After introducing Gretchen and Carol to Leonard and Howard respectively, Raj and Penny held hands and greeted today's guests.
Colleagues from the university, when they saw that Raj had such a beautiful girlfriend, all showed extremely surprised expressions on their faces.
And Penny's female friends, seeing that she had such a handsome, decent, and exotic boyfriend, were also very envious of her.
There were even a few daring ones who teased Raj directly in front of Penny, and she was so angry that she almost lost her temper on the spot.
"Honey, I noticed that you didn't prepare enough food." After looking around, Penny said worriedly, "Those snacks won't last long."
Although Raj prepared a variety of snacks such as cheese balls, waffles, breadsticks, multi-flavored potato chips, and pretzels, these snacks could only satisfy hunger for a while, not sustain everyone.
"Don't worry, I'll order pizza right away," Raj said with a laugh.
"Well, I should have known you would be ready," Penny nodded.
Raj then ordered six large pizzas according to the headcount: vegetarian, meat, sausage, seafood, fruit, and egg, each of which came with a side of cheesy garlic bread with marinara sauce.
Half an hour later, the pizza was delivered.
The hot and delicious pizza made the people who were already tipsy more excited.
Raj noticed that several couples had paired off and were embracing each other—things were progressing well.
He was surprised to find that two of the girls were actually Carol and Gretchen, whom Penny had introduced to Howard and Leonard.
"What the hell is this?!" Raj said with wide eyes, and then he found Howard and Leonard in the corner.
He saw the two of them each holding a bottle of beer, drinking very sadly.
"Howard, Leonard, are you both all right?" Raj asked with concern.
"What can I say," Howard took a sip of his drink and said with a wry smile. "This is not the first time I've been dumped by a date at a party. I was already mentally prepared."
Leonard also looked dejected.
That Gretchen had only heard a few words from him before turning away without saying a word, which really hurt him.
"Don't be too sad, there are still many girls here. You can try talking to someone else," Raj persuaded.
Penny had brought over a dozen female friends today, and most of them hadn't been paired yet.
"Don't deceive yourself. We're the only ones who can't strike up a conversation with girls," Howard shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Seeing him say this, Raj knew that he was really hurting.
Because Howard always brags that he is an expert at picking up girls and has all kinds of strange theories and tricks for doing so. Although he has never succeeded once, he never admits that he has failed.
Now, he actually admits that he doesn't know how to pick up girls, which shows that he is really disheartened.
"Don't do this, I'll help you!" Seeing this, Raj dragged him behind a girl and then lightly poked her on the back.
When the girl turned around in surprise, Raj raised the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly, "Hi, have you met Howard?"
After asking, he pointed at Howard and sent him to the girl.
The girl looked at Howard in surprise.
Howard also looked embarrassed and said hello awkwardly, "Hi, I'm Howard."
"Hi, I'm Marianne." The girl nodded.
Seeing that she actually responded instead of turning away and walking off, Howard's eyes lit up. He cheered up and continued talking with Marianne.
Seeing that things were going well, Raj immediately retreated.
"Wow, how did you do it?" Leonard witnessed the whole process and looked at Raj in surprise.
He didn't expect that Raj could help Howard strike up a conversation with a girl so easily—it was a miracle!
Raj smiled slightly.
Actually, he learned this trick from the American sitcom "How I Met Your Mother."
In this TV show, there is a character who is very good at picking up girls—Barney. He uses this trick to introduce the male protagonist, and it works almost every time.
If you want to use this trick to strike up a conversation, the most important thing is to have thick skin.
Raj is actually not a thick-skinned person. One of the reasons his blind dates failed repeatedly before was that he was too reserved in front of girls.
But now that he became Raj, facing his identity, Raj became more courageous.
What he didn't dare to say before, now he dares to say. What he dared not do before, he dares to do now.
Just like Ouyang Feng in "Ashes of Time," "Someone once asked me (who is your favorite woman), but I didn't answer. As Huang Yaoshi, I realized that those two words aren't that hard to say."
Raj then went back to be Leonard's wingman and helped him strike up a conversation with a cute girl.
After helping the two of them solve the problem, Raj found Leslie Winkle, who was eating pizza alone.
"Hi, Leslie." He stepped forward and smiled.
"Hi Rajesh, nice party," Leslie complimented.
"Thank you." Raj nodded. "Actually, I invited you here today because there is something I want to tell you."
"Oh, please tell me," Leslie said cheerfully.
"It's like this: Howard and I are conducting research that, once successful, will probably change the world..." Raj explained simply, without mentioning superfluid surface tension, which was their biggest secret.
In fact, the team of Raj and Howard was not the only one conducting superfluid research and intending to use it to manufacture quantum navigation and quantum communication.
Similar scientific research had been underway since the last century, but because researchers had ignored the surface tension of superfluid, their research and development had not been successful until now.
"We think we need your help," Raj finally said.
"Sorry, I'm currently researching the supersymmetry of leptons, and I really can't help you," Leslie said, refusing directly.
Seeing this, Raj frowned.
Leslie's IQ was not weaker than Sheldon's, and she had corrected his calculation errors.
And her talent as an experimental physicist could also play a role in subsequent research and development.
If she couldn't join, it would be a real loss.
"Leslie, what we're doing is research on quantum navigation systems, which is more valuable than lepton supersymmetry," Raj persuaded. "And we've made great progress."
"Rajesh, I know you're very smart, but the quantum navigation system isn't so easy to develop," Leslie said, shaking her head.
The quantum navigation system was indeed more valuable than the supersymmetry of leptons. But its development was also extremely difficult.
Since the last century, this topic had been researched, but until now even experimental products had not been successfully produced.
"Leslie, do you dare to take a gamble? As long as you sign a non-disclosure agreement, I'll let you see our progress," Raj said immediately.
After hearing this, Leslie fell into deep thought.
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