Chapter 14 14【The lesser of two evils】
Hearing what Xiang Nan said, Howard thought about it, and felt it made sense.
Sheldon is indeed conceited and always puts himself first.
Whenever someone surpasses him, whether it is a friend or a competitor, he will become very unhappy.
Before Leonard and him collaborated on supersolid research, Shelton insisted on signing the first author on the paper.
Howard can imagine that once Sheldon joins the project, he will rush to be the person in charge, and will confidently regard other people as subordinates.
At that time, even if the result is achieved, he will definitely take the credit. Others have worked hard in vain, but in the end they have nothing.
"You're right, we can't cooperate with Sheldon." Howard nodded vigorously, "What about Leonard, do you want him to join?"
"Not for now. Haven't you seen it yet, Leonard is Sheldon's slave. As long as Leonard joins, Sheldon will definitely know." Xiang Nan waved his hand.
"Leonard is not as miserable as you said." Howard frowned and said doubtfully.
"Why not? Leonard is responsible for helping Sheldon drive, fetch food, send to the doctor, shop, and take care of his life. This is what slaves do.
And Sheldon controls Leonard's life, entertainment, work, love, and even defecation time. Truth be told, it's wider than a slave can manage. "Xiang Nan helped him analyze it.
Howard blinked, feeling that what he said really made sense.
Sheldon did keep Leonard under tight control, even affecting both of them.
For example, because Sheldon is afraid of the sun, they can't play outdoors in summer; because Sheldon is overbearing, they can't sit in his special seat; because Sheldon drinks cold drinks too fast, causing headaches, many times they watched half of the movie, and they just went to bed. Forced to leave with him...
Not to mention that Sheldon also helped them customize the recipes, and they ate strictly according to the recipes every week, and they couldn't change any tricks.
In this way, Leonard really cannot join.
He is more influenced by Sheldon, and there is no difference between him joining and Sheldon joining.
"But, can only the two of us do it? You are just an astrophysicist, and I am just an engineer." Howard said worriedly again.
"Let's try it first, if it really doesn't work, let's find a way." Xiang Nan nodded and said.
He admitted that the two of them cannot do everything together, and they will definitely encounter many difficulties during the research and development process.
But there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. He didn't want to do nothing, so he retreated first.
Besides, the lesser of two evils. He would rather slow down the pace of research and development, and he doesn't want Sheldon to come in and interfere, and finally make everyone busy.
"OK!" Howard also nodded.
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Later, Xiang Nan and Howard met with the real estate agent and looked at several houses.
Finally, he chose to rent a single room with one bedroom and one living room in the apartment at No. 6175 York Road.
It is about ten kilometers away from Caltech. If you drive, it only takes 20 minutes to get there. The transportation is very convenient.
Moreover, it is surrounded by convenience stores, gas stations, fast food restaurants, museums, parks, etc., and the supporting facilities are also very complete.
The most important thing is that the public security environment here is relatively good, and the apartment has an access control system, which can guarantee the safety of the residents' personal property.
So Xiangnan decided to choose it as his new home after a comprehensive comparison.
Its rent is also relatively cheap, only 1,500 US dollars for one bedroom and one living room, which is much cheaper than the rented house before.
After choosing a house, Xiang Nan started to move in a few days.
Leonard and Howard were both captured by him.
"I want to accompany my mother to the water aerobics class, so I really can't help you." Howard declined.
"My computer has a problem, I need to reinstall the system." Leonard also refused.
Both of them don’t like sports, let alone moving house.
"Whoever helps me move, I will give him a limited edition Green Lantern energy lamp and Stan Lee's signed Hulk gloves." Xiang Nan smiled slightly.
"When I think about it this way, I seem to have misremembered the time when my mother went to class. She should go tomorrow." Howard immediately changed his words.
"I also don't think there is any need to rush to reinstall the system." Leonard also immediately changed his words.
"You two are really bad friends." Xiang Nan rolled his eyes and said.
Three people and two cars moved for a day, and finally the move was almost done.
And some large luggage, such as refrigerators, ovens, air conditioners, etc., will be cleared and transported by the moving company.
After everything was done, Xiang Nan went through the check-out procedures with the original landlord and got his deposit back.
The matter of moving house is over.
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"The previous house lived well, why did you suddenly change it? This house is not as good as your original one." Penny asked curiously.
"The monthly rent for that room was 4,500 US dollars before. Although my father helped me pay the card bill, I don't think men should always rely on their parents." Xiang Nan explained.
Hearing what he said, Penny nodded, thinking it made sense.
She came to Hollywood from Omaha alone, without financial support from her family, but she kept going on her own.
"Haney, you make me think you are so masculine when you say that." Penny laughed.
"Thank you." Xiang Nan nodded.
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Backing to school on Monday, Xiang Nan finished the thesis "Edgeworth-Kyber Fragmentation Disk".
He had almost finished writing this thesis last week, and there is only some verification work left today.
After the verification was correct, he sent the paper to the preprint server.
The reason for this is that, on the one hand, if a paper is submitted for publication according to the normal process, it will take several months for peer journal review alone. Publishing a paper on a preprint server only requires a day or two of screening.
The same research result, whoever publishes it first, gets it. Therefore, in the field of scientific research, time is more important than money.
On the one hand, the preprint server is open access, allowing more readers to read this paper, which will bring more popularity and reputation.
Xiang Nan's purpose in writing this paper is to become famous, so naturally the more people who read it, the better.
After finishing this paper, Xiang Nan began to study "N-dimensional superfluid surface tension model" with Howard.
Once the research is successful, he can build a superfluid vortex model with Howard, and then manufacture quantum navigation systems and quantum communication systems.
Once these two new inventions are successfully developed, he and Howard will be able to benefit from them endlessly, and they will no longer have to worry about money for the rest of their lives.
So both of them are serious about it. The calculation started in the afternoon, and I kept busy until I got off work.
(end of this chapter)