Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 694: Chapter 384: Do I Feel Like I’ve Been Duped?

"Not interested?"

"Academician Zhao, did you misunderstand?"

"The intention of the Department of Science and Technology is to sponsor a dedicated center for the study of particle mathematics under the Yanhua University College of Science. This goes beyond just setting up an office, they are willing to invest in academic promotion, hiring dedicated researchers, and even plan to expand the recruitment of students in related fields..."

"This would be a research center incorporating academic research, interaction, and education." fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

Upon hearing Zhao Yi’s straightforward ’not interested’, an administrative assistant brought by Du Defa, astonished, gave a detailed explanation. But even after that explanation, Zhao Yi’s expression had not changed; he might as well have straight out written ’completely not interested’."

Zhou Zhengbin glanced at Zhao Yi and exchanged sights with Du Defa. Looking around at the other people in surprise, he really could not understand why such a refusal. freēwēbnovel.com

When a scholar completes his own theory, and the upper level is willing to sponsor the construction of a related research center, it provides him a great platform for promotion and publicity. From a personal perspective - being the director or leader of a research center confers a great deal of authority, it leads to direct ’administrative’ power within the system, conglomerating administrative and academic powers into one, providing an optimal platform for personal development.

Who could possibly refuse such a great opportunity?

Zhou Zhengbin had no idea what to say, he unconsciously scratched his head, but lacked an idea to persuade, and could only look pleadingly towards the other people, especially the several professors from the School of Sciences.

Zhou Li looked unexpectedly calm, and was not as surprised as the others.

"I knew it would be like this."

Hu Zhibin remarked, silently mouthing the words.

Several familiar professors of Zhao Yi didn’t feel surprised at all, because they knew Zhao Yi would refuse. The reason is quite simple - being in charge of a research center is too much hassle.

Zhao Yi is the type of person who doesn’t like to take on burdens.

If this project was to become a success, it wasn’t about what decisions the Department of Science and Technology made or how much funds they would allocate; it ultimately depended on whether Zhao Yi could be persuaded. Because, if Zhao Yi refused, it can’t be done. A particle mathematics research center without Zhao Yi’s participation is a joke, right?

...

Zhao Yi’s attitude was firm, his refusal absolute, going so far as to speeding up the departure of his guests.

So the group of people left swiftly.

Zhao Yi closed the door and took a deep breath, without much thought he felt like there was absolutely no reason to agree.

First of all, his major is biology, and he is already at the Biomedical Research Institute, having his own lab. The upcoming building of the medical science center will also contain one of his large-scale laboratories.

That was where he will work in the future.

If he was just responsible for a lab, like the current situation, the workload would be manageable, but being the leader of a research center would be completely different.

Teaching, administration...

The combination of these two is quite time and energy consuming. He isn’t a professional in teaching or administration, otherwise what would be the need of the system?

In addition, even if he was interested in taking part in teaching or administration, he could not think of a valid reason to agree. Because the Particle Mathematics Research Center would just be a platform to promote his own theory, his own theory being the Boundary Theory, which is merely a physical theory. As theoretical physics is only a branch of mathematics, if he wanted to get involved with a mathematical research center, why doesn’t he do it like Qiu Chengwen and establish a ’Mathematics Science Center’ at a top-level university?

Definitely, mathematics covers a broader scope than theoretical physics, particle mathematics, and the Boundary Theory.

The scope of a Mathematical Science Center is broader and it is easier to obtain more research funds and investments. To lead the Mathematical Science Center, there will be greater authority and more room for development.

Therefore, it makes no sense!

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The group from the School of Sciences, including Director Du Defa of the Department of Science and Technology, together left the faculty dormitory but did not disperse immediately, instead, they returned to the School of Sciences’ office building.

Initially, Du Defa was dumbfounded by Zhao Yi’s refusal. But after a slow, thoughtful process, he began to figure out a possible reason. He whispered to Zhou Zhengbin and Zhou Li, "This is just a personal guess, don’t take it serious. Do you think it’s possible that, to Zhao Yi, the Particle Mathematics Research Center is too small?"

"Too small? What do you mean?" Zhou Zhengbin didn’t catch on immediately.

"The scope of research is too narrow."

Du Defa nodded, "Before my arrival, I conducted some research. Particle mathematics is just theoretical physics, and theoretically physics is only a branch of mathematics. Yet, Zhao Yi’s specialties include much more than particle mathematics, they also include analytic number theory and even complex mathematics."

Zhou Zhengbin and Zhou Li nodded as they listened.

"Therefore, the Particle Mathematics Research Center may just be too small for Zhao Yi. We should establish a comprehensive research center that incorporates various fields of mathematical research."

Du Defa shook his head regretfully, "However, such a Mathematical Center is not something we can solely decide."

Du Defa is just representing the scientific research group of the Department of Science and Technology; their powers are limited. To establish a comprehensive Mathematical Research Center is an extremely difficult task.

Approval is easy enough to get.

The main issue lies with funding and policy support. The latter can be managed by the Department of Science and Technology. Coupled with talks with the university and the Ministry of Education, policy matters wouldn’t pose much of an issue.