Evening, Evan House, kitchen.

Audrey, dressed in a black thread shirt and black slacks, wrapped in a white lace apron, dried the last dish and placed it in the cupboard. Then she took off her apron and walked out into the living room.

"Okay, I got it. ”

Evan was answering the phone.

Audrey just heard the last sentence.

Evan hung up the phone, and when he saw Audrey, he patted the couch and beckoned to her, motioning for her to sit next to him.

Audrey walked over.

"I'm sorry, I said I'd clean up with you. ”

Evan put his hand around Audrey's waist and apologized.

Audrey shook her head and glanced at her lover with disdain: "It's okay, anyway, I kind of understand, every time at this time, you have countless excuses not to go into the kitchen." ”

Evan smiled shamelessly and said, "Audrey, you're wronging me, and I've never made excuses...... I'm really in trouble. ”

"Humph!" Audrey arched her nose and slammed her shoulder into Evan's chest, expressing her displeasure.

Evan used to be very diligent when they lived together, but now he is lazy in his ways. Audrey even doubted that this was his nature.

It's strange that even Evan like this can't hate it himself.

"Listen, it's Dr. Layton from the school on the phone just now, the school is on vacation, what is the matter with him?" Audrey tugged at a hairball on her shirt and said, "I guess he wants to take you guys to the Magic House to play cards again." ”

The deepest impression that Audrey of Evan's group of friends made at school is that they all like to play card games, and it is clear that a group of people are "extremely smart" characters, but their hobbies are so "childish".

Evan laughed, "Not really, Layton told me a few things today." ”

Audrey asked in a perfunctory tone, "What's the matter?"

"One is that the Physics Society sent me an invitation to the lab to attend next year's annual meeting. ”

Audrey's expression was unwavering: "Oh!"

She didn't have any idea of what the annual meeting was and what to learn.

Evan received a capital embarrassment, and said resentfully: "Honey, even if you don't understand, don't be so direct, okay, pretend to give me a congratulations." ”

Audrey looked back at Evan, her eyes widened, and she said in surprise, "Honey, so you like this kind of hypocrisy?"

"If that's the case, then I'll have to reconsider our relationship. ”

Audrey looked serious, and Evan looked at her speechlessly.

After a while, Evan patted her on the cheek and said, "Is the show over?" ”

Audrey snorted and laughed, then slapped Evan on the chest shyly, "Nasty, can't you let me have a good time." ”

"And, my dear, were you nervous when I said that about you just now?"

Evan said, "Not at all!"

Audrey was stunned for a moment, then said nothing, and leaned into Evan's arms.

After a while, after a touch of emotion, Audrey asked Evan what it was and what it was all about.

Evan explained softly.

"To put it simply, attending the annual meeting means that my academic status has been recognized by my peers......"

Evan knew that Audrey didn't know much about academics, so he didn't say much.

"yes, congratulations, dear, you're amazing. Audrey was genuinely happy.

"By the way, you just said that Layton said more than one thing, and that's just one thing, what about the others?"

Evan nodded: "Everything else is not as important as this, like the approval of the photocopier purchase application submitted by the laboratory, it is just a small thing." ”

"Copier?" Audrey heard a familiar and unfamiliar word, and recalled a lab in her mind: "Is it the machine that Carlson is working on?

Evan nodded affirmatively, "Although it hasn't been officially mass-produced yet." ”

Audrey said: "Let people purchase it before mass production...... Wait, the photocopier is your company's product, the lab is not yours, but you control it, but the funding comes from the school......"

Audrey looked at Evan worriedly: "Evan, are you doing this, aren't you afraid that Dean Dubridge will trouble you?"

Evan shrugged: "Of course not, I didn't do anything bad." ”

Audrey said: "However, sending orders to my company is still a product that has not been mass-produced......

Evan hurriedly said, "You also said it, it's just an order." ”

"Also, I'm doing it for the good of the college, because the photocopier is a good thing, so students don't have to grab magazines every day just to read articles. ”

"Don't look at the mass production yet, but it's too late to place an order when the time comes, and you have to queue up. ”

Evan's smug look, Audrey couldn't stand it anymore, and rolled her eyes: "You just brag." ”

"Don't talk about that, Christmas is coming, and we're going back to Sacramento one day. ”

Evan replied, "Twenty-two." ”

"Twenty-two, it's fine!" said Audrey, "then we'll go buy gifts together this weekend." ”

Avan was a little surprised and asked, "Buy a gift, aren't you going to give your own work?"

Audrey shook her head and said shyly: "The more you look at it, the more you can't give it away, let's talk about it next time." ”

"You are not allowed to tell Dora about this. ”

Evan smiled, "What about mine?

Audrey said: "This is a secret, you will know it then." ”

"Speaking of Christmas, my dear, we're going to write all the Christmas cards now, and we're idle anyway. ”

Evan knew Audrey was diverting the subject, but he wasn't prepared to chase after him, "Okay. ”

……

Friday, December 17.

As Christmas approached, Christmas trees and lights appeared in the streets of Inglewood, but this atmosphere was not seen at all at Applied Physical Systems.

Because they're so busy.

Tomorrow is the day of the company's partner appreciation dinner, plus the year-end company summary, the whole company is busy with this.

General Manager's Office.

Karl looked at a group of mid-level subordinates and asked about the details of tomorrow's dinner.

"Ready for the gifts?"

"Ready. ”

"Suppliers, distributors, advertising agencies, radio stations, banks, their people are all arranged, right?"

"Yes, according to the list, not a single one was missed. ”

"That's good. ”

"Who's in charge over there?"

"It's me, the general manager, the venue is all ready, and there is no guarantee that there will be no mistakes. ”

"That's good, by the way, and the commended employees, all of them have been notified, right?"

"Of course. ”

"Remember to make them dress better. ”

"Well, some of them are workers on the production line......"

"What's wrong with the workers, they don't have good clothes, you won't let them rent them. ”

"That's a good idea...... I'll go later. ”