Chapter 117: Loyalty Shackles (Part 2)
As the dean of the School of Economics, it was natural for Tong Yongshan to transfer an undergraduate student into his research group without any resistance.
After signing a bunch of things including team member registration, confidentiality agreement, intellectual property agreement... Fang Yu officially joined the team.
To Fang Yu's surprise, there was actually a salary.
The money is not much, only 3,000 yuan a month. As a factory owner and capitalist, Fang Yu may earn more than this amount every minute in the next few months.
But these 3,000 are different.
It's different from the dirty money that comes into the world with blood and filth dripping from every pore from head to toe.
This is the hard-earned money of the cattle and horses.
Fang Yu decided to buy some gifts for his grandparents after receiving his first month's salary.
For Chen Shi'an and his wife, Fang Yu earning 100 million yuan a year is not as gratifying as his academic achievements.
The arrogance of those in power does not come from themselves, but from the power granted by their position.
The arrogance of those who own money does not come from themselves, but from the money they control.
In essence, they can no longer be considered simple people, but have become slaves to external things. There is no essential difference between Zhang San being in power and Li Si being rich, and Wang Wu being in power and Zhao Liu being rich.
We can see that the behavioral logic of these people seems to be the same.
They all seem to have become cold-blooded animals cut from the same mold.
Only when their power and money are taken away can they be themselves again.
Or you may never be yourself again.
Only scholars are different. The most valuable thing about scholars is their knowledge and intelligence, which truly come from themselves.
It’s not that Chen Shi’an is old-fashioned or short-sighted. On the contrary, the old man has seen too much.
Fang Daqiang's past industry background determined that Fang Yu would not be able to pursue a career in politics, and even if he did, he would definitely not be able to rise high.
In this case, the safest approach is to attach an academic background to yourself while doing business.
Therefore, Chen Shi'an has always hoped that Fang Yu can achieve academic success.
However, finance is also an option that Chen Shi'an can accept. Saving the country through the financial industry is also a relatively easy way for Chen Shi'an to operate.
But if Fang Yu could achieve academic success and prove that his success came from knowledge and intelligence, rather than status that could be taken away at any time and illusory luck, then Chen Shian would definitely be happier.
Fang Yu nominally joined the group, but the entire research group had not actually been established yet. This project not only required resources from the School of Economics and the School of Mathematics, but also resources from the Computer Science Department.
Tong Yongshan from the National University of Science and Technology's Department of Computer Science looked down on my work and wanted to cooperate with the Department of Computer Science at NUS. However, the Department of Computer Science at NUS was not satisfied with being the second author and wanted to be co-first author on the paper. They are now arguing about it.
Although Tong Yongshan is not a particularly skillful leader, he is indeed a humane boss.
Although Tong Yongshan did not personally organize a group dinner for Fang Yu, an undergraduate student, who joined the group, he asked Jiang Nanzhen to bring Cheng Feng and Fang Yu together.
The place to eat was quite familiar; it was the Jingxinju restaurant where I had dinner with Mada last time.
"I'm sorry, Junior Brother, I didn't know you would be joining the group today. I didn't book a private room in advance. Let's sit in the lobby."
Jiang Nanzhen chose a table for four by the window. Cheng Feng was obviously a little afraid of this senior sister, but also a little admiring of her. He lowered his head and did not dare to sit next to Jiang Nanzhen. Instead, he sat opposite Jiang Nanzhen.
Fang Yu remained calm and asked Jiang Nanzhen to move in a little and sat next to her.
Jiang Nanzhen looked at Fang Yu in surprise.
"I'm sorry, Senior Sister Jiang, I'm left-handed, so it's more convenient for me to sit outside so I don't have to fight when picking up food." Fang Yu raised his eyebrows and grinned.
Jiang Nanzhen couldn't help but show a bit of annoyance in his eyes.
She didn't think Fang Yu was harassing her, but in this situation, Fang Yu, a newcomer and a man, did not go to sit opposite Cheng Feng, but instead pushed her to the inside and sat with her. This was undoubtedly a challenge to her leadership of the team.
Jiang Nanzhen did not graduate from a national university. After graduating from graduate school, she actually worked in a financial company for more than a year.
Most people working in finance will be screwed.
Jiang Nanzhen has been in the financial circle for more than a year, and suddenly he had an epiphany. He felt that based on his experience, coming to the academic circle would be a dimensionality reduction attack.
So I started looking for ways to take the doctoral exam again.
After Tong Yongshan returned to China, Jiang Nanzhen somehow got through to Tong Yongshan's wife and became Tong Yongshan's first female doctoral student at the National University of China.
Give me a fulcrum and I can lift the earth. What is Wendi Deng?
Of course, if you can't deal with Lao Tong, then finding a PhD with the potential to become an academic tycoon as a stepping stone is also acceptable.
In her opinion, having an undergraduate student in the group is not a big deal. It is good to have an extra laborer, the more capable the better, but the prerequisite is that he must be obedient.
"You are young and ignorant. I will teach you a lesson later." A fierce look flashed in Jiang Nanzhen's eyes.
After Jiang Nanzhen ordered the dishes, Fang Yu had already started chatting enthusiastically with Cheng Feng.
Cheng Feng is a typical academic geek, and people with the same academic background can easily pick on his sore spots. Coupled with the recent intensive study and the help of Youzi, Fang Yu can easily have a relatively in-depth academic discussion with Cheng Feng.
Although Jiang Nanzhen now holds the title of a doctoral student, she only understood most of what was said.
After Fang Yulue tested it, he had a rough idea in his mind.
Academic Daji, I had only heard of her before, but I didn’t expect to see her alive today.
No wonder this cheongsam is so hot. Cheng Feng blushed so much that he didn't dare to look up.
You can have a fever, but as long as you don't bother me, I'm too lazy to help you reduce the fever.
But if you want to grab one of my games, hey, check out the "Loyalty Shackles" that cost 550 magic crystals.
The "Loyalty Shackles" are a pair of bracelets seemingly woven from fine obsidian and silver wire, engraved with ancient runes of slavery. Legend has it that these bracelets were once a tool used by the Kingdom of Vesta to control slaves, capable of controlling both extraordinary and ordinary creatures below level 3.
Of course, this also includes people.
Once someone begins wearing these bracelets, they will slowly but inevitably erode the wearer's will until they become a loyal slave to their true owner.
The bracelet's enslavement can only be removed by a specific spell or a 5th-level cleansing spell.
Additionally, if the owner dies or relinquishes control, the bracelet's power will dissipate.
This thing changes people's thinking subtly, and people will be affected without realizing it.
In the Age of the Great Arcana, Loyalty Shackles were contraband, and no one except researchers could possess or use them.
But it's like this with everything. As long as there are regulations, there will always be ways to circumvent them.
Even in the Age of the Great Arcane, when arcane magic was very popular, these arcane mages were still a privileged class in all planes and sub-planes.
Since it is a privilege, it is easier to circumvent the regulations of the Austrian Federation.
For example, the Piedmont Alchemy Company offers this product as a membership product that can only be purchased by premium members.
As long as the buyer signs a statement that the purpose will only be used for ancient arcane research.
Furthermore, this statement wasn't a contract oath notarized by the Magic Network; it was just an ordinary statement signed on a plain white paper...
Jiang Nanzhen felt extremely awkward during the entire meal. She just listened to two nerds talking about things that she didn't understand at all, and she couldn't get a word in at all.
Now she misses the financial world a little.
After all, at that time, even if you couldn't interrupt, you could still be interrupted.
"Fang Yu! You are here too!"
While Jiang Nanzhen was bored, she suddenly heard a girl's voice. She turned around and saw, "Huh? Isn't this the host of yesterday's school anniversary party?"
The girl behind the host is also very beautiful, and a little taller, but she looks a little cold.
The so-called professional knowledge in the previous chapter was compiled by me, so please don’t criticize me if you are an expert.
I write this to show off, firstly, and secondly and most importantly, to create an atmosphere.
Since the protagonist is a top student, he has to look like a top student, at least to make outsiders think, well, this is what a top student looks like.
The same is true of the Age of the Great Arcana that I wrote. In the earliest chapters, the protagonist reads the preface of "An Introduction to the Demonic Web". A reader said that I was watering down the beginning, but that's not the case.
Is it hard to write these things? It is to increase the reader's immersion by enhancing the reader's sense of reality.
In fact, the best applications of this technique on Qidian are Squid and Zhiniao Village, both of which enhance the reader's sense of immersion through a large number of realistic details and prevent readers from being distracted.
When Squid wrote The Arcane Throne, he used a lot of technical descriptions, and you could still see that this technique was rather stiff. But later on, with the mysteries, it became completely smooth. Many people think that "Best Friend" is amazing because of its 22 extraordinary paths, but the real strength lies in Squid's extensive reading of Victorian-era materials and his almost seamless integration of these materials into the text. Whether it's people's daily lives or the economic order, he completely recreates a virtual Victorian era, which makes the book so immersive.
So, considering how hard I work, it’s not too much to ask for a book list and monthly votes, right?
Bow down.
brDrawing Tai Sui
(End of this chapter)
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