Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 470: Chapter 283: What exactly is not right? _2

Next step will be vying for the title of an academician.

Old Qian came looking for Zhao Yi as soon as he heard the good news. He happened to catch Zhao Yi wrapping up his work.

The report is complete!

Done!

After submitting the report, all there was left to do was wait for verification and settlement.

Zhao Yi sent Liu Tong’en a message, then stretched out, releasing a long sigh. He turned to Old Qian, who was waiting on the side, and quickly apologized, "Old Qian, what’s up?"

"Your professional title!"

Old Qian didn’t want to interrupt when he saw Zhao Yi was busy, but he couldn’t wait to express his excitement once he saw Zhao Yi was free. "You’ve been promoted to level two professor, equal to the status of a department-level official!"

"Congratulations, congratulations!"

"Now your rank is even higher than mine..." he said sourly, the last part stinging a bit. After decades in the field, to be surpassed by someone in their twenties, was hard to swallow.

But when he thought about it...

Professor He, in his seventies, was also just a level two professor. It didn’t seem like much of a big deal. Moreover, there are many professors who, despite a lifetime in academia, only reach level three or four by the time they retire.

Old Qian felt there was still hope for him to get a promotion.

Meanwhile, Zhao Yi remained nonchalant, only responding with a, "Oh". Immediately after, he asked, "What are the perks of being at level two? Compared to level four..."

"Higher salary?" Old Qian thought carefully.

"By how much?"

"Two or three thousand, I guess? I’m not sure, but it should be around there."Old Qian pondered, "It’s because you don’t teach courses at universities or advise students, so you only receive the basic national salary."

Zhao Yi continued, "What else?"

"Higher rank?" suggested Old Qian, "A level two professor is equivalent to a department-level official, a department-level!"

Zhao Yi remained unaffected.

As he spoke, Old Qian found the subject boring. Although a level two professor is indeed equivalent to a department-level official, this only holds within institutional delineations. As long as one doesn’t hold a corresponding rank in the political bodies, it’s only a formality.

He continued, "With a higher professional title, it’ll be easier for you to apply for projects, even large scale ones..."

His voice faded as he spoke.

The so-called ’easier to apply for projects’ might be useful for other professors, but it was virtually useless for Zhao Yi. He had already solved the Goldbach Conjecture. Mathematics projects were as good as approved the moment they were submitted, with upstairs ensuring prompt approval.

The same applied to physics.

He had just submitted a theoretical physics project to research the boundaries of multi-dimensional space, which was rapidly approved.

Biomedical research?

This fellow already had his own laboratory, along with a major project worth five million. freewebnøvel.com

Chemistry... alright then.

The more Old Qian thought about it, the more depressed he became. He realized that a promotion in professional title held little advantage for Zhao Yi.

He couldn’t help but conclude...

That with ability comes all power and dismissal of everything else!

...

Actually, Zhao Yi was feeling quite pleased.

Although upon careful consideration, there wasn’t much significance, he didn’t need to use the level two rating for anything, but it showed a level of recognition.

It’s akin to completing an achievement. Achievements are valued and highly regarded by many, which brings a sense of accomplishment.

Humans are social creatures.

Everyone hopes to be recognized in society, and his special advancement in professional title is an acknowledgement from people around him and the country.

Zhao Yi thanked Old Qian, and one by one also extended his thanks to the professors who recommended him for the promotion.

Then he resumed his work.

Biomedical Research Institute.

Zhao Yi’s lab had been working on a rheumatoid arthritis project, but progress was slow, as they were researching a substance related to rheumatoid arthritis.

This project was quite similar to the work Dai Tianqing and Han Hui’s labs were doing on researching new factors.

The combined Dai Tianqing and Han Hui labs had over thirty people, plus an experienced Academician Zheng. Yet, even they had spent over half a year researching the new factor, and to this date, they only had a basic understanding of it. Detailed measurements were still a long way off.

The manpower in Zhao Yi’s lab was simply insufficient.

Zhao Yi had no plans to expand the lab team. Firstly, he was lacking any real discovery directly related to rheumatoid arthritis, and the researchers in his lab were not at high levels. Increasing the lab team would basically mean handing over part of the achievements to others.

He had to consider not only himself but also Ai Lixin, Zhang Wei, and others.

Furthermore, Zhao Yi didn’t plan to delve deep into the research of the new substance.

With the sprawling scale of the Biomedical Research Institute and over ten specialized researchers, not to mention dozens of associate researchers, this work could entirely be handed over to others.

They only needed to find evidence linking the new substance directly to rheumatoid arthritis and determine some of its basic properties.

Once the findings were published, the task of determining the new substance’s properties would merely be the icing on the cake.

All of which, was quite similar to quantum physics research.

Like the discovery of a new particle.

Zhao Yi had used a new method to discover a new particle at a specific mass point. As for the task of determining the new particle’s attributes and classification, he was happy to leave that to others. There was no need for him to exhaust a great deal of energy on this.

Such work had no innovative value. Moreover, the workload was extremely tedious and could not be handled by just a few people.

When Zhao Yi arrived at the lab, he was greeted by good news.

"We have discovered a new substance," said an excited Ai Lixin, "which under certain conditions, damages normal human cells."