Before heading back, they still had a lot of cleanup work to do.
Wearing rubber gloves, holding a clamp in his left hand and a large plastic bag in his right, Yan Xiao began collecting the bugs at each experimental site.
He went to the "blacklight lamp" spot first.
The utter mess coupled with a charred, tiger-like stench almost made him vomit.
Enduring the discomfort, he immediately turned around without a change in expression and walked away, heading straight for the device installed with the LED lamp.
If he had not retraced his steps, it really would have looked like he was just "passing by."
The others: "..."
The one who reacted the fastest was Lin Fangxin. She pulled out her phone and ran after Yan Xiao,
shouting as she ran, "I'm going to record video as evidence of the experimental results."
Lin Wushu's three students: "..."
Picking up bugs and weighing them was quite a tedious task.
By the time Lin Fangxin and Yan Xiao finished bagging the bugs from the other spots, the three blacklight musketeers had also cleared away the bug carcasses around the "blacklight lamp."
Holding an electronic scale, Yan Xiao weighed them bag by bag.
"Halogen lamp, 0.92 kilograms."
"LED lamp, 0.51 kilograms."
"Tungsten filament lamp, 0.81 kilograms..."
"Ultraviolet lamp, 0.45 kilograms."
"Blacklight lamp, 11.62 kilograms!!!"
"Ah~!!!" Lin Fangxin cried out in joy.
"So fucking awesome, as expected of me!!!" Yan Xiao was also very excited.
On the one hand, the extermination count of the "blacklight lamp" far exceeded expectations.
Because the book in the system had prompted that the catch volume of a typical blacklight lamp in one night was about 4 kilograms.
Yet now there was actually a catch volume of 11.62 kilograms,
which showed that...
This plot of land was indeed neglected in management...
On the other hand, with such excellent experimental results, getting the bonus money was estimated to be a sure thing.
Just as Yan Xiao was thinking about how to spend the bonus money once he got his hands on it, Lin Fangxin walked over and said,
"Yan Xiao, Dad suggests we send the bugs to the Agricultural College and let them study the species."
"Alright, I'll defer to you." Yan Xiao was noncommittal about this.
He had long since read in books that the "blacklight lamp" was most attractive to Lepidoptera and Coleoptera insects.
"Then we need to hurry up and prepare the paper, and you also need to step up your patent registration for this."
"No problem. How about you take the lead on writing the paper while I handle the patent stuff first?"
"Okay, then tell me those 'hypotheses' of yours again."
At eight o'clock in the morning on the way back, Yan Xiao explained the "four hypotheses of insect phototaxis" to Lin Fangxin all over again.
This caused Lin Wushu, who was driving in front, to nod repeatedly.
Although he did not know much about agronomy,
he could still hear the logic in the process of Yan Xiao explaining these four hypotheses.
This must have been thoroughly considered, Lin Wushu judged.
No matter how excited she was, having stayed up all night, Lin Fangxin still could not hold out.
Yan Xiao sat in the back row, observing Lin Wushu's expression through the rearview mirror while secretly glancing at Lin Fangxin.
Mhm,
she was truly pretty.
She looked so sweet when she fell asleep.
When we get to school later, I suppose this counts as watching you wake up...
"I'm heading back to school. Where are you going?" Lin Wushu asked.
"I'm going home. Just drop me off wherever we pass the subway, you see fit."
Yan Xiao replied.
Lin Wushu nodded and focused on driving.
In less than five minutes, they got on the Jizang Expressway.
An hour and a half passed,
and they were still on the Jizang Expressway...
At ten-twenty, Lin Wushu dropped Yan Xiao off next to the subway station at the main entrance of Ji University, then drove his daughter home,
after which he returned to school to continue his day's work.
After returning home, Yan Xiao immediately turned on his computer.
Then he fell asleep.
At four-thirty in the afternoon, he finally woke up slowly.
Ordering takeout and eating it thoroughly, Yan Xiao sat back down beside the computer.
He opened Word...
How does one write a patent application???
For people in the electrified era, looking up information might be rather difficult.
But for people in the information age, it was as simple as could be.
Yan Xiao opened Baidu and typed in "how to write a practical technology patent application."
He hit enter~
Swish...
Ad... Ad... Ad... Ad... Ad... Ad... Ad...
After flipping through two pages, Yan Xiao finally found a patent application writing tutorial.
He studied...
And he was still studying without making much headway by the time Guan Zhiyuan arrived...
"What on earth are you researching?" Guan Zhiyuan asked, looking at the computer screen.
"I'm looking up how to do a patent."
"You want to apply for a patent?" Guan Zhiyuan asked curiously.
Yan Xiao nodded, his eyes fixed on the screen the entire time, occasionally picking up a pen to record key points.
"Are you looking up how to write a patent application?"
Yan Xiao nodded again.
"Why don't you just have my dad help you apply?" Guan Zhiyuan said in confusion.
Yan Xiao raised his head. "Uncle works at the Patent Office?"
"No. My dad opened a company that sells patent applications, similar to a patent agency. His company bundles a lot of patented technologies, sells them to enterprises, and then takes a commission from the patent owners.
Sometimes they also take orders from enterprises, help them find relevant patents, and take a two-way commission."
"That's great." As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Xiao stood up immediately, grabbed Guan Zhiyuan, and said, "Let's go to your place!"
Twenty minutes later,
Yan Xiao met Guan Zhiyuan's father, Guan Houyi.
He was a middle-aged man with a full beard, his hair already speckled with dots of white.
Fortunately, his beard was not white, so he did not look very old.
"Hello, Uncle Guan." Yan Xiao greeted him first.
"Hello, Yan Xiao. It's been a while since you came over to play. I heard from our Zhiyuan that you've been tutoring him for a while now. Sorry for the trouble." Guan Houyi smiled kindly.
"Right, the two of us are good pals. He is studious and smart, and I don't want him to fall behind." Yan Xiao tried his best to mention Guan Zhiyuan's good points.
As for being stubborn, obstinate, and fond of daydreaming, those were not worth mentioning...
"Him?" A look of disgust appeared on Guan Houyi's face. "If he doesn't piss me off to death, I'll burn high incense."
"Dad, you're in front of Dayanyan, at least leave me some face!" Guan Zhiyuan protested.
Guan Houyi simply chuckled.
"Uncle Guan." After the polite pleasantries, Yan Xiao prepared to get straight to the point. "I want to apply for a practical technology patent. Old Guan told me you are especially skilled in this area, and I wanted to ask for your help."
"No problem, it's nothing difficult." Guan Houyi agreed readily, but in his heart, he actually looked down upon the patent Yan Xiao wanted to apply for.
After all, a young man, a high school student, what remarkable thing could he possibly invent?
This was the new century,
not hundreds of years ago.
To be in your teens-to be honest, you are still far off from even learning the foundational knowledge you ought to.
"Then I thank you in advance." Yan Xiao expressed his gratitude.
"Tell me roughly what kind of patent it is?" Guan Houyi asked out of courtesy.
"It's a 'blacklight lamp' high-voltage bug-trapping network."
"Oh, this? A black... blacklight lamp??? High-voltage bug-trapping network???" Guan Houyi did not understand at all.
What kind of lamp was a blacklight lamp?
Could black light even be light?
Wouldn't it be unlit?
Could it be the kind of black light from a cosmic black hole?
Guan Houyi's train of thought completely took flight, and his expression became extraordinarily colorful.
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