In addition to Hua Ruiming's case, the work of the laboratory is also progressing smoothly.

And happily, when Qi Min was woken up by the movement of the garbage recycling truck downstairs in the early morning, he opened his notebook by the way to look at the generation of full-size brain-like bodies, and saw Anton send her a call invitation on Skype.

Qi Min picked it up and glanced at the time in the lower right corner, it was just over six o'clock: "What's the matter, calling in the middle of the night?" ”

"It's almost seven o'clock in the middle of the night." Anton said, "The visa is done. ”

"The apartment is also back?" Qi Min asked.

"If you retire, you have to make up last month's rent." Anton then asked, "Do you have any money now?" ”

"There is ......" Qi Min calculated, and the funds for the key projects applied for have come down, so he has a lot of money on hand, "I'll wait a while...... When the bank goes to work, I'll go and exchange the currency first and then call you. 10,000 should be enough, right? ”

"Ten thousand...... That's 1,400 – what's the exchange rate? Anton calculated.

"I mean $10,000." Qi Min corrected him.

There was silence for a while, and then Anton asked with some surprise, "Ten thousand dollars?" Where did you get so much money? ”

His reaction made Qi Min feel proud, she was as poor as a takeaway before, but now she can finally have a little face.

"The funding for the project I applied for has been issued." Qi Min explained prominently.

However, Anton said, "You can't be ...... Embezzlement, right? ”

"What embezzlement? There are also labor costs in the project funds. Qi Min pretended to be X unsuccessful, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed, "I worked hard to write project books and do experiments, so I have to get paid a little, right?" ”

"When you were studying for a Ph.D., your monthly salary was only more than 1,000, didn't you do the same thing?" ANTON ASKED SUSPICIOUSLY, "OR ARE YOU NOW A PETITE BOURGEOSIE?" ”

"WHAT BOURGEOSIE? I was severely exploited when I was studying for a PhD, and now I can finally get a fair pay. Qi Min deliberately said, "You have been exploited and squeezed under capitalism for too long, and you have begun to doubt ordinary laborers who receive normal wages, haven't you?" ”

", nothing." But when it comes to such ideological issues, Anton is very decisive.

Although he no longer remembers his experience before being abducted to the United States, he identified himself as a pure Chinese and communist because he was taught by a Chinese restaurateur. Before Mimi's accident, Anton was very supportive of Qi Min's hurry to graduate and take them back to the "real motherland".

"Then you can withdraw the money when the time comes, and hurry up and pay the rent." Qi Min said into the microphone of the headphones, "I have to sleep a little longer...... In addition to the rent, you pay back part of the money first, and I'll figure out the rest when the time comes. ”

"The matter of paying back...... Actually, you can just forget it. Anton lowered his voice and said, "We've all left this hellish place, and even if we don't pay it back, they won't be able to find me." ”

Qi Min then remembered that Anton, a guy with no fixed assets at all, definitely did not borrow money from the bank when he pooled the money for Mimi to go to Canada for treatment. Most of the money he borrowed privately from someone, and the promised interest rate was not low—it was some kind of usury. The society at the bottom of the United States is very chaotic, and there are ways to use money urgently.

"Let's find a way to pay it back." Qi Min couldn't help but say, "Don't say anything else, maybe I'll have to go there for a meeting then." It may be a few hundred dollars more interest now, if it is ...... in a year."

"You're a ...... What's that word called? 'Worrying about nothing'. Anton commented a little unhappily, "I borrowed the money, and no one will care if you ask for it." And if I can get out of here, I won't come back in my life. ”

Qi Min couldn't help but wonder how his style of not paying back the money he owed and settling with people everywhere could he grow up so alone. This may be a kind of broken can attitude: anyway, at the bottom, there are many losers and garbage around you, and it's good to treat them all as NPCs when you get along.

"Okay, it's up to you." Qi Min said helplessly, "But when you bring Mimi here, remember to pack your luggage and everything." Bring everything you should bring, and we don't miss the money for the two of them to pay for the freight. ”

However, Anton said: "I have sold everything I can." Then he immediately added, "Of course, they are all sold at no less than 70% of the original price, and most of them are sold to my former boss." ”

"Okay...... ......" Qi Min thought to himself, he must have done something to force buying and selling.

Qi Min knew that Anton had always hated the current owner who took over the restaurant after the previous Chinese restaurant owner left. It was this guy from Southeast Asia who changed the high-end restaurant that originally served authentic Chinese food into this nondescript fast food restaurant, and the fast food restaurant still makes more money than before selling those tattered American Chinese food - obviously all the hard-earned money earned by delivery workers like Anton constantly expanding the delivery range and having to run farther routes every day.

But he also looked down on the current Chinese restaurateur. IN ANTON'S EYES, THE CURRENT BOSS IS JUST A COPPER-SMELLING BOURGEOSIE, AND HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT REAL FOOD IS. He doesn't have any love for his business and work, he only cares about the numbers that represent profits, and he is completely a person who has lost himself because of the control of capital. If it weren't for the fact that someone had to pay the rent and Mimi had to be supported, Qi Min's salary for studying for a doctorate would not be enough at all, otherwise Anton would have quit a long time ago.

Therefore, Qi Min felt that it was entirely possible for Anton to cheat on his former boss before saying goodbye, but she would not have any sympathy for this black-hearted businessman who called "Chinese food" with some boiled broccoli with Korean hot sauce bought in Asian supermarkets. He not only ruined Anton's life dream of becoming a chef, but also seriously tarnished the image of Chinese food in the local area.

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After talking to Anton, Qi Min barely slept for another hour. Then he got up and dressed and washed, went out to the bank to exchange currency and then transferred money to Anton, and then bought him and Mimi tickets for the weekend.

Qi Min sent Anton the information of the ticket from the mailbox, and received a reply in less than half a minute: "Why three days later?" Where are we going to stay these three days? ”

Qi Min replied, "I'll pick you up on the weekend." If you have a problem with housing, you can be accommodating with the landlord. ”

Anton didn't reply immediately, and Qi Min guessed that he might have googled the meaning of "accommodation". Anton has no problems speaking Chinese, but he is not good at speaking.

After a while, Anton replied, "It's okay to stay a few more days. ”

That is, last month's rent has just been paid now, and this has been more than half a month, and of course it doesn't matter if you stay for a few more days. Qi Min couldn't help but smile when she looked at her phone, what kind of life did she live in the United States? Shamelessly owing money and rent was something she didn't even dare to think about when she was an undergraduate.