Chapter 9: Part Of The Job
Jiang Yang turned his head in some surprise and looked into Zhou Yu’s eyes, seeing that Zhou Yu was still smiling, her expression unchanged.
For a moment, this made Jiang Yang unable to tell if she was joking or not.
The memory training room ahead had arrived.
“Hello, Comrade Jiang Yang. Today we will teach you a quick memory method. Time is urgent, so let’s start now.”
The man in the white coat in front of him opened a screen and pointed to the text on it: “Image Memory Method.
Its principle is very simple. When facing a large amount of data that needs to be memorized quickly, such as text, charts, color blocks, etc., do not attempt to break it down and memorize the internal data in detail. Instead, treat it as a whole, like a painting, and memorize it overall.
The cone cells in the human body are more sensitive to colors like red and green. The information carried by these colors is directly stored in the short-term memory neurons, so…”
He explained the techniques of this memory method to Jiang Yang in detail. Zhou Yu did not leave but acted like a secretary, gently bringing Jiang Yang a drink and then sitting beside him waiting, as if ready to be summoned by Jiang Yang at any time.
During a break in learning, Jiang Yang glanced at the drink on the table and discovered it was his favorite sugar-free cola, with ice cubes added, which surprised him a bit.
Glancing at Zhou Yu, he saw her wink at him.
“Good, now you have mastered the basic principles of the image memory method. Now let’s do some actual training. Remember the key points I mentioned earlier.”
Looking at the pen and paper in front of him, Jiang Yang felt a sudden surge of tension.
“Come on, you can do it.”
Looking at Zhou Yu beside him, who was clenching her fist to cheer him on, Jiang Yang instantly felt a surge of confidence.
“Good, this is a chart. You have five seconds to memorize it, then reproduce it on this paper as accurately as possible.
Three, two, one…”
A chart composed of yellow, red, green, and other colors quickly appeared on the screen. Jiang Yang widened his eyes and looked carefully, trying to form an overall impression rather than memorizing the details.
After five seconds, the image disappeared.
Following the instructions, he closed his eyes and waited a few seconds, then Jiang Yang suddenly opened his eyes, picked up the pen, and quickly wrote on the paper.
Jiang Yang hadn’t even understood what information the image recorded. He imitated it like copying a painting, reproducing it based on the memory in his mind.
It went smoothly at first, but in the lower half, Jiang Yang started to hesitate and ultimately only completed about 70%, without being able to guarantee accuracy.
The trainer picked up Jiang Yang’s answer and looked at it seriously, seemingly evaluating it.
At this moment, Jiang Yang even felt like he was handing in a primary school exam paper.
Looking at Zhou Yu beside him, she seemed to be tense along with Jiang Yang.
After a moment, the trainer put down the paper with a slight smile: “Achieving this performance in the first training is impressive. Comrade Jiang Yang, you have a lot of talent.”
Jiang Yang instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
“Jiang Yang, you’re amazing!”
Seeing Zhou Yu’s adoring gaze, Jiang Yang instantly felt a sense of accomplishment, surging with endless motivation, feeling as if no difficulty was insurmountable.
For the entire afternoon of study time, Zhou Yu stayed in the training room accompanying Jiang Yang.
Serving tea and water, fruits during breaks, sharing tension and excitement together, occasionally looking at Jiang Yang with her big eyes full of adoration, making Jiang Yang feel that this class was not dull at all.
“Alright, today’s training ends here. We’ll continue tomorrow.”
After shaking hands, the trainer left.
Jiang Yang looked at Zhou Yu: “What’s the arrangement next?”
“Of course, it’s time to eat.”
Not mentioning it was fine, but once mentioned, Jiang Yang really felt a bit hungry.
Arriving at the canteen private room, Jiang Yang was very surprised to see five dishes on the dining table, three of which were the braised cuttlefish egg soup, quick-fried double crisps, and scallion-braised sea cucumber he had just mentioned at noon.
“Try it, try it.”
Jiang Yang picked up the tableware and took a bite, looking at Zhou Yu, who seemed to be suppressing a smile, in full shock.
This taste was exactly the same as what he had eaten at Lin Jiang Xian Restaurant a few days ago!
“Hahahaha!”
Zhou Yu laughed cheerfully: “How is it? Surprised? Unexpected?”
“You guys, you went to Yidong City to pack it up?”
“Wrong, guess again.”
“There’s a Lu cuisine chef at Base Seven?”
“Even if there is, how could the taste be the same?”
“Then you…”
“Director Tang mobilized a special plane to bring the ingredients and that chef from Yidong City to our base, made on site, haha, couldn’t guess, right?”
In that short sentence, Jiang Yang’s mind vividly pictured the scenes of countless personnel working tirelessly behind these dishes.
“This, this is too grand.”
“No.”
Zhou Yu restrained her smile and looked at Jiang Yang seriously: “This is part of the job.”
Recalling the afternoon class scenes, Jiang Yang said: “Then, the afternoon was also part of your job? The emotional value you provided, tsk tsk, no wonder it’s the psychological support team.”
“Just say if you like it or not.”
Jiang Yang felt a chill run through his body: “Eat, eat.”
After eating, they took a stroll in the base, and the time reached ten o’clock.
Lying in bed, hearing the faint low construction noise from beyond the door, Jiang Yang closed his eyes.
He knew that at this moment, at least ten thousand workers were working overnight in this base. Outside the base, at least tens or hundreds of millions of people were working tirelessly for the doomsday plan.
He slept soundly all night.
The alarm rang, and Jiang Yang opened his eyes.
Picking up the mobile phone, it showed August 16th, 7:30 AM.
“Eighth day.”
Today’s arrangement was still memory training.
Jiang Yang pushed open the door and saw Zhou Yu walking toward him, dressed in a tight skirt, high heels, and white shirt, styled like an office lady but with added sexy and pure elements.
Seeing Jiang Yang’s somewhat shocked gaze, Zhou Yu smiled: “Like it?”
Jiang Yang boldly scanned Zhou Yu, not avoiding his aggressive gaze: “Is this also part of the job?”
“You guess?”
“Am I a kid still guessing?”
Jiang Yang was somewhat speechless: “Is our base serious or not?”
“Absolutely serious.”
Zhou Yu said seriously: “Psychological and physiological research shows that in front of the opposite sex, especially attractive opposite sex, people secrete more dopamine and adrenaline, and instinctively show their best side, which greatly improves work efficiency.
I published three papers on this in the Journal of Psychological Science. Want me to explain in detail?”
Jiang Yang finally retreated: “Talk later, let’s go, let’s go.”
