Chapter 631 Slap in the Face, Herwin's Phone Number [2 Updates]
Zuo Li nodded again: "Oh, he's still the CEO, huh? Well, that's still... what did you say?"
He suddenly realized what was happening, his mouth agape in disbelief: "The CEO of Venus Group?"
The rise of the Venus Group is a mystery; in just a few years, it has become the world's number one conglomerate.
Its subsidiaries span various fields and it also owns many world-class laboratories.
The CEO of the Venus Group has never appeared in public, leading to much speculation.
But regardless of the speculation, the public generally believes that the CEO is from O continent.
Zuo Li spoke with difficulty: "Ying, you're not joking, are you?"
After finishing her call with Fu Yunshen, Ying Zijin raised an eyebrow and said, "Professor Zuo, I have one advantage."
"You're not just good in one area, you're full of merits from head to toe."
"I'm not lying."
"..."
Beside her, Sinai, chewing on a lollipop, asked curiously, "What is the Venus Group?"
Zuo Li finally came to her senses: "Ying, is this your sister?"
Sinai was furious: "I'm older than her!"
Ying Zijing ignored her and nodded to Zuo Li: "Professor Zuo, we need to go to the Astronomical Agency Center first, and then I will personally escort you back to China."
"Oh? I've already called the Astronomical Institution Center," Zuo Li said. "They've agreed to withdraw your paper first."
Ying Zijin said calmly, "I'm afraid some people will take advantage of this."
Having spent so long in the world of ancient martial arts, she had witnessed more of the darkness of human nature than Zuo Li.
Zuo Li nodded: "Okay."
The three boarded the helicopter.
Zuo Li stared at Sinai for a while, but in the end, her curiosity about science prevailed; "Hello, what was that laser you just emitted?"
"What?" Sinai looked up. "Don't move. You don't know how to use it."
"I won't move." Zuo Li thought to himself that he didn't want to melt. "I just want to see which manufacturer made your watch. I want to buy one to study it."
"Stop looking, you can't buy it, and what's lasers? There are tons of other things you haven't seen before." Sinai crossed her short legs. "I'll show you—"
Ying Zijing glanced in this direction, her eyes indifferent.
Sinai immediately swallowed her words and changed the subject: "Come on, let's watch a show together. I've found that your shows are all really good. My watch automatically turned the screen into 3D, it's so dynamic."
Zuo Li watched as Xinai pressed a few buttons, and the watch projected a 3D floating movie screen.
A truly dynamic movie experience, without the need for 3D glasses, making you feel like you're moving through the scenes.
Zuo Li couldn't help but wipe away the cold sweat.
It's over.
Not only did Ying Zijin bring him a huge blow, but this little girl also hurt him.
His worldview has completely shattered today.
**
The next day.
morning.
The Astronomical Institution Center welcomed two guests.
It was Elizabeth and her personal butler.
The Center for Astronomical Institutions is a non-governmental organization whose organizers and members are renowned professors in the field.
Naturally, Herwin is the most renowned in this field.
These professors also greatly admired him.
When Zuo Li submitted her thesis, she did not mention the relationship between Ying Zijin and Herwin.
He didn't want this relationship to compromise the fairness of these professors.
Ying Zijin is Ying Zijin.
She has her own abilities and doesn't need to rely on anyone.
Because the space carrier experiment project was highly classified, no one outside the organization could find out who the other researchers were besides Herwin.
These scientific geniuses are easily targeted by international criminals and criminals.
This is research on spaceships. If any power were to possess them, they would conquer not just nations, but the entire universe.
Therefore, there is absolutely no information about the official list of researchers.
So even Elizabeth, before being officially hired, didn't know who else was on the project.
But the president of the International Physics Centre also reminded her.
Some of these Easterners are quite ungrateful; let's make sure they can't recover first.
“Yes, I am Miss Elizabeth Laurent’s butler.” The butler stepped forward and smiled. “This is our young lady.”
The surname Laurent alone is enough to attract the attention of everyone in O continent.
The person in charge immediately became respectful and serious: "Hello, Miss Elizabeth, what brings you here on such an important occasion?"
Elizabeth simply nodded slightly without replying.
She sat gracefully on the sofa, and her personal servant brought her a prepared teacup.
"Well, I've come today to show you something." The butler took out the issue of the International Physics Center's scientific journal and turned to Elizabeth's paper.
The person in charge took a look and his expression changed instantly: "This..."
Several professors nearby naturally saw it and their expressions changed as well.
"You all recognize this, right? Our young lady's paper was submitted to the International Physics Center last September." The butler took out several documents and said casually, "Why would your institution have a paper that is exactly the same as our young lady's, but submitted later?"
The person in charge remained silent, carefully comparing the two papers.
The order of the words and the clauses used are exactly the same.
Even if people have similar ideas when studying the same field, it's impossible for them to be this similar.
No, it's exactly the same.
It can only be plagiarism.
The professors exchanged bewildered glances, all somewhat shocked and unable to believe it.
This year marks the second ISC finals, and the semi-finals have just concluded, with 1200 people advancing to the international finals.
But no genius like Ying Zijin, who stood head and shoulders above the rest, has ever appeared again.
The professors were somewhat disappointed.
How could a genius like Ying Zijin plagiarize Elizabeth's thesis?
Elizabeth is not exactly a newcomer to the field of scientific research; she has published three papers.
Ying Zijin currently has no works published.
Comparing the two, Elizabeth is indeed superior.
The facts are clear.
The person in charge muttered, "No wonder Professor Zuo Li asked us to retract his student's paper."
The butler continued to smile: "If it wasn't plagiarism, why did he take it down instead of making an excuse?"
Elizabeth put down her teacup and said calmly, "I don't care about this matter. I just need an explanation, to let the entire scientific community know that my paper was plagiarized."
"You won't mind?" A cold laugh rang out from the doorway. "Of course you won't mind, you thief!"
Elizabeth's expression turned cold, and she turned her head away.
"And they even made the International Physics Center keep me here." Zuo Li walked in. "A thief, daring to be so arrogant."
"So you're Zuo Li." Elizabeth said noncommittally. "I've really learned something new about how much you Chinese people like to slander others. Luckily, I've never liked dealing with Chinese people."
The person in charge had seen Ying Zijing's photo before and recognized her immediately: "Ms. Ying, is this your thesis?"
"You said I plagiarized your paper." Ying Zijing looked at Elizabeth and nodded slightly. "Do you know how I derived the formulas I used in the sections on multiverse, alternative universes, and parallel dimensions?"
"Why should I tell you this here?" Elizabeth smiled, quite disdainfully. "So you can continue copying my train of thought?"
"I heard from some students at Helga University that you are very good at computer technology, but that can only steal things from computers. You can't steal things from people's minds. Don't try any tricks."
Upon hearing this, Sinai immediately retorted, "Who said there's no way?"
This technology has been around in cities all along.
Zuo Li's lips twitched: "Little girl, there's really no way around it."
“I don’t want to hear the word ‘small’. I’ll tell you I’m older than her.”
"..."
Ying Zijing raised her eyes: "Do you really think I have no evidence or preparation whatsoever?"
Elizabeth frowned: "What do you mean?"
She bought the paper directly from the International Physics Center; it wasn't just simple plagiarism.
The paper was titled hers; what could Ying Zijing do?
Ying Zijing raised her hand and tapped the table: "Excuse me, could you use a computer?"
Sinai glanced at the thin and light laptop handed over by the person in charge and said slowly, "This is something we used in the last century."
Zuo Li: "..."
Is this girl suffering from chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)?!
Elizabeth laughed again: "What, are you going to show off how good your computer skills are in front of us?"
Ying Zijing didn't speak, but brought up a webpage.
After a few clicks, it was placed in front of the person in charge and the professors.
They went closer to take a look.
This is a personal post from a blog.
But now it has gone from being private to being public.
The article is divided into two sections, one in Chinese and one in English.
The English version is exactly the same as the one published in the scientific journal.
The publication date is at the bottom.
August 2, 2021.
It was more than a month earlier than when Elizabeth submitted her paper.
As Elizabeth looked at the string of numbers, her smile gradually froze, and her expression shattered.
This blog post was like a slap in the face, a hard blow to her cheek.
Last August?
Why would someone publish their completed paper on a blog before it's even finished?
What kind of operation is this?
Even if it's posted privately, it can still be stolen.
The internet is never safe.
Zuo Li was also stunned; he hadn't expected Ying Zijin to actually have evidence.
But after the initial shock came a feeling of grievance: "Ying, you actually lied to me!"
He asked her for it in August, but she said she hadn't written it.
As it turns out, it had already been written and saved on my blog, just with the privacy setting enabled.
Ying Zijin had no psychological burden and said unhurriedly, "I'll postpone it as long as I can, otherwise I'll have to write so many articles, and I don't want to go bald."
Zuo Li: "..."
The timeline has now changed.
The head and professors of the Astronomical Institution Center all looked at Elizabeth, their gazes gradually turning cold.
An elderly professor spoke coldly: "Miss Elizabeth, how do you explain this?"
"Who knows if you modified this using computer technology?" Elizabeth's fingers trembled, her tone fierce but her heart pounding. "How can you prove I copied you?"
Zuo Li said with disgust, "I heard it before I came in: our timeline is later than yours, so we copied yours. How come you're denying it now that it's the other way around?"
Elizabeth's expression darkened, and she finally lost her patience: "Fine, I'll just tell you straight, I'm Professor Herwin's research assistant for his new experiment. Do I need to plagiarize her paper?"
Upon hearing this, the professors were all taken aback.
The person in charge was also surprised: "Miss Elizabeth, you've joined the space carrier project?!"
Hervin has stopped other experiments and is focusing on researching space carriers.
However, due to numerous difficulties, the research progress has indeed been very slow.
"She joined the space carrier project?" Zuo Li was also taken aback.
If Elizabeth were also involved in this project, how could Ying Zijing not know?
Ying Zijin pressed her head.
She finally remembered that Caesar had given her information on several research talents in the Laurent family, because she had casually mentioned that she needed a senior researcher.
I don't expect someone as talented as Li Han, but their knowledge of physics and computer science can't be lacking.
The space carrier project is enormous; the research staff alone, focusing on the power core and programming, would number in the hundreds.
The entire project involved at least three thousand researchers.
She desperately needs manpower.
So she passed all the documents to Herwin's assistant and asked him to help her choose.
As for what the names were, she didn't look at them carefully.
Later, Herwin called her to thank her for helping him find the person.
Seeing Zuo Li's shocked expression, Elizabeth smiled slightly: "I told you, I wrote this paper. Don't be ungrateful. I hate these kinds of things the most."
This put both the person in charge and the professors in a dilemma.
indeed.
If Elizabeth plagiarized, how could she have gotten into Herwin's lab?
Zuo Li turned around, frowning: "Student Ying, she..."
“This is Professor Herwin’s phone number.” Ying Zijing dialed a number in front of Elizabeth and then placed the phone in front of her. “Go ahead and call.”
To be honest, the name "City of the World" is something I dreamed about many years ago when I was in high school.
I dreamt that I was riding a magical flying subway and entered a big city. The technology inside was very advanced, and there were all kinds of transportation in the sky. Then someone told me that this was called the City of the World.
After waking up, I thought about it and realized it might be because I watched Guardians of the Galaxy the day before...
(End of this chapter)
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