The entrance of the college building was covered with a brand new red carpet, and the dean, vice dean, and secretary general of the education foundation were all present. The leaders, dressed in suits and leather shoes, looked ahead with a smile on their faces, and shook hands with Jiang Yubai and his party in a particularly cordial manner.
Lin Zhixia and her three students stood behind the dean.
Fang Yiwen, the only doctoral student in Lin Zhixia's group, stepped on the carpet and accurately identified it as "artificial polypropylene fiber carpet."
Xu Lingbo asked casually: "Is artificial polypropylene fiber expensive?"
Fang Yiwen pushed up her glasses: "It's not expensive. It's the cheapest carpet material."
Fang Yiwen's voice was neither loud nor soft, and just happened to reach the vice-president's ears.
The vice president’s back stiffened.
Although the Frontier Interdisciplinary Institute has no shortage of funds for activities, their money does not fall from the sky and they have to spend it frugally. Moreover, it is a rainy day today. If they lay a good carpet and it gets covered with mud and rain, wouldn't that be a waste of resources?
Fortunately, Jiang Yubai didn't seem to hear what Fang Yiwen said.
Jiang Yubai's expression did not change at all. He exchanged a few pleasantries with the dean and got straight to the point. He also said that next month, the Internet company's board of directors would come to the school to sign a "Technology Cooperation Framework Agreement" to comprehensively deepen strategic cooperation and further strengthen the relationship between the two sides.
The dean smiled happily: "Okay, the principal will be back next month."
Currently, the president is on an academic visit to the United States.
The president often said that all deans should work together to build their universities into world-class universities.
The president has always been very supportive of the development of cutting-edge disciplines, and also of research institutes jointly established by universities and enterprises. After all, world-class universities need to promote close integration between academia and industry... Thinking of this, the smiles on the faces of the dean and vice-dean became more genuine.
The vice president politely made a "please" gesture and said, "President Jiang, our signing ceremony will be held in the conference room on the first floor."
Jiang Yubai did not follow the vice president's footsteps. His secretary put away his umbrella, stepped back, and gave up the position to Jiang Yubai's right.
Jiang Yubai stood still, his eyes passed through the crowd and fell on Lin Zhixia. He called her respectfully, "Teacher Lin."
The dean also called out, "Teacher Lin, come over here."
Lin Zhixia walked to Jiang Yubai's right side as usual, and Jiang Yubai smiled at her again. At that moment, the world seemed to be silent, the rain stopped, the sky cleared, and everything melted into his smile.
Lin Zhixia also responded with a brilliant smile.
An invisible emotional bond bound the two of them together, and everyone could sense that their relationship was special.
The atmosphere at this time was particularly warm and harmonious. Most people present saw through it but kept silent. Only Fang Yiwen asked, "Teacher Lin, do you know him?"
Xu Lingbo tugged at Fang Yiwen's sleeve, and she asked, "Why are you tugging at me?"
Zhan Rui's face turned even redder, and he wished he could crawl into a crack in the ground.
The vice president couldn't help rubbing his forehead.
Jiang Yubai was thinking that Lin Zhixia's research group had been established and the work was on track, and it would only get busier in the future. Once Lin Zhixia started to leave early and return late, Jiang Yubai would definitely come to the school to pick her up, so they would sooner or later be seen by Lin Zhixia's colleagues or students - given that they currently represent the company's business cooperation with the school, it would not be good if any rumors were to arise in the future, and it would also damage Lin Zhixia's reputation.
Lin Zhixia's reputation is extremely valuable.
Instead of waiting for others to make arrangements, it is better to clarify the current situation as soon as possible.
Therefore, Jiang Yubai explained in detail the relationship between him and Lin Zhixia: "Teacher Lin and I have known each other for twelve years and have almost grown up together. I admire her academic level and believe in her work ability. The PTSIC quantum programming language platform is managed by the team founded by Teacher Lin, and she completed the framework design alone..."
They walked forward while talking.
The dean pushed open the main door of the conference room, and Jiang Yubai's tone became more natural: "As Teacher Lin's boyfriend, I have the honor of witnessing the early development of the PTSIC platform."
Jiang Yubai's focus is still on the "Quantum Technology Laboratory" itself. He seems to have accidentally revealed a shocking inside story.
Lin Zhixia chuckled and said in agreement, "If you hadn't supported me, I would probably have just treated PTSIC as a simple open source project and released it in its entirety to the online community."
This brief conversation between Jiang Yubai and Lin Zhixia contained a huge amount of information. The unspoken tacit understanding between them made every one of their explanations extremely convincing.
Jiang Yubai then gave some formal remarks. He praised the university for its first-class facilities, strong scientific research capabilities, abundant talent pool, and unique strategic vision. He hoped that their cooperation would lead to breakthrough technological innovations.
After he finished speaking, the whole place was silent.
He turned his head and looked at Lin Zhixia.
Lin Zhixia's eyes sparkled.
She took over Jiang Yubai's topic and began to describe the design ideas of the PTSIC quantum programming language. Her long list of professional terms shocked Jiang Yubai's team, but made the physics teachers present nod frequently, and they understood what was going on.
There was a festive atmosphere in the conference room.
After reading the contract, Lin Zhixia solemnly signed her name.
With the witness of many people, the signing ceremony ended successfully.
The rain outside the window has not stopped, and it seems to be getting heavier.
It was raining heavily and thundering, but the dean ignored the severe weather and personally escorted Jiang Yubai to the gate of the college building.
Jiang Yubai said goodbye to the dean in a very polite manner.
The dean still had a lot of official business to deal with. He wanted to report the news of the successful signing to the principal's office as soon as possible. He watched Jiang Yubai walk out of the red carpet, and hurried back to the college building.
Jiang Yubai took a black long-handled umbrella from the secretary. He held the umbrella and naturally covered Lin Zhixia.
Lin Zhixia glanced at her watch. It was twelve o'clock noon, which was exactly lunch time.
Earlier, Lin Zhixia had made an appointment with the students in her group to treat them to a meal today. She also remembered that when she was studying for her doctorate at Cambridge, her supervisor would bring his wife to the graduate student dinner every year.
Lin Zhixia intends to emulate her doctoral advisor.
So, Lin Zhixia quietly told Jiang Yubai: "If you are free at noon today, come to our research group's party. I have booked a private room at the hotel next to the school, and I want to treat my students to a meal."
The rain slid down the edge of the umbrella, and Jiang Yubai tilted the handle of the umbrella towards Lin Zhixia. He spoke a few more words to his assistant, who nodded in agreement and then led the company's group back to the parking lot, while Jiang Yubai stood still.
"Would you like to have lunch?" Lin Zhixia invited again.
Jiang Yubai smiled and said, "Let's go."
Lin Zhixia turned around and called to her students: "Follow me."
Xu Lingbo was the first to respond: "Okay, Teacher Lin! I'm coming right over!"
He took out a raincoat from his schoolbag, tidied it up a bit, and put it on his head. He was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins, running quickly to the back of Lin Zhixia and shouting to Jiang Yubai, "Hello, Master, hello, Master."
Lin Zhixia was amused by the title of "Master".
There is a hotel near the school called "Zui Xiang Lou", which specializes in Cantonese and Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines, and the average consumption per person exceeds one hundred yuan.
Xu Lingbo had heard that the food at Zui Xiang Lou was delicious. He had passed by Zui Xiang Lou countless times and could always smell the aroma coming from the restaurant, but he was used to being frugal and was reluctant to spend more than a hundred yuan on a meal.
This afternoon, he finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish, and he was inevitably a little excited. He also talked to his master Jiang Yubai. He told Jiang Yubai everything he knew. When Jiang Yubai mentioned Lin Zhixia's laboratory work, Xu Lingbo revealed all the information he knew.
Jiang Yubai asked him again: "Is Mr. Lin's "Quantum Bits and Computers" course going well?"
Xu Lingbo smiled cheerfully: "Hey, that class was taken up by a group of undergraduates. A few days ago, I was reading in my dorm, and a few junior students came to my dorm to find me, just to talk about Teacher Lin."
Jiang Yubai followed his words and continued, "They came to ask about the course content?"
"Ah, no," Xu Lingbo corrected, "What they asked is ..."
"What is it?" Lin Zhixia was also very curious.
Hearing Lin Zhixia's voice, Xu Lingbo woke up from his dream. Oh my God! He almost betrayed his fellow students.
That evening, several junior students came to Xu Lingbo's dormitory and asked him shyly, "Does Teacher Lin look like in the photo? Does Teacher Lin have a partner? Does Teacher Lin's research group need students to do odd jobs?"
As a second-year graduate student, Xu Lingbo is naturally more mature and stable than third-year undergraduates. He stands at an objective point of view and sincerely analyzes the reality: "Don't you know that dynamic videos are better looking than still photos? Teacher Lin is definitely different from the photos. She is much more beautiful in person than in the photos."
As soon as those words were spoken, the junior students' minds were disturbed, and each of them acted like a drunk. They hurriedly took out their mobile phones and selected "Quantum Bits and Computers" on the spot.
Xu Lingbo was well aware of the difficulty of this course - after all, he was one of the teaching assistants for "Quantum Bits and Computers", but he did not stop his junior. Instead, he watched this group of innocent boys who were ignorant of the world jump into the fire pit.
It's not his fault.
He did not lie.
He just concealed part of the truth.
If he was open-hearted to his juniors and told them frankly: Run! The homework for "Quantum Bits and Computers" was so difficult! I couldn't understand the answers, and I had to rely on my senior sister to explain the questions to me sentence by sentence!
Which student is not afraid of death and dares to choose this course?
Teacher Lin would be sad if there were no students choosing the course.
Countless thoughts flashed through Xu Lingbo's mind, and Lin Zhixia had already taken them into a private room of "Zuixianglou".
There was a square wooden table in the private room, and the five of them sat on both sides of the table. Lin Zhixia picked up the menu and said cheerfully, "You can order whatever you like."
Lin Zhixia remembered that her junior high school teacher, undergraduate tutor, and doctoral tutor all invited students to dinner and told them this sentence. Although the three teachers had completely different personalities and were located in different regions, they reached a wonderful agreement on this point - Lin Zhixia decided to pass on this spirit.
The aroma of tea filled the air in the private room, and the atmosphere was quiet. Xu Lingbo was the first to break the silence: "Hello, waitress, hello, please give me a white-chopped chicken with scallion oil, fish head tofu, and a bowl of rice. I want more rice, thank you."
Zhan Rui continued, "Stir-fry, stir-fry... stir-fry Chinese cabbage and sweet and sour lotus root slices."
Fang Yiwen said: "I want a meat bun."
Lin Zhixia was stunned when she heard this.
Her students...
Why is it so simple?
Even if she brought the virtuous and frugal Lin Zeqiu to dinner, Lin Zeqiu would at least order a dish called "braised beef in red wine".
Lin Zhixia placed her last hope on Jiang Yubai. She believed that Jiang Yubai would show his natural aristocratic demeanor, but unexpectedly, Jiang Yubai said, "Please add a portion of salad cucumber, thank you."
Cucumber salad?
Lin Zhixia was stunned.
The waiter leaned over and asked, "Hello, ma'am, is there anything else I can help you with?"
Lin Zhixia handed the menu back to the waiter and casually named a bunch of dishes: "Roasted suckling pig, steamed sea bass, Longjing shrimp, grilled lamb skewers, tomato beef brisket pot, lotus leaf soup, and freshly squeezed juice for drinks. I want strawberry juice. What do you want to drink?"
Everyone answered, and Lin Zhixia nodded: "Okay, let's order this much first. If it's not enough, we can add a few more dishes."
"How much does this cost, teacher?" Xu Lingbo asked anxiously.
Lin Zhixia waved her hands: "It doesn't matter, our research group has just been established, it's worth commemorating."
The three students from the research group sat opposite each other, and Lin Zhixia's seat was right next to Jiang Yubai. As soon as the waiter left the private room, Lin Zhixia secretly pulled Jiang Yubai's sleeve. Jiang Yubai lowered his head and approached her: "What's wrong?"
Lin Zhixia took back her hand: "No, it's okay."
Fang Yiwen raised her eyebrows: "Teacher Lin, you stutter too?"
The word "also" secretly pointed to Zhan Rui, and Zhan Rui couldn't help but hug his arms.
Xu Lingbo immediately stopped her and said, "Senior Sister, don't say that."
"It's nothing," Fang Yiwen said generously, "Don't worry about other people's opinions. A student in Teacher Qu's group said that we were a group for the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, but I didn't get angry."
Xu Lingbo's face flushed: "Which kid said we are old, weak, sick and disabled?"
Fang Yiwen pointed at herself, then at them: "I am old, you are weak, and Zhan is crippled."
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