Early December.

Yang Ning resigned from her job at Qinghua University and went south to Sioux City with a letter of recommendation.

This morning, Luo Sheng was doing daily fitness training in the fitness room.

Xiao Na's voice suddenly came: "Master, a scientist who claims to be recommended by Professor Shi Yigong has come to visit, and she calls herself Yang Ning. ”

Luo Sheng, who was doing stretching exercises, suddenly stopped when he heard this, and his eyes were full of surprise.

Yang Ning?

Shi Yigong introduced?

Luo Sheng quickly searched for a handwritten letter written to Shi Yigong a few days ago, and after a little thought, he probably guessed where this person named Yang Ning was sacred, and for a while he couldn't help but think of the memory of his previous life.

Although it is not in the same field, Luo Sheng has also heard of this female scientist, mainly because she is young and talented, and she also has an "open" life, so she has heard of it.

Since 2009, Yang Ning has published more than 10 scientific research papers as a corresponding author in Nature, Science, and Cell, which are also referred to as CNS in the industry, and his research results became the top ten progress citations of Science in 2009.

At the age of 30, she became the youngest professor and doctoral supervisor of Qinghua University, and at the age of 37, she spent 6 months with a team with an average age of less than 30 years old to overcome the scientific problems that plagued half of the world in the field of membrane proteins, which is the most high-profile and internationally competitive scientific problem in the industry.

Later, he won the "Young Scientist Award" and "Sackler International Biophysics Award" of the International Protein Society, and was selected as the "Star of Science in China" by Nature magazine for his outstanding contributions to protein structure.

Luo Sheng immediately contacted the housekeeper to entertain the people first, and he quickly left the fitness room, simply and quickly took a shower, changed into clean clothes and went to meet the other party.

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Meeting room.

Luo Sheng saw Yang Ning and smiled in a rather relaxed tone: "Wow, you are the most beautiful female scientist I have ever seen, you can not be called Yang Ning, you can be called good-looking, it simply subverts my imagination of female scientists." ”

Yang Ning is a typical young scientist, and her academic career is almost open, but she is not a scientist who is completely deaf to what is going on outside the window and is bent on getting into the molecule without smiling. On the contrary, she is an intellectual woman who is fashionable when she dresses up.

Luo Sheng just sat down opposite Yang Ning, but she directly counterattacked at the beginning of this simple sentence: "Please don't call me 'female scientist', scientists are scientists, why do you have to add the word 'female' in front?" It's called discrimination! ”

Hearing this, Luo Sheng couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and after reacting, he immediately said with a smile: "I didn't mean that, but I apologize to you, it's just that female scientists are too rare in the mainland, and it is even rarer to have great achievements like you." ”

Luo Sheng didn't have any guilt because of Yang Ning's straightforwardness, but he admired a temperamental person like her, which couldn't help but remind him of a sentence described by science fiction master Isaac Asimov in "Galactic Empire":

[Why are scientists basically ninth-rate administrators?] Perhaps it is simply because they are accustomed to dealing with less elastic natural phenomena and do not know how to deal with the fickle human mind. 】

Although it was the first time they met, Luo Sheng's self-cultivation and respect for the cause of science made Yang Ning have a lot of good feelings for this young rich man who is 8 years younger than himself, and after a while, he couldn't help but say: "I was very touched by my participation in the Swedish Structural Biology Annual Meeting last year. In Sweden, 50 percent of scientists speak by women, while in other countries, including the United States, the proportion of female scientists is very low. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Ning couldn't help but pick up the cup and took a sip of water and added: "At that time, I couldn't help but ask myself, where did the female scientists go?" Among my students, there are very good girls, but very few of them choose the path of scientific research. ”

Luo Sheng nodded: "Perhaps women are easy to fall into confusion when facing family and career choices, and external factors have influenced many women to choose to stick to the path of science." ”

When he subconsciously said this, Luo Sheng felt that it was not appropriate to face the person concerned, because Yang Ning was still single, wouldn't this imply that she had a successful career and a failure in her personal emotional family?

However, Yang Ning did not think so, but extended along with his words: "To solve this problem, we need to let this society slowly see that more and more women can succeed, and I have been encouraging my students to follow their hearts and be brave themselves." ”

Luo Sheng nodded slowly in agreement, and quickly skipped the topic: "I'm more curious about how you got on the road of science?" ”

Hearing this, Yang Ning happily shared this question: "My scientific dream originated from "Journey to the West" I watched when I was a child, when I saw that Sun Wukong could become infinitely smaller, I suddenly fantasized about what would happen if it was small enough to enter the inside of the cell? This is how I got closer to science, developed a strong interest in cells, and eventually embarked on the path of structural biology. ”

Luo Sheng moved on to the next topic: "I have seen some news in the industry, what do you think of the claims that cancer can be treated by 'starving cancer cells'? ”

At present, on the Internet, as long as you search for the name of "Yang Ning", you will see a lot of news - "Qinghua University professor said it can cure cancer", "Qinghua University professor said it can 'starve cancer cells'" and other eyeball headlines.

Yang Ning shook his head very dryly, and explained to Luo Sheng on the spot: "At this stage, 'starving cancer cells' is unachievable and incorrect, and scientific research from basic research to pharmaceutical, or to produce a therapy, is actually still a long road." ”

She has always regarded Luo Sheng as a super-rich man, or a rich man who strongly supports the cause of science, and never thought that Luo Sheng was a generalist in his last life, so at this moment, she introduced her research to him in simple terms-glucose transporters.

Luo Sheng laughed: "It's true that science is rigorous, and when it becomes a headline in the mass media, it actually becomes misleading. ”

Yang Ning nodded in agreement: "As a scientist, the more I research, the more humble I become, the more I can try to understand life, and study the mysteries of life with curiosity." ”

After chatting with Luo Sheng for a while, Yang Ning felt quite pleasant to chat with this young super-rich man, Luo Sheng is indeed a person who is very good at chatting.

After a while, the small talk ended, and Yang Ning took out a letter and handed it to Luo Sheng: "Mr. Luo, this is a letter from my mentor to you. ”

Luo Sheng took the letter and opened it at a glance.

At this moment, the two sides didn't say a word, and Yang Ning, who was sitting opposite him, was quite looking forward to it, and there was still a trace of apprehension to meet him.

On the way to Sioux City, she became more and more grateful to her mentor, and at the same time, she also knew that being the director of the Shencheng Structural Biochemistry Laboratory could provide an unprecedented broad stage for her research vision and personally.

"Okay, the director of the Shencheng Laboratory will be handed over to you to be in charge." Luo Sheng quickly read this letter of recommendation and responded very simply, so decisive that even Yang Ning was quite surprised.

In her imagination, it should be that Luo Sheng would definitely consider it for a day or two before giving a response after reading the recommendation letter, but she didn't expect to make a decision on the spot, and actually agreed.

She didn't know that Luo Sheng's understanding of her and the achievements she was about to achieve in the future were better than herself, and this alone was enough, and Luo Sheng was very confident that Yang Ning would definitely be able to achieve higher achievements and breakthroughs in his laboratory.

Even if this matter is so decided, Luo Sheng put down the envelope and looked at Yang Ning and said with a smile: "It may take one or two years for the completion of the Shencheng laboratory, and the fastest progress will also take a year, so we will strive to get it done in one year." I just heard you say that you have resigned from Qinghua, and this year's research must not be wasted. ”

"See if this is feasible, before the laboratory is completed and put into use, I will contact the people of my alma mater, Fuda, and arrange for you to work in it temporarily to engage in your personal research, and the required funds do not need to go through Fuda, and the Life Science Fund will directly allocate funds to you."

Yang Ning: "Thank you. ”

Simple two words, I don't know how to say it for Luo Sheng's careful arrangement, in short, I am quite satisfied, and I am more and more convinced that this choice is extremely wise.

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(Ps: This is not a heroine, no surprise, there should be no new heroine in the future plot advancement.) ）

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