Beautiful Campus (4)
“I tried to move it with cranes, helicopters, bulldozers, and all kinds of equipment, but it was in vain. don’t be surprised As a result of observation, it did not move even 1 mm. No matter how hard you push or pull it.”
“Isn’t it only a small part of what is revealed on the surface like an iceberg?”
Jeong Seo-hoon pretended not to know the expected answer, but asked a question.
“That’s not it. The full picture of the comet was accurately drawn with non-destructive observation equipment. The full size is right for what we see.”
Since it crashed to the surface, it should be called a meteorite from now on, but the resident research team added that they refer to it as a comet idiomatically.
“It is unclear whether the comet’s surface is metallic or rocky. It’s impossible to get even a small piece off, so you can’t do ingredient research. However, as a result of observing the surface with a transmission electron microscope… … .”
The surface of the comet, which endlessly sucks in light, was emitting a darkness so intense that it could even inhale a person’s heart.
“It has been proven that it is an element that does not exist on Earth. So element 119 was de facto certified. It’s still a secret, but still.”
“Element 119… … .”
“Isn’t it surprising? Of course, this fact should not be known to the outside world yet. It means you shouldn’t tease your kids about having to memorize the periodic table again.”
“Then it would be difficult to measure mass.”
“There was an idea to insert a scale underneath and dig up the soil, but it was rejected. You don’t know what will happen if you touch it wrong.”
Lee Se-jong’s cool eyes watched the comet radiating darkness again.
“From outer space… … A chunk of the 119th element that is blatantly violating the laws of physics we know. Can you guess its academic value?”
“Was it too much of a burden for our country to eat it alone?”
“The fact that this resident research team was created under strict security has an overwhelmingly large political and diplomatic effect.”
The comet crashed on Korean soil and is, therefore, of course Korean property. In the first place, there is no justification for claiming rights abroad.
However, just as gold bars suddenly rolled into the shantytown bring misfortune.
For those who do not have the strength to protect the treasure, treasures of far-away value rather bring bad luck.
“For our country, it would have been easier to eat comfortably if a 100-billion-barrel oil field suddenly popped out.”
“It seems that foreign countries coveted the comet a lot.”
“It is not wrong to say that it has become fixed as of now after all imaginable behind-the-scenes operations, diplomatic conciliation, pressure, and lobbying have all occurred.”
A final compromise made after all conceivable slander and backstabbing.
“The fact that comets do not move at all has been a great blessing to our country. Otherwise, the Americans and British might have taken it away as if it were theirs.”
The Korean government, as the owner of the comet, said that it prioritizes sharing all research results.
Foreign researchers have to hand over all, even trivial measurement data, to Korea in real time.
“The 119th new element that shows a stable bonding reaction at room temperature… … . If we can find a way to use this, won’t the scientific community around the world face another big change?”
“It is worth putting up the name of the United Nations to thoroughly block access control.”
Jung Seo-hoon stared at the comet.
In the darkness that absorbs more than 99.99% of the light, I see a rustling golden orb.
It feels like peeping at the hot sun hiding inside a black hole.
‘Is it a small sun in the dark?’
A glowing golden sphere hidden inside a comet.
However, Lee Se-jong did not mention anything about him.
Whether it was observation failure, or information that was inaccessible with your level authority.
You shouldn’t say what you see with your eyes.
It was clear that it was a shape invisible to the naked eye of an ordinary person.
“Can I touch it?”
“Not yet. Contribute to the research and raise the level.”
Jeong Seo-hoon glanced around.
Invisible to the naked eye, micro surveillance equipment was hung everywhere in the research barracks. Right now, there are only 27 devices that observe Lee Se-jong and himself.
It would be impossible to penetrate this surveillance network and touchdown the comet undetected.
‘You don’t have to rush. Now that you’ve taken one step, take your time and slowly… … .’
Jeong Seo-hoon decided not to be greedy.
There is still plenty of time, and there are plenty of legal ways to get there.
As Lee Se-jong came out of the research barracks, the cool dawn air flowed into his chest.
“Was it actually because of Comet that my father suddenly came to Korea?”
“It was one of several options. But Dr. Jung is not as deeply involved as I am. It would be appropriate to say that our school is carrying out outsourced research given by the United Nations.”
“Still, your level is higher than me, right?”
“Isn’t that obvious?”
Jeong Seo-hoon raised his head and looked up at the sky.
Stealth drones drifting at an altitude of between 5 and 8 meters above the ground were caught with a sense of humor.
The stealth drones, which mimicked the appearance of flying insects, were observing the ground closely, adorning their flight trajectories as if they were alive.
At least a few hundred, maybe even more.
Even if a person with good eyesight sees it, they will not be able to spot a tiny drone that has fallen that distance, and even if they are lucky enough to see it, they will just pass it off as a flying insect.
‘A hot air balloon.’
At higher altitudes, airships with advertisements for new home appliances of large corporations can be seen floating.
However, Jeong Seo-hoon could feel the incongruous long-distance measurement equipment protruding from the outside of the airship.
And the lights located higher up, twinkling and moving like stars.
At first glance, they may be misunderstood as shooting stars, but they are low-orbit military satellites that move by periodically alternating surveillance stations in the sky.
The impenetrable surveillance that takes place in an invisible place, Jeong Seo-hoon laughed.
“How many Nobel Prizes do you really need to win to get a grip on comet research?”
If you want to properly study comets in this environment, you have to have that kind of authority.
It should not go beyond Lee Sejong.
Only when all scientists around the world and politicians in the hegemony nod their heads and build a name that can be acknowledged will they be able to dig into it in detail without external checks.
* * *
Episode 2 of ＜Beautiful Campus＞ aired.
If episode 1 was a conflict with another university over the right to use new equipment centered on Cha Do-jin and Yoo Jung-ah.
Episode 2 was a science and technology competition centered on undergraduate students Han Seo-hee and graduate students Chae Ji-hyun and Lee Seo-hyun.
The three female students voted for the robot fighting part and prepared for the competition with the help of seniors and juniors in the lab and professors.
-Ah, why are you doing this?
-weird. It was working without problems until last week.
-I think the algorithm is twisted. Shouldn’t it be remade from scratch?
– How much time do you have left?
In fact, robots from Korea University’s Department of Robotics drew viewers’ attention by showing real malfunctions like people who were electrocuted.
-I looked at each working code and there was no problem.
-There is no programming without bugs.
– No, I rolled it back to the last time it worked without problems. It’s not a software problem.
– Then a hardware problem?
Han Seo-hee, wearing a white shirt and jeans, with her hair tied back into one.
Chae Ji-hyun showed off her curvature with a striped cotton tee that sticks to her and reveals her curvature.
Lee Seo-hyun radiates a clear youthful look in short shorts and a green cropped tee.
The sight of the three actresses working hard on disassembling and assembling robots and programming made the hearts of viewers throb.
Somehow, they passed the preliminaries with difficulty, and went into a thorough cause analysis for the finals.
-You know TDX-3. New equipment that just came in. Would that help?
-If it’s to find a circuit wiring problem, it might be helpful.
-Professor Hwang Geon-wook would tell us to use it? Now other professors are only sucking their fingers.
– I’ll go and ask for it.
And some time later, Han Yoo-ra (Han Seo-hee) and Lim Seo-rin (Im Se-rang) see Hwang Gun-wook and Woo Si-yeon (Lee Seo-hyun) meeting alone at a bar.
-Isn’t the atmosphere unusual? Now Siyeon unnie is washing her hair, putting on makeup, and even wearing a skirt. I really almost didn’t know
Contrary to the comfortable outfits we always see in the lab, Siyeon Wu’s appearance, which emphasized her mature charm, gave them a fresh shock.
-Let me use TDX-3 for a moment.
– What are you doing?
-I had a problem going to this robot competition. At this rate, I’m about to be eliminated in the first round of the finals.
-Are you seriously going to run into that kid’s game?
– It’s a pro. will you lend it to me?
-Are you going to trim the anchovies with a cow knife?
– I’ll take the kids to see you tomorrow.
-I wish I didn’t create a place like this.
– Let’s try our best. Oh, tomorrow I will greet you first, so please accept it in moderation.
-The timeline wouldn’t be like that.
– It’s changed. Is it something that happens often?
Viewers were implied that Woo Si-yeon was no ordinary graduate student.
Shi-yeon Woo lightly kisses Gun-wook Hwang on the cheek and leaves, and Gun-wook Hwang, taking out a tissue and wiping it, meets Young-woo Cha and Jung-ae Kim.
The scene changes again in the part where they leave while ignoring the surprised two.
-Hello, Professor Hwang Gun-wook.
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Next day.
Woo Si-yeon, who visits Hwang Gun-wook with Han Yu-ra and Chae Sara-ra, greets him politely and shows off his friendship.
Hwang Geon-wook looked at him with eyes wanting to take a deep breath before giving a light chin.
– Go and sit down. I do the setting. don’t touch anything
-Thank you professor!
The three female students, who accurately identified the defective chip with the ability to track the acceleration and trajectory of individual particles, are delighted to say that they only need to replace it.
Even though Han Yu-ra was delighted, she felt the strange exchange between Woo Si-yeon and Hwang Gun-wook and recalled the atmosphere they witnessed at the bar yesterday.
‘What, are you two really dating? A professor and a student?’
It is difficult to imagine Hwang Geon-wook, who is always cold, smiling in front of a woman.
The various smiling expressions of Hwang Kun-wook, imagined by Han Yu-ra alone, made the viewers feel half embarrassed and half thrilled.
The three female students who found the problem repeated victories safely in the finals, and finally succeeded in taking the runner-up.
Hearing the news, Kim Jeong-ae visits Hwang Gun-wook and crosses his arms and sneers.
-When your fellow professors ask you to use it, they say no, but throw it away when the kids in the lab have a talent show? Didn’t you know that Professor Hwang loved his students so much?
– I just used the rights given to me as I wished.
-Have you ever had a different feeling for one of the female students?
– What do you see people as?
-If not, that’s fine, I hope not. It’s so scary that it’s a rumor in the lab.
* * *
-Episode 2 rating of 25.6%? It’s not bad, but it feels a bit lacking… … .
-Crazy bastard hahahahaha If Cable shoots 25.6% in episode 2, he is a legendary legend hahahaha
-Does 25% seem easy when we only look at 40% while playing at 29% and 39%? Does it look easy?
-But the atmosphere is too light. Of course I like this too.
– It’s more awkward because he doesn’t look like Kim Sang-hee. Why are there still no murderers, psychopaths, or serial killers?
-There is something meaningful about Seohyun Lee, but for some reason, I think she is far from being a murderer or a psychopath.
– It’s so fantasy to see pretty and handsome young men and women leaving the lab while driving around in expensive cars and chatting with each other.
-ㅋㅋㅋ How about a fantasy? I’ve been watching it for the first time in a while. The visuals of the actors are killing me, so even if I just stare blankly at it, time passes quickly.
– It doesn’t make sense for graduate students to commute in cars worth hundreds of millions of dollars. No matter how dramatic it is, isn’t it too much?
Beautiful Campus did not deal with heavy and dark subjects.
It mainly dealt with ‘possible’ events at graduate school in reality, and calmly dealt with the process of growing and maturing as emotions between characters intertwine and collide with each other.
It was definitely different from the past works of Kim Sang-hee and Jeong Seo-hoon, which always gave a chewy tension.
Song Jung-woo also focused on directing methods that bring out the visuals, such as the pretty and cool looks of the actors and the magnificent and professional landscape of the laboratory.
– Look. Sanghee unnie was also able to do a healing romantic comedy well.
-If we keep going like this, even if we don’t get 30% ratings, I’ll give you a perfect score.