Free Web NovelChapter 879: 456
"Forget it, I’ll choose someone I know well!"
He spotted a familiar name and immediately clicked ’Select’. Instantly, a prompt popped up—
"Please do not make duplicate selections!"
"??"
Zhao Yi was a bit puzzled, initially thinking it was a system error. He tried selecting other topics, but the same prompt appeared each time, which led him to wonder, "Why can’t I make a selection?"
"Let me look!"
Li Renzhe, seemingly experienced, came over to help and ended up with the same result after trying for quite a while.
"Go back and check the ones you’ve already chosen," Meng Zheng suggested.
Zhao Yi exited the system and checked his selections, only to discover that he indeed had a graduation project already listed. The name of the project was, "The Research and Application of the Human Secretory Rod Bacteria Antibody and the 2CV-Bing Hydrogen Molecule? (Completed)"
"Course Grade: 100."
"Instructor: Biomedical Research Institute, Researcher, Zhao Yi?"
He understood.
Everything had been prearranged!
...
"A university without a graduation thesis is incomplete, a university without a graduation thesis is incomplete, a university without a graduation thesis is incomplete..."
With this grudge, Zhao Yi entered the vacation period. He didn’t just have the graduation thesis issue to worry about; he also harbored resentment about the postgraduate entrance examination. Since he had started studying philosophy late, he hadn’t met the criteria to apply for a postgraduate program in philosophy and was ineligible to enroll. He had no choice but to wait until next year to take the postgraduate exam.
Others.
For instance, Li Renzhe, again got to enjoy the wonderful process of ’waiting for results’.
"I wonder how I did!"
"The results won’t be out until after the New Year, it’s so frustrating. I feel confident that I’ve passed, but it’s not certain I can stay at this university!"
"If I have to go elsewhere..."
Li Renzhe’s mutterings made Zhao Yi somewhat envious; he didn’t have the luxury of feeling anxious because his exam grades weren’t a concern at all—he didn’t even have the ’right’ to be anxious.
"I’m really envious of you!"
Zhao Yi said sincerely and then got pestered by Li Renzhe again, "Won’t you consider mentoring a student? Guiding me?"
"Are you really not considering it?"
"It’s not too late, please guide me~ Otherwise, with my grades, I’ll probably only be able to adjust to another school, Brother Zhao~~~~ please help me out!"
"Scram!"
Zhao Yi replied with a single word, waving his hands dismissively with a look of disgust, then added, "If you don’t make it, I could actually help you. I can’t do anything about grad school, but I could help you find a job."
"What job?"
"Didn’t they just establish a new medical research center? I have some say there; I could get you a security guard position!" Zhao Yi said grinning.
Li Renzhe sulked, "A security guard? Not even the head of security?"
"You?"
Zhao Yi, filled with disdain, said, "The head of security? You wouldn’t even qualify to be a guard!"
"..."
Li Renzhe could only continue to cast sorrowful glances.
In fact, Zhao Yi wasn’t exaggerating at all. Li Renzhe normally applying for a job would definitely not become a security team leader because several projects at the Biomedical Research Institute are of an absolutely confidential nature. After the medical center is established, the security personnel will be active or retired military personnel, and armed police with guns on duty for several years to come.
Such a confidential procedure means that even ordinary security personnel are not hired casually.
Zhao Yi actually thought that Li Renzhe continuing his studies for a master’s degree was not very meaningful, as he didn’t have much talent for scientific research. His professional course grades demonstrated that; instead of continuing to study for a graduate degree in his major, it might be better to try something else, like enlisting in the military.
Li Renzhe’s physique was quite good, and he was only twenty-two years old. Joining the military after graduating from college could be a good choice.
Or maybe just finding any job would do. He wasn’t a particularly ambitious person, and he could be very happy with an ordinary life.
Zhao Yi had enjoyed his college life for a while, but couldn’t continue it anymore because it was holiday time. Other students had gone home for the New Year, but he couldn’t leave the capital, not just because of research matters, but also because he had some major conferences to attend.
First and foremost was the annual Science and Technology Award Ceremony at the end of the year.
The Science and Technology Award Ceremony is held every year in the country, and this year’s event was scheduled around the same time as the previous year, just before the New Year. The news of the awards was mostly out before the event.
Zhao Yi had once again won the First-class Award of Natural Science, the reward being for the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
When he heard the so-called ’insider news’ from the Science Academy, Zhao Yi felt hardly any interest at all. It was another First-class Award of Natural Science, and once again for a mathematical achievement.
What was the point?
He had already won the First-class Award of Natural Science twice before, for the three-dimensional tremor waveform chart and the Goldbach Conjecture. Winning it again would achieve a hat-trick, probably setting a record for the awards.
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Zhao Yi didn’t feel it was very meaningful, but others were excited. Many had extended their congratulations to him in advance, yet he truly didn’t feel much excitement, even feeling somewhat listless before the ceremony began.
When he arrived at the auditorium where the award ceremony was to be held, he just sat in his seat, quietly waiting for it to start.
There was still time to go.
Participants were mingling and greeting each other as if the preliminary to the ceremony had turned into a networking event. Also, quite a few people came over to greet Zhao Yi and chat briefly about research and awards.
Zhao Yi just responded with a smile.
"Academician Zhao, congratulations on winning the Natural Science Award for the third time!" another voice came from behind.
"Thank you."
Zhao Yi answered reflexively, then turned his head and became much warmer because he recognized the speaker as Academician Cheng Zheming.
Cheng Zheming was an elder academician of the Science Academy. In his early eighties and in semi-retirement, he was also the chairman of the Natural Science Award jury committee, as well as a member of the Science and Technology Award review committee.
Zhao Yi didn’t know exactly how the awards were decided, but Cheng Zheming was definitely one of the key figures. He immediately grabbed Cheng’s sleeve and complained, "Academician Cheng, I’ve won the Natural Science Award three years in a row, and it’s all been for mathematics. Maybe next year it could be different?"
"Negotiate a little?"
"You see I have achievements in computer science, biology, physics, and other fields. It doesn’t have to be just mathematics, right? Even if it is still the Natural Science Award, could it be for achievements in other fields?"
"..."
Cheng Zheming looked at Zhao Yi with his mouth half open, stunned. In his more than eighty years of life, it was the first time he had heard of someone complaining about winning the First-class Award of Natural Science three times in a row, and even criticizing that it all relied on mathematics?
Not mathematics, could it be...
"Ahem... seems like it could be!" Cheng Zheming thought carefully about Zhao Yi’s achievements and suddenly realized he couldn’t go on. Aside from biomedical research and computer science, Zhao Yi’s confirmation of the Higgs particle in physics was a major achievement acknowledged by the international physics community, and was of a caliber and impact deserving of the First-class Award of Natural Science.
"Alright then!"
Cheng Zheming said with a wry smile, "Let’s see next year, maybe it will turn into the Highest Science and Technology Award!"
