On the way back.

Two cars, one in front of the other, one in the rear.

The car in front was driven by Leonard, the co-pilot was rightfully shotgun by Shelton, and Owen and Jamie sat in the back.

The car in the back was driven by Penny, the co-pilot was snatched by Howard, and Rajesh could only sit quietly in the back seat, looking pitifully ahead.

"So, Owen, did you really accept Caltech's offer to be a professor in the mathematics department?"

Leonard peeked at Jamie from the rearview mirror, but met Owen's smiling gaze and smiled awkwardly: "I've read your P=NP paper, it's really wonderful, presumably as a Fields Medal winner, Caltech must have hired you as a full professor, right?"

In the foreign academic system, bachelor's, master's, doctorate, and doctorate degrees are already the highest degrees, so when Sheldon calls themselves and others call them, they always add a doctor in front of their names or surnames, and add a sentence sir in front of the names of those who have titles abroad, all to show respect.

The number of doctors has been growing, while the position of assistant professor has remained basically constant, so it is considered a promotion and salary increase, and there is generally a probationary period of 3 to 7 years.

If the assistant professors perform well during the probation period, they will be hired as tenured professors and then promoted to associate professors.

And only after achieving academic excellence will an associate professor be promoted to full professor!

Of course, people like Irving, who solved a millennial math problem and won the Fields Medal, the highest award in mathematics, were directly invited by top universities such as Caltech to be full professors.

After all, unlike the Nobel Prize, the Fields Medal is held only once every four years, and each winner is the object of invitation from various universities, because it is a great way to increase a university's background and ranking!

Just look at the official websites of those top universities, and the winners of various world-class awards such as the Nobel Prize and the Fields Medal have always been one of the key points of vigorous promotion by top universities.

“yes！”

Owen smiled and said, "Caltech has gathered all of you talents, and it is worth joining me. ”

"Teach students, oh~"

Sheldon in the passenger seat made a look of disgust.

He didn't like teaching students very much, and when the school offered him a promotion and a raise to assistant professor so that he could 'use his brilliant brain to teach his vast knowledge to the next generation,' his reaction was, "You're really sick!"

"It's fun to teach students. ”

Owen knew Sheldon well and smiled: "You can't dislike the profession of professor just because you didn't teach little George well, by the way, I met Missy on the plane before, and she is now working as a flight attendant." ”

"That's little George is stupid. ”

Sheldon thinks that when he was in high school, his brother George Jr. couldn't play rugby because he couldn't pass anymore, so his father, who was a football coach, asked him to tutor his brother, but he didn't want his brother to have no intention of studying, and finally got through the frustration of cheating and failing his education.

"Oh, I didn't expect that, I always thought she was working as a waitress. ”

"Huh. ”

The corners of Owen's mouth twitched, looking at Sheldon, who tilted his head, looking unconcerned and unconcerned, and mourned for Missy Cooper for three minutes in his heart, and said in his heart: "It's really 'heartwarming' to have such a twin brother, no wonder Missy didn't like to call me by my name in the first place, but she kept calling me Big brother, it's really a lack of brotherly love."

Hey, speaking of which, I'm still a little sorry for Missy, I knew I would have let her call her for a few more years, but she's also grown up and is about to get married, so it shouldn't matter......"

TBBT Apartments.

Room 4A.

“bye！”

“bye！”

After a simple welcome party, Owen and Jamie got up and left, looking at the backs of Owen and the others, and the three of Leonard stood for a long time.

“dibs！”

“dibs！”

Rajesh, who was not present, and Howard, who was coquettish, glanced at each other, and a pair of good friends instantly understood each other's thoughts and shouted in unison.

"I'll start by saying it, I like her!"

Howard shouted.

"You just like her, and I'm already deeply in love with her. ”

Rajesh is even more shameless.

"Wait. ”

Leonard reacted half a beat slower, and shouted unwillingly: "Owen is my good friend, why do you call Dibs?"

"You've got Penny, and you're still fighting with us about Jamie?"

Howard was not angry.

They all acquiesced to Sheldon's Owen super-male theorem, and they all wanted to wait for Owen and Jamie to break up and try it on Jamie, this level of big beauty, even in their dreams, they have never approached, and now that they have the opportunity, they naturally don't want to miss it.

"What do you mean I have Penny?"

Leonard spread his hands and exclaimed, "Which eye did you see that I had Penny?" and in which universe did I have Penny?"

Howard was stunned by Leonard's excited tone, and then his heart moved, and he whispered tentatively, "So, I can chase Penny?"

“hell，no！！！”

Leonard suddenly roared back, although Jamie was more beautiful and moving, but Penny gave him a very wonderful feeling, he didn't want to give up at all, even if Owen could assist, Howard was so obscene, how could he hit Penny's idea?

Caltech Faculty and Staff Residences.

Owen took Jamie up to the 6th floor and opened the door to room 6B.

"Wow!

Jamie looked around and said, "It's not comparable to your mansion in New York at all, I still can't understand why you gave up your happy life in New York and ran to a small place like Pasadena to be a professor?"

With your assets, you can't afford the professor's salary at all, and it's not enough for you to hang out with Barney for a 'fancy challenge'. ”

"Am I a prodigal son like Barney in your eyes, and can't I be exalted for academic ideals?"

Owen grinned.

"Aren't you?"

Jamie opened those big eyes that made Owen hot, and he showed an expression of 'should you have AC numbers in your heart'.

"Okay. ”

Owen shrugged his shoulders and no longer retorted, but smiled, "When are you going to go back?"

"Then it's up to you. ”

Jamie shoved Owen and smiled charmingly: "I'm the best professional headhunter in New York, and hunting you to join the Renaissance Institutional Futures Fund is the key to a closer step in my career."

It's a war, either you conquer me, or I conquer you, and I'm willing to spend enough time and patience, don't you welcome me to live here? I thought we were friends......

"We are, of course, friends with benefits. ”

Owen leaned against the wall, looked down at Jamie's big eyes, which looked even more seductive as he looked up, and muttered confidently, "But you're going to lose......"