Rebirth of America, this is my time

"Just put it here, thank you, you can go."

Evelin's words brought back Ethan's thoughts.

Looking at the long fingers that kept tapping the table, he placed the tray in front of the other party with understanding, and at the same time said with a smile: "Oh Evelin, is there no possibility of easing the relationship between us?"

"No."

Evelin answered very decisively and took a mouthful of clam soup. The salty taste made her squint her eyes.

"Ethan, you disappoint me, you know that?"

While stirring the soup, she said: "Although our family makes a living by farming, and every year's income is determined by God, and we still suffer losses when encountering extreme weather, this does not mean that our family is short of money. Thomas has accumulated a lot of wealth through many years of business.”

"Besides, our family is different from other shelter families, right? Linda is your aunt and Thomas is your uncle. Even when they can't give birth to a child, they treat you as their biological son. They I never thought about kicking you out of the family when you became an adult."

"Without financial pressure, I really don't know why you are so anxious to make money? Don't you know that time is precious? Don't you know that Thomas's biggest wish is to get us out of the orchard? Although he has always said, If we don’t want to go out, we can garden with him! But at the same time, when we want to spend money to find a teacher to tutor for the SAT, he pays for it without even thinking!”

"Ding Dong!"

Having said this, Evelin threw the spoon into the bowl hard.

The metal collided with the ceramic, making a crisp sound.

The nostalgic words made Ethan drag a stool from the side and sit next to Evelin.

He stretched out his hand to help her break off the legs of the Dungeness crab, and at the same time said: "Evelin, have you heard this sentence? Age is not the real criterion to distinguish whether a person is mature. If you want to know whether a person is mature, you have to Let’s see what his mind is like.”

"Before, I was very impetuous and self-centered, which brought you a lot of disappointment and regret. I apologize for this. I don't ask you to forgive me, but I want you to know that now I can understand your feelings. kindness."

Evelin turned her head, frowning slightly, and looked at Ethan blankly.

Ethan handed the split crab legs to her.

That handsome face with a smile made Evelin's pupils shrink.

After staring at each other for a few seconds, Evelin finally took the crab legs handed over by Ethan.

While taking a big sip, she asked in a vague tone: "How much did Milohua pay you?"

"Seven months plus one week's pay."

"That's more than two thousand?"

Evelin did a simple calculation and asked, "What are your next plans?"

"I know I still have a chance to study, but my SAT has expired."

Although there is no clear validity period for SAT scores, most universities require applicants to provide scores within two years. Ethan's grades were obtained three years ago, so many schools no longer recognize them.

"You can take the test again. If you forget anything, I can teach you." Evelin said, "If you are willing."

"Thank you." Ethan nodded his thanks. At the same time, he helped Evelin open the Dungeness crab's lid. "Although I don't want to make you angry, I still want to say that reading is not important to me now. Not much help.”

"Oh...Sh..."

Evelin immediately put down her hands and cast a disappointed look at Ethan.

Before she could curse out the curse words, Ethan had already said with a slight smile, "Okay! Evelin! I know you are in a hurry, but don't be anxious yet. Because I said this for a reason."

"The fields that I am interested in now, like you, are all in the direction of engineering. But engineering is now subject to a lot of... um... how should I put it? Is it discrimination? Or is it looked down upon? I don't know where this place should be. No word, but I know how to describe it..."

"I would like to give an example. For example, in Mi Luohua, where I just worked, as long as college students majoring in engineering come to apply for jobs, they will basically write on their resumes that they are familiar with the magazine "Popular Electronics". And based on the above content, many sets of electronic equipment were successfully copied."

"I guess you have more say in this than I do, right?"

Ethan looked at Evelin with a smile.

At the same time, his finger pointed at the magazine Evelin had just read.

Those indifferent words were like a pair of invisible hands, quietly soothing the anger on the girl's face.

And that confident smile looked into the fog, making the girl's brown eyes bloom and explore, as if it were a magnifying glass, trying to see the boy clearly.

After a moment, the girl who noticed nothing unusual sighed, smiled and shook her head.

Then he hugged the California roll and started chewing it.

Such a situation also made Ethan snap his fingers in his heart.

Because he knew that his first step was the right one.

In fact, after learning that he had traveled to America in 1975, Ethan was thinking about how to get a share of the pie in the technology field.

At the beginning, he also thought about going to university to systematically learn scientific knowledge and practical skills.

But after he prepared for this and collected information in this area, he discovered a surprising fact.

In this era, America's knowledge is different from the future. It seems that it is not limited to schools!

When Mi Luohua, the original owner of the body, recruits electronic engineers every year, the first thing they look at is not the academic qualifications of the job seekers, but whether there is a description of the magazine "Popular Electronics" in their resumes. , if yes, then let him come for the interview, if not, then look at academic qualifications.

Such a strange situation made Ethan a little surprised.

Because he couldn't figure it out no matter what, why the credibility of diplomas from major schools was not as high as that of a magazine?

But when he got a copy of "Popular Electronics" magazine and briefly browsed...

The content above immediately made him angry!

Because that magazine wrote about how to make a three-transistor portable radio!

Although it's only three pages, it shows the reader how to combine two 2N170 NPN transistors and a 2N107 PNP transistor into a radio package!

As long as the reader follows the circuit diagram drawn above, he or she can make a radio that can receive all short-wire antennas in one night!

Just looking at this is already outrageous.

And what’s even more outrageous is yet to come.

If you spend a little more time, you can use alligator clips to make a booster to receive broadcast signals farther away.

For the reception of medium-wave signals, you can also use tools such as magnetic rings and ferrite-tied antennas to adjust and search...

By the time Ethan finished flipping through the magazine, his whole person had transformed into an emoticon for future generations.

On the subway, old man, check your phone.

Damn it! What are these special codes all about?

At a certain moment, Ethan was wondering if the place where he landed was actually America!

As a guy who has studied, lived, and worked in America, he knows better than anyone how valuable professional books are in America!

If not, it would be impossible for Amazon to start by selling books.

When evil capitalists place a high value on knowledge, what they want to do is to block the public's upward channels.

And under such circumstances, America in the 1950s and 1960s actually had such a good teaching atmosphere?

Can knowledge about radio and other aspects be openly printed in popular magazines? ? ?

This is simply outrageous. Opening the door for his father is outrageous!

really!

The lighthouse before the earthquake in the east was the real lighthouse!

Just when Ethan was overjoyed with his discovery and was about to copy something from this magazine, he discovered that there were many things that he could not copy if he wanted to.

For example, he couldn't figure out the difference between NPN transistors and PNP transistors.

He was not born in a science major and had already forgotten all about middle school physics before time travel. He had no idea what the current generation process of IB and IC was in the field of physics, let alone what a superheterodyne circuit was.

When Ethan realized that he might not be able to copy the answers correctly, he really regretted that he had studied finance in his previous life.

The biggest function of this thing is to talk about science with liberal arts students, and liberal arts with science students——

Talk about mountains!

He was even more confused as to why he didn’t have a cheat like ChatGPT4.0.

Fortunately, there was a guy studying engineering next to the original owner of the body.

Ethan's sister Evelyn is a top student in computer science at the Stanford School of Engineering.

What's more, she had been interested in radio since she was a teenager.

For this reason, when Thomas ordered her "Popular Electronics" in 1966, he also spent a lot of money to make up for his daughter's previously published and unordered magazines. When Evelin wanted to do it, he let her She dismantled the TV set at home and assembled it into a projector.

When this fact emerged, Ethan still taught himself! Directly focus on the other party!

Judging from the current situation, this girl is not as violent as she appears.

After nibbling on a California roll, drinking a few mouthfuls of clam soup, and eating the brains of the Dungeness crab, Evelin also wiped her mouth.

"Ethan."

"uh-huh?"

"I know what you're thinking."

"What?"

"You must have some idea that involves knowledge of electronics and computers. Since you don't know how to do it, you want me to make it for you."

Evelin said firmly: "Don't try to deny it. We have known each other for almost twenty years. Do you still remember when you were in high school? You asked me to make you a walkie-talkie, as big as a palm, so that it can be easily hidden. Get up and scare people!”

When the situation came up that I knew what you were shitting when you stick your butt out, Ethan stopped pretending.

He spread his hands and said, "Yeah~ It seems I can't hide anything from you."

"Hmph!" Ethan's admission earned Evelin a blank look.

After staring at the boy who grew up with her for a few seconds, she sighed, "Okay, I surrender, I really can't defeat you! Your temper is like a cow, only God knows how to make you Turn a corner! So... tell me your idea, what do you want to do this time? I'll do it for you."

"Oh, this is really great! Evelin, I love you!" Evelin's concession made Ethan grin.

It was for this reason that he turned his gaze and started searching.

When he saw that a copy of "Popular Electronics" placed on Evelin's bookshelf was stamped with January 1975, he immediately took it out.

After discovering that there was a square machine on it and the code name Altair 8800 in the upper left corner, he pointed at the other person and said with a smile: "Can you make such a thing?"

"???"

Such questions made Evelin frown.

The next second, after catching the smile in Ethan's pupils, knowing that she had been tricked, she directly picked up the Dungeness crab shell and threw it at the boy.

"Oh Ethan! You did this on purpose, right? Get out of here!"

Note: ① The influence of "Popular Electronics" in reality is even more exaggerated than what I wrote. Almost all engineers who came out in the 1950s, 1970s and 1980s subscribed, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Apple co-founder Shi Steve Wozniak and David Gross, the 2004 Nobel Prize winner in physics. The radio production in this article is from the May 1960 issue.