Beijing, Lanxi Community, Li Liping's home.

Qin Ran and Li Liping sat facing each other, the two of them didn't say a word, and the atmosphere of silence reached a freezing point over time.

Originally, the reunion of master and apprentice after a long absence should be a joyful scene, but there is no half point here, and the two people on the scene even have a tense tendency.

Qin Ran didn't expect that when the two met ten years later, this scene would arise.

All of this has to start with the giant beast.

The storm set off by the giant beast blew to every corner of the academic world, and most of those who supported Jiang Weiguo before began to retreat.

The reason is very simple, the appearance of the giant beast has brought the prestige of biological genetics in the academic world to a higher level, and isn't it boring to fight with each other in the ring at this time?

Including Li Liping, he is also ready to avoid his edge and protect himself.

"Xiao Qin, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, biological genetics is in the limelight now, there is no need to fight each other hard at this time. This opportunity is gone, and there will be opportunities in the future. For this former proud protégé, Li Liping still painstakingly persuaded him.

"How long is the next chance, ten years? Twenty years? Ten years ago, I proposed the concept of giant mechas, but at that time, no one in the academy, whether it was teachers or classmates, supported me, I thought that I was too young, and the mecha had not been experimentally demonstrated, so it was normal not to support it. So it took me ten years to build [War Vanguard], but I didn't expect it to be the same result. Ten years after ten years, when the next opportunity comes, will we still be able to remove the mountain of biological genetics that weighs on all academia? ”

"Why not, can biogenetics still cover the sky with one hand?"

Qin Ran shook his head, "I don't know if I can cover the sky with one hand, I only know that in the past ten years, most disciplines have been abandoned and neglected, biological genetics is dominant, and the academic world has formed a deformity." ”

"There should be no distinction between high and low academic research, and there is no distinction between good and bad. But in fact, biological genetics has become the emperor of the academic world, and it is respected alone. ”

Li Liping sighed and said, "Before, I thought the same way, but after decades of ups and downs, I have long been no longer so naïve." The reality is very cruel, what kind of technical research is useful, it should be sought after, and those that are useless will naturally be abandoned. ”

Qin Ran was unconvinced, "The giant mecha is definitely useful for research, and it is of great use." ”

"But that's just your personal theory, and it hasn't been realized now, and biological genetics already has sample experiments, and resources should be tilted, so you can't expect the country to take a clear path and spend a lot of money to help you complete the future exploration of mechas."

Qin Ran: "......"

As a professor, Li Liping can't compare to Qin Ran in terms of eloquence alone, but he still doesn't want to give up.

"Teacher, don't say anything else, as a professor of mechanics, are you just watching the decline of mechanics? Also, I heard that the School of Mechanical Engineering is about to be disbanded, are you really watching it like this, and it doesn't hurt at all? ”

"What about heartache, the general trend is inviolable, old man, I am sixty-five this year, even if the academy is not disbanded, I can still exert my residual heat for a few years?" Li Liping said casually, took off his glasses, and continued while wiping: "The decline of machinery is also the result of social choice. The development of scholarship and history are similar, with booms and declines, ups and downs, and even more so in ancient times. It's just that we're at a juncture. But decline is decline, and even if there is only one machine left in the country to operate, mechanical engineering will not disappear. ”

Li Liping's ups and downs during this period of time are too exciting, and this is a complete mess of preparation.

For a person who is rotten, if he wants to let the other party regain confidence, Qin Ran asked himself if he couldn't do it.

"Xiao Qin, listen to my advice, don't get involved in this matter now, you are still young, and the road ahead is still very long."

Hearing these serious words, Qin Ran's position never changed: "Since I have decided to participate in the meeting, I will not back down." ”

"Hey! You kid, you're still so stubborn! That's it. Li Liping patted his knee and stood up, "Since I can't convince you, but I, as a teacher, can't ignore it, you sit down first, and I'll go get something." ”

A minute later, Li Liping walked out of the study and handed Qin Ran a piece of information: "This is what I sorted out a few days ago, and I originally planned to use it at the symposium, but now I ...... Hey, don't talk about that, you take the information first, you should be able to use it. ”

Qin Ran silently took the information, and then chatted with Li Liping for half an hour on other topics, alleviating the previous embarrassing atmosphere, and then left the Lanxi community after Li Liping's stay.

After saying goodbye to Li Liping, Qin Ran dialed Jiang Weiguo's phone.

"Old general, I failed."

"It's normal for things to be expected to come too easily and lose them quickly."

"How many people are still supporting us now?"

"There are more than a dozen, and it is estimated that these dozen or so people are also wavering and unable to work."

Previously, with Jiang Weiguo's efforts, he successfully persuaded more than 400 people, but in just one day, there were only a dozen left of 400, which shows the impact of the giant beast incident on the entire academic community.

On one side there are more than a dozen people, and most of them are bluffing, on the other side, at least a few hundred, that is, such a contrast is enough to make people desperate.

"The good news is that these people, while they don't support us, they don't support biogenetics either, so many of them chose to be absent from this meeting."

That's good news.

"Of course, they themselves are absent, but they will also send others to participate, otherwise so many people will not participate, and the symposium will become a joke."

The meaning revealed in Jiang Weiguo's words is very clear, those scientists who originally supported them still have to send people to attend the meeting, but these people are just helping to support the scene.

"I'm afraid that this symposium is already a joke for those experts and scholars in biological genetics." Qin Ran muttered in his mouth.

"Hey, I didn't expect things to get so bad, the situation was originally good, but in one day, it was beaten back to its original shape, and the world is impermanent..... None of this seems important to me, though. The important thing is, Qin Ran, what do you think, are you going to give up? ”

"Give up?" Qin Ran muttered this word, and his eyes became more and more determined.

"No, I'm not going to give up, and I don't plan to give up. Even if none of them support me, I'm going to go. Even if everyone is against me, I will fight for it. Rather than watching the mechanical profession go down and watch the future of mecha bleak, I would rather choose to fight against the water. I was like that ten years ago, and I am still the same ten years later. ”

"Hahaha, it is worthy of the person I fancy, this blood, this pride, not lost to me back then!"

"Old General, will you always support me?"

"Of course I am, I am a soldier, and a soldier will not be able to pull ten cows back, let alone a small setback."

Hearing this answer, a warm current flowed through Qin Ran's heart, for ten years, he had been alone and endured the strange eyes of others, and he could only isolate himself from society if he was not understood. But now, no matter how dark the road ahead is, Qin Ran at least understands in his heart that there is an old man who supports him.

It's a really good feeling.

"Thank you for the trust of the old general!"

"Don't be so polite, discuss first, what should I do next?"

"I want to trouble the old general with one thing, it turns out that the scientists who support us should have prepared materials these days, and I now need to summarize these materials and screen out the useful ones."

"It's a little bit of a trouble, I'll give it to you tomorrow. However, there are only five days left in the scheduled time for the symposium, is there enough time? ”

"Enough should be enough!" Qin Ran stared at the road ahead, his eyes shining.