Chapter 275 Director Zhou was dumbfounded!
Gu Beichen remained silent.
He knew his wife was right.
Su Yue looked at him and continued, "These kinds of things have to be handled according to the rules of their circle. If you use your power to suppress him, he may not say it, but he will never be convinced in his heart. But if you completely defeat him professionally, in the field he is most proud of, then it's a different story."
Looking into his wife's clear yet slightly cunning eyes, Gu Beichen understood.
His monthly plans are about to start scheming against people again.
What do you need me to do?
"Help me investigate this Director Zhou," Su Yue ordered without any politeness. "The more detailed the better. His academic background, what papers he has published, his personality preferences, his family relationships. Most importantly, what he is currently researching and what difficulties he has encountered."
Gu Beichen's efficiency in handling affairs is astonishing.
Within half a day, a detailed document about Zhou Weixian, the director of the Beijing Institute of Biology, was placed on Su Yue's desk.
Zhou Weixian, 55, is a top microbiology expert in China. He is an upright man, but also extremely rigid and arrogant, a typical old-fashioned scholar. He values scientific research results most and detests academic fraud and administrative interference.
The document concluded with a note that Zhou Weixian was currently leading a research project on "novel antibiotic resistance," but the project had stalled for nearly half a year due to a failure to break through a certain key technology, which caused him to lose his temper frequently in internal meetings.
Su Yue's fingers gently tapped the word "stagnation," and a confident smile slowly bloomed on her lips.
We've found a breakthrough.
She walked to the desk and spread out paper and pens.
Gu Beichen thought she was going to write an appeal letter or a letter to Gu Zhengfeng asking for help.
However, what Su Yue wrote down was a title that he had never expected.
Letter of cooperation regarding the invitation to the Beijing Institute of Biology to jointly conduct research on "new antibiotics and drug resistance".
Instead of asking for the person, she sent out an invitation.
They invited Director Zhou, who was struggling with the project's stagnation, to "collaborate" with their "unknown" little-known laboratory.
This is practically offering your face up to be slapped.
However, Su Yue wrote with utmost care, clearly outlining every aspect from the cooperation model to funding support and the distribution of results, demonstrating undeniable professionalism and confidence.
After finishing the main text, she took out a few more sheets of manuscript paper.
This time, she wrote a purely academic paper.
On the application prospects of phage therapy in combating superbugs
Bacteriophages are viruses that specifically "eat" bacteria.
This is a cutting-edge technology that has only been rediscovered in the 21st century and is considered the ultimate weapon against antibiotic resistance.
In this day and age, this concept is nothing short of a fantasy.
Su Yue condensed her 22nd-century medical knowledge into a logically rigorous, data-rich, and forward-looking paper, which she attached to the cooperation agreement.
She wondered how the arrogant Director Zhou would react when he saw this plan, which was enough to overturn his entire cognitive system.
She could even imagine that he would first scoff, then be shocked, then spend sleepless nights researching, and finally have to come to her in person.
Su Yue put all the written documents into a kraft paper envelope and handed it to Gu Beichen.
"Get this to Director Zhou as quickly as possible."
She didn't say another word, her face calm and composed, as if she were sending not an important document concerning the future of the laboratory, but an ordinary family letter.
But Gu Beichen saw in her eyes the certainty of a hunter who has set a trap and is waiting for his prey to take the bait.
That arrogant old scholar probably doesn't know that his wife has already completely taken care of him.
Beijing, National Institute of Biology.
The atmosphere in the director's office was as oppressive as a frozen block of iron.
Zhou Weixian paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, like an old lion trapped in a cage.
The transfer application on the ground was crumpled into a ball, and the handwriting was almost illegible.
Zhang Huilan! His most prized student, a pillar of the domestic microbiology field, is actually applying to be transferred to Hainan Island! To some "military family special drug laboratory" that he's never even heard of!
This is utter nonsense! It's self-destructive!
He picked up the phone on the table, intending to call the General Political Department of the Military Region. He wanted to personally find out who was behind this shameless act of poaching talent!
"Director, here is an urgent document from Hainan Island."
Secretary Li knocked on the door and came in, carefully handing over a thick kraft paper envelope.
Hainan Island?
Zhou Weixian stopped moving.
He took the envelope and saw the name "Su Yue" written in the sender's column. An inexplicable anger instantly surged to his head.
It's her again!
He tore open the envelope, and two documents fell out.
The first document was a politely worded official letter, yet it exuded an unquestionable confidence.
Letter of cooperation regarding the invitation to the Beijing Institute of Biology to jointly conduct research on "new antibiotics and drug resistance".
Zhou Weixian almost laughed out of anger.
Cooperation? A tiny workshop that hasn't even put up a sign yet dares to talk to him about cooperation? This is clearly a trick to poach Zhang Huilan! Is he trying to give him a way out?
That's wishful thinking!
He wanted to tear the letter up, but when he glanced at it, he saw another document underneath it.
That was a research paper.
On the application prospects of phage therapy in the fight against superbugs.
bacteriophage?
Zhou Weixian was stunned.
This word was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.
It's familiar because it occasionally appears in old documents from decades ago.
It feels unfamiliar because this research direction was long ago swept away by the unstoppable wave of antibiotics, becoming a historical term relegated to the dustbin of history.
In this day and age, is it appropriate to revisit the topic of bacteriophages?
Absurd! Ridiculous!
He picked up the paper with a judgmental scrutiny and a sense of anticipation to see him make a fool of himself.
He wanted to see what kind of shocking things this ignorant and arrogant girl could write.
The paper begins with a brief review of the discovery history of bacteriophages.
Zhou Weixian initially dismissed it, but as he watched, he sat up straight.
The article takes an extremely unconventional approach, completely avoiding the pitfalls of traditional understanding. From the perspective of molecular biology, it redefines the unique advantages of bacteriophages as "precision-targeted biological missiles".
This line of thinking... is quite interesting.
He continued reading.
The second part of the paper details how to screen, isolate, purify, and culture "virulent bacteriophages" against specific drug-resistant strains from the natural environment.
The "double-layer agar plate method" and "titration enrichment culture technique" mentioned in the text are so detailed and rigorous in their operation that it seems as if the author has personally performed them hundreds of times.
Zhou Weixian was so engrossed in reading that he subconsciously picked up a pen and began to do calculations on the manuscript paper.
When he saw the idea of establishing a "phage lineage library" in the paper, his hand holding the pen began to tremble slightly.
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