"Mr. Dubridge, I naturally want to get a doctorate, but what is the direction of research...... Please let me think again. ”

After answering the dean's question in a somewhat perfunctory manner, Evan left the principal's office. Dubridge didn't mean to be angry at all, and it would be nice to get this answer from his standpoint.

As for which department Evan goes to, and how the professors below win over this student, it is none of his business as the dean.

Hearing the news of Pauling's digging at the foot of the wall, Carl David Anderson, who also wanted to accept Evan as a student, was angry and scolded Pauling for breaking the rules, and began to act himself.

He was not in a hurry, after all, Evan was a student in the physics department, and he was a Nobel laureate in physics and wanted to accept a student, could he still run?

However, when Anderson sent student Donald Glaser to Evan to have a good chat with him, he received a direct reply from Evan.

"I'm sorry, Senior Donald, I'm grateful to Professor Anderson for his attention, but I'm not interested in particle physics or high-energy physics, so I ...... Again, I apologize to Professor Anderson. ”

With that, Evan flew out of the school.

Evan had a hunch that if he didn't leave, he would be "greeted" by the professors in the department in turn.

Donald looked at Evan's back as he fled, and felt that this junior was also a wonderful person, and the OFFER from the Nobel Prize professor also said that he would refuse it, without turning around.

You know, in the second semester after the winter break, Evan still has to take Professor Anderson's lecture on "Theoretical Physics...... Let's hope he'll pass safely.

Unbeknownst to Donald, it was a good thing for him that Evan didn't become his junior. Otherwise, Evan would definitely not be able to help but make his Nobel Prize-level work in advance.

Coming out of Caltech, Evan immediately went to APS in Inglewood.

Wells had already returned from Connecticut. The factory that made the heat-sensitive ferrite for the rice cooker was able to make it, and Wells brought back a sample, but he didn't sign the supply contract.

This is not the same as Evan's request.

Wells did this because he felt that rice cookers, an appliance positioned as an appliance for cooking rice, would not be sold in the United States.

Although Wells is only the manager of the R&D department, not the general manager of the company, his excellent professionalism tells him that he can't let the young boss follow his preferences and temperament.

Even if he was recruited into the company by this unreliable boss.

On this morning, five members of the R&D department, plus one Evan, sat around a three-meter-long conference table.

There was silence.

After a long time, Evan looked at Wells and said, "Give you ten minutes to convince me, or you can leave." ”

Wells breathed a sigh of relief, as soon as the company was established, his first job was to compete with the boss, and he himself admired himself a little.

However, the boss gave himself a chance, which shows that Evan, a young man, is quite reliable in his heart.

Wells's mind was in a hurry, and his liking for Evan increased a lot. He pulled a chart from the folder he had in hand and handed it to Evan.

This is an inverted pyramid-shaped chart divided into four layers from top to bottom.

Wells calmly explained, "Evan, this is an excerpt from the journal. ”

This table vividly illustrates the dietary structure of our people, the top layer is the highest proportion of beef, followed by chicken, fish, pig, sheep, shrimp, and the bottom is bread, potatoes, corn, and vegetables. ”

From here, we can tell that rice is not in the general American diet. This is the most important reason why rice cookers cannot become mass household appliances. ”

"Do you approve of that, Evan?"

Evan nodded and said, "I know that, but the rice cooker wasn't meant for Americans...... You continue. ”

Wells said, "Evan you know this, so the rest of the words will be simpler. ”

"Evan, are you thinking about the United States or a lot of people eating rice?"

To Wells' question, Evan nodded silently.

"There are indeed many groups that eat rice as their staple food, Chinese and Japanese are the two largest groups, and the others are mostly immigrants from Asia, but even if you count these people, the entire Asian American group is only about 300,000 people (this data is estimated from the US decennial census data, there were 254918 Asians in 1940 and 321033 in 1950). ”

In other words, the potential user of rice cookers is only about 300,000 people for the time being. ”

"We don't think about whether these people can afford it at their income level, even if they buy one per family, we can sell up to 60,000 units (based on a family of five). ”

And then ...... There is no then. Household appliances are not fast-moving consumer goods such as food, and it is impossible to replace one every year. Its service life is also at least three years, that is, when the market is saturated and enters the stock market, its capacity is only 20,000 units per year. ”

"This amount of output is too small for an electrical appliance!"

Wells said this, of course, is true.

It's a fact that Evan didn't take into account.

"The domestic capacity is small, but what about abroad?"

As soon as Evan asked this question, his face changed suddenly, as if something suddenly came to mind.

"Abroad?" Sensing Evan's apparently low momentum, Wells became arrogant and said, "Are you referring to the East Asian countries that rely on rice as their staple food?"

He shook his head, with an expression of thinking too much, and said: "We won't talk about China, which has the largest population, the power base is not good, and it is in chaos. ”

"The most basic book was almost blown into ruins, and now there is a famine, and I can't afford to spend it. ”

"When he recovers and can afford to spend, it will be five or ten years later. ”

"As for other countries......"

Wells shrugged, spread his hands, and said no more.

Evan was silent for a few minutes, then looked at the other engineers and asked, "Do you think so too?"

The four Engineers, who were over thirty years old, looked at each other and nodded at Evan.

"Okay......" Evan is not a person who wants to save face and not admit mistakes and listen to good words, he waved his hand at Wells, motioned for him to sit down, and said in a wistful voice: "I admit that what you said makes a lot of sense, but, Wells, now the problem is here." ”

"Your success has made me lose confidence in the rice cooker, so is there any need for your R&D department to exist?"

"Of course! Evan!"

Wells replied eagerly, for fear that if it was a little late, his department would be cut off by Evan.