Chapter 176 Senior Professor? Pshaw!
"Yes, it's Professor Wang..."
Xu Haoran forced himself to speak, "He said that building greenhouses is labor-intensive, and plastic is a rare and expensive commodity, so using it for farming would be a waste. Therefore, he had the ground cover and greenhouses all removed yesterday!"
Upon hearing that it was Wang Rui who had sent someone to instigate the attack, Deng Qiu's anger flared up once again.
He is the head of the agricultural research project at Suzhou University. Because he participated in the "sent-down youth" movement, his professional title was frozen after he returned, and he is temporarily unable to be evaluated for advanced positions and can only serve as an associate professor.
But the principal was very eager to get agricultural research going, so he lobbied him several times.
He was temporarily appointed as a lecturer and led a research project, with the title ultimately being given to Wang Rui, the only senior professor in the field.
Deng Qiu clenched his fists, his voice filled with barely concealed anger, "Has he gone mad? He's a seasoned expert in this field, doesn't he understand how important new technologies and methods are for improving research results?!"
If it were someone else, she might not have been so angry.
But Wang Rui is someone who is very knowledgeable about this field; he is the most knowledgeable person in this field. How could he make such a serious mistake!
Faced with this situation, Xu Haoran was also helpless. He stared blankly at the vast experimental fields in front of him.
After a long pause, he lowered his head in dejection. "I don't understand the point of Professor Wang doing this. If our research project succeeds, the honor will be attributed to him. The research results, the bonuses, and even his future reputation will all belong to him. We have already made such concessions, so why is he still obstructing us?"
He couldn't understand it, and Deng Qiu understood it even less.
Deng Qiu felt a tightness in his chest, neither able to calm down nor feel relieved.
"I'm going to find him! I have to get to the bottom of this!"
The staff quarters of Suzhou University are located within the school grounds, so finding Wang Rui is very easy.
She had to find out where the greenhouses and the plastic film were!
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School Staff Quarters
'Bang bang bang—!'
Deng Qiu knocked on Wang Rui's door. "Is Professor Wang home?"
"What are you banging on? Can't people just have some peace and quiet during the New Year?"
Wang Rui opened the door with a cigarette dangling from his lips. When he saw that it was Deng Qiu who had come, he showed no surprise whatsoever.
He deliberately forced a smile, "What brings our Teacher Deng here? Isn't it a bit early to visit relatives and give New Year's gifts?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Deng Qiu and noticed that she was empty-handed and hadn't mentioned anything. Moreover, Xu Haoran and a little boy were following behind her.
Deng Qiu's expression was very unpleasant; he didn't look like someone who came to offer New Year's greetings, but rather someone who came to cause trouble.
Wang Rui's smile faded slightly. "What does this mean?"
"Professor Wang, you ordered the greenhouse in the experimental field to be dismantled? Where did the materials for the greenhouse go? Do you know that this will cause the seeds in the experimental field to be directly frozen to death by the low temperature frost?"
Deng Qiu spoke bluntly and decisively, showing no mercy whatsoever.
Upon hearing this, Wang Rui's lips curled down. "I thought it was something serious. It was my idea to remove the greenhouses, so what? Instead of thanking me, you come here lecturing me. Where did you get this idea of decorum?"
"Thank you?" Deng Qiu snorted coldly. "What do I thank you for? Thank you for disrupting the experiment and affecting the research papers of this batch of graduates?"
Wang Rui was immediately displeased when he heard her say this. He frowned and stared intently at Deng Qiu, unconsciously putting on airs as a senior expert.
"Xiao Deng, I'm not trying to criticize you, but you young people don't know anything. Winter is cold, and it's not a good time to plant wheat. When you planted it, you made it sound like you were doing an experiment. But in reality, farming should follow the experience of the older generation of farmers. Wheat just won't survive in winter!"
"What else do you want to do? Plastic greenhouses for heat preservation and moisture retention, mulching to increase seed cold resistance and absorb sunlight—these are all utterly ridiculous ideas!"
Xu Haoran couldn't stand it anymore and retorted in a low voice, "Su Daguo uses this technology even in such cold weather. If they can use it, why can't we? This is clearly the best scientific research technology!"
"Tch! If you think the moon is rounder abroad than in China, then why did you come to university in China? Why don't you go to Su Daguo? Why don't you go grow potatoes in Siberia? Our country hasn't even landed on the moon yet. If you're so capable, go grow crops on the moon, then I'll quit being a professor at Su Cheng University and you can be the professor. You can lead all our students and teachers there!"
Wang Rui straightened his back and said confidently, "Let me tell you, both plastic greenhouses and mulch film are too expensive. During holidays, if someone brings a plastic bag when visiting relatives, that's considered a big expense. Plastic is so expensive these days, it's not worth investing in it for a little bit of food. Let's just follow the old ways and farm the same way we used to!"
As Zhizhi listened to the wicked old man speak, her head felt buzzing.
She jumped out from behind her mother, her round almond-shaped eyes glaring at him fiercely. "Bullshit! You're talking nonsense! My mom's technique has already been used in our backyard. In winter, the vegetables in our backyard grow big and plump, they're so good, they won't get frostbite at all! And in winter, spinach is easy to grow small and droopy, but after we have the greenhouse, it's warm inside, and the spinach is all bright green and upright. Bad grandpa, if you can't do it yourself, don't blame the road for being uneven. Where did the things you had someone dismantle go? Hand them over! Otherwise, you can wait to write a self-criticism under the national flag! Then people will throw rotten eggs at you when you go out!"
The tiny cub couldn't understand a single word of Wang Rui's babbling nonsense.
She only understood one thing: that old man Wang Rui was rambling on about one thing, and that he didn't care at all whether the crops could actually increase yield.
He's like a piece of wood that's survived for many years. He looks experienced, but in reality, he's just living off his past achievements and has long been rotten inside.
He disliked innovation for being too trendy and too costly, but it was precisely because our motherland had a large number of talented people who were "trendy" and "innovative" in the early stages of reform and opening up that it was able to move forward step by step.
Wang Rui had been in a position of great respect for too long; students spoke to him with utmost deference, and no one dared to raise their voice at him.
Now, out of nowhere, some mischievous monkey has appeared, pointing his finger at him and cursing him.
This made him so angry that his beard almost stood on end.
"You little girl, you're so sharp-tongued! Do you even know what farming is? Plastic is so rare and expensive, using it on the land is just a waste!"
Wang Rui shrugged nonchalantly. "I threw away the greenhouse and tore up the mulch. Anyway, it's all gone. You can talk about your experiments in the spring. If you really can't save the seeds, you can only say that Deng Qiu set the wrong example. It's not my fault that the students can't graduate. Good luck to them!"
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