American Entertainment 1982

"It is rare for freshmen to come to the library to work part-time in the first week. Generally, after two to three weeks, the freshmen will consider it after they have a general understanding of the situation on the Stanford campus and find that there are no other part-time jobs to choose from." Stanford University Maya Gibbons, administrator of the Technical Support and Help Center at the Henry Meyer Memorial Library, introduced Tommy about the library.

The Stanford University Library is a collective term that includes 20 different libraries. At this time, Tommy’s part-time Meyer Library was completed in 1966 to commemorate the early Stanford University donor, Henry Meyer, the founder of the Stanford Endowment Fund, which is A four-story building, the first floor is open 24 hours, including several study group discussion rooms, a 24-hour reading hall with a collection of 400,000 books, the second floor is the technical support center, and the third floor is Stanford The Asian Library, the fourth floor is the library office area.

Tommy's work is mainly at the service desk on the first floor. When students come to inquire about a certain book, they will look up the list through the computer and give the specific location area to the other party, or help students print some learning materials with the computer for a fee. live.

"Apple II?" Tommy looked at the computer he was assigned to use, a little surprised: "I thought that because of the failure of the Apple III, many universities would abandon the Apple brand."

The second-generation and third-generation Apple computers he mentioned were two computers released by Apple before. After the former became a hit, Jobs launched the third generation with great ambitions. However, because the concept was too advanced and he used the reason of affecting the aesthetics of the whole machine, he disregarded dissuasion and opposition. , forcibly removed the built-in radiator of the computer, which directly caused the heating effect of the three generations of computers shipped in the early stage to be comparable to a fireplace.

Moreover, the price of the Apple III was too high, and the overall operation changed too much, so that the market share seized by the second generation was quickly swallowed by other brands of computers. kick him out of the company.

"When the Apple 3 was first released, we did purchase some, but found that the VisiCalc on the Apple 2 could not run on the new generation of computers at all, and the cooling effect of the new computer was not good, so we returned them all and continued to use the previous Apple 2. After all, our library only purchases computers because of the software VisiCalc." Maya watched Tommy turn on the computer, and introduced:

"The list of books in the library is made by VisiCalc, and as the number of books increases, it is continuously added and entered. Compared with helping to find books in the past, you need to read a lot of paper records. This software makes the search efficiency much faster. Do you know this software? ?”

VisiCalc is a special spreadsheet software for Apple computers. Apple 2 is a big seller, and 70% of the reasons are that the software developed by Soft Arts is loved by schools and companies, and it liberates them from traditional paper forms. , and this software can only run on Apple2.

Just like the Stanford University library at this time, the reason for purchasing Apple computers is just because of the need to use this software.

"I understand part of it. I bought a computer and the same software on purpose, but I haven't fully memorized many operations. It is very difficult to use." Tommy operated the keyboard, ran the software, and called up the list of books in the library to show to The Mayan teacher said.

Seeing Tommy's operation, Maya nodded with satisfaction: "This is already very good. If you have any problems with the operation, you can use it with the manual next to it. For some more complicated faults, you can contact me, or go to the second floor Contact other management teachers, and we will arrange technical staff to deal with it."

"Thank you, I have no more questions, Mrs. Gibbons." Tommy nodded to Maya, indicating that he had cleared all the questions.

Maya smiled back at Tommy and left the workbench: "Well, I wish you a successful first day of part-time work."

But after she took a few steps, she couldn't help turning her head to look at Tommy Hawk, who was concentrating on operating the computer. This tall, blond boy with a sunny smile was very conspicuous in the library. She noticed just now that since he appeared in At the workbench, several girls who were reading in the lobby could not help but look at him, and just a few steps away from him, some girls got up and walked to the workbench, apparently planning to consult Tommy.

This boy should not appear here. According to past experience, this kind of freshman with excellent appearance and appearance will choose to work part-time in restaurants or stadiums to spread his charm and attract those beautiful and outgoing girls. Most of the students, or the students who come to look up information, wear high glasses, don't care about dressing, and are nicknamed the group of nerds.

"Girls who like to come to this library to read may become more because of this young man named Tommy." Maya smiled and said to herself, and then walked to her office.

...

The SSD fraternity house on Greek Avenue in Stanford, known internally as Sparta, covers an area of ​​more than 2,400 square meters and has 20 bedrooms, a large conference room, a large kitchen with a dedicated chef, a laundry room, Rooms filled with certificates, photographs and trophies, Fraternity Honors, Sacred Sanctuary, and more.

The land is owned by Stanford University, and the fraternity needs to pay annual rent, which is generally covered by donations from fraternity alumni and dues.

While Tommy Hawk was working part-time in the library, several administrators of the SSD Stanford University chapter were discussing the Friday recruiting party in the conference hall. For fraternities, this is the most important event of the year. Because it will determine the future development of SSD.

After all, today's managers will eventually graduate one day, and sooner or later the fraternity will be handed over to those newcomers. Whether SSD will continue to grow or close its doors depends on their vision in the recruiting party.

If you recruit a group of rookies with poor self-control, poor social skills, and simple minds, causing the fraternity's reputation to be damaged or simply closed due to poor operations, then wait to be engraved with shame.

"A senator's son joined Stanford this year. I think he should be given S-level attention. I have received news that at least five fraternities, including us, are planning to pull him in." The fraternity house manager said He posted the message he received: "That senator might become the deputy secretary of state someday."

As far as the fraternity is concerned, although it is advertised that anyone will be considered for admission, it is also deceiving the simple-minded freshmen. The fraternity’s first consideration is always the descendants of high-level politicians, such as recruiting the son of a Florida governor to join the fraternity. , although the Stanford University chapter does not seem to enjoy much political resources, but the fraternity is a national organization, and the Florida chapter will naturally get a lot of resources and exposure.

"So you found someone to contact him? Does he personally want to choose the Order of the Phoenix or us?" Charles Salmon, the chairman of the fraternity, said to the house manager.

The house manager shrugged: "He is still thinking about it. He personally prefers the Order of the Phoenix, but his father hopes that he can choose us, because the charity organization we bundle is the Vietnam War Veterans Charity Care Foundation, and his father is more interested in this association. The philanthropic organization of the Order of the Phoenix is ​​the Cancer Care Foundation, which is not attractive enough compared to our partners. Their care objects are just a group of miserable people waiting to die, while ours is the warrior who fought for the United States. His father Of course I know what to choose."

"Huntsman, call the headquarters and ask the Vietnam War Veterans Care Foundation to send an invitation letter to this new father, asking him to attend some fundraising activities of the association and make a good relationship. We help those Vietnam War alcoholics raise hundreds of dollars every year. Ten thousand dollars can't be without return, then you contact him and see what the guy is interested in, women, alcohol, grades, honors, etc., as detailed as possible, so that I can be more calm when talking to him on Friday night , next." After Charles finished speaking, he tapped the table twice with his hand to signal the next question.

"The son of the California Attorney General is also studying at Stanford University this year." The social manager said at this time.

"You put the son of the Attorney General of California in second place?" Charles looked at the social manager who spoke, and said dissatisfiedly, "Okay, let's go on."

"Although that guy is undoubtedly an S-level follower, he only likes DTS, and the chances of joining us or the Order of the Phoenix are so low that they can be ignored. That's why I didn't say it immediately."

"The son of the Deputy Secretary of State of Washington State is entering Stanford University this year. I suggest that B-level attention is enough, because the chance of joining us is not high. He is going to join the public welfare fraternity and work hard to echo his mother's opposition to racial discrimination. "

"The son of the Los Angeles Long Beach Sheriff's Commissioner, A-level attention, a muscular idiot, has longed for our SSD, give him an A-level attention, he is definitely ours, he has a ninety-foot long one at home Yachting, if he joins us, we can have an extra activity of going to Los Angeles to drive a yacht out to sea during the summer vacation.”

Several other people also shared the information they had collected. Charles looked at the recruiting chairman Eric who had never spoken: "Eric, are you going to remain silent until the end of the meeting?"

"I have a country boy in my hands, the first generation, and the family is also unknown, but that guy is very smart. He and his roommate made a lot of money for the freshmen by selling fake news, and then held a party. The freshmen are the first to expand their social circle." Eric thought for a while, looked at Charles, and talked about his thoughts.

Charles frowned slightly: "Eric, don't waste your time on those country rookies who are hard to become great and only know how to pick up girls when they come to college. We need new blood to strengthen the fraternity, but we will not choose those who have no vision and courage. When you meet a girl in a big city, your first reaction is to be an idiot who covers her crotch."

"I think if he passes the inspection, he can do social work for the fraternity in the future. The guy who holds parties is definitely full of experience. He is not like a country bumpkin at all. Who of you would want to go out on the beach to pick couples and untie women's bras, Then run away to practice your ability to pick up the corset with one hand? That guy can think of it, and I saw it with my own eyes, it’s really fucking fast.” Eric talked about what he had seen and heard in Tommy’s dormitory before, still in a tone of voice Can't hide the shock: "And I think his potential is far more than what he has shown, so I want to give him an A-level attention."

"A-level attention, brother, we only had nine A-level and above attention in our recruiting party that night. Are you sure you want to waste the spot to a country boy?" Charles frowned slightly, staring at Eric to emphasize his tone.

The so-called A-level and above attention means that the nine managers of SSD spent their precious time on the night of the recruiting party to focus and communicate with nine freshmen one-on-one.

That's why it is necessary to determine in advance the list of nine freshmen who are concerned about A-level and above. For example, the highest-level S-level attention has only two positions. , invite the other party to join the conference.

Eric nodded: "Brother, I insist, that kid is definitely a jerk material. By the way, that guy's profile says he is good at table tennis. This is a plus for newcomers. After all, other newcomers write about rugby." More."

"Very good, you are my brother at the same time, I choose to believe in your persistence." Seeing Eric's affirmative tone, Charles finally nodded: "Let's see if he is the bastard we need, this year's In the rookie competition, our goal is to kill the Order of the Phoenix and DTS, and regain the title of Stanford's number one fraternity."