Dark Matter Page #5

With your abilities and degree you qualify

for a nice apartment in central Beijing.

Then find a wife who can cook

so you can focus on your research.

Wouldn't that be great?

Get a corporate job like me, and you can

research Dark Matter in your spare time.

Even Einstein had a day job.

F*** dark matter!

FIRE:

How are you?

- Good.

How are you?

- Fine.

Thank you.

- Yeah.

Happy birthday.

Liu Xing, who told you it was my birthday?

Oh, you forget, I am a scientist.

I just know.

Yeah, well, I see you're

a cosmetologist after all.

Then please come to my house after work.

I prepare you a birthday feast.

That's so sweet but I already have plans.

- No problem. Tomorrow.

I don't think so.

I like you, Liu Xing.

You're a really nice guy, but I just...

I don't think

it's going to work out between us.

I'm sorry.

- No problem.

Baba, Mama, how are you?

I am proud to report that I graduated

with the highest honors.

Soon youll be living in America with me.

Then youll be the proud parents

of Professor Liu Xing.

Now all the universities

are fighting over me.

Im trying to decide

which job offer to accept.

I miss you both very much.

Here we go. Hello.

Beer, wine, salad, everything's there.

Everybody, Professor Colby.

Professor Colby has the floor.

Thank you, Professor.

I wanted to share some good news with you.

For the third year running, the

Gelman Prize for best science dissertation

has been awarded to one of our own.

Laurence Feng.

- Oh, that's great.

Take a bow.

You! You! You! You! You! You! You!

My God!

My love,

As pure as a rose...

I brought you a present.

Joanna, I didn't even graduate.

I didn't say it was a graduation present.

You like it?

- Yes.

Very old.

- Yeah.

Liu Xing, my husband Hal has a business.

He does a lot of business in China.

Yeah.

- Yeah.

Not in your field.

But it's import export.

And I know some of the people.

So, I thought I might contact them.

Im okay. Im okay.

No problem.

I can find a job myself.

Hmm. Of course.

- Thank you.

So I'm not clear on the protocol now.

Liu Xing hasn't passed his dissertation

Im sure hell get his doctorate someday.

I mean, he's a brilliant guy.

But unfortunately he's not a team player.

Oh. Well, you wouldn't put that

in a letter of recommendation.

No, I wrote him a very fine

recommendation.

You did?

- Believe me.

Great. Yeah.

Because I remember when he first came,

you said he was the most brilliant student

you'd ever seen.

Yes, and I have no doubt. Yeah.

Hell make a lasting contribution

to cosmology someday.

Somewhere. But...

- Hm.

I wish there were something you could do,

because he looks up to you so much.

I don't think he still wants

to work for me, Joanna.

Butterfly!

My butterfly!

Does he have a girlfriend in America?

He's too busy.

Here you go.

All he knows is studying, like a fool.

Who's going to date him?

Liu Xing, right?

I read your article on Dark Matter.

It's really good.

Liu Xing!

Liu Xing, such a surprise.

Joanna.

- How wonderful to see you.

Oh, my God, I was just thinking about you.

- Thank you.

Can't even look at the sky

without thinking about Dark Matter.

Come in. Can I get you some tea?

- Yes.

Good.

Come in. Sit down.

- Thank you.

its so good to see you.

I thought you had disappeared completely.

Bach?

- Yes. Yes.

Do you have some good news?

- News?

Yes. Oh, have you heard

from the other universities yet?

No.

- No? Oh, I- Im sorry, I thought

No.

- Mm.

Oh, it's so good to see you.

What is Skin Sheen?

Oh...

This some beauty product I sell.

You sell?

- Just to kill time.

And it's... its pretty good stuff.

Do you like to try some?

Oh, no, thank you. I have a lot of,

God knows, things that I have.

Sorry.

But... No, I didn't mean... Im sorry.

Of course I'm always

looking for something new.

You know, and just love to try it.

Love to.

Sure?

- Sure.

Oh, shoot.

- Uh-oh. Top came off.

its all right. Its all right.

Its, it's just started.

- Yes, how did I know?

It's quite a line of products.

What do they all do?

Okay.

Hand cream. Here.

- Okay. Okay.

And, your hand, the first,

you can put it here.

- Yeah. Mm.

And then...

And the second...

Oh.

Second, you...

Okay. You put it here, and then...

I'm not, Im not good at it.

It's okay. This is good. Its nice.

It's nice.

And...

Mm?

- Yes. And...

That's okay.

It really doesn't matter.

Okay.

- Mm-hmm.

Yes. Good, good smile.

- Hmm, good smile.

May I?

- Of course.

This...

Its lovely.

Liu Xing...

I'm sorry.

I sometimes have an

allergic reaction to these things.

It's just a temporary job.

- Yes, it's just for a little while.

Then youll find something wonderful.

I know you will.

I know you will.

Joanna, I have many,

many things must to do.

Yes. Im sure.

- Im so busy.

Im so glad you came to see me though.

- l...

I ... l...

l...

I must go to the library.

Dad, Mom , how are you?

Here is the money I saved in America,

to repay you for all the gentle care

you have given me.

Excuse me.

Marvin Gelman believed

that science could flourish only where

people were free to express their ideas.

The winner of the Gelman Prize came to

America from Communist China 3 years ago,

and has flourished at this university.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Dr Laurence Feng.

By starting at 1 0 to the minus 36 seconds

after the Big Bang,

I have derived new initial conditions

for the Reiser Model,

that generate more accurate predictions of

the present-day structure of the universe.

In broad terms, I am providing...

What are you doing here?

Liu Xing? What are you doing here?

Is Laurence finished?

Are you all right?

Yes?

- Hello. My name is Joanna.

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