Generally speaking, college students don't like to participate in school activities.

——If the support funds for this activity are less than 100 million.

It is no exaggeration to say that all the teachers and students in the school were excited.

That’s right, the teacher also became excited.

One hundred million! They all want to get a piece of it.

Everyone knows that doing scientific research means burning money. Not to mention how expensive the various raw materials and equipment are, the commonly used consumables are also a huge expense. Therefore, every year's funds are scrambled by everyone in different ways, and the tutors take the lead in scrambling for them.

But after so many attempts, she still hasn't managed to get 100 million! What's the point? The point is that this CEO Sheng, who didn't graduate from their school, said that she would choose a few promising projects to invest in.

How many! Not three digits, not two digits, but single digits! Several projects! One hundred million!

If I could be selected, I could get at least 10 million, right? ! Who wouldn’t be tempted?

If Sheng Quan hadn't explained clearly that she wanted to train these future pillars of the country and that the money would only be invested in students, the teachers would have really wanted to fight for it.

Of course, although I cannot get it myself now, I can help my students get it.

As a well-known scientific research university, C University has a strong scientific research atmosphere. The teachers also have their own favorite students, and naturally they all hope that their students can get this hard-won opportunity.

After introducing Sheng Quan to C University, Dr. Chen Aihong, who graduated from C University, received many calls from old classmates who stayed in school. They asked her what project direction Sheng Quan was interested in, whether they could be introduced to each other, etc.

There are also people who directly ask if they can talk to the big boss and ask them not to limit themselves to student projects, as they also have projects with great prospects.

Faced with the requests of these old classmates, Chen Aihong couldn't help feeling a little proud while feeling at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Don't talk about you guys. The principal has mentioned this matter. Director Sheng didn't say anything final. He just said that the support for this batch of projects will focus on young students first."

"This batch?" The old classmate who called immediately looked forward to it: "Does this mean there will be another batch?"

"I think what Director Sheng meant was this. Although she grew up abroad, she received Chinese education since she was a child. She didn't say it, but we guess she must have elders in the army, so she has a lot of feelings in this regard."

When talking about this, Chen Aihong couldn't help but smile: "Otherwise, he wouldn't have decided to donate and invest in the project after talking to me about this and listening to my praise of our school."

Of course she should be proud of it. When the other experts in the crew heard about it, they were extremely envious and jealous. Many of them were extremely regretful and said that if they had known earlier, they would have gone to brag about their alma mater to Director Sheng.

Even if they have graduated long ago, if they can attract some donations and investments to their alma mater, everyone is still willing to do so. Just look at how Chen Aihong helped her alma mater to attract such a large amount of donations and support funds. Although it was not donated by her, everyone from the president to the students of C University would thank her. Even if I don't look at these thanks, I feel comfortable in my heart.

c Most of them are talented and are willing to spend time and effort on cultivating talents, especially smart students with high IQ like Chen Aihong. When she was in school, she received a lot of training from the school.

Especially when she was young, her family was not well off, but at that time, these talented students were all treasures in the hands of the school teachers. The teachers would give them good food and drink even if they themselves were reluctant to eat.

These older experts definitely have deep feelings for the school. Now, because of herself, not only can she give back to the school, but the students of her alma mater also have such a great opportunity to display their talents. Chen Aihong feels so happy.

She is now particularly glad that she took on this directing job after some hesitation. She just couldn't resist the high salary before, but when she really got it and felt the hard work and dedication of the entire crew, she began to recognize that "this is a contribution to Chinese films."

Now, not only have they made contributions, but they have also received salaries. The entire crew respects them very much, calling them teachers one by one, and are humble and eager to learn. They even helped their alma mater to get in touch with President Sheng. This trip was totally worth it!

Although she didn't say it, Chen Aihong had already decided that if Director Sheng came to her again next time, she would definitely come again unless she was doing important work! The other experts thought the same thing. Without mentioning that Sheng Quan donated a large sum of money to Chen Aihong's alma mater, they felt that it was worthwhile to come this time.

People are like this. If they discover something good, they will most likely want to share it with their good friends.

The crew is still recruiting actors, and several experts in the guidance expert group have already called in several other big figures who have research in this area.

Sometimes, they would even get so impatient during a discussion that they would pull out their cell phones to make a call, flipping through the address book while making some “harsh” remarks: “Wait a minute, I’ll let Lao Zhang talk to you. He’s an expert in this area and happens to be free recently. Wait!”

Then Mr. Zhang started a passionate discussion with everyone on the phone, and in the end, he packed his bags and rushed over to join the discussion.

In response to this situation, Sheng Quan issued the following instructions: "Everyone is welcome. If one comes, take one. If two come, take a pair. No matter how high the reward is, it is worth it."

Talents, she needs talents so much. Don’t look at other people who think that Mr. Sheng has many talented people under him, but doesn’t Sheng Quan have ambitions in the world?

If conditions allowed, she would have wanted to gather all the talents in China into her pocket.

The experts who were strongly invited by friends came to the conference after two days and came to the same conclusion:

"The academic atmosphere here is very high, it is definitely worth coming."

The whole production crew can maintain this state with the influence of Sheng Quan. Even though Sheng Quan is not in the crew these days and has not met them, it does not prevent them from having a good impression of this young man.

Sheng Quan is busy selecting projects to support.

I have seen similar plots when reading novels before. In the book, it is just a sentence or two, but in reality, it takes a lot of time to select only three projects from many outstanding students in a famous university.

And the reason why she locked on C University was because after a series of screening, she confirmed that Ning Zhou was studying at C University.

This really surprised Sheng Quan. Although there was not much description about Ning Zhou in the original text, it was certain that his scientific research achievements were quite high. So when she was looking for people by name, she first looked for people over 40 years old.

Sheng Quan couldn't ask anyone to use their connections to check. She was very aware that she wanted to become a great figure in the future, so she was very cautious when doing things related to traveling through the book.

The more famous a person is, the more investigation they will attract. Sheng Quan even felt that someone must have investigated her several times. Apart from anything else, the fact that she donated money and property to the army and police cars to the district police station was enough to attract the attention of the higher-ups.

Especially since she apparently just came back from abroad, and she is looking for very sensitive scientific research talents. If you put yourself in her shoes, she would do the same.

So how did she find out that Ning Zhou was in C University? Because Director Sheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration and started to search for news reports related to the name Ning Zhou on Baidu.

Her logic is this: since Ning Zhou is so awesome in the book, he must have been awesome since he was a child. There are examples of the early bird getting the worm, but this is not so applicable when it comes to scientific research.

At least these experts invited by the crew, even if they were not outstanding when they were young, can immediately surpass their classmates as soon as they enter school. Some of them are all-rounders, while most of them have their strengths in certain subjects, and they basically get full marks in the subjects they are strong in.

So since Ning Zhou is a genius, there might be reports of him being the top scorer in the middle school entrance examination or the college entrance examination.

With this idea in mind, Sheng Quan searched for it and finally found it.

After seeing the results, Sheng Quan's thoughts were as follows: "..."

No wonder it's so hard to find.

Ning Zhou is only 21 years old this year and is currently studying for a master's degree.

What a genius.

Although there are many geniuses like this in C University, what surprised Sheng Quan was that after meeting her, the teachers in the school tried to recommend their favorite students to her, but no one mentioned Ning Zhou's name at all.

If Sheng Quan hadn't found the news clearly saying that Ning Zhou was admitted to C University as a young genius who won the college entrance examination, and hadn't seen Ning Zhou's name on the list of outstanding students, she would have almost thought that she had gone to the wrong school.

Sheng Quan pointed directly at the name on the list and asked the teacher who was helping them choose the program:

"This classmate Ning Zhou, I remember seeing him on the news. He seemed to be the top scorer in the college entrance examination in his province at that time? He's not that old. How come I don't see such a talented classmate on the project list?"

With so many outstanding students in C University, the accompanying teacher certainly couldn't know every single one of them, so he immediately said that he would ask Ning Zhou's tutor.

Ning Zhou's tutor is called Li Jun, a very common name, but he is very famous in C University and has trained many outstanding students. When he received the call, he was stunned when he heard Ning Zhou's name.

When he heard that the big boss who was rumored to invest 100 million yuan in a student project in the school actually knew Ning Zhou, his eyebrows were raised with joy.

As for not applying for the project, he explained repeatedly: "How could I not apply? Ning Zhou would definitely fight for such a good opportunity. His project is relatively large and he needs to prepare a lot of materials, so he was a little slow. I just urged him. Hey, hey, yes, we will apply, we will definitely apply!"

As soon as he hung up the phone, Li Jun wanted to call Ning Zhou immediately, but before he made the call, he put down his phone and went to the laboratory to find someone in person.

When he went there, he happened to see two other students coming out, and immediately asked, "Is Ning Zhou in there?"

"Here I am."

Li Jun had three students in total, and these two students immediately responded: "Are you looking for him? How about we go in and call him out?"

"Forget it, I'll wait for him outside. He won't come out if I call him now."

The two students looked at each other and said nothing in front of Li Jun. But as soon as they went out, they immediately spoke up for their tutor in an unhappy manner.

"He's not that great. He's getting more and more arrogant every day and doesn't even give the teacher face."

"Who says he isn't? I don't know what the teacher likes about him. It's been so long, but he hasn't produced any results. I don't see that those who used to be optimistic about him are no longer continuing to invest in him."

"He can't produce results and has a weird personality. I wouldn't want to continue investing if I were him. But why did the teacher come to find him? Did he want him to participate in this support project? Our teacher is really great, how come he has a student like Ning Zhou?"

"Okay, stop talking. It's fine as long as the teacher doesn't care. Even if you're mad as hell, Ning Zhou won't pay any attention to you. It's better to save your time and work on our project. If you can be selected, you won't have to worry about the project funding at all."

The two were not the type to gossip, and after complaining a few words, they turned their attention back to the project they were working on together.

Outside the laboratory, Li Jun was looking through the documents in his hand for more than an hour before the door was opened and a young man in standard work clothes came out.

He glanced at the teacher who was sitting on the bench in the corridor. He looked up when he heard the noise and walked past him without saying a word.

Li Jun was not angry either, and he even stopped him out of habit: "Ning Zhou, don't leave yet, I have something to tell you."

The young man, who was almost at the end of the corridor, stopped and turned around to ask, "What's the matter?"

Since he didn't come over, Li Jun could only stand up by himself. He wanted to reach out and pat the shoulder of this student who he most hoped for but also gave him the most trouble, but Ning Zhou dodged by moving sideways.

Li Jun: "...I forgot that you don't like physical contact with people. Come on, let's talk to my office."

Ning Zhou obviously didn't want to go. His skin was particularly fair because he stayed indoors all year round, and his facial features were handsome. When he frowned, anyone could see what he was thinking.

Of course, Li Jun didn't need to read it, because Ning Zhou had already said it directly:

"I don't want to go. I still have to go back and write the lab records."

He spoke very calmly, and didn't think there was anything wrong with rejecting his mentor's invitation. After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Li Jun to answer and was about to turn around and leave, but was pulled back by Li Jun.

"You kid, you have to go even if you don't want to. Hurry up."

Ning Zhou hardly ever does any exercise, and he has been able to skip physical education classes since he was a child because of his excellent academic performance and his strong application. In other words, he is physically weak.

He was very unhappy, and his eyes showed dissatisfaction, but he was not as strong as the other person, so he could only sit across the desk with a bit of anger, his whole body full of resistance.

Li Jun shook his head helplessly: "You, eh, okay, I know your time is precious, let's get down to business, why didn't you sign up for the school's support fund?"

"The information you showed me before was so good, and it seems like it costs a lot of money. For this kind of support project, you should sign up as soon as possible. I've told Teacher Wang that you should sign up. Collect the information quickly and I'll sign up for you. Maybe you'll win."

Ning Zhou paused when he talked about this, and his eyes dropped unconsciously: "The project requires a group of five people. I invited them, but they didn't join me."

Li Jun: “…”

I forgot about this.

Students work on these projects because there is strength in numbers, especially the students he has taught. He has only heard of there being too many people, but never heard of not being able to recruit enough people.

He coughed dryly: "Maybe everyone wants to be the person in charge."

"no."

Ning Zhou shook his head and answered honestly: "They don't like me, so they don't want to be with me."

Li Jun: "...It's okay, you are smarter than them. You can do the work of two of them. I will call other teachers and ask them for a few students to help you start the project."

Ning Zhou's eyes were still looking at the ground, without saying a word. After taking him for such a long time, Li Jun could see that he was in a low mood.

"Okay, don't be upset. Everyone has something they are good at. You are good at scientific research. It's better not to learn the ways of the world."

The main thing is that Ning Zhou can’t learn this.

After a few seconds, Ning Zhou looked at the ground and shook his head slowly: "Don't start the project. Even if you do, they won't choose me as long as they see me."

"Nonsense, how could that be? Don't make blind guesses."

Ning Zhou raised his eyes to the teacher: "You recommended me five times before, and it was like this every time."

"They won't trust me or invest in my projects because they sound like fantasy, and I'm not likable and can't manage a team."

Li Jun was silent for a long time before he slowly said, "Ningzhou, you know, this is not your fault. You are just sick and cannot learn and understand the behavior patterns of most people. Besides, you are a genius, and a genius can be different from others. The reason you have not achieved results is not because you are worse than others, but because your goals are more ambitious than others."

"As a genius, you don't need to please others, nor do you need to learn how to manage a team. All you need to do is to steadily display your talent and work hard like you are doing now."

This is why Li Jun is so tolerant of this student. Ning Zhou suffers from Asperger's syndrome, also known as genius disease because many people with this disease are geniuses.

This disease belongs to autism spectrum disorder and also has social interaction disorders. Although the patients do not have intellectual and language barriers, they cannot understand the meaning expressed by body language and facial expressions as easily as ordinary people.

They often don't understand jokes or puns, are not good at sports, and can only follow rigid and stereotyped interpersonal relationships.

In the eyes of others, they lack empathy, do not care about others, are impolite and cold-blooded, so people with Asperger's syndrome are often isolated by their peers.

Although both Asperger's syndrome and autism are autism spectrum disorders, it is not known whether it is fortunate or unfortunate that compared to autistic patients who actively do not want to establish contact with others, most people with Asperger's syndrome are very eager for interpersonal communication.

But like a curse, these patients will be excluded by their peers from childhood to adulthood, and basically grow up without friends.

If you are lucky, your original family will be willing to take care of you. If you are unlucky and meet a bad family, you may even be regarded as a freak by family members.

Ning Zhou's luck couldn't be said to be good or bad. After discovering his symptoms, his parents did not realize that it was Asperger's syndrome and simply thought that they had given birth to a mentally ill child.

Given their poor family financial situation, they did not even take Ningzhou to see a doctor, but decisively decided to have a second child. It was similar to the idea that if the first child was a fool, they would quickly have a second child so that they could train the second child in the future, and the first child would also have brothers and sisters to take care of him.

This idea of ​​Ning's parents was actually very cruel to both the eldest and the second child, but in their minds, it was the best solution. After giving birth to Ning Zhou's younger sister, they handed their two children to their elders and went out to work to earn money.

Because in their minds, since the eldest child is a fool, as parents, they have to earn more money. Before the second child grows up, the money will of course be tilted towards the normal second child, but after the second child can earn money by himself, they will still keep earning money, and before they die, they must ensure that Ningzhou can always have money to eat.

If his sister Ning Kang wasn't also a genius, Ning Zhou might have been trapped in a small room in the countryside all his life, silently reading over and over again all kinds of books that he had collected with great difficulty.

Ning Kang is three years younger than Ning Zhou. When she was learning to read, Ning Zhou followed her. She has a good relationship with her brother. After going to school, she saw that her brother liked reading, so she taught him the knowledge she learned in school and did exercises with him.

The school teacher discovered that Ning Kang was a genius and was overjoyed. After being praised, little Ning Kang immediately realized that her brother, who was always called a fool by the villagers, was actually also a genius. She showed the teacher the questions that Ning Zhou had done.

Finally, the young teacher from the big city came to visit Ning Zhou’s home. After giving Ning Zhou a set of questions, she told Ning’s grandparents with certainty that Ning Zhou was a genius like his sister.

The whole village was shocked at the time. Even Ningzhou's parents took special leave and rushed back. They gritted their teeth, listened to the teacher, and took Ningzhou to a big city for examination.

Then, they realized that Ning Zhou was not a fool, but a genius. His IQ was higher than that of ordinary people, just like his sister.

It's just that my social skills are almost zero.

From then on, Ning Zhou gained the right to go to school.

These were all told to Professor Li Jun by Ning Zhou's sister Ning Kang, and the school is also aware of them.

However, because Ning Zhou had been subjected to even more severe discrimination, ostracism and gossip in junior high school for announcing his illness, the matter was kept secret from other students.

For Ning Zhou, it would be better if others regarded him as a person with a weird personality and difficult to get along with. At least in this way, others would not like his personality from the beginning.

They will not actively seek him out to make friends as if they were seeing some rare animal, but will eventually leave in anger because they can't stand his personality. This kind of departure is often accompanied by slander and attacks.

So when trying to get more opportunities for Ning Zhou, Professor Li Jun first asked Ning Zhou: "This opportunity is indeed hard-won. If you are willing, I will go and explain your situation to this Director Sheng. I heard from Teacher Wang that she is very young and open-minded. Since she took the initiative to ask about you, she must be interested in you."

"This opportunity is too rare. If you want to complete your idea, you can't rely on yourself to save money, right? You can save money on everything, but can you save money on scientific research? If the materials are not good, the accumulation of time and space will lead to death."

Ning Zhou looked at Li Jun. His pupils were dark and he looked

Just like a child's eyes, there was some stubbornness in them at this moment. After only looking for a second, he lowered his head again: "I tried, but they would only give up on me faster."

Li Jun sighed and patted Ning Zhou's shoulder gently. This time, Ning Zhou did not dodge. Perhaps he also needed comfort in his heart.

"We have to try it though. How can we know the result if we don't try? Maybe it will be different this time?"

Li Jun concluded: "Okay, brat, go prepare the materials and I'll report it to you. I have a lot of face, and Mr. Sheng should be willing to meet me."

Ning Zhou raised his arm and sniffed it, and argued seriously: "I don't stink, I take a shower every day."

Li Jun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Okay, okay, Xiang boy, go ahead."

Ning Zhou nodded in agreement, and after going out, he walked along his usual route.

Every step he takes must fall within the bricks of the school, he must walk close to the roadside, and he must look around while walking and not think about anything else. This was a habit that his family instilled in him since he was a child.

People with Asperger's syndrome often do not change their behavior.

But this time, as Ning Zhou was walking, he was blocked by a cat licking its fur on a brick. The cat was very fat. In a university where people often feed cats, cats can be regarded as the bullies of the university.

If it were someone else, they might walk to the side, go straight forward, or go up and pet the cat.

But Ning Zhou didn't move even if the chubby tabby cat didn't give way. He just stood there waiting for it to lick its fur slowly in the sun.

After waiting for more than ten minutes at a distance that was neither too far nor too close, the fat cat still showed no intention of leaving, so Ning Zhou looked down at his watch.

He was a little anxious. Looking at the arrogant fat cat opposite him, he opened his mouth, closed it, opened his mouth again, and closed it again.

Just when Ning Zhou's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, a voice suddenly came from the front: "Meow, come here, come here, meow~"

Maybe all the cats in China are called Mimi. When the fat cat heard the noise, he immediately turned over and ran to the front, enjoying the cat strips that the other party had just opened.

In order to repay the offering from the young human in front of him, the fat cat generously ate while purring, while allowing her to tentatively touch its head.

The road was cleared, Ning Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and continued to move forward step by step.

The young girl in front of him suddenly called out to him: "Are you Ning Zhou? I've seen your photo."

He had to stop moving forward. Ning Zhou wanted to ignore him, but seeing that he was smiling, he stopped hesitantly: "Yes, I am Ning Zhou."

Most people might add a sentence like "Where did you see the photo?", but Ning Zhou's answer was just an answer, and after answering it he planned to move on.

The girl actually stood up and introduced herself with a smile: "My name is Sheng Quan, nice to meet you."

She looked down at the fat cat who was still eating crazily, and her eyes smiled into crescent shapes. In Ning Zhou's studies, this was a very friendly smile.

"I've been watching you guys at the small supermarket in front for several minutes. Was it blocking your way? It seemed like you were waiting for it to give way."

Ning Zhou responded dryly: "Yeah."

The person in front of him smiled again, not the mocking and awkward smile he was used to, but the kind of smile with eyes curved into crescents. His eyes were involuntarily focused on her smile, and he heard her say:

"You are so polite."

It's not "You're such a weirdo" or "What a freak", but a compliment.

Ning Zhou blinked, not knowing how to respond for a moment.

After the fat cat finished eating the cat food, it came over to rub against Sheng Quan's legs with its sweet meows, trying to trick it into giving it some more food. Sheng Quan squatted down and rubbed its furry head:

"Mi-mi, when someone gives way to you, shouldn't you say thank you?"

The fat cat was quite cooperative and meowed sweetly at Ning Zhou, as if it was really saying thank you.

Sheng Quan and the cat both looked up at him.

Ning Zhou paused as he was being watched. His fair and handsome face moved his lips slightly, and he finally uttered three words:

"You're welcome."

(End of this chapter)