After eating, return to the office.
"Raj, what project are you and Howard working on? It's still secretive and you don't want me to know." Peggy asked curiously.
"This really needs to be kept secret for the time being." Xiang Nan smiled, "It's not specifically aimed at you, but it's kept a secret from everyone."
"The confidentiality factor is so high?!" Peggy said in surprise, "You are not developing a time machine, are you?"
"Of course it's impossible." Xiang Nan smiled. "A time machine is full of logical paradoxes. Unless it is a god who can ignore logic, no one can build it."
Then he waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't ask any more questions. I will definitely tell you when I can let you know. When you shouldn't know, I won't tell you if you ask me." Xiang Nan said He waved his hands and smiled.
Hearing what he said, Peggy became even more curious. She blinked at Xiang Nan and asked coquettishly, "Are you really unwilling to tell me?"
Xiang Nan shook his head firmly.
"Hate! Even if you want to tell me now, I don't want to know." Peggy said coquettishly.
Xiang Nan smiled slightly.
After returning from their visit to Geneva, their relationship took a further step, and Peggy became much livelier and cuter than before.
In other words, she was originally a lively and lovely girl, but she sealed herself up after a family tragedy.
…
Xiang Nan didn't celebrate Christmas at all.
On the one hand, he is not an American and does not believe in Christianity, so naturally he will not celebrate specifically.
For one thing, his friends don't like celebrating either.
Leonard has had a shadow of Christmas since he was a child.
Because when their families celebrate Christmas, they don't give each other gifts. Instead, each person writes an essay explaining "the significance of the holiday to human society." Then they discussed in groups and graded each other, and he could only get a "C" every time.
Howard is Jewish and celebrates Hanukkah instead of Christmas. He also invited Xiang Nan, Peggy, Penny, Leonard and others to his home for the holidays, but they were unanimously rejected.
Peggy doesn't like Christmas either. She has been separated from her parents since childhood, but Christmas is a time for family reunion. Therefore, every Christmas is a sad day for her, not worth celebrating at all.
Therefore, Xiang Nan didn't hold a party, but spent it as if nothing had happened.
…
After Christmas, the new year came soon, 2008.
At the beginning of the new year, Xiang Nan, Howard, and Leslie began the development of a quantum navigation system prototype.
They applied for a start-up fund in the name of researching superfluids, and then manufactured it according to the previous design plan.
Among them, Howard contributed the most. As an engineer, he is responsible for processing parts and assembling equipment, building prototypes from scratch bit by bit.
Seeing this prototype gradually come to reality from paper, Xiang Nan, Howard, and Leslie were also very excited.
"In another month at most, our prototype will be ready." Howard said happily.
"That's great. So many days of hard work are finally not in vain." Leslie also said happily.
They have been busy for this for three months, sacrificing their evening rest time, leisure time on weekends and holidays, and spending countless energy, physical strength, and brain cells. Now they finally see the results.
"Don't be too happy, you two. I need to be more clear here." Xiang Nan coughed lightly, "Now is a critical moment in the development of the prototype, and the more critical the moment, the more careful you must be.
Each of us must keep our mouths shut. Except for the three of us, we are not allowed to reveal a single word to outsiders. Otherwise, once the news is leaked, our efforts will be in vain and our efforts will be in vain. "
Leslie and Howard were stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"A few days ago, Leonard saw me spending the whole day with you, and quietly asked me what project I was working on. Fortunately, I didn't tell him at the time." Leslie said fearfully.
"Yes, although Leonard is our friend, it is not appropriate to tell him right now." Xiang Nan nodded.
Leonard is a good person and very talented. Xiang Nan likes him very much. But unfortunately, he has Sheldon by his side, who is a troublemaker.
Once provoked, it would be terrible.
Sheldon has no sense of teamwork, confidentiality, or discipline. According to Leonard, "He's a bad guy who escaped from a villain's lab."
If he knew about this project, he would definitely find a way to sabotage it. By then, all their hard work will be in vain, so they have to be on guard.
…
After the New Year, in addition to being busy building a quantum navigation system, Xiang Nan also found time to write three papers, "Evidence of the Decay of the 125 GeV Higgs Boson into a Pair of Tau Lepton" and "The Large Hadron Collider" "Left-right symmetry and the charged Higgs boson", "Heavy quark mass effect in the production of Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider", etc., continue to score points for yourself.
The release of these papers has added brightness to Xiang Nan's academic star.
He not only became the darling of the physics department at Caltech, but also became a well-known young talent in the field of physics in the world.
Even India, Raj's home country, has reported extensively on him and is proud of his achievements.
The titles of some reports were so shameful that even Xiang Nan was ashamed.
For example, Dr. Kusapali, the Chosen Son of God, under the guidance of God, successively discovered the second earth and the God particles that make up all things. 》
"The Light of India, Discover the God Particle!" ”, “The pride of all India, Dr. Kuthapally with extraordinary wisdom has solved a thousand-year physics problem! "etc.
These reports made Xiang Nan's popularity soar in India. Many top universities in India, such as Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, etc., have extended invitations to him to give lectures.
There are even many universities that hire Xiang Nan as a visiting professor. As long as he gives a few lectures every year, he can get an annual salary of 100,000 US dollars, and the round-trip air tickets, hotels, etc. will be reimbursed.
However, Xiang Nan was busy with research on quantum navigation systems and politely declined these invitations.
Even so, his reputation in India remains undiminished.
And this also brought great honor to the Kusapali family, making the Kusapali couple very happy.
"Rajesh, you have brought glory to the family and you have done a great job." Dr. Kusapally praised.
"Raj, MAMA knew you were a good and capable boy, and you really did not disappoint me." Mrs. Kusapally also praised.
"Thank you PAPA, thank you MAMA." Xiang Nan also smiled.
"Rajesh, in order to reward you, dad decided to give you a Maserati." Dr. Kusapally said again.
"PAPA, my current BMW drives very smoothly, so I don't need to replace the car." Upon hearing this, Xiang Nan quickly refused.
"Okay, then I'll give you the money, and you can buy whatever you like." Dr. Kusapali smiled.
