"Happy New Year, Shen, Wu."

"Happy New Year, Lao, Ye, also back?"

"I'm back."

"Is everything going well over there?"

"Everything is going well," Yevgeny tried twice to stand up, but failed, and could only continue to press the button to let the electric wheelchair move with him, "Yan Xiu asked me to say hello to you." ”

"It's a pity that we don't have time to say goodbye to him," Wu Xiaoqing said, "Don't talk here, professor, go back and rest first, you've worked hard enough this time." ”

"No hard work," Yevghny asked, "I heard that your side has started the next project, what do you need me to do?" ”

"Don't worry, Professor," Wu Xiaoqing said, "It's all transactional preparations for the time being. Why don't you go back and rest for a few days...... In fact, I recommend that you go to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination. ”

"The search and rescue team had already done it for me before I came, and I'm in pretty good health now," Evgeny laughed, "and the robot manager at the space station said I would have another 50 years to live." ”

There is still something to do here in the company, otherwise Wu Xiaoqing would have sent Yevgeny back to the dormitory by himself. However, Xu Yan and Wang Youquan are still idle now - today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and Wang Youquan did not go to a few relatives' houses for the New Year, and there is no New Year's greeting task. Xu Yan is the same - Wu Xiaoqing called them over with a phone call, and simply asked these two people to take Yevgeny to Wang You's family - Yevgeny is a quasi-old man in his fifties and sixties after all, and he has just returned alone from a gravity-free environment, whether it is physical or psychological, it is best to have someone who can take care of him.

Wang Youquan just went to pick up the car in the third year of junior high school, and his wife chose an SUV of more than 100,000 yuan. The car is a good car, but it is not actually used to drive - it is for the old man to show the wife and the child when she goes back to her parents' house to pay New Year's greetings. Although Wang Youquan's wife has made a lot of calls to his parents, she almost sent money directly to the old couple's account, saying that now Wang Youquan is really mixed up - they still maintain a high degree of vigilance against the son-in-law of this senior gambler. I didn't promise to let them go back to pay New Year's greetings during the New Year, but just let my daughter and grandson go back......

This car is also the fourth wife of the middle school home, drove for a day, today is the fifth day of the new year, and after coming back, in fact, most of the time Xu Yan is tinkering. Today it happened that Yevgeny came back, and the two of them happened to drive this car to pick up people.

"Old Ye," Wang Youquan and Xu Yan haven't even learned Russian hello until now, but fortunately Yevgeny has a little Chinese foundation, and daily speech can still be handled, "Happy New Year." ”

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year," Yevgeny apologized, "I originally wanted to go to your house for Chinese New Year's Eve, but I am sorry for the temporary incident." ”

"It's okay, anyway, you're just trying to have a good time, can you go? I put my wheelchair in the car ......"

"Yes, you can just give me a hand."

After getting into the car, Yevgeny closed his eyes and recuperated. He had just gone through a long journey in the Ascension Realm, and he was almost carried by a flying sword for tens of thousands of kilometers, and the only protective props for him in the middle were a set of motorcycle rider's clothes and helmet that Wu Xiaoqing left in the space station.

This trip allowed Yevgeny to regain a little of the enthusiasm and impulsiveness of his youth, but after he returned, his body immediately appeared in some bad states due to the huge consumption. Although there is no problem with physiological indicators in the physical examination, the senses are a little uncomfortable. As soon as he came out of the portal, the gravity of the earth almost dragged Yevgeny to the ground.

After a long swim in the pool, when you return to the ground, you will feel that your body has become heavy because you are accustomed to the presence of buoyancy.

Coming back from a gravity-free environment, it's essentially the same. Not to mention walking, even breathing, Yevgeny felt a little out of breath, Ningzhou as a big city, here is the main street, the air quality and the original concept of the design is that the ascension realm of the civilized nursery is definitely incomparable. The car had just driven a few hundred meters out, and Yevgeny, who had originally intended to breathe, now closed the window very familiarly.

Xu Yan originally planned to put on a few songs to listen to to liven up the atmosphere, and seeing that Lao Maozi was going to sleep, he could only hold back. Only occasionally have a few words with Wang Youquan.

Halfway through the car, Yevgeny seemed to remember something, turned on his phone, and started calling.

The person on the other end of the line was supposed to be his son, who was said to be of Russian-American descent and had used drugs before. Both Wang Youquan and Xu Yan had heard the news from Wu Xiaoqing, and they both knew that the reason why Yevgeny agreed to "join the gang" was largely because the search and rescue team promised to treat his son.

It can be seen that Yevgeny has a good conversation on the phone, and at first he was relatively cold, but gradually he smiled. The phone call was not long, only five or six minutes, but after the call, even if Yevgeny didn't say anything, the atmosphere in the whole car suddenly became lively.

After getting Yevgeny's consent, Xu Yan began to play the song: "Every street and alley, everyone's mouth ......"

Yevgeny felt fresh when he heard it, and it didn't take long for him to start humming along.

In front of a red light for more than a minute, Xu Yan turned his head and met Wang Youquan's eyes. Wang Youquan seemed to be a little hesitant, but Xu Yan's eyes were encouraging him.

"What's this, it's all together," Seeing that Wang Youquan didn't speak for a long time, Xu Yan couldn't help but say, "Sooner or later, I have to say it." It's good for everyone to say it sooner. ”

Yevgeny could see that there was something wrong with them—he could basically guess what was going on.

"It's related to the next mission," Yevgeny's Chinese was not very standard, but both of them heard it clearly, nodded in confirmation, and Yevgeny continued, "Wu mentioned to me that in the next mission, we will be divided into three groups, me and Shen, will choose one among you." Has Shen already chosen? Or do you have your own ideas? ”

"Professor Shen is busy with the New Year, and he hasn't found time to talk to him about this." Xu Yan actually went to Shen Changwen's house on the second day of the Lunar New Year to pay New Year's greetings, but when he went, he realized how busy a famous professor's family was during the New Year, not to mention those relatives and friends of Shen Changwen's own family, the students he had brought before were all lined up to come and visit.

Downstairs in the community where Shen Changwen lives, more than half of the cars are coming to visit their family. Xu Yan and Shen Changwen had time to say a good New Year, drank tea there for an hour, and finally determined that Shen Changwen was really not available, so he took the initiative to retreat.

"I've only heard about it, and the meeting should be in a week. When the time comes, we will understand the situation, and it will not be too late for us to discuss the personnel. ”

"No, you misunderstood," Xu Yan said, "it's not anyone's business...... Don't you know our own level, you are two professors, we are two workers, just listen to the arrangement, how can we speak. We wondered if they could teach us more during the mission. You see, we've done three missions before, but we don't know what we've done at the end of the day. As you know, Mr. Wu and Professor Shen are very busy...... We hope that you will give us more guidance when you are free. ”

"Fingering?" Yevgeny understood, and said, "It's okay...... However, this may be a bit of a struggle for you. You're both high school educated, right? ”

"Yes."

"The foundation is better than Wu's," Yevgeny said, "but it's not much better...... I know a rough idea of this mission, and the direction I'm responsible for will be a civilization that uses binary languages. This state of civilization is unimaginable to us...... Are you prepared for this? ”

Both shook their heads blankly.

"Don't be discouraged," said Yevgeny, "in fact, I'm the same as you at this point, we're at the same starting point - at most I'm a little more familiar with the runway than you are - and if you really want to be more involved in this mission, you should actually go to the company, where preparations are not being made." ”

"We want to come and go," Wang Youquan said, "but after sitting there for a long time, we don't understand what people are saying...... It's like listening to a book from heaven. Why don't you take us there another day and give us a lecture? ”

"I came from an engineering background, not linguistics...... When it comes to linguistics, I'm actually just like you. Let you go, not to let you learn any specific knowledge, but to feel the atmosphere of the other party's civilization. At the very least, you should also know what are the taboos in the other party's language habits - this must be something we need to pay attention to in our future work, right? ”

When the two of them heard this, they immediately felt energetic - they drove all the way here today, and with this answer, it was worth it.

……

Yevgeny stayed at Wang Youquan's family for two days, and after feeling that his body was almost recovered on the third day, he followed Wang Youquan and Xu Yan to the company at the warm invitation of them.

Wu Xiaoqing is not at Qinglan Consulting, and Chen She is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the company — mainly responsible for buying cigarettes, alcohol, and takeout for this large group of people.

It is said on the Internet that foreigners like Chinese food, but in fact, most foreigners are not very cold. Especially takeaway – no matter how good the dish is, it won't be good if it's delivered from a few kilometers away. Chen She has contacted several Western food makers and asked them to deliver them in a fixed amount every day - it doesn't need to be too delicate, sandwiches and a few large pots of hot dishes are enough.

When Yevgeny came to the Blue Consultation, the first thing he smelled was the strong smell of cheese and coffee in the room.

The project has been going on for more than a week, and as the progress progresses, the need for personnel in the follow-up work is not so deep. Wu Xiaoqing briefly introduced the whole project to Yevgen, and Yevgeny knew that the purpose of many of the people invited was not to let them do anything, but to determine what they could not do through their work. The whole project is actually a process of continuous selection of solutions.

Let's take the translation of binary languages, for example, they will give the same translation work to two or three teams, and then based on their results, determine that a certain team has a more accurate idea - that team will be retained.

The experts in linguistics, too, are essentially consultations – unlike the previous ones, this one already has an answer, and this one is essentially more of a paid exam.

The biggest purpose of this kind of examination is, of course, to screen out a team that is good enough - after Yevgeny and Shen Changwen carry out specific work, these two teams will be their biggest backing.

In scientific research projects, especially in the face of aliens, such unfamiliar projects with completely zero information, the flexibility and agility of the scientific research team in thinking are often more important than their efficiency.

A few days ago there were more than a hundred people here, filling the entire company, but now Yevgeny sees only a few dozen people in offices and conference rooms.

When Xu Yan came to "report on the work", he especially emphasized the numbers - there are 39 people in total, roughly divided into three groups, the language group is newly opened, more than 20 people came over yesterday, and the remaining dozen people are from the text group, of which 12 are on the binary language side, that is, Yevgeny is responsible for the future, and there is another kind, which is called "geometric text" - because the text contains a large number of specific geometric figures, there are 7 people in total.

People are here, but they don't work anymore. Some people will leave by plane in the past two days, and in the future, they will contact Shen Changwen through remote video to contact Shen Changwen for specific work content.

Strictly speaking, the language group is also under the responsibility of Shen Changwen, because there is no language in binary characters - there are no sound samples.

But Yevgeny knew that in fact, no, these people would connect with Shen Changwen and himself in the future - the search and rescue team had already revealed to them that the civilization to which these two characters belonged was the same language.