On February 15th, the latest issue of "PhysicalReview" was published.

Bell Labs got the journal as fast as possible.

On the 17th, the first day of the week, Shockley of the Solid Physics Group, as usual, made a cup of coffee after work, and then took out a journal to search for articles that he was interested in and read.

When he saw the article entitled "The Transistor, A Semi-Conductor Triode", he was first surprised, and then read it carefully with interest. However, when he saw the acknowledge at the end of the article, he immediately became furious.

Judging from Shockley's performance at this time, Leiden's initial concern was unnecessary. The editorial department of "PhysicalReview" had excellent professional ethics and did not disclose the news to Bell Labs in advance.

Shockley took the journal and found Bading angrily, threw the journal in his face, and asked, "What's going on with this single germanium crystal?"

Bading, who had just started working, didn't understand what was going on for a moment. After picking up the magazine and reading it, he immediately changed his face.

After a while, members of the Solid Physics Group came to President Oliver's office.

Their faces were not very good, and they thought about it. If the germanium crystal had not flowed out of the laboratory, how could this kid named Evan have produced results before them?

After reading the article, Oliver also realized that he had made a mistake without thinking. He had to press down the people in front of him as soon as possible, otherwise he might lose his position under his butt.

Oliver put the journal at hand, but did not pay attention to Shockley and other people at the first time. Instead, he called the head of the patent department and asked him to come to the office.

Before the people from the patent department came, Oliver showed his power as the president and criticized the solid physics group, saying that the company provided you with so many resources, but it was not even as good as an experimental group.

The people in the solid physics team naturally dissatisfied and talked about the germanium single crystal approved by Oliver.

Oliver said without hesitation that Bell Labs is a public institution dedicated to scientific research, and its funding is an additional surcharge on the bills of telephone users across the United States. Therefore, as long as Americans are Americans, they can share Bell Labs' research results.

In short, Oliver's statement is that giving germanium crystals is not a mistake, and you should be more ashamed if you fail to achieve results.

Oliver's attack hit the members of the Solid Physics Team very hard.

Except for the grumpy Shockley.

Just after Oliver suppressed Shockley and other people, Mueller from the patent department came to the office.

It’s not enough to just dispel their arrogance. Oliver needs to see if he can recover some losses for the laboratory.

"Shockley, Bading, and Mueller, let's discuss together. In our current research, what can be applied for patents?"

"Shockley?"

Shockley, who was still angry, did not want to participate in the discussion and left Oliver's office alone.

He felt that it would be better to think about whether there is a better way to control semiconductor carriers than the so-called point-contact transistors.

The next day, an invitation letter from the California Polytechnic Solid Physics Laboratory was delivered to Oliver.

Oliver looked at the invitation, rubbed his temples with headaches, and then called the dean of the California Institute of Technology with a bitter face.

As soon as the phone was connected, Oliver complained to his junior, "Dubridge, you are not authentic. He has deceived us germanium crystals and sent such invitations... What do you mean?"

Dubridge smiled and said, "Don't be angry, President Oliver. This invitation has no other meaning, it's just a simple technical exchange."

"The development of semiconductors and transistors is not possible with one institution alone, and it requires the joint efforts of industry experts."

"This is what Evan, who made a point-to-contact transistor, said, and this exchange meeting is also his intention."

"So, just send someone..."

Oliver, who hung up the phone and understood the role of the invitation, thought about it and called Bardin in.

"This invitation is for you. If you want to go, go, if not... see who you call."

The reason why he is not called Shockley but Bardin is because Oliver knows very well that it is impossible to go to California with Shockley's violent temper.

Badin returned to the laboratory with the invitation letter, but he would not go there himself, so he asked about the wishes of other members of the group one by one.

After asking several people in a row, they all replied that they didn’t want to go. Finally, one of them took the invitation letter.

His name is William Gardner Pfann.

The exchange meeting was held on February 28th, and Pufan boarded the train to the West Coast two days in advance.

Previously, Bell Laboratories submitted three transistor-related patents, one for the process and two for electrolyte-based transistors. The patent inventors are Bading, Gibney and Brattain.

Shockley, the leader of the solid physics group, has no patent either.

On the day the Physical Review was published, Evan was pulled by Rick and Orville, and he couldn't have had an easy Saturday.

After a period of preparation, Orville finally got the IQ test paper and evaluation method. He thought to take advantage of the weekend to conduct an internal test first so that the minimum score for joining the club can be determined.

To be honest, if Orville didn't look for him, Evan, who had been in the laboratory recently, would have forgotten that he was the founder and senior executive of the "Planet Walker House".

That afternoon, eleven members of the "Planet Walker House" community except Orville sat one by one in the 201 room of BlackerHouse and started an IQ test paper.

The test paper they did was from the Wechsler scale. The test was divided into two parts: speech and operation. The highest IQ value measured was 145.

This IQ test is more troublesome, so it took eleven people an afternoon.

After finishing the test, during the time when Orville was working hard to calculate the results, someone suggested to Rick, the "No. 1" of the "Planet Walker House": "The test is so cumbersome and time-consuming, and you may have to charge an registration fee when joining the test."

Rick thought for a while and shook his head, "The registration fee will not be charged, the membership fee will be responsible for this expense."

"Evan, what do you think?"

Evan nodded indifferently.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, I finally came out.

The average score of eleven people is 125, which is about the top 7% of all humans.

Because it involves privacy, Orville only published the average value, and as for personal values, he gave them separately.

Evan measured the value of 131, which is about the top 2%.

Evan had never tested his IQ in his previous life, so he didn't know whether this number increased or decreased after passing through this special event.
Chapter completed!