My house collapsed since I became the top scorer in the college entrance examination

Xiao Ran thought that he would have to at least use some words to get Senior Brother Kong Jiyuan to board his pirate ship, but he didn't expect that he agreed very simply.

After taking care of Senior Brother Kong, Xiao Ran quickly found Senior Brother Liu Wenhai and told him about setting up a scientific research team. After Senior Brother Liu pondered for a long time, he finally refused.

Although Xiao Ran was a little disappointed, he could understand it. After all, the situations of Senior Brother Liu and Senior Brother Kong were completely different. Senior Brother Kong belonged to the lowest level of the laboratory, consumables, while Senior Brother Liu was the backbone of the laboratory. The next step up was The leader of the project or the head of the research team can see the future at a glance, so how could he come out to work alone with him?

A scientific research laboratory is a pyramid structure with clear hierarchies and clear functions. This structure usually consists of the following levels: laboratory director, subject leader, scientific researchers and the lowest scientific research assistant.

Take Lao Tian's laboratory as an example. As an academician-level professor at Yanda, Lao Tian is naturally the well-deserved laboratory director and academic leader. He is located at the top of the pyramid and is usually the founder or academic leader of the laboratory. He has extremely high With high academic reputation and influence, he is responsible for the overall strategic planning, resource allocation and external communication of the laboratory.

Then there are research leaders like Professor Luo. Researchers at this level are usually the leaders of each research team or research group. They are responsible for specific research projects, manage their scientific researchers, and communicate and coordinate with top leaders.

Next are scientific researchers like Senior Brother Liu. Scientific researchers at this level are the backbone of the laboratory and are responsible for specific experimental design, data analysis, and paper writing.

Finally, there are the lowest level scientific research assistants like Senior Brother Kong Jiyuan.

In the pyramid of scientific research, everyone is trying to climb up, seeking better opportunities and greater development space. Senior Brother Liu is currently doing a good job in Laotian's laboratory. In a few years, he will have the opportunity to take a step further and become a How could the research leader of the laboratory give up his current stable prospects and join Xiao Ran, a laboratory that was just starting out and lacked resources.

However, Senior Brother Liu did not completely reject Xiao Ran's request. He promised to help train his team when he was free.

Senior Brother Liu is a very capable person. With his guidance, his laboratory can at least avoid many detours in the early stage.

This was an unexpected surprise for Xiao Ran.

After bidding farewell to Senior Brother Liu, Xiao Ran immediately ran to see Director Tian. After all, he had taken advantage of Lao Tian without saying a word, and he should tell Lao Tian because of both emotion and reason.

Entering Lao Tian's office, Director Tian smiled and motioned for him to sit wherever he wanted, and then teased him with a smile: "How does it feel to have your own laboratory in your freshman year?"

"It's not bad, but it's a bit expensive." Xiao Ran said honestly.

Hearing this, Lao Tian was immediately overjoyed, "Who asked you to ask for trouble? Suddenly you want to build a laboratory by yourself. You think it's so easy to build a laboratory?"

Glancing at Xiao Ran jokingly, Lao Tian leaned on the office chair as he spoke, unscrewed the thermos cup and took a sip of water, and asked, "Why did you come to me this time?"

Xiao Ran took advantage of the situation and sat on the sofa opposite Lao Tian, ​​"I came to you first because of Senior Brother Kong's business."

"Jiyuan?" Lao Tian was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "What trouble did he get into?"

Xiao Ran sweated profusely: "Senior Brother, he didn't cause any trouble. I'm here to tell you that I invited Senior Brother Kong to join my laboratory."

After hearing this, Lao Tian's brows suddenly relaxed, "Hey, what do I think it is? If Jiyuan is willing to help in your laboratory, just let him go." He took a sip of tea and asked in a casual tone: " What have you been researching recently? Have you come up with any new tricks?"

Seeing that Lao Tian didn't take it seriously, Xiao Ran relaxed and quickly took out a paper and project application form from his backpack and pushed them in front of Lao Tian. He said with a smile: "This is a paper I am writing recently, about organic matter." For solar cells, there is also a funding application, hoping to get funding support from some schools.”

Xiao Ran's answer caught Lao Tian off guard, and he couldn't help but frown and ask. "How did you start studying chemical energy?"

The tone was a little angry.

In Lao Tian's view, Xiao Ran's talent is obviously in mathematics. He is only in his twenties now and is in the young adulthood period of his life. His brain development and function are at their peak. People of this age group usually have quick thinking and strong memory. , able to process complex information and engage in innovative thinking more efficiently.

It was the golden period for scholars to produce academic achievements. There were too many academic leaders in history who achieved brilliant achievements during this period. When Einstein was 26 years old, he published four important papers, including the special theory of relativity. Theory, Bohr proposed his atomic model in his twenties, and Galois founded group theory in his twenties, which is the cornerstone of modern abstract algebra.

Taking advantage of this golden period, Xiao Ran didn't want to continue studying mathematics, and actually went to study chemical energy!

Isn’t this nonsense!

Lao Tian put the thermos cup on the table, his tone was rare and serious, and could even be said to be stern.

He said: "Xiao Ran, what exactly do you think? You are now in the golden period of your academic career, so you should focus on the field you are best at, mathematics.

Instead of wasting time on researching organic solar cells! "

Xiao Ran was stunned by Lao Tian's tone. He didn't expect Lao Tian to have such a big reaction to his research direction.

"But teacher, isn't it just for scientific research that I built the laboratory? Otherwise, why would I spend so much money to build it?"

Director Tian was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, there seemed to be nothing wrong with what he said.

However, he was still a little unhappy, sighed, and said earnestly: "Xiao Ran, I understand your thoughts, but scientific research is not a simple thing. It requires long-term investment and concentration. You are now in the academic career During this critical period, you should seize the opportunity, focus on the area you are best at, and strive to achieve greater breakthroughs in this area."

Xiao Ran's eyebrows twitched, thinking that my math skills are already at Level 5, how can I make a breakthrough?

He also wants to break through, but he needs 10 million reputation points. Where can he find so many reputation points!

Lao Tian, ​​you are making things difficult for me!

Of course, if you think so in your heart, you can't say it like that.

Xiao Ran coughed dryly and said with a smile: "Teacher, I understand what you mean, but I don't think studying organic solar cells is a waste of time. On the contrary, I think this is a field with huge potential and application value. I I hope to make some contributions in this field and promote the development of science and technology."

He paused and continued: "Of course, I will not give up mathematics. In fact, I plan to apply mathematical methods to the research of organic solar cells in order to achieve some breakthrough results. I believe that mathematics as a This universal tool can provide strong support for my research in this field."

"Forget it, don't talk about this, you can understand it yourself." Director Tian sighed, shook his head, and then put the thermos cup on the desk: "Okay, that's it."

Xiao Ran estimated that Lao Tian was a little unhappy with his choices and thoughts.

But there was nothing he could do. He couldn't let his buddy use it if he had one!

Forget it, after the organic solar cell is developed, I can find a random conjecture to prove it, and just treat it as coaxing Lao Tian to let him know that he is not doing his job seriously.

"Teacher, I'm leaving first!"

After Xiao Ran said hello, he left Lao Tian's office.

After Xiao Ran walked away, Lao Tian realized that Xiao Ran's thesis and funding application were still on his desktop.

"I want to see what your opinions are on the so-called organic solar cells!" Lao Tian picked up Xiao Ran's paper and read it angrily.

After glancing over, Lao Tian, ​​who was filled with anger, suddenly let out a startled sound, feeling a little unsure.

He raised his head and looked in the direction where Xiao Ran was going, and then looked down again after a moment.

This time he no longer glanced at it casually, but looked at it carefully.

It took about thirty or forty minutes for Director Tian to take a rough look at Xiao Ran's paper.

He stood up and made himself a cup of strong tea, sat back on the chair, sipped the tea, and murmured in his heart: Why does Xiao Ran's talent in chemical energy seem so outrageous?

After thinking about it, I finished a cup of strong tea.

Director Tian stood up to refill his water and found Xiao Ran's funding application.

After hesitating for a moment, Director Tian sandwiched the application and Xiao Ran's essay together and put them in his briefcase.

Two days later, the Yanda Project Application Committee meeting was held as scheduled.

As domestic TOP2 universities, Yanda and Huaqing continue to occupy the first and second positions in national education and research funding.

This year's financial allocation, Yan University and Huaqing are the only universities with more than 5 billion in allocations, and the remaining universities only hover between 3 and 4 billion at most.

However, although Yan University and Huaqing University occupy the largest share of education and scientific research funding every year, the pressure on resource allocation within the school is also huge. The school's own funding allocation is often unable to meet the needs of many scientific research projects.

Who would think that their own scientific research funds are small?

Therefore, Yanda's funding allocation has always been a war without gunpowder, which has also led to the formation of a set of unwritten and hidden rules in Yanda's funding allocation.

First of all, Yan University’s scientific research projects can be roughly divided into two categories: one is large-scale projects with key support. Such projects are usually led by the school’s top professors or teams. The research direction is closely related to the school’s long-term plan and has extremely high impact. academic value and potential application prospects.

For such projects, schools usually provide maximum financial support to ensure that they can proceed smoothly and bring greater reputation and benefits to the school.

The other type is small projects applied by many ordinary teachers and students. Due to limited funds, these small projects often need to go through more stringent screening and review when applying for funds.

In this process, the innovation and practicality of the project as well as the applicant's academic background and research ability will become important considerations, but in addition, there are some unknown "plus points".

For example, if the applicant can establish a good relationship with a certain leader or professor at the school, then their project may receive more attention and care during the review. This network of relationships has long been deeply rooted within Yanda, and many people I will spend time and energy building such a network before applying for funding.

In addition, there are some projects that are not outstanding in themselves, but are able to receive financial support because they are related to certain hot fields or topics. In this case, the name and description of the project are often deliberately packaged to appear highly relevant to the hot fields. appearance to attract the attention of the review experts.

"Let's get started." The chairman of the meeting, Mr. Qiu, glanced at the watch on his wrist and announced the start of the meeting on time.

With the clear voice of the recorder, each application project was quickly reviewed. The professors either raised their hands in agreement or ignored it. Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

Director Tian half-squinted his eyes. Sometimes he raised his hand to express agreement, sometimes he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, looking leisurely and contented.

Finally, as the meeting came to an end, the secretary's voice suddenly let out a cry of surprise. After a full two seconds, he said hesitantly: "The next applicant is Xiao Ran, a freshman in the Department of Mathematics. He applied to conduct research on organic solar cells. For related experiments, the funding application is RMB 500,000.”

Although Xiao Ran's name and paper had been distributed to every professor in advance, not many people actually read it carefully. At this moment, many people looked surprised when they heard the name of this freshman.

"If you agree, please raise your hands." Chairman Qiu said succinctly.

Director Tian looked around at the professors around the conference table, and then raised his hand without hesitation. After seeing Lao Tian raise his hand, many people looked at Lao Tian, ​​smiled and shook their heads, with very meaningful expressions in their eyes. .

He also raised his hand.

Yang Deyi, another deputy director of the Department of Mathematics, couldn't help but frown slightly when he saw this. He and Director Tian are both deputy directors of the Institute of Mathematics, and their relationship has not been very good.

He had heard Xiao Ran's name a lot recently. He was a rare mathematical genius.

It's a pity, I heard that Xiao Ran and Lao Tian are relatively close.

Thinking of this, Yang Deyi quietly glanced at the young professor next to him. The young professor understood and immediately stood up and objected: "Chairman, I don't think we should agree to this funding allocation.

In fact, my team already has an organic solar cell project and is currently working on it and has made good progress. In order to avoid wasting funds and duplicating research, I think we should no longer agree to this funding allocation. "

Director Tian frowned when he heard this. He did not expect that someone would jump out to oppose Xiao Ran's application at this time.

He glanced at Yang Deyi and understood that the other party was deliberately looking for trouble. He frowned and coughed lightly, and a professor also stood up.

"Professor Du, what you said makes sense, but I don't completely agree. Scientific research inherently requires constant experimentation and innovation, and young people's innovative spirit cannot be stifled just because they are afraid of wasting money.

Moreover, judging from Xiao Ran's paper, he has unique insights and ideas in organic solar cells, and his research direction and methods are different from those of your laboratory. Therefore, I think we should give young people a chance. "

As soon as the professor finished speaking, a horn of charge sounded in the conference room. As soon as he sat down, someone immediately refuted his words, and then someone else spoke to refute what the previous person said.

The entire conference room suddenly became chaotic.

"That's enough!" Mr. Qiu said, and everyone suddenly became quiet.

After saying this, Mr. Qiu paused for a moment, as if he was considering whether the bowl of water should be balanced or skewed to a certain direction. At this moment, he seemed to feel that the name Xiao Ran sounded familiar.

After thinking for a moment, Mr. Qiu suddenly asked the recorder next to him: "Is this student named Xiao Ran the student who proved Kratz's conjecture?"

"That's right, Dean!"

"It turns out it's him!" A smile appeared at the corner of Mr. Qiu's lips, and then he said with finality: "You have to be more tolerant towards young people, but 500,000 is indeed too much. Let's give him 200,000."