It was August, the height of summer, and the weather was exceptionally hot and humid.
On the morning of the meeting, the temperature soared to 37 degrees Celsius. The heat wave was rising and falling, and the cicadas were chirping, but in a conference room in the college's administrative building, it was extremely quiet.
A long solid wood table was placed in the center of the conference room, and the leaders and teachers of the institute sat around the table.
The vice president picked up a glass, and the Sterculia lychnophora in the glass was floating up and down. He drank several sips of water, and then said, "Everyone knows that Professor Qian from our school has moved to another school. Professor Qian was the leader of the 'Molecular Dynamics' discipline, and his departure will have a far-reaching impact on all aspects. Students' problems, project problems, fund problems... all these issues must be dealt with as soon as possible."
A leader from the Academic Affairs Office interrupted and said, "This is the current situation. With Professor Qian's departure, Professor Qu from our school will take over as the leader of the molecular dynamics discipline. This is a tentative decision, and the specific rules still need to be submitted to the higher authorities for approval."
"Teacher Qu"'s real name is Qu Zongyi. He is about 40 years old, in the prime of his life, with strong academic ability. He is indeed worthy of being the new generation leader of "molecular dynamics".
Therefore, no one in the entire college objected.
The leader continued, "Teacher Qian left behind two doctoral students and four master's students. He went to a university in the northwest, which is far away from us. If he continues to be the tutor of these six students, he can only tutor them remotely through the Internet... There is no one in charge of the laboratory. According to our students, Teacher Qian has not replied to their emails for more than half a month. What can I do?"
The vice president frowned and said, "What should we do?"
The leader bent his left elbow, rested his hand on the table, picked up a pen with his right hand, and raised his voice: "I called Teacher Qian. Teacher Qian said that he had just arrived at the new school and was too busy with work. He could only teach students after he was done with his work. His students had asked the college to change their tutors, and the college also took it very seriously..."
While the leader was still explaining the cause and effect, the cicadas outside the window chirped even louder.
Lin Zhixia sat upright in her chair. Tan Qianche happened to be sitting next to Lin Zhixia. Although he and Lin Zhixia were not in the same college, his research direction overlapped with that of Professor Qian who had changed jobs, so he followed the department head to the meeting.
He had not expected the meeting to be so dull.
He was drowsy.
Lin Zhixia asked him softly: "Are you sleepy?"
He raised the corner of his lips and smiled lively: "Are you talking about me? I'm very sober."
Lin Zhixia stopped talking.
Tan Qianche asked her in return: "Do you plan to accept a new student?"
"I haven't decided yet," Lin Zhixia answered cautiously, "I don't know what topic they are working on."
Tan Qianche took out a stack of documents from his backpack and handed them to Lin Zhixia: "This is the students' project report. The department head gave it to me. The department head asked me to pick a student and assign him to my project group. The students have good basic skills and are all good seedlings. You can also pick a few, because there are no people in your group."
Lin Zhixia flipped through the documents and said, "Thank you."
Tan Qianche said calmly: "You are my junior sister, why are you being polite?"
Lin Zhixia quickly browsed through every page of the project report. She took a fancy to a doctoral student named Fang Yiwen. Fang Yiwen has very clear ideas and innovative research directions. Her future development is immeasurable. She just entered the second year of doctoral studies this year.
"This student is very outstanding." Lin Zhixia said to herself.
Tan Qianche glanced down and said, "Fang Yiwen? She's quite smart. I've heard her presentation."
Lin Zhixia nodded: "Teacher Qu should be able to take her."
"You can't take care of her yourself?" Tan Qianche reminded, "You are a specially appointed associate professor and are qualified to supervise doctoral students."
Lin Zhixia said nothing. She closed the report and fell into deep thought.
In the following days, Lin Zhixia did not express her opinion.
Lin Zhixia believes that the best new mentor for Fang Yiwen should be a big name in the college. In comparison, Lin Zhixia's qualifications are too shallow, her experience is insufficient, and she has never supervised a doctoral student, which might let Fang Yiwen down.
The actual development was beyond Lin Zhixia's expectations.
Fang Yiwen couldn't find a tutor willing to accept her.
Fang Yiwen contacted four professors and was rejected four times by them.
Why is this?!
The doctoral seniors who were one year older than her all found new mentors quickly.
Fang Yiwen has a strong academic level and is young, so what is it that she is not doing well enough?
She couldn't figure it out.
When she was at her wit's end, she stood in a daze in the teaching building and happened to meet Tan Qianche. Tan Qianche told Fang Yiwen bluntly that Lin Zhixia from the Interdisciplinary College particularly admired her. She didn't dare to delay for a day and immediately found Lin Zhixia and described her situation.
Lin Zhixia made the decision without hesitation.
Fang Yiwen breathed a sigh of relief.
She also brought another master's student into Lin Zhixia's team.
The master's student was named Xu Lingbo, and he was only 23 years old this year. He had a crew cut, was thin, had dark skin, and looked like a spirited young man. On the first day he met Lin Zhixia, he brought her a bunch of local specialties from the countryside—two large bags full of pecans, local eggs, sweet potato flour, and dried mushrooms, all of which he had carried back from his rural hometown before returning home during the summer vacation.
Lin Zhixia was shocked and said seriously, "You don't have to give me a gift. I won't accept anything."
In a large office, the air conditioner was blowing cold air non-stop. Xu Lingbo stood straight and explained calmly, "My dad asked me to get something for Teacher Lin, but I didn't take it. My dad scolded me every day. The mountain products were made by my family, but Teacher Lin didn't want them. I had no place to put them in my dormitory, and I was afraid they would go bad."
Lin Zhixia came up with a solution: "How about this, I'll transfer you 2,000 yuan, and it will be considered as you selling something to me. Don't give me any more gifts in the future. I don't need anything."
After saying that, Lin Zhixia opened Alipay on her mobile phone and wanted to transfer two thousand yuan to Xu Lingbo.
How could Xu Lingbo dare to accept Lin Zhixia's money?
What's more, those mountain products can't even be sold for two thousand!
Xu Lingbo picked up the snakeskin bag and ran out of Lin Zhixia's office quickly.
On the way back to the dormitory, Xu Lingbo ran into classmates in the boys' dormitory. The classmates asked him one after another, what is Professor Lin like? Xu Lingbo could only say that Professor Lin was incorruptible, kind-hearted, and as for whether they could get along well, it would take time to see.
The summer heat in the provincial capital ended at the end of August, and an autumn rain in early September brought a long-awaited coolness to the city. For several consecutive days, the sky was thick with mist and rain, but Lin Zhixia was in a particularly good mood. There were three students in her research group - two master's students and one doctoral student. The laboratory was almost ready and sufficient to carry out some preliminary work.
Lin Zhixia and her three students agreed that they would hold a group meeting every Thursday morning. All students had to report on their work this week and plans for the next week, and Lin Zhixia would also assign them study tasks.
Before Lin Zhixia finished speaking, Fang Yiwen interrupted her and said, "Teacher Lin, I want to publish a paper this semester."
Fang Yiwen was wearing a long-sleeved T-shirt and loose-fitting pants. She wore a pair of black-framed glasses, and her hair hung down on both sides of the frame, making it fluffy and messy. Her junior classmate Xu Lingbo whispered, "Senior sister, wash your hair before your next meeting."
Fang Yiwen whispered to him, "I just washed my hair with soap this morning."
"Senior sister," Xu Lingbo said helplessly, "the grandpas and grandmas in my hometown don't use soap to wash their hair anymore."
Fang Yiwen was very serious. She immediately argued: "I use shampoo soap, the main ingredient is sodium salt of fatty acids, the alkaline pH value is no more than 9, hair is keratin, keratin and sodium salt of fatty acids in a warm water environment of 37 degrees Celsius, the chemical reaction..."
"Master, Master, Senior Sister!" Zhan Rui called her loudly.
She turned her head and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhan Rui pointed at Lin Zhixia.
Fang Yiwen suddenly realized that they were still in the group meeting! Why did she quarrel with her junior? She really shouldn't have done that. She quickly apologized to Lin Zhixia: "I'm sorry, Teacher Lin, Teacher Lin, I..."
"It's okay," Lin Zhixia didn't seem to mind at all, "We just met not long ago, and it will take some time for us to get used to each other. I will get to know you slowly."
After that, Lin Zhixia handed her a document: "You haven't published a paper in your first year of doctoral studies. I checked the training plan left by your previous supervisor. He wrote it concisely and I read it quickly... This is the material I prepared for you."
Fang Yiwen took the document directly without saying thank you and lowered her head on the spot.
Xu Lingbo gave an awkward yet polite smile.
Zhan Rui's eyes wandered and his face turned slightly red.
Today's group meeting ended in a strange and indescribable atmosphere.
A few days later, the undergraduate students who had just entered their third year received a notice from the school to start selecting courses online. This very novel course, "Quantum Bits and Computers", came into the public eye for the first time.
Students also discovered that Lin Zhixia, the teacher who taught "Quantum Bits and Computers", had just turned 22 this year and had a very impressive academic resume. Many students chose this course without hesitation because of her reputation. Some boys also rushed to participate in the "class grabbing campaign" after seeing Lin Zhixia's photo.
In the end, all 110 spots for the course were snapped up, and within just two days, not a single spot was left.
Lin Zhixia was a little happy.
She couldn't wait to tell Jiang Yubai the news.
That morning, Jiang Yubai happened to come to the university town with his secretary, assistant, lawyer, Internet company executives, and equipment supplier of the "Quantum Technology Laboratory".
Jiang Yubai had already discussed with the leaders of the college and allowed Lin Zhixia to serve as the head and senior consultant of the "Quantum Technology Laboratory", which would also play a certain role in promoting the development of the school's emerging disciplines. Today, Jiang Yubai came to the college in person to sign the contract in order to avoid future labor disputes within the company.
At ten o'clock in the morning, two Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles parked in the university parking lot.
The sky was dark and drizzling. Jiang Yubai's secretary got out of the car first, holding a black umbrella over Jiang Yubai's head.
Jiang Yubai was wearing a suit, walking slowly in the rain, the rain fell on his leather shoes, soaking the black leather toes. Everyone followed him and entered the college's office building with him.
Although they were low-key and quiet, they still attracted some passers-by to turn their heads frequently.
Someone took a short video and uploaded it to WeChat Moments, saying succinctly: "Look! Super handsome guy!"
He only captured Jiang Yubai's back.
However, even if you look at Jiang Yubai from behind, you can see that he has broad shoulders, a narrow waist, long legs, and a body like the world's top male models, with almost no flaws.
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