Professor Wang was also surprised to see that the visitor was Vice President Cheng, and stood up to greet him:

"Principal Cheng, why did you come to Wenzhou County? Are you here specifically to see me?"

Vice President Cheng shook hands with Wang Hongjun warmly and said with a smile:

"Xiao Wang, you're right. I came all the way from Xida this time because I have good news to tell you—!"

"Oh? What good news?"

Vice President Cheng stepped aside to let the old man pass and introduced Wang Hongjun:

"This is Professor Chiizumi Yamada of the Department of Biology at the University of Tokyo—"

Professor Yamada can speak Chinese. When he heard Vice President Cheng introduce him, he bowed to him at a 90-degree angle without waiting for Wang Hongjun to express his opinion.

"Wang Sang, nice to meet you. Please take care of me!"

Professor Wang's outstretched hand stopped awkwardly in the air. He wanted to bow to Professor Yamada in return, but he had a herniated disc in his lumbar spine and could not bend it. He could only nod his head repeatedly and say "hello".

After Vice President Cheng finished introducing both parties, he said with a smile:

"Professor Yamada's main research subject is the Scarabaeidae family. He was very happy to hear that the colorful scarab beetle appeared in Wenzhou and hopes to cooperate with Xida University to jointly study the colorful scarab beetle."

After Vice President Cheng finished speaking, Professor Yamada added in his not-so-fluent Chinese:

"Wang Sang, don't worry. You discovered the colorful scarab beetle, and no one can take away the credit. I came here simply because you admired it. If you agree to cooperate, the University of Tokyo will donate 20 million RMB to Xi'an University in the name of sponsorship. If you need advanced experimental equipment, you can also ask for it, and we will provide it one by one. We will only share information on the research of the colorful scarab beetle. As for your complete research report, you don't have to share it with Tokyo University, and the same goes for us. Wang Sang, what do you think?"

After listening to Yamada Chiquan's explanation, Wang Hongjun weighed it in his mind and felt that if the two sides cooperated, it would only benefit himself and Xida, and there would be no harm. He was happy to see it happen and nodded in agreement.

In fact, Professor Yamada had already communicated with the leaders of Xi University before coming, and the school also felt that the cooperative approach was beneficial to itself, otherwise it would not have sent Vice President Cheng to personally escort Professor Yamada to Wenzhou County.

The two parties signed a cooperation agreement on the spot. Vice President Cheng took the contract back to the school with a smile on his face, while Professor Yamada and his team stayed and built several mobile cabins next to the Xida laboratory.

In the next few days, there was not much communication between the two sides. Whenever someone from Professor Wang's team went into the mountains to look for live adult scarab beetles, Professor Yamada would follow them into the mountains. Although the old man was leaning on a cane, he was no slower than a young man when climbing the mountain road.

The researchers led by Professor Yamada are all young and strong men. I don’t know if it’s because they have been dealing with insects for a long time, but these researchers have stiff expressions and speak very little. However, they are very respectful to Professor Yamada. They wish they could visit him every morning and evening, burn incense in the morning and evening, and often say "Hai" and "Hai" in front of Professor Yamada, bowing and saluting. This is completely different from the situation in China where they laugh and joke with Director Wang all day long and make fun of their mentor.

Professor Wang has been using Japanese etiquette to educate his students these days, but the students are used to being casual and always treat Professor Wang as a buddy. It's hard to change this. Professor Wang can only sigh:

Who made him have such an unprepossessing baby face? He looks like he’s in his early twenties at the age of 38. Alas, people’s hearts have changed, and students are becoming more and more difficult to lead!