Daily life of an American TV drama agent

"Everything has changed because of having a baby," Sheldon complained: "What about future comic nights? Can we still have fun playing games together? Can we still go to Disneyland together? In the future. How are we going to do these things when we have kids?”

"Don't stress, Sheldon, I think we can handle two babies at the same time."

Ron patted Sheldon's back to comfort him, but unexpectedly it had the opposite effect. Sheldon raised his head and looked at Ron in horror: "What?! Two babies! Whose belly did you make bigger? Then Two cake sellers? Or the snot-nosed girl from Tao Xi’s house? Oh my god, you can’t be”

Ron was confused: "I haven't made anyone's belly bigger! I'm talking about you! Sheldon, you are our other big baby! I believe that no matter how naughty the baby is, it will not be bigger than You’re more annoying!”

"Really? Why am I a child?!" Sheldon shouted dissatisfied: "What baby needs to be shaved every eleven days?"

"What adult would run around wearing anime-themed T-shirts every day? Or spend all his pocket money to buy train toys and comics? Or, what adult would need his mother to comfort him when he is sick? Sleep? Or..."

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" Sheldon quickly interrupted Ron's rambling: "I only said one thing, so you only need to say one thing. There is no need to say so much. This round counts. Let’s make it a draw, okay.”

"OK, let's talk about Sheldon's baby later. Howard, how does it feel to be a dad?"

Ron's words once again drew everyone's attention to Howard, but Howard's situation was not too good, and he immediately started hysterical:

"Do you know? I shouldn't be a father. I don't like eating vegetables myself, so how can I ask my children to eat them! And the Sheldon that Ron just mentioned, I myself read comics and play games every day! Oh my god, Luo Yes, you are right, I am a plus-size baby myself!”

"Howard, I think you may be overreacting." Leonard rolled his eyes at Ron and tried to calm Howard down.

"Or, you can bring Sheldon and your child together, and the three of you go to kindergarten again. At least I can guarantee that no other child will be able to bully you this time. Wait! You really can't Will you be bullied by other children?"

After thinking for a moment that Howard and Sheldon were not as powerful as a chicken, Ron felt a little unsure.

"Uh... maybe not?" Howard was also unsure, but he immediately realized that this was not the point: "None of this is important. The point is, look at my ugly hooked nose! If the child looks like What should I do?! What’s worse, what if my daughter looks like me? She won’t be able to get married.”

"Howard, under normal circumstances, what you should ask is what if the child doesn't look like you?" Raj reminded kindly, but strangely, his eyes were looking at Ron when he said this.

This caused Howard to look over and couldn't help but sigh: "That's great, Ron, you don't have this problem. Whether it's a boy or a girl, there's no problem if they look like you."

"I suggest you don't do it. If your child looks like me, it will be very embarrassing." Ron lowered his head feeling guilty.

Although he and Bernadette are innocent, he has always kept in touch with Hope. The most annoying thing is that after Hope knew that Ron had a friend's girlfriend who looked exactly like him, he made a point of talking to her every time they were together. When playing, Ron would always call her Bernadette.

Ron refused at first, but then...

Well, all Ron can say about this is that, speaking of it, you sports stars are good at playing gymnastics and cosplay games, and now you even play with your ex-husband...

Fortunately, Sheldon brought the topic back on track again: "Yeah, not to mention the impact this incident will have on our social circle. Everything will change. Howard can no longer come over as frequently as before."

Raj: "He can bring the baby with him."

"But in that case, we would have to install baby protection in the apartment. My sister Missy's bathroom has a toilet lock, so I, a doctor with a double degree, can only pee in the sink. inside."

"Who told you to lose the toilet key? Or if you didn't drink so much yogurt, you wouldn't have to run to the toilet every once in a while. Don't blame others for everything, Sheldon."

Howard suddenly turned his attention to Ron and rolled his eyes mischievously: "The key is, do you know how expensive it is to raise a child? Someone has done statistics, raising a child in Los Angeles until he graduates from college. It’s going to cost over a million dollars, oh my God! A million dollars!”

As Howard yelled hard, everyone focused their attention on Ron. Only Sheldon was a little confused by the strange atmosphere: "One million dollars is indeed a lot, but what do you think Ron is doing?"

"Yes, what do you think I do?" Ron continued following Sheldon's words: "Or, you can apply to Bernadette and ask her to give you more pocket money."

Although Howard received another salary from Ron, his income was still much lower than that of Bernadette. After all, Bernadette worked for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the United States. In order to encourage The enthusiasm of R\u0026D personnel, R\u0026D personnel can directly participate in drug sales dividends.

Think about it, Bernadette will get one cent for every medicine sold, which sounds like a small amount, but don’t forget that the purpose of modern medical capital is not to cure diseases and save lives!

In order to obtain maximum profits, medical capital will generally not bring it to the market even if it develops a specific drug for a non-fatal disease. Instead, it will hide it. Instead, it will use another drug that can alleviate the disease but cannot. Curative drugs are introduced.

In this way, in order to alleviate their condition, people will continue to buy medicine and take it, which will become a stable income for medical capital until they die.

That’s why some people say that after the end of the Cold War, what benefited the most was not outdated things like industrial capital or military capital, but medical capital.

Because the truly capable political system with the goal of liberating everyone has collapsed, medical capital no longer has to worry about the day when the Soviet Union will launch their miracle drug that is dragging down the wallets of ordinary people with chronic diseases.

"Ron, I'm not joking." Howard looked at Ron seriously. Ron knew that he would not survive if he didn't bleed some today.

"Okay, I will raise your salary..."

"Yeah!" Leonard and Howard jumped up and cheered loudly. Sheldon and Raj looked at them inexplicably, not understanding what there was to be excited about.

As long as Sheldon and the two of them meet their basic survival needs, well, make the food more delicious, and take care of the games and comics, there is basically no other expenses.

As for Rajesh, the salary is dispensable to him, and the extra salary given by Ron is not as much as the pocket money given by his father. His scientific research is originally a hobby, but his hobby has become high-end. a little.

It's hard to expect these two people to be excited about a salary increase.

"Quiet, guys, quiet!" Ron pressed his hands down to calm down the excited friends: "But I want to make it clear in advance that I can't increase your salary too much. At most, it's just for everyone. The monthly salary is about a thousand dollars more.”

"Why?" Leonard asked disappointedly.

"Because the project you are helping me with is a non-profit weapons development project. If the weapons are not sold out, it is impossible to make a profit. It can only be a project that keeps burning money. Although my IRS special operations team is indeed very profitable, This is not the way to burn money."

What Ron said is true. Of course everyone understands that although Ron has money, it is Ron's own money. He has no obligation to support his friends. Furthermore, in their own minds, how much the work Howard and the others are worth is worth. It’s also very rare.

Although they are indeed the top scientists, they have not created much value themselves. Most of their work is theoretical research. Only Howard's engineering work has something to do with practice, but it is also a large-scale scientific project and is not How much more income will it increase for him.

Howard lowered his head lowly: "You're right, I was just there for a moment...you know..."

"There's no need to be so down. Do you know what we should do now?" Ron patted Sheldon's thigh and stood up.

Sheldon rubbed his sore leg and complained, "Should we all undergo sterilization to prevent future problems?"

"Of course not! It's about finding a place to have a drink. Oh my god, how could you have such an idea?" Ron rolled his eyes at Sheldon: "First of all, we need to celebrate, celebrating our first father. Howard, secondly..."

"What's more?"

"Secondly, we need to come up with a good idea and use your scientific minds and my capital to create a company together. This time, we have to do a profitable project and make a lot of money!"

Forty minutes later, Ron repeated what he just said again at the quartet's favorite bar and raised his glass: "Let us raise a glass to our friend, Howard, a man with a broad heart and a beautiful soul..."

"A man who wears leggings and is not infertile because of it!" Raj grabbed the conversation and clinked glasses with Ron.

"cheers!"

After a round of drinking, Howard took off the small umbrella on the cocktail and said with emotion: "Look at this, the person who invented this little beautiful umbrella must be making a lot of money now. He can have as many children as he wants without having to worry about running out of money." The problem."

"It can also block the rain from a small area above the head." Sheldon said with a red face. Even though it was a cocktail, he still maintained his unbeatable record and got drunk in one sip.

"If I want to raise a child, I must come up with a super profitable idea, but I don't have any ideas in my mind right now." Howard said distressedly.

"Actually, the idea is in your hands, friends. Even if you have been studying it for a long time, haven't you discovered it?" Ron looked at several scientists who were still worried about money and said proactively.

What came back was a few pairs of eyes that couldn't believe it: "How is it possible? If we have a super profitable project, how come we don't know about it?"

"Oh my god!" Ron almost choked on his whiskey: "I recently asked you to help me research the new mecha energy supply system. I remember that Sheldon seemed to have been inspired and made new progress, right?"

"Yes, that's right. I redesigned it based on Christo's energy storage principle. The idea of ​​that battery is good, but it is too radical, so it can easily cause explosions and super electromagnetic waves that can damage the human body. After I Although the energy density is much smaller, I guarantee that it is absolutely safe... Huh... Huh..."

As Sheldon spoke, he drank the cocktail in one gulp, then fell directly on the table and fell asleep.

"Yes, that's what I'm talking about." Ron took Sheldon's face out of the snack plate and put it on the table: "I think the battery that Sheldon has re-examined should be better than the current one. Lithium batteries are easier to use, right?”

"Of course! It's so easy to use~" When talking about this, Raj couldn't help but dance: "Its energy density is almost three times that of current lithium batteries, and it is almost not affected by temperature. We have tried When operating in a low temperature environment of minus 60 degrees Celsius, the power loss is less than 10%, which is already the lowest temperature that can be encountered on the earth."

Ron lowered his voice and smiled mysteriously: "So, do you know what this means?"

"What does it mean?"

"This means that if all electric vehicles are replaced with this kind of battery, fuel vehicles will be completely unable to fight back!"

"You're right, we will become the overlord of new energy." Sheldon was woken up by the urge to urinate. He had just finished the cocktail in one gulp and drank too much water: "Where is the toilet?"

"Over there, around the corner." Raj said, "I really hope the male and female signs in the toilets can be more obvious."

"It doesn't matter, he was heading towards the kitchen anyway." Ron shrugged his shoulders. Raj just pointed casually, but Sheldon followed his finger and walked in the opposite direction: "Where did we talk just now? Already?"

"Fuel vehicles will be beaten without any power to fight back. By the way, we can sell batteries to Tesla!" Howard is now focused on making money and is very sensitive to this piece of stuff: "Last time I talked to Bernadette I also met Musk himself when I was volunteering, and I have his business card.”

Howard excitedly took out a crumpled business card from his pocket. From the sweat stains clearly visible on it, it can be inferred how many times this business card had been rubbed repeatedly in Howard's hand.

"That's his assistant's phone number. I don't think that jovial Tony would seriously tell Musk something that sounds like a fantasy." Ron glanced at it and took out his cell phone: "I'd better call him. Bar."

"Wait, do you have Musk's phone number?" Several friends stared at Ron in disbelief.

"Of course, didn't I tell you? I am one of the shareholders of Space Exploration Company."