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Act 85: The Secret Service of Yanhuang University

Since Oppenheimer had taken the dose-reducing isoniazid drug when he was in the United States, although he had not recovered, his condition was well controlled. So after receiving regular medical treatment without cutting corners at Oriental Hospital, he quickly recovered his health.

According to the private agreement with Green, Oppenheimer will work at Yanhuang University for at least three years. He originally thought this requirement was a bit unacceptable. After all, it was not a pleasant thing to work in a place where poverty and backwardness are rumored, and all kinds of conditions are not very good. But now, Oppenheimer feels that three years may not be so difficult to spend. Everything here makes him feel novel and interesting. The perfect public facilities, the rapidly developing city, and good personal protection measures, as well as the high-level medical care that restores him to health, it seems that working here is not as bad as originally imagined.

This day was the first time Oppenheimer came to Yanhuang University, a new school that had been established for only four years. Because of this, he was not surprised when he saw the neat and grand campus of Yanhuang University. In his impression, any emerging facility was like this, because such a short time was not enough for them to mess up the place, such things as dirty and poor are accumulated rather than suddenly erupting.

"Mr. Oppenheimer, this is where you will work in the future. What is your first impression of it?" Chen Yueqing pointed to the gate of the ancient city gate of Yanhuang University in front of her and asked Oppenheimer with a smile.

Oppenheimer shrugged and replied, "The appearance looks pretty good and the style is quite oriental, but I don't know how the facilities and staff are inside. You should know that the quality of a university does not depend on how grand the teaching building it is, but on the people and equipment on the campus."

Chen Yueqing smiled slightly and said, "Believe me, you will definitely not be disappointed with it. I studied in the UK and visited Oxford and Cambridge University. In my opinion, although Yanhuang University is not as rich as them, it is more energetic and the atmosphere is better. You will soon understand this. So, how about me lead you to visit the campus before going through the induction procedures?"

"Very good. It's better to have a beautiful lady like you by my side than to wander around alone, so I'll trouble you." Oppenheimer smiled and made a gesture of invitation.

As soon as he entered the school gate, Chen Yueqing pointed to a six-story building facing the gate and said, "This is the public library of Yanhuang University. It contains classic books from all over the world. It has a very comprehensive variety. If you have any needs, you can enter it and watch it."

Then Chen Yueqing took Oppenheimer around the campus again, looked at the teaching building, dormitory building and office building, and finally stopped in front of the building of the School of Physics.

"This is the building where you will work in the future. Your laboratory is in Room 319 on the third floor. The equipment inside is ready. You can go up and take a look. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can ask the administrator. He will redesign it for you. Of course, if you feel that you lack any instruments and equipment, you can also ask it. We will meet your requirements as much as possible." Chen Yueqing said, "Then, can you go up by yourself? I am going to go through the induction procedures for you now."

"Okay, I can go up by myself. I'll trouble you about handling the procedures." Oppenheimer said, "Oh, by the way. Can I ask who I will work with in the future?"

"Well, I think about it... Currently, Mr. Albert Einstein and Mr. Enlik Fermi are doing visiting teaching here. Their laboratory is on the fourth floor. However, because they are both short-term visits, they use public laboratories, not their personal laboratories, which is different from you. In addition, permanent physics professors include Li Fuji, Hu Gangfu and others. I don't know if you know them."

"Wait... are you saying Albert is here now?" Oppenheimer asked in surprise. He knew how big Einstein's name was now, and ordinary schools could not invite him.

Chen Yueqing explained: "It is a funding plan to exchange visits. Mr. Roger contacted some well-known universities and asked their professors to come here for a period of visiting and teaching, and then these schools can receive a funding. You also know that the economy is currently in a bad state around the world, and both schools and professors need some money to maintain operation, so... at the beginning, the level and number of people who came were not satisfactory, but later when they went back and explained their experience at Yanhuang University to the same time, more people came.

Of course, Albert Einstein came because he was invited by our Mr. Roger. He admired Mr. Roger's women's liberation movement in Guangdong Province, so he was invited to come, but he probably would have to return to China next month."

Oppenheimer nodded understandingly. Einstein is now very keen on politics, and he also knows this. Although he himself does not agree with Einstein's "inaction" in his work, he also expresses his understanding.

"So is Albert on it now? I want to talk to him."

Chen Yueqing said embarrassedly: "Sorry, I don't know where Mr. Einstein is. You can go up and take a look."

"Okay, I'll go up and look for it myself. Miss Chen will go through the procedures." As he said that, Oppenheimer turned around and said, and he was lucky. Einstein was in the laboratory at this time.

"Mr. Einstein, I am Oppenheimer. We have met in Germany before." When I met Einstein, Oppenheimer immediately walked up to introduce himself. They didn't meet many times, and he was afraid that the other party would not recognize him.

"Oppenheimer...ah, I remembered that your doctoral thesis was very interesting! Why, did you come here for a visit?" Einstein saw this sudden intruder and thought for a moment and then made Oppenheimer come out. He thought Oppenheimer was also invited to visit and teach.

Oppenheimer found a seat and sat down, saying, "No, I am the official professor here now, not a visitor."

"Formal? Well. This is a good choice." Einstein smiled. "If I hadn't had a lot of things in Europe, I would have thought of coming here to teach."

"You also want to teach here? Don't joke about Einstein. Although the environment here is good, I'm afraid you can't keep it. To be honest, what's here that can attract you?"

"You don't know!?" Einstein stared at Oppenheimer in surprise, unable to believe that the person in front of him would have such a question.

"What should I know?" Oppenheimer asked back.

"Since you don't know the 'secret services' here, why did you come to this university? I thought everyone who came here was for those 'secret services'." Einstein shouted incredibly.

Oppenheimer said helplessly: "I came here because of treatment. I work here because I have a higher salary here. I can help me pay my medical debt quickly. As for the 'secret service' you mentioned, I really don't know what it is?"

Einstein lowered his voice and said, "Well, I tell you, there is a very, very mysterious institution in this Yanhuang University, which contains many mysterious things that you can't imagine anyway. Only after you have obtained an immigration to Qiongya, you are eligible to apply for entry, and you must also undergo strict audits. After the audit is passed, you must sign a confidentiality agreement. In and out, intelligence personnel will be staring around you. Once you enter that facility, you will never leave Qiongya! Your itinerary will be reported to the intelligence department of the authorities."

Oppenheimer said in surprise: "There is such a place in China? What exactly is it? Could it be that state secrets are so strictly kept?"

Einstein shook his head: "No one knows what's inside. People who have been in there don't say it, and those who have not entered can only guess through the 'special services' it provides." As he said that, Einstein took out a stack of white paper from the drawer on the table and put it in front of Oppenheimer. "Did you see these forms? This is one of the 'special services'. You just need to write what you need to do mathematical calculations on it and hand it over to the person in charge downstairs, and he will hand it over to the secret agency I mentioned, and they will help calculate the results."

Oppenheimer shrugged and said, "Wow, a professional team of mathematical calculation assistants. This is really meticulous and thoughtful service. It can free us from the heavy mathematical calculations and concentrate on research. It is really considerate."

Einstein smiled and shook his head: "Assistant team? Forget it, I don't think there is any team that can complete all the calculation tasks I ask for within an hour! If there is really such a team, then they will never go to this place to be anonymous and obscene as a computing assistant. It is impossible for humans to have that kind of terrifying computing power! The calculations I need to spend a whole day can be completed within an hour! It is said that someone got the calculations that he took one month to complete within an hour! This is not the speed that humans can achieve! And it also includes the time to send the form to the secret agency on the way, which will take at least half an hour!"

"This... is impossible!? Complete the calculation amount of a month in half an hour?" Oppenheimer screamed in disbelief. This calculation speed is indeed not something that humans can achieve, but if it is not humans, would it be a mechanical one? When will a mechanical computer be able to handle such complex operations?

"It's really amazing. You now understand how curious I am about here! That magical machine attracted me deeply. It is said that if I join the Qiongya gene and pass the review, I can work next to that kind of machine. Almost all calculation tasks can be handed over to him! Do you know how much time this will save us!?"

Seeing Einstein with a slightly red face, Oppenheimer felt that he could understand his mood at this moment - no scientist could be indifferent to this "secret service". He needed to apply corresponding mathematical calculations in almost all fields of research. These calculations are often extremely complex and have nothing to do with what scientists want to study. No one except those mathematicians likes to waste their research on boring and boring mathematical calculations, but this is essential. In the past, they could only endure it silently and get used to it. But now, in this Yanhuang University, there is a machine that can quickly complete complex mathematical operations to help them get rid of this boring labor. How can they not be ecstatic?

Thinking of this, Oppenheimer couldn't help but start to look forward to what kind of convenience this "special service" could bring to him, but soon, Einstein's words shocked him.

Einstein's expression became extremely serious. He said slowly: "Oppenheimer. You have to understand that if you don't want to live here forever, don't use that kind of machinery. This is my truth!

Imagine if you are studying a problem that takes a week or even a month to calculate, all you need to do here is to write down your problem in detail, hand it over, and then have a cup of coffee to take a break. Wait for a moment and you will get the result.

Then the problem is here. If you don’t want to live here forever, you will definitely leave. After leaving, you will never enjoy this kind of service again. For the same problem, you will have to spend a lot of time doing boring calculations. You may spend only one year of your life to solve more than a dozen mathematical problems. At Yanhuang University, you only need to wait for one day to get the results!

If you get used to this kind of ‘special service’ here, you will become a spoiled child. Once you leave here, you will feel uncomfortable! It’s like a millionaire suddenly losing everything and falling into the village of Hoover to pick up garbage! You will feel that the mathematical calculations you are doing are wasting your life! And the research that affects you will not be able to continue!”

When he heard Einstein's words, Oppenheimer was silent. Indeed, as he said, if he really adapted to this kind of moment to solve his calculation life in a month, then he might no longer be willing to waste time on calculations. Even using a mathematical assistant could not be compared with this speed. In the end, he could only choose to stay here unless he could resist the temptation in his heart and be willing to wait for boring and arduous calculations. But how many of these people are there? People always desire convenience, which is nature. Even if that person is a scientist.

Immediately afterwards, Einstein said: "The 'special service' here is not just a convenience in calculations, it is just a small part of it. If you are used to using the experimental instruments here, you will find that everything in the past is garbage! If you are used to eating the food here, you will find that everything in the past is pig food! If you are used to living in the apartment here, you will find that what you used to live in was a hut! At least one-third of the first batch of scholars who visited and lived here for half a year have returned. They are spoiled by the generous conditions here. They are unable to adapt to the arduous conditions of the university, and finally chose to stay."

"So Mr. Einstein, are you hesitating because of these conditions?" Oppenheimer felt that Einstein said before was hesitating whether to stay here, but he was wrong.

"It is undeniable that these are indeed very attractive, but they are not the most attractive thing to me." Einstein said, "Do you know that this school actually has two libraries?"

“Two libraries?”

"Yes, one is the one at the gate. Although the books inside are comprehensive, there is nothing special. But the other is completely different. It is in that mysterious institution. No one knows the specific location, but the books inside are definitely something you and I can't imagine! Those who are qualified to enter call the library "Tianshu Pavilion", which means that the things inside are like knowledge written by God! I once had the honor of reading one of them when I met Mr. Luo, which was taken out of the library and read by himself, so

I can only see it, and the name is "A Brief History of Time", written by a man named Hawking. I can't believe that I have never heard of such a great work! According to Mr. Luo, this is an internal reading of "Yashan Society", and the author is also a person from "Yashan Society". In the past, I always thought that "Yashan Society" was just a joke, but it was not until that time that I felt the horror of this organization and understood why this place developed so rapidly! Now, what I hope most is to enter that library and read these magical works."

After Einstein finished speaking, both of them fell into silence. Oppenheimer felt that he could not handle so much information for a while. It was unimaginable that Yanhuang University, which he was reluctant to come to teach, could be so attractive.

After looking at the time of meal time, Einstein smiled and said, "I still have the invitation quota for this month. How about it? Let's have a meal together."

"Invitation quota?" Oppenheimer said strangely, "Do you still need an invitation to eat?"

"The cafeteria here is different from other places. All meals for senior professors like me are free, but if you want to invite others to eat together, there will be certain restrictions. After all, all there are luxurious foods. If there is no restrictions, the school will be bankrupt."

"There will be luxurious food in the school!?" Oppenheimer, a person who likes to eat, is interested, "So what are you waiting for? Let's go there quickly!" (To be continued)


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