Ye Ziling's meeting place is a university in the capital university town, compared with the national and international conferences, this conference is actually not so grand, just a small academic exchange meeting in the industry, only invited some big guys in the industry to do related research. As the main guest, Yao Lao's trip was highly anticipated by industry insiders. As we all know, Yao Lao's scientific research ability and level are among the best in China, and more importantly, he has successors, Qin Jin as a young scholar in addition to inheriting the mantle of Yao Lao, but also opened up the interdisciplinary research of biology and physics, and the future academic development is unlimited.

As a big boss, Yao Lao's schedule is of course very full, but his old man was released by his wife who was abroad, so he had to return to China in disgrace. Yao Lao's wife is a female professor who studies sociology, teaches at a university in the UK, talks elegantly, is knowledgeable, and is a good match for Yao Lao, and the husband and wife are very affectionate. Ye Ziling has only seen this wife once, Yao Lao often flew over to see her when he was not busy during the summer vacation, and this year, because his wife was going to do an investigation and research, so Yao Lao Man was single, and the time was just free, so he was invited by the organizer.

The organizers finally finalized the meeting time according to the formation of the bigwigs, which happened to coincide with this holiday. The whole format is actually more like an academic seminar, and most of the attendees are invited scholars, teachers and teachers who stayed on campus for research during the summer vacation, as well as master's and doctoral groups.

Although it was summer vacation, there were many students from major colleges and universities, and teachers and students filled the entire lecture hall.

Ye Ziling didn't make a report, so there was no need to prepare, and there was no pressure, after she handed over the information to Yao Lao, the rest of the time, like most other students, sat down with her brain and listened to the reports of the big guys.

Yao Lao's real name is Yao Chi, mainly doing basic research in plant molecular biology, this kind of research and the same biology of medicine, zoology direction, it sounds inferior, but since history can create this discipline, there is always its social value.

For example, in the food chain of the academic circle, scholars who do disease research seem to be more likely to be sought after by the mainstream of society, but the progress of any industry will affect other industries, and all walks of life will integrate and influence each other. And speaking of which, making plants is perhaps a little more difficult in terms of the available technology. But it is also worth affirming that doing plant research is often not bound by the ethics of human society, and the world is more expansive and free.

Many times, Ye Ziling will also be questioned by other laymen, who can't understand it, and issue soul torture similar to "What's the use of you doing that thing, it's just a waste of time".

It is true that there are many studies in the circle that are not so satisfactory, but this kind of water injection occurs in all walks of life, but more scientists like Yao Chi who are dedicated to academics, of course, cannot deny its existence and development because it seems "useless" or "too low-end".

Professor Yao began to take doctoral students when he was in his twenties, and it is said that he had just started teaching at that time, and some of the students were even a few years older than himself, and they had been engaged in this research all their lives. Several of the participants in this seminar were his students.

Ye Ziling lived in a hotel outside the organizer, the overall environment was very good, on the first day of the conference, Ye Ziling and the tutor had a breakfast buffet together, many professors came to say hello halfway, and Yao Lao was also very kind to introduce his little disciple to everyone.

Ye Ziling had a breakfast time, it didn't stop for a moment, people came to greet Yao Lao, and after saying a few words, Yao Lao introduced her, so she stood up and shook hands with others, and by the way, said hello teacher, a meal was scattered. Ye Ziling knew that Yao Lao was very good at academics, but he couldn't think of having a meal, even if he picked a corner to sit down, people would come over to chat. When everyone left, she swallowed a mouthful of eggs and sighed, "Teacher, you are really a big tree." ”

Yao Lao glanced at her with a smile and said, "Naughty again? When you have the opportunity, ask your wife to give you a good Chinese class and learn how to use words. ”

Ye Ziling immediately raised his hand and surrendered: "Okay, I won't mess with it anymore." By the way, I want to apply for an international patent. ”

"Oh?" Yao Lao looked at the time, "There is still time, let's listen to it briefly." ”

Ye Ziling was encouraged and continued: "Do you know the domestic patent I reported before? It is a gene invention patent, but at present, we continue to dig deeper into this gene, and it is not limited to the part of the function that was submitted last time, in addition, we found that the function of another part of it is different from previous research, and it is likely to be a completely new gene. We are very lucky - the specific content has been discussed with Mr. Qin, and it has been written into a document, you have time to take a look, and the innovation and practicality are definitely no problem. That's what ......."

"Money?" Yao Lao smiled and asked, "Or is it a matter of signature?" ”

"Mr. Qin asked me to be a work, and said that it was simple to write a patent, and asked me to be responsible for it alone, and I will tell you."

"You should exercise well." Of course, Yao Chi has no opinion on the issue of signature, "That's a matter of money?" ”

Ye Ziling said embarrassedly: "I have consulted, if the translation fee and lawyer fee are included, it will take at least 80,000 yuan to enter a country, and an additional country will add another 50,000." Although this money is not much, it must go through the project funds, and now the restrictions on the use of special funds are so strict, our basic research money is not much, and no matter how big the project is, even if the patent fee is used up at one time, it is far from enough. ”

"So you want to pay for it yourself?" Old man Yao looked at her lovingly.

Ye Ziling nodded and whispered, "Isn't this a violation for me?" ”

"Of course not!" Old man Yao clapped his hands and said, "You just have to write, discuss it with your Teacher Qin specifically, and submit it first after finalizing, you don't have to think about this little money." ”

Ye Ziling feels that she is very lucky, although she has just entered the ranks of graduate students, since she started to work on projects as an undergraduate, no matter how big or small the subject is, she can publish articles by herself if she comes up with anything by herself, which is also a kind of exercise for Yao Chi and Qin Jin to students. She knows that many research groups want undergraduates to do chores, and they will not systematically exercise their scientific research ability and thinking, but just give them an opportunity to do experiments, cultivate interest, and if they make a little result, they will always be summarized in other people's articles, and it is already very good to be ranked among the top five authors. She has been guided and trained by teachers since she was an undergraduate, so that she is now able to work on small projects independently when she first enters the school.

In the eyes of the tutor, the project funds are for the students to do experiments, in the words of Yao Lao, but it doesn't matter how much money you spend on the project, provided that you really have a good plan. In short, money can be spent, but it can't be spent indiscriminately.

After breakfast, they entered the conference room a little earlier than the stipulated time, and as soon as Ye Ziling entered, he was startled by the crowding inside. I saw that the seats in the lecture hall were full, and the aisles and doorways were crowded with students from many other schools.

There were staff members debugging the equipment on the podium, Yao Lao went in from the front door and sat in the reserved expert seat, there was a black head in front of him, Ye Ziling didn't expect this seminar to be so popular, she took out the glasses frame, and glanced at the entire venue. There was no place to stay, Ye Ziling could only find a corner at the back door to stand and listen, and as soon as she stood in the crowd, someone stepped on her foot.

"I'm sorry." The man said and glanced at her, "You are Ye Ziling!" ”

Ye Ziling turned his head to look, frowned and thought for a while but didn't recognize the other party, so he said directly: "Are you?" ”

The other party stretched out his hand, "I am also a graduate student in the School of Biological Sciences, and the laboratory is downstairs from you, this time I followed my supervisor, I have heard of you!" He was still puzzled when he saw Ye Ziling, so he said, "You may not know me, but I have read your papers published as an undergraduate." ”

Ye Ziling politely stretched out his hand and shook it, and greeted him simply and simply: "Hello." ”

What else did the other party say, the venue suddenly fell silent, the host began to speak, Ye Ziling sighed, so the two stopped communicating.

She raised her eyes to look ahead, and her gaze suddenly fell on someone in the back row, although she hadn't seen him for several years, she still recognized him at a glance, and she was a little puzzled - isn't the other party's major quantum optics?

That's her ex-boyfriend, if you can call it.

is also the polite but weird and obscene young man in her mother Chen Fei's mouth, "Yue Mingming".

Although seeing him at this time, Ye Ziling's heart was no longer turbulent, but no matter what, she hoped that the other party would appear in this venue at this time, but she just ran the wrong place.

The report has begun, and Ye Ziling calmed down and retracted his thoughts.

Yao Lao's entire report lasted about half an hour, and after that, there was a long time for questions and discussions, and then the next report.

Ye Ziling was still a little disturbed by her ex-boyfriend, but her brain had already started to run at a high speed as soon as the report began, and she couldn't think about anything else. She still understands Yao Lao's research, and what is difficult to understand is the research content of other bigwigs, although it is the same major, but there are differences between the research directions of the majors, and this difference will also test the breadth of the knowledge of the participants. Ye Ziling listened to the memorization, and did not stop the whole scene, sighing that he was really an academic rookie who didn't know anything.

Time passed quickly in a lively discussion, and the man in the front row turned around during the coffee break.

This was the first time after four years that Ye Ziling had seen his face clearly, and it was a little more unexpected and sleek than the youth in his memory.

Ye Ziling watched him skillfully chat with the people around him, and after the other party chatted with him for a few words, they quickly left each other's contact information, and then the person stood up and looked at the crowd behind the venue.

At this moment, Ye Ziling's thoughts drifted away again, her eyes were empty, and she was thinking about things in a daze, when she felt that the person's eyes fell on her. Ye Ziling noticed this line of sight, and the two looked at each other, and the man raised his hand and waved, as if he had met a familiar old friend.