A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Under the cover of night, the big shots began to get to work with great enthusiasm.

Rest? It doesn't exist.

The delicious dishes from Nan Yi Nong were arranged in a buffet style on a long bench in Jiangxia. Two iron basins were placed on top of each other, a few heating packs were thrown into the middle of the basins, and some water was added. The constant temperature lunch box was unlocked!

Although it was a minor, insignificant modification, Jiang Xia still stated the facts, saying that "Comrade Wang Kui was the first to invent this thing."

Thus, Lao Wang earned the praise of the bigwigs: "Flexible and resourceful." To be honest, on such a cold day, being able to eat a warm meal is the greatest happiness for these people who work tirelessly for their ideals.

Old Wang, beaming with pride after receiving the praise, exclaimed, "Wow, research is so much fun! You're really generous, brother, giving me a chance to shine!"

Seeing Old Wang's happy expression, Jiang Xia felt quite gratified. It was truly a waste for a recipient of a "First-Class Merit" to be relegated to being a bodyguard by his side.

However, when Teacher Yu, who reeked of sourness, sighed, Xiao Dai Mao's somewhat cheerful mood plummeted again.

"I wish our institute could use one too, so I wouldn't have to rush to the canteen every mealtime, making my colleagues think I can eat a lot..."

"I have to prepare some radish strips when I work overtime at night. They're delicious, but they make me feel bloated, so now nobody wants to sit across from me..."

Oh, right. It seems that Teacher Yu has developed some stomach ulcers from staying up late, so he always eats on time so as not to affect everyone's work.

Huh? What's the connection between eating on time and not disturbing your comrades' work?

Well, you can ask anyone who has stomach problems; the pain is almost like childbirth. Given the current level of camaraderie, if Teacher Yu were to collapse, do you think his comrades would rush him to the hospital?

Going to the hospital when you're sick is something even a three-year-old knows, but in the eyes of these pillars of society, it's a waste of time—not only for themselves, but also for their comrades…

Jiangxia looked around. These pillars of society were all ailing, but they were all trying their best to stand tall!

Jiang Xia lowered her head again; she couldn't look up, it was too cold and her tears would freeze.

I secretly gave Old Wang a wink, signaling him to prepare the self-heating food he'd been working on. Hopefully, these things would make them feel a little better.

…………

"Alright! Those who have finished eating, come over here to collect your tasks. Also, check the experimental equipment to ensure its safety, especially those few lumps that kid soldered..."

Senior Sister Zehui looked speechlessly at the board with its flying wires flying everywhere: "Forget it, I really can't think of a word to describe it, let's just call it a bunch of lumps..."

"Hmph! As long as it works, that's fine. Doesn't this reflect our hard-working and frugal style? Think about it, with such a simple instrument, the results can powerfully prove the wave-particle duality of physical particles, reveal the quantum nature of the microscopic world, and usher in a new era of quantum theory!" The little dork didn't even blush; instead, he delivered a long speech with great conviction.

Feeling guilty, he turned his back and followed behind Teacher Deng, pretending to be busy.

The little guy's guilty behavior immediately eased the tense atmosphere before the experiment. Everyone smiled and pretended not to see him running around among the big shots, feigning embarrassment at being helped.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Laughter echoed through the conference room, and even Old Li, who was personally guarding the door, smiled: "How long has it been since these people have relaxed like this? It's great! People, if they're too tense, they'll break."

You little brat, whether you did it on purpose or not, I'll remember this!

"Hey, Lan Ying, your hands-on skills are much better than his, so why do you insist on having him do the welding?" Senior Sister Ze Hui tugged at Dr. Lan Ying, who was laughing so hard she almost fell over.

Haha, \(^o^)/~

"Sorry, I just couldn't help it. Maybe it's a tradition? That kid seems to be messing around with welding, but somehow he doesn't make any mistakes, just like 'Big Yellow's clone'..."

"Therefore, we believe..."

Senior Sister Zehui recalled the original rhubarb's appearance in the secret file and couldn't help but laugh. "Such a traditional habit! Let me tell you, didn't I observe the existence of elastic collisions between positive and negative electrons?"

"Hmm! A world first, China's Uranium Lady..."

"Don't interrupt! Do you know how those people in the nuclear chemistry lab did it when they were trying to reproduce it?"

"That's obvious. I reckon if you follow Chinese custom and perform a shamanistic ritual before the observation, they'll just follow suit!"

"Haha, pretty much right. Before the observation, I wanted a drink of water, but they don't drink hot water, so I boiled some in a beaker myself. I was looking at the instrument, and then I forgot about it and got burned. The beaker fell to the ground, and the hot water spilled on my feet, so I jumped a few times. Amazingly, the beaker didn't break..."

"And then when they do experiments, they get deliberately burned?"

"Yeah! And that's not all. They won't proceed to the next step until the beaker is intact..."

"There was this guy named Hoffman whose feet were swollen from the burns, but because the beakers kept breaking, he just stubbornly refused to go into the lab..."

"Tsk tsk tsk... It really is so." Professor Sid listened with delight, gathering the crumbs of bread in his hands, and then popped them into his mouth before speaking: "In MIT, the 'one' of the semiconductor surface electronic state theory and experiments that I led was a success, wasn't it? The coffee machine I use to make coffee this morning has become a hot commodity. Every guy doing experiments on silicon surface electronic states has to drink a cup of coffee from this machine before he'll even enter the lab..."

"Then..." Teacher Pei Shu pointed to the flashy-looking circuit board: "If this experiment succeeds, will all the circuit boards be made like this? Deliberately made to look like a blob?"

"O(n_n)O haha~"

After laughing, Senior Sister Zehui looked at the little dazed boy who was pestering "Little Brother Jia" and insisted on taking a photo with that pillar.

"In that case, that kid's theoretical debate might actually be successful..."

…………

Playing is playing, laughing is laughing.

The experts set up the instruments quickly according to the experimental procedures. At the same time, due to the precision requirements of the hand-operated equipment, several master craftsmen from the factory were called in to help.

Among them is our "procrastinator" – Master Yi Zhonghai.

Don't let this master craftsman's frequent fuss over trivial matters in the courtyard fool you; when it comes to grinding workpieces, Jiang Xia has never seen anyone better than him!

That's a compliment, truly from the bottom of my heart!

Because this old man can use "pure silicon" to grind out a double-slit device with a slit width of about 100 nanometers and a slit spacing of 200-500 nanometers.

Damn it, Jiang Xia was originally planning to use photolithography and chemical etching to prepare it, but who would have thought that this old man would just close his eyes and dawdle for an entire afternoon, using some unknown material wire and wasting five pieces of material before finally managing to churn it out.

How can something that can only be produced with a modern focused ion beam (FIB) be ground out with a single wire?

Take the word "immortal" for example, is it accurate or not?

"Electron emission source?"

"Ready!"

Adjustable double-seam device

"Equipment in place! Everything is fine!"

"Detection system?"

"Fluorescent screens are good! Photomultiplier tubes are good!"

"Vacuum system?"

"Vacuum system?"

Senior Sister Zehui, who was in charge of the experiment, called out twice before Jiang Xia finally raised his head from beside the malfunctioning centrifuge that hadn't been sent out yet.

"The vacuum generation system is good! The water seal box is good! However, the estimated vacuum level is insufficient, and the mean free path of the electrons is short. Please adjust the verification frequency appropriately and be prepared for repeated verification!"

"Understood!" Senior Sister Zehui, now in experimental mode, looked serious.

"Then, the first double-slit experiment with electrons shall officially begin!"

"Please move to a safe distance, experiment initiation!"

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