Wei Mao put out the cigarette butt in his hand in the ashtray, smiled at Li Mengnan, and did not hide the admiration for Li Mengnan in his eyes.
If the other party was a beautiful woman with big breasts, fat hips, long legs and a slim waist, Li Mengnan might still feel honored, but being stared at by a perverted old man with a stubble would always make his balls ache and his anus tighten.
Feeling of confusion.
"Relax, my sexual orientation is normal and I never mess with my gender." Wei Mao waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to be nervous.
How dare you, a nerd who controls two-dimensional lolita, say that your sexual orientation is normal? At the very least, homosexuality is communication between real species. You have even broken through the limitations of the dimension, okay...
Li Mengnan wore a very professional and formal smile, but he couldn't help complaining in his heart.
Wei Mao could probably guess what Li Mengnan was thinking from his subtle expression, but he didn't care and went straight to the point: "I came to you this time to invite you to join our HX Research Institute."
"Wait, I wonder if you made a mistake?"
Li Mengnan had made many assumptions about Euonymus's purpose, and even formulated corresponding response plans, but he had never thought of such a possibility.
"Do you think I drove all the way here just to make fun of someone I didn't know?" Wei Mao touched the stubble on his chin and smiled lightly. Li Mengnan's reaction was completely as expected.
"I'm just a college student who just entered school. I'm not a top student who won world awards in my teens. Moreover, I specialize in teaching children in preschool education. I can't compete with a scientific research institution like yours, right?"
Li Mengnan was very wary of anything that was illogical. Although he didn't reject it directly, the meaning behind his words was obvious.
"I think it's necessary to educate you. In a scientific research institution, in addition to researchers, there are also people called testers." Wei Mao patiently explained to Li Mengnan.
"I thought you would say that there is another kind of person called experimental material." Li Mengnan suddenly said.
Wei Mao laughed dumbly, shook his head and said: "We are a formal scientific research institution and do not do inhumane in vivo experiments... And for our research direction, a healthy research subject is better than soaking in formalin."
Those 'pickles' inside are more valuable."
"Pickles? This metaphor is quite vivid."
"We researchers are also human beings, and giving cute nicknames to the things around us can help relieve our psychological pressure... Just like saying 'Shit' may cause strong gastrointestinal discomfort, but saying 'Xiang' will make you feel..."
It’s easy to say without coming across as vulgar.”
"I'm sorry, I'm wrong again... Let's get back to the topic, what's the reason? I want to hear your reason." Li Mengnan switched Erlang's legs up and down.
"Our HX Research Institute needs people like you." Wei Mao's answer was direct, with eagerness in his eyes.
"Uncle, just because you are in the second grade does not mean that I have to follow the second grade. I have already passed the age where a slogan can make my blood boil..."
Li Mengnan dug his ears with his little fingers and stared boredly at a spider crawling around on the ceiling.
"Well, it seems that if we don't come up with some useful information, I'm afraid our conversation won't be able to continue happily."
Facing Li Mengnan, who has no food and salt, Wei Mao always feels like a dog biting a hedgehog and has no way to bite him. Although he never thought that this would be a simple and relaxed conversation, he never expected that this student union named Li Mengnan
So difficult to deal with.
Wei Mao opened his carry-on bag and pulled out a silver-gray tablet computer and placed it on the table.
Li Mengnan noticed that the tablet computer of Euonymus seemed to be specially made, without any logos on the whole body, and it was thicker and heavier than those existing tablet computers on the market.
Press the start switch, and a LOGO similar to an abstract metal butterfly will appear on the screen. Without careful identification, you can see that it is a combined deformation of the two letters HX, which has a very postmodern aesthetic feel.
"Your research institute actually has a LOGO?"
Li Mengnan was quite surprised. In his impression, so-called scientific research institutions were filled with sloppy technical geeks who only focused on practicality but not on beauty.
"We are a private institution after all."
"Why is it a butterfly?" Li Mengnan always felt that this LOGO would be more domineering if it was designed as a crab, and HX should originally be a "river crab".
"This is a secret." Wei Mao smiled pretending to be mysterious, "You will know the day you officially join our research institute."
Except for the unique startup screen, the contents of Euonymus's tablet are no different from ordinary people's tablets. It has everything you need such as a web browser, QQ chat software, video player, etc., in addition to several other comprehensive functions.
English name, unknown purpose, but it looks like a very tall software icon.
Euonymus pressed the entire palm of his hand on the screen. After a few seconds, a faint blue light slowly swept up from the bottom of the screen. The original desktop icon was replaced by a software interface similar to a picture browser.
The startup method is quite intimidating, but with the click of Euonymus's finger, only pictures are displayed on the screen.
The content of the pictures is also very simple. They are basically items that can be seen everywhere, some artificial and some natural, but nothing too big. The largest one is just an antique blue and white porcelain vase.
"Enlightenment books for young children?"
You can’t blame Li Mengnan for complaining like this. Although these pictures are very similar to real photos, they all have a pure white background. They really look like pictures used to teach infants and young children how to read pictures.
Wei Mao did not answer, but after calling up the preview image, he flipped the tablet and pushed it closer to Li Mengnan.
"Choose one." Euonymus Nunuu gestured with his chin.
"A psychological test?" Li Mengnan said with a smile, sliding his finger up and down on the preview image, and casually clicked on a picture of a diamond.
"I always thought that secluded masters like you with special skills regard money as dirt."
Seeing the picture Li Mengnan chose, Wei Mao couldn't help but look up at him in surprise.
"No matter how tall you are, you are still a human being... If one day I no longer eat rice, and I no longer poop, I may try your suggestion."
Li Mengnan has never thought that he is an outsider. In his opinion, this idea itself is denying his basic attributes as a human being.
"I like to interact with ordinary people."
As Wei Mao spoke, he quickly pressed several option buttons, then pointed at the "OK" button that popped up below, indicating to Li Mengnan to press it.
"Isn't it some kind of fraudulent contract? It looks like just a picture, but when I press it, it becomes a contract of sale."
Although Li Mengnan laughed and complained, his hand movements did not show any hesitation.
He knew very well that the legal effectiveness of fingerprints was limited to paper documents. Electronic fingerprints were too high-end and were not yet legally recognized, so he was not afraid of any fraud by Wei Mao.
The software is like an unfinished beta version. There is no definite sound effect or animation display when you press your finger on it, and the picture occupying the largest area of the screen has not changed at all.
However, Li Mengnan's pupils suddenly shrank.
He suddenly discovered that at some point, there was something extra on the screen of the tablet computer.
A pure white diamond the size of a dove egg.
And both the appearance and color are the same as the picture displayed on the screen.
"Is this...an illusion?"
Li Mengnan didn't think that someone could use his technique quickly enough to perform "Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun" right under his nose without being noticed at all. Moreover, there were hundreds of items in the preview, and even the most incredible magician wouldn't be able to carry them all.
Then the only explanation is illusion.
Although Li Mengnan was extremely shocked inside, his face remained calm as he very calmly picked up the theoretically priceless giant diamond from the screen with two fingers.
No matter the feel or luster, they are no different from real diamonds, and they are obviously more perfect.
The more this happened, the more certain Li Mengnan was that this diamond was the product of illusion.
Because perfection is the biggest flaw in illusion products, and all kinds of minor flaws can often be found in real real objects.
Li Mengnan was about to take the diamond, which was suspected of being a product of illusion, to the sunlight to check its light refraction, but his wrist was suddenly held down by Euonymus opposite him.
"What? Are you afraid that I will abscond with the diamond?" Li Mengnan said with a smile.
Regarding this diamond, both of them actually knew what it was about. Wei Mao naturally knew that Li Mengnan was joking and said with a smile: "If you can take it away, that's your skill... But I still have to remind you.
Now, this phantom generator is not very powerful and can only maintain the phantom range at about two meters. Once this distance is exceeded, you will not be able to see anything."
Wei Mao's words were equivalent to a disguised admission of Li Mengnan's guess.
"So this thing is called a phantom generator?"
Now that he knew the answer, Li Mengnan lost interest in the diamond in his hand, and casually threw it on the tablet screen on the table, and then bounced onto Euonymus opposite him with a clang.
Anyway, genjutsu cannot have real contact with real objects, and he is not worried about smashing this seemingly expensive tablet.
"Although I don't know much about technology, I also know that no matter what product, as long as it can be miniaturized, it means that its technology is quite mature... So I don't understand even more, now that you have mastered the illusion
The reason why it happened, then why did you come to me?"
The skill of illusion is actually very similar to learning to write. As long as you learn a few hundred common words, writing simple articles is just a process of constantly rearranging and combining them.
Since the HX Research Institute where Euonymus is located has been able to make illusions concrete, creating large-scale illusion scenes is just a matter of time and there is no technical difficulty at all.
"Uh... how should I put it?" After all, Li Mengnan has not agreed to join their HX Research Institute, and it is not convenient for Wei Mao to tell him many confidential matters, so he can only vaguely say: "I can only tell you that the phantom generator is very useful for
For us, it is just a by-product of the current research. Although the effect is amazing, in the end it is just a fun toy..."
"Fun toys? You think so?"
Li Mengnan felt very unhappy with Wei Mao's belittling of illusions, and his tone was obviously displeased.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm just discussing the matter from an objective standpoint." Wei Mao handed Li Mengnan a cigarette again, lit it for him, and then lit one for himself, explaining: "I'm not talking about your illusion.
, but our phantom generator.”
"We developed the phantom generator about two years ago. At first, we planned to use it for military purposes to replace the optical camouflage that the military was studying... But the ideal was full, and the reality was very skinny. Soon we
Then I discovered that this road was simply unworkable.”
"Because of the imaging range of illusion." Li Mengnan knew the advantages and disadvantages of illusion very well. When Wei Mao said this, he immediately knew the problem.
"Yes, the phantom generator is different from the optical camouflage - the latter uses optical principles to distort the projection route of light, and its point of action is on itself; while the phantom generator achieves shielding of the five senses by affecting the other party's brain
The point of effect is on the opponent.
In other words, if we cannot increase the power of the phantom generator to cover the entire regional battlefield, then there will be no stealth effect at all.
Modern warfare is not the kind of hand-to-hand legion warfare in ancient times. The range of individual weapons is generally more than 500 meters, the range of artillery is tens of kilometers, and the launch distance of various missiles is calculated in units of 100 kilometers.
With the current manufacturing technology, if you want to create a phantom generator that can cover a local battlefield within a hundred kilometers, its area will be almost equivalent to the entire Forbidden City in the capital. Not to mention the construction period and cost, even if it is built, it will not be useful to the enemy.
From Fang's perspective, it's just a matter of a long-range missile.
And even if we can reduce the size of the phantom generator to the point where it can be pulled by an armored vehicle in the future, its practical value will still be small.
After all, it is now a three-dimensional war mode. The army cannot see that there are reconnaissance planes, and the reconnaissance planes cannot see that there are satellites... Even if we can one day cover the world with phantom generators, it will not be enough for the enemy.
It's just a waste of a few more electromagnetic interference bombs.
Of course, although the military plan has been rejected, this thing still has great potential for civilian use. We have transferred the relevant data to the audio-visual research department. Perhaps in the near future, we can directly skip the holographic projection technology and directly
Opening up the era of intrabrain imaging.
You can imagine that by then, when we watch celebrity concerts, we will not only be able to enjoy an immersive audio-visual feast, but we can even personally touch the idols who were once out of reach. How exciting it will be
!”
"I don't know if it's exciting or not. I just know that by then, there will definitely be a lot of obscene uncles who are lusting after the phantom projection..."
Li Mengnan held his chin in boredom, watching the spitting stars flying in front of him as he excitedly described the bright future. There was obviously something else in his words.
"Well... the development of science and technology will always be accompanied by the depravity of some people, but we can't stop eating because of choking, can we?"
Wei Mao pretended not to understand, his old face didn't even turn red.
Li Mengnan suddenly realized that this guy's shameless look was really like his old style, which made him embarrassed to complain anymore.
"Although I don't quite understand what you want to say, it seems to be very powerful...but I'm still not interested."
Li Mengnan has been exposed to illusions since he was five years old. Although it seems extremely magical to others, it has long lost its novelty to him.
What's more, he is a person who likes peace and ease. He came to Tunghai University just to enjoy the four years of wonderful campus time, and he didn't want to be entangled in too many messy things.
Wei Mao was almost spurted out with a mouthful of blood by Li Mengnan's "Ten Moment Rejection". Was all the words he said about his feelings was in vain?
"Uh... don't refuse in a hurry. I'll tell you about the treatment of a full member of our institute. You can think about it carefully before making a decision."
Xiao Zhi failed to reason, so Wei Mao had no choice but to lure him to his advantage.
"Oh? Tell me about it?" Li Mengnan finally became a little interested. As he said before, he is essentially a layman.
"Our institute implements a hierarchical system. Junior members, that is, zero-level newcomers, can enjoy a minimum salary of 3,000 yuan per month, five insurances and one housing fund. In addition, they can choose a 60-square-meter apartment anywhere in the city.
A house worth less than 100,000 yuan, and a mobility scooter worth less than 100,000 yuan."
Probably because he was afraid that Li Mengnan would reject him directly before he finished speaking, Wei Mao spoke very quickly this time, and it felt a bit like the host of a variety show interrupting commercials in the middle.
To be honest, Li Mengnan was a little surprised by the good treatment of employees at this HX Research Institute.
Putting aside the popular configuration of five social insurances and one housing fund, the minimum salary of 3,000 yuan can only be regarded as a medium level in this city, or even a little lower, but the latter two benefits are too outrageous.
Calculated based on the current average price of about 5,000 per square meter in Sanshan City, a 60-square-meter house is 300,000 yuan. Add in a 100,000-square-meter car, and the total is 400,000 yuan.
When I first entered the institute and did nothing, I was able to receive employee benefits worth 400,000 yuan. Even the largest companies in the country may not have such great generosity and courage.
"Oh, I forgot to mention that the house and car are just lent to you for free. Of course, if you can work for the institute for more than five years, then the house and car will automatically be transferred to your name and become something that truly belongs to you.
..." Probably because he felt that this condition was not attractive enough, Wei Mao revealed a little more inside information, "But to tell you the truth, don't say five years, even if you can work in the research institute for more than one year, it is estimated that by then
You won’t look down on this thing anymore.”
"To be honest, the treatment you mentioned really moved me, but it also strengthened my belief that I absolutely cannot go..." Li Mengnan sighed softly. Apparently he also felt that it was a pity to give up such a good opportunity.
"Why?" Euonymus once again had the urge to vomit blood.
"Being courteous to others means that you must ask for something. High returns must mean high risks... You can live for less money and be closer to home. A high position carries little power but little responsibility. Everyone wants this kind of good job, but the problem is that in this world
Is it possible?"
Benefit makes one's mind dim, and most of the mistakes people make are initially caused by greed. Li Mengnan has always been very clear-headed in this regard.