"Yes! Of course!"

Evan was agitated and seemed eager to get the deal done on the spot.

"Are you sure?"

Linda didn't understand why Evan was excited, she only cared if the thing was worth the price, "That's $200,000, not $2,000." ”

"That's just a single customer, and the annual sales may not be able to reach $200,000...... I think the premium is too much, do you want to talk to him again?"

Linda's analysis makes sense, and if it was usual, Evan wouldn't mind being as good as it would have been.

But not this time.

Because what Evan was going to buy was a patent that described a manufacturing method called magnetic core memory. Core memory is an important part of today's computers. When Linda refers to a single customer, she is referring to the blue giant IBM.

The patent owner is Wang An, a Chinese who has a Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University, a researcher at the Harvard Computer Laboratory, and a Chinese who participated in the development of the "Mark IV" computer.

Evan shook his head and said unquestioningly, "Linda, you write back to that side immediately, and buy the things first." ”

"Take advantage of IBM's lack of reaction. ”

Hearing this, Linda didn't execute it immediately, but looked at Evan quietly, "Can you explain?"

"It's still early anyway, it's not five o'clock in Cambridge. ”

Evan paused for a moment and said with a serious expression, "Linda, don't waste time. ”

"You're the secretary, not the one in charge of this acquisition, so don't do it. ”

"If you really have any questions, you can come back to me after the work is done. ”

"Now, please go and complete your duty. ”

"Questions?"

Evan's tone was cold, something Linda had never seen before, and his face turned very ugly for a moment.

Seeing that Linda didn't react, Evan let out a dissatisfied "Huh?"

Linda reluctantly said, "No problem." ”

"I'm going to get your request across. ”

With that, Linda walked over to Evan's desk and used the phone on the desk to call Inglewood's secretarial office, asking her colleagues there to convey Evan's orders to the company's employees who were on a business trip in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When it was over, Linda walked out the door without saying a word.

Seeing this, Evan said to Linda's background, "Why are you leaving?"

“……”

Linda didn't react, and her pace didn't slow.

Evan said again: "Don't want to solve the questions in your heart?"

Linda paused, her hand resting on the doorknob.

She's throwing a tantrum at her, but she can't hold back her curiosity.

After a while, Linda turned and walked back, sat down on the couch across from Evan, and stared at Evan as if you weren't going to say it soon.

Evan smiled bitterly, this girl is good at everything, but she will make mistakes from time to time. Especially when I'm alone with myself, I don't think of myself as a boss at all.

Alas, I knew that I wouldn't let her be a secretary in the first place, and if I put it at the bottom for a while longer, maybe my temper would be better.

However, it is too late to regret it now.

What's more, the secretariat is very important, and it needs a trustworthy person to take charge, and there is no one more suitable except Linda for the time being.

You can't let Carl, the general manager, go.

"Evan?"

"Excuse me, I'm distracted. Evan looked at Linda, sighed heavily, and said, "Linda, before giving you the answer you want, I want to talk to you about your future." ”

"Future?"

"That's right. ”

"That's too big a topic, isn't it?"

"Nature is big, but we can break it down and talk about it, for example, have you ever thought about what kind of work you will make your lifelong career in the future?"

......After a brief silence, Linda whispered, "Evan, what do you want to say?"

"I'm the chief secretary who doesn't like you, and I want to be replaced?"

Evan shook his head and said, "No." ”

"I don't have the intention of doing so. ”

"Linda, with you in the secretariat, I am relieved that there is nothing wrong with your work. ”

"Really. ”

Linda was visibly relieved.

"But you can't be a secretary all the time. ”

Linda emphasized: "It's the chief secretary. ”

"The chief secretary is also a secretary, and most of the work is not difficult, but because the information involved is urgent, the personnel need to be specially selected. ”

Linda opened her mouth to refute, but couldn't find the words, because Evan was not wrong at all, most of the Secretariat's work was to deal with various reporting documents, and the work was at best tedious, but not difficult. According to Linda's feelings, the difficulty is not even as great as the McDonald's market researcher she has worked for.

The latter at least have to run around outside.

"Linda, we are friends who grew up together, I understand your ability, being a secretary can even be said to be a tyrannical thing for you, to be known by your classmates, the director of the Tangtang Undergraduate Association can only be a secretary, my company probably doesn't want to recruit people from your school. ”

"Speaking of which, don't you just want me to be in front of you?"

"Not really!" Evan cried, "how could you think that." ”

"I'm just asking you to think about your future career plans. ”

"I'll let you be the chief secretary for two years at most, and then I'll be replaced. At that time, you have to think about what you want to do in your next job, whether you want to do administration, human resources, or take charge of yourself, which company to go to, etc., you have to know what to do. ”

"Oh!" Hearing that she could only work as a secretary for two years, Linda didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed for a while, but hearing the concern in Evan's words, Linda suddenly felt that her mood had improved.

As for her future career plan, Linda thought for a moment and asked, "Evan, no matter which company, as long as I want, will I go?"

Evan nodded, "Of course." ”

Linda asked again, "What about the position?"

Evan said: "It depends on the need, and as long as you can do it, you can choose the same." ”

"I see, I'll think about it. Linda bowed slightly, then remembered something, and urged: "Evan, now you can continue to talk about that patent." ”

"Okay...... Evan paused for a moment, organized his words, and said, "Linda, do you know why I opened this application semiconductor?"

Linda thought for a moment and replied, "To promote your research?"

"Almost. "Semiconductors are a good thing, and their development can change the world in many ways," Evan said. ”

"There are a lot of applications for semiconductors, especially the transistors that I made...... Well, have you seen this material, Linda?"

"Briefly looked at some. ”

"Can you tell me? ”

"Rectifiers, for radars, signal amplifiers, well, this seems to be used for radios and televisions......"

"And, switching circuits ......," Evan continued, "and switching circuits are the foundation of computers......"

Linda suddenly realized: "So, the end product of the application of semiconductors is a computer, right?"