matter-of-factly, "It's very simple. With your fame, wouldn't it be possible to just write a few books and get paid for them? Why would you have to work so hard running around to earn speaking fees?"
"But my books..." Einstein said with difficulty, "They are not easy to understand."
Yes, even though he is famous and popular, his works are not easy to sell.
Yuan Yanshu said in a gentle and persuasive manner: "Albert, who asked you to publish a book like that? You can write textbooks and educational books..."
"I've even thought of titles for you. Listen, 'Einstein Teaches You Mathematics,' 'Learn Physics with Einstein,' 'Understanding the Theory of Relativity in Ten Days'..."
"You can also write 'Mrs. Einstein Talks About Prenatal Education.' Well, this Mrs. Einstein is your mother."
"Mr. Einstein Discusses Early Childhood Education. Well, this Mr. Einstein is not you, of course. He's your father."
"If you want to write your own, write 'How a Genius Like Me Was Raised '..."
"Neo, wait a minute," Einstein interrupted. "The first three are easy, but the last three..."
"Albert, you don't think you're going to write these books yourself, do you?"
Our Master Yuan looked at him in surprise and said, "Just put your name on these books and declare them as yours . Leave the rest to me."
"Neo, is this really okay?"
"Mr. Albert Einstein, sitting before you is the current number one best-selling novelist in America..."
"Docotor.YanShu Yuan!"
