Chapter 631: There's Something Abnormal About the Quotas (Two Chapters Combined)
When the two arrived, Wu Chong was opening a beer can. They didn't know where he had called him from in such a short time.
Seeing the two of them approach, Wu Chong picked up a can, opened it on the spot, and handed it to Chu Yan, saying with a smile, "Those people came with me after all, and they said some inappropriate things, so I'm partly responsible. Here, have a drink?"
Chu Yan looked at the wine jar in Wu Chong's hand, remained silent for a moment, nodded, and took it: "There will be no next time."
Wu Chong laughed and patted him on the shoulder: "Thanks! There will absolutely be no next time. If there is a next time, you can handle it however you want!"
Chu Yan accepted the wine, and that was the end of it. Chu Yan wouldn't pursue the matter further or cause trouble for those people. However, Wu Chong also promised that if Chu Yan were to take action again, he wouldn't interfere. After all, those people had come out with Wu Chong today, which was considered giving Wu Chong face.
Although the Chu family are merchants, they have wealth and their businesses are distributed throughout the country and even the world. Over the years, people above have been eyeing such a treasure trove. It would be a lie to say they weren't tempted. Some of them certainly took action. Take the Xue and Han families, for example, who made a big move last time. Didn't they fail? Over the years, the Chu family is still the richest family, which shows that they are not to be trifled with!
Furthermore, now that the Zhou family and Gu Yin are together, along with the connections Gu Yin mentioned before regarding Chu Yan's own network, who would dare to make a move? It's just those idle young masters who think Chu Yan is living off a woman.
"Wu Chong, Wu Chong?"
Wu Chong snapped out of his daze, looked at the old lady, and asked with a smile, "Grandma, what's wrong?"
The old lady pointed to the fish in his hand: "It'll get cold if you don't eat it soon. What are you daydreaming about?"
Wu Chong immediately took a bite, then sighed and said, "Seeing Young Master Chu and the girl makes me feel like I've been wasting my time. I was just thinking, should I find something to do?"
The old man nodded in agreement: "You are young, and it is the perfect time for you to strive. Only by keeping busy can you have something to look forward to. If you retire like us at such a young age, there is no point in it. A life that you can see the end of is probably just right for ordinary people, but it is not necessarily a good thing for people from families like yours."
Wu Chong chuckled upon hearing this, picked up his beer and clinked glasses with the old man: "You're right, being too idle is indeed not a good thing."
His family wasn't as simple as the Long Yu family, which only had one son. His family had many children, not to mention he also had a stepmother who had given birth to several younger brothers and sisters. Ha, that stepmother had quite a few ulterior motives. The old man was busy with state affairs every day, and the other party basically managed the family affairs. The other party was very capable, and even the old man's secretary sided with her. If it weren't for his good relationship with the eldest young master and his group, he probably would have been sent abroad by now.
Thinking of this, he looked at Chu Yan and said with a grin, "President Chu, how about I come and work for you?"
Chu Yan was putting the food she was going to take back into a box when she heard this. She looked up at him and saw that he was smiling, but his eyes were serious. She paused for a moment, then continued working.
“If I were you, I wouldn’t give up the path of the eldest son and instead take the path of a merchant like mine. If you take my path, you’ll be exposed more and it’s easy for others to take advantage of you. Don’t you people always prefer to be as low-key as possible and as untraceable as possible? If you follow me, then the whole world will know about you, the second young master. It will be difficult to go back to that circle. Don’t you people have to stay away from anyone related to money?”
Wu Chong tossed the fishbone aside and sighed, "I haven't seen Young Master for a long time. I don't know what he's busy with. He doesn't answer the phone, and I haven't seen him anywhere. He's probably on some mission again. I'm in a lull right now, so I'll hang out with you for now. I'll go find him when he comes back."
Chu Yan laughed: "Then I'm really sorry, I won't be in Beijing tomorrow either. You'll be disappointed with my backup plan."
"Where are we going? Can I come along?"
Chu Yan shook his head: "No, it's a secret mission, arranged by higher-ups."
When will it end?
Chu Yan shook his head: "This is not something you can inquire about."
Wu Chong: "...Alright, you have a mission too, everyone has a mission, only I'm free!" He then looked at Gu Yin, his eyes lighting up: "Otherwise!!!"
Gu Yin nodded: "With me? Sure, let's do experiments. What are your skills? I'll help you apply for them."
Wu Chong's eyes immediately shifted: "Forget it, I'm not cut out for that! I'd better think about what I can do first!" Doing experiments was out of the question.
After finishing their meal, everyone went home.
Chu Yan left before even having dinner; he came and went in a hurry.
Gu Yin first went to the hospital research center, and only after finding that there were no problems did she return to school to end her leave.
After that, Gu Yin focused her attention on physics, chemistry, and materials science. She recently looked at information about lithography machines and found that some of the materials used to make them were not available in China and had to be purchased from abroad. However, the materials provided by those countries were already obsolete in their own countries, resulting in China paying high prices for things that were not what it wanted.
This makes me want to curse, but I can't. If I have any complaints, they won't give me anything they've discarded, making it even harder to break through!
Because of these frustrating conditions, Gu Yin became even more diligent than before, attending every class and running to various professors' offices when she didn't have classes, leading Meng Yu to suspect that she was going to give up on computer science again.
Upon learning this, Lu Jie immediately rushed to Qingdao University and caught her near the Physics Department office building.
Gu Yin had just come downstairs when she saw Lu Jie and exclaimed in surprise, "Teacher, what brings you here?"
Lu Jie said with a straight face, "I was passing by your school and thought it had been a long time since I'd seen you, so I came in to take a look. Come on, I haven't eaten yet, let's go to your cafeteria and try the food from your school."
Gu Yin nodded upon hearing this and led her people to the canteen. It was lunchtime, and the first floor was full of students. Gu Yin then led her people upstairs to the teachers' canteen.
She has a meal card for the cafeteria on this floor. The meal card belongs to Mr. Zeng, who asked her to come up and renew it from time to time.
Aside from coming up a few times with Meng Yu, Gu Yin had never come here on her own before.
There weren't many people upstairs. The two ordered some dishes at the stir-fry area and then sat down at a booth to wait.
Lu Jie had been holding back all the way, and now he could finally speak. He looked at Gu Yin and said in a deep voice, "Have you finished all the homework I assigned you?"
Gu Yin nodded: "That's about it, just a little finishing touches."
Lu Jie: "...Have you run into a problem? If you have a problem, why don't you come to me? I've heard you're always studying physics and chemistry or something like that?"
Gu Yin blinked, finally realizing the purpose of the other party's visit. What a joke! This was clearly an interrogation: "I didn't encounter any problems. I can send you my homework when I get back. Teacher, the reason I went to those classes was to do something. Well, if I told you now, you might think I'm arrogant, unrealistic, and ignorant, and you might even try to stop me. So I can't tell you what I'm going to do, but I can assure you that I won't miss any of the assignments you give me, I'll continue learning the new material, and I'll keep up with my school classes. I promise I won't miss anything, so please don't worry!"
When the food was served, neither of them spoke. After the others left, Lu Jie leaned forward slightly and asked, "You made it sound so serious, what exactly are you going to do?"
Gu Yin ladled soup for the other person, shaking her head with a smile: "It's a secret I can't tell you!"
"Hmph, so secretive. Anyway, whatever you do, you can't forget your main job!" Lu Jie snorted as he took the soup.
Gu Yin raised an eyebrow: "Are you talking about biology? I assure you, I haven't forgotten!"
Lu Jie glared: "I'm talking about Computer Information Engineering!"
"I know, I know, hurry up and eat, it won't taste good if it gets cold! You came here to see me and have a meal, right? Let's not talk about anything else!" After saying that, she quickly picked up some food and started eating before Lu Jie could say anything.
Lu Jie: "...You're even more infuriating than those brats from Harbin University!"
Gu Yin picked up a clean spoon and ladled some Mapo Tofu for him, smiling as she said, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, I promise I'll be your most promising student!"
Lu Jie took a sip of soup: "Hmph, he's quite good at bragging!" But it's not impossible.
After the two finished their meal, they came downstairs to the first floor and ran into Liang Sisi. Liang Sisi was also surprised to see Gu Yin. Seeing that there was a very imposing man next to her, she smiled and went up to greet her.
"Senior, you just finished eating and came downstairs?"
Gu Yin nodded, glanced at the red cloth on her arm, and said, "You're working and studying here."
Liang Sisi nodded: "My part-time job is at night, which is a bit unsafe, so the teacher arranged for me to work in the cafeteria. Next time you come to eat, you can sit at my window. I won't be nervous!"
Gu Yin smiled and nodded, "That's good. I can eat more meat later. You go ahead and do your work, we won't bother you anymore."
Seeing that Gu Yin didn't seem inclined to introduce the people around her, Liang Sisi felt a little disappointed, but still smiled and said goodbye to them.
After coming down from the canteen, Lu Jie said with a smile, "She's quite hardworking."
Gu Yin nodded: "Indeed."
They didn't say anything else.
After leaving the school, Gu Yin went to rest in the courtyard house next door and sent Lu Jie the materials he had arranged to him.
That day, Gu Yin had just come out of the laboratory when she received a call from Zhang Ge.
"Second Senior Brother?"
Zhang Ge's voice came through quickly: "Xiao Wu, have you heard about this year's Nobel Prize?"
Gu Yin nodded upon hearing this: "Wasn't the list already announced in October? The awards ceremony is in five days, isn't it? What's wrong?"
Gu Yin originally wanted to compete for this award this year, but her experiment came out a bit late, and the list had already been finalized by then, so she could only try for next year.
"I heard the list has changed this year, do you think it's possible for you to..."
Gu Yin shook her head: "No, if there really is a change, it should be canceling so-and-so's spot, not adding another spot. There's still time next year, so there's no rush this year."
Zhang Ge still refused to believe it: "But this year's Nobel Prize doesn't include Physiology or Medicine, so adding another prize shouldn't be a problem!"
Gu Yin's heart skipped a beat, but she remained calm and said, "Let's look at the official information. We can't trust rumors."
Zhang Ge said with a hint of regret, "Alright, let's wait until next year then."
After hanging up the phone, Gu Yin took a deep breath, then went to the Nobel Prize website and checked. She found that the Medicine Prize was indeed vacant this year.
Gu Yin was a little excited and a little nervous. Could the unexpected event from that rumor be about her?
Gu Yin was a little restless. That was the Nobel Prize! It was an award given to those who made the greatest contributions to humanity! Who wouldn't be excited? To date, no one in China had ever received the Nobel Prize in Medicine! In her previous life, back in 2015, that gentleman received it. She wondered if her rebirth would have any impact on that gentleman.
Gu Yin washed her face with cold water and finally calmed down.
Whether she wins an award or not, her value remains unchanged, and no amount of excitement can change that.
After Gu Yin thought it through, she sat down to turn off her computer, but then an email popped up.
Gu Yin clicked on it and saw the Nobel Prize invitation.
Gu Yin: "...That's fucking thrilling!!!"
After quickly reading the email, Gu Yin forwarded it to Zhang Ge.
Zhang Ge called very quickly: "Aaaaaah!!! The invitation! Is it you?! It must be you!"
Gu Yin had calmed down and smiled, "That was just an invitation to the ceremony, not an award notification. Based on my achievements, I should indeed have received one of these invitations, and my senior brother should have received one as well."
Don't forget, Zhang Ge also has experiments on AIDS.
Just as Zhang Ge was about to say no, an email popped up on his computer. He glanced at it and smiled: "Just received it. Looks like we can travel together this time. May all the gods bless you, this time the winner must be you!"
Zhang Ge's experiment is not yet complete; it needs to be fully completed before he can be nominated. So he definitely won't win this time. But Gu Yin's experiment is indeed completed, just a month late. It would be a pity if she didn't win an award!
Because of the uncertainty, Gu Yin didn't tell anyone else, but she did mention it to Old Cheng. Old Cheng told her to go with Zhang Ge, as Zhang Ge's lab would definitely have arrangements. He also told Gu Yin to bring more bodyguards, prioritizing safety.
After returning home, Gu Yin told her family. Ever since the online uproar and the Lan Yan incident, her family became anxious whenever she mentioned going abroad.
In the end, the old man called Zhou Wansheng. After Zhou Wansheng found out, he immediately asked the bodyguard captain to come back. He would then take a team of people to go abroad with Gu Yin, and the family finally felt at ease.
Unexpectedly, the Chu couple, along with a group of people, met up with them at the airport on the other side of the departure route.
Yao Jinse patted Gu Yin's head and said with a smile, "We also have a company in Switzerland. We were planning to go and take a look, and this time we're going together. We're familiar with that place, so don't worry."
Chu Xiong nodded in agreement: "Just treat it as a trip. Let's go, take our private plane, and let your senior brothers come along."
Gu Yin guessed that Chu Yan must have found out about Zhou Wansheng's arrangements. Chu Yan was worried, so he notified his family and asked Chu Yan and his wife to go with him.
Gu Yin didn't say much, hugged Yao Jinse, and turned to talk to Zhang Ge.
After that, everyone boarded the Chu family's plane and flew to Switzerland.
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