In the end, Tianshu still cashed out 300,000 yuan from the project funds. Under the pretext of organizing an academic conference, she held a fictitious meeting in the name of an academic conference**, and successfully cashed out 300,000 yuan, plus 100,000 yuan from the evaluation studio, a total of 400,000 yuan of activity funds, all of which were handed over to Zhao Rulan.

Before this, Tianshu asked Lu Xifei, do you want to take the account from the registered company? Lu Xifei said that it is better not to do it first, he is not ready to do it yet.

Lu Xifei was too timid, he really didn't dare to take this risk, and he was always worried that something would happen. He also knew Tianshu's kindness, but he didn't dare not take the first step.

After half a month of night battles and several all-nighters, the research team finally finished the slide, and the review defense is about to begin. But they know that the task is far from over until the results of the review are out. Recently, Zhao Rulan has not been idle, she first contacted Fang Wenxiong, the director of the school's scientific research department, and asked him for help, and it is not difficult to get the list of experts with Fang Wenxiong's connections. In the end, relying on Fang Wenxiong's help, she successfully got the list of experts for this review.

Fang Wenxiong and Zhao Rulan are old friends, although they are management cadres, they are also technical cadres. In the past, this situation was very common, but now the new policy does not allow management cadres to follow both the management line and the technical line, and they can only choose one of the two. However, the old man has the old method, and the management cadres who originally had technology can continue to have the technical title system. However, a management cadre has a lot of affairs, how can he have time to do scientific research projects. The requirements and standards for the evaluation of their professional titles are the same as those for technical cadres, and the papers, monographs, topics, and achievements are indispensable. Some experts and professors who can do things take the initiative to sign their papers, monographs, awards and other achievements with his name, so he spends very little energy, and these achievements are naturally available. Zhao Rulan is a smart person, and most of her achievements will be brought to Wenxiong. Fang Wenxiong's title was promoted from lecturer to associate professor and then to professor, and Zhao Rulan helped him a lot. Therefore, when Zhao Rulan asked him for help and asked for the list of review experts, he did not hesitate to give it to her.

Fang Wenxiong is not satisfied with the title of professor, and has been preparing to participate in the evaluation of "Confucius and Mencius Scholars". In fact, he had already participated in the judging once before, and unfortunately it was not successful the first time. But he already knew the reason for his failure, and in order to prepare for the second evaluation, Fang Wenxiong comprehensively improved the weak links, so he was confident about this participation. He didn't know that Zhao Rulan planned to participate in the evaluation of "Confucius and Mencius Scholars", otherwise, this major project review would not have helped her so easily.

With the list of review experts, Zhao Rulan found that 8 of the experts had a good relationship with her, so she only needed to call and say it, and then find an opportunity to stuff the money into them. There are also 6 experts who are not particularly familiar, but have already greeted them through friends, and it is not a problem. But there are still 5 experts who asked around among friends, and they are not familiar with them, so they can only knock on their hotel doors and stuff them with money the day before the review. The most tricky thing is that one of the review experts is actually her nemesis Wang Hongyan. Zhao Rulan was shocked and felt bad.

The grievances between the two of them have to start 20 years ago. Lu Xifei also heard it from Li Yushan. Zhao Rulan and Wang Hongyan were both working in the institute at that time, and both of them had strong scientific research capabilities. It just so happened that there was a vacancy in the post of department head, and Zhao Rulan and Wang Hongyan both wanted to run. Li Yushan, as the director, was particularly embarrassed and didn't know who to choose. But how can a mountain accommodate two tigers, and there are still two tigresses. So the two secretly competed in private. Zhao Rulan is more likely to do things than Wang Hongyan, not only doing Li Yushan's work, but also often visiting experts and professors in the hospital, and finally Zhao Rulan narrowly won with 2 votes and was successfully elected as the head of the department. And Wang Hongyan stayed in the institute and was led by her.

The two already hated each other because of this, and they were in the same department, and there were constant contradictions and frictions. First of all, two people had a dispute because they were doing the same scientific research project. Wang Hongyan sued Zhao Rulan for plagiarizing her project, where would Zhao Rulan admit it. Zhao Rulan quibbled that she happened to be working on this project, but it just happened that she stipulated that only one expert could do the same project. In fact, this phenomenon is very common in scientific circles. Scientific research resources are not shared, and everyone sticks to their own data, achievements and methods, which leads to a large number of duplicate research projects, wastes too much manpower and material resources, and causes an extreme waste of scientific research resources. Although everyone knows this problem, for the sake of their own petty profits, no one will give in, and no one is willing to share. If there is a department that can integrate and share scientific research data, results, and methods, perhaps the resources can be maximized, and scholars can brainstorm ideas, the efficiency of scientific research will definitely be greatly improved, and the country's scientific research capacity may be able to reach a higher level.

In the end, the two finally escalated the conflict due to management issues and completely turned their faces. Wang Hongyan sued Zhao Rulan for unfairness, and deliberately suppressed her when evaluating and awarding merit, so that her annual evaluation results were not excellent, which affected her title promotion. Because the title promotion must be excellent at the end of the year for two consecutive years. Zhao Rulan explained that Wang Hongyan was late for work and left early for no reason, and did not abide by the office order. Wang Hongyan accused Zhao Rulan of not setting an example, and also arriving late and leaving early, why should the people below comply. The two of them said that the public was reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, and there was tension for a while.

Seeing this situation, Li Yushan had a headache, and decided again and again that the two must be separated. So he did Wang Hongyan's ideological work, hoping that she would leave the institute to avoid a head-on conflict with Zhao Rulan, and Wang Hongyan also felt that Zhao Rulan would only be suppressed under him, so he agreed to Li Yushan's suggestion. In the end, Li Yushan used his personal connections to transfer Wang Hongyan away.

After Wang Hongyan went to other faculties, she was very popular, and she was successfully rated as a professor and elected as the head of the department, and even more powerful was that she was also rated as a "Confucius and Mencius Scholar" last year, which was faster than Zhao Rulan's progress. Zhao Rulan is envious, jealous and hateful, in order to fight for her breath, she can't let Wang Hongyan look down on her, and she is also participating in the "Confucius and Mencius Scholars" this year. Who would have thought that Wang Hongyan would be an expert in this project review? Didn't this hit the muzzle of the gun? She panicked.

The matter has come to this, the hero does not suffer the loss in front of him, bow his head first, don't lose big because of the small, Zhao Rulan thought to herself. So Zhao Rulan went to visit Wang Hongyan very sincerely, hoping that this review could let her go, but after 20 years of grievances, how could she turn hostility into jade silk so easily. Wang Hongyan's hatred for Zhao Rulan has been engraved in her bones, she did not give Zhao Rulan face, on the surface, it depends on the situation. In fact, Zhao Rulan knew very well in her heart that Wang Hongyan didn't want to let her go at all, and maybe she would wear small shoes for her then. Zhao Rulan found Fang Wenxiong to mediate, but he also shook his head when he came back. As a last resort, she looked for Li Yushan again, hoping that Wang Hongyan could give a favor for the sake of the old leader, but Li Yushan had a closed door before she went, and this time Wang Hongyan was determined to take revenge on her. Zhao Rulan gave up and could only resign herself to fate. Fortunately, Wang Hongyan only has one vote, as long as more than 2/3 of the experts agree, even if Wang Hongyan does not pass, she can still win this major project. Therefore, she gave up wooing Wang Hongyan, and instead focused on several other external experts.

The review meeting begins. Zhao Rulan, Liu Jinshi and other project applicants have arrived at the review site. Each person has a total of 10 minutes, including 6 minutes for a slide presentation and 4 minutes for answering questions from experts. Zhao Rulan still has some confidence, the vast majority of experts have basically done it, only a total of 4 experts, including Wang Hongyan, have not received red envelopes, that is to say, 16 experts have agreed, which means that more than 2/3 of the experts will vote by then, and the project can still be won. Even if these 4 experts don't pass, it won't affect the final review results, Zhao Rulan has some confidence in her heart, but she is still a little worried, before the results come out, everything is still variable.

On the day of the defense, according to the order of the draw, Liu Jinshi lined up in front of Zhao Rulan to defend the defense. Liu Jinshi's topic is "Research on the Efficiency of National Health Resource Allocation", and his style is the same as usual, very pragmatic, and the topic is innovative, scientific, practical and feasible. The topic is of great practical significance. At present, the problem of uneven allocation of health resources in China is very prominent, and his research can provide relevant practical suggestions well, which has been unanimously recognized by experts, and everyone believes that the research value of this topic is very high. When Wang Hongyan commented, she praised Liu Jinshi by name on the spot, emphasizing that his project is of high value, the content of the subject has breadth, depth and height, and the scientific research methods and technical routes are very pragmatic and worthy of peer learning. Liu Jinshi heard Wang Hongyan's comments, and then looked at the frequent nods of the review experts, thinking that there should be no problem in winning this project this time.

On the contrary, at this time, Zhao Rulan's psychological pressure was very great, Liu Jinshi's defense was too exciting, and the subject bidding was very good, and her project was probably difficult to surpass. But even under this pressure, she is Zhao Rulan after all, experienced in a hundred battles, and her speech is also very exciting. She herself is very eloquent, and after half a month of full preparation, the quality of the slide is very high, and the research technical route and method of the subject are also very advanced, not to mention the research foundation, and the results are fruitful. Some experts also gave positive reactions, Zhao Rulan saw hope, and the more she talked about it, the more passionate she became, as if the project was not given to her, it would be a loss to the relevant departments, and it was a loss to the country. After the speech, it was time for the experts to comment and ask questions. The vast majority of experts highly affirmed Zhao Rulan's project.

However, the worst fears happened.

When Wang Hongyan commented as the chairman of the review, she directly said the two fatal problems of Zhao Rulan's topic.

"First, the project is duplicated with a master's thesis on the Internet, and it is also your previous master's thesis, is there a suspicion of duplicate application, and what is the explanation? Second, the research foundation part of the project has not seen the previous representative papers in this direction, the research foundation is weak, and the research methods and technical routes may be difficult to achieve. ”

After speaking, Wang Hongyan took out the master's thesis that she had already prepared. The day before the review, she had already done her homework in advance, and deliberately searched for relevant literature for the name of Zhao Rulan's topic, and finally let her find that this paper was similar to Zhao Rulan's application topic, and she knew that throwing this question would definitely be a fatal blow to Zhao Rulan.

When these two questions were thrown out, Zhao Rulan really felt frightened, her back was cold, and she was sweating profusely on her head.

But Zhao Rulan is an experienced professor after all, and she made the following explanations for these two questions.

"First, there is no question of repetition. It's just that the topics are somewhat similar, but the content of the research is completely different, and the technical methods and routes used are completely new, and the experts can compare them. ”

She thought to herself, fortunately, after Ding Ruo raised this question before, she realized the seriousness of the problem, so she specially instructed Lu Xifei to refer to this paper, try to avoid repetition, and find another way. Otherwise, I would really be embarrassed today, and I would not be able to stand on the podium at all.

"Second, for the representative papers in this direction, if you have a foundation in the early stage and have received the acceptance notice from SCI journal, it will be printed at the end of the month, and after the defense, I will ask the editorial department of the journal to provide relevant certificates. ”

Zhao Rulan explained the second question, which was a countermeasure she came up with in a hurry. In any case, deal with today's defense first, and then find a way to provide proof.

But the experts are well aware in their hearts that this is her expedient measure.

At this time, Zhao Rulan hated Wang Hongyan to death in her heart, and she wanted to put herself to death.

Wang Hongyan saw that the experts were talking about her project, and thought that the experts must have shaken their recognition of Zhao Rulan's project. Knowing that the goal had been achieved, Wang Hongyan would no longer continue to make trouble.

How would she know that the benevolence of a woman, if she does not take advantage of the victory to pursue, she will only give the opponent a chance to breathe and turn the tables, and she must suffer in the end.

After the defense of several project applicants, it is time for the expert discussion and voting session, waiting for the announcement of the final evaluation results. The rules of the review are, first look at the expert voting results, the high expert voting results will win the bid, if the expert voting results are consistent, then look at the average score of each expert on the subject project, the higher score will win the bid.

Zhao Rulan was anxiously waiting for the results of the review outside, feeling uneasy.

Wang Hongyan, Wang Hongyan, if you treat me like this today, I will never give up, if I don't win this project today, I will definitely be inseparable from you. She said indignantly in her heart.

Time passed minute by minute, Zhao Rulan felt like a year, she walked back and forth in the corridor, uneasy. After a long time, the evaluation results finally came out, and unexpectedly Zhao Rulan finally won the bid, while Liu Jinshi failed again. Liu Jinshi was very hurt, he really couldn't understand why his project was recognized by the experts, but in the end it still failed. His heart was dripping blood, what was the problem? Where is he inferior to Zhao Rulan? Anyone with a discerning eye knows that his project is better than Zhao Rulan's, but the final evaluation results are very different. However, he was helpless in the face of such a review result, in fact, he was already used to such an ending, and left the review site very lonely.

After the experts came out, they congratulated Zhao Rulan, and Zhao Rulan was ecstatic. Afterwards, Zhao Rulan learned the final result after many inquiries, Zhao Rulan had 15 votes and Liu Jinshi had 14 votes, a difference of only one vote.

However, when someone was sorting out the materials, they suddenly found that Zhao Rulan's average score was 86 points, while Liu Jinshi's score was 91 points.

After the review meeting, Zhao Rulan called to express her gratitude to some of the review experts. The experts also said that everyone should take care of each other, and the next time their project is reviewed, they will also ask Zhao Rulan to raise their noble hands and provide convenience, Zhao Rulan smiled and said that it is for sure.

After the review meeting, Zhao Rulan organized a meeting of the research group to tell them the good news, claiming that everyone's efforts had finally paid off, and expressing gratitude to everyone for their hard work. The stones in everyone's hearts have finally been put down, and the inhuman torture of this month and a half has finally passed.

After the meeting, Zhao Rulan left Lu Xifei alone and said to him, "The project has been won, but the task is very heavy, I am responsible for it alone, the time and energy are limited, and the pressure is too great to finish it all, so I decided to give you a sub-topic, the budget of the project is at your disposal, and the task is completed by yourself, do you think it's okay?"

Hearing that Zhao Rulan was going to give the sub-topic to herself, Lu Xifei was really surprised. Zhao Rulan has always been an iron rooster, and in the past, just let them work, even if they were responsible, they would not give them the sub-topics, let alone part of the project funds. This time, he actually gave the subject and funds for the first time, and let himself be free to dispose of it, which is really abnormal, and it is not at all like Zhao Rulan's usual style.

Thinking of this, Lu Xifei was not down-to-earth in his heart, and he didn't know what medicine was sold in Zhao Rulan's gourd.

"Listen to the director, thank you, director. ”

Lu Xifei first agreed. He knew very well in his heart that he had few topics, and the sub-topics were also regarded as the first person in charge of the project, which solved the problem of his few topics. Moreover, this is a major project, although it is a sub-topic, but the weight is not light, which is very helpful for his future promotion.

"It's great if you agree, then I'm relieved. Also, you also saw the situation of today's defense, and the several questions raised by Wang Hongyan almost ruined our big business. Luckily, we had been prepared. Thanks to the fact that you didn't plagiarize the paper, the research content and technical methodology route are still very clever to avoid duplication and eliminate the doubts of experts. But the other issue she mentioned that we still haven't solved yet, and we really don't have a representative paper yet. Despite the end of the defense, the project was won. However, this problem exists after all, and it is still necessary to find a way to solve it. Therefore, you should find a journal as soon as possible and publish a SCI paper as soon as possible. First, to block Wang Hongyan's mouth, and secondly, for the sake of the mid-term assessment of the project in the future, with a thesis, it will not be passive. I have already arranged for Ding Ruo to hurry up and write it, and I will be able to come up with it almost this week. But it is very difficult to publish in the short term. So I want you to be responsible, spend money or find a paper distribution company to solve it, but the most important thing is to solve it as soon as possible. ”

Lu Xifei finally understood why Zhao Rulan was so generous to give him the topic this time. The so-called cannibalism has a short mouth and short hands, Zhao Rulan made it clear that she was giving herself a little sweetness first, so that she could not refuse this tricky task. Lu Xifei had no choice but to promise to find a way to solve it as soon as possible.

He wanted to find a paper distribution company to publish a SCI paper, and a paper would be charged according to the impact factor score, at least 10,000 yuan per point, which was expensive, and Zhao Rulan would definitely not be willing to spend this money. And the quality of the papers published by such companies is not necessarily guaranteed. Now it has been reported that many SCI papers have been retracted by journals, many of which are written by distribution companies, who have won attention by falsifying data and falsifying scientific research data to achieve the purpose of publication. Although the article was published smoothly at that time, after a long time, if some more serious experts found out that academic misconduct was published in the media, it would definitely not be able to eat and walk around, and Zhao Rulan would definitely shirk her responsibility because of this, and she would not have good fruits to eat. Therefore, finding a company to publish a paper is costly and risky, and it is not a foolproof solution.

Suddenly, he remembered Chen Yuwei, maybe Chen Yuwei could help.

After coming out of Zhao Rulan's office, he used his office phone to contact Chen Yuwei and told her the good news that the project had passed the review and that Zhao Rulan had assigned him a topic. Chen Yuwei was also happy for him after hearing this, and congratulated him on his hard work finally paying off.

In addition to being happy, Lu Xi said emotionally, "Let's meet tonight, I miss you so much, after so many days, I finally have free time today, and I can be with my Xiaowei."

"Not tonight. He's back today. Chen Yuwei said helplessly.

"Then can't you say there's a party tonight?"

"No, he only comes back once a month, and if I'm not here tonight, he'll be suspicious. For the sake of our long-term sake, you can bear with it a little longer, and we will meet again when he is gone. Chen Yuwei said helplessly.

"Okay, then I'll find another chance next time. Lu Xifei was very sad.

"I'm sorry, dear. I promise you that I will not release your pigeons next time. ”

Chen Yuwei felt Lu Xifei's emotional loss from the phone and tried to comfort him.

"It's okay, you don't want to be like that." Lu Xifei didn't want her to feel guilty.

After ending the call with Chen Yuwei, the more he thought about it, the more sad he became, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became. He had no intention of working at all, so he managed to stay up until the end of the day and immediately went home, which was the earliest time he had recently returned home. Huan Shaojun is very happy, it is rare that Lu Xifei came back so early today, the family got together to eat happily, and went out for a walk after dinner. After the child fell asleep, he thought that he hadn't made love with Huan Shaojun for a long time, and then remembered that Chen Yuwei must have slept with her husband tonight, and his mood was extremely depressed. So this time in Huan Shaojun, he vented frantically. Huan Shaojun also felt very strange, what happened to Lu Xifei today, how could he be so crazy, completely ignoring his own feelings.

Where would she know Lu Xifei's mental journey?

The next day, Lu Xifei sent a message to Chen Yuwei early in the morning as usual. But after waiting for a long time, he didn't wait for a reply, and Lu Xifei didn't have the heart to go to work in the morning. I checked my phone from time to time, but there was still no reply, and the more I waited, the more anxious I became. It was close to 11 p.m. before I finally received her reply.

"I'm sorry, I didn't go to work today. He's been there all along, and now that he's out for the gym, it's convenient for me to send you a message. This time, he has to stay at home for a while, and he doesn't know how long he will stay, but he said that the market in the company is adjusting, and the plan has not yet been determined, and he will go to work after the plan is determined. These days, we have to be a little more careful, it's not very convenient. ”

"Oh. I've been waiting for your message, and I thought something had happened to you. It's fine if you're okay. Lu Xifei replied.

"It's going to be fine. Sorry to keep you waiting, my dear. ”

"It's fine. He bullied you yesterday, right?" Lu Xifei asked intentionally.

"Huh, how do you know?" Chen Yuwei didn't expect Lu Xifei to be so delicate, and he guessed it. A hint of guilt welled up in her heart.

"You can guess it. I haven't been back for more than a month, and I might as well be like a wolf when I see you?"

"[Sweaty expression]. He is a bully, and I can't help it at all. Are you jealous?" Chen Yuwei said embarrassedly.

"Well, I'm jealous. The thought of that man possessing you makes me feel uncomfortable. You also know that when you fall in love with someone, you are very possessive. ”

When Chen Yuwei saw Lu Xifei talking about love, her heart was moved. She also cared about him, and felt even more guilty about what happened yesterday.

"But there's no way. We are both married, and this aspect of the matter must not be avoided, otherwise it is easy to arouse the suspicion of the other party. You're going to have a relationship with her, too. ”

"[Helpless expression]" Lu Xifei didn't know what to say, so he sent an expression.

"Actually, when he tossed me yesterday, my mind was full of you. If you think about him as you, you will feel better. Chen Yuwei told him what she felt in her heart and tried to comfort him.

When Lu Xifei saw this information, he was moved but not a taste. The current state of affairs was something he had not anticipated. As a man, beauty is an irresistible temptation. I used to fantasize about bubbles**, and I thought I had taken a big advantage. But who would have thought that when such a thing really happened, not only did he not feel that he was taking advantage, on the contrary, after the two had a relationship, the strong possessiveness made him very painful. When I thought of Chen Yuwei and his wife sleeping together every day, I felt how uncomfortable it was. Besides, as a man, how can he give up his beloved woman to others to possess him? This complex emotion made him miserable. He felt that his three views were about to collapse.

"Me too. It's all about you. Let's find a chance to meet again, shall we?" Lu Xifei said.

"Let's wait until he's gone, and we'll find another chance to be together. I've been working out lately and I've lost a few pounds. ”

Lu Xifei then remembered the agreement between the two. He doesn't have time to work out lately at all and has been busy with work. He knew that Chen Yuwei wanted to tell him that she had been working hard for the two of them to be together.

"Well, I'm also working hard to get fit and achieve my goals, so let's put up with it. ”

"Hmm. Chen Yuwei said.

"By the way, dear, there's one more thing I'd like to ask you for. Lu Xifei remembered what was going on.

"What's the matter?"

"I'll talk to you on the phone. Lu Xifei said.

Lu Xifei told Chen Yuwei the scene of the project defense and Wang Hongyan's difficulties on the phone. Zhao Rulan has now assigned him an important task to publish a paper as soon as possible, so he will think of her as soon as possible to see if she can help.

After Chen Yuwei learned about the situation, she also told Lu Xifei some information about the editorial department. She said that the pressure on the editorial department of the journal is very high, and the number of manuscripts received every day is very large, and they have to accept more than 3,000 manuscripts a year, but they can only accept about 30 articles in one issue and 12 issues a year, so they can only arrange 360 articles a year, and the acceptance rate is only about 10%. As a result, the pressure to publish is very high, and the vast majority of manuscripts will be rejected.

Only then did Lu Xifei know why it was so difficult to submit, and the acceptance rate of manuscripts was too low. Therefore, in order to publish their papers, many people will greet them through various channels, and strive to confirm the acceptance or publish it as soon as possible. In his case, it is not impossible. However, it is necessary to ask the editor-in-chief for instructions. Fortunately, she has a good relationship with the editor-in-chief, so there should be no problem.

Lu Xifei was very excited after hearing this, and said openly, "Xiaowei, it's good to know you!"

Chen Yuwei heard the sweet love words, and her heart blossomed.

The two of them later chatted about some family matters, but suddenly someone broke in and hurriedly ended the call.