Consulting an Academician

In the living room, Li Na, holding the little one who smelled of milk, fell into deep thought.

She had specifically walked from her neighborhood to here early this morning, clearly intending to "care" for Mo Jingchun properly, so that he would realize his mistakes, listen attentively in class, and focus on learning professional knowledge.

But... why did the outcome differ from what she expected? Instead, she had pushed Mo Jingchun, making him go further down the path of "darkening."

The more she thought about it, the more Li Na felt something was wrong, and her mind couldn't process it for a moment.

Looking at the wide-open doors at the entrance and across the hall, Li Na couldn't help but think that it was too late to say anything now. That guy had already run over to consult Academician Chen Xihe.

"Forget it, everyone has their own path to walk." Li Na sighed and shook her head.

Looking at the milky-sweet Candy in her arms, Li Na's mood instantly improved. Li Na found that she was becoming more and more fond of children.

No, she must tell her Old Mom when she goes back next time and urge her Younger Brother and Brother's Wife to have a little cutie quickly.

Hmph hmph!

They've been married for over a year and are still thinking of enjoying themselves for a few more years. How can that be!

Li Na raised her eyebrows. She had decided that whenever she had time, she would go to her Younger Brother's company every few days to urge the two of them.

On the other side, Mo Jingchun, holding the notebook with the recorded questions, obediently followed behind Academician Chen Xihe.

Chen Xihe picked up the glasses case on the table, opened it, took out the Reading Glasses inside, and said with a smile on his face, "Come, let me see the problems you've encountered. It's good to love learning. The country is becoming stronger and more prosperous precisely because there are many people like you who love learning."

Mo Jingchun awkwardly rubbed his nose, not knowing how to respond to Academician Chen Xihe's words.

If he were truly as outstanding as Academician Chen Xihe said, Mo Jingchun felt he could wake up laughing while sleeping.

Chen Xihe, wearing his Reading Glasses, sat on the sofa and opened Mo Jingchun's notebook.

The "good" handwriting that met his eyes made the corner of Chen Xihe's mouth twitch uncontrollably.

He was excellent at learning and loved learning, so why couldn't he write well?

Fortunately, although the writing in the notebook wasn't pretty, the handwriting was still clear, and every word was recognizable.

"Mo Jingchun, I'll call you Xiao Chun."

"Tsk! You need to practice your handwriting more when you have nothing to do. You can't just focus on absorbing new knowledge. Good handwriting is also very crucial. In your young people's words, writing well can, at a critical moment, allow you to put on a good show."

Mo Jingchun: "???"

Before Mo Jingchun could say anything, Academician Chen Xihe's expression turned serious the next second, and he began to focus on the questions in the notebook one by one, not even letting go of the questions that Mo Jingchun had crossed out with his pen.

Beside him, Mo Jingchun, craning his neck, said, "Teacher, the ones I crossed out are problems I've already solved by looking up information. The rest are not found in books."

"Mm." Chen Xihe just lightly hummed in response, then continued to look through the various questions Mo Jingchun had recorded, page by page.

After about ten minutes, Chen Xihe, who had finished reading all the questions in Mo Jingchun's notebook, turned the notebook back to the first page.

Then, Chen Xihe raised his head and met Mo Jingchun's eyes. As soon as he spoke, Mo Jingchun was greatly startled.

"Are you researching something similar to a stabilizer or a balancing device?"

Seeing the astonishment in Mo Jingchun's eyes and the look of disbelief on his face, Chen Xihe smiled. Now, Chen Xihe was absolutely certain that Mo Jingchun was researching something similar to a stabilizer or a balancing device.

Just as Academician Chen Xihe had thought, Mo Jingchun was indeed surprised by Academician Chen Xihe. It was nothing short of a prophecy coming true.

Is this what an academician is like? Mo Jingchun thought to himself. Just based on the unsolved problems and doubts I recorded in my notebook, he can infer the surface from the line, and the body from the surface! And then deduce the type of product I'm researching.

Smart Anti-Shake Spoon. To put it nicely, it's called a Smart Anti-Shake Spoon. To be more practical, in the final analysis, a Smart Anti-Shake Spoon is still a balancing device.

Mo Jingchun nodded blankly, swallowed, and replied, "Yes, Teacher, I am developing a Smart Anti-Shake Spoon. I am very confident in the software algorithm part, and it has already been developed. But on the hardware side, as you can see, I am facing various problems."

"Smart Anti-Shake Spoon?" Chen Xihe nodded. "That's a good thing."

As an academician and also an old man, he was never short of old friends whose hands involuntarily started shaking more and more as they got older.

Especially a few old friends who had strokes, they could no longer feed themselves and relied entirely on others to take care of them.

Thinking of how confident this young fellow Mo Jingchun was about the software having no problems, Chen Xihe smiled and didn't plan to dampen the young fellow's enthusiasm.

It was impossible for the software to be ready when the hardware wasn't. Any mature electronic product definitely needed to undergo final adaptation between software and hardware before it could be adjusted to the optimal state.

Although the computing power of computers was strong in this era, the simulated results were only results under ideal models. In the actual process, one would always encounter unimaginable problems that had never been thought of before.

Chen Xihe pointed to a problem in the notebook and said to Mo Jingchun, "Here, I suggest you use screw drive instead of gear drive."

"Why?" Mo Jingchun scratched his head and asked, puzzled.

"Good question! Why?"

"Have you ever thought about it? Although gear drive has many advantages – its transmission is relatively accurate, efficient, compact in structure, reliable in operation, and has a long lifespan – similarly, if you use gear drive inside your Smart Anti-Shake Spoon, have you ever thought about how many gears of various sizes are needed inside the Smart Anti-Shake Spoon to complete the complex motion of anti-shake?"

"Do you know about mechanical watches?"

Mo Jingchun nodded.

"I know."

Chen Xihe looked at Mo Jingchun and asked with a smile, "Then what is your first impression of a mechanical watch?"

Mo Jingchun thought for a moment and said, "Expensive."

"That's right, it's expensive. The more accurate a mechanical watch is, the more precise the gears inside, which means the cost will increase."

"As a daily necessity rather than a luxury item, if the Smart Anti-Shake Spoon is too expensive, there will inevitably be few people willing to be the 'sucker'."

"Screw drive is different. It can adjust the shaking direction of the spoon at the fastest speed, thereby achieving the purpose of balance. Not only that, the volume occupied by screw drive is much smaller compared to a pile of gears."

Chen Xihe said jokingly with a smile, "You can't expect people to hold a spoon handle as thick as a teacup, right?"

PS: Thanks to Xuan Zhi for the reward.