Chapter 9

Time flies, and National Day is just around the corner.

Ji Zhixing took half a day off to plan how to buy a new laptop during the National Day holiday, when there were promotions both online and offline.

The laptop he's using now was bought during his freshman year of college. He didn't have much money then, but since he had a C programming course in his freshman year and couldn't do without a computer, he bought a second-hand laptop within his budget.

With limited price, the configuration and condition are even more limited. After a year of use, everything is noisy except for the fan. It can be used as a heater after being turned on for half an hour. Running WPS takes up almost 99% of the memory, and if it dares to add MATLAB, it will crash on the spot.

I have an engineering graphics course this semester, and I won't be able to complete my assignments with this kind of notebook.

Moreover, he now has surplus food.

With nearly 398 points in his system account, which would be almost 40,000 yuan in cash, plus the compensation for emotional distress paid by Liu Shihui and his good aunt, he was quite well-off and decided to buy a better-equipped machine.

Ji Zhixing searched on JD.com, starting with the 5,000 RMB range, but after looking for a long time, he couldn't find anything he liked.

In fact, a bachelor's degree with a salary of 5,000 yuan is enough, but now that he has a stable income, he doesn't need to rush to graduate and find a job, so he has the idea of ​​taking the postgraduate entrance exam or even pursuing a doctorate.

During doctoral studies, there will be more experiments, and considering that many software programs will likely be used in parallel, such as the commonly used Mathematica, ALPS for data processing, LabVIEW for instrument control, SOL for finite element analysis, and Fluent for thermal analysis, a configuration in the 5,000 RMB range will definitely not be able to handle it. A 7,000-8,000 RMB configuration should be able to run in parallel, but if you want it to run smoothly, the configuration and price will probably have to be higher.

Ji Zhixing looked at the list for a long time, and the filter criteria had been set to more than 10,000. He was having a hard time making a choice!

When Lin Lang woke up, he saw that Ji Zhixing was still in the dormitory. He thought he had gotten up too early and was about to go back to sleep when he checked his phone and it was already ten o'clock. He opened his eyes and looked at it again, and it was still ten o'clock. He couldn't help but look at Ji Zhixing with curiosity.

Why didn't you go to the library today?

During this time, Ji Zhixing has been so self-disciplined that it inspires awe. Even when he doesn't have classes, he gets up early and goes to bed early, spending most of his days in the library. Lin Lang thinks that if he had to live such a life, just imagining it makes him feel like the world is turning upside down and the sun and moon are losing their light, and his whole life is bleak. But Ji Zhixing seems to be enjoying it, which he simply can't understand.

As Ji Zhixing moved the mouse, he said, "I'm choosing a computer. My old laptop is really no good anymore."

"Oh right, it's time for senior employees to retire." Lin Lang scratched his head, yawned, and climbed down the stairs. "Sigh, when can I retire?"

Ji Zhixing couldn't help but complain: "You haven't even started working yet!"

Just then, Xu Dongyang returned. As soon as he entered and saw Ji Zhixing's computer screen, he asked, "Buying a computer? Have you picked one out yet?"

Ji Zhixing shook his head: "They're still selecting."

Xu Dongyang asked him about his desired operating environment and his price range, and offered a suggestion: "Why don't you go to the computer mall and take a look? My cousin owns a shop there, and they only sell high-end laptops. You can actually try them out, so you'll have a better idea of ​​what to expect. It's okay if you don't buy it."

Ji Zhixing was overjoyed. He had been hesitating because he didn't know what configuration would meet his needs in actual operation. It would be great to have a place to test it.

Xu Dongyang then asked, "Lin Lang, are you going?"

"Okay, okay, anyway, I have nowhere to go during the National Day holiday."

So they agreed to go on the last day of the National Day holiday, because businesses are usually quite busy in the days leading up to the holiday, and their visit to test computers would likely disrupt their business. Going on the last day of the holiday meant they could still catch online promotions if they didn't find anything suitable there.

When the time comes, Xu Dongyang, who has already gone home, can drive his family car to pick them up, saving them the trouble of spending two or three hours transferring between two buses.

On that morning, Ji Zhixing dragged Lin Lang out of bed, got into Xu Dongyang's car, and they set off for the computer mall.

When the red light came on, Xu Dongyang stopped the car at the intersection and said, "Turn left ahead and you'll be there." When he saw the green light, he slowly started to turn left.

Bang! Screech! Xu Dongyang's car collided with another car that was also turning left.

Ji Zhixing, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was thrown forward by the inertia of the sudden braking and then tightly restrained by the seat belt, while Lin Lang, who was lying in the back row catching his nap, rolled out of the car.

"Ouch! Damn it!" Lin Lang grimaced as he got up, gripping the back of the chair.

Ji Zhixing and Xu Dongyang both turned to look at him: "Are you alright?"

Lin Lang shook his head. The seat wasn't high, and he was sleeping soundly when he suddenly fell off, which gave him a big fright.

Seeing that Lin Lang was alright, Xu Dongyang got out of the car to deal with the accident, and Ji Zhixing unbuckled his seatbelt and followed him.

A person got out of the car opposite, and Ji Zhixing stopped in his tracks as soon as he saw the person's face.

Seeing that Ji Zhixing's expression was off, Xu Dongyang patted him on the shoulder: "You two... know each other?"

Ji Zhixing sneered: "Isn't that right?"

Strictly speaking, he should call the person opposite him "cousin." But this very same "good cousin" had betrayed him cruelly during his most difficult time.