Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 553: Chapter 325: The Regression of Mathematical Development (The Alliance Leader, Big Brother B, Spends a Lot of Money)

The School of Life Sciences couldn’t wait to appoint Zhao Yi as a formal researcher.

The formalization procedures that day were rushed and done overtime, as if they hoped to resolve everything within the day. However, as the Biomedical Research Institute is a state-level key scientific research institution, the process of appointing a new researcher requires personnel materials to be reported and approval from higher authorities. It is not something that can be handled internally by the institute or the school.

Of course, it’s only a matter of time now.

No one would hinder Zhao Yi’s formalization. The Biomedical Research Institute straightforwardly proceeded as if Zhao Yi was already a researcher.

Even though Zhao Yi had been enjoying the benefits of a researcher regarding the laboratory and projects, there were still discrepancies in salary, authority, and responsibilities compared to being a formal researcher.

The responsibilities mainly relate to the projects and work. Similar to the Intelligent and Automation Laboratory, the Biomedical Research Institute also participates in national scientific research projects. However, medical research rarely involves strategic national projects but involves participation in projects funded by the National Scientific Research Fund.

These research jobs are not applied for by oneself but directly assigned from superiors, who assign to the institute, and then the institute assigns to the laboratory.

When Yan Xuelin promised Zhao Yi the freedom in his work, it meant that he would not be forced to participate in the assigned work. However, should a national strategic medical research project emerge, Zhao Yi would probably not refuse to participate.

So, there’s no need to worry too much about the responsibilities.

Next are the rights.

Every researcher can apply for their own laboratory, which has a great deal of autonomy and can receive support from the institute.

One of these supports includes the right to independently recruit ’contract workers’.

Zhao Yi did not have this right before, and he had to apply to the institute if he wanted to recruit someone. He even considered discussing with Yan Xuelin to recruit a ’part-time contract worker’.

Now he doesn’t have to.

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When Zhao Yi returned to the student dormitory, he told Fan Lei about the news. The ’suitable job’ he mentioned was part-time work in the lab.

The laboratory is always short of staff.

Research-wise, it’s managed to some extent. The current staff, though barely enough, can manage the existing projects, but other personnel are still needed.

Previously, Liu Chengjie was specifically responsible for communicating with outsiders, such as running to partner hospitals for materials and data, applying for the use of advanced scientific research equipment in the institute, and dealing with fiscal issues and financing.

And so on.

These tasks fall into the ’logistic support’ category. Having an associate researcher handle these seems quite wasteful.

Zhao Yi decided that he could find someone to replace Liu Chengjie in dealing with these issues. Liu Chengjie wasn’t the extroverted type, and his completion of these tasks was not particularly good. He himself preferred to spend more time on research in the lab.

Fan Lei, on the other hand, was good at dealing with people and had an outgoing personality. As a biology student, he had no experience in research. But for ’logistics’ work, after learning the general aspects, he would be an ideal candidate for a part-time job in the lab.

Additionally, the salary for part-time contract workers wasn’t high – the financial condition of the lab was more than capable of supporting it. Several more could be hired without issue.

When Fan Lei heard the news, he was consumed with his video game. He immediately halted his gameplay and stood up excitedly, "Really? Zhao Yi? Your lab? That’s just too great!"

"Tell me more..."

Zhao Yi smiled and briefly explained, reminding him, "But you have to be prepared to learn a lot of things. There’s a lot you should know."

"No problem at all!"

Fan Lei immediately quit his game, "Just tell me what to study. Starting today, I am giving up gaming."

"Ah? No need!"

Zhao Yi suggested regretfully, "Maybe I should find someone else. It seems more important to keep playing games together."

"—What?"

Fan Lei was somewhat deranged but weakly responded, "Alright then."

Fan Lei has quite a bit to learn, not in terms of scientific knowledge, but regarding the laboratory and project specifics. To do ’logistic’ work in the lab, you need to understand the project and the lab and be familiar with some other things.

This will take some time.

For many tasks, doing them once is enough to understand. Liu Chengjie initially knew nothing and learned by forcing his way through. Now, it is Fan Lei’s turn. The advantage he has over Liu Chengjie is that he can turn to others when in doubt.

The next day, Zhao Yi took Fan Lei to the lab to familiarize him with the environment and tasked Liu Chengjie with briefing him on the relevant work.

Liu Chengjie gave it his all. He had been hoping for someone to take over these annoying and tedious tasks so he could focus entirely on his research.

On top of that, he could spend more time with Yan Yi.

Of course.

He would never voice those ulterior motives.

Liu Chengjie was very friendly towards Fan Lei, preparing to create a checklist for him to know exactly what tasks he needed to complete.

In the meantime.

Zhao Yi idled in the lab, nonchalantly sipping tea with his feet propped up, eyeing the experimental data from the past week while his brain was anything but idle. He was continually using his ability to look for key points in the experimental data, making notations with a pen as necessary.