It's late August.

One Monday afternoon.

Applied Semiconductor Inc.

Ground floor.

William Webb, one of the first graduates of the Warren Layden Lab and a committed follower of Evan, is directing his colleagues to move the newly arrived lab equipment into the makeshift lab.

While they were working, they were chatting eloquently. Recent hot topics have been the war in the Far East and the upcoming California Centennial.

While they were arguing about the credibility of Truman's claim that he had sent troops to the Far East, a woman of graceful figure led a man in her thirties in.

Seeing the comer, William Webb and the others immediately quieted down. William smiled flatteringly and greeted the woman, "Good afternoon, Chief Sprour." ”

That's right, the woman is none other than Linda Sproul.

As Evan's chief secretary, Evan changed office locations, and she naturally had to follow. However, the current situation is that Linda is not based in Rosemead, but is still based in Inglewood. It's just that she must communicate with Evan on the phone every day, and she will come to Rosemead a few times a week.

After William and the others became a member of Evan's company, they naturally understood Linda's status, coupled with her radiant figure, which attracted everyone's hearts, but they didn't dare to look at it directly.

In the face of William's question, Linda slowed down slightly, nodded slightly, and asked another question, which was a response.

"Good afternoon, BOSS is in the office, right?"

William nodded hurriedly, "Yes, he's in the office." ”

"Okay, you're busy, I'll take someone up. ”

As she spoke, Linda nodded to the man beside her and motioned for him to follow.

William and the others watched the two walk towards the stairs until the figure disappeared, and then no one cared: "Who is this man?"

"Linda personally brought it over, so she should be an important person, right?"

"Could it be a newcomer dug by the boss?"

"Well, it's quite possible!"

The last sentence was said by William, and he would finally remember that the man who looked very familiar had been to the Warren Layden lab before.

"Why are you so sure?"

William touched his chin and said with a look of remembrance, "Because, that person seems to be from Bell Labs." ”

"What?"

"Really?"

"The boss actually dug into the foot of the wall of Bell Labs?"

William's speculation caused quite a stir.

Second floor, Evan's office.

With permission, Linda pushed the door open and saw Evan standing in front of a blueprint plastered with some kind of device she couldn't read.

Linda was about to open her mouth to warn, but Evan turned around and saw the man behind Linda, he was surprised and immediately stepped forward to meet him.

"Mr. Pufan, you're here, please come in. ”

"Linda, thank you for your hard work. Evan looked at Linda, "However, I may need to work on you a little more, can you help me prepare a drink?" ”

"Hmm......" Evan turned to look at Pufan and asked, "Is it okay to have coffee?"

Pu Fan nodded: "Of course, it would be better if it was Blue Mountain Coffee." ”

"Blue Mountain, no problem!" Evan looked at Linda uncertainly, "right?"

Linda sighed helplessly and said, "Please wait." ”

With that, he turned around and walked out of the office.

Evan breathed a sigh of relief and beckoned Pufan to take his seat again.

"Speaking of which, the last time we saw each other seems to have been three years ago. ”

Pufan, who was sitting across from Evan, nodded, "That's right, your article had only just been published, and the now famous Warren Layden Lab had just been established. ”

"Time flies...... Evan lamented, "I didn't expect that when we met again, I would have already walked out of school." ”

"What I didn't expect was that you, who had never agreed to my invitation, would agree to jump from Bell Labs to me, a company that has not even fully built a laboratory. ”

"To be honest, I'm a little confused. ”

Pufan, whose full name is William Gordon Pufan, came to Caltech three years ago on behalf of Bell Labs to visit the Evan Demonstration Point Contact Transistor event. It was that event that made the two get acquainted. Since then, Evan has tried to invite Pufan to join the lab, but has been refused. This made him feel regretful.

You must know that although the general education is not high, only a master's degree, but the research in chemistry and crystal growth is extremely talented. It is precisely because of him that Bell Labs' research on transistors has not been completely thrown off by Warren Layden Labs.

It's no wonder that Evan wondered why Pufan agreed to join Applied Semiconductors.

Pu Fan narrowed his eyes and said, "The reason is very simple, because I think your side will develop better than Bell Labs." ”

"And the reason why I only agreed now is that I simply don't want to go to school to get a teaching position. ”

"Oh, I see. ”

Evan was surprised: "Isn't it good to get a teaching position?"

"I thought the faculty and staff were easy, well paid, and of good social status, and even I almost agreed to Dean Dubrich's offer to take a faculty position. ”

Pufan asked rhetorically, "Then why don't you take it?"

Evan said: "I'm still young, and school is indeed suitable for research, but it is not suitable for me, well, and more importantly, it is not suitable for making money." ”

Pufan shrugged his shoulders and said, "I think so too." ”

Evan said: "It seems that we are really quite a match. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

It didn't take long for Linda to bring the Blue Mountain coffee and Evan's black tea that Pufan wanted into the office, and then sat on the side, listening to the small talk between the two men.

Of course, the so-called small talk is not a serious thing to say, during this period, Evan introduced the recent planning of applied semiconductors and the work that Pufan was responsible for after joining applied semiconductors.

About an hour later, William Webb, who had finished handling the equipment, was called into Evan's office.

"William, this is William Gordon Pufan, a former senior engineer at Bell Labs, and now we're working with semiconductors. He will be responsible for the development of single crystal preparation equipment in the future, you know. ”

"Wait a minute, you will be a guide, take Pufan to visit the company, and get to know everyone by the way. ”

The prior guess was confirmed, William did not show the slightest surprise, nodded at Evan, and then stretched out his hand to Pufan, "Hello, nice to meet you." ”

Pu Fan stretched out his hand and shook it, and said, "Me too." ”

The two quickly left the office. At this time, Evan immediately looked at Linda. He knew that Linda hadn't left, so he should have something to say.

Sure enough, Linda said: "Harvard University gave feedback, and that Chinese asked for $200,000." ”

"What do you think of the price, to say yes or not to agree?"