Chapter 196 Chapter 196 [Jinjiang exclusive, dinner. Exchange...
After everyone ordered their dishes and waited for them to be served, they started chatting about their studies and the research they were currently involved in. Of course, they only talked about things that could be discussed.
The main chat force is Lin Yimu, Ke Chengyan and Huang Minglei who are working on related projects.
The remaining three were chatting about other gossip or business matters. After all, all three of them chose to inherit the family business in college and studied finance or business management.
Several people got familiar with each other during the casual chat just now, and there was no restraint in chatting. In order to facilitate the chat, they even exchanged seats. Lin Yimu and three academics sat together, and Yuan Mingxu and three finance people sat together.
What people on Lin Yimu's side discussed the most was actually the papers that Lin Yimu had published.
The focus of the discussion was on the two mathematical conjectures. Both of them were experts in mathematics. After Lin Yimu's mathematical conjecture was published, they conducted relevant calculations and verifications. However, due to different understandings of individual steps, the results of the verification were very different.
In addition, after entering university, they all have subjects that they are more interested in, and most of their experience is spent on the subjects they study, leaving less time for paper analysis.
But now that they are sitting together again, and even discussing their research and academic plans together, they must of course seize the time to resolve their doubts.
But Huang Minglei and Ke Chengyan each had their own ideas for solving the problem, so they disagreed on a key verification step. After the argument failed, they all turned to look at Lin Yimu, the person involved.
Lin Yimu felt helpless towards the two people who did not forget to study even after coming out to eat, but he had just listened carefully to their ideas for solving the problem, and he answered without any stuttering at all.
"Both of your solutions are actually correct, but someone miscalculated some key data, so there are some disagreements. The most critical part of this conjecture is the set of data that you miscalculated." Lin Yimu said, took out a napkin, took the pen handed over by Yuan Mingxu, and wrote two sets of data on it.
Lin Yimu wrote down the point that the two of them had just argued about. After he finished writing, he pushed the tissue between the two of them and said, "Do you see clearly where the problem is?"
Ke Chengyan and Huang Minglei looked at the piece of paper in front of them, their brows furrowed the more they looked at it. After a long while, they both slapped the table in front of them with a look of sudden realization. Without Lin Yimu saying anything more, they both understood where they had gone wrong.
While the three of them were discussing heatedly, Yuan Mingxu and the other two had stopped talking. While they were chatting, the waiter had already served all the dishes.
Seeing that Huang Minglei and Ke Chengyan were still going to continue, Yuan Mingxu glanced at Lin Yimu, walked over and said, "You two should stop for a while. The food is all served. No matter how urgent it is, you have to eat first."
Huang Minglei and Ke Chengyan, who were discussing enthusiastically, stopped what they were discussing when they heard his words. They turned around and looked at the dining table in confusion, only to find that all the dishes had been served.
The two looked at each other, then looked at Lin Yimu who was being pulled by the two men, smiled at them a little embarrassedly, and quickly put down the pen in his hand.
"Sorry, sorry, we finally met the real owner, so we want to take the opportunity to ask him some questions to resolve the doubts in our hearts."
After the explanation, Huang Minglei carefully folded the paper towels with the calculation formulas and data written on them and put them away, especially the ones that Lin Yimu wrote when he was answering their questions. He folded them into several layers and put them in the inner pocket of his coat.
After doing all this, Huang Minglei finally felt at ease to eat with everyone.
As for the others, they had already started eating after greeting the three people, especially Ye Yuankai, who had not eaten breakfast in the first place, and now ate without caring about his image.
Even Lin Yimu and Ke Chengyan started eating after Huang Minglei spoke.
After they had lunch, seeing that it was still early, Ye Yuankai suggested going for K singing, but Huang Minglei, who was thinking about Lin Yimu's lecture, refused.
Seeing Huang Minglei's face full of academic concentration, Ye Yuankai and Mo Shanshan sighed helplessly. After looking at each other, Ye Yuankai said, "Although I know that you academic masters are the kind of people who forget to eat and sleep when they study, this is too much. We finally get together for a meal, and in the end you have to end it with studying. It really makes ordinary people like us look so pretentious. I always feel that Shanshan and I are a bit out of tune with you guys."
There is a bit of complaint in what he said, but we are all friends who can understand each other, and we complain with our mouths but don't really blame anyone in our hearts.
After all, they themselves are not really lazy people, otherwise they would not be able to play together. It's just that Ye Yuankai now clearly feels that when he chose to inherit the family business rather than academic research, he has drifted further and further away from these friends.
Hearing his complaints, Lin Yimu and Ke Chengyan looked a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, they did discuss a lot of academic things today, but had very little communication with each other.
When you think about it this way, it does seem to give people a feeling of exclusion, even though that is not their original intention.
Huang Minglei felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. He was so excited to see Lin Yimu today that he didn't consider other people's thoughts for a moment. Now that he heard his friend say it frankly, although it was a bit embarrassing, he also felt it was natural. It was better than keeping it in your heart and then slowly distancing yourself from others, and people couldn't find the reason.
With this in mind, Huang Minglei stepped forward and hugged Ye Yuankai, saying apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't think carefully about the situation today. I was only thinking about my own happiness and didn't consider the feelings of you, Shanshan, and Yuan Mingxu. I'm really sorry."
When Yuan Mingxu heard that he was also included, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't take me with you. I had a lot of fun chatting with Ye Yuankai and the others today. I was not ignored and I even made two friends because of this."
He took out his phone and showed it to Lin Yimu and the others, "See? We've started adding contact information. Maybe our companies can cooperate in the future."
Seeing Yuan Mingxu showing off, Lin Yimu and Ke Chengyan, who were originally a little embarrassed, were no longer embarrassed. Instead, they couldn't help laughing and joined in the jokes to ease the atmosphere.
Ye Yuankai, who had no intention of blaming Huang Minglei, came to his senses after hearing the interruptions. He smiled and patted Huang Minglei on the back. "I said, I just talk nonsense out of habit. You suddenly got so serious that I'm embarrassed to complain about you in the future. That's enough!"
After saying that, Ye Yuankai stretched out his hand to push the person away, and couldn't help but complain again: "The way you hug me makes me feel like a gay, don't you..."
Before he could finish his words, Huang Minglei kicked him on the butt in anger, "Get lost! I really shouldn't feel guilty about you. If you care about you again next time, I'll be a dog!"
Seeing the two of them returning to their previous playful state, everyone couldn't help but laugh. Mo Shanshan laughed the loudest at Ye Yuankai who was kicked.
"You deserve it! Who told you to do that? I told you to stop doing stupid things and keep your mouth shut." As he said that, he couldn't help laughing when he saw Ye Yuankai still grinning exaggeratedly and covering his butt pretending to be in pain.
Everyone laughed and joked for a while, and finally decided to create a group together for better communication in the future, so that they would not become strangers due to distance.
After everyone joined the group, Lin Yimu and his four friends, Mo Shanshan and Ye Yuankai parted ways.
Afterwards, the four of them chose a coffee shop with simple and elegant decoration and went in. After everyone ordered a cup of coffee, Lin Yimu continued to explain to Huang Minglei and Ke Chengyan. As for Yuan Mingxu, he also sat aside and listened again, but he would lower his head to play with his mobile phone from time to time.
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By the time Lin Yimu finished explaining to the two, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. The coffee they ordered had gone cold, with a faint bitter taste lingering in their noses.
In the end, Yuan Mingxu couldn't bear it anymore and ordered another cup for each of the three people, so that they could take a sip to moisten their throats.
The three of them did not refuse his kindness, but drank coffee and talked about their future plans.
“Actually, I invited everyone to have dinner together this time, besides the fact that we haven’t seen each other for a long time, there is another reason.” Huang Minglei said, stroking the coffee cup in his hand.
"I plan to study abroad for a Ph.D. next year." Huang Minglei stated his decision directly.
Lin Yimu and the other two were a little surprised when they heard this. It was not that they were surprised that he would study abroad, but that he chose this time, halfway through his sophomore year, to go abroad for graduate studies.
Usually, everyone spends three years in college, and only when they are about to enter their senior year will they consider whether to study abroad or choose a domestic school for graduate studies. The first three years are the time to learn and lay the foundation.
"Are you absolutely sure about going abroad at this time?" Lin Yimu asked after a moment of silence.
"Of course. I have been busy in the laboratory with my supervisor for the past two years. I have been studying and doing experiments at the same time. I have finished the graduate courses a long time ago. I was so busy last year that I didn't even go home twice." He paused for a moment, took a sip of the fragrant coffee and continued, "The reason I chose to go abroad is because my supervisor felt that I had completed the graduate courses. It was he who suggested that I go abroad for further studies and get a doctorate degree directly."
Lin Yimu nodded in understanding, thinking about something but didn't say anything. Instead, Ke Chengyan, who had always been very quiet, suddenly spoke up: "I remember you chose aerospace materials. Have you chosen a school? How many years do you plan to go there?"
Huang Minglei said: "I have already chosen the school, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in the United States. I have already submitted the application materials and am just waiting for the final admission result."
"As for how long I'll be gone, I can't really say." Huang Minglei thought for a moment and said uncertainly: "If my study progress is fast, maybe I can come back in two or three years. If it's not ideal, it may take a long time."
Hearing his answer, Ke Chengyan put down the cup in his hand and sighed, "When I participated in the competition before, I felt that the gap between us was not that big. I didn't expect that now each of you has achieved remarkable results, while I am still standing still."
"That's not the case." Huang Minglei continued, "In fact, if it weren't for Lin Yimu, the test-taker, hanging in the air, I don't think I would have worked so hard in college."
As Huang Minglei spoke, he glanced at Lin Yimu who was drinking coffee slowly.
Yuan Mingxu, who had been fiddling with his phone, raised his head and said comfortingly, "You just think too much. Look at me, am I not also studying step by step? Ordinary geniuses like us cannot compare with those evil and unruly people."
"Sometimes, I don't know what they are in a hurry for. They are studying all the time, as if something is chasing them from behind." Having said this, Yuan Mingxu also glanced at Lin Yimu who was sitting quietly on the side drinking coffee. It was obvious that this sentence was directed at him.
Lin Yimu noticed his gaze, but did not explain much. He just turned his head and looked at him.
This glance made Yuan Mingxu no longer dare to secretly point out people, for fear that someone would go home and complain.
After that, the four of them chatted for a while, and before they knew it, it was five o'clock in the afternoon, and they didn't know how many times they had to refill the coffee in their cups.
When the meeting was over, Huang Minglei also advised Ke Chengyan and Lin Yimu that if they had the opportunity, they should go abroad for exchange and study, even if it was just to study as an exchange student for half a year. After all, the scientific research environment in China is really not that good.
Lin Yi Mu did not say whether he agreed or not, he only said that he would seriously consider it. This was actually a disguised rejection for Lin Yi Mu at the moment. After all, his current identity was a bit too sensitive, and the people above him would not really let him go abroad.
He himself didn't really want to go abroad, as he was afraid that he would never be able to come back.
Ke Chengyan was somewhat excited. His friends were all making rapid progress, but he, after entering university, was still very outstanding in the eyes of outsiders, but he was far behind them. Perhaps studying abroad could be a disguised motivation for him.
After talking about going abroad, Huang Minglei couldn't help but jokingly said to Lin Yimu, "Maybe when I come back from my doctoral studies, we can still work together."
Lin Yimu thought of the subjects Huang Minglei was studying, nodded seriously and said, "Maybe we can really work together then. I look forward to that day."
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