At noon, it was a family banquet for the brothers and sisters, which was more casual, and the family happily congratulated Evan on graduation.

In the evening, it is a more formal banquet. The invitees were all Evan teachers, friends, and lab students at Caltech. There were quite a few people, and even the dean, Dubrich, agreed to the invitation.

There are a lot of people, and of course you can't cook the dinner yourself, so the food at the banquet and the like are provided by a high-end restaurant called Felix.

It has a partnership with Applied Physical Systems on the microwave oven project.

In the summer, the venue for the dinner was set up in the open-air courtyard, which had been renovated a week ago to add lighting, tables and chairs.

At six o'clock in the evening, when the sky was about to get dark, Evan, as the host of the banquet, spoke briefly and then announced that the dinner party had begun.

The banquet is buffet-style, cold food, hot food, dessert, all kinds of drinks, on-site barbecue, and the food provided is not cheap.

In the corner of the courtyard, there is a band offering live music. There was also a piano there, but the musicians were sisters Dora and Dorothy, dressed in identical lace princess dresses.

The two sisters' sweet appearance and their appearance as if they came out of the mirror were the focus of the audience, which attracted the attention of several of Evan's students.

Of course, when they knew that this was the sister of the boss Evan, they were all afraid to come forward to talk, obviously they had no taboos when they were in the laboratory, and they bragged that if the school recruited girls, they would have left their single life a long time ago.

Now it seems that the reason why they are single has nothing to do with the lack of girls in the school.

In addition to the twins, the other brothers were not absent, and at the beginning of the feast, when the guests raised their glasses to Evan one by one, Evan would take the opportunity to introduce Colin, Virginia, or Robert to them. Although the professors who came to Evan's banquet were all science and engineering, it did not mean that their influence was limited to this. For example, Evan's department chair, Baccher, is a person who can talk to the White House.

It's okay to know so many professors, big brother Colin, and sister Virginia, but Robert is overjoyed. Because among the people introduced by Evan, there is actually an economics professor, who is still a rare senior shareholder.

After watching Robert and the professor step aside to discuss their investment experiences, Evan and Colin looked at each other and smiled.

Not long after, Dean Dubridge and Department Chair Batcher arrived. After greeting each other, Colin saw that they had something to say, and consciously quit and walked away.

"Evan, don't you think about it anymore?" After a glass of glass, Dubridge asked solemnly, "You founded the laboratory, do you let it go now, aren't you afraid that it will disappear into the world?"

Obviously, the dean and the department chair are here to be lobbyists.

With a Ph.D. in physics and a master's degree in chemistry, Evan decided to step out of the ivory tower, giving up his low-hanging up teaching position at Caltech and a lab that belonged to him.

This decision is currently known only to Leiden and a few professors.

Of course, the two in front of you are naturally in the know.

Because he needed their assistance and permission to make some of the arrangements before he left school.

For example, how to arrange the follow-up of the Warren Leiden laboratory is not possible without the cooperation of Baccher.

"Thank you both for your kindness, but I'm up to it. Evan said, "So, I'm sorry......"

"Okay......"

Dubridge didn't have much hope, the reason why he came here was just a little unwilling, a dead horse became a live horse doctor, and after hearing Evan's ruthless face-to-face refusal, he could only accept it.

Dubridge raised his glass to Evan and said, "Then I have to wish you a successful career when you leave school." ”

"Thank you! ”

Evan raised his glass in response.

Putting down the cup, Evan saw that Layton was coming towards him out of the corner of his eye, and said to Dubridge and Baccher, "Speaking of the laboratory, Dean, Director, I heard that Professor Watson is already preparing to retire. ”

Dubridge nodded, "Yes." ”

Evan asked, "So, who should take over the position of director of the laboratory?" Dean, Director, do you have any candidates?"

"This ......" Dubridge and Bacher looked at each other, and they both understood why Evan had suddenly brought it up.

They had already discussed this matter, so Dubridge quickly replied: "Evan, you are the founder of the laboratory, so you naturally have the right to give your opinion, why don't you tell me your opinion?"

Evan nodded in satisfaction, just as Layton arrived. He put his hand on Layton's shoulder and said to the two leaders, "I think it would be better for Dr. Layton to take over." ”

"He was involved in the preparation of the laboratory and his contribution to the field of transistors is second only to mine. ”

"Of course, the two of you may think that he is a little younger and less qualified, but the Warren Layden lab is not a big laboratory and does not need to pay too much attention to these ......"

"Anyway, this is my opinion, what do you two think?"

Layton didn't say a word when he heard Evan recommending himself to take over the lab, and even though he was ready, he froze in place. On the contrary, the dean and director were not surprised at all, as if they had expected Evan to do this.

Dubridge glanced at Layton and said, "Evan, to be honest, it's not the best choice. ”

"The field of transistors, as you yourself said, has great prospects, and the Academy is ready to continue to expand the strength of the laboratory, and for this reason, I have sent invitations to experts in the relevant fields of Bell Labs, hoping to introduce new capabilities to the laboratory......"

and the new director.

Dubridge didn't say the second half of the sentence, but everyone present could hear the meaning.

Therefore, Leiden's face immediately darkened.

So, Evan frowned and asked, "So, Dean, can I ask who you like?"

"Is it Dr. Shockley? or Dr. Bardeen?"

"Do they have a clear response?"

"That's right, it's ...... them," it was Bacher who answered him, only to see him shrug his shoulders and say, "But I haven't received an answer yet." ”

Evan thought for a moment and said, "Dean, Director, I understand why you extended an invitation to them, as far as the field of transistors is concerned, they started their research in this field even before me, and their academic level and creativity are excellent. ”

"Still, I insist on recommending Leiden. ”

Seeing this, Batcher said, "Evan, you need to think about the future of the lab. ”

Apparently, he was opposed to Evan's opinion.

However, Dubridge suddenly changed his mind and said, "Evan, it's ......not impossible to let Layton take over."

"It's just that I have one condition. ”8)