After interviewing the dean of the college and professors of relevant courses at the School of Architecture, Carter obtained several interview records.

Only then did Carter know that Maya Lin was actually of Chinese descent. Her full name was Maya Ying Lin, but that didn't matter because she was obviously a second, or even third, or higher generation of Chinese descent.

If she is a new immigrant, it is impossible for her to have past high school records, let alone apply to Yale. Because China currently does not even have a TOEFL exam, and the first TOEFL exam is still being prepared. Without standardized test scores, she has no chance.

Entering Yale, let alone being admitted to Yale in 1977, we had not even established diplomatic relations at that time.

However, her Chinese identity and the interview script in her hand made Carter slightly fond of her. At least, as far as the current key proof of the logic chain is concerned, she did not make it difficult for herself...

On the contrary, the debate over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial also gave Carter a whiff of opportunity.

If you can come up with convincing arguments in this matter, including this public crisis, then your first shot will be fired! Your character will be able to stand up!

Sure enough, in crisis, danger and opportunity always coexist...

"Hey, Rick, I'm taking a leave of absence the day after tomorrow. I'm going to Harvard to meet Maya Lin in person. This is the leave note that Dean Mann gave me. Please help me run over to the professors later. I

We should set off tomorrow night, and we may not have to wait until the day after tomorrow to visit the professors one by one. Oh, by the way, Professor Wadlin and Professor Montreal don’t need to go there, they won’t mention their names..."

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

After taking Carter's leave note, Rick didn't mind helping Carter run errands.

"I'm worried that I can't find someone. I heard from the dean of their college that she might be studying for graduate school at Harvard. But she might also be at a construction site in Washington. I don't know, so I have to go to Cambridge first. If she's not there,

If so, I can still have some room for relaxation and go to Washington."

Patting Rick on the shoulder to express his gratitude, Carter crossed Rick's desk and chair by the door, walked around to his desk and sat down.

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

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

Carter shrugged, and after taking a short rest, he began to deal with the day's homework...

The next afternoon, Carter, who had just finished class, jumped on the Land Cruiser driven by Norton. The three of them went straight to Cambridge in the Boston metropolitan area...

Around eight o'clock in the evening, Carter met with the person in charge of handling him on the Harvard University Board of Trustees.

As centuries-old rivals, the relationship between Yale and Harvard is quite a bit like falling in love with each other. Especially in the sports circle, the two sides can be said to be incompatible. It would be civilized and polite not to fight when they meet. But on the other hand, students

On the Board of Governors, as the Harvard Board of Trustees, which is also responsible for managing Harvard students under the student self-government system of colleges and universities, has a good relationship with the Yale Board of Trustees...

Occasionally, we can even sit down and have a cup of coffee together to communicate with each other about management experiences... Of course, occasionally Stanford University will be included here, because they are also like this...

We all live in the same campus political environment, and there is no shortage of common topics for each other. Of course, this is something that Carter will only know about in the future. This time, he contacted the classmates on the Harvard Council for help, and Melinda was the one who helped him contact him.

As Carter's discoverer, Melinda didn't want Carter's political profile at Yale to collapse because of such a bad incident. If Carter's profile collapsed, how could she hold her head high on the Board of Governors?!

It took a little detour, but the matter was done quickly. Although he was a little surprised by the identities of Norton and DeMille, the Harvard man quickly took Carter to the Department of Architecture, Department of Civil Engineering, or the Institute of Design, etc. It might be Maya.

Verification of Lin Jinxiu’s place.

As a result, just as Carter expected, Carter and others found the admission record of Maya Lin, or Maya Lin, at the Harvard Graduate School of Architectural Design. But at this time, Maya Lin was in Washington...

So, after thanking Harvard's "colleagues" for their help, Carter took Norton and the two of them and hurried to the airport. While waiting for the red-eye flight to take off for nearly two hours, Carter also consulted

The views of these two people around me.

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

However, while expressing their indifferent attitude, they also did not understand why Lin May firmly resisted the idea of ​​adding the American flag to the Vietnam War Memorial.

Perhaps for the sake of Carter, their employer, they did not express their dissatisfaction too directly.

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

It’s fair to say that no matter whether Lin Ying designed this inverted V-shaped monument out of a unique design concept or something else, the national flag is not allowed to be used on funeral buildings involving fallen soldiers.

The picture is really a bit unreasonable...

You know, it is not a unique tradition in China for martyrs to cover the national flag. In fact, it is a bit difficult to cover the national flag in China. Generally, if the contribution is not up to standard, you may not be able to cover it if you want!

But the United States is different. Generally, as long as a soldier is killed in action, two large flags are distributed per person, and they are sent to the soldier's coffin together with his family. One flag goes into the ground with the soldier's coffin, and the other American flag can accompany his family.

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After living in the South for two years, Carter has often seen such "American families". They are the kind of families that can erect a standard-sized American flag on their roof or in the yard in front of their home.

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

plaque.

Of course, there are also smaller versions of the flag, but that one is too much! There is such a flag at the door of many American homes. It can be said that the American flag is of great significance in the hearts of most Americans.

Even though he still has 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 about being patriotic, but who dares to restrict them from flying the national flag?

For example, the 2005 "Federal Free Display of the Flag Act" gave property management companies and other residential area management companies the legal power to restrict residents from flying the American flag. As a result, less than a year later, in 2006, a new law was sluggishly enacted.

As the law states, the new law clearly states: "A condominium or property shall not implement any policy or establish any agreement that restricts or prevents an owner from displaying the American flag on his or her residence within the United States."

There is also what happened in Georgia. A retired Marine Corps friend hung a flag in the front yard. Then the property management notified him and asked him to move the flag to the backyard, otherwise he would be fined $25 a day.

Note, this doesn’t mean you won’t be allowed to hang up, it’s just a move! As a result, this guy directly insisted that I was a member of the party... Oh no, I sweated and bled for the United States, and this is what I got.

You have no right to ask me to move this flag!

Then, this guy was sued. He was sued by the property management company for US$32,000, which was calculated as a fine of US$25 per day. In other words, this guy resisted for 1,280 days, and it took almost three and a half years before he was taken to court...

Let’s not mention the state court’s ruling that no compensation was required. Think about it! This guy had to pay the property owner’s fine for three and a half years before the property owner couldn’t bear it and sued him. If you want to do something else, that’s absolutely impossible!

I'll tolerate you for a month at most! If I don't pay you for a month, I'll hire a lawyer to file a lawsuit with you right away! And let you delay for so long?

American real estate companies don’t have the patience of Chinese real estate companies. Some property companies even have the right to directly auction their properties when owners refuse to comply with management regulations! The real estate industry in the United States is considered to be relatively...well, relatively shady, and relatively poorly regulated.

A strict industry...

Capital companies in this industry do not dare to go too far over the national flag issue when faced with a fourth-class retired soldier. This shows the status of the American flag in the eyes of the American people.

Do not allow the flag to be placed on the monument...

Aren’t you poking the American people in the back?! This is unjustifiable without the public’s outrage!
Chapter completed!