In the evening, the office building of the School of Life Sciences of Jijing University.

After reading the students' day's experiment report, Hu Haibo hastily closed the computer, took off his glasses, leaned back in the chair and pinched the root of his nose.

If he could do it all over again, he would never choose a creature again.

It's not just biology, it's best to stay away from the word "scientific research" when you see it.

When he was an undergraduate, he already knew that the so-called hard work can lead to success, which is pure.

He just didn't expect that in the scientific research circle, this sentence could be so thorough.

In the field of biology that he is familiar with, the world's top talents are like a large mass of fungus that expands blindly, but none of the fungi knows what environment they are in, and can only expand in all directions, thus extending countless colonies.

Some colonies hit a dead end, then they are finished, and the short time of a poor life is too late to turn.

Some colonies think they have reached a fertile place, but they don't know that it is a toxic nutrient, and the more you absorb it, the faster it will die.

Some colonies fall into the water.

Some colonies were burned to death by fire.

Some colonies, falling into madness, vainly claiming to be a god, want to rise into the air, and eventually inevitably drift away with the wind and fall into the bottomless abyss.

But there are always lucky colonies, and they can really find a rich new continent and thus grow and grow for a glorious life.

This is scientific research, a gamble that exhausts the energy of a lifetime, and desperate efforts are just the ticket to this casino.

The funny thing is that people who are qualified to engage in scientific research are not gamblers at all, on the contrary, they are almost the smartest and most gambling people.

They often find out that they are not in the lab after 5 or 10 years in the industry.

It's in the casino.

Looking around blankly.

It's long since I lost sight of where the exit was.

If he could do it all over again, he would never become a gambler again.

People with brains should have chosen things with higher yields and more stable yields, and from this pragmatic point of view, the dream of scientific research is not much smarter than the dream of stardom.

Hu Haibo has wanted to say to his students many times, "Don't wait until you can't escape before you want to change careers."

But he couldn't speak.

In this moment of hesitation, he understood the familiar hesitation that his teacher had shown at a certain moment seven or eight years ago.

If he could do it all over again, he would never embrace his dreams again.

Knock knock.

An unfamiliar knock on the door interrupted Hu Haibo's sigh, and he hurriedly put on his glasses, moved his chair forward, and unfolded the documents he had just sorted out and placed them on the table.

"Enter. ”

Click!

With a twist of the handle, the door opened.

The scariest, most exuberant, and most handsome super colony.

The man, he's coming!

And with a brutal face, it is simply a fist creature, overturning the casino, and shattering the existence of dreams.

"You ......" Hu Haibo swallowed hard and spat, "Is there anything else?"

"Yes. Li Zheng closed the door, walked all the way to the table, and looked at the chair, "Can I sit, Mr. Hu?"

"Please ......" After Hu Haibo made a gesture, he rubbed his temples and had to forcibly refresh himself.

After Li Zheng sat down, he was just about to speak, but hesitated again: "Teacher Hu, after all, I am just an ordinary student, and I should be polite when talking to you, but I see that you are also quite tired, so it is better to say it directly in a hurry." I have a lot of respect for you, and if you find me offensive, then I apologize first. ”

"It doesn't matter. Hu Haibo said, pushing the bottled water on the table to Li Zheng, "The morning meeting is indeed a bit chaotic, I haven't had time to say a lot of things, why don't I say it first?"

"You please. ”

"I'm mainly going to explain the motivation and the intention. Hu Haibo said, "Your subject does have differentiated research space, and I have never thought of rushing to do such things, on the contrary, if I really take over the project, I will definitely communicate with you, including Dean Zhou, as soon as possible, and focus on directions other than your concerns." To put it more pragmatically, I'm not crazy enough to snatch Dean Zhou's achievements. ”

"Of course. Li Zheng nodded immediately.

"In addition, I should share some experience and industry rules with you - Ideas are not protected in themselves, and the industry does not think that they cannot be other people's ideas, on the contrary, many great scientific research is based on scientists borrowing ideas from each other. Returning to the matter of electron microscopy, since you have publicly submitted this topic in Yingpei, and Yingpei has found me to share this topic, all this is reasonable. The above is not only my self-defense, but also to inform you of the rules of the industry. ”

"Totally understood. Li Zheng nodded again.

"Finally, I personally appreciate your research very, very much, and I have also sent a letter to congratulate Dean Zhou Yi. I would like to admit that in my expectation, your paper will indeed have a long publication cycle, and I hope to use the information advantage of the same thistle to dig up some content that you have not paid attention to before your peers. To put it mildly, it's to pick up the meat crumbs you fell and fight them, there is indeed a selfish element here, if you mind, I would like to apologize. ”

"Didn't mind at all. ”

"That also allows me to apologize for the potential offense, sorry. Hu Haibo finished speaking, breathed a long sigh of relief, then relaxed slightly, and raised his hand indifferently, "I'm done, please." ”

"Mr. Hu, thank you very much for these explanations, but I didn't have any comments on the above issues from beginning to end, and you should remember that I only cared about one thing at the meeting-" Li Zheng paused and said word by word, "Have you read our paper?"

For!

Hu Haibo's mind that had just relaxed instantly came back again, and his body was visibly stiffened.

"Absolutely not, this kind of unpublished paper from my peers, unless someone very close to me asks me for guidance, otherwise I won't read it in front of me, this is absolutely right! no! Yes!" Hu Haibo waved his hand vigorously as if he had been inexplicably bullied, "If you insist on thinking so, then go to the Ministry of Education to report it, and say no, but no." ”

"I understand your anger. Li Zheng only spread his hands calmly, "But don't you think it's difficult to explain this? If you haven't read it, why can you easily say the focus of our research?"

"I heard about it, Li Zheng, I heard it. Hu Haibo raised his hand and pressed hard, "There are many people in your group, and there are also many people in the chemical hospital, I happened to hear some fragments of things, do you want to explain them one by one like a prisoner being interrogated?"

"Yes. Li Zheng raised his hand and nodded at the table, looking at Hu Haibo seriously, "When it comes to this matter, you need to tell me one by one." ”

"It doesn't make sense, I refuse. Hu Haibo stood up, raised his hand and waved to the door, "I have explained all my motives and psychological activities to you, if you still insist that I have a stain, go to the Department of Educational Affairs, and you don't need to talk to me again." ”

"Teacher Hu, if I can solve the problem by going to the Academic Affairs Department, why am I still here? Out of respect, Li Zheng also had to get up, and pressed his hand in a gentle voice, "Teacher Hu, you sit first." ”

"Li Zheng, I know that you have a bright future, and I don't want to use my identity as a professor to press you, but I'm also a person, and I don't want to hear anything you say that affects my mood anymore. Hu Haibo said, raising his hand again to the door, "Be decent, you too, so do I." ”

"No, no, no, I won't be decent when I go out, and coming here is the last thing to be decent. Li Zheng pursed his lips and shook his head slightly, "Under the premise of not having any substantive evidence, the Ministry of Education will not deal with it." I can ask my mentor, dean, or even my family to help me, but I don't want to mess with others, so I have to do it myself. ”

Li Zheng said, slowly leaning forward, gradually slowing down the speed of his speech.

"Tomorrow, I have two media interviews. ”

"So far, I've had four media outlets ask me to sign up for a column, and two of them are international academic media that you will also visit regularly. ”

Of course, the most influential of them is actually a certain website in China that answers questions. ”

"You know, it's just getting started, and it's only going to get more and more exposure. ”

"If you can't give me an explanation right now. ”

"Then I'll have to confide in the media what I know. ”

"Never tired of it, one at a time. ”

"Where Li Zheng's name appears, Hu Haibo's name will appear. ”

"As for what other labels are attached to your head, that's a matter of online public opinion. ”

"I was disgusted by these kinds of interviews and exposures. ”

"In the future, I'm probably going to love it. ”

"So. Li Zheng said, and asked the seat behind Hu Haibo again, "Teacher Hu, can you sit first?"

“………”

Hu Haibo's complexion is visibly getting tighter and tighter with the naked eye, and there is even a tendency to cramp.

"Li Zheng, are you sure you want to use your star halo to fan the flames?"

"If you insist, I will. ”

"What do I insist on?"

"Teacher Hu......" Li Zheng sighed, "I really can't stand smart people pretending to be confused, didn't we say that we would get straight to the point?

“………”

Strike!

Hu Haibo finally sat back in his chair.

Li Zheng was also able to sit down.

"Does it make sense...... Hu Haibo lowered his head and shook in a trance, "You have to get to the bottom of it, there is nothing good, no one will be fine...... I won't, that person won't, and neither will you. ”

"So that's why no one picks up the garbage and lets it pile up and it stinks?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Oooh...... It's okay, talking to myself. Li Zheng shook his head and smiled, "I'm not like you, Mr. Hu, I don't know how to calculate or explain things, either I don't do it or I don't do it." You don't need to understand me, and I don't need anyone to understand. ”

Hu Haibo smiled gloomily: "This is probably arrogant." ”

"It's not a compliment, but I accept it. ”

Li Zheng finished talking, spread his hands, and stopped talking, just waiting for the answer.

"Alas. Hu Haibo sighed, "Liu Yuwei." ”

Li Zheng still maintains the status quo.

Of course, Hu Haibo knew that this fungal king could not be easily coaxed away, so he told him what happened after meeting that day.

According to his description, after Zhang Shandong and Wu Yue left, Liu Yuwei insisted on asking a few biological questions individually, but in fact, the questions were all professional questions that were highly related to Li Zheng's group's topic, as if he had operated the electron microscope himself, and his professionalism moved Hu Haibo.

So Hu Haibo tentatively asked some simpler biological questions, but Liu Yuwei didn't know anything.

Hu Haibo was inevitably suspicious, so he asked Liu Yuwei how she came up with these questions, and Liu Yuwei replied that the information came from her roommate, the girl was also a member of Li Zheng's group, and she would talk about some experimental progress every day, all of which were public.

Thinking that this was a group of freshmen after all, and it was inevitable that they would swagger around when they first got started, Hu Haibo didn't have any more doubts at the time, just thinking about how to make a difference and splicing together those fallen meat crumbs.

Hu Haibo said this, and it is already declining.

"That's it. Hu Haibo sighed again and relaxed again, "I think it should be that one of your team members is not strict, there is no need to dig deeper." ”

"Wait a minute. Li Zheng immediately slapped the phone on the table and dialed it out.

"Hey, hey~~~" A little girl's voice quickly floated out, "Have you thought of how to spend the reward money~~"

"Where are you?" asked Li Zheng in a deep voice.

"Eat meat skewers with Sister Keqing. ”

"Okay, let me ask you, have you ever confided in anyone other than us?"

"No, didn't you say it earlier? ”

"Liu Yuwei said you have. ”

"?!?!?! she lied to !!"

"Mo Ming, it's okay to make mistakes, learn a long lesson, just correct it, and be rubbed a few more times at most. But you have to know that what we are doing now is related to the future of a person's life, tell me the facts, you can do anything, I just want the facts. ”

"Li Zheng!!!" The girl on the phone became angry, "You would rather trust that...... That one...... That Bichi doesn't believe me?!!! Okay!!I know, you just want to squeeze me away!!Don't you squeeze!!I'll go by myself!!!

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly stopped again.

It's like being ravaged by someone.

Then, Chang Keqing's voice came.

"What's wrong? You have wronged the children and cried. ”

"It's all right...... Apologize on my behalf. Li Zheng's momentum was much shorter in an instant, and after a few words, he hurriedly hung up the phone.

The atmosphere that was originally extremely serious also became awkward.

Although Hu Haibo knew intellectually what was going on, his intuition made him instinctive, and he couldn't help but ask, "That's you...... ...... in your home Kid?"

"Ahem......" Li Zheng coughed heavily, "This is our team member Lin Moming, who is Liu Yuwei's roommate." ”

"I know, but she's like your child......"

"Thank you. ”

"That'...... Why don't you hurry back and coax the child?" asked Hu Haibo.

"Yes. Li Zheng could feel that his momentum couldn't come back, so he only got up awkwardly and said, "The above content, if there is an official investigation by the school, I hope you can explain it truthfully." ”

"Give me time to think about it. Hu Haibo got up to send him off, "As you said, it is a matter of a person's life's future, I need time to carefully recall and analyze it, and give you an answer tomorrow." ”

"Hmmm......"

I don't know why, after that scene just now, the feeling has changed, and it has become a cordial meeting between two men.

Out of the office, Li Zheng didn't dare to stay, and rode all the way to the restaurant where he usually eats ramen.

Lin Moming was still shrinking in place, but fortunately, Chang Keqing kept holding her in her arms.

The looks of the people around him are very strange.

Because from the expression...... Look...... Ways to cry......

This little girl, no matter how you look at it, looks like she is out of love......

Who can be ruthless......

No, no, no.

Who the hell could commit such a heinous crime!!

It's a pity, I don't know the name, otherwise I would have called the police.

It was in such an atmosphere that Li Zheng cowered and leaned over.

"Mo Ming...... My fault ......"

"You get up!!" Lin Moming cried even more when she saw Li Zheng, crying wow, beating Chang Keqing's chest while crying, "He would rather believe that Bichi than me...... Woowoo woo ......"

"I ...... I ......" Li Zheng felt very unreasonable, scratching his head and trying his best to explain, "We've only known each other for so long...... I don't really know ......."

"Wow!!" Lin Moming burst into tears, eager to roll in Chang Keqing's arms, "Sister, listen, do you listen to this human language...... More than 10 hours a day...... At the end of the day...... Don't you know much about it......?"

“……”

Inside the restaurant.

The crowd has long been excited.

Is this Nima still human?!

Such a heinous and shameless man!

I don't know what crime to use to call the police.

Fortunately, before they dialed the phone, Li Zheng shook his head and turned around.

"It's about the paper, I'm just asking to make sure of the situation, I don't mean to blame you at all, I won't make such a fuss anymore. ”

"!!" Lin Moming was in a hurry, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab it, "It's good to coax it again!!"

"Just a moment. ”

"Uh-huh!"

"Then ......" Li Zheng lowered his head, "I shouldn't doubt your ...... There is not enough trust...... I don't deserve to be your partner......"

"Vomit ......" Chang Keqing was nauseated for a while.

Li Zheng himself was about to vomit.

Damn, I haven't been so coaxing Jingjing......

"Hmph!" Lin Moming quickly wiped the corners of her eyes, glanced at the ramen store, crossed her waist and closed her eyes, "That's it, not even a big waist?"

"Hey......" Li Zheng crooked his mouth and scolded, "It's over for a big waist." ”

"I was wrong...... Two strings!!"

"Have you eaten?"

"I can eat all five. ”

"Okay, good, good, five. Li Zheng showed the QR code and walked towards the store, "You give me a show, leak a drop of oil and eat again." ”

"Ah, this ......," Lin Moming panicked.

Anyway, after this night.

Lin Moming never wanted to eat barbecue anymore.