When will I have a long tassel?

"I have been excellent since I was a child..."

In the small conference room of Ming Polytechnic University, Ouyang Kang sat opposite a group of officials and recounted his journey.

The night before, Song Xiujie received the situation reported by Tang Zifeng and immediately contacted the General Office of the Ministry of Science and Technology, asking the General Office to contact several major newspapers immediately. He must rush to get the Danrui 03 machine tool passed the appraisal before these major newspapers publish it. The news stopped.

It was already three o'clock in the morning, and several major newspapers had already finished proofing, proofreading and proofreading, and were preparing to go to the machine for printing. After receiving a call from the General Office of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the editor-in-chief on duty quickly arranged for the manuscript to be withdrawn and revised. There is no need to elaborate on this ordeal.

At dawn, Song Xiujie went directly to the Mingxi Provincial Science and Technology Department and asked the Science and Technology Department to send people to the Polytechnic University and blockade Ouyang Kang's laboratory. An Xiangping, the principal of Ming Polytechnic University, rushed over after hearing the news. Hearing what Song Xiujie said, he broke out in a cold sweat and immediately sent people to find Ouyang Kang to ask him to explain.

When Ouyang Kang came to the small conference room of the school office, he saw seven or eight people already sitting in the conference room, namely Song Xiujie, Yuan Liang, An Xiangping, Tang Zifeng, Kang Zhichao, etc. Everyone sat on the side of the conference table facing the door, leaving the side by the door for Ouyang Kang.

On the table in front of Ouyang Kang, there are two chips, one is engraved with the word "Mingxin", and the other is the original chip from Leiden Company. When Ouyang Kang entered, he still had a smile on his face. As soon as he saw these two chips, his smile solidified.

He sat down across from everyone. He didn't mention the chip, but first talked about the past:

"I ranked first in the city in the high school entrance examination, and also ranked first in the city in the college entrance examination. I was admitted to Pujiang Jiaotong University with my first choice. My family lived in the yard of my work unit. On the day I received the admission notice, the yard of our house was full of people. It was boiling, and everyone looked jealous when they saw my parents. I still vividly remember that scene."

"Teacher Ouyang, you'd better talk about the matter in front of you." An Xiangping reminded him.

"Let him speak." Song Xiujie stopped An Xiangping, and then said to Ouyang Kang: "You continue..."

Ouyang Kang nodded and continued:

"I was very proud at the time. On those days, everything seemed bright to me, the flowers were particularly fragrant, and the trees were particularly green. The feeling, to use a Tang poem, was that the spring breeze was triumphant and the horses' hooves were light.

"However, this feeling disappeared without a trace the moment I reported to school. That day, I walked into the campus of Pujiao University with my luggage and saw the vigorous welcome scene, with many freshmen coming and going. Often, it's like a headless fly. I suddenly have a very ridiculous feeling. It turns out that I am not a proud person. This campus is full of pitfalls, and they are all geniuses like me."

"this……"

Everyone was stunned. What kind of logic is this? Before you entered the school, you thought you were the only outstanding person in China, right? Ultimately, this is what I was spoiled by my teachers when I was in middle school, and I always felt like I was the chosen one. But in fact, ranking first in a city is nothing. There are more than 300 cities in China, not to mention, since when did the college entrance examination scores mean everything?

Ouyang Kang seemed to notice everyone's disdain. He laughed at himself and said:

"I know my thoughts are ridiculous, but I can't convince myself to admit that I'm not the best. During my four years in college, I studied very hard and actively participated in various club activities in school, hoping to be recognized by others. But Jiaotong University is Jiaotong University after all, and there are too many talents.

"I feel that I have worked twelve times as hard, but my grades are still not as good as those of the top students in the class. They study very easily, get the highest marks in exams, still have time to do scientific research, and have published their papers before graduating from college. academic papers.

"When I was a junior in college, I started taking the TOEFL test, and later applied for a full scholarship from Massachusetts. However, those classmates who had better grades than me did not apply to go abroad because of their family background, but stayed at the school to study for graduate school. This allowed me to find my sense of existence again.

"When I went to Massachusetts, I thought that I must learn a skill, return to China in the future, make some resounding achievements, and become the youngest professor and the youngest academician in China. Only in this way can I be worthy of my Only with talent can you hold your head up in front of others.”

"Just a PhD from Massachusetts is not that rare in China, right? Our school alone has introduced more than 30 PhDs and postdocs from famous international universities in recent years." An Xiangping interjected.

Before, An Xiangping had always regarded Ouyang Kang as the pride of the school. But now, he suddenly discovered that there were many returnee PhDs like Ouyang Kang in the school. Why did he only see such an unsatisfactory guy in his eyes?

"Principal An is right," Ouyang Kang said. "When I was in Massachusetts, I also met many international students from China. They did very well, and many of them published articles in top academic journals. And Every time I submitted my articles to these journals, I could not get them accepted. Over the past few years, I had only published a few very ordinary publications. This made me realize that I might really have no hope, and that I might not really be that person. A very good kind of person.”

"Stop talking about this. How did you get hired by Leiden Company with a high salary?" Yuan Liang asked.

"I made it up," Ouyang Kang said. "I did work in Leiden Company for one year, but it was only in a very junior position. When our province went to the United States to introduce talents, I said on my resume that I worked in Leiden. The company holds a senior position, but it was actually a cover-up, and I didn’t expect the province didn’t notice it.”

"This is naked deception!" Yuan Liang became anxious.

That time Mingxi went to the United States to introduce talents. Yuan Liang was also a member of the talent introduction team, and he was the one who reviewed Ouyang Kang's resume. Ouyang Kang claimed that he was at the core of Leiden Company. Yuan Liang felt like he had found a treasure, so he didn't bother to go up and test the authenticity of this statement. Yuan Liang couldn't figure out the positions in American companies. Someone actually said in his resume that he was the company's chief security officer. How could Yuan Liang guess that he was actually just a security guard.

Now that Ouyang Kang's boast has been exposed, will the provincial leaders hold him accountable for his mistakes in recruiting talents?

"So, you have been cheating since you applied for the high-hard surface cutting project?" Song Xiujie asked.

"No!" Ouyang Kang said, "Director Song, please believe me. When I applied for this project, I was mentally prepared to get it done."

"Then why did it end up like this?" Song Xiujie asked.

"It's better to be smart than to be smart." Ouyang Kang lowered his head and said, "I originally thought that I worked at Leiden Company for a year and was exposed to some edge algorithms. If I work hard, I might be able to develop something based on these edge algorithms. A new set of algorithms that is completely different from Leiden's core technology.

"At that time, I told Principal An about this idea, and Principal An reported it to Director Yuan. Director Yuan said that I was a key talent introduced by Mingxi Province, and I must produce some major results to prove the province's ability. There are correct and effective policies for introducing talents. In this way, even though the conditions were still a bit immature at the time, I applied to the Ministry of Science and Technology."

"You mean that you were instigated by me and Principal An for the fraud?" Yuan Liang's eyes widened. Ouyang Kang's words were too easy to relate to.

Ouyang Kang smiled and did not answer Yuan Liang's words, but continued: "When I applied, I underestimated the difficulty of this project. After I started researching, I discovered that with my own strength and such a grassroots team team, let alone three years, even ten years, I will not be able to complete this project.

"At this point, I have no choice but to retreat. Funds from the Ministry of Science and Technology have been allocated, and news of the project has been broadcast in various media in the province. Every time a leader of the school comes to inspect the work, this topic is mine. The school brought it out and highlighted it. If I say at this time that I cannot complete this project, I will be embarrassed personally, and the school will also be humiliated."

An Xiangping sneered and said, "I'm afraid you are thinking the opposite. It's okay for the school to be humiliated, but it's not enough for you to be embarrassed personally."

"Anyway, it's the same meaning." Ouyang Kang didn't refute, "My relatives, friends, and my parents' colleagues all know that I am a key talent introduced by Mingxi Province and I am taking on key national projects. You said, At this time, can I drop the chain?"

"What's going on with Xu Hongzhong?" Song Xiujie asked.

"He is a fellow countryman of mine. I didn't know him before. I asked him to come over to help me when the laboratory was being renovated, and I found out about it by chance. I asked a friend in the United States to help me buy a Leiden chip and bring it back. I need to find someone to polish off the mark on it and then engrave the word "Mingxin" on it. I can't do this kind of work myself, nor can I entrust a formal company to do it. Xu Hongzhong said he can do this kind of work, so I did it. Leave this to him."

"Aren't you worried about him telling the truth?"

"When I settled the decoration fee for him, I overcalculated 100,000 yuan."

Everyone present understood that An Xiangping and Yuan Liang were still taking chances and hoped that the information provided by Song Xiujie was wrong. Now that Ouyang Kang said it himself, they both gave up.

"You really disappoint me!" An Xiangping looked at Ouyang Kang and said bitterly.

"Actually, you don't need to do this at all." Yuan Liang said, "You have a PhD from Massachusetts. Whether you stay in the United States or come back to China, you can live a good life. Just do scientific research for a few years in a down-to-earth manner. You should be rated as a professor, but you can still be rated? Why do you need to do these crooked things?"

Ouyang Kang smiled miserably and said, "I just don't want to live an ordinary life."