Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!

Chonghui felt that his movements were fairly quick, checking the lab equipment took only about ten minutes back and forth.

And in just these ten minutes, the junior had already blended in with everyone in the project team?

When I left, weren't you all still studying?

Shi Qianqian glanced at Chonghui: "Was he always like this before?"

This time, Chonghui couldn't say "you'll get used to it." He seriously thought for a while, recalling that Nan Zhubin was not particularly social, focusing more on consultation work.

Even if there were interpersonal connections, they were mostly built up in work little by little through his status as the "leg carrier," generally initiated by others.

"He makes friends… quite easily indeed." Chonghui racked his brains and finally only found the example of Teacher Xiao Zhao from Jiang Yizhong in the past.

"But, well, in my memory, he makes friends with girls quite easily, he just has to smile."

Shi Qianqian found this explanation rather understandable.

She looked at Chonghui's expression, naturally picking up the next half-sentence: "But you haven't seen him work his magic on men too, right?"

Chonghui nodded, feeling inexplicably a bit jealous—when we first met, why didn't you talk and laugh so freely with me?

Thinking it over, Chonghui cleared his throat and pushed the door open: "Chatting?"

...

Nan Zhubin quickly followed Chonghui out.

At that moment stepping out of the office, Chonghui inexplicably felt that something about Nan Zhubin's aura had changed.

Though the conversation inside was lively, Nan Zhubin's face didn't show any exaggerated expressions. He just talked a bit more and reacted cleverly.

At the same time, exhibiting a focus—similar to the concentration shown during Psychological Consultation.

Now, he seemed to have relaxed a bit.

Being well-versed in psychological consultation and familiar with Nan Zhubin, Chonghui felt like he understood something.

Sure enough, the next second, he heard Nan Zhubin ask: "The teacher didn't talk to Senior Brother Xingyun who gave the quiz about adding article names, right?"

Chonghui fully understood and nodded: "The matter is still in its infancy, promising prematurely isn't quite good."

Thinking about it, he added: "Consider it... [Gradual Engagement Strategy]."

[Gradual Engagement Strategy], is a specific information transmission strategy, its core feature lies in deliberately arranging the sequence of information presentation, guiding the recipient through a psychological process of transitioning from negative to positive emotions, thus optimizing their final impression and evaluation of the overall communication content or communicator.

To put it more simply, "talking about bad news first, then good news" feels better than "talking about good news first, then bad news."

Nan Zhubin nodded, indicating understanding.

Chonghui also asked: "How did you manage to chat like that, sharing case studies? Were their states not quite right too?"

Nan Zhubin nodded as well: "Initially shared some case studies, afterwards, let's say using the [Error Effect]."

Among the influencing factors of interpersonal attraction, [ability] is an important individual characteristic. Generally, people prefer more capable individuals, but when ability exceeds a certain limit, people will adopt avoidance and rejection, reducing interpersonal appeal.

[Error Effect] refers to the phenomenon where high-ability individuals increase interpersonal attraction after making mistakes.

A very psychological exchange.

This topic was just a decorative touch.

Then, Chonghui showed Nan Zhubin the theme of today's project group's visit—the lab equipment tour.

"Multimodal behavior observation and analysis system." Chonghui first patted a gray-black metal cabinet a bit taller than him, then pointed at an array of black cameras hanging from the ceiling, "Multi-angle capture of human-encoded behavior events, including micro expressions, build timeline synchronized analysis, output quantified data like intensity and duration."

"Consider it the crown jewel of our project group. HD cameras, licensed software, analysis workstations and such..." Chonghui compared with his fingers, "Together about this much."

Nan Zhubin showed an interested look, what the system could do seemed achievable by him as well.

Curious about any differences in precision?

The next location.

"Multifunctional voiceprint analysis system and speech workstation." A somewhat shorter host cabinet, a large LCD screen, directional microphones, and some small instruments Nan Zhubin couldn't understand, "Compare the resonance peak patterns of speech, rhythm characteristics, quantify the attenuation of consonant energy, and analyze pitch changes under special emotional states."

"The best effect is to record voice on-site, using recordings is also possible but with poorer effects," Chonghui said, "This is cheaper than the previous one, about one-tenth the price, Qian Qian has been using it quite often lately. She actually excels in this area, not so much in micro expressions."

Nan Zhubin nodded, connecting voice and emotions he could manage barely, not as proficient as [Micro-expression Analysis].

"Also the multi-lead physiological recording system." Chonghui pointed to a metal box with a display screen, connected by wires at the back to some black plastic finger sleeves and patches, "Used for synchronized collection, amplification, and quantification of multiple physiological signals in the human body, including skin electricity, EMG, ECG, blood volume pulse, etc."

"Similar in price to the voiceprint one."

This area delved into Nan Zhubin's knowledge blind spot.

The three main instrument systems were designed for facial micro expressions, voiceprints, physiological changes respectively.

"However, the teacher seems to want to fuss around and create a large lab on his own, aiming to integrate these three functionalities, even if precision might be slightly lower." Chonghui said.

"Other than that, there are small items like EEG machines, eye trackers, and such, costing tens of thousands, available for borrowing whenever needed. But these bigger systems require filing reports to apply for use," Chonghui said, then grinned, "Or, just ask me to borrow the keys."

Watching Nan Zhubin's facial changes, this normally indifferent youth's eyes finally sparkled here.

Seems like the external motivation the teacher planned to stimulate the junior's enthusiasm for learning has been successfully transplanted.

Though these instruments were impressive and handy, Nan Zhubin currently had no use for them.

Nonetheless, he was very much looking forward. Just as Bai Qinghua promised before, with a lab like this, Nan Zhubin could better analyze and summarize his capabilities and cases, compile them into research outcomes, and try to popularize them in the end.

Benefiting more people from a wider perspective.

After touring the lab, Nan Zhubin didn't return to the project group.

He spent the day in the dorm absorbing the cases obtained from the court, and after sleeping at night, he intensely studied.

Over the weekend, the simulation papers from Senior Brother Xingyun were ready, Nan Zhubin unsurprisingly achieved the desired score.

Of course, this doesn't mean Nan Zhubin will definitely pass the exam, as he noticed Senior Brother Xingyun's paper seemed to refer to his current learning progress.

Monday.

"Hey, is it Teacher Nan?" Xia Tian called over, "I've revised the PPT several times on my end, how's your case preparation going, come over and match with us?"

"In two days, we'll head to the first spot for anti-fraud publicity."