California Institute of Technology, first floor of the Physics Mathematics and Electronics Engineering Building.

It was around four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Wow! La la!"

The dark sky was raining heavily as expected. Layton, who was standing in the corridor on the first floor, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at the large wooden box that was unloaded from the truck first, and was extremely lucky.

"Fortunately, I called you here. If it was a little late... it was raining so heavily, I couldn't even unload the goods."

Kenneth and Webber, who worked as porters with Leiden, leaned against the wall, panting. The box was quite big and took a lot of effort. Kenneth joked with Leiden while resting: "Doctor, we have put in such a lot of effort, are there any rewards?"

Leiden smiled and said, "Of course there is!"

Kenneth asked in surprise, "What is it?"

Leiden pointed to the big box and said, "The reward is that the assembly of this thing is left to you! It must be completed within a week!"

Kenneth's face drooped and he cried, "Ah! How could this be considered a reward?"

Leiden nodded and said for granted: "Of course this is a reward."

"Others want to pretend that I won't let me go! I spent tens of thousands of dollars in funding!"

Weber patted Kenneth on the shoulder and said, "The doctor is right. Look at me, I obviously have the same strength as you, so I won't have this opportunity."

Kenneth bowed his head in resignation.

After a while of rest, Leiden clapped his hands and asked Webber to go to the laboratory to take down the manual hydraulic truck. After a while, Webber came back with the tools, followed by a group of assistants, a total of five people, all of whom were students who had just entered the laboratory, including third-grade and fourth-grade.

A fourth-grade newcomer rushed to say, "Doctor, come on, leave it to us."

Leiden was so happy that someone helped, so he let go of his hand and took charge: "Be careful, the equipment inside is all good things."

"By the way, aren't you guys having classes? They came so early!"

The students answered one after another, "Yes!"

With so many people, the box was transferred to the laboratory in less than half an hour. Leiden did not rush to unbox, but came to the office and wanted to discuss with Evan how to adjust the layout of the laboratory.

Evan didn't have class this afternoon and came to the lab early.

“Evan…”

Leiden pushed the door open and stopped as soon as he called his name. It turned out that Evan was talking to someone on the phone. While nodding at the microphone, he reached out to Leiden to signal him to wait.

Leiden compared sign language and asked if he wanted to come again later. Evan shook his head and asked him to sit down, making a gesture of "It's good now".

Seeing this, Leiden sat down.

"Okay, I understand. I will go there tonight. I have to ask you to work overtime."

"Good...see you later!"

"Bang!"

The phone hangs up.

Evan looked at the order on Leiden's hand and asked, "The equipment has been delivered?"

"Yes!" Leiden nodded and said, "Just moved up with Kenneth and the others."

"The question now is where to put it, do you have any requirements?"

Evan waved his hand and said, "You can do this, just pay attention to safety."

Although Leiden became an assistant professor, he habitually focused on Evan's opinions in the laboratory. Evan understood his ideas, but he was indeed not interested in managing the laboratory, so some things can be pushed if possible.

Leiden didn't find it strange to Evan's reaction. He nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll empty the northwest corner and put the new equipment there."

Evan didn't agree.

Leiden asked, "By the way, Evan, are you leaving school tonight?"

"Yes, there's something going on with the company," Evan said.

Leiden hesitated for a moment and asked, "The experiment that night..."

Just yesterday, their laboratory just tried to make a prototype of a junction transistor according to Evan's theory, and was originally going to test it tonight to see if it was successful. This is why those interns came so well today.

For such an important experiment, Evan, who is the backbone of the laboratory, is not here... Leiden feels it is not good and wonders whether to change the time.

Evan naturally understood what Leiden was hesitating and interrupted: "The experiment will continue to be there, don't wait for me."

"I can't do this experiment without missing me, so there is no need to do these false things."

"By the way, I have a bottle of champagne in my cabinet, which Rick gave me. If the result is good, I will open it."

"Be careful, don't open it in the laboratory."

Leiden thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay!"

At about five o'clock, Evan left the laboratory and had dinner with Bob, who came to pick him, in the shopping street near the college, and then drove to Ingwood.

At 7 p.m., Applied Healthcare Company, Carl's Office.

Evan, Carl, Joe Wells, and Lewis Walker worked overtime to have a meeting.

The afternoon rain has been falling until now. Evan wiped his clothes with the towel prepared by Carl and said, "Things are said one by one, but everything is done costs money, so, Carl, you talk first."

"Okay!" Carl held a brown-covered notebook in his hand, and opened it and said, "According to Evan, I spread the news that Applied Physics Systems is going to borrow money through Wells Fargo. So far, more than twenty banks, including Wells Fargo, are interested in providing loans. In addition to the top ten banks in California, these banks also include several federal chartered banks from the East Coast."

The banking industry in the United States is very developed, but in some aspects it is very conservative. After the Great Depression, the banking industry was divided into two parts: investment banks and commercial banks. However, before that, American banks were restricted and were not allowed to operate across states. Federal franchise banks holding interstate operating licenses would be boycotted by local states.

Hearing that the East Coast bank was involved, Evan nodded slightly, hung the towel, sat opposite Carl, and asked, "Where are the interest rates for each company?"

Carl replied: "The local bank interest rates are actually similar, but those companies have given them a lot lower."

Evan asked again: "Are there any additional conditions?"

Carl nodded and said, "You guessed it, there is indeed."

"Their condition is that if the company has a listing plan, it either requires a designated contractor or a certain share quota, and each company has different."

Evan chuckled and then asked, "Where is the credit limit?"

"The total amount is related to valuation, and our requirement is $5 million, which is what most banks can meet," Carl said.

"Just, Evan, do we have to borrow so much?"
Chapter completed!