In July 2036, a car stopped steadily in front of the new building of the McGovern Institute for Brain Science at Peking University.
Xiang Shan opened the car door, shook his crisp suit, and then made a phone call.
Soon, a middle-aged man walked out of the building.
Xiang Shan stretched out his hand and shook hands with the middle-aged man: "Brother Hu, long time no see. Since you fell into this Zhongguancun University of Arts and Sciences, you have gained weight."
The man sighed: "Who says it's not the case? If it's not for the sake of living, why bother coming to the next door to make a living? Life is so miserable that I don't know if I can still work for the motherland for fifty years."
The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
This is Xiangshan's senior brother Hu Zhengyu, nicknamed "Hushuo". He was a classmate of Xiangshan in 2027. In 2028, Xiangshan left China to develop in an international research institution in the tropics, and Mr. Hu Zhengyu passed the exam in 2033.
Lao Liu's cooperation project, he came to the McGovern Institute for Brain Science and worked as the second boss in a laboratory.
Last year, Xiang Shan returned to Peiping. Hu Zhengyu heard that this junior brother was running in many ways and seemed to be preparing for a "big project."
Hu Zhengyu led Xiang Shan into the new building of the research institute. As he walked, he said: "Junior brother, I would like to remind you, don't say what you just said later. My big boss is a swordsman with strong martial arts, and he is the same as those next door.
Weak liberal arts college students are different."
"I understand, I understand. We can't look at the next door through colored glasses." Xiang Shan made an "OK" gesture.
Hu Zhengyu led Xiang Shan to an office. There was no one there. He shrugged and said, "Maybe you came at the wrong time. Monkeys wait for no one. The big boss is now messing with monkeys."
"monkey?"
"Well, yes, a monkey can actually only do so many projects. If you do too many tasks, the monkey will suffer, and it will also be detrimental to the mental health of the experimenters." Hu Zhengyu shrugged: "And the monkey's condition is abnormal, and
It may affect the objectivity of the data. For some projects, you have to rush to do them when the monkey is in good condition."
Xiangshan grinned: "Tsk, tut, let's have a second of silence for the poor monkey."
"Those who have better food than me, and as long as they are not unfortunate enough to be caught up in the craft boom, will be able to live in a big house in a year or two. Based on their life span, it is equivalent to retiring after graduating from college." Hu Zhengyu curled his lips: "
If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't pass the ethics committee, I would have wanted to give it a try and retire early."
Xiang Shan took a look at the office. This office was in a corner of the building, with floor-to-ceiling windows on two sides and very good lighting. However, the office furnishings were very simple, with a desk, a bookshelf, and a set of sofas. The office was a bit too tidy and had no personal atmosphere.
Except for the more than ten centimeters high realistic mecha model on the desk, and a steel feather fencing sword hanging in the corner.
And the pile of documents on the desk that looks like an elementary school student giving a presentation.
Xiang Shan nodded: "He is indeed a talented person with strong martial arts in your school."
Hu Zhengyu asked Xiang Shan to sit for a while, and then went back to look at the data he was running. Xiang Shan ate some snacks alone and waited for a quarter of an hour.
After Hu Zhengyu gave some instructions to the master students he was leading, he came over to accompany Xiang Shan and waited. After a while, he sighed: "Old Chen may still be busy. How about I take you to the laboratory to rest?"
District."
This time Xiang Shan came to discuss cooperation. In 2035, after Xiang Shan returned to China, he began to prepare for a large project on "Human Prostheticization". Although part of the "Rama Project" has not been disclosed to the outside world, Hu Zhengyu at least knew that his junior brother
Where did I go and who did I interact with in the past few years?
He is very interested in Xiang Shanguchi's "big plan".
Xiang Shan waved: "Isn't this appropriate?"
"There's nothing inappropriate, and there's nothing shameful about today's project..." Hu Zhengyu was taking care of everything, but then he thought of something and immediately said: "It's just that taking pictures is prohibited. Also, don't step out of the lounge and enter the experimental area."
Unlike Lao Liu's laboratory at the Basic Industrial Training Center, this laboratory has a glass curtain wall between the rest area and the experimental area. The rest area is very narrow. Standing behind the glass curtain wall, Xiang Shan and Hu Zhengyu felt like they were visiting a zoo.
Same.
The experimental area is not very big. Some messy electronic equipment is piled aside, and wiring is spread messily on the floor. In the center of the laboratory is a special fixed table, with a monkey surrounded by various instruments sitting on an acrylic glue
On the closed "throne" made of wooden boards, the head fixed by the steel frame was opened, and a group of white coats were doing something around it.
Around those researchers, several air projections are placing data in real time where everyone can easily see it.
Xiang Shan couldn't help but touch his head: "This monkey looks very painful. Why is the head so bloody?"
"Dental cement is pink in color. In fact, the wound on the monkey's head has healed long ago. They just cleaned part of the tissue on the head, and then replaced a small piece of the skull with a transparent material so that they can observe the brain with a two-photon microscope.
.The monkey was anesthetized during the surgery, but it has healed long ago, and there was still some pain from the beginning to the end.”
As he said that, all the white coats gathered in front of a large number of screens on the other side of the experimental area, and the glass curtain wall around the monkeys and instruments suddenly became opaque. Hu Zhengyu explained: "This is the beginning of the experiment. In order to ensure
The quality of the neuron fluorescence signals collected by the microscope, the experimental area is strictly protected from light when working. After the experiment is over, I will be responsible for putting the fresh and hot neuron activity data into the computer for running."
While waiting, Xiang Shan glanced at the electronic bulletin board outside the laboratory. He looked at it twice and felt a little strange: "Well, senior brother, I want to ask, is the personnel composition of this laboratory a bit strange?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Huh? Oh, this? You mean the number of laboratory technicians." Hu Zhengyu said: "Boss Chen particularly hates having students do things, so he would rather buy professional laboratory technicians."
Technician."
"Non-staff personnel?"
"A small number of professionals do professional work." Hu Zhengyu pointed out: "Lao Wang over there is a veterinarian who retired from the zoo. He works part-time here and occasionally takes care of animals. That is to say, there are restrictions, otherwise it can be outsourced.
He wants to outsource all the chores out there."
"What a man!" Xiang Shan was greatly moved.
Although he has a good relationship with Lao Liu, Xiangshan knows that he is still an "isolated phenomenon". At this stage, the "laboratory" system is closer to the small workshops of the Middle Ages. A large number of chores with no technical difficulty are assigned to the bottom
Students. Generally speaking, lower-grade apprentices can get started in two weeks under the guidance of senior apprentices. They are also qualified and good leeks.
For apprentice masters, the cost of training this kind of leek is almost zero.
There is a joke that has been passed down through the ages. A thief went to the laboratory to steal something, but the researcher came back after a while. Then the laboratory went around for a week, and the thief pretended to be a researcher for a week, and finally found an opportunity to escape after a week. His accomplice asked him
Did he gain anything? The thief said: "I have learned how to run electrophoresis!"
In many cases, the physical work in the laboratory is unskilled.
However, hiring people requires money, while exploiting students costs nothing.
Bosses who are willing to spend money in this area are ideal people!
It seemed that the experiment had finally entered a stage of stable operation. The atmosphere in the experimental area relaxed. Most people stood up from the screen and walked outside while stretching their muscles.
The leader seemed to see Xiang Shan and Hu Zhengyu, raised his hand and waved, and then walked out of the laboratory. This middle-aged man was tall and thin, wearing a mask and gloves, and a dirty white coat.
After coming out of the experimental area, he first took off his gloves and mask, put the white coat aside, then washed his hands carefully, and then walked over with a slight smell of disinfectant: "Nice to meet you, Professor Xiang
?You are so young and promising! I am Chen Feng, the person in charge of this laboratory."
At this time, Xiangshan had just reached his thirties. For ordinary scholars, they generally became lecturers at this age. And if things go well, they would probably have to be 40 years old before they could be promoted to full professors.
Xiang Shan turned a deaf ear to this self-introduction, and just stared at Chen Feng’s face with a frown: “Brother Ling Yu?”
Chen Feng was stunned for a moment. He had only heard Hu Zhengyu mention this junior brother before, and knew that he led an interdisciplinary research institution at the United Nations University at a young age and was a famous figure. However, the research fields of the two were far different, and they seemed to have no
Opportunities for intersection.
But unexpectedly, the other party called out his usual online name.
Chen Feng glanced at Xiang Shan and his expression suddenly changed: "'Xiang Shan'? It turns out to be yours! Ha, I remember that in the water friends competition at the 'Nuclear Fission' game exhibition a few years ago, you were the one who eliminated me!"
"Hey!" Xiang Shan was shocked: "Brother Lingyu, you actually remember such a thing? By the way, aren't you a popular science writer?"
"Nonsense!" Chen Feng said: "I only had to go to the game show once in ten years! I successfully signed up for the Water Friendship Competition. Before I could be happy, I was knocked out of the first round. I hold a grudge! And I was beaten.
After finishing it, I disappeared from the world for a few months, and I couldn’t even find a job! Besides, being a science writer is just my hobby and my job - by the way, are you a science fiction writer?"
"Hahaha...I was later taken to study alien technology because I wrote science fiction so well."
The four hands are held tightly together.
"It's fate, there's fate."
"Yeah yeah."
Xiang Shan looked at his formal clothes and said regretfully: "If I had known it was you earlier, why would I have worn such a formal dress? I would have just walked around in a cultural shirt. It's so hot."
"Let's go to the office and tell you that the air conditioner there is very windy."
The group returned to the office again. Only then did Hu Zhengyu realize that Xiang Shan and Chen Feng had been netizens for many years.
But it’s not too coincidental. They are all locals, hard-core gamers, and science fiction enthusiasts. It is normal for the circles to intersect.
After entering the office, Chen Feng snapped his fingers, and a melodious tune immediately sounded in the office - this was the BGM of a certain cyberpunk game developed by the famous game studio "Platinum" fifteen years ago. Xiangshan had eaten it many years ago
This old man's Amway can roughly distinguish this classic song.
"If we are all our own people, we can let ourselves go a little bit."