If Ding Qi's last discovery of the Shirong inscription was just luck, then the discovery of seven volumes of precious historical relics this time cannot be explained by mere coincidence. Anyone would have thought that the donated books in the library would be of great value, even priceless. In that case, how can a temporary worker continue to be in charge of tidying up?

The city's cultural department, cultural relics department, and propaganda department, including the Science and Technology Commission, the Education Commission, and even the religious department, were all extremely interested in this, and under the leadership of the city's cultural department and Jinghu University, a special group was set up to take over Ding Qi's work. Director Zhao did not come to discuss with Ding Qi today, but directly informed him that he was going to hand over the work at hand.

So what can Ding Qi arrange? He can change his position, and in view of his important contributions, he can continue to assist the work of this group if he also wishes. The so-called assistance, which is a nice term, is actually equivalent to being kicked away, and there is nothing for him to do in the future.

There is a saying in the workplace called "the commitment of the leader", and sometimes you can't take it too seriously. Director Zhao had promised Ding Qi that he could continue to sort out the collection of the 302 warehouse without interference. But the situation has changed, and Director Zhao can't be the master, Ding Qi has expected this, otherwise he wouldn't have waited until now.

Ding Qi smiled bitterly and asked, "Because my work is so good, I can't continue to work, right?"

Director Zhao replied embarrassedly: "Xiao Ding, my major is to engage in Chinese research, and I am also very anti-against this set in the sensory field, but I can't help it, after all, I am in the rivers and lakes." It doesn't mean that you can't continue to work, it's just that you can change jobs and work content.

In fact, if you suffer a loss, you will suffer in your identity, after all, you are not a formal employee, and you don't have a strong professional background. If you are already an expert in ancient book research, and there is a leader behind you who stands up for you, this will definitely not be the result this time.

The two major discoveries were the result of yours, and even if a special team had been formed, it should have been carried out with you as the main person, not only could not have you been left behind, but it was also an opportunity for your job title and position to be promoted.

Xiaoding, listen to your Aunt Zhao again, what I said last time still counts, and I have said hello to the school leaders, you can transfer to the official establishment at any time."

Ding Qi smiled, shook his head and said, "Thank you Aunt Zhao! I refused last time, and the reason why I continue to work here is just to finish well and finish the work at hand." Now that this is the case, then I won't do it. ”

Curator Zhao was a little anxious and said, "Xiao Ding, don't be angry. ”

Ding Qi: "You misunderstood, I'm not angry, it's just that things have been very busy lately, and I'm afraid I don't have time to go back to the library to work every day." ”

Curator Zhao sighed and said thoughtfully: "You are indeed quite busy, and it is not suitable to run around every day." Xiao Ding, do you think this is good? If you continue to be an external expert in the library, it will still be 3,000 yuan a month. Usually don't use it to sit on duty, if you need something, you can come over, and the money given every month is just a carriage fee. ”

Ding Qi was stunned: "Is this okay?"

Director Zhao smiled: "Of course you can, I raised your salary to 3,000 yuan a month last time, in the name of external experts." What do you think external experts do, but they are certainly not library employees. Something like this was supposed to be discussed at the leader's office meeting, but I'll make the decision now.

Anyway, I came back from retirement and rehiring, and I'm not afraid of what people say, everyone knows that this thing is not authentic to you, I raised it at the leadership office meeting, and I guess no one is embarrassed to object. Even if Aunt Zhao gives you a reward for your work within the scope of her authority, as long as I am still in charge of the library, you are an external expert and continue to enjoy this treatment. ”

This is a good thing! Ding Qi did not refuse Director Zhao's kindness, and thanked her from the bottom of his heart. Sometimes accepting the kindness of others is also a gesture of kindness in return, and it is a kind of comfort to the other person. Director Zhao failed to keep his promise, and he would feel ashamed and even embarrassed in the face of Ding Qi, and even feel aggrieved and annoyed, so he would try his best to make this arrangement.

If Ding Qi refuses, he may offend this elder who really wants to take care of himself, and only by accepting it can he take care of the other party's emotions and face. Because people are subconsciously reluctant to face people who make them feel guilty, and always want to find an excuse to comfort themselves.

After coming out of Director Zhao, he handed over the work at hand to the special team the next day, so that Ding Qi no longer had to go to work in the library every day, and his status officially changed from a temporary worker to an external expert. Although the carriage and horse fee of 3,000 yuan per month corresponds to the title of "expert", it seems nondescript, but this is already the maximum authority of Director Zhao.

What's even more rare is that you don't work for money!

Theoretically, external experts should be involved in the work of the library that requires the assistance of experts, but in practice there is no hard and fast rule. At least while Curator Zhao was still presiding over the work, nothing would bother Ding Qi. As for changing the next leader after Director Zhao left, Ding Qi may not be allowed to do this again, but that is also something to talk about at that time.

Curator Zhao said last time that he could turn Ding Qi into a regular, but Ding Qi refused. Today, Director Zhao took the opportunity to retain Ding Qi again, but he still refused because he didn't care anymore.

was expelled from school last year, and then broke up with Jiajia, Ding Qi said that he didn't care if it was fake, and telling himself so was just a self-comfort. It wasn't until he received Meng Huiyu's note that he completely untied the knot in his heart.

Now that he doesn't care, he really doesn't care, and he leaves very calmly. Perhaps the only thing that needs to be considered is how to find an opportunity to exchange the Fangwai Atlas back in the future, because it is the library's stuff. The unbelievable Director Zhao gave him this opportunity, and he was also an external expert who took money and did not work in the library.

Director Zhao's unintentional words made Ding Qi deeply touched, that is, "I am also very anti-to this set in the sensory field, but I can't help it, after all, I am in the rivers and lakes."

Director Zhao is not a descendant of the eight gates of rivers and lakes, but a retired professor engaged in foreign Chinese language research, but she also uses the word "rivers and lakes", the world is the great rivers and lakes, and people's various ways of doing are rivers and lakes. Director Zhao also mentioned "the set in the officialdom", which made Ding Qi can't help but think of District Chief Zhu, the heir of Jianghu Juemen.

The new special team took over Ding Qi's work, but Ding Qi had already sorted out the batch of rare books and ancient scrolls donated by Zhang Jinlin. The task force could only continue to sort out other classics and documents in the 302 storehouse, but there were some valuable discoveries, but the "results" were far from being compared with Ding Qi's previous two discoveries.

As for the fakes that were exchanged by Ding Qi and Shi Buquan, they were placed in a wooden box like a piece of coke, and the results of the appraisal of the special working group were difficult to repair and could not be identified, so it was decided to continue to put them there. Shi Buquan had already thought of this result, and Ding Qi's original worries seemed a bit redundant.

From this point of view, if it weren't for Ding Qi and others deliberately looking for it, Fang Wai Tuzhi might never see the light of day again. After hearing about this result, Ding Qi was also a little hesitant in his heart, is it necessary to return the repaired Fangwai Tuzhi?

Instead of going to work in the library, Ding Qi has more hours in the psychiatric clinic and of course earns more money, but he feels very relaxed, and he has recently developed a habit of visiting the park.

It is said that there is no need for him to live near Jinghu University, which is a bit far away from Boci Medical after all, and it is a bit hard to drive back and forth to and from work every day, but Ding Qi has no plans to move out. Not only is the apartment rented for a year, but he has lived at Jingko University for seven or eight years and is familiar with the environment in this area.

What he often goes to is Kochiyama Park, which is very close to his rented apartment, and it is a street down the stairs and across the pedestrian bridge. Ding Qi did not belong to the square dance gang, and his favorite places in the park were to walk along the riverbank, and to climb the hill where the ruins of the original Chishan Temple were located, and sometimes sit alone in the pavilion for a while.

Perhaps subconsciously, he is still looking for the legendary Great Red Mountain, and has formed a habit, or has some kind of psychological dependence on this behavior.

On this morning, Ding Qi came to the Yangtze River again to stop and look, behind him was a continuous red stone wall of varying heights, in front of him was the rolling river, and in the distance was the high-rise buildings in Jiangbei District of Jinghu City. On a high slope on the other side of the river, the red corners and yellow glazed tiles are exposed between the trees, and it is only a hazy silhouette from a distance, which is the newly built Yuejiang Temple after the reform and opening up.

Ding Qi inexplicably remembered the rolling Yangtze River in the Three Kingdoms, and suddenly entered a seemingly ethereal state, with only the Yangtze River in front of him, as if he had forgotten his own existence.

I don't know how long it took, but there was a sudden commotion not far away, which woke Ding Qi up from this ethereal state. Something jumped out of the water, like a big fish, nearly two meters long, scaleless and moon-white, with a beautiful tail fin that made a splash. Ding Qi was stunned, although it was the first time he had seen this kind of thing with his own eyes, but a name Baiji Dolphin subconsciously popped up in his mind.

This is a creature that has long been extinct in the Yangtze River, but Ding Qi has seen the images and pictures. The baiji dolphin jumped out of the water and got in, and then its head popped out, and a pair of round eyes looked at Ding Qi curiously, and it was only about seven or eight meters away from the shore.

When Ding Qi came back to his senses, the baiji dolphin had disappeared into the water, leaving only a waterline that quickly swam to the center of the river. Ding Qi had already taken out his phone, but unfortunately he didn't have time to take photos or videos.

Is that really the baiji dolphin that has long been extinct in the world? Ding Qi rubbed his eyes, almost thinking that he was hallucinating, and he also knew that he was in a trance just now, but his visual impression was very clear and real, not like he was dazzled.

Ding Qi stood by the river for another long time, and the baiji dolphin never appeared again, as if it had never appeared. He opened a news push pp on his mobile phone, typed in the keyword "baiji dolphin" and searched for it, and the first one was actually a video recently uploaded by a friend, titled "Another extinct baiji dolphin has been found in the Yangtze River.

This video was taken with a mobile phone, the lighting conditions are not very good, it looks like the river is very turbid, and a large fish-like creature can be faintly seen swimming in the river water in the distance, about only a short five seconds, and then disappear into the waves. It's impossible to be sure that it's a baiji dolphin based on this video alone, but the news feed is all about finding the most attention-grabbing focus.

Ding Qi scrolled down the page to see the comments of friends. Someone left a message, "It's so blurry, I can't see anything clearly!" and someone else said, "It shouldn't be a ** with albinism, it looks like a dolphin doesn't look like a fish." Some more people said, "It's out of P, right? I don't know where I got a video, and the news is all about making it up!"

There were more comments such as "The baiji dolphin has long been extinct, don't lie here!" and "Xiaobian die!". There are often inexplicable trolls, and many modern people also need emotional catharsis under too much pressure from reality.

Although this video alone can't be sure whether the baiji dolphin was filmed, Ding Qi can already be sure that he didn't see dazzled just now, and there is really such a creature in the river. The environmental background in the video is very familiar to Ding Qi, which is the riverbank of Xiaochishan Park where he is standing now, and the friend should have taken it from Jiangbei District on the other side of the Yangtze River.

The baiji dolphin has long been extinct, and the judgment of some friends is also very reasonable, maybe what he just saw was an albino finless porpoise, which is the ** as the saying goes.

But this is only a plausible explanation, and Ding Qi can't help but think back to the scene of last year giving a lecture to a second-year undergraduate student in a college class. He told the three "supernatural" stories and asked the students in the audience to speak and analyze, and finally he said that maybe the people in the story really saw it.

This is the attitude that should be taken to think about problems and do scientific research, and do not rule out the most direct possibility, even if it seems small. A really serious attitude is to admit that there is such a possibility, and then analyze what and why you see it? The teacher asks the students to think about the problem, and the teacher himself encounters it.

The use of big data and cloud computing functions has been widely used nowadays, and all kinds of news push PP will automatically record the content that users have browsed, and then will continue to push relevant information that users may be interested in, in short, it will continue to attract the focus of your interest, and its algorithm is also designed by psychologists.

Ding Qi clicked on the relevant push again, and sure enough, he found a lot of similar news, several of which caught his attention.

The first one is from China, titled Fujian Province to discover the giant Yangcai arm beetle, which China declared extinct in 1982. It's a very formal official news report, with a very clear video of the interview. The Yangcai-armed beetle is not a tortoise, but a large beetle, a beetle that can reach fifteen centimeters in length.

The second one came from abroad, titled Nearly 100 Years of Extinction of Tree Lobsters, and Now Reappearing in the World. The so-called tree lobster is not a lobster, but the world's heaviest, flightless stick insect, which can reach 12 centimeters in length and looks a bit like a lobster. Biologists once thought the tree lobster had been extinct for 80 years, but last year it was discovered on an island in the South Pacific.