During the Annual Meeting, all APS staff were at the Kidford Estate. Li Kangping wrote an application form, and upon the recommendation of Professor Woodgate, Professor Compton, and others, and approved by the APS Review Committee, Li Kangping became a full member of APS at the Kidford Manor.

Physical Review is an academic journal sponsored by APS, and all members of the editorial board of Physical Review also came to the estate.

Tom S. T. Jones, the editor of Physical Review, is the kind of man who can make girls scream because he is thin but has broad shoulders, his blue eyes have an irresistible charm at all times, he is handsome and good-looking, and he is the kind of man who can make girls scream.

The editor of Li Kangping's "Blackbody Radiation and Light Quantum" was Mr. Jones, and before and after the publication of the paper, he and Mr. Jones only exchanged letters, and the two never met.

Seeing it today, Li Kangping never expected that his editor would be so handsome.

It seems that the editors are all super handsome guys or peerless beauties.

The editors pay equal attention to appearance and intelligence, and without the recommendation of the editors, there will be no good results in academic works.

"Mr. Li, we finally met." Jones reached out in a friendly way.

Li Kangping said politely: "Mr. Jones, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Mr. Jones said, "Now that the Silver Atomic Beam Method Validates the Theory of Space Quantization has been endorsed by twenty prominent physicists in APS, I feel that your outstanding paper can be published directly. ”

"It doesn't get any better than that, thank you."

Li Kangping handed over the "Silver Atomic Beam Method to Verify the Theory of Space Quantization" to Mr. Jones, and the next business was handled by Mr. Jones.

Li Kangping's mission at this APS annual meeting has been successfully completed, and there is still a week left for him to leave the manor or to stay.

Mr. Li chose to stay, and he attended an informal symposium.

"Hey, look who this is, he's the father of steady-state separation of atomic and molecular beams!" Robert Milligan said loudly.

"Professor Milligan, you know, in fact, I value the title of the father of mahjong more." Li Kangping smiled and made a mahjong rubbing action.

For decades, academically minded science students in the United States had to travel to Europe to complete their studies, often at schools in Berlin or Göttingen, Germany.

In those places, American students sat next to the bigwigs listening to lectures or watching the bigwigs do their experiments, and the universal language of science was German.

It wasn't until the early 20th century that a number of American universities, notably Johns Hopkins, Cornell, and the University of Chicago, began to train native American students who had made great achievements in the fields of physics and chemistry.

In 1916, Robert Milligan, a physics professor at the University of Chicago, had already demonstrated the qualities of a first-class physicist, and he was subsequently hired by Caltech, under which he led the rising star Caltech to become one of the best scientific institutions in the United States at an astonishing rate.

Robert Milligan, the son of an Iowa missionary, was cheerful, sincere, reserved, handsome, and slightly naïve, always well-dressed, with a brand new shirt and bow tie. He is the same today.

Before he became famous and penniless, Milligan worked for AT&T for several years. The department paid Milligan a generous salary and helped Milligan through the most difficult period of his life.

In return, Robert Milligan's patents were sold in their entirety to AT&T for $1.

Today, Milligan's physics curriculum is a standard textbook at American universities. His work on photoelectric effect experiments made him famous in academic circles.

For many American students, Robert Milligan is an idol.

Robert Milligan's return to AT&T was more than just a $1 patent, and he led many of its top students to AT&T and held important technical positions.

Kevin Berry was a Ph.D. candidate at Milligan when he was a student at the University of Chicago, a fat white man in his early thirties who was both an experimental physicist and a director of AT&T's technical department.

"Atomic and Molecular Beam Steady-State Separation Technology? What does that do, and what's the use? Kevin Berry asked curiously.

Li Kangping has a little fame in American academic circles, but in the industrial application community in the United States, Li Kangping is still unknown.

"Silver Atomic Beam Method Verification Space Quantization Theory" has been circulating in academic circles in the field of quantum theory and atomic physics, and it is normal for scholars & engineers in the field of communication such as Kevin Berry to fully understand the "Silver Atomic Beam Method to Verify Space Quantization Theory".

"To put it simply, the steady-state separation technology of atomic and molecular beams can directly display microscopic phenomena through macroscopic instruments, which is efficient and accurate, and is a great technical invention." Milligan, who acted as the explainer and promoter of the steady-state separation of atomic and molecular beams, added: "However, in the areas of vacuum tubes and repeaters, the steady-state separation of atomic and molecular beams is not useful for the time being. ”

"Oh, like this." Kevin Berry lost interest.

The informal symposium took place in an open-air garden, where people expressed their views on the technical aspects.

A lot of research funding business is negotiated in this informal symposium.

Milligan represents the U.S. academic community and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Kevin Berry's group represents AT&T only.

Since they are technical consultants or regular employees of AT&T, they naturally do not need to solicit sponsorship in the form of symposiums. It's a pure technical exchange.

"Sometimes the vacuum tube is said to be the 'cousin' of the ordinary incandescent light bulb, and in some ways, that's fine. However, if the bulb is broken, it is easy to replace it with a new one, and the repeater fails, many phone calls are interrupted, resulting in significant financial losses and even leading to the cost of lives......"

AT&T's technical experts enthusiastically discussed technical issues, and Li Kangping listened attentively, occasionally saying a few innocuous remarks.

AT&T is a very good company, and it is also a company that is hated.

Alexander Bell founded Bell Corporation, and soon after he established Bell Corporation's subsidiary--- AT&T.

AT&T's strength led to Bell becoming a subsidiary of AT&T.

Bell's telephone patent expired in the nineteen-nineties, and since then, a large number of other telephone companies have entered the telephone industry and begun to contract with subscribers, posing a great threat to AT&T.

AT&T is in a daily lawsuit, and if the law can't sanction a competitor, then AT&T sabotages a competitor's phone line.

If sabotage is not enough to bring down a competitor, then AT&T buys the competitor.

If some competitors would rather die than be acquired, then AT&T is actively engaged in public relations.

It is clear that AT&T is a PR specialist, and they are under the protection of one political force and put pressure on another.

A few months ago, the U.S. Congress passed the Willis-Graham Act, which officially exempted the telephone industry from federal antitrust laws on the day it went into effect.

No matter how much you fight, the phone industry in the United States is still monopolized by one company. This is one of the reasons why AT&T is hated.

The scale of the company to achieve the magnitude of AT AnT is no longer a simple competition for technology research and development or marketing.

Without the political power to protect you, you are destined to have nothing but small fights and amuse yourself in the United States.

Li Kangping said secretly, my Manhattan Zeus Company has no strong capital, and no political umbrella, how can I become bigger and stronger in the United States and create more brilliance?

"Do you have mahjong here?" Li Kangping asked a man-servant.

The manservant said, "Yes." ”

"Please set up a mahjong table, thank you."

"Yes sir, please wait."

After a while, the servant set up a mahjong table in the garden.

"Play mahjong, gentlemen!" Milligan was a friend of the horses, and he was in high spirits.

There are many mahjong friends in this group, and all mahjong friends either rub hemp or onlookers, and the open-air symposium continues to be carried out in the form of playing mahjong.

Li Kangping played a few games of mahjong, then left the card game and wandered around the manor.

Coming to a secluded grove, Li Kangping sat down on an easy chair in the woods.

The first half of the 20th century mixed in the United States, highlighted by a high degree of difficulty.

There is no American dream, it is just smart people who use the right way to do things, and they need to be extra careful when doing things.

There is a way, I have a tiger in my heart, sniffing roses.

Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.