Daily life of an American TV drama agent

Alex is undoubtedly the best of the new generation of the Pritchett family. Lily and Alsace are too young to see anything now, but they have grown up among the children.

Hailey was expelled from college early and is now attending a community college. Its status is basically the same as a correspondence degree in China. Anyway, there are not many places that recognize it. It can only be said to be better than nothing.

As for Luke, it is still unknown whether he can go to college. Manny is a little better, but at most he can go to an art university. If he doesn't come from a good family, he is no different from a beggar.

The last art college graduate Ron knew was Stuart, who was now living on Howard's mother's dime and had just reopened the comic book store. Looking at it this way, it was really no better than begging for food.

That's why Jie sighed with envy of old George. Compared with their children, his side was really far behind. The only advantage was probably that the third generation was born earlier?

"Thank you, Uncle Ron," Alex said gratefully: "Thank you for helping me get this opportunity to conduct research with top scholars at Caltech. Oh my God, what if my new classmates knew that I haven't enrolled yet? If I conduct research together with the famous Sheldon, I will definitely envy me to death."

It was five days after the Pritchett family gathering. Ron received an invitation from Leonard and the others to hold a brainstorming meeting. He happened to remember Jay's request for him to take more care of Alex, so he took Alex by the way. Bring it with you.

"I hope you don't regret it. Although Sheldon has a high reputation in the academic world, he has a very bad reputation among students. I suggest you not to mention your relationship with him to your seniors."

"Why?" Alex was a little confused.

"Of course it's because of his sharp tongue. Believe me, as long as you are alone with him for an hour, you will have a strong urge to commit a crime."

"Okay," Alex still didn't understand the meaning of Ron's words, but it didn't matter, she would understand it soon: "Can I know, besides Sheldon, there are any other professors in the physics department? Because You said this was a brainstorming session where everyone came up with ideas together, so I guess the other people’s level shouldn’t be much different from him, right?”

"There are also Leonard, the experimental physicist, Rajesh, the astrophysicist, Ron, the practical physicist, and Howard, the engineer." Ron announced the names of his friends in turn, which made Alex's eyes sparkle. The latter two were stunned when they heard it.

"A combat physicist? What is that?"

Ron waved his fist: "That's it. Are there any other problems?"

"Yes, why do you have an engineer among a bunch of doctors? Isn't he a doctor?"

There is no way, it is too inconsistent to have an engineer among a bunch of PhDs.

"Yes, he is just an engineer, but he is one of the best engineers, and he has also been in space." As they spoke, the two of them had arrived at the door of Sheldon's apartment. Ron opened the door directly: "Guys, let's do it Yes, this is Alex, you’ve met him.”

"Come on, it's just you."

Ron and Alex sat down next to Rajesh, which made Alex a little excited because one of her top majors was astrophysics, but Rajesh was even more excited than she was. .

But not because of Alex: “It’s so exciting, we’re innovating! It feels like we’re in The Social Network.”

Howard was a little confused: "I've never seen that movie."

"Really?" Sheldon asked in surprise.

Rajesh: “That movie was awesome, and I swear, I’m not saying that because my boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, was in it.”

Sheldon: "I have a Blu-ray disc, why don't we watch it?"

Rajesh: "Okay, I'll make popcorn."

Alex stared at Ron inexplicably: "I remember you told me that this was a brainstorming meeting. Is your tradition of brainstorming meetings to watch a movie first?"

Ron could only stand up helplessly: "Hey, guys, in just thirty seconds, we are going to change from 'changing the world together' to 'watching a movie together?'"

"So, are you talking about seeing it or not seeing it?" Sheldon asked with a confused look on his face while holding up the CD.

"Of course I won't read it!" Ron walked over, grabbed the CD and stuffed it back on the bookshelf: "I remember, didn't you guys have a notebook for recording inspiration before? Leonard, take it out and let's see what's there. It can be turned into a reality, especially the military priority."

"Found it, it's here." Leonard took out the book and opened the first page: "I haven't turned it over in many years. Let me take a look at the first inspiration: robot girlfriend."

"This is my idea." Howard raised his hand.

Seeing that the brainstorming meeting finally returned to normal, Ron breathed a sigh of relief, nodded to Alex, and sat next to her again. Leonard turned to the second page: "Robot Girl?"

"This is my idea too." Howard raised his hand again.

"Wait a minute, I don't understand." Sheldon touched on a blind spot in knowledge: "Since you already have a robot girlfriend, why do you need a robot female support girl?"

"Hey, Sheldon, there are some things you would never use to destroy your girlfriend."

"Oh my god, after you got Bernadette, the field of robotics really lost a talented person."

Alex pushed Ron with his arm, and when Ron turned around, he immediately cast an unhappy look at him, as if to say: Are Caltech all this kind of thing?

Ron clapped his hands: "Guys, there are girls here! Pay attention to me! Leonard, after telling you about all the inventions that Howard plans to use for fun, let's talk about the next one."

Leonard turned the page, turned the page, and turned the page again... He almost turned the notebook to the end before he finally found a reliable and reliable idea: "I found one: an ergonomic heated seat cushion. This thing sounds good. Whose idea was this?"

But this time, it was Howard who raised his hand again: "Oh my, give up, that thing will vibrate, keep turning."

Leonard shook the bottomed out notebook: "It's gone."

Alex cast an unhappy look at Ron again: Caltech studies this every day?

Ron looked a little confused when he saw it: "Forget it, Leonard, throw away that notebook, let's think of other ideas, what do you think? Again, it's best to be military-related, otherwise you can't You want to get more funds from me."

"You know, many important innovations are inspired by science fiction, such as geostationary satellites, from an article by Arthur C. Clarke, flip phones from "Star Trek"..."

"Yes! It's like the future in the movie "Back to the Future." It's less than a year from now, so many things in the movie haven't been discovered yet," Alex's eyes lit up, and he followed Sheldon's words continued:

"Maybe we can try to make a hoverboard inside. This thing is easy to carry and makes no noise. If it is used in the military, it will definitely be much easier to use than a vehicle, right, Uncle Ron."

Ron was moved to tears. This was the most useful speech he heard tonight, and it came from Alex, who had not yet gone to college.

Looking back at the Sheldons, those who watch movies, those who eat snacks eat snacks, or else they compete with their robot girlfriends, what's the point?

Even if Ron doesn't need it, at least he knows that replacing the abandoned doll with an electric one is still not as fun as a real person!

If you have some free time, why don't you go out and pick up a woman?

"This is feasible at absolute zero, but we have to find a way to eliminate this temperature limitation." Leonard followed Alex's ideas and began to think about practical applications.

However, the other three people's ideas went astray again.

Rajesh: "I have an idea."

Sheldon: "I guess mine is just like yours."

Howard: "We have to watch Back to the Future again."

Sheldon: "I'll get the CD."

Rajesh: "I'm going to make popcorn~"

Alex black question mark face: "WHAT?!"

If it weren't for the reserve of a lady that allowed her to restrain herself better, Alex would have been tempted to curse.

"Stop!" Ron had to stand up again and took away Sheldon's CD: "No watching movies! No talking about pornographic jokes! No eating popcorn! Today we just concentrate our thoughts and inspiration on our next step. Lay the direction for the weapons research and development in this stage!”

"Please, don't you like reading comics the most? Now put yourself into those super villains and think about it, if you want to destroy a city, what weapon is most convenient to use?"

"That must be a nuclear bomb." Leonard said.

"Yes, that's right, nuclear weapons. This is a good idea. But putting nuclear weapons in the army is okay, but for agents, there are still some problems. Maybe you can find a way to overcome it. It is too big. If there is a Small individual nuclear weapons would be much better for us agents to use.”

"Are you talking about mercurochrome nuclear bombs?"

"What?"

Ron turned his head, and Rajesh, who had just spoken, was also startled by him: "I mean the red mercury nuclear bomb uses mercury antimony oxide as the neutron source, so the size and weight are greatly reduced. A small mercury red bomb A nuclear bomb is only the size of a baseball, but its explosive yield can reach tens of thousands of tons. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union both specialized in researching this kind of weapon."

"Yes, I remember that there is corresponding relevant information in Caltech's data room." Leonard nodded and agreed.

Ron was overjoyed and almost burst into tears. After messing around for most of the night, he finally heard something useful: "It's really great. This is what I want. What permissions do I need to view it? No matter what permissions , I will apply now!”

"Wait a minute," Howard grabbed Ron's clothes and said, "It's useless to look at it. In fact, the nature of this information is set as public at Caltech, because after many studies and demonstrations, Caltech believes that this thing is only for public use. In theory, there is no possibility of actually creating it, so it has been shelved.”

"Okay, forget it," Ron's enthusiasm was almost extinguished by Howard's basin of ice water, but he still continued to ask without giving up: "Or, since the theory is established, is it possible, even if it cannot be made into a weapon? Can it be used to make a small nuclear power battery? It can just solve the energy supply problem of power mechas."

"I don't seek to become an outstanding armor like Tony Stark's Mark series, but at least it doesn't take more than ten minutes to get down, okay?"

"This..." The four scientists looked at each other.

"What? Did I say something wrong?"

"No, it's just that no one has ever thought of this possibility. In the Cold War era when the red mercury nuclear bomb was proposed, everyone's thinking was focused on how to produce greater destructive power. No one thought about using it as an energy source, but you With this reminder, maybe we can give it a try."

Leonard murmured and explained to Ron that in his mind, he had already begun to calculate the countless feasibility of this proposal. The same was true for several other people. Each person had a computer and began to calculate various formulas that Ron could not understand. calculate.

Except Alex.

She is a genius, yes, but she is only a genius who is stronger than ordinary people. The gap between her and Sheldon's real geniuses is like the gap between a human and a gorilla. At most, she can be regarded as a slightly smarter gorilla. .

Among these people, even Howard, who seems to be the worst, doesn't have a doctorate just because he is lazy and doesn't want to take exams. His actual level is no different than the others.

Therefore, not only Ron but also Alex couldn't understand the formulas Sheldon wrote on the whiteboard, so she could only use the computer to look up things in boredom to cover up her embarrassing situation of not being able to understand. .

But right away, she accidentally discovered something interesting.

"Uncle Ron, Uncle Ron," Alex whispered.

"Alex, I know what you want to say," Ron made a shushing gesture and said softly: "You don't need to feel inferior, let alone feel stressed. There are not many geniuses like them in the world. Well, I guarantee you, most of your new classmates are still the same idiots you saw in high school, and you can still lead them easily."

"Thanks," Alex thanked unhappily, "but that's not what I'm talking about. Uncle Ron, you should probably take a look at this."

Alex turned the computer screen to face Ron: "Someone just revealed on WikiLeaks that there was a secret project called Nightshade during the Cold War, which was also related to the red mercury nuclear bomb. The whistleblower claimed that at that time Someone has already made that thing.”

"Look, it's this weapons expert named Bailey. I checked the information and found that there really is this person. He also invented several nerve gases and other weapons. He is recognized as a super genius. If it is him, this person Maybe it’s really possible to grow a red mercury nuclear bomb?”

Alex tilted her head cutely to see Ron's reaction, but Ron seemed not to have listened to her words at all, and frowned as he stared at the line of names on the disclosure document.

"Executive Agents: Frank Moses, Marvin Burgess, Joe Matson...looks like they're in trouble."