Sunday, April 10, sunny.

San Marino, Evan Audrey's home.

Several ladies were invited, including Virginia, Elizabeth, Carol and Linda. There are also several Audrey's classmates at the academy.

They sit around the living room, where a coffee table in the center sits a variety of freshly baked products, as well as several kinds of fruit and freshly squeezed juices.

The ladies chatted and tasted Audrey's work, complimenting them from time to time.

Linda sat next to Virginia, smiling reluctantly.

I knew I wasn't supposed to come.

She glanced at Audrey, who was smiling brightly, and gritted her teeth.

It's a demonstration against me.

But I can only passively bear it, because in this regard, I am a complete weakling.

It's so uncomfortable......

Feeling the depression of the people around her, Virginia sighed secretly.

I already knew the result, so why bother?

"By the way, Audrey, what about the Evan people, doesn't he usually go out on weekends?"

"He's gone to the academy. It seems that something wants him to come forward. ”

"I don't know what it is. ”

……

California Institute of Technology, Warren Leiden Laboratory.

Although it was a weekend, the lab was fully staffed, and even Warren arrived. Today, there are several exchange scholars from other universities joining the lab.

This is a big deal for the lab. This shows that the laboratory has been recognized as a leader in the field of transistors. At the same time, the participation of exchange scholars has further strengthened the strength of the laboratory.

In this way, Warren has more confidence to go to Dubridge to ask for funds.

Someone here has to ask, why did Evan use the school's funds to study transistors, he has all the knowledge in his head, why not build his own laboratory to do research, so that all the relevant patents belong to him, and he doesn't have to be divided into a part of the benefits by the university.

The answer is that it is not impossible, and it is indeed possible to build such a laboratory with Evan's current financial resources. But in reality, this is not worth the cost.

The semiconductor industry, which started with transistors, has a high initial cost, but it is oriented to a relatively large number of customers, almost half of which are for the military, and the other half for academic research. Since it is military, it is impossible for Evan to be in control alone. As for civilian use, it is necessary to wait until the cost of production of transistors falls to an acceptable level.

If the patents for the transistors were really all in Evan's hands, he would only have to hand over the license under pressure from all sides, and the price might not be satisfactory. There is a high probability that the transferees of the authorization will be those ones - Bell, IBM, and Raytheon.

Evan must have vomited blood in a state of depression.

As for Evan's current approach, that is, to use the California Institute of Technology as the foundation to train a group of related practitioners, Evan will be the grandfather of these people at that time. With these apprentices, while the semiconductor industry has grown, Evan has naturally become the leader of this industry.

In doing so, Evan was able to retain most of the semiconductor industry's interests and gain maximum influence, while still not being targeted by all parties.

Of course, this is the ideal situation. At the moment, the first step of the plan is just about to be completed, and it will take at least five to ten years to prepare.

One of the most important aspects is when the Nobel Prize will be awarded to him.

This is very important.

The Nobel Prize is good for everything, except that the age of the winners is getting older as time goes on.

On the one hand, this is because there are more and more academic achievements, and on the other hand, it takes more time to evaluate their significance, so there will be a situation where the people who make the results do not receive the prize, because the Nobel Prize is not awarded to the dead.

For Evan, the difficulty of winning the award is that he is too young.

You know, since the birth of the Nobel Prize, there has only been one laureate younger than 30 years old, and he is Lawrence Bragg, who discovered X-ray diffraction. It was only a few years between the discovery of the achievement and the award. Since then, all winners have been over 30 years old.

By the way, one of the people around Evan is in the top 10 of the age of the award, and that person is Professor Carl David Anderson, who discovered the positron.

Evan has no doubt that he will be able to win the Nobel Prize, and the significance of transistors to the world is obvious to all. And if, as in "history", he wins the prize "as scheduled", he will become the second Nobel laureate after Prague who is less than 30 years old.

It depends on whether the Nobel Prize Committee has the courage to do so.

Evan was completely unsure of this, and he was even ready to be deliberately suppressed.

He only hoped that the day would not come too late. It is best to send it to him before the age of 30. At that time, it was the beginning of the maturity of the semiconductor industry.

After taking the visiting scholars on a tour of the lab, they eagerly discussed with Evan about the research they wanted to participate in during the exchange. After some exchanges, Evan gave several directions and gave a certain degree of guidance each. More Evan doesn't need to be said. These people are qualified research scholars with their own interests and research ideas, and Evan only needs to give resources and platform support. After a while, they will naturally produce results.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Evan finally got the assignment of the task and breathed a sigh of relief.

He was about to close his eyes and slow down his mind for the evening lab meeting when Professor Watson approached him.

"Professor, why are you here?"

Evan cheered up and asked, "Would you like a drink?"

"No, thank you. ”

"Alright then......" Evan said, but he didn't stop.

He's brewing coffee in an unfamiliar way.

Watson found a random chair and sat down, and said, "Could I see you on the weekend?" ”

"Well, I said you don't need to drink it. ”

Evan shrugged his shoulders and said, "I know. ”

"It's for myself. ”

"You're finally a bit like a researcher. Watson glanced at Evan's alcohol lamp and siphon pot and resisted the urge to criticize him, "Coffee is our best companion. ”

Evan was noncommittal: "Professor, did you come to me to exchange coffee?"

"Of course not. Watson touched his nose and asked, "Did you know that our department will have a new department chair?"

"Isn't that your position, are you ousted?" Evan asked, surprised. The next second, he reacted, "No, you seem to be just temporary." ”

"So, who's the new head of the department?"