Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

by Stayrr

After suffering from a heat stroke while working under the scorching heat of summer, Lu Zhou, a hardworking but poor university student, somehow becomes the owner of an advanced technological system. With the cheat given by the system, his university life changes overnight. A Master’s degree? Easy. PhD? Not a problem. From a nobody, he quickly becomes a huge celebrity in the wor

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After explaining everything, Mrs. Yang left her house.

Lu Zhou stood in front of Han Mengqi's door. He looked at the keys in his hand and contemplated for a bit. Finally, he put the keys in his pocket and knocked on the door.

Bong!

Lu Zhou heard a soft muffled sound.

It seemed that the door was knocked by a pillow of some sort.

"Leave, I'm warning you. I'll call the police if you come in!"

This girl has such a bad attitude…

Her voice is pretty nice though.

Lu Zhou shrugged. He was not angry at all. He said through the door, "I don't care. I get paid regardless. But is this what you want? I'll get a thousand yuan for the five hours."

Anyone who heard a thousand yuan must feel bad right?

Lu Zhou tried to change his approach, but he underestimated the attitude of rich people.

"Oh," a cold voice traveled through the door. Han Mengqi said with a careless and loud voice, "Do what you want, that woman has a ton of money anyway. Who cares how she spends her money, you might as well be adopted by her."

This girl…

From the tone, the hatred between the daughter and mother must have been deep.

Lu Zhou waited for a moment outside the door. He saw that this chick did not plan on opening the door. He did not want to waste his time so he went to the study room and carried all the study material into the living room.

He had not touched high school material in years, but when he looked through it, it all seemed pretty easy. After all, he was in one of the best universities in China. He had beaten thousands of soldiers, this was nothing to him.

He sat on the sofa and looked through the textbooks. He suddenly noticed the broken glass on the floor and could not help but frown.

His ADHD was acting up again.

He sighed, stood up, and went to the toilet to find a broom. He wanted to clean the mess up first.

However, just as he was about to put the broom down, a piercing scream came from the locked room.

"Ah!"

Lu Zhou was shocked. He thought that an accident had happened and he quickly threw the broom down before rushing towards the room.

He used the key to open the door and pushed it open. A black unknown object crawled towards him.

A cockroach?

Lu Zhou subconsciously trampled it to death. He continued to walk inside the room and asked quickly.

"What happened?"

The room was very dark because the curtains were closed.

It was hard to imagine that this was a female's room. It was even harder to imagine that this was a room in a luxurious apartment.

Because the messiness of this room was comparable to his dorm.

Books and toys were piled up in the corner. Bags of junk food were on the ground. He could even see a few pieces of potato chips… No wonder the cockroach came in to eat food. It was attracted by the oily junk food.

A petite figure with long hair sat in the corner of a bed. Her hands were grabbing onto a pillow and her knees were shivering. She was wearing a set of loose pajamas. Her fair face was stiff and her lips started to turn blue. It was like she had just seen a ghost.

"Die, die…"

"Die?"

"Is it dead?" asked Han Mengqi as she bit her lips and bravely looked under the bed. She was afraid to touch the floor.

Lu Zhou paused for a bit and looked at the cockroach next to his feet.

"You're talking about the… cockroach?"

Han Mengqi nervously nodded.

"It's dead. It's right here," sighed Lu Zhou as he pointed with his finger.

He thought an accident had happened, but it was just a bug.

I already stomped it to death.

Why are you so scared?

When Han Mengqi heard that her enemy was dead, she finally calmed down and her tight body relaxed.

However, very quickly, she stared at Lu Zhou like he was her enemy. She waved her iPhone and warned, "Who, who let you in! Get out, or I'm going to call the police! Why did you turn on the light, you impolite asshole!"

The bright light pierced Han Mengqi's eyes and she raised her arm to shield herself.

Lu Zhou did not respond to her. He went to the bathroom and picked up the broom.

He cleaned everywhere in her room, except under her bed and tight corners.

After cleaning, he was shocked.

When Lu Zhou saw the pile of rubbish he cleaned, he wiped the dust off his face and could not help but criticize, "Why is there so much junk food in your room? Are bugs your pets?!"

The girl on the bed blushed and replied angrily, "Mind your own business!"

Lu Zhou looked at her and the box of junk food before asking, "You ate this for lunch?"

"…"

The girl became quiet and did not speak.

Lu Zhou did not say anything and dragged the rubbish bag outside. He walked out and even closed the door behind him.

Han Mengqi saw the door being closed and was astonished. She stopped gripping the pillow. She was surprised that the tutor her mom got her had already "compromised". She had already made a long term confrontation plan, but now she felt like her preparation was unnecessary…

Lu Zhou went back into the living room and started to read the high school mathematics textbooks. He had the books spread out across the coffee table.

It was not only textbooks. There were also additional studying materials. Last month's exam papers were also left by Mrs. Yang. It was true that her daughter's grades in mathematics were pretty bad.

She could barely get 75 marks out of 150, and her highest was an 80.

It would be a problem getting into a university with these kinds of grades.

However, the grades for her Mandarin exams were pretty good. Lu Zhou read her essays and was surprised to see it written so literary. Her English was not bad either. It was usually above 120 marks. As for her science subjects, some were good, some were bad, so it was difficult to judge.

"Why does she wants to get into science… Why doesn't she just do liberal arts?"

Lu Zhou shook his head and picked up a pen from the table. He started to write on a blank A4 paper.

High school mathematics was not difficult. It did not test your ability to transform knowledge. It simply judged your ability in remembering the knowledge.

The required topics were merely sets and elementary functions. It would take around 40 class hours to teach. One lecture of university advanced algebra contained more information than that.

This was also why many students who received stellar grades during high school struggled when they got to university. It was because the university lecturers did not teach at the speed of a train. They taught at the speed of a rocket.

The foundation of Han Mengqi's mathematics was horrible, but Lu Zhou still saw a chance of salvation.

After all, the exam was not a competition. It would only test for fundamentals.

Once she learned the fundamentals, she might be unable to get 140 but she could possibly get a 120.

The four textbooks looked scary, but the topics inside were the same… At least it seemed like that for Lu Zhou, who finished the entire [Analytic Geometry] textbook in one night.

First of all, he had to outline and summarize all of the topics in the textbooks. Then he had to refer to Han Mengqi's previous exam papers and point out the topics that she struggled in… Actually, she should have done this herself.

After all, it did not matter how bad the attitude of his "customer" was. Lu Zhou felt that since he accepted this job, he should try his best.

It was at least worth the 200 yuan per hour pay. Even though he had no knowledge of the tutoring market, he still knew that this pay was abnormally high.

Like this, time passed by.

It was around half past five when Lu Zhou stretched and moved his sore shoulders.

He looked at the tidy A4 paper that was full of his writing and could not help but smile.

Although it was a bit of a hassle in the beginning, it was quite rewarding to go back and looked at what he accomplished.

It was almost six o'clock.

He could show this paper as a report of his work.

There was a slight noise coming from the door nearby. A petite figure came out.

Lu Zhou looked and saw that her pajamas had changed into jeans and a t-shirt, but her hair was still messy.

It might have been an illusion, but he felt like she looked even tinier than when she was crouching in bed.

Especially her washboard body, there were no curves at all. She was the exact opposite of her cousin.

"What… are you looking at? I'm gonna call the police!"

Lu Zhou sighed, "Stop threatening me with the police. I didn't even do anything and you need a reason for calling the police. Disrupting the law is also illegal, so think this through."

"…"

Han Mengqi was stunned by Lu Zhou's calmness. She did not say anything and went into the bathroom.

Lu Zhou saw the bathroom door closed and realized that she must have been bursting to pee.

I was wondering why she came out.

Soon after, a flushing sound came from the bathroom. Han Mengqi washed her face and walked out with a taut face.

She walked past the living room and when she noticed the items on the coffee table, she frowned and asked, "What is this?"

"You don't even remember your own textbooks? When was the last time you studied?"

Han Mengqi looked at the A4 paper and said, "None of your business." She turned around and went into the kitchen, "I'm hungry, eat whatever you want."

"Your mom is coming home soon. Shouldn't you wait for her?" asked Lu Zhou. He leaned against the sofa and put his legs up as he looked at Han Mengqi and said seriously, "I think it's better if a family eats together."

Han Mengqi turned around and laughed coldly.

That laugh wasn't a typical teenager's laugh.

"Wait for her? Didn't she message you?"

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Chapter 34: Not Valuing Money

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Lu Zhou was slightly shocked. He pulled out his phone and saw that Mrs. Yang did actually sent him a message.

[Teacher Lu, my apologies. I have a meeting at the office and I can't make it back. it could be ten o'clock until I come back. I'll pay you double the salary for your inconvenience. Hope you can forgive me.]

Double salary…

Which means, 400 yuan an hour?

Lu Zhou took in a deep breath as he thought, "Ma'am, don't be polite. You don't even have to come back tonight!"

He obviously knew that it would not happen.

Han Mengqi poked her head out of the kitchen, looked at Lu Zhou, and asked, "Are you eating the chicken or beef flavored? There's only sandwiches in the fridge. That woman locked the door so we can't order food delivery."

Lu Zhou looked at the frozen sandwiches in her hand and could not help but ask, "You're eating that for dinner?"

"Is there a problem?" asked Han Mengqi. She did not care at all.

Of course there's a problem!

Lu Zhou sighed. He stood up from the sofa and walked towards the kitchen.

Han Mengqi asked suspiciously, "What are you doing?" She took a step back.

"I'll make some food."

"You can cook?" asked Han Mengqi. She stared at Lu Zhou with her eyes wide opened, like she did not believe him.

Lu Zhou rinsed the pot, smiled, and said, "Yeah, you think I'm the same as you?"

Han Mengqi raised her chin unhappily and asked, "What are you implying?"

"Nothing. If you don't have anything to do, go and read the thing that I wrote. It's in the living room. It'll help you," said Lu Zhou while rinsing the pot. He did not even turned his head around.

This family had not cooked for so long that there was a layer of dust on top of the pan. Lu Zhou had to wash it multiple times in order to clean it thoroughly.

Other than sandwiches, the fridge surprisingly also had some fresh food. As Han Mengqi would say, it was for "that woman" to make salads.

"I'll fry some cabbage and fry some chicken breast with chili. That's two dishes right there. I'll cook two cups of rice. If it's too much, I'll eat more."

Lu Zhou washed his hands and placed the chopping board on the kitchen countertop. He used his experienced hands and chopped up the food. The chicken breast was slightly cumbersome as he had to boil them in water first. Temperature could not be too high, otherwise the meat would become tough, making it difficult to chew.

However, for Lu Zhou, this was not a problem.

During the time when his mother was sick, he would cook for his family on an almost daily basis. Although he had not been in a kitchen for two years, he still had not forgotten what he learned.

Han Mengqi sat on the living room sofa and listened to the chopping sounds coming from the kitchen. She looked at the outline Lu Zhou wrote her and felt so annoyed that she could not focus.

After a while, the kitchen door opened. The aroma of the food plunged into the tip of her nose.

Han Mengqi's nose twitched. Her mouth started to water and her stomach rumbled.

Lu Zhou's voice called out to her.

"Come eat if you're hungry. Add the rice yourself."

Han Mengqi wanted to say some mean words. She looked at the revision textbooks on the coffee table and then at the food on the table. In the end, she decided not to say those inappropriate words. Instead, she murmured, "Ok" and went into the bathroom.

People generally knew the difference between good intentions and malicious intentions.

Han Mengqi washed her hands and served half a bowl of rice for herself. She sat across from Lu Zhou.

She looked at the home cooked dishes and hesitated. She grabbed a piece of cabbage with her chopsticks and suddenly looked at Lu Zhou with suspicion in her eyes, "You didn't put anything weird in here right?"

Lu Zhou heard her and nearly choked on his rice. He raised his head to stare angrily at this chick before saying, "Are you crazy? I'm literally eating it as well."

Han Mengqi blushed. She realized how stupid her question was. She did not want to admit her stupidity and said stubbornly, "Isn't there a drug where if you eat it first, you are immune to the poison…"

Lu Zhou said rudely, "You must be stupid from watching too much television. Don't eat it if you don't want to. Go and eat your sandwiches."

Han Mengqi stuck her tongue out and did not say anything as she continued to eat.

While eating, the two did not exchange a single word.

They ate slowly. Lu Zhou finished his rice and was about to stand up, but when he saw Han Mengqi went into the kitchen and served herself another bowl of rice, he was surprised.

Isn't this her third bowl?

Why did this chick eat so much?

Lu Zhou looked at her tiny body in disbelief. It did not look like she could eat much.

Maybe she only added a bit of rice each time?

Lu Zhou walked to the rice cooker, opened it, and was instantly shocked.

There's no more?

Lu Zhou looked back at Han Mengqi who was eating fiercely.

"What… Are you looking at me for?" asked Han Mengqi. She noticed Lu Zhou was staring at her and felt embarrassed. She swallowed the food in her mouth and asked, "How about I give you some?"

"No, thanks… You're still growing, you should eat more," said Lu Zhou as he nodded his head. He then placed the cutlery and bowls into the kitchen sink.

He was about to finish tidying up the kitchen when Han Mengqi walked in with her empty bowl and looked at Lu Zhou apologetically, "How about… I wash the dishes?"

This guy was too hard working to the point that even she felt embarrassed.

"It's fine. Just leave it there. Go use this time and study in the living room," said Lu Zhou. He was washing the dishes and did not even turn his head.

Studying again?!

Han Mengqi made a funny face behind Lu Zhou's back before she turned around and walked to the living room.

Lu Zhou finished cleaning the kitchen and walked back to the living room. When he saw the chick reading the material that he wrote, he smiled in his heart. He sat next to her and asked, "How is it? Can you understand?"

"Yeah… It's too easy."

"Easy? You messed up quite a lot of these easy questions," said Lu Zhou. He took out a past exam paper and said, "For example, this question. It asked you to determine the relationship between the line and the circle according to the equation. As I see it, it was free marks."

Han Mengqi pouted and argued, "You're already in university, of course this is easy for you."

"Really? I didn't learn this stuff in university. I haven't touched this type of question in a year. I just looked at it this afternoon," answered Lu Zhou with a smile.

"Well, this is my level of mathematics. Do what you want," said Han Mengqi. She gave up, leaned against the sofa, and crossed her legs.

"You're giving up? I think I can still help you," said Lu Zhou.

"You don't have to comfort me. I know my own situation. I basically didn't study last semester," said Han Mengqi with an expressionless face as she crossed her arms.

Lu Zhou smiled and replied, "You don't even have the courage to try?"

"Don't try to bait me with that."

Ah…

He had not expected her to see through his trick.

The atmosphere cooled down again. Han Mengqi was playing on her phone. She did not know why she did not lock herself in her room again. However, she did not say a single word to Lu Zhou.

The sky gradually became dark and Lu Zhou turned on the living room lights.

At this moment he realized that having a big house was not a good thing.

The more people the better. It was pretty empty if one were alone. The dark and empty house looked like it could suck away someone's soul.

Lu Zhou took a book from the bookshelves and sat on the living room sofa as he quietly began to read.

Han Mengqi was playing on her phone when she secretly looked at him and quietly muttered.

"Thank you."

"What?" asked Lu Zhou. He turned his face towards her slightly and looked at her with a confused expression.

"Your cooking… was very tasty," said Han Mengqi with a stiff tone as she kept looking at her phone.

"It's very simple stuff… Your mom has never cooked them for you?" asked Lu Zhou.

Han Mengqi's facial expression was cold as she scoffed, "Her? She doesn't cook… I barely even see her."

No wonder she ate so much. She probably hasn't eaten home cooked meals in a long time!

Lu Zhou thought his cooking skills had improved, but it turned out he misunderstood.

"What about your father?"

Lu Zhou instantly regretted asking this question because the answer was obvious.

"He's fighting a legal case with my mom, but it should be done soon," said Han Mengqi with a still expressionless face as she hugged her leg while sitting on the sofa..

Lu Zhou's throat choked up slightly. He did not know why, but seeing her like this made him felt sympathetic towards her.

Han Mengqi looked straight ahead and suddenly spoke.

"… In the future, can you still cook for me?"

Lu Zhou thought for a bit and said, "If you study hard, I'll think about it."

"… Wow, preconditions. Lame," replied Han Mengqi before turning her head around.

Lu Zhou said, "After all, my job performance is going to be evaluated. If your mom thought that I was doing a bad job, she could fire me, alright?"

"There's no solution to that. That woman loves to force other people to do stuff," said Han Mengqi. She lowered her head and hugged her kneecaps tightly as she said, "I'll try to work hard, but no guarantees."

"Ok," Lu Zhou smiled, "then we'll settle at that."

The pair started to discuss school work. The tension was high at first but it quickly became relaxing.

It was around eleven o'clock when the sound of a car came from downstairs.

Soon after, the entrance door opened. Mrs. Yang finally came home.

Han Mengqi silently looked at her mother and did not say anything. She went back to her room.

The woman's face remained the same as usual. She looked at the textbooks and the summaries on the coffee table. Her eyebrows relaxed and she bowed slightly to Lu Zhou. Her tired voice sounded deeply apologetic as she said, "I'm very sorry for delaying your time. How about I send you home?"

"No need, I can just call a DiDi," said Lu Zhou as he waved his hand. He smiled and said, "Stay home with your daughter. She still needs a lot of work to build the foundation of her mathematics. I gave her a study outline. If she spends time studying it, I believe that she can catch up."

"Thank you, Teacher Lu. I'll remind her," said Mrs. Yang with a smile as she nodded her head.

"No problem. I'm leaving. Oh yeah, you guys should communicate more. I mean, regarding studying. After all, studying can't be rushed. It'll create an opposite effect if you pushed her too hard. It's better to let the child find her own problem solving rhythm."

Mrs. Yang offered to send Lu Zhou home again, but Lu Zhou still declined. He took the elevator down and called a DiDi cab.

After he got in the car, Mrs. Yang used WeChat pay and sent the money to Lu Zhou's phone.

The first five hours was 200 per hour, the last five was 400 per hour, that added up to 3000 yuan.

He looked at the 3000 yuan pay and could not help but think.

Rich people really don't value money…

He only had 3000 or so in his bank account and he had instantly doubled his bank account.

If it was not for the summer classes that he had to attend, he would work here every day…

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Chapter 35: My Support Is Good

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It was the next day when Lu Zhou wanted to buy Chen Yushan food as a show of gratitude for helping him get this job.

However, he did not know if they should eat KFC or yellow chicken and so, he was stuck in this decision.

So he asked the only person alive in his dorm for advice: Liu Rui.

Liu Rui was playing video games with his online friends. He was killed and sent back to the respawn fountain. He felt annoyed and did not pay any attention to Lu Zhou's question. He did not even turn his head to anwer, "Spicy hotpot. It's cheap and affordable!"

Then…

Lu Zhou decided at that.

They went to a place called Shancheng Spicy Hotpot on the street in front of their school. Chen Yushan had a ponytail and sat across from Lu Zhou. She was sticking her tongue out from the spiciness.

Chen Yushan wanted to cry from the spice but she powered through. She continued eating as she asked, "How was it? Is there any hope for my cousin's mathematics?"

Is it even that spicy?

Lu Zhou ate a fish ball and was confused. He chewed and spoke at the same time, "Hope? Probably? I'll try my best."

"Then I'll have to rely on you. My cousin… In fact, her science scores during middle school were pretty good, but then… Ahh, it's so spicy!"

Lu Zhou gave her a cup of water and asked, "Then what?"

Chen Yushan drank the cup of water and stuck her tongue out cutely as she took in a breath before saying, "Then… My auntie and uncle had some relationship problems. They're fighting for Meng Qi's custody. I don't know the exact situation. In short, Meng Qi is living with my Auntie right now."

Lu Zhou nodded his head quietly and did not say anything.

He did not care about other people's personal business as he was a very private person.

After they finished eating the spicy hotpot, Lu Zhou sent Chen Yushan back to her dorm. He then walked back to the library.

While he was walking to the library, he received two emails.

The first email was from Professor Liu. It was feedback on the data modeling exercise.

The second email was a reply from the [Modern Communication and Geographic Information Technology] journal. It said that the payment for the theses had already been transferred to his bank card. 150 per thesis, 1350 yuan in total.

"…"

Only 1350 for nine SCI theses, academics really don't earn any money…

Lu Zhou could not help but think.

1350 yuan was still quite a bit of money. If he added the 3000 he earned yesterday, he would have 7000 yuan in his bank account. It would be enough for his tuition fees.

He wanted to delay the payment and pay right before he graduated, but he did not have to do that anymore.

Over the next few days, Lu Zhou had a very structured lifestyle. He would grind books all night on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Tuesdays and Thursday were used as revision days. In addition, he kept up with his mathematical modeling practices.

Sometimes, he felt that if he could maintain these good studying habits, he could become a genius even without help from the system.

It was just that his progress increased with the system's help.

It was like he was traveling at the speed of a rocket…

It was finally Saturday. As usual, Lu Zhou went to Mrs. Yang's house to tutor Han Mengqi in mathematics.

It might have been due to the previous incident or that Mrs. Yang had reached an agreement with her daughter because when Mrs. Yang left for work, she did not lock the door. She only asked Lu Zhou to take care of her daughter.

The mother was expressionless when she left. Han Mengqi looked at Lu Zhou and said, "Let's start then."

She turned around and walked into her room.

Lu Zhou followed Han Mengqi footsteps into her bedroom. It was only a week since he last saw her, but he was surprised to see her room tidy and clean.

They did not have any unnecessary conversations. Han Mengqi opened the book and turned to the bookmarked page. She looked at Lu Zhou.

"I've already studied the topic [analytic geometry] from the outline you gave me, now what?"

"What?" said Lu Zhou with his eyebrows raised. He smiled and said, "Do you not understand something?"

"I understand everything. It feels pretty easy," said Han Mengqi. She raised her tiny head and said impatiently, "Now what?"

"I'll test you," said Lu Zhou. He took an A4 paper and started to write on it.

[In the Cartesian coordinate system x and y, the left and right focus of the ellipse C1:x2/a2y2/b2=1 (ab0) are F1 and F2, respectively. Where F2 is also the focal point of parabola C2:y2=4x, point M is the intersection of C1 and C2 in the first quadrant, and MF2=5/3. Find the equation for C1.]

Lu Zhou finished writing the question and made a gesture of invitation.

Han Mengqi raised her eyebrows. She had not expected Lu Zhou to test her.

She clenched her teeth, picked up the pen, and stared at the draft paper for a long time.

Ten minutes had passed and she only solved the first step.

Which was:

[From C2: y2 = 4x, F1 = (1,0).]

Lu Zhou waited for 10 minutes. He looked at his watch, smiled, and said, "In the exam, you'd have 10 minutes for this question at most. Looking at your answer, you'd only receive 3 marks."

"Well…" said Han Mengqi as she clenched her teeth. She did not want to give up. The more you force yourself to solve a problem, the harder it was to solve.

Lu Zhou smiled and took out an exam paper from the pile of study materials. He pointed at question number two and said, "The most important part is, you got this exact question wrong in your exam."

"… You're bullying me," said Han Mengqi. She threw her pen down angrily as she continued, "I know I'm stupid, okay?"

"I'm only teaching you. I didn't say you are stupid. Actually, I think that you are very smart. Don't put yourself down," said Lu Zhou. He picked up the pen she threw and finished the question on the A4 paper. "The key to this problem is to determine the value of M, so the second step is setting M as (x1, y1), and according to MF2 = 5 / 3, and M2 on the parabola C2…"

"Our second goal is to find the semi-focal length of the ellipse C1. Once you solve this step, the remaining parts are just understanding the equations."

Lu Zhou wrote down the key steps on the A4 paper and clarified the problem-solving process.

Han Mengqi was annoyed at first, but she soon started to stare at the paper intently.

Finally, her face was enlightened.

Han Mengqi nodded and looked at the paper seriously. Her eyebrows tensed up and her tiny mouth moved, "So this is how you solve it…"

"Your teacher has definitely explained this to you. You just didn't listen."

Han Mengqi's tone was argumentative, "My teacher… Didn't explain it in so much detail."

Lu Zhou replied, "Try telling that to your maths teacher. He'd be insanely pissed off."

Han Mengqi was so angry that her teeth started to rattle. She did not have anything to say and just groaned.

"No wonder my sister said you were harsh…"

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

Someone talked sh*t behind my back?

I can't pretend that I didn't hear this.

Lu Zhou coughed and diverted the conversation. He picked up a pen and said, "This question is a typical intersection to find an elliptic equation problem. I think that when you encounter this question next time, you can at least get half of the marks."

Han Mengqi tilted her head and asked, "What about the other half?"

"The other half of the marks are in question two. This type of high school exam question usually contained a vector problem in the second part…"

Lu Zhou talked and wrote on the back of the exam paper.

[The point N on a plane satisfies vector MN = vector MF1 vector MF2. Straight line L/MN, C1 intersects A and B. OA*OB = 0, find the equation of L.]

Han Mengqi saw the question and was instantly stuck. Helpless, she looked at Lu Zhou.

However, Lu Zhou did not look at her. He sat next to the bed, picked up an exercise book, and started to look for the next example.

"Try doing it yourself. I'll help you if you can't solve it. 15 minutes. Start now."

Han Mengqi did worse than the first question. She was only able to write one line that was correct and everything else was wrong.

It might have been because Lu Zhou had a younger sister who was similar in age to Han Mengqi. So, he was not impatient at all. He did not laugh at her or call this a "free marks question". Instead, he explained the solving steps to her patiently.

When Han Mengqi saw the steps on the paper, her eyes widened and she said quietly, "Wow you're so good…"

"My study technique is to constantly evaluate my mistakes and learn from them. I hope you can copy down the questions that you can't solve into a book, then every week I can explain them to you," said Lu Zhou. He gave Han Mengqi the pen back and continued, "Having a book full of your mistakes is how you learn any mathematics or science subject. If you want to learn science subjects well, you have to be prepared. It's like an attack and damage carry buying a Doran's blade or a support buying wards. It's all basic preparation."

Han Mengqi's eyes lit up. She was suddenly interested and interrupted, "You play League of Legends as well? Which server? I'm good at support!"

"… Black rose server."

"Let me add you as a friend! Give me your QQ number!"

Lu Zhou reached out and knocked her forehead. He looked at her and said impatiently, "Stop playing games and get 100 marks in your exam first!"

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Chapter 36: Brother Zhou, Something Bad Happened!

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It was six o'clock at night when Lu Zhou went into the kitchen and put on an apron before he started to cook. This was part of their agreement. The chick also followed him into the kitchen and watched him as she was very interested.

The kitchen was stock with fresh food that Mrs. Yang probably bought.

There was tofu, pork tenderloin, and some fresh vegetables. Not only that, the almost used up salt and herbs were also replenished.

It seemed that Mrs. Yang acquiesced him using her kitchen. After all, she did not want her daughter to eat junk food and takeout every day.

But…

Why doesn't she hire a maid?

It did not bother Lu Zhou. He was happy to eat dinner at his customer's house because he did not have to spend money. He asked if Han Mengqi could eat spicy food before he started to cook.

Han Mengqi asked, "Have you been a tutor before?"

Lu Zhou replied while pouring the oil into the pot, "This is my first time."

Han Mengqi's eyes widened. She had not expected his answer and said, "Really? I think you're pretty good at teaching."

"You think so? Probably because I used to occasionally tutor my little sister," said Lu Zhou. He stir-fried the mincemeat, put in the tofu, added water, and covered the pot with a lid. He then turned the fire to a simmer and went to chop tomatoes.

He was making mapo tofu. As for the tomatoes, he was preparing it for fried eggs with tomatoes.

"You have a little sister?" asked Han Mengqi in surprise. She then added, "How old is she?"

"Same age as you. Grade 10 now and she'll be Grade 11 after this summer."

Han Mengqi twitched her nose. She was envious and sighed.

"I'm so jealous…"

"What are you jealous for? A little sister is very annoying."

Han Mengqi tilted her head and asked, "Do you hate your sister?"

Lu Zhou thought for a bit and shook his head, "Of course not, she's my family. Why would I hate her?"

He did not mention that one should love your family no matter what.

"I'm still jealous…" said Han Mengqi. She pouted, "I wish I have a brother."

What? Maybe she wants to be the troublesome sibling?

Lu Zhou rolled his eyes.

Han Mengqi stood next to him as she looked at the boiling pot and did not say anything. Suddenly she asked curiously, "Would my parents still make me a brother if they divorced?"

Lu Zhou thought and replied, "I don't know… Even if they did, it'd be a younger brother."

Speaking of which, why are you so looking forward to your parents' divorce?

Unexplainable.

Han Mengqi blushed and realized that she had asked a stupid question. She stuck her tongue out and did not say anything.

Lu Zhou placed the rice on the table. This time, he cooked three cups so that they did not have to worry about running out of rice to eat.

Han Mengqi sat on the dining table and started to eat the mapo tofu. Her fair forehead was full of sweat and her neck was moist from the steam but she did not complain as she ate happily.

Lu Zhou looked at this chick. He smiled and said, "You're like your cousin. You guys both like spicy food."

Han Mengqi opened her mouth and was about to eat when she put down the spoon and tilted her head, "What? My cousin doesn't like spicy food."

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

Han Mengqi tilted her head and confused, she asked Lu Zhou, "What?"

"Nothing?" replied Lu Zhou with an awkward expression.

I'll apologize to her the next time I buy her food…

They finished eating and Lu Zhou tidied up the table. He warned Han Mengqi to stay safe when she was alone at home and left.

He called a DiDi cab outside the apartment and went back to school.

Just as Lu Zhou was getting off the car in front of the school, he received a WeChat message from Mrs. Yang.

[Transfer: 1000]

Also…

[Yang Danqi: Thank you.]

Lu Zhou saw the thank you message and paused. He smiled and typed, [You're welcome.]

He was going to put his phone back into his pocket when a call came through.

He saw that Liu Rui was calling. Lu Zhou laughed. He thought that Liu Rui must have forgotten his keys and picked up the call.

However, just as he was about to tease the kid, an eager voice came through.

"Brother Zhou, something bad happened!"

…

Liu Rui immediately notified Lu Zhou.

Liu Rui was pretty arrogant sometimes, but he was not malevolent. Therefore, Lu Zhou decided to put up with him.

The important thing was, what exactly happened?

Lu Zhou went back to the dorm, picked up Liu Rui's phone, and started to read the article.

[On the topic of modern Chinese university academics: Starting from an undergraduate student's thesis]

The article discussed the overall situation of Chinese academics, from mathematics to physics, from computer science to philosophy. The last sentence talked about why China did not produce great scientists like Einstein and Newton.

Anyone that had written an article would know that the broader a question was, the more one could bullsh*t about it. One did not even have to be an expert to answer the question.

Then the article criticized the academic value of posting nine SCI theses into one journal. It portrayed this undergraduate student as an "academic cancer" that did not know anything.

Correct, they actually used the word "academic cancer".

Finally, it said that this undergraduate student came from the University of Jin Ling and the first name was Zhou.

The author was a scholar, commentator, scientific writer and a well known intellectual. He even had a "verified" check mark next to his profile picture.

This guy has millions of followers.

However…

Lu Zhou was muddled.

Who is this guy?

I don't even know you. What the hell are you doing?

I wrote the theses with my own abilities so why shouldn't I publish them? How did it affect you?

Liu Rui did not realize the seriousness of the situation and he laughed as he said, "When did you learn computer science? When did you submit to SCI?"

He had a thought but did not say it. It was: "I'll try submitting as well."

"I learned it while watching a movie! Why?" answered Lu Zhou angrily as he stared at him.

Liu Rui saw that Lu Zhou was angry so he shut his mouth up.

Lu Zhou took in a deep breath and once he calmed down, he asked, "Where did you see this?"

He did not believe that this kid would be bored enough to follow some so-called education commentator.

"A computer science student from my mathematical modeling training group posted it and I saw it… But I didn't post it to my news feed!" clarified Liu Rui.

Jealousy was still jealousy. Just because he was competitive did not mean that he was malevolent. Lu Zhou knew that his own roommate would not stab him in the back.

Lu Zhou did not respond and continued to read Weibo.

Liu Rui saw that Liu Rui did not speak so he asked, "What are we going to do?"

Lu Zhou did not know either. He did not even have a Weibo account. He had heard of Weibo before but never signed up.

Lu Zhou, "Insult him for me."

Liu Rui, "Insult for what? Wait, why don't you insult him yourself?"

Lu Zhou, "I don't have a Weibo account."

Liu Rui: "…"

Finally, Liu Rui and Lu Zhou decided not to bother with this scum.

Who cares if you criticize me?

Little boy, I won't even respond to you. Go and play with yourself! Who cares about you!

Then, Lu Zhou carried his computer bag and went to the library.

However, his analysis of the situation was oversimplified.

He was not just Lu Zhou, but he was also a University of Jin Ling student…

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Chapter 37: I Agree

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University of Jin Ling meeting room. An emergency meeting was held. The principal specifically requested for the dean of the computer science department to be present.

A lot of professors were in their laboratories when they were called to the meeting.

The topic of the meeting was simple. It was regarding one issue, which was the article floating around on Weibo: [On the topic of modern Chinese university academics: Starting from an undergraduate student's thesis].

The article mentioned that an undergraduate student published nine computer science theses within a month. It used that as an entry point to criticize the academic atmosphere of higher education institutions in China and their lax journal review process. It also mentioned that the student was from the University of Jin Ling.

The article was basically roasting the University of Jin Ling.

During the meeting, an old computer science professor adjusted his glasses, stood up, and said nonchalantly, "I've read those nine theses and they were actually pretty well written. It's quite impressive that an undergraduate student is able to write like this. He did try to submit quite a lot of theses, but his theses are more sophisticated than most other computer science theses. That Zhu Fangcai education commentator probably doesn't know much of information science. Maybe we should communicate with him, make him admit his mistake, and ask him to remove the article."

Why should someone be criticized for publishing too many theses?

The professor was very confused and he did not know why this meeting was necessary!

"Not realistic… This guy, Zhu Fangcai, knows what his level is at. Look at his titles. Education commentator, science writer. He's operating in a different field than us," said the secretary at the meeting table. He shook his head and said, "He's looking for a conflict. He won't negotiate with you."

This situation was difficult to deal with.

The student did not do anything wrong and the university obviously could not expel the student. The issue was that the public was one-sided and they condemned the university.

The whole situation was ridiculous. A non-academic pointing fingers by using his own status and influence.

The school management staff did not understand the motivation.

Thank god this did not happen during university application times. Otherwise, the people at this meeting would be furious.

Regardless, the situation had seriously damaged the university's reputation!

Principal Xu's facial expression was bad. He was silent for half a minute before he said slowly, "Right now, it's not important if the theses are of good quality. What's important is that the community has questioned our integrity. Our top priority is to remove those suspicions and clarify the situation. On the other hand, we also have to figure out what exactly happened!"

They discussed for the entire afternoon and finally came up with two decisions.

On one hand, the school had to save their public reputation and to explain the academic value of these theses. They also had to send a cease and desist letter and to ask for an apology. On the other hand, they had to ask the deans to find out who Lu was and to figure out the exact situation.

Nine SCI theses in one month with one more thesis off from double digits. It did sound fishy. These professors from various departments all submitted substandard theses for financial gain, but they never did something this crazy!

However, at this moment, the various deans did not know that Lu Zhou actually submitted 10 theses. Instead of computer science, the last one was in mathematics…

…

Weibo comments.

[F*ck me, an undergraduate student publishing 9 SCI theses, must be a scam. Is it really that easy to publish?]

[… I think I can do it as well. (dog emoji)]

[Support Teacher Zhou! Fight against academic cancer! Correct this fraud! (fist) (fist)]

[A student claiming to be from MIT said that this would never happen in America. The journal must have been exploited and the review process was fake…]

[Sad! What kind of students are my university producing! What's the use of writing theses? Can you turn the thesis into a nuclear bomb? Even an undergraduate student can publish so many, our country's academia is hopeless…]

[You try writing nine theses in a month, bunch of keyboard warriors.]

F*ck, what the hell is this?

Not even one person with a normal IQ is on my side?

Twenty thousand shares, ten thousand comments, countless views!

Lu Zhou sat in an empty classroom and scrolled through Weibo. He did not have a solution.

No one wants to figure out the truth. They only wanted to believe what is in front of them.

According to Mr. Zhu, the theses were worthless, but how many people actually read them?

Impossible.

Lu Zhou wanted to get revenge on these accusations and registered a Weibo account. He sent out a comment and no one even liked it.

Maybe this is the consequence of having an unpopular Weibo account…

Lu Zhou meditated and calmed himself down. He turned off his phone and scratched his head.

He thought he had selected the easier mission. Never had he thought that he would get in this much trouble.

This was due to his negligence as well. If he had used an alias to publish the theses, no one would notice. It was too late now.

Suddenly, his phone rang.

It was from Professor Tang.

Lu Zhou had a confused expression on his face. There was no reason for Professor Tang to call him.

Is it because of the theses? Hopefully not, right?

Lu Zhou had a feeling of uncertainty as he picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Little Zhou, what are you up to?"

Lu Zhou heard that his voice was calm and he relaxed as he replied, "I'm studying in the classroom, what's up?"

Professor Tang paused for a second before continuing, "Come to my office if you're free."

"Now?"

"Yeah, now."

…

Lu Zhou tidied up his laptop and books before heading to Professor Tang's office.

He walked in and saw that Dean Lu from the mathematics department and Dean Zhang from the computer science department were also there.

Lu Zhou walked in and the three professors smiled. They glanced at each other subtly and used their body language to communicate. Finally, it was Professor Tang that sighed and said, "Lu Zhou, I have to ask you something."

Lu Zhou replied, "Professor, please ask."

Professor Tang continued, "That time period… After you submitted the maths thesis, did you submit to SCI again?"

Lu Zhou knew that he could not hide and so, he replied honestly, "Yeah I did."

Dean Zhang looked at Dean Lu before saying helplessly, "I knew it. There are not that many students in our department with the first name Lu. None of them know how to write a thesis, much less submitting one."

Professor Tang was worried. He asked wistfully, "You submitted a mathematics thesis right?"

"Yeah…" said Lu Zhou honestly as he nodded his head. He then added softly, "And other theses… Ones about artificial intelligence and geography information systems."

Professor Tang's eyes nearly popped out, "You… Why did you jump to computer science! Weren't you researching Mersenne prime numbers just a few days ago?"

"I saw that the submission paid money. 150 yuan per thesis," said Lu Zhou apologetically. He looked at Professor Tang and quietly said, "Then I separated my research into nine parts, and submitted it…"

Professor Tang: "…"

Dean Lu: "…"

Dean Zhang: "…"

Was there an issue?

There obviously was no issue. After all, the university encouraged students to submit theses. Submitting for money was a bit weird, but nothing bad…

However, this situation created an issue.

The office became dead silent. Dean Lu finally coughed and spoke in a kind tone, "Uh… Student Lu, did you write the thesis yourself?"

"Yeah, of course," said Lu Zhou. He nodded his head as he continued, "I wrote them inside the library."

He was not lying because buying knowledge from the system was not enough to write the theses. He still had to research the parts that he did not understand. At most, he just copied the calculation processes.

He read more than a hundred documents and countless books to write those theses.

They did not even have to look at the security cameras. They could just ask him some artificial intelligence or GIS system questions and Lu Zhou would be able to answer all of them.

Of course, if they asked him some difficult questions like the application of artificial intelligence in other fields, he might not have been able to answer it. However, he could still use general points to buy the answer on the spot. It just that it would be wasteful…

Dean Lu did not know what to say. It was Dean Zhang that stood up, smiled, and said, "Dean Lu didn't mean anything by that. He was just surprised that you were so proficient in information science. I've seen your C language exam. 95 is very good. I obviously believe that you wrote the theses yourself… But some people don't believe you and one even wrote an article about it. Have you been on Weibo?"

Actually, strictly speaking, most of the artificial intelligence was written in C, which is quite different from C. The teacher only taught the basic syntax of C and did not dive deep in the language at all.

Dean Zhang knew that anyone that could write a thesis like that, would be proficient in C as well. A score of 95 satisfied his expectations.

"You're talking about that article?" asked Lu Zhou.

"Yes," said Dean Zhang. He stared at Lu Zhou and nodded, "You've read it?"

Lu Zhou replied, "I've read it." Even though he was furious, he still acted calm on the outside. He shook his head and carelessly said, "Those articles have no brains. I refuse to step down to their level."

In his heart, he actually wanted to stab the author.

"Student Lu, I have to correct you," said Dean Lu. He looked at Lu Zhou seriously, "You're not just one person. You're a student from our school. You represent our school's reputation! We'll not allow any immoral students but we also will not allow anyone to tarnish our student's reputation. I hope you can adjust your attitude and take this seriously."

"But Dean Lu, I can't do anything. I wrote to him and he did not reply," said Lu Zhou impatiently.

"Actually, Dean Lu just wanted you to have a more positive attitude," said Dean Zhang with a soothing tone. "Regarding the public reputation, our school will do a press conference. We hope that you can cooperate with us and speak up for yourself and the school. Is that okay?"

You guys just want me to speak up?

Easy, why didn't you tell me that earlier?

Lu Zhou relaxed and nodded his head.

"I agree!"

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Chapter 38: Help In One's Hour Of Need

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Shenzhen, Shunfung Group Building, CEO's office.

Wang Wei leaned back in his office chair and was scrolling through his phone.

It was after the lunch break. He would always take a half hour break after his lunch to look at what was trending on Weibo or today's news. After all, his work was closely related to the Internet and so, it was important for him to keep up to date.

"An undergraduate from the University of Jin Ling published nine SCI theses… Are undergraduate students these days so smart?" asked Wang Wei as he smiled and shook his head.

He opened the article and saw that the author was by famous science writer Zhu Fangcai.

Wang Wei saw this name and twitched his eyebrows. His first impression of him was not good.

This Zhu Fangcai counted as a celebrity. He was famous for annoying people on Weibo. He had no talent and was named "Big Mouth". Wang Wei was a practical workman and did not like this type of clever clowns. Especially since this person loved to criticize China's education system and talk about it every day. He would even use Wang Wei's high school education as an example to prove his points.

Wang Wei did not care about his education. Otherwise, he could just donate some money to a school and earn an honorary doctorate.

However, Zhu Fangcai would call him a "high school student", which annoyed Wang Wei. After all, no one liked to be exposed over and over again.

Wang Wei saw his name and lost interest. He did not even read the article as it was just trying to make mischief with big words.

Using an undergraduate student's nine theses to discuss Chinese academia?

Who the hell are you?

At this moment, a knocking sound came from his office door.

"Come in."

The person that came in was called Liang Shenghao. He was the technical director of the company's drone logistics research and development center. Graduated from Caltech, he had a dual degree in logistics management and computer science and he was only thirty years old.

Due to the recent advancements in drone technology, the concept of drones was trending. Shunfeng was the leading enterprise in domestic private logistics, and naturally, it refused to fall behind in the field of drones. Therefore, it had established an unmanned aerial vehicle logistics project in cooperation with DJI and invested 500 million and built an RD facility in Shenzhen.

Of course, due to hardware restrictions, it was very difficult to achieve drone distributions in the short term.

Wang Wei obviously knew this. Therefore, even though this RD center was technically supposed to be a UAV logistics RD center, there were not many researchers that engaged in UAV logistics RD. The main RD projects were concentrated in the direction of intelligent logistics.

What it meant was that it was using big data to predict warehouse location and merchant sales, as well as improving automatic sorting technology, etc.

Liang Shenghao walked to the office desk and placed a computer science magazine on the desk. He smiled and said, "CEO Wong, I found a genius for you."

"What?" Wang Wei put down his phone and looked at the magazine. He smiled and said, "Modern Communication and Geographic Information Technology? Didn't you tell me last time that there was a lot of substandard work in this journal? You finally ordered one?"

"I read all computer science journals, especially ones related to artificial intelligence. I don't really read domestic journals though," said Liang Shenghao. He pushed his glasses and continued, "Thank god I saw the article on trending, otherwise these theses would be in the trash."

"You're talking about?" Wang Wei's expression was slightly weird.

"That's right. That undergraduate student who submitted nine theses. I looked at them and the calculations mentioned in the theses were pretty interesting. It's just that…"

Oh?

An undergraduate student is able to get your attention?

Wang Wei was interested. He sat up straight and said, "Just what?"

"It's just that his research is a bit… Advanced," said Liang Shenghao. He thought about the words that he should use and continued, "UAV logistics delivery is still a concept. Not a single company in the world can achieve the hardware standards for delivery drones. Therefore, shipping companies around the world are still tied up on the hardware side."

Wang Wei nodded and asked, "I know this, what else?"

"But the content of his theses was based on the theoretical feasibility of drone delivery. For example, in his paper, he proposed to construct the concept of logistics 'honeycombs' in the city, docking with the sorting center, introducing the drone into the GIS system, automatically finding the way in the case of unmanned operations. It could identify the address through the camera, confirm the person receiving the object based on the face recognition technology, confirming the receipt by a gesture, and automatically uploading the alarm data when the drone is interfered with…"

Liang Shenghao spoke until here and stopped.

Wang Wei's fingers tapped lightly on the desk. He paused for a long time then said, "Okay, so he made a suggestion?"

If Lu Zhou had just made a suggestion, it would not have been anything special. Anyone could make a powerpoint on artificial intelligence and make some statements. Being able to mention those ideas just meant that he had some understanding of the topic.

However, if Lu Zhou's level was actually that low, he would not even get past the HR department.

"Not just a suggestion," said Liang Shenghao. He shooked his head, "It also mentioned a calculation method, mainly regarding facial recognition and GIS system. This is why I think this kid has skills. Especially the algorithms he wrote for facial recognition. Although I can spot some flaws in them, they could still be groundbreaking. Our research facility can even do additional research on his work."

It was not just an idea. Lu Zhou also realized his idea, which was a completely different story.

It was like a person saying, "I want to build an apartment", then finding two people and placing down two bricks. The value that those people built was different than the value of an idea.

Even though this undergraduate student had only realized a tiny percentage of his research, Wang Wei did not care. Any research required a long process. The higher the value of the research project, the more money and time it would take.

Wang Wei did not say anything. Instead, he picked up the computer science magazine and flipped to Lu Zhou's page.

[UAV logistics research and development prospects and framework discussion]

[A pixel analysis algorithm based on artificial intelligence]

[Optimization Algorithm for Dynamic Image Recognition Based on Artificial Intelligence]

[Automatic measurement method of human body size based on artificial intelligence algorithm]

[…..]

Even though the individual theses might be substandard, the total sum value of the theses was still substantial.

Liang Shenghao saw that his CEO did not speak, so he continued, "Publishing an algorithm like this on a journal is too wasteful, I recommend sending him a job offer and directly hiring him into our company. He can help us with research."

"Not so fast," said Wang Wei as he waved his hand.

Liang Shenghao frowned as he said, "Are you doubting his education? From his performance, even a graduate student in applied artificial intelligence wouldn't be as valuable as him. Also, even though we won't use UAV logistics in the short term, we will eventually have to enter this field! We should start preparing now. It's better now than later."

Computer science was a new subject. It was different than in other fields. Even though education was still important, it was not crucial for many successful tech entrepreneurs.

After all, those people with special talents would not be at job fairs. They would be on the list of famous companies' recruitment list.

"Haha, you don't have to teach me this. I only look at skills, you know that," said Wang Wei. He smiled and threw the magazine on the table, "Don't send the offer just yet, let's wait for a while. After all, we are the only Chinese company doing UAV delivery logistics so no one will steal him from us."

Liang Shenghao paused. He was about to say something but when realized the underlying meaning from the CEO, his eyes lit up.

I see…

My CEO is so smart!

An energetic young person being criticized like this, getting his research called worthless, must have built up a grievance in his heart.

Let that Zhu Fangcai clown attack him a bit more and wait till Lu Zhou can't handle the pressure anymore. Then Shunfung group will come out and offer a 500 thousand per year job to him, affirming his research value…

Then he would be loyal to Shunfeng forever!

A person with a high salary could always get a better position at another company. Therefore, many companies use employee benefits and stocks to retain their employees. The first key to employee retainment was convincing that the company's future was bright. The other was placing the company in the employee's heart, making the company special to them.

In some sense, the latter was more important than the former.

Wang Wei leaned against his office chair, smiled, and said, "Put this magazine here, I'll remember this. Go and do your own stuff."

"Okay," nodded Liang Shenghao before he left the office.

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Chapter 39: Understand The Lawyer's Letter

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Zhu Fangcai was feeling really good today.

He normally just criticized people all day. He did not expect to be number one on trending.

Although University of Jin Ling and the [Modern Communication and Geographic Information Technology] editorial department released a response indicating that the theses did not have any problems, the public was unconvinced due to the conflict of interest.

University of Jin Ling had no other options. They even sent a lawyer's letter to Zhu Fangcai!

In the lawyer's letter, University of Jin Ling righteously conveyed that the theses had no problems at all. Not only did University of Jin Ling asked for him to immediately withdraw the article, but they also requested for an apology. Otherwise, University of Jin Ling would maintain the right to sue.

In addition, it was posted on the official University of Jin Ling's Weibo account. It presented the response from the [Modern Communication and Geographic Information Technology] review board, which proved the academic value of the theses. This finally talked some sense into the netizens, making them wonder if they were lied to.

However, "Big Mouth" was not afraid.

Who cares about your marketing tactics?

Who cares about your lawyer's letter!

This isn't my first time someone threatened to sue me.

This would continue to make him trending!

He had gained four hundred thousand followers over the past two days, making him passed 3 million followers! His ad revenue had increased substantially. He just had to roast this lawyer a bit and he could surpass 4 million followers!

Therefore, Zhu Fangcai did not respond to Lawyer Zhang's letter at all. Not only that, he immediately opened up Weibo on his computer and started to write his second blog post.

In other words, his words of battle!

[The Embarrassing Angry Hypocrite: Speaking From a Lawyer's Letter]

Zhu Fangcai looked at the title in satisfaction and continued to tap on the keyboard. He followed his template and started to fill in the words.

"University of Jin Ling gave a reply that there is no problem with the theses. They're very bureaucratic and official."

"I've thought about it. Even if the theses had no problems, what gives an undergraduate student the right to publish nine SCI theses in a month?! Who can even proved that he wrote them himself? He must have plagiarized or had a ghostwriter!"

"… The university found out about a fake student and did not even investigate the student. Instead, they tried to seal the mouth of the author through a lawyer's letter. This type of approach disappointed every single citizen that cares about education! This student must have come from a privileged background!"

"I'll say I'm sorry if I offended some big celebrity. But I'll not apologize for this! Why should I apologize for something I'm incomparably correct on? I'm a science researcher. I think that writing nine theses within a month is impossible. I'm also an education commentator and I think I and the public have the right to remain suspicious!"

"I'll apologize if I get to confront the person named Lu and make him answer all my suspicions, but is he going to do it?"

When Zhu Fangcai typed in "named Lu", he paused for a second. His eyes turned and he had a sinister smile on his face. He pressed delete on the keyboard and typed in "a student named Zhou" instead.

Not only am I going to expose his last name, I'm exposing this Zhou's first name as well!

Press send!

Zhu Fangcai pressed send, crossed his legs, and put his feet up.

Very soon after, likes and comments started to come through.

[Astonishing, he's a first year!]

[I guess this nutty undergraduate student is named Lu Zhou! This story is finally solved.]

[I feel sorrow for our education system…]

[Support Teacher Zhu! Fight against academic fraud! (fist) (first)]

[If this was in country X, the police would arrest this kind of academic fraud…]

[What were the people thinking when they said that the theses had no problems. University of Jin Ling is obviously helping their own student for the sake of their reputation. But this student is in so much trouble, he's over. (smile)]

[…]

Hahahaha!

Zhu Fangcai looked at the increasing search numbers and was in ecstasy.

At this moment, the phone on his desk started to ring.

He cleared his throat and picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Mr. Zhu, this is University of Jin Ling's Academic Affairs Office…"

"Wow, impressive, you guys found my phone number? Let me tell you something, I'm not a student of yours. Skip the bullsh*t and get straight to the point," said Zhu Fangcai as he took out a cigarette, placed it in his mouth, and lighted it.

Zhu Fangcai's arrogant attitude shocked the teacher from the telephone. However, she restrained herself and said, "Then I'll get straight to the point. Your unwarranted accusation has caused problems for our student. I hope you can treat this situation seriously and issue an apology."

Zhu Fangcai laughed, flicked the ashes, and replied, "Problems? I don't think there are any problems. You can obviously question my words, but you guys cannot take away my freedom of speech!"

"You!" The teacher was furious at Zhu Fangcai's attitude, but she stopped after one word.

One could never overestimated the shamelessness of a scum. If he recorded the conversation and edited it, tomorrow's headline could be "university threatens a reporter."

The furious teacher did not speak, so Zhu Fangcai put his phone in his other hand and continued, "It's fine, let's not waste our time. I can apologize, but there are two things you have to prove to me. One, that the theses aren't fake and are of value! I'm warning you, I want proof from a higher authority and not from you guys. Second, that he actually wrote those theses! If you guys cannot prove these two points, then I'll continue to support my opinion! I'll fight for the integrity of the academic world!"

Once Zhu Fangcai finished speaking, he hung up the call instantly.

…

Lu Zhou felt like he became a panda. He did not know who leaked his WeChat but a lot of people had been adding him.

[Master, help write my thesis!]

[I want to ask about SCI, is it easy to pass?]

[Help write my theses, we can discuss the price.]

I guess some people can still recognize real talent.

Although their way of supporting me is pretty weird…

Of course, there were also a lot of people insulting him. They were probably Mr. Zhu's overly feverish fans.

Lu Zhou was used to it by this point. These people just used the same lines of insults repetitively. It was completely meaningless.

As for his family, they did not use weibo so they would never see this article. It did not affect his personal life much either and he still went to Han Meng Qi's place nonchalantly and tutored her in maths yesterday.

No one on the street knew that he was Lu Zhou. There were not that many people inside the school due to the school holidays.

At this moment, Lu Zhou suddenly noticed that Chen Yushan sent him a message.

[Chen Yushan: I haven't seen you in the library recently, are you okay?]

[Chen Yushan: That person is so evil! You worked so hard writing…]

[Chen Yushan: How about… I'll buy you dinner tonight?]

Lu Zhou felt warm that someone cared for him so much. His fingers touched his phone and typed: [Another day. I still have to do an interview for Jin Ling Daily and I don't know when I'll finish.]

[Chen Yushan: You're going on the newspaper???]

[Lu Zhou: It's not because of something good though…]

Lu Zhou waited for a bit and Chen Yushan sent two messages.

[I believe in you!]

[You got this!]

What?

Lu Zhou laughed and then looked at the time on his phone.

It's about time!

Lu Zhou arrived in the classroom. In addition to Dean Lu, a couple of other leaders from the mathematical department were also present.

As they had seen Lu Zhou's theses, the professors' impression of him was good. Lu Zhou said hi to them and they even smiled at him.

Their own student was in the right, obviously they had to unite against the outside world.

The Jin Ling Daily reporter was preparing for the interview. Dean Lu took this time and dragged Lu Zhou aside to ask, "Are you ready? The reporter will tell you that you only have to answer the questions you know."

"I know," said Lu Zhou as he nodded.

Dean Lu did not say much. He patted his shoulders and said, "Then go ahead."

The interview began.

Lu Zhou sat on a chair in the classroom while he faced a camera and microphone. He was surprised to find himself calmer than expected.

The female reporter with a ponytail smiled at him. When she received the signal to begin, she said with the tone of a reporter, "Hello, I'm the reporter from Jin Ling Daily. Can I ask how you wrote nine SCI theses within a month?"

This question was expected.

Lu Zhou thought and said, "Actually, I didn't feel like it was too difficult. The nine theses were all related to the application of artificial intelligence, which is a relatively new field. I feel like my work wasn't very difficult. Also, I researched for quite a while before and I only started to write recently…"

The reporter chick nodded her head and looked at him in support. She continued to ask the second question, "Do you have anything to say regarding Mr. Zhu's question of your theses' value?"

"I think the proposition that my theses have no value is a false accusation. He doesn't know anything about computer science. Can he even understand my theses? Did he even check my calculations? He had probably never even read them or he can't even understand them…" said Lu Zhou impatiently.

"I think Mr. Zhu wouldn't be happy hearing this as he's a self proclaimed scientific writer," said the reporter as she laughed. She then continued to say, "But a first year… Or a soon to be second year student publishing in nine SCI theses within a month is a bit ridiculous. This is why the public is questioning you. Furthermore, Mr. Zhu brought up that the theses could be plagiarized or that it wasn't written by you…"

"Those are completely baseless accusations," shrugged Lu Zhou. He tried to maintain his cool, "I've written every single thesis in the library. I can ask the school for security tapes if you wish."

"There's no need for security tapes. You mentioned that you have also submitted a mathematics thesis, right?" The reporter sharply picked up on Lu Zhou's words and wanted to expand further on it.

Lu Zhou could not hide it. He would rather say it himself first before someone else digs it up and attacks him with it.

Lu Zhou nodded and admitted, "Yes, other than computer science theses, I have submitted two theses in the [ International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics] journal. One of them was during the time I wrote the nine theses. So, actually I wrote ten theses within a month."

The reporter heard him and her eyes lit up. Dean Lu's face went blue. He looked at Lu Zhou intensely, hoping to convince him not to continue speaking about this topic.

However, Lu Zhou purposely did not look at Dean Lu.

Since others had chosen a high-key profile for Lu Zhou, there was no use for him staying low-key. He had to stay high-key in order to fight back.

After all, this isn't a simple debate. It is difficult for me to disprove the accusations. If I said that the academic reviewers can prove the value of my theses, they can jump out and doubt the authenticity of the academic reviewers. They will suspect that the journal and school are covering me for their own reputation.

Maybe the public can critically think for themselves…

Never mind, it's impossible.

The overwhelming public opinion would defeat him, regardless of the truth.

Therefore, Lu Zhou had already decided.

He could not be a normal person. A genius was abnormal.

If you want to paint me as an academic cancer, then I will paint myself as a genius!

The reporter nodded her head. She was about to ask the next question when loud knocking sounds suddenly came from outside the classroom.

The reporter was interrupted. Dean Lu frowned but the teacher that came in spoke with a joyful tone.

"Dean Lu! Our school received a "Thank You" letter from New York University. The recipient is Lu Zhou!"

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Chapter 40: Simply Outrageous

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[Hello, Lu Zhou. This is New York University's Courant mathematical research department. First of all, thank you for submitting your research to the [ International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics] journal. One of your conclusions mentioned in the "Optimal Inversion Theory of Linear Operators and Linear Functional" thesis made significant progress for our research collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute.]

[… The project is regarding seismic wave back spectrum analysis which is used in geological exploration and seismic research. Specific details of the project are under a confidentiality agreement. But I promise you, your research is used for peaceful purposes…]

[… When we found out that you are only 19 years old, Professor Rodwell and Professor Li of our institute expressed their surprise.

At the same time, I quite admire your talent in mathematics. While expressing gratitude for your research, we are also sincerely inviting you. If you are interested in coming to the US to study undergraduate and master's degrees, please be sure to contact us. The University of New York campus is open to you.]

Beijing, next to the Wudaokou college, in an old-fashioned apartment building.

The Jin Ling Daily was on the table and it quoted the letter from New York University. It selected parts from the letter and summarized the controversy on Weibo.

As for the origin of this newspaper, it was sent by his old classmate, who was the principal at the University of Jin Ling.

Also sent together was a copy of the English letter.

"Simply outrageous!"

The white-haired old man finished reading the newspaper, pushed his glasses, and shook his head. His finger on the table was shaking in anger.

A middle-aged man walked into the study room. When he saw the old man's face, he asked, "Dad, what make you this angry?"

"Look at this yourself," said the old man as he knocked on the newspaper with his finger.

The middle-aged man saw the newspaper's cover page and suddenly realized.

He was different than his old retired father who would spend his day walking the dog and playing chess. He actually used the Internet frequently. He had obviously heard of this trending news. He was just talking about this with his colleague yesterday.

It did not matter if the theses actually had a problem. A self-proclaimed "expert" trying to catch an undergraduate student, was a greedy tactic for fame.

He's just trying to steer up the pot, basically harassment.

You could even say that he's destroying intellectuals, how devious!

The man smiled and asked, "You know about this as well?"

"An outsider pointing fingers, how outrageous! I can't stand him! …"

It was like his turbid pupils fell into the memories of the past.

The old man opened his mouth. He then sighed suddenly and shook his head.

"Never mind, I'm not saying it. It's in the past."

Then, he looked at the newspaper again. It cited a blog post about the blogger named Zhu Fangcai.

"… This article is well written, similar to the custom of the past." said the old man. He supported himself on the chair armrests and stood up.

The middle-aged man asked, "Dad? You're going out? We're eating soon."

The old man waved his hand and walked towards the door, "I'm not eating. I'm going to my old classmate's house! I'm angry, my heart's feeling uncomfortable!"

…

The Thank-You letter that [Jinling Daily] posted changed the public's opinion.

A student acknowledged by New York University could not be academic cancer.

The people who were originally skeptical about Lu Zhou began to reflect on this new information.

New York University was ranked in Top 30 in the world. One could say that the University of Jin Ling was covering up their own reputation, but there was no reason for someone across the Pacific Ocean to do that, right? Furthermore, the Swiss research facility also sounded high-profile…

This report came out and Zhu Fangcai was outraged.

He could not sit still. He jumped out of his chair and published the third blog post.

He was no longer entangled in the academic value of the paper this time.

"Even though you can prove there's nothing wrong with the thesis, you still can't prove that you wrote it yourself!"

"How could an undergraduate student possibly write theses like this?"

"Who can prove it? The University of Jin Ling? Just because you went to the library a few times? I've been to the library countless times. How come I can't write 10 theses in a month?"

"You said that you're a genius. I don't believe it!"

Lu Zhou looked at Zhu Fangcai's blog post and thought, "It's because you're dumb…"

However, unfortunately, Lu Zhou's opponent did not give him this chance.

The argument was getting ugly.

Just when Lu Zhou thought that this controversy would continue, [Huaguo Youth Daily] published a report, breaking the stalemate.

The article title was dominating.

[Ambitions of a young hero!]

The article did not mention the online fight some time ago. It only reported a normal university student publishing eleven SCI theses this year. Furthermore, two professors from Wudaokou university evaluated these papers and that thank-you letter from across the ocean.

And his name was Lu Zhou.

Not only was this article published in the magazine but it was also posted on [Huaguo Youth Daily] official Weibo.

Also, [Everyone Daily] and several other media outlets re-posted it.

Lu Zhou was once again on trending.

However, this time he was on for a completely different reason…

Zhu Fangcai stared at his phone screen in rage. He could not stop sweating.

He suddenly realized that he was playing out of his league.

No one used to care about him and he could say whatever he wanted. Anyone that responded was also around his level and there was no one that could destroy him.

However now…

The media was blatantly trying to set Lu Zhou as an example of a stellar student. Yet, his argument was exactly the opposite of the media's propaganda.

This is bad…

What do I do?

Surrender?

But my fans wouldn't like it and my hard earned fans could all disappear.

But if I don't surrender…

Zhu Fangcai was actually scared that he was going to get called out next.

No matter how many fans one had, one could still easily get destroyed by the media.

At the exact moment, his phone rang.

It was a call from another education commentator named Zhong Bowen.

The guy wrote similar blogs, but less harsh. His views were not as radical as "Big Mouth" either. The people called him Old Zhong. He was a kind and good person.

"Zhu, just stop this thing. It's still not too late. If you continue on, I'm afraid there will be problems," said Old Zhong with a heavy heart.

"Old Zhong, it's not that I don't want to stop. I can't stop!" sighed Zhu Fangcai.

Old Zhong was heartbroken, "You think those universities are easy to mess with? Do you think that they don't have followers? Is this about followers?! Why did you go after a university of all things when you don't have alumni friends?"

"I didn't want to anger the University of Jin Ling. I just wanted to criticize that little kid. Anyone that saw ten theses in a month would also think that it's not normal, right? Who knew that their reaction would be so big? I think there must be a problem!" argued Zhu Fangcai.

"I think there's a problem with your brain," said Old Zhong. He could not help but insult him, "Think with your brain, an undergraduate student publishing 10 theses in a month, obviously he's not a normal person!"

Now that you put it this way…

You're right…

But now it's too late for regrets.

"Then what do you suggest I do?" said Zhu Fangcai as he sighed.

"This thing is easy to solve. They just want you to apologize. If you apologize, admit your mistakes, this thing would be over," said Old Zhong through the telephone.

"No way, I'd much rather take the lawsuit. A lawsuit wouldn't be too expensive… If I admit defeat, I would lose more," said Zhu Fangcai. He was struggling to speak. Finally, he shook his head, "At most, I won't speak as much."

There's no way I'm apologizing. I'm not apologizing ever.

I'll give them the silent treatment or we can go to court!

He had seen bigger storms than this!

He wrote that Longjing tea cured cancer and was sued by the government for a measly sixty thousand yuan. The court could force him to pay, but they could not force him to apologize!

Old Zhong sighed, shook his head, and said, "Then I won't help you, I wish you the best."

He hung up the phone.

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Chapter 41: Come Take Your Delivery

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Shunfeng building, CEO's office.

It was a lunch break.

"I wanted to help him in a time of need, but guess now he doesn't need our help," said Wang Wei as he looked at the number one trending and shook his head. He pressed like on the Everyone Daily's re-post.

At this moment, knocking sounds came from his door.

Wang Wei did not even lift his head when he said, "Come in."

The Head of Human Resources came in.

"CEO, should I delay the offer till the weekend?"

Wang Wei thought for a bit and replied, "Send it now. There's no point waiting."

This news actually affected [Everyone Daily, which he did not expect. However, when all of this was happening, he did not feel too surprised.

Smelling out politics was a must for any businessman.

The meaning was clear from the meeting two years ago.

The Internet was not exempt from laws. Freedom of speech did not mean that one could be unscrupulous. Zhu Fangcai relied on trending topics, used arrogant words, and shamed people for no reason at all. His days would get harder and harder.

Not to mention, he had negatively impacted society.

Without any concrete evidence, he used his own status and tarnished the reputation of an ambitious student. He used groundless phrases like "ten theses a month" and "academic cancer" to increase his popularity.

He was no different than a noisy child.

Now that Zhu Fangcai was scared, he stopped screwing around. He wanted to stay low-key, but it was not that easy to stay low-key.

The hand had already been raised and it was about to slap. It was a matter of how hard the slap was going to be.

If that big mouth was smart, he would slap himself and recognize his mistakes. Maybe then, this hand would not slap him.

However, the guy obviously was dumb…

Wang Wei thought for a bit and laughed. He touched his phone screen and re-posted the Everyone Daily's article. He even added a caption.

[Young boy, half a million per year salary. How about you come to work at Shunfung? (dog face)]

Press.

Send.

His comment section and messages blew up.

…

It had only been a week since the beginning of this controversy and it was already posted in the Huaguo Youth Daily.

Lu Zhou did not expect to win so dramatically.

Everyone Daily's re-post completely changed the direction of the public's opinion. The public saw the government's clarification and instantly jumped on the train of condemning Zhu's big mouth.

An undergraduate student that received recognition from New York University and the Swiss' Paul Scherrer Institute, whose computer science thesis got attention from a billion yuan enterprise, such a great student was called academic cancer?

Outrageous!

[Do you still get likes for insulting, Old Zhu?]

[I already said that the theses had no problems. Old Zhu loves to abuse people.]

[I have to kneel to this genius. I can't even write two theses in a year.]

[Everyone sits down and pray to study god (dog)]

[I feel like I wasted my four years in university…]

[As an international student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this phenomenon is very common in US. We generally call these people curve-wrecker, meaning curve destroyers, because their performance is always at the extreme ends of the normal distribution curve.]

[If the youth is strong the country is strong, like the Everyone Daily post! (fist) (fist)]

[…]

What made Lu Zhou hysterical was that he did not know who leaked his Weibo as he had received over two hundred thesis writing requests.

He had only recently registered this account and did not expect to amass fifty thousand followers.

On the other hand, Zhu Fangcai was attacked by the public. He was like a scared kitten. He did not release a statement nor did he go on Weibo.

He would never apologize.

But what was the point of being a turtle?

Even if one had a turtle shell made of metal, a person could still stomp you to death from above.

Zhu Fangcai never thought that his third insulting blog post would become the last blog he would ever post.

He opened his computer and logged in to see how many followers he had lost. He was astonished.

His Weibo account had been banned…

When Zhu Fangcai saw the news, he felt like he was surrounded by darkness and he nearly passed out.

He laid in his chair and stared blankly at the computer screen.

Over three million followers…

Gone in an instant.

What he was sad about was not only the fans that followed him, it was his five hundred thousand per month advertisement income.

His account was worth more than ten million yuan!

It was like his heart was bleeding. It was unbearable. Zhu Fangcai picked up the telephone and called Weibo's customer service.

As soon as someone picked up the phone, he started to shout: "Why did you guys ban my account? What did I do wrong! I'm warning you, if you don't explain this to me, I'll file a complaint!"

The customer representative heard his complaints calmly and said politely, "Hello sir, are you asking about your Weibo account?"

Zhu Fangcai was still angry. He remembered that he did not say his name and quickly calmed down, "My name is Zhu Fangcai."

"Please wait." After a while, the customer representative continued, "Hello sir, we suspended your Weibo account due to the posting of harmful information. You have violated [Weibo's user license agreement]…"

Zhu Fangcai was furious. He interrupted and angrily asked, "Which clause had I violated?! I'm using my freedom of speech. What gives you the right to stop me! I'm warning you. Unblock my account immediately or I'll take you to court…"

The customer service representative remained calm as he said, "My apologies. The violation was administered by the government's security network supervision department. We cannot unblock it. Please appeal through judicial channels."

Public security network supervision department…

We cannot unblock it…

Please appeal through judicial channels…

It was like every sentence ruthlessly mocked him.

Zhu Fangcai nearly started to bleed on the keyboard.

However, his streak of bad luck did not end. Just as he hung up the phone, he received another phone call.

When he picked up, Zhu Fangcai said depressingly, "Hello…"

"EMS parcel. Come downstairs can get your package."

Package?

I didn't buy anything online recently…

Zhu Fangcai paused for a second. Confused, he asked, "What package?"

"It's a document. Let me look at it for you. It seems to be a folder or something," said the delivery man. He stood next to his van and his phone was lodged between his neck and shoulder as he turned the package around and said, "Jin Ling's City… Court? It's definitely your package, come get it!"

Zhu Fangcai quietly hung up and threw his phone on the table.

He sprawled out in his chair and took out his pack of cigarettes before igniting one.

Through the smoke, he could see his own reflection in his phone's screen.

Suddenly, he realized that he looked like he's ninety years old…

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Chapter 42: I Want To Be A Scientist

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Lu Zhou saw that the Shunfeng CEO tagged him in his post and thought that it was just a joke. He did not expect to actually receive an offer from Shunfeng group.

However, as he did not have an email, the offer was sent by mail delivery to the school. It was actually Shunfeng that delivered the package.

Unfortunately, it was the school that called his phone and asked him to pick up the package. He did not even think that it could be the offer. He opened the package as soon as he got it and a few students around him saw it.

Perhaps some people had applied for jobs at Shunfeng because they recognized the package logo.

They thought about that trending Shunfeng post…

As of now, everyone knew that the CEO of Shunfeng was serious!

Not only was he famous on Weibo, but he was also famous in his WeChat friends' news feed. People posted stuff like "worship the god" and "worship the genius". He could not even be humble if he wanted to.

Although there were plenty of geniuses in a place like the University of Jin Ling, there were not that many that were on the level of Lu Zhou!

He had already received half a million yuan offer in his first year. Imagine if he graduated!

As for those students that had already graduated, they felt like they had wasted their four years at university. They studied the most popular majors, received a bunch of certificates, worked a couple of years, jumped a couple of ships, and even then, they only earned 20-30 thousand yuan per month.

When they looked in the mirror, they could only see themselves as a nearly retired middle-aged person.

A half a million yuan salary was something that most people could only dream of.

However, Lu Zhou was slightly upset.

He was stuck. What should he do with this offer?

He had read the offer multiple times since he received it yesterday. Shunfeng's offer was extremely attractive, half a million yearly salary, stock compensation in three years, etc.

Honestly speaking, when Lu Zhou looked at the salary, he was excited.

Of course, he was excited. He could work for a few years, then buy a house and a car. Then he just had to find a beautiful wife that could be worthy of him and his life would be set!

However, he thought about the system and became silent.

Although the system screwed him over countless times, the system still made him more valuable.

At least more valuable than a half a million salary…

"Zhou… Brother Zhou, have you decided on your offer?" asked Liu Rui. He wanted to shout Lu Zhou's name, but for some reason, he felt buried under Lu Zhou's popularity and changed his words.

Lu Zhou looked at Liu Rui. He paused for a second before saying, "Are you jealous right now?"

Liu Rui was stunned and he replied, "No sh*t! Who wouldn't be jealous?"

Was this question necessary!

Lu Zhou sighed, "But I… Want to reject the offer."

Liu Rui: ? ? ?

Even though he knew that Lu Zhou was pretending, he still could not help but ask.

"Why? It's such a good opportunity."

Lu Zhou looked at the sky and said, "I don't want that type of lifestyle."

When he saw Liu Rui's expression, he finally decided.

A half a million yuan salary was enough for many people to look up to, but it still was a goal for average people. Even a million yuan salary was the same.

He had the system, so why should he have to work for other people?

Lu Zhou decided.

He would never work for other people.

Liu Rui was silent for a while before asking, "Did you think about that kind of lifestyle? The life with that kind of money?"

"I want to be a scientist."

Liu Rui: "…"

I want to fight this guy…

…

After all, they sent the offer through an actual letter.

Lu Zhou felt that if he replied using his email, it might be a little disrespectful. Therefore, after a moment of consideration, he decided to call the phone number printed on the offer and gently reject them.

They listened to his speech and went silent for around ten seconds before saying, "Too little? Come to Shenzhen. We'll buy a plane ticket for you. We can discuss face to face."

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

Why is the human resource so overbearing?

The other end of the phone did not hear Lu Zhou speak and so, they coughed before saying calmly, "Let me introduce myself, I am Wang Wei."

The f*ck?

The phone number on the offer isn't for human resources?

This CEO has so much free time…

If Wang Wei knew what Lu Zhou was thinking, he would be furious.

Lu Zhou was not shaken by the guy who was in the Forbes' rich list. He took a deep breath and said, "It's not about the money. I think I haven't learned enough. There's so much more to learn. Therefore, even though your offer is attractive, I don't have the intention of working right now. I'm really sorry."

The other end of the phone did not give up. In an old man's tone, he continued to say, "A lot of things can be learned in the school of society and work. I believe that if you come to us, you'll learn many things that will interest you. And to tell you the truth, if you can write an algorithm like this, the university cannot offer you much help. What you need is opportunity and money that the school cannot give you but I can."

He talked until this point before pausing. He then laughed before continuing, "If you're worried that your education will be an obstacle for promotions, then you shouldn't be worried. Education background is more used to screen talent for normal people, not for talented people like you. I think that ability is more important than education and achievements."

Lu Zhou sighed in his heart while he secretly admired this guy.

No wonder this guy is on the Forbes list. His attitude of thirst is insane. If this was two months ago, I probably would've been worshiping this guy.

But now I realize I still have a lot to learn.

"Sorry," said Lu Zhou as he shook his head. He said with a clear voice, "Although I appreciate that you are looking at me so highly, right now, I don't have the plan to start working. I'm hoping that the next time we meet, it would be as business partners."

The other end of the phone paused before the sound of laughter came through.

"Hahahaha, I really look forward to that."

He was rejected so there was not much left to talk about.

Wang Wei hung up the phone, shook his head, and threw his phone on the table.

"This kid is pretty interesting."

Become a business partner of Shunfeng? Quite ambitious.

You better get some angel financing first!

There are too many entrepreneurs that have failed. Without capital, there is no chance to actualize technology.

He had seen too many people resigned in the name of entrepreneurship.

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Chapter 43: Should You Forgive When Possible? Nope

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It was in the afternoon at the same old lecture hall when Lu Zhou was doing an interview from [Huaguo Youth Daily].

Speaking of which, it was his second interview this month.

The interview was different compared to the last one. This time, the Huaguo Youth Daily reporter told Lu Zhou that not only would the interview be published in the newspaper, but the video might also be published online as well. Due to this, Lu Zhou was slightly nervous when the interview began.

A pretty young woman interviewed him. Her voice was pleasant and similar to a radio broadcaster's voice.

The lady smiled and said, "Hello, Student Lu, can we begin?"

Lu Zhou nodded his head and said, "Yes, please ask away."

"You don't have to be nervous. The questions are simple," said the reporter with a smile. She nodded as a signal for the cameraman to begin before speaking with a professional tone, "First of all, I want to ask how do you study normally? Any tricks or tips?"

Lu Zhou thought for a bit and replied, "I don't really have any tricks. I just go to the library and study there. It's not much different than other students."

"Really? Then I think Student Lu must be a genius of some sort," said the report with a smile. She continued, "From our interview with other students, we heard that you still work part-time. I would like to ask, how are you able to study and work at the same time?"

Lu Zhou laughed and said, "I work mostly because of my family's financial situation. I think that if you manage your time well, you can study and work at the same time."

Meanwhile, in his heart, he was thinking about the opposite.

Work didn't affect my studies?

Bullsh*t!

The reporter asked, "I heard that you have a younger sister in high school?"

Lu Zhou replied, "Yeah, she's about to be in Grade 11 after the summer."

The reporter smiled and continued to ask, "For your sister and other students preparing for the university entrance exam, do you have anything to say?"

Lu Zhou looked into the camera and smiled brightly, "I support you!"

Done.

The interview was already over.

The last question was a type of "hidden advertisement" that the school requested. Lu Zhou answered all of the other questions honestly.

The interview ended and the Huaguo Youth Daily reporter packed up the equipment with the help from the school staff. They still had to write reports from other students.

For the University of Jin Ling, this debate could be said to be a great victory. Not only did they cleared up their own grievances, but the media also praised their name.

Which university could train such a talented undergraduate student?

Even though the school did not necessarily cultivate the student, it still brought honor to the school!

At the last school leader meeting, Principal Xu Jian said Lu Zhou's name twice, which made the mathematical department seemed very respectable. Especially Dean Lu, his face was full of smiles for half of the meeting.

What counts as a good achievement for the mathematical department?

This counts as a good achievement!

The staff handed a water bottle to Lu Zhou and he was taking a sip when he saw Dean Lu walking over to him.

The dean patted Lu Zhou's shoulder and said with a smile, "Your interview was good. The school leader called and told me to tell you not to work part-time anymore and to quit jobs like sorting packages and handing out flyers. Try not to do them if possible. If there are difficulties in your life, the school has scholarships."

The sentence implied that the next scholarship was his.

Lu Zhou asked cautiously, "Then is tutoring okay?"

"Of course! I support with both of my hands up!" said Dean Lu with a smile. He continued, "The school does not want to prevent you from working. It's just… When choosing a job, think about the type of work you're doing and try not to choose a time wasting and difficult job."

The dean was actually afraid of people gossiping.

What if someone tried to twist the story and asked why the school was forcing such an excellent student to go hand out flyers or dressing up as mascots? What if they asked where were the scholarships?

Lu Zhou heard Dean Lu and breathed a sigh of relief.

He was happy to be allowed to continue tutoring.

The scholarship would only be ten thousand yuan, plus it was only a one-time thing. He would earn more just by tutoring.

"Oh yeah, one more thing," said Dean Lu as he cleared his throat. While laughing, he said, "Our school has decided to formally prosecute the person who affected your life a while ago. The prosecuting lawyer is Professor Wang Haihe from our law school. We won't ruin him, but we'll at least make him pay the price he deserves! You might have to testify in court. That's not a problem, right?"

Inviting a law professor to court was pretty disrespectful towards the opponent.

There may even be a couple of students standing in the court.

Lu Zhou imagined this in his mind.

He stood up immediately and said, "I don't mind! Please inform me to be present if necessary!"

A genius student has to use all his strength to defeat the opponent!

Sparing people? Impossible.

You have to kill an insect like this!

Lu Zhou did not mention that he did not have the time nor the energy to sue. Now that the school offered to help him, obviously he would not refuse them. He could not wait to go to court.

The interview finished and Lu Zhou went to the research building.

Earlier, he had told Professor Tang about the offer that he received. Professor Tang asked him to come to the office and wanted to talk about it with him.

"… Offer for half a million? You really rejected it?" asked Professor Tang when he heard Lu Zhou's decision. He found it hard to believe because he knew that Lu Zhou was hungry for money.

Half a million.

Professor Tang heard two graduate students talking about this. They complained about how they did not get this lucky. They would have accepted the job if it was just 250k.

"Professor, I've already thought about it clearly. I want to dedicate my youth to scientific research. The money will not erode my dreams," said Lu Zhou with a serious tone.

Professor Tang suddenly realized that not only was this kid hungry for money, he also had another bad trait.

It was dishonesty… He loved to brag…

But after all, this doesn't seem too bad?

At least, he could back it up with his grades. It's better than those arrogant people with no skill.

"I'm very pleased that you can make such a wise decision. Your future is definitely brighter than half a million salary. I originally planned to persuade you not to take the job, but now it seems that there is no need for that…"

Professor Tang paused before he continued, "Also, about the invitation from that New York University. As a professor from the University of Jin Ling, I wish for you to stay. But as a teacher, I have to tell you that the invitation from NYU is a huge opportunity for you. Think about it clearly."

If he was a good student, Jin Ling would not care about him. However, Lu Zhou was a student that produced stellar results. Naturally, the school wanted him to stay in the country and in school. After all, publishing SCI theses as an undergraduate student was impressive. He might even have an opportunity to win the Field Prize once he began to pursue his master's degree.

Studying abroad in the US?

It seems expensive.

Not to mention the problem of language and culture.

Lu Zhou thought for a bit and shook his head. He said with a smile, "I think I shouldn't. The University of Jin Ling is pretty good, I told my little sister that I'll wait here for her."

A smile emerged on Professor Tang's face as he said, "It's great that you think that. The school leader asked me to do an "ideological education" on you, but now it seems unnecessary. If you stay at University of Jin Ling, I promise you that you will receive a graduate spot and scholarships."

Lu Zhou smiled, "That's… Thank you very much!"

"This is our obligation," said Professor Tang with a nod. He smiled and added, "Okay, I've nothing else to say. Go and reply to New York University, then prepare for your modeling competition. I hope I can see your name on the the list of first prize winners."

Lu Zhou smiled and nodded, "Yes, for sure!"

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Chapter 44: Resentment From Loners

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Morning, in the library.

Once Lu Zhou was finally freed from the controversy, he came here to study.

As usual, he met Chen Yushan, who was studying for the graduate entrance exam.

They were discussing mathematics and started to talk about what happened recently.

Chen Yushan's eyes widened when she heard that Lu Zhou rejected the offer.

"You rejected the offer from Shunfeng?"

That's half a million yuan salary!

That's unlike him…

"Yeah, I can't just stop studying and work in Shenzhen," said Lu Zhou as he rolled his eyes. He added, "That would kill my father."

"Oh yeah, if you accepted the job, you can't continue with your studies," said Chen Yushan as she nodded. She poked her chin with a pen and said, "Then don't go. Getting a bachelor's degree is important."

Lu Zhou laughed.

From his perspective, the bachelor's degree was not that important.

It was just that the missions were easier to complete in a school. He could read all the books in the library, download all the research material for free, and he could even talk to the professors.

God knows what kind of impossible missions the system would give him once he left school.

He should stay in the school before he levels up. He wanted to start a tech business and there was no better place to do research than in a university.

Chen Yushan said, "Oh yeah, my auntie wanted me to ask if you are free tonight."

Lu Zhou replied, "I'm free, what's up?"

Chen Yushan said, "She wants to buy us dinner."

"Dinner? Why?" asked Lu Zhou as he looked at Chen Yushan curiously.

Why would she want to buy me dinner for no reason?

Of course, if someone insisted on buying him food, he definitely would not refuse.

Chen Yushan said with a smile, "You've been tutoring my cousin, right? This month's exams results came out and her maths score was better than expected. My auntie wants to buy you dinner as a show of appreciation. Of course, I'm the one that got you this job, so I should take credit as well. I'm going too."

Lu Zhou smiled and asked, "What did she get?"

"116! She was ecstatic when she heard the result. So was my auntie! I haven't seen her that happy for a long time," said Chen Yushan. She pouted, "See I told you that you would be good at teaching mathematics."

High school mathematics…

Reviewing the outline, going over the mistakes, and the book "High School Exams Done In Three Years."

If you had these three things and some time, your results would not be bad. However, if you want high scores, then it would depend on talent. Some people were naturally gifted toward numbers. It was impossible to catch up with hard work if you were not gifted.

For example, Lu Zhou had a high school classmate that could do two-dimensional equations without a pen. He could just do it in his head. Every time the maths teacher would talk about losing easy marks in the exam, she would mention that genius.

Han Mengqi actually had some talent for science. Once you taught her something once, she would never get it wrong again. If she had the right attitude towards learning, she could easily catch up.

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Maybe because your cousin and my sister are around the same age. Dealing with teenagers her age is mostly about communication."

"You have a sister?" asked Chen Yushan as her eyes lit up.

At the exact moment, there was a heavy cough coming from the front row.

The pair sensed a strong hint of a complaint and shut their mouth up.

The resentment was coming from the loner sitting near them.

Chen Yushan poked her tongue out. She took her exercise book and moved the chair back to her spot.

It was hard to chat and laugh in the library. Even if they were quiet, the people that were studying could still hear them. Lu Zhou knew this and smiled. He was embarrassed and he quickly stopped talking and started to read his book.

Yesterday, he finished the book [Topology]. He had finished all the mathematics on the book list. The next subject waiting for him was information science.

The system did not generate that many information science books on the book list. There were only three in total. One of them involved a new algorithm while the other two mainly contained advanced knowledge of C.

What was annoying was that it would be difficult to learn advanced programming just from reading the textbook. He had to read a lot of other materials. It was also not easy to pick out a valuable thesis from the big sea of computer science.

It was also at this moment that Lu Zhou profoundly realized that the real "academic cancer" were those that submitted substandard theses. Disgusting.

…

In the evening, Lu Zhou packed up his things and walked to the school gate with Chen Yushan.

A white Maserati stopped at the side of the ride and a young girl in a dress stood outside the opened door.

When Han Mengqi saw the two, she waved in their direction.

Speaking of which, it was Lu Zhou's first time seeing Mrs. Yang's car. The high-end vehicle shocked him.

People that own a company are so rich.

This car is worth more than most people's houses.

Han Mengqi saw her cousin and hugged her with a smile as she said, "Sis, you finally came. I've been waiting for a long time."

She was very warm to her friends and family, but very shy towards strangers. Lu Zhou had never seen her so cheerful and relaxed.

Of course, it was because she did well in her exam last month. Since she was about to go on a month long summer vacation, obviously the little girl was very happy.

At this moment, Mrs. Yang opened the car door as well and walked outside.

When she saw Lu Zhou, she smiled and nodded at him.

"Teacher Lu, thank you for teaching Meng Qi mathematics."

"You're welcome. It's my duty," replied Lu Zhou with a smile.

Speaking of which, it was the first time he saw Mrs. Yang with a smile that was not a courtesy smile. However, it seemed that the tension between the mother and the daughter had not reduced. When Han Mengqi saw her mother, she dropped her smile and did not even look at her.

Mrs. Yang did not care for her daughter's coldness. She greeted her niece, smiled, and said, "Let's get in the car." She then went back inside the car.

Han Mengqi took one of the back seats. Chen Yushan and Lu Zhou exchanged looks.

Lu Zhou, "Who is sitting in the front?"

Chen Yushan, "Maybe… I'll go?"

Lu Zhou, "Okay then."

Chen Yushan opened the car door and sat in the front while Lu Zhou sat in the back with Han Mengqi.

The car started.

When Han Mengqi looked at Lu Zhou, she pouted her mouth, cleared her throat, and said, "Hey, I have good news for you."

Lu Zhou felt like the news was related to Mengqi and so, he smiled and said, "What news?"

Han Mengqi turned her eyes away and said, "I'm not telling you. Guess what I got for my monthly exam!"

"116?"

"Hey, someone told you! It doesn't count! My sister told you, right?!" said Han Mengqi as she looked up with a dissatisfied expression. Chen Yushan who was sitting in front was secretly laughing.

Who cares if it counts or not, it's not like we bet money.

Lu Zhou looked bored.

"Meng Qi," said Mrs. Yang while driving.

Han Mengqi pouted but she did not speak.

It was obvious that she still hated her mother.

Well, her mother did installed dozens of security cameras at home. Who would not hate a mother like that?

It was slightly awkward inside the car because of the tension between the mother and daughter. Chen Yushan occasionally chatted with her aunt while Han Mengqi just stared outside the window and remained silent.

At this moment, Mrs. Yang asked, "I heard that you rejected the offer from Shunfeng Group?"

Lu Zhou paused for a second before he said with a gentle smile, "Yeah I did. How do you know about this?"

Mrs. Yang asked, "You want to start your own business?"

Lu Zhou replied, "I do actually have plans for that, but right now, I'm focusing on my academics."

Mrs. Yang nodded her head and said, "If you have any good ideas and need funding, give me a call. Even though I can't help you much, I can introduce you to some angel investors. Of course, whether or not you can get the funding is still dependent on how you shine and how your presentation goes."

Lu Zhou sat. He was alert as he listened intently.

The words from a successful experienced person were something that he could not learn in a college class.

However, Han Mengqi did not seem to like her mother's lecture and she muttered, "You're already off work, can you stop talking about work…"

The daughter's words shocked Mrs. Yang slightly.

The car once again descended into silence.

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Chapter 45: Thinking About Fear

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The car stopped.

Lu Zhou had not expected this. He thought that Mrs. Yang would take them to an unusual place, but the destination was actually a small street far away from the city.

The marble decorated entrance was deep inside a strange street. Instead of being buried by the small shops, it stood out.

Maybe this is the style of the rich?

Lu Zhou did not understand.

They got off from the car. Mrs. Yang walked in front and lead the group of people into the restaurant.

The decor of the restaurant was completely different from the entrance. It was like a different world. Water was flowing through the marble statues while the various plants represented a western style. In fact, the restaurant brought out a sense of beauty between China and the west.

With a western restaurant like this in the middle of nowhere, Lu Zhou knew that the owners must be insanely rich.

"Four people."

"This way, please," said the waiter as he made a gesture. He guided the group of people onto the second floor.

Han Mengqi refused to sit with her mom and so, she sat next to Lu Zhou.

Just like back in the car, Chen Yushan sat next to her auntie.

The group sat down and the waiter brought four glasses of lemonade while placing two menus on the table.

Mrs. Yang flipped through the menu. With a gentle smile, she said, "This restaurant is quite good. It's very quiet and there's no city noise here. In a place like the City of Jin Ling, it's difficult to find such a restaurant. I recommend the steak here. If you don't fancy the steak, the paella is quite good as well. Today is my treat so order whatever you want."

"Then I'll order…" murmured Lu Zhou as he smiled cautiously. When he looked at the menu, his eyebrows jumped.

Mother f*cker, so expensive!

888 yuan for steak? What the hell is that? I'll order the fried rice… Hundreds of yuan for the rice?

This is a scam!

However, when he saw Mrs. Yang's expression, it looked like she did not feel that there was anything wrong with it.

Lu Zhou could not help but think.

Rich people's concept of money is on a completely different level than mine.

Han Mengqi did not mind. She took the menu from Lu Zhou and quickly flipped it over. She pointed to a picture and said, "I want the applewood steak! And this ice-cream…"

Naturally, Chen Yushan ordered as well.

It was Lu Zhou's turn.

Lu Zhou thought for a bit and eventually decided on the Spanish paella.

He did not want to waste their time. Besides, he had never eaten it before. Also, eating with a knife was too fancy for him. He did not want to embarrass himself.

As for Mrs. Yang, she only ordered a salad.

Lu Zhou looked at the picture of the salad and he wondered if Mrs. Yang would actually be full just from eating the salad.

Perhaps it was because there were not a lot of people in the restaurant, the dishes arrived quickly.

Lu Zhou looked at the steamy seafood risotto and could not help but drool over it.

Especially the green mussels and scallops sprinkled in garlic, it looked very delicious!

Lu Zhou had not even picked up his spoon when Han Mengqi stole a piece of mussel.

Lu Zhou's eyebrows jumped. He did not want to step down to the same level as her so he pretended like he did not see anything.

However, Han Mengqi's movement had not escaped her mother's watchful eyes.

Sure enough, Mrs. Yang said sternly, "Meng Qi."

Han Mengqi's smile faded and she looked towards the side.

"Mrs. Yang… I think there's no need to be so strict. Han Mengqi is just joking," said Lu Zhou with a smile as he tried to mediate the situation.

"This is about politeness," said Mrs. Yang seriously. She did not give in.

Lu Zhou looked helpless and did not say anything.

He really could not comment much on how to educate other people's children.

He just felt sympathetic towards her…

The vibe was quiet during dinner.

Lu Zhou and Chen Yushan sensed the cold war between the mother and daughter. When they glanced at each other, they saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

Chen Yushan, "Sorry, I didn't know it would be like this."

Lu Zhou, "It's okay, actually I expected it…"

What?

Lu Zhou suddenly realized that he seemed to have mastered a new skill.

He could communicate with people just by looking in their eyes?

What is this?

Did I develop this from looking at her in the library?

Or is it the system…

Lu Zhou had to confirm this and so, he looked at Han Mengqi.

Emmm…

It seemed useless.

Han Mengqi saw that Lu Zhou was acting weird. Blushing, she asked, "Why, why are you looking at me?"

"Oh, nothing. It just looks like you're enjoying your food," said Lu Zhou. He realized what he was doing and quickly diverted his sight.

Fortunately, Mrs. Yang got up from the seat earlier to take a call. She did not pay any attention to the two.

It wouldn't be good if that strict woman saw this…

Anyway, Han Mengqi actually believed Lu Zhou's reason. She threw a small piece of steak into her mouth and said while chewing, "Well, it's okay, but it's not as good as your cooking."

Lu Zhou was embarrassed from the compliment and said, "There's no point in complimenting me."

"I never lie. You don't have to believe it," said Han Mengqi as she rolled her eyes.

"You cook as well?" asked Chen Yushan. She looked across at Lu Zhou and with a tone of being surprised, she said, "I didn't know…"

"Of course, he's very good! That… That mapo tofu is super delicious," replied Han Mengqi before Lu Zhou could even speak.

It was like she was showing off.

"It sounds spicy," murmured Chen Yushan as she shrunk her neck.

She was still feeling the spiciness from that time Lu Zhou took her to eat spicy hotpot.

At this moment, Mrs. Yang came back to her seat. Next to her was a man that looked very polished.

"Meng Qi, aren't you going to say hi to uncle?" asked the man with a smile.

"Uncle, hi. Uncle, bye," replied Han Mengqi awkwardly. She did not even lift her head.

"This kid…" sighed Mrs. Yang. She looked at the man apologetically as she explained, "I'm sorry. Meng Qi is like this towards everyone."

"It's okay," said the man with an awkward smile. He greeted Chen Yushan before looking at Lu Zhou. His eyes lit up as he asked, "You're Lu Zhou, right?"

Lu Zhou was surprised. He did not know he was famous enough to be recognized.

Even on campus, only a few people could recognize him.

Even though Lu Zhou was confused as to how the man knew his name, he still stood up and politely shook his hand, "Hello, and you are?"

"I'm the manager of this restaurant. I'm also Mrs. Yang's friend," answered the man with a smile as he shook Lu Zhou's hand. When he released his hand, he said, "You rejected an offer from CEO Wang, right? This boy is good."

"It's just that I'm busy with school and I think I don't know enough yet," answered Lu Zhou humbly. In reality, he was actually complaining in his heart.

Why are there so many people mentioning this? It's just rejecting an offer.

"I'm Du Haifeng. Let's talk again in the future," said Du Haifeng. He handed a business card to Lu Zhou and smiled as he said, "You guys can continue eating. I won't bother you anymore."

Maybe because he sensed the coldness coming from Han Mengqi or he was busy. Regardless, he left.

Lu Zhou sat back down and looked at the business card as he thought, "Shareholder of Haifeng Capital?"

I have to take care of this business card.

Connections are always useful.

If Lu Zhou wanted to start a business in the future, he would need contacts in this area.

Han Mengqi saw Lu Zhou accepting the man's business card and seemed to be somewhat unhappy.

Lu Zhou noticed her change of emotion and analyzed.

Maybe Mr. Du has a relationship with Mrs. Yang?

They're all adults. One is a charming woman that has an unfortunate family while the other is a talented mature man. If some TV shows like drama happened between them, it is to be expected.

Emm…

This is a bit difficult to evaluate.

Once emotions are involved in the family, it complicates everything.

Lu Zhou did not want to intervene in other people's lives and he was very sure of it.

Han Mengqi glanced at her mom and lowered her voice as she whispered to Lu Zhou, "This guy isn't a good person. Be careful."

"Okay," said Lu Zhou. He misunderstood what Mengqi meant and so, he looked at her in a caring way. In fact, he felt sympathetic towards her.

Although she said she doesn't care about having a step-father, if the parents actually remarried, the child will create conflicts, right?

Lu Zhou obviously did not take what Han Mengqi said into account. She was anxious as she said, "I'm serious!"

Lu Zhou looked at her strangely as he said nonchalantly, "I believe you…"

"You!" Han Mengqi clenched her teeth. She looked left and right before lowering her voice to say, "I saw… Mr. Du likes men."

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

That last sentence was shocking.

He remembered him saying, "This boy is good."

Lu Zhou was so scared that he nearly threw the business card out the window.

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Chapter 46: Studying Python All Night

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After dinner, Mrs. Yang sent Lu Zhou and Chen Yushan back to the school.

Before leaving, Han Mengqi said goodbye, albeit reluctantly.

Her summer vacation was starting tomorrow.

According to Mrs. Yang, she would be staying in Shanghai with her father for the entire summer vacation. Obviously, she would be unable to get tutoring during that time.

The next tutoring session would be in September.

As Chen Yushan and Lu Zhou walked towards the dorms, she turned around and asked, "I'm going to study vocabulary when I get back to the dorm. How about you?"

Lu Zhou thought about it and said, "I'm going to the library."

Chen Yushan said, "Little brother, you're studying so hard as a first-year student. I'm feeling the pressure from you."

Lu Zhou smiled and said humbly, "I'm not working that hard. I'm not the only one staying at school. There's another one in my dorm."

Chen Yushan looked at the sky and sighed, "Are all new students like this?"

The two separated when they were near their dorms. Lu Zhou first went to the library to pack his stuff that was left on the table. He then went to Building A and when he found an empty classroom, he turned on the light.

Once he found a seat to sit down, Lu Zhou poured the contents of his backpack on the table. When he looked at the clock on the wall, it was exactly eight o'clock.

"If I take a focus capsule now, and the effective time is five hours, the drug effect would last until exactly one o'clock."

"From my previous test, at most I can maintain would be until around five o'clock ."

"I'll wake up at twelve, eat lunch at the cafeteria… Then I'll go to the school's computer room."

Lu Zhou unscrewed the mineral water bottle and took a deep breath. He then took a pill from the bottle, threw it in his mouth, and swallowed.

He felt the sensation of an ant climbing on him again. The ant crawled from the back of his head to the eyebrows and soon, everything in his field of vision became clearer than ever.

It was like he was cheating…

Wait no, he was cheating!

Lu Zhou did not waste a second. He quickly took out the [Python Language Introduction Tutorial] textbook and started to read from the first page.

There was a joke that said that if one wants lazy programmers to start working, the best thing to do was to ask them, "Which language is the best?!"

They would be divided into answers such as "C", "Java", "Python", etc. Then, they would work hard until they proved that their language was the best.

Therefore, it was actually meaningless to argue which language was the best. The most appropriate language was the best language.

A good programmer would need to master more than one language. It was like a general had to know more than commanding infantry. They had to command high mobile cavalries, long-range archers…

As for stuff like tanks, cannons, and airplanes, they might be stored in the system database, but Lu Zhou was unable to come in contact with them.

Functionally speaking, C was more like a swiss army knife. It had strong operability and could do anything. One could do small tasks with it, but for large projects, it was not that feasible.

For example, if one wanted to build a car, one would have to start from the wheel.

In contrast, Python was similar to Java. It was a higher level of language and a wheel in itself.

If one wanted to build a car quickly, Python was undoubtedly the best choice. It was simple and fast. It was the best code cavalry in the world! The code was also highly readable so the users would not have to spend so much time on syntax. It could realize the user's ideas in the shortest amount of time. For example, if one wanted to build a webpage, Python would be much easier and looked much more concise than C.

Lu Zhou had already mastered the basic skills of C. Therefore, it was easy for him to learn Python. He only needed the time to memorize the basics.

As for the actual operation methods of Python, he could learn it tomorrow. He believed that he could learn it well without help from the focus capsule.

…

The next day, Lu Zhou's head was on the table. When he opened his eyes, he was confused. There was a red print of his hand on his face.

Just like the previous times, when his brain was overloaded to the critical point, he would pass out. He did not even have to try to fall asleep.

This type of feeling was very enjoyable and it was better than drinking. On one hand, the brain was being filled with knowledge. On the other hand, his soul was being pushed to the limit to the point that it was almost like he was becoming immortal…

The only thing was that the after effects were obvious, especially his sleeping position. Half of his butt was in the air. When he stood up, he could not feel his right thigh and nearly fell on the ground.

"I think I need to request the school to put a bed in the classroom… Seems a bit unrealistic though," said Lu Zhou as he held onto the desk. His brain felt groggy.

[Mission progress 11/30]

He finished the entire [Python Language Introduction Tutorial] last night. While he was not proficient in Python, at least he knew the basics.

What time is it?

Lu Zhou looked at the clock on the wall and his expression changed.

Oops, it's almost two o'clock! The cafeteria is closed!

I'll die on the way if I try to eat outside of the school.

Lu Zhou changed his facial expression and sighed.

Oh well, I'll just eat some instant noodles for lunch.

Since he ate expensive food yesterday, he would just take it easy today.

Lu Zhou went to the supermarket and bought some instant noodles before heading back to the school building.

The building had a hot water machine. One just had to swipe one's card and it was free as well. The only inconvenient part was the water speed varied and it was easy to burn one's hand.

Lu Zhou soaked his noodles and when he found a random classroom on the first floor, he sat in the front row and started to slurp on his noodles.

When he finished the cup of noodles, he was glad to finally had some food in his stomach.

He wiped his mouth and was about to throw out the trash when he suddenly heard heavy coughing coming from the back.

What?

There's someone in the classroom?

Lu Zhou's had an awkward expression. He failed to notice that there was someone when he came in earlier.

He turned around and looked.

What a coincidence!

It's Wang Xiaodong!

Lu Zhou walked up and greeted him before asking, "You didn't go home either?"

Wang Xiaodong did not say anything. He had an "of course" look that was plastered on his face.

After that, the conversation stopped.

Lu Zhou had wanted to say hello before leaving. However, when he was about to leave, Wang Xiaodong noticed a book in Lu Zhou's bag that he had read before.

Wang Xiaodong's eyebrows jumped as he asked, "You're reading a programming book?"

What?

Did this guy not go on Weibo or WeChat?

Lu Zhou looked at the genius.

He talked about his nine computer science theses in the [Huaguo Youth Daily] interview. Why would anyone be surprised that he was studying programming?

Lu Zhou felt weird but did not think that it was out of the ordinary.

Lu Zhou was a humble person and so, he smiled and said humbly, "Yeah, I've been interested in it recently, so I looked at it for a bit."

"Python language? It's a very excellent language, suited for beginner programmers. You're a first year, so you've already studied C, right? If you want to learn code at a deeper level, Python is a great choice. Do you have a book list? A study plan?" asked Wang Xiaodong. His eyes lit up as this was a topic that he knew a lot about. He rarely spoke this much.

"Oh, I'm just looking at it casually. I don't have a plan…"

Lu Zhou felt as if the guy's enthusiasm was hard to deal with.

"No, you can't do that. Programming is an esoteric field. You have to use planned systematic learning to build up your foundation. I can recommend a few books for you. You can find them in the library. Go and look at them if you're interested," said Wang Xiaodong. Lu Zhou did not even reply but Wang Xiaodong took a pen and started to write a long list of books on a piece of paper.

Lu Zhou saw him writing the list of books and cringed. He could not help but think, "Is this guy also this annoying in front of Lin Yuxiang?"

It's amazing that she can tolerate him…

While Lu Zhou was very grateful for the book list by the genius, he probably would not use it.

"If you've something you don't understand, you can ask me," said Wang Xiaodong with an expressionless face while he pushed his glasses up.

"For sure…"

Lu Zhou talked for a while with him before he carried his empty instant noodle cup and left the room.

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Chapter 47: Developing An App Expert

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The computer room was deserted with not a single person in sight.

After all, this was during the summer vacation. The students studying for the graduate entrance exam would not normally use computers.

Lu Zhou went to adjust the air conditioner and sat down. He entered his own student ID and password and skillfully logged onto the computer.

The reason why he chose the school's computer room was mainly due to the fact that programs written in Python had to be run on a Linux computer. Thus, learning Python with a Linux operating system was necessary.

Also, Lu Zhou's second-hand laptop was too crappy. It took forever just to convert a thesis into a PDF file. When he played League of Legends, everyone would be connected but he would be stuck at the fountain. Running a dual operating system or a virtual machine was impossible.

"The textbook explained this clearly. I didn't expect it to be so difficult to actually do… Sure enough, to write on paper and to actually code are two completely different things. I guess I would have to learn this by practice."

It was the first time that Lu Zhou had used a Linux computer. He looked at the instructions that he borrowed from the library and finally figured it out.

Speaking of which, it made sense that Windows took over such a huge OS market share. Even a noob that had never touched a computer before could use the Windows' interface.

However, the Linux system was different. It was mainly based on command-line operations. Everything had to be done through the keyboard. Fortunately, the school installed a distribution with a desktop environment. Thus, Lu Zhou could still use the mouse.

Of course, there were obvious advantages of the Linux operating system. It had superior customizability and security, making it more suitable for servers. Also, once one was familiar with the command line operations, one's efficiency would be several times higher than using Windows. Therefore, many companies would ask programmers if they could use Linux OS before recruiting them.

Lu Zhou was finally familiar with Linux's basic operations. He opened up a Python software, opened up the textbook, and sat in front of the computer.

"I heard one of the best uses of Python is to write a web crawler. If I want to take my knowledge to the test, this should be a good place to start. But what kind of crawler should I code?"

Lu Zhou fell into deep thought.

Crawl blogs on Weibo?

Crawl posts on Tieba?

Seems pretty boring.

The key is that the data crawled is useless and I can't even store them if it was too large.

Suddenly, his heart ached. He recalled the painful experience of buying a train ticket to go home. It was not because his computer was slow, but because the user interface of the railway website was horrible.

"Use crawler technology to crawl the stations, trains, and ticket information from the website [12306]… Seems to be feasible."

Lu Zhou thought that since he was here, he did not want to waste any more time and immediately began to work.

After all, the crawler program was mentioned in the textbook as it was a typical example of the application of Python. The book even provided different calculation methods for different situations.

Of course, 12306 was not an average forum website. Targeting this website as a beginner was quite difficult.

However, for a genius like Lu Zhou, who studied the entire textbook, it was not a big problem. Technically, the crawler itself was not too difficult. The entire program was less than 30 lines. It compiled perfectly with no bugs.

It was time for grabbing.

Lu Zhou copied the URL of the website into the code and ran the script. He downloaded the data into a spreadsheet file he created.

Immediately after, the computer fan began to hum. The computer was running with the lines of code flashing in the black terminal box. The data was automatically entered into the spreadsheet.

Lu Zhou looked at the spreadsheet being filled and leaned against the chair.

"Python is so convenient. No wonder so many experts recommend this language."

Lu Zhou looked at the lines of data flashing and felt like a hacker.

However, that was just an illusion. This was completely different than actual hacking. It was not illegal to crawl public information from a server. At most, the server administrator would be pissed off that he was using the server's bandwidth.

Therefore, many "selfish" websites had set up anti-crawling measure. One could not crawl any information from them. Even if one did, the information crawled would be garbage. Other less advanced websites could monitor the number of visits and block the IP address.

However, the 12306 website was unselfish. The giant monopoly did not even care about the user experience. Obviously, it would not care about the server's resources. As long as one did not take down their server, no one cared!

Lu Zhou looked at the lines of data piling up in the spreadsheet. He started to wonder if he should do something else?

"Make a ticket-buying website? Seems kind of redundant…"

Suddenly, a light bulb went off in Lu Zhou's head.

What if…

I make a ticket-buying app?

He thought of his idea and could not control his excitement.

Although there were many third-party ticket booking websites, there were not that many apps. If he could make an outstanding app, he could even make some money off it.

Lu Zhou thought about money and he was suddenly interested. His mind started to calculate.

Technically, it was very difficult to independently build an app, full stack. It was far more difficult than writing a simple crawler program, but it was not impossible. He could use the system to solve difficult problems. After all, spending general points to buy knowledge was a part of learning.

Once he completed the mission and unlocked the artificial intelligence technology branch, it would definitely come in handy.

It was just that the servers could be expensive. Even the electricity bills and the various maintenance costs could be pretty expensive…

He had less than ten thousand yuan in his bank account and so, he could not do anything…

Lu Zhou bit his teeth and decided to overcome these problems.

If I can reject a half a million yuan salary, I can do anything!

Even if he failed, he could use it as a learning lesson.

Therefore, Lu Zhou terminated the program. He did not rush to change the code. He opened up a Word document and just like a thesis, he started to write an application development outline.

"I have to crawl real-time data of the train ticket. The server requirements are very high and so, the code has to be as efficient as possible!"

"The interface can be simple. But the information has to be accurate and comprehensive. I should look at third-party ticket booking apps as a reference, but I can't be completely similar… I have to come up with an original idea…"

Lu Zhou wrote until this part and his finger rubbed the keyboard gently. He thought for a long time and began to tap on the keyboard again.

"First of all, to automatically buy the tickets is not new. A lot of other browsers have this feature."

"But to automatically buy the tickets offline… I haven't seen that yet."

Lu Zhou thought back to last winter vacation. He had to refresh the website in his dorm for nearly half an hour before he managed to book a couple of tickets. He felt that it was difficult for people to go home for the New Year.

To constantly refreshed the official website would give one a low probability of getting a ticket as there might be some which might be tickets that were refunded from others. Lu Zhou did not know where the tickets could come from, but the function could be considered.

For example, setting a time period and several train times. The server would automatically refresh the data and submit the request the moment the ticket appears. He had used several ticket snatching software, and so far, this feature did not seem to be available.

Furthermore, the concept did not seem that hard to implement.

Lu Zhou thought until this point before he looked at the clock.

It's three o'clock in the afternoon!

Lu Zhou saved the Word document. He then pulled up his sleeves and placed his hands on the keyboard.

"Work, work!"

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Chapter 48: Making A Fortune From Writing Theses

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Lu Zhou worked for the entire day. It was already ten o'clock when he copied the program into his USB and turned off the computer.

He could not grind too much as he had just spent the whole of last night studying Python. He could not do another all-nighter, at least not if he wanted to live a long life.

According to his original plan, he would start studying advanced knowledge of C, using books from the system's book list.

However, it seemed that he had to make some tiny adjustments to his plan.

For example, he wanted to read two extra advanced Python books but did not want to delay the completion of his mission.

"I didn't expect to use this book list already…" said Lu Zhou as he looked at the draft paper that contained the book list that Wang Xiaodong gave him. He said in his heart, "I hope peacefulness comes to good people."

The summer vacation went by quickly. Soon, it was already mid-August.

Lu Zhou did not know if the system was playing tricks on him, but he found out that he was being more and more addicted to learning to the point that he could not extract himself.

Liu Rui said that he was obsessed, but Lu Zhou disagreed.

He agreed that the learning process was boring, but acquiring the knowledge was joyful.

Even though it sounded contradictory, it actually was not.

After all, one could not acquire knowledge from study techniques. Sometimes, a person could read a book for hours but could not understand a single sentence. Even monk would find that boring.

When one could fully understand every word and every concept while at the same time, knew that one's knowledge was increasing, one would naturally be inclined to study without any prompting.

Right now, he had completed 25/30 of the reward mission. The final five books consisted of integrated circuit design and mechanical engineering books.

If it was two months ago, Lu Zhou would not be able to understand these textbooks. However, as he had the foundations of mathematics and physics, he felt confident in reading those textbooks.

On the other hand, Lu Zhou's main focus was still information science.

After all, it was so expensive for him to level up information science. It would be a waste not to utilize it.

He spent nearly a month to finish developing the app and it even passed the final bug check. The process was far more difficult than he imagined, but fortunately, he was eventually able to overcome them.

As a result, his app development experience was raised from zero to one.

The app name was called "campus train". From the name, the target demographic was students from major universities. He did not hire a front-end developer and so, the user interface of the app was very simple. All of the designs were found online for free and the style was simple and smooth.

In order to learn the development of an android app, Lu Zhou learned some developer tools and watched a lot of technical programming videos. He learned all of this in his free time.

Lu Zhou really did not have the energy to port to IOS. He wanted to do it later.

The question now was finding a server with good quality. If he did not have a server, forget about benefiting society, at most he could let his roommates use the app.

While Lu Zhou was worrying about the server, Professor Tang suddenly called him and asked him to come to the office.

…

When Lu Zhou entered the office, Professor Tang smiled and casually gestured him to sit. He then asked with a smile, "How are you recently?"

"I'm pretty good, professor. What's up?" said Lu Zhou with a smile.

Professor Tang smiled and said, "It's almost September. Dean Lu wanted me to ask you, how is your preparation going?"

"Preparation is going okay, I think I should be fine. It'll just depend on how my two teammates are doing," replied Lu Zhou with a smile.

"That's good. This competition is a good opportunity, I hope you can perform well. I won't ask you anything else. Professor Liu knows more than I do so you should go and ask him if you are unsure of anything," said Professor Tang before paused. He smiled and looked at Lu Zhou, "What have you been researching recently? Did you cook up another famous project?"

What?

How did you know?

Surprised, Lu Zhou looked at Professor Tang and asked, "How did you know?"

"I'm just casually asking! You really didn't let me down," said Professor Tang as he leaned back on his office chair. He then unscrewed his mug and took a sip before asking, "Tell me, what is it this time?"

"This time I didn't research anything worth mentioning…" said Lu Zhou as he smiled embarrassingly. He continued, "I just heard some students complaining about buying train tickets during the peak holiday periods. So, I wrote a ticket-buying app."

Lu Zhou's answer shocked Professor Tang. He frowned as he asked, "When did you start researching computer science?"

He originally thought that Lu Zhou was quietly researching mathematics. However, it turned out that he ran to computer science.

The last time they met, Lu Zhou was still studying Mersenne prime numbers.

Why is Lu Zhou so clumsy, he has no direction!

Lu Zhou was very puzzled as he thought, "Why is Professor Tang like this as well? Did my mathematical talent really surpass my computer science talents?"

Just half a month ago, Huaguo Youth Daily praised him for his "all around" talent.

"… Oh, I have always been researching computer science," said Lu Zhou as he tried to correct him.

Professor Tang was slightly stunned. He smiled awkwardly as if he remembered. He coughed and asked, "Are you switching to computer science next semester?"

Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "I don't have plans for that yet. I think it is very important to learn mathematics well. It is very helpful for studying other subjects. Also, the other majors might not be suitable for me."

He was telling the truth. When he was learning the basics of organic and inorganic chemistry, his mathematical knowledge really came in handy.

"Computer science is a pretty popular major as well. I'm not against you switching majors. However, let me give you some advice. If you continue to dive into mathematics, you'll be more successful. I've lectured for many years and you're one of the most gifted students I have ever seen," said Professor Tang. He sighed, "Of course, I know that you're not the kind of person that can sit in a lab and do research. You're too impatient!"

Lu Zhou was confused. He did not know if Professor Tang was complimenting or insulting him.

Or maybe it was a pity?

"Forget it. I'll stop talking. Digest this yourself," sighed Professor Tang. He shook his head before saying, "I called you over today because I wanted to talk about your thesis and see if you made any progress. I didn't expect you to jump to computer science. I guess I've wasted my time."

Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows as he thought, "If I keep writing theses, I'm scared that you'll think that I'm writing substandard theses. Why do you always think that I'm doing something wrong?"

Of course, he could not voice his thoughts out loud.

Lu Zhou coughed, smiled, and said, "Teacher, mathematics is hard to do well. I tried my best."

Professor Tang waved his hand and did not argue. He placed his mug on his desk and said, "Okay, we'll leave it at that. Leave your bank account number here and leave."

Bank account number?

Lu Zhou was stunned.

Professor Tang looked at his surprised face. He squinted and smiled as he asked, "What? Why do you look so surprised? Did no one tell you?"

"About what?" asked Lu Zhou with his eyebrows raised. He had a bad feeling about this.

"The school had a meeting recently. It said to strongly support scientific research activities and encourage students to discover new knowledge, they wanted us to look at the statistics and see how many theses each department submitted," said Professor Tang. He then paused and smiled before continuing, "Basically, you're getting money. This money is allocated according to the SCI theses impact factor! I can't remember exactly how much, but no less than five thousand!"

Five thousand!

Lu Zhou took a deep breath and said seriously, "Professor, I suddenly have some good ideas. Can I still submit the SCI theses now?"

"F*ck off," said Professor Tang. He laughed, "It's too late!"

He did not know why, but he felt happy looking at Lu Zhou like this.

Unexplainable happiness!

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Chapter 49: I Lost Out!

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"I lost out!"

Lu Zhou logged into the school website to take a look. He did not even know there was an announcement.

Who would have thought that one could make money off writing theses?

It was all because of the meeting.

The reward rules were announced on the website.

[Reward amount = (IF 1)*5000 yuan]

IF was the impact factor of the journal.

For example, the impact factor of the [ International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics] was 3.310. He published two mathematics theses, so the school would give him a total of 41,300 yuan. Also, according to Professor Tang, this bonus would be paid in the form of scientific research grants. According to Article 4 of the income tax law, it was tax free!

The other nine theses were not eligible for the rewards. Even though they counted as SCI theses, they were published in the general journal.

Lu Zhou saw this and was heartbroken.

From a CEO's evaluation, his nine theses were undoubtedly valuable. He screwed himself over a small payment of 150 yuan.

There was no use being regretful.

However, if one were to think about it clearly, it would be hard to say whether it was a loss or a profit.

If it was never published in the general journal, it would have been reviewed by a more professional academic reviewer. His theses might not have stood out from other theses or passed the review so quickly.

The reason why he was able to get an S evaluation and unlocked the reward mission was largely due to the speed of the general journal's review process.

Regardless, he could probably have enough money for the server?

"Zhou, what are you looking at?"

Liu Rui saw that Lu Zhou did not go to the library to study. instead, he was staring at the computer screen. Out of curiosity, he finally asked.

Liu Rui had finally stopped sucking up to Lu Zhou.

It seems that all the pandering came to an end…

"It's fine," sighed Lu Zhou. He said, "I'm just sad that I lost a bit of money."

"What money… Sci theses reward? F*ck me, you're too good…" said Liu Rui as his eyes widened. He shouted, "How much did you get?"

"Probably ten or twenty thousand."

Lu Zhou wanted to be modest and said a lower number.

He had not expected for Liu Rui to be shocked by it.

Liu Rui was silent for a while.

After a long time, he sighed and said expressionlessly, "Zhou, how about you buy dinner for us tonight?"

Lu Zhou thought about it. It made sense.

After all, he said that they should never forget each other and they should buy each other meals when they got rich.

Although he valued money, he was not selfish.

Therefore, he took Liu Rui to the food street near the school and found a spicy hotpot place…

…

The spicy hotpot was delivered to their table. Liu Rui normally did not drink but he ordered two beers.

Each of them opened a beer.

Suddenly, Liu Rui asked, "How's staying in school for the summer?"

Lu Zhou was eating a tofu stick when he replied, "It's okay? Pretty fulfilling."

"I'm so jealous of you," sighed Liu Rui. He then added, "I feel like I'm getting stupider. I can't take in any new knowledge."

He seriously regretted entering the mathematical modeling competition.

Once he passed the first round of school selection, he was given teammates and a teacher. However, once the real training started, he realized just how far behind he was from the real geniuses.

For example, the third year student in his team had already won the second prize twice. He entered this competition before his graduation with the hope of getting the first prize. Liu Rui compared himself to him and felt like he was a little brother who was holding the older brother's leg.

However, a person like him still modestly said that he was uneducated.

Later, Liu Rui heard from the other teams that the school organized that the various departments had organized a "super team". It was the real golden team. Those people would not even train with people like him.

Liu Rui finally understood that the team Lu Zhou was in was the legendary super team.

After hearing the news, he was confused and in distraught.

As the gap was too big, he even started to think if he should become jealous of his roommate, who suddenly rose to success.

Lu Zhou tapped his beer against Liu Rui's as he said, "You are making yourself too tired, I think."

"There's no other way. There are people who are better than me while working harder than me. I've got to work hard," said Liu Rui. He slammed the beer down and sighed. It was like he was trying to blow the depression out of his body and let it drift away into the night sky.

Lu Zhou was slightly drunk and could not understand why Liu Rui was depressed.

When people are drunk, they liked to talk obscenely.

"I remember… I shouldn't say it."

Liu Rui paused. He thought that Lu Zhou had good advice and so, he could not help but ask, "What?"

Lu Zhou burped before saying, "If there are people better than you and working harder than you, then what's the point of you working hard?"

Liu Rui: "…"

The pair finished seven beers, five of which was consumed by Liu Rui himself.

…

Liu Rui was not the type that could handle alcohol and he would stay quiet when he was drunk. After drinking the last bottle, he slammed his head on the table and it scared Lu Zhou. Even the spicy hotpot manager was shocked as he thought Liu Rui was poisoned.

After that, the kid flipped over and started to talk nonsense. The manager and Lu Zhou was relieved to see that.

Once Lu Zhou paid the bills, he carried the drunk Liu Rui back into his dorm. Lu Zhou did not have the strength to carry him up the ladder. So, he pulled out a mat from his cabinet and made Liu Rui sleep on the floor.

He waited for him to lie on the mat before giving Liu Rui a blanket.

No one else would have helped their friend like this.

Lu Zhou turned on the air conditioner and sat in the chair before taking a sip of water. He sighed in relief.

He was tired.

Liu Rui did not feel tired at all. Instead, he laid down and started to snore.

"You'll get a massive headache tomorrow morning."

Lu Zhou shook his head and opened the computer. He logged onto an online shopping site and started to search for an appropriate server.

According to Professor Tang, the school would transfer the money to him latest by tomorrow. He would find a server today and order it after he received the money tomorrow.

If possible, he wanted to buy a good quality server.

It was not entirely for his ticket-buying app, but also in preparation of the "artificial intelligence level 0" mission reward.

What would happen once I upgraded artificial intelligence from level 0 to level 1?

It would be the first technology branch he would ever unlock.

Therefore, Lu Zhou was excited.

Of course, after he saw the price of the server, his face turned blue.

"Dell… Rackmount chassis 2U, 56 cores 112 threads 256GB RAM, comes with twelve 8TB hard drives, 270,000 yuan! No way."

"Lenovo IBM, dual controller storage array. Uses Storwize real-time compression technology, 64GB RAM, 8 8GB fiber connections, 24 3.5 inch hard drives! Price, 40,000! That seems okay… Wait! I missed a zero… I can't afford this!"

He scrolled through another page but they were all equally expensive.

Goddamn it!

Why is it so expensive!

Lu Zhou sorted by price and found some cheaper servers. However, he did not know if they could handle his operation needs. He could not possibly spend all his money on buying the server.

Maintaining the operation of the server also costs money!

Lu Zhou could not decide. Suddenly, he remembered about the computer science genius in his team.

Oh yeah, why don't I ask him?

As it was still early, Lu Zhou took out his phone and gave him a call.

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Chapter 50: A True Genius Student Can Apply Their Knowledge

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"You wrote a Python crawling script?" asked Wang Xiaodong when he heard Lu Zhou's statement.

Lu Zhou explained, "Technically speaking it's a ticket-buying app. I want to buy a server to try it out. Do you have any suggestions…"

"Stop screwing around," said Wang Xiaodong as he interrupted Lu Zhou rudely. He said, "Do you know how to set up the server? Do you have a place to put it? If you tried to put it in your dorm, the entire floor's circuit breaker will trip."

Uh?

Is he exaggerating?

But listening to his tone, it seems that he has tried it before…

Wang Xiaodong continued to talk through the phone with a cold tone, "If you want to make some money, you can do some freelancing work. There's no need to make an app. If you have money to spend, you can try renting a cloud server, which is definitely easier than owning your own server. You don't have to worry about electricity and heat dissipation. It charges you by the amount of traffic and there are monthly and hourly prices."

"Oh really?" replied Lu Zhou.

"You're not an expert. Why are you trying to do this?" sighed Wang Xiaodong. He then continued patiently, "Also, did you even think about registering a domain name for your app?"

"Can't I just use the server's IP address?" asked Lu Zhou.

"No," replied Wang Xiaodong immediately. He said, "For example, if you developed an app on IOS and you set a fixed server IP address in your code, once the cloud service operator changes the server device, not only would you have to rewrite the code and upload it again, but you might get rid of half of your users directly. Not everyone turns on automatic updates."

The f*ck?

Lu Zhou had never heard of this before.

Wang Xiaodong paused for a second before he continued to say, "Also the most crucial part is that your crawler's collection of data from the third party websites may be blocked by website administrators and they might block your IP address. This problem can be avoided with a cloud server. After all, Ali has countless IP addresses and you don't have to bother with virtual IP addresses."

The genius student became strangely talkative when talking about his expertise. He spoke like an endless stream. This made Lu Zhou thought about Huang Guangming. If he started to talk about the mechanics of playing Leblanc, he could go on for half an hour.

Of course, the content that the genius talked about was quite valuable.

Lu Zhou listened carefully. He even took a notebook and started to write notes.

"… If you're crawling from 12306, the crawler itself will not use a lot of resources from the server, especially since Ali is doing a promotion for small enterprise users, there is a good discount. I think you should start with one million sending and receiving server capacity. It's around 300 yuan a month. Wait till the number of your user visits go up, then you can upgrade the server. This is a lot more convenient than tossing out your own server."

F*ck me, this guy really is a genius.

Lu Zhou felt like he had saved tens of thousands of yuan just from this phone call.

Of course, he still had to buy his own server, but it would have to be delayed until he received his money.

"Thank you, I'll buy you food someday," said Lu Zhou.

"We'll talk about that later."

When the topic changed from computer science to food, Wang Xiaodong's enthusiasm instantly returned to zero and his tone became emotionless again.

However, Lu Zhou did not have any other questions nor did he wanted to talk for long either. He thanked him again before hanging up.

Lu Zhou held the mouse and went on Alibaba's cloud computing page. He began to look for services.

Indeed, just like what Wang Xiaodong said, Alibaba Cloud was doing a promotion. The server had considerable discounts.

"A million pps 1 server only costs 300 a month, includes 100GB cloud SSD, 200 yuan to upgrade to 1TB… 0.3 yuan per extra GB. CPU, intranet bandwidth, sending and receiving capabilities can all be upgraded. 50% discount for three years…"

This price could be said to be quite attractive. If there were no unexpected circumstances, it would cost less than 1000 yuan per month to operate the app. If the user number surpasses the expected amount, he just had to upgrade the service.

"Okay, this is solved. Next up is to promote the app. I have to promote it before school begins," thought Lu Zhou.

Advertise in Tieba to new student groups…

In short, the primary goal is to increase user volume!

Lu Zhou filled in the server renting application and went to the bathroom to take a shower. He dried his hair and returned to his dorm.

He was about to climb on the ladder and sleep when he suddenly smelled a pungent stench.

He turned around and saw that Liu Rui puked while laying on his side.

F*ck!

This kid was just sleeping! How did he vomit?

Lu Zhou did not have time to hesitate. He jumped off the ladder and took Liu Rui to the toilet.

"Go away… I can still drink," said Liu Rui as he stumbled around. He reached out and pushed Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou panicked and quickly said, "F*ck, Brother Rui, you can't puke again! I'm warning you, I just had a shower!"

"barf…"

Lu Zhou: "…"

Lu Zhou showered for no reason and he could not sleep either. The dorm smelled extremely sour.

Liu Rui swore that this was the last time he was going to drink.

Liu Rui kept vomiting. When he was finally awake, he looked at the floor and Lu Zhou's dirty clothes. Embarrassed, he quickly apologized.

They turned off the air conditioner and cleaned up the debris together before opening the door for ventilation.

After all this, Lu Zhou took another shower. When he came back, he took his mat and left for the class leader's dorm room.

It was impossible to sleep without air conditioning.

…

The next day, Lu Zhou woke up early.

When he returned to his own dorm, Liu Rui was still snoring on his bed.

Lu Zhou did not bother him. Instead, he went to his desk and turned on his computer.

The cloud server application was quickly ready. He uploaded the script and the crawler started to go to work. It downloaded ticket, station and other information from 12306 before it summarized and sorted the data. Anyone could make an account and purchase tickets, receive sale reminders, automatic ticket refresh, etc.

It had all of the necessary features and it was also easy to use. The light blue background was boring but at least it was not annoying.

Lu Zhou downloaded the app on his phone and chose a station to test. He saw that the order was ok, so he canceled the order in the payment stage.

Then he spent an entire day to put the app on the android store. Stores such as Baidu mobile, 360 assistants, and other large Android software downloading platforms.

He looked at the number of downloads through the developer panel and saw that the number of downloads remained at 0. He sighed.

"I guess creating a successful app is not that easy. Having no users is a big problem."

"I applied to a couple of free advertisement platforms. Don't know when I'll get accepted."

Lu Zhou shook his head and turned off his laptop. He then stuffed his textbooks into his bag.

"Who cares. I'll work on this for half a year or so. At least, I can use it as a learning experience."

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It was already late August. Soon, the universities would be welcoming new students.

The last batch of fourth-year students who had completed their supplementary exams dragged their suitcases and as they headed towards society, they waved goodbye to their youth. A new group of freshly graduated high school students was about to flood the university campus, opening their new chapter of youth.

It would soon be the most lively time period of the year.

The members of the student union had returned to the school and they were busy having meetings to welcome the new students.

Even though he was not in any meetings, Lu Zhou was busy as well. He held a large stack of flyers and was about to start doing his old job.

He was about to give out the first flyer when he was stopped by the vice president of the student council.

Lin Yuxiang stared curiously at Lu Zhou's stack of flyers and asked, "What are you doing?"

Lu Zhou had an awkward expression when he realized he was caught.

"Oh, you can't stick flyers here?"

Lin Yuxiang said innocently, "Although I can pretend I didn't see anything, it'll still soon be taken away by other student union staff…"

This is troublesome…

Lu Zhou was thinking about what to do. Lin Yuxiang walked forward and looked at the flyers.

"Campus train app? Wow, I didn't know you knew how to program. Did you write this yourself?"

Hey, you're too close to me…

Lu Zhou subtly moved half a step backward and asked, "Yes, why?"

"Why don't you post it on our school's Tieba forum? The students that are already here probably won't use a ticket-buying app right?" Lin Yuxiang pointed out.

Do you think that I didn't think about this already?

Lu Zhou said grudgingly, "… It got banned because it was flagged as an advertisement."

Lin Yuxiang's eyes lit up and she smacked her fist into her palm.

"Oh, I see. Then I'll sort this out for you."

Lu Zhou was surprised, "Sort it out?"

Lin Yuxiang played with her hair. She smiled and nodded, "Yeah! Our school's Tieba forum is managed by the student union. The administrator account is used by the union president and I can just tell him about your situation. You can have it stickied on the forum for a few days. Oh yeah, send me the QR code or the APK file. I've heard that many students posting on Tieba about having troubles getting a taxi."

Lu Zhou was surprised.

"Really… Thank you so much!"

Lin Yuxiang smiled, "Don't need to thank me. I should be thanking you."

This…

The power of having connections?

She was just a normal staff during her first year, but now, she was the vice president of the student union.

Lu Zhou looked at her walking away and could not help but think.

What a scary woman…

But regardless, I'm thankful!

He was originally quite mad at this "useless" teammate, but now he had nothing to complain.

Wait a minute…

Lu Zhou's heart moved, he seemed to have realized something.

A lot of students are asking about taxis…

The target demographic of his "Campus Train" app was students.

"Getting a taxi is a problem. Not just taxis…" thought Lu Zhou. When he first arrived, he even went to the wrong campus. He started to seriously think about this problem. "It's perfectly possible to add a student route into the main app interface and have options for leaving from school and traveling to school. This can help new students to buy the tickets and also give them the shortest transportation route."

"But then I would have to crawl data from major bus stations… Wait a minute, I can directly crawl data from third-party maps. Baidu Gaode has a transportation system! How did I forget about this!"

The more Lu Zhou thought about this, the brighter his eyes became.

Not only did the students travel by bus and subway, but they also traveled by car. They would get off the train and carpool using unlicensed taxis.

If he used his app to collect the user's train number, travel information, and the number of various university students, then he could team the students up for carpool right?

Even if the students did not want to carpool, they could still find a group of other students to travel together.

It was easier traveling to than from school. Many high schools had subway lines directly to the universities. However, it was not as easy leaving school, especially when they got off the train in their hometown. If there was a need for carpooling, the students could find other students to carpool with. It would be better than carpooling with strangers.

How many universities are there in the country?

How many college students?

Even if he managed to only reach half of the market share, the number of the users would still be astronomical.

Also, the user's group location would be tracked accurately and the value of that was unimaginable.

Lu Zhou stopped hesitating. He immediately went back to his dorm and began to write the version 0.12 update.

[During this major update, the app will remember (bind) the user's university and train information. If the user is bound to the university information while sitting on the train, they can know how many other students on the train are also using this "Campus Train" app.]

[Add friend features, messages, carpooling, travel route notifications… These are a must. I could also add group chats to increase user's usage. Although it would require a lot of work, there are many problems involved as well, I have to push this back till later.]

[Because of the number of changes I have to make to the core code, the amount of work needed is extremely large. Coupled with the addition of sub-features for students, the entire user interface has to be adjusted]

To save time, Lu Zhou consumed 150 general points. He handed over some of the difficult parts of the code to the system to solve. He then copied the code from his memory onto the app. He finally finished the final stability test before the end of August.

His general points balance was 775.

"Uploading updates…" murmured Lu Zhou. He took a deep breath before saying, "This change is ground-breaking. I hope I can stand out from other apps."

He looked at the download numbers. It was only 15.

Lu Zhou tried to comfort himself. It was double the amount of downloads version 0.11 had. It could be counted as a good start. He sent the link to Lin Yuxiang so that she could log onto the school's Tieba today. After that, his user numbers would surely increase.

"Oh yeah, if I can advertise on Tieba, why can't I try to advertise on other platforms?"

Lu Zhou suddenly remembered that he had registered a Weibo account during his fight with Zhu Fangcai.

He did not hesitate and logged on.

The f*ck?

Did I get another 10,000 followers?

Lu Zhou looked at the number of followers and he was surprised.

He then looked at the 99 private messages and frowned.

He clicked on it and unsurprisingly, they were all either asking for his contact information or asking him to write a thesis.

F*ck, can't these people give me a price?

Maybe then I'll write the theses for them?

Why are they so insincere!

Lu Zhou shook his head. He wrote a Weibo blog post and attached the link.

[Campus Train app is released, come to download it…]

Emm…

Bit awkward.

How should I write this advertisement?

Lu Zhou could not think of anything and he gave up. He randomly added a line at the end.

[I will pick ten fans that re-post and edit their SCI thesis (not signed)]

He could not offer anything else other than his talent.

His fans were mostly college students so in theory, this advertisement should work.

Who cares if this doesn't work.

Lu Zhou hit post and closed Weibo.

I did the planning and god will determine the outcome!

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Chapter 52: Trending Again

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[F*ck me, no wonder this guy is a genius. He couldn't buy a train ticket and so, he wrote his own ticket buying app! So impressive!]

[I was wondering why this genius rejected CEO Wong's offer. It's because he's starting his own business! Wow, I envy those with a good brain! (cry, smile)]

[I re-posted, I'm convinced.]

[Genius, are you looking for an online girlfriend? My name is Luo Liyin!]

[Master genius, I'm a grade 7 middle school student. The pretty girl in my class said that she'll go out with me if I get into the Top 10 in the coming exams. If I win the prize, can you teach me mathematics?]

[Editing SCI? Please. Praying to god I get picked! Re-post!]

[I'm a PhD student and I'm impressed… Re-posted!]

[My thesis isn't in SCI, can I get a discount?]

It was the next day in the afternoon.

Lu Zhou was eating dinner when he pulled out his phone and checked Weibo. He was shocked.

Why are there so many re-posts?

However, most of the re-post captions were just people jumping on the bandwagon.

Lu Zhou was suspicious. When he opened the trending page, he was surprised.

Number four on trending!

How did it get up there?

Even though a lot of people re-posted, it's still a bit far fetched to be on trend, right?

Lu Zhou opened up the trending page and found out that a marketing account reported his app but not his blog post.

The earliest new source that reported it was called [New Things On Campus] and that blog was re-posted by a marketing account with millions of followers. Finally, it even caught the attention of [Huaguo Youth Daily] and they re-posted it.

Although they did not re-post his blog, the name [Campus Train] was still in the report.

[A first-year undergraduate student from the University of Jin Ling who could not buy a train ticket wrote his own free app for students to use. Look at how impressive this guy is…]

[Remember that undergraduate student that wrote ten SCI theses in a month? This time he is back at it again. (dog)]

These were the types of headlines in the reports.

After that, a chain reaction happened and it went out of control…

"…"

Lu Zhou saw this situation and was hysterical.

He did not expect to go on trending twice within two months.

Lu Zhou used his phone to log into the developer platform and entered his administrator account and password. He looked at the download data.

What?! The number of registered users reached 150,000!

With the number of user downloads experiencing explosive growth in the Android app store, it had even made its way into the Top Daily Downloads.

It seemed that his app had been accepted by a lot of college students.

As for how many users would stay active, it would depend on what happened next.

At this moment, he received a call from Chen Yushan.

"Lu Zhou Lu Zhou! Did you write that app?" asked the female voice on the other end of the phone. She was so excited that she sounded like she was happier than Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou, "Yeah, I wrote it, why?"

"…"

After she received the confirmation, she became silent.

After a while, she sighed and her voice became heavier as she said, "Nothing. I feel like you're flying so high, I… Don't know what to say."

Lu Zhou was confused, "Flying so high? Not really. It'll still be three years till I graduate."

"You're right," said Chen Yushan. She laughed and changed the topic, "Oh yeah, my cousin came back from Shanghai. My auntie wanted to ask if you still have time to do tutoring next semester?"

"Yeah, of course," said Lu Zhou without any hesitation.

Upgrading the Alibaba cloud server, upgrading disk space, purchasing network communication traffic bandwidth, designing a beautiful UI interface… Everything required money!

Right now his app was free. It was hard to tell how much he would have to spend before he could monetize it.

It was not like he could exchange general points for money and so, he had to rely on working for some extra cash.

A happy voice traveled through the phone, "That's great, Meng Qi said that you are a good mathematics tutor. She would understand the question after one explanation from you."

"It's mainly because she's talented," said Lu Zhou with a smile.

Chen Yushan, "Oh yeah, also when she enters Grade 11, she'll only have Sundays off. You only have to tutor her one day. Is that fine with you?"

Lu Zhou, "No problem, I'm free regardless."

…

Zhang Zhongjie opened the door and walked into Dean Lu office. He said with a smile, "Dean Lu, you have quite a talent there in your mathematics department."

Dean Lu did not say anything at first. He put his pen down, adjusted his glasses, and sighed before saying, "Say it, what did that Lu Zhou kid go and do now?"

Dean Zhang smiled and said, "Oh, I didn't even tell you. How did you know it was Lu Zhou?"

"He's the only troublemaker of his caliber in the department."

"It seems that you're not happy?" said Dean Zhang as he sat on the sofa. With a smile, he said, "If that's the case, how about you transfer Lu Zhou to my computer science department. I quite like him."

"Oh," said Dean Lu. He leaned against his office chair and stared before saying rudely, "Don't even think about it!"

What a joke.

University of Jin Ling's mathematics department was not strong even though the university was ranked amongst the countries' Top 10 universities. It was not nearly as strong as their physics department.

They finally had such a genius in their department and Lu Fangping would never let him go. Not even if he had to deceive Lu Zhou!

"Why are you getting so riled up? I'm just kidding. It's up to him if he wants to transfer," said Dean Zhang. He smiled and continued, "Ok, serious talk. Have you seen Weibo recently?"

"Weibo?" asked Dean Lu. He frowned, "What's on Weibo?"

Although Lu Fangping knew about Weibo, he had not downloaded it on his phone. First of all, he was disinterested in the trending female celebrities. Secondly, the text on the phone was too small and thus, it was unsuitable for old people to read. Thirdly, he was busy with his job and side projects. He did not have so much free time to stare at his phone.

Furthermore, he did not keep up with the trends as much as Dean Zhang who was from the computer science department.

"The Lu Zhou from your department made an app called Campus Train. A few teachers from our department looked at it and found that it is pretty good. The school is encouraging entrepreneurship, right? I wanted to help him and so, I came over here," said Dean Zhang while smiling.

Dean Lu heard the good news and smiled as well. He then squinted his eyes as if he remembered something.

In order to encourage technological innovation at various universities and to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship, the Ministry of Education issued a [University Student Entrepreneurship Plan] which was issued directly to various institutions and education bureaus.

Dean Lu had heard of this plan. It was mainly for fourth-year undergraduate students that did not plan on getting a master's degree. Simply put, the state would provide financial support (loans) while the school would provide the resources to help students achieve their dreams of entrepreneurship!

Of course, not all projects could apply for this interest-free loan. For example, if one decided to open a bubble tea shop, or to sell clothes on Taobao, or if one simply wanted to use the money to buy stocks, the school definitely would not have approved.

Projects that could apply for this loan must first meet the criteria of not only being a technological innovation but it must also be realistic. For example, it was unrealistic if one wanted to build a rocket and needed to come up with a new type of rocket fuel.

The second criterion was that it must be able to create jobs.

After all, projects that were hatched by university alumni would be more inclined to hire students from their own university.

The University of Jin Ling wanted to appeal to the government. All of the departments allocated a certain amount of money towards the startups by the students. After all, employment was the top priority. If the school could really incubate a large project, it might even count as a scientific achievement!

Generally speaking, this policy only applied to fourth-year students. After all, their goal was still to study. They could not delay their academics for entrepreneurship. The school should not convince students to take the wrong path!

However, these criteria obviously were inapplicable when it came to Lu Zhou. Being able to write mathematical theses at his level meant it would be a piece of cake for him to get his bachelor's degree. Most professors did not look at him as an undergraduate student, at least not a first-year undergraduate.

But…

However talented this Lu Zhou kid may be, he's still part of our mathematics department. Why is the computer science department here?

Dean Lu knew instantly that this guy came here to undermine him!

Dean Zhang saw that Dean Lu did not speak. He smiled and used a kind tone as he said, "You shouldn't think that this will affect his studies. It's important to manifest his studies by doing projects. My suggestion will definitely be beneficial to Student Lu. Furthermore, a few teachers in my department did some research and felt that this project is interesting, so…"

"Don't even think about it! I'll go and find our head of department right now!" said Dean Lu. He stood up and smiled as he said, "Don't even try to undermine me! We were just worrying about how to use this money!"

There isn't any place to spend it on!

It was not like mathematics was useless, but what could one create with mathematics?

The few applications that were submitted all pretended like they were making big data statistical analysis software but they were actually about starting online shops! Who would give them money!

Finally, a person like Lu Zhou came along. Dean Lu would never give him up and so, he refused Dean Zhang.

You are here, again and again. You say you're helping our incubator project, but when the chicken finally laid eggs, your computer science department wants to steal the eggs!

Just because I have thick glasses and run around the office all day while being an honest man doesn't mean that I can't see through your schemes!

How naive!

How simple!

"I'm telling you, Old Lu. This is wrong, right? The project in your mathematics department isn't even related to mathematics but is related to computer science. What will people say about this?" said Dean Zhang as he laughed.

"If I say it's related then it's related. How come data science isn't related to mathematics? I'm approving it!" said Dean Lu as he stared at Dean Zhang. He suddenly realized that he had not even received an application yet, so he continued his momentum and said, "I'll give Lu Zhou a call today and ask for his application. I'll personally give it to the head of the department for him to approve!"

Dean Zhang was anxious, "You can't do this. You should ask the student's opinion! This is for his own good!"

Oh, you're trying to talk logic with me now?

Dean Lu turned his eyes and said swiftly, "Ok, I'll talk to him later. Wait for my response."

"No!" said Dean Zhang as he disagreed. He crossed his legs and said, "You're not honest. I'm sitting right here. Call him now! If not, you're buying me dinner."

Dean Lu called Dean Zhang shameless but the man did not even give him a reaction. Dean Lu knew that he had to solve this today and so, he picked up his phone and called Lu Zhou.

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Chapter 53: The Given Loan

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This was the first time that Lu Zhou saw something so strange. Someone was giving him money and he had to take it.

Okay, that was slightly exaggerated, but that was the jist of it.

According to the policy by the Ministry of Education, they could give an interest-free loan to university students. The university would also match the loan with a 1:1 ratio.

For example, if Lu Zhou received a 100,000 yuan loan, according to the policy, the university would contribute 50,000 yuan while the Ministry of Education would contribute 50,000 yuan. The money would be interest-free for a year and after that, it would only have a small interest fee. The rate of the interest fee was much lower than bank loans. In fact, it was even lower than the inflation rate!

Of course, this did not mean that Lu Zhou could only borrow 100,000 yuan.

The school would determine the amount of the loan based on the prototypes of his project and application.

The money would not go into his personal bank account. Instead, it would go directly into the company account. Each expense was recorded and so, he could not spend it recklessly. He could only use that account to pay for business expenses until the loan was paid off.

It was a huge help to Lu Zhou. By running the app, he was burning through his own money. At the rate his bank account was decreasing, he could not even tell if he could survive until the end of the year.

Registering a bank account for a company was easy. Who would not want an interest-free loan!

The problem was that both the computer science and mathematics department wanted to fund the project.

The mathematics department claimed that their quota had nowhere else to be used and they offered to loan 500,000 yuan. If needed, they could even give more. There were no other projects that they were interested in anyway.

The computer science department had a lot of projects and they were running on available quota. They could at most give 200,000 yuan. However, they had talented people. There was no problem from any single project that the professors could not solve. They were all professors that did consultation work for big companies.

Indeed, it was difficult to decide.

Lu Zhou was leaning towards the latter as he would not have to spend as many general points. Besides, not everything could be bought with money. However, the dean of mathematics was right in front of him and he could not blatantly embarrass him. Otherwise, he would have a difficult time staying in the mathematics department.

What if the two departments collaborated…

Lu Zhou thought that in addition to being honest and handsome, his biggest strength was being self-aware. Even though he was a genius, he could not bend the rules.

At least not yet.

If the two departments actually collaborated, they definitely would not listen to Lu Zhou's suggestions. They would just take the lead, like in the mathematical modeling competition.

The two deans didn't mention collaborating. It must mean that it would be difficult to do!

Lu Zhou analyzed this logically. He guessed that this was not only about pride but it contained actual value. If one of the departments incubated a successful project, then they would feel very prideful during the annual meeting.

"Dean Zhang, I'm sorry," said Lu Zhou apologetically. With a sincere voice, he said, "The code for Campus Train is already written and I can single-handedly manage the updates. Dean Lu is offering what I need."

Although he rejected Dean Zhang, he still tried to soften the blow as much as possible.

However, it seemed like Lu Zhou was over-thinking as Dean Zhang did not seem to care that much. He was just disappointed.

"Oh, I understand. I see… Oh yeah, if you've any computer science questions, feel free to ask me."

But don't think that the computer science department will allocate a professor as your advisor. Everyone is busy and no one has that much free time. It would take the head of the mathematical department himself to request for help if you want help from us.

Of course, no one is stopping you from finding a professor or graduate student for help.

"Thank you!" said Lu Zhou solemnly.

"I didn't even help you, no need to thank me! Oh yeah, pay attention to the mathematical modeling competition. If you don't get the first prize, then don't come to find me. I don't know you!" said Dean Zhang with a serious tone. He then waved his hand, stood up, and said, "I'm busy, I have to go."

"Take it easy," said Dean Lu. With a beaming smile, he said, "I won't send you out."

"Ha, look at how happy you are."

The pair had a pretty good private relationship and they would often joke around.

Lu Zhou observed secretly as he was thinking in his heart.

Zhang Zhongjie left and Dean Lu paused for a moment before saying, "Oh yeah, Lu Zhou, I have an application form here. Take it back, fill it out, and bring it back to my office tomorrow."

"Okay!"

Dean Lu was satisfied with Lu Zhou's enthusiasm. He nodded and reminded Lu Zhou.

"Oh yeah, even though this project is a good idea, don't forget about your real job."

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. I've already finished learning the second and third year courses. You can test me right now."

"Oh, I'm not worried about your studies. Who said I was talking about that?" said Dean Lu as he laughed. He then said jokingly, "I don't care about anything else. I just have one rule. You better publish one thesis in the core journal this year. If I don't see your thesis, I'll take away your scholarship."

Lu Zhou: "…"

Even though he knew Dean Lu was doing this for his good, Lu Zhou still wanted to insult him!

…

The 500,000 yuan loan solved Lu Zhou's urgent problem. At least he did not have to use his living expenses to pay for this expensive project.

At first, he had not expected that there would be so many users. He was happy with ten thousand users and he had not expected his app to have such a high reputation amongst college students.

Of course, this meant that he had to give up on another section of the demographic. As the name [Campus Train] was not very attractive to non-college students, many of the features were useless to the general public.

So far, the total number of downloads for [Campus Train] had reached 200,000 with a total of 310,000 tickets bought successfully.

It was the peak time for students to return to school and thus, it was also peak usage time.

The company was registered and it took three days to get all the formalities together. The money had entered into his account and Lu Zhou immediately paid for the server upgrade.

If he wanted to keep the users, he had to keep the users happy. The app should not lag. The users would be annoyed if they refreshed the page and still could not get a ticket. In that case, they might jump to another app.

Lu Zhou opened the developer panel and looked at the increasing number of downloads.

In a few days, the Android app store would release their recommendation for free apps. This would bring a new wave of users to his app. After that, the back-to-school period would end around 10th September. By then, he would know how many stable active users there are.

"The next step is to continue the updates and maintenance, I have money to hire two programmers so this shouldn't be a problem."

Lu Zhou stretched and continued to stare at the screen. Suddenly, he saw an unread notification where it said there were many bug reports.

This was a big problem and he had to take it seriously.

Lu Zhou was alert. He immediately sat up straight and expanded the notification.

"Bug reports… Why are there so many bug reports? Let me look at this."

[Master can you look at my thesis? My WeChat is…]

[Please help to write my thesis, WeChat is…]

[The Weibo lucky draw was shady, I don't care, it was rigged.]

Lu Zhou: "…"

F*ck sake!

Why did you chase me all the way here? What a much of sinister people!

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"Zhou, Liu Rui, Shi Shang, the Emperor of dorm 201 is back!"

Huang Guangming said as he carried a suitcase and walked inside.

Liu Rui, "Piss off!"

Shi Shang rubbed his hands, "Are you itchy? Come, let me give you a beating."

Lu Zhou turned around and said, "Shi Shang, bring out the socks in your drawer and make Guangming use it."

When Huang Guangming heard about Shi Shang's socks, he immediately changed his tone and begged for mercy, "Please, don't! This isn't allowed!"

Liu Rui also panicked at the thought, "F*ck me, Zhou, you're too evil!"

Shi Shang's socks was a chemical weapon that could kill thousands!

Lu Zhou suddenly realized what he said but it was too late.

As expected, Shi Shang was unhappy.

Why did they bring up his socks?

Did they even respect him as a dorm leader?

Shi Shang slapped the table and said, "What are you trying to say? My socks are smelly? I just washed them two days ago!"

Two days ago!

The facial expression of the three people changed instantly.

However, Shi Shang failed to notice. He opened the drawer as if he was trying to prove something.

Liu Rui: "…"

Lu Zhou: "…"

Huang Guangming: "…"

The atmosphere in the dorm became awkward…

There was a stench.

With three pairs of eyes staring at Shi Shang, he gradually lost his confidence.

Without saying anything else, he coughed slightly before heading to the bathroom to wash his socks.

…

The last roommate had returned to dorm 201 as they started their life as a second-year undergraduate. The cold and empty dorm room soon returned to its former noisiness.

"League of Legends is about to release a new champion. Did you see the trailer? It's OP."

"It's on the NA server already and it's sh*t."

"No way! 1v1 me later! Call me daddy if you lose!"

"Okay, I'm playing Garen and you can play whatever."

"Screw you!"

"…"

If this was a few months ago, Lu Zhou might have joined into this heated argument. However, the joy of learning had made him turned his back on League of Legends.

He had already reached the last stage of the system mission. He only had one more boss to capture.

That boss was the insanely difficult [Integrated Circuit Design].

That circuit design book was basically inhumane. Circuit lines from metal1 to metalN drawings, countless flip-flops, and inter-layer channels. It was torture!

According to rumors, the University of Jin Ling's electronics department had the highest percentage of bald teachers. If one wanted to know the skill level of a professor, one just had to see the amount of hair on his head. Lu Zhou now knew where the root of the balding problem was.

The amount of content in chip design was way too large and there was absolutely no way an undergraduate student could completely understand it. Even though this was an introductory textbook, Lu Zhou still felt immense pressure.

Of course, this field had good potential.

Integrated circuit design was not China's strong suit and there was an insufficiency of talent. In addition, in this field, the strong only became stronger which resulted in many talented people with the skills to choose to move overseas. A 500,000 yuan salary was no problem if one were proficient in integrated circuit design.

An integrated circuit design project was large. Each step had a cumbersome process and any of the steps could be considered a scientific research project. Every step of the production line was a job opportunity.

Then again, with the difficulty in getting jobs, very few people could reach the standards that were required. In order to participate in an integrated circuit design laboratory, one would at least need a PhD.

Huang Guangming was playing League when he saw Lu Zhou reading the textbook. He then asked, "Lu Zhou, league? Liu Rui is feeding too hard. I can't carry without your ganks."

Liu Rui did not respond. Instead, he started to hum a song in embarrassment.

Lu Zhou thought and said, "I'll play in a few days I'm pretty busy now."

Shi Shang, who was playing top lane, said, "F*ck, last time you said you would play after exams but until now, you still haven't logged on yet."

In a serious tone, Huang Guangming said, "Zhou, you will lose your friends like this!"

"No friends? Impossible," said Lu Zhou as he shook his head. He then added, "We all take the same classes, mathematical analysis 3, linear algebra, ordinary differential equation, complex functions…"

"Brother Lu, stop talking," said Shi Shang as he suddenly let go of his mouse. He turned around and begged Lu Zhou, "From the moment I saw you, I knew that we would be brothers for life… You have to lend me your notes!"

Lu Zhou laughed.

Oh, what a weak student.

Liu Rui was killed and sent back to the fountain. As he leaned against his chair, he asked, "Aren't you friends with Lu Zhou because you saw his sister's photo?"

Lu Zhou, "F*ck off!"

He had nothing to say to this group of animals.

When Lu Zhou heard the sound of League abilities being used impetuously, he could not calm down.

In the end, he gave up in testing his own strength. He packed his stuff and walked outside with his backpack.

It was now the 1st of September and only two days left until the third. A large number of first-year students would be pouring into campus on that day. All kinds of community activities and studying were going to happen that night. In addition, the students who were preparing for the graduate entrance exam were trying their best to study and so, he had no hope to find an empty classroom.

There was not much time left for him to study quietly.

Coincidentally, Lu Zhou only had one focus capsule left. He did not know if it would be enough for him to finish the [Introduction to IC Design] textbook.

After dinner, Lu Zhou sat in an empty classroom and ate the final focus capsule. He planned to immerse himself into the book by entering into a state of high concentration.

The circuit lines gradually solidified in his brain and the layers of electronics unfolded.

He discovered this ability when he was studying topology. When he was highly focused, he could use his spatial imagination to "see" the graphics in his mind. It was hard to describe in words, but the resolution of his imagination was very precise and he could see every electrical circuit and every flip-flop.

Of course, entering into this status had great side effects. It would accelerate the fatigue of the brain. Although it would not decrease the focus capsule's active duration to under five hours, it would make him very sleepy after five hours.

Therefore, he had already used two focus capsules while studying integrated circuit design and this was his third capsule.

Also, this was only introductory material, it only briefly explained topics such as RTL code, logic synthesis and RC time constant. The latter half was circuit wiring, which did not even count as core knowledge.

Time slowly passed and soon it was twelve o'clock. Lu Zhou stared at the last page of the textbook and sighed. He then collapsed onto the table.

Using his last remaining strength, he whispered quietly, "Enter… System space."

Suddenly, the world spun and he was surrounded by a pure white space. His consciousness was immediately detached from the real world and transformed into the system space.

It was strange. His brain had a massive headache in the outside world but after entering this pure white world, his headache seemed to have disappeared.

However, he did not have time to cherish this feeling and he immediately stepped forward. With his hands placed on the semi-transparent information screen, he stared at it.

"System, show mission progress!"

[Mission 30/30]

[Congratulations user for completing the first reward. Double mission rewards are given. Hope you make persistent efforts!]

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Chapter 56: You Have To Always Give Your Child A Good Foundation

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Lu Zhou left the system space and his consciousness fell into darkness.

Only then did he realize that before he entered the system space, he ate the last focus capsule…

By the time he woke up, it was already the next morning.

This was different than his previous study grinds. His sleep quality this time was quite good. He woke up early and he even used his book as a pillow.

The only unfortunate thing was that the last page of [Introduction to IC design] had been covered in his saliva.

Fortunately, it was not too obvious. It would be dried up in the current hot weather in two minutes.

"This all-day study grinding life is horrible," said Lu Zhou as he moved his painful back.

It was seven o'clock in the morning and not a lot of people were in the school building. Through the windows, he could see people running on the track field.

Lu Zhou's towel and toothbrush were in his bag and so, he first went into the bathroom and cleaned himself up. Then, he walked to the cafeteria under the morning sun.

As always, he bought two steamed buns and a cup of soy milk. He then sat at a corner of the cafeteria and while eating, he pulled out his phone.

First, Lu Zhou went on Weibo. All of the trending topics were celebrities and he had no interest in them. The number of his followers did not seem to change much. In fact, it was similar to when he was still on trending, which is in the tens of thousands.

Lu Zhou looked at the news briefly before closing Weibo. He logged onto the app developer platform and surprisingly found out that "Campus Train" had broken 500,000 users and was growing steadily.

The momentum was good but he had to work harder as compared to other third-party booking software, his number was tiny!

With his sleepy eyes half opened, Lu Zhou ate the buns quietly. He then moved his thumbs and opened WeChat so that he could take a look at his news feed.

[Shi Shang: Forward: Notice of the semi-final campus basketball match.]

Hmm…

He was disinterested but he still liked it to indicate that he read it.

As Lu Zhou took a bite of his bun, he continued to scroll.

[Lin Yuxiang: Mathematical modeling is so hard, the competition is starting soon, I'll have to study and grind all night ~ (effort)]

She also posted a picture of a textbook.

Lu Zhou: "…"

I want to block this chick…

Forget it, I'll do it after the competition.

…

The campus was gorgeous. With colorful ribbons hanging on the parasol trees, the environment was as lively as a festival.

Numerous cars dropped off students in front of the school gate and countless students were registering at the sign-up spot. Parents carried suitcases, helped their children to fill out forms, bought sim cards, cleaned up dorm rooms, etc. It was only eight o'clock but the street in front of the dorms was completely blocked.

Lu Zhou walked on the track field and watched the crowds from afar. He thought back to when he first entered the school. At that time, his mother was in the hospital and his dad had to take care of her. He took the train for hundreds of kilometers and entered the unfamiliar city by himself.

That was the first time he traveled so far.

Looking back at it, the time had flown by so fast and it had already been a year.

He soon noticed two familiar figures in the crowd.

One was Fat Wu. He was wearing a telecom t-shirt and was sweating as he managed a team of student workers. They guided the parents towards the telecom store. Every time school started, he would be busy. The student union was busy welcoming the new, while he was busy making money.

The other was Lin Yuxiang. She wore a plain white dress and sat under the shed at the reception for new arrivals. She smiled and had a flushed face as she handed out the forms to the younger students.

As the vice president of the student union, she was working with the student association and youth league committee, working the job that no one wanted to work. She was quite the fighter.

Lu Zhou did a rough analysis in his heart.

He was unfamiliar with the operations of the student union and he only knew about it when his class leader bragged about it.

Lin Yuxiang noticed Lu Zhou. She smiled gently at him as she waved her hand and said hello.

Lu Zhou nodded and said hello back. He did not stay for long and walked back to his dorm.

When he arrived at his dorm, Shi Shang was worried.

"Lu Zhou, you didn't come back to the dorm last night? Where were you? You didn't pick up my calls."

Lu Zhou placed his bag on the table and replied casually, "I was reading books all night."

Liu Rui was studying a physics textbook and he complained, "… You're too good."

Huang Guangming was lying in bed with his phone and he sighed as he said, "He's not even a genius, he's a god… Zhou, did you go to heaven last night?"

"Yeah I did, almost did. I won't stay up this late after school starts, " said Lu Zhou before he yawned. He sat in his chair and opened his laptop before he logged onto JD to search for a suitable laptop.

After he paid for tuition, he still had 40,000 yuan left. It was not a problem to buy a laptop for less than 20,000 yuan. The artificial intelligence USB was still sitting in the system space. He planned on buying a machine and quickly install the USB.

However, he had not expected that his words would surprise his two roommates.

Shi Shang was shocked as he said, "F*ck me, what do you mean you won't stay up this late after school starts? Does this mean for the entire summer…"

Huang Guangming gulped. He did not say anything but he stopped playing on his phone.

Liu Rui laughed miserably as he said, "You only just found out? I can't even understand the books he was reading."

His expression conveyed, "Now you know how much pressure I had for the summer, right?"

Huang Guangming: "…"

Shi Shang: "…"

The two did not say anything but they showed a sympathetic look towards Liu Rui.

Lu Zhou failed to notice the interactions between his roommates as he was browsing the web. Finally, he chose an HP Zbook15 that was released this year.

Strictly speaking, it was not an "ultrabook" but more of a "mobile work station". The hardware specifications were better than high-end laptops such as "gaming laptop" or "super laptop". It had insane graphics imaging processing capabilities.

Of course, high performance meant high prices. The highest configuration model would cost him 25,000 yuan and it was not even used for gaming.

However, when Lu Zhou thought about that artificial intelligence USB in the system space, he clicked the purchase button reluctantly.

"Motherf*cker, this high tech system is so demanding…"

He had no other choice as he had to give his artificial intelligence "child" a good foundation.

If he picked a sh*tty laptop, he might turn the artificial intelligence into artificial retardation.

The money in his card instantly became 10,000 yuan or so and it was back to where he began.

As for the 500,000 yuan in the company's account, Lu Zhou could only look at it. It was not that he could not use it, but he was an honest man and he would never do something that would stain his record.

Maybe the school would not know?

Haha, one would be lying to oneself. For this type of small-sized company, the accounting would be done by the teachers from the Department of Statistics. When he registered the company, it even saved him a small sum of money because he did not have to hire a professional accountant.

If the first big purchase he made with that money was a computer, he would definitely make Dean Lu disappointed in himself.

"I hope that little guy will be happy with this computer home as I can't afford anything that is more expensive," sighed Lu Zhou as he turned off his laptop.

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Chapter 56: You Have To Always Give Your Child A Good Foundation

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Lu Zhou left the system space and his consciousness fell into darkness.

Only then did he realize that before he entered the system space, he ate the last focus capsule…

By the time he woke up, it was already the next morning.

This was different than his previous study grinds. His sleep quality this time was quite good. He woke up early and he even used his book as a pillow.

The only unfortunate thing was that the last page of [Introduction to IC design] had been covered in his saliva.

Fortunately, it was not too obvious. It would be dried up in the current hot weather in two minutes.

"This all-day study grinding life is horrible," said Lu Zhou as he moved his painful back.

It was seven o'clock in the morning and not a lot of people were in the school building. Through the windows, he could see people running on the track field.

Lu Zhou's towel and toothbrush were in his bag and so, he first went into the bathroom and cleaned himself up. Then, he walked to the cafeteria under the morning sun.

As always, he bought two steamed buns and a cup of soy milk. He then sat at a corner of the cafeteria and while eating, he pulled out his phone.

First, Lu Zhou went on Weibo. All of the trending topics were celebrities and he had no interest in them. The number of his followers did not seem to change much. In fact, it was similar to when he was still on trending, which is in the tens of thousands.

Lu Zhou looked at the news briefly before closing Weibo. He logged onto the app developer platform and surprisingly found out that "Campus Train" had broken 500,000 users and was growing steadily.

The momentum was good but he had to work harder as compared to other third-party booking software, his number was tiny!

With his sleepy eyes half opened, Lu Zhou ate the buns quietly. He then moved his thumbs and opened WeChat so that he could take a look at his news feed.

[Shi Shang: Forward: Notice of the semi-final campus basketball match.]

Hmm…

He was disinterested but he still liked it to indicate that he read it.

As Lu Zhou took a bite of his bun, he continued to scroll.

[Lin Yuxiang: Mathematical modeling is so hard, the competition is starting soon, I'll have to study and grind all night ~ (effort)]

She also posted a picture of a textbook.

Lu Zhou: "…"

I want to block this chick…

Forget it, I'll do it after the competition.

…

The campus was gorgeous. With colorful ribbons hanging on the parasol trees, the environment was as lively as a festival.

Numerous cars dropped off students in front of the school gate and countless students were registering at the sign-up spot. Parents carried suitcases, helped their children to fill out forms, bought sim cards, cleaned up dorm rooms, etc. It was only eight o'clock but the street in front of the dorms was completely blocked.

Lu Zhou walked on the track field and watched the crowds from afar. He thought back to when he first entered the school. At that time, his mother was in the hospital and his dad had to take care of her. He took the train for hundreds of kilometers and entered the unfamiliar city by himself.

That was the first time he traveled so far.

Looking back at it, the time had flown by so fast and it had already been a year.

He soon noticed two familiar figures in the crowd.

One was Fat Wu. He was wearing a telecom t-shirt and was sweating as he managed a team of student workers. They guided the parents towards the telecom store. Every time school started, he would be busy. The student union was busy welcoming the new, while he was busy making money.

The other was Lin Yuxiang. She wore a plain white dress and sat under the shed at the reception for new arrivals. She smiled and had a flushed face as she handed out the forms to the younger students.

As the vice president of the student union, she was working with the student association and youth league committee, working the job that no one wanted to work. She was quite the fighter.

Lu Zhou did a rough analysis in his heart.

He was unfamiliar with the operations of the student union and he only knew about it when his class leader bragged about it.

Lin Yuxiang noticed Lu Zhou. She smiled gently at him as she waved her hand and said hello.

Lu Zhou nodded and said hello back. He did not stay for long and walked back to his dorm.

When he arrived at his dorm, Shi Shang was worried.

"Lu Zhou, you didn't come back to the dorm last night? Where were you? You didn't pick up my calls."

Lu Zhou placed his bag on the table and replied casually, "I was reading books all night."

Liu Rui was studying a physics textbook and he complained, "… You're too good."

Huang Guangming was lying in bed with his phone and he sighed as he said, "He's not even a genius, he's a god… Zhou, did you go to heaven last night?"

"Yeah I did, almost did. I won't stay up this late after school starts, " said Lu Zhou before he yawned. He sat in his chair and opened his laptop before he logged onto JD to search for a suitable laptop.

After he paid for tuition, he still had 40,000 yuan left. It was not a problem to buy a laptop for less than 20,000 yuan. The artificial intelligence USB was still sitting in the system space. He planned on buying a machine and quickly install the USB.

However, he had not expected that his words would surprise his two roommates.

Shi Shang was shocked as he said, "F*ck me, what do you mean you won't stay up this late after school starts? Does this mean for the entire summer…"

Huang Guangming gulped. He did not say anything but he stopped playing on his phone.

Liu Rui laughed miserably as he said, "You only just found out? I can't even understand the books he was reading."

His expression conveyed, "Now you know how much pressure I had for the summer, right?"

Huang Guangming: "…"

Shi Shang: "…"

The two did not say anything but they showed a sympathetic look towards Liu Rui.

Lu Zhou failed to notice the interactions between his roommates as he was browsing the web. Finally, he chose an HP Zbook15 that was released this year.

Strictly speaking, it was not an "ultrabook" but more of a "mobile work station". The hardware specifications were better than high-end laptops such as "gaming laptop" or "super laptop". It had insane graphics imaging processing capabilities.

Of course, high performance meant high prices. The highest configuration model would cost him 25,000 yuan and it was not even used for gaming.

However, when Lu Zhou thought about that artificial intelligence USB in the system space, he clicked the purchase button reluctantly.

"Motherf*cker, this high tech system is so demanding…"

He had no other choice as he had to give his artificial intelligence "child" a good foundation.

If he picked a sh*tty laptop, he might turn the artificial intelligence into artificial retardation.

The money in his card instantly became 10,000 yuan or so and it was back to where he began.

As for the 500,000 yuan in the company's account, Lu Zhou could only look at it. It was not that he could not use it, but he was an honest man and he would never do something that would stain his record.

Maybe the school would not know?

Haha, one would be lying to oneself. For this type of small-sized company, the accounting would be done by the teachers from the Department of Statistics. When he registered the company, it even saved him a small sum of money because he did not have to hire a professional accountant.

If the first big purchase he made with that money was a computer, he would definitely make Dean Lu disappointed in himself.

"I hope that little guy will be happy with this computer home as I can't afford anything that is more expensive," sighed Lu Zhou as he turned off his laptop

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Chapter 57: The Artificial Intelligence Eye

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Over the next few days, Lu Zhou was nervous as he prepared for the mathematical modeling competition. He had even temporarily paused the tutoring work.

Even though it was a pity, Mrs. Yang expressed her understanding on the phone. She agreed for him to continue the tutoring sessions after the 12th. As for Han Mengqi, that little girl was somewhat sad but she still told Lu Zhou to do his best in the competition.

Like this, Lu Zhou temporarily removed all interference and fully devoted himself to the preparation of the mathematical modeling competition.

The online training was now offline training. Professor Liu was quite responsible. Not only did he paused his own project and book classrooms for them, he even gave them guidance on how to answers the questions.

The training cycle that used to be once a week was increased to three days a week. Two days of group training and one day of self-training. Not only did they had to answer the questions within competition time frames, but the difficulty of the questions was also gradually increased until it approached the difficulty of the official competition. Even though Lu Zhou planned on not staying up too late, he was unable to do that.

Fortunately, there were no classes for the first week of school and so, he had a lot of free time.

Three days after the online order, the parcel was delivered to the delivery point below the dorms.

Lu Zhou went to the library all day and studied modeling. When he came back to the dorm, he signed the courier form before taking the package upstairs.

When he got back to the dorm, his three roommates were playing league of legends. A member of the student union, Li Tao, who lived next door, stood behind Huang Guangming.

This kid was short and he wore glasses and was a video game enthusiast. Other than League of Legends, he played a variety of foreign Triple-A games. He even had a desktop in his dorm. He played games such as Battlefield, Call of Duty, Dead Island, etc. However, the games were all graphics card killers and there was no way a laptop could run them.

When he saw Lu Zhou's parcel, his eyes lit up and out of curiosity, he walked over.

"Oh, Lu Zhou, you bought a laptop? What is the graphics card?"

Lu Zhou was unboxing when he said, "N card."

Li Tao stood behind Lu Zhou and watched him unbox as he said, "N card? Is this a gaming laptop? GTX 970 is about to be released. Why didn't you wait a few days?"

As Lu Zhou installed the USB, he smiled and said, "I can't, the data modeling competition is in a few days. I can't wait till the new card is released as I don't even know where they would be sold."

"Is that a GTX 960?"

Lu Zhou thought and said, "K2100M."

When Li Tao heard this, he was shocked.

What is that thing?

Aren't there only two types of Nvidia graphics cards? A low-end GT series, and a high-end GTX series. Everyone is talking about these two models. This is my first time hearing a graphics card that starts with a K.

Li Tao suddenly felt out of his element and he was speechless. As he stood behind Lu Zhou, he pulled out his phone and began to search for the card.

Graphics card, mainly used for mobile work stations…

Li Tao skipped the description as he was unable to understand it. When he looked at the price, he was shocked.

F*ck me! A thousand yuan more than a GTX 970?

What a rich f*cker!

Li Tao looked at Lu Zhou and was suddenly inspired.

No wonder he's a genius. He even wants to play league with such a high end graphics card.

Lu Zhou did not care what the kid was thinking. He installed the operating system, tested the hardware, and carried his new laptop to bed.

Lu Zhou secretly looked at his roommates. When he saw that Li Tao's attention was back to Huang Guangming, Lu Zhou took in a deep breath and secretly whispered "USB, USB" while imaging the USB icon above the semi-transparent information screen.

Without any warning, his right hand was holding a cold and hard object.

Just like the last few times, the USB appeared out of thin air into his hand.

"…"

Lu Zhou did not waste his time and inserted the USB.

Immediately after, the scene that appeared shocked him.

The second he inserted the USB, the screen of the laptop went black like it contracted a virus. After that, the fans started to spin quickly, as if all of the hardware was being pushed to the limit.

"It's not dead, right?"

Lu Zhou quickly pulled out the manual. He looked at it and saw that the laptop had 2TB of disk space, 16GB of ram, and a top of the line CPU.

The laptop was getting louder and louder. Lu Zhou's heart was both anxious and thankful.

He was thankful that he did not use his old laptop to install the thing or it would have blown his old laptop into pieces!

Finally, the computer screen flashed. A soft blue light was on and the spinning fans also stopped.

Immediately after, something happened that made Lu Zhou's eyeballs popped out.

The USB in his laptop disappeared.

That was right, he saw it with his own eyes that it disappeared!

It was like it turned into ashes and flew away.

"F*ck… What's this? Some kind of auto-degradable material? After it downloads, it breaks into gas molecules?"

Lu Zhou tried to analyze it but he could not figure it out no matter how hard he tried.

When the data transfer was completed, the USB hardware automatically decomposed. This was outside of his knowledge level.

At this moment, the computer restarted. The original Windows 7 operating system was changed and it turned into a semi-graphic, semi-command line operating system that was similar to Linux.

Lu Zhou looked at the screen. He thought, "Why didn't the system tell me that this would delete the laptop operating system. Then I wouldn't have to spend all that effort…"

He placed his hands on the keyboard and was about to play with this artificial intelligence mission reward. What exactly was happening?

A line of text appeared on the screen.

[Welcome to "unnamed" artificial intelligence, do you wish to set a custom name? Y/N]

Lu Zhou hesitated before he pressed Y and hit enter.

[Please enter your new name.]

What should I put?

Lu Zhou's fingers rubbed against the keyboard as he frowned and began to think.

He was very indecisive. Whenever he had to set a username in a video game, he would have to think about it for ages.

Yes…

Yes…

Lu Zhou's brain flashed and his fingers started to move. He typed three letters on the keyboard.

Eye!

The Chinese name "ai"!

It means that that the digital world is unable to be seen by the eye!

The love and peace of mankind will depend on you, Eye!

Even though the name was pretty short, Lu Zhou still could not help but praise his own creativity.

As for your nickname, I'll call you Xiao Ai!

The light blue screen flashed, a dialog popped up in the center of the screen.

[Custom name is completed. Artificial intelligence Xiao Ai serves you.]

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Lu Zhou briefly looked at the operating system that the artificial intelligence gave him.

Honestly speaking, he was a little disappointed.

The operation method was similar to a Linux desktop distribution. The only advantage was that it was compatible with both Windows and Linux software. It could be operated by using a mouse or by inputting command lines into the dialog box in the center of the screen.

In terms of internet access, it had a built-in unknown browser. It could browse the web and download software and there was no difference from a Windows operating system.

The shortcoming of this operating system was that it was simply too big. It took up 1TB of disk space and it nearly filled up Lu Zhou's entire laptop!

After all this, Lu Zhou still did not understand what was the use of this thing.

It seemed that there was another dialog box on the lower right corner. It looked like a chat box for "Xiao Ai".

It seemed like one of those pets you talked to on QQ.

However, Xiao Ai's intelligence worried Lu Zhou. He had briefly tested it and commanded it using a simple language. He asked her to open a computer folder and run a program. Without any problems, it could even auto-completed the program he was typing.

However, these operations could be done by entering command lines and so, it seemed kind of useless.

As for normal conversations, Xiao Ai could only say hello. When it came to difficult sentences, it would often ask, "What does XXX mean?"

It was like a little baby learning how to talk.

However, it was better than a baby. He would only have to explain to it one time for it to understand and it would never forget anything.

Lu Zhou had not discovered other uses, at least not now.

As he leaned against the wall behind him, he sighed and thought, "Is the so-called level one artificial intelligence just this? I guess I have to wait for level 2."

It was a lot worse than Google's DisBelief and it was even worse compared to the Deep Blue program from a decade ago.

Of course, Lu Zhou knew that it was unfair. The former had thousands of servers for support and it basically ran on a supercomputer. The computing power could not be compared to his laptop.

It was like a person. No matter how logical they were, if they did not have enough brain cells they would still be a retard.

Emm…

Right now, Xiao Ai was no different than a retard.

He could only wait to change a better "brain" for it. For example, a server or something.

However, that was still far away. The laptop could handle level 1 Xiao Ai and he could wait until level 2 before he should upgrade the hardware.

Lu Zhou sat cross-legged on the bed as he began to study the methods of upgrading the artificial intelligence.

Simply speaking, he had two paths.

One path was by using general points. The exchange rate between general points and the technology branch experience points was 1:1.

The other way was by relying on Xiao Ai to do machine learning while he slowly accumulated the experience points needed for Xiao Ai to upgrade.

Xiao Ai seemed to have a certain level of self-learning ability. Lu Zhou just had to allocate some computing power to self-learning and the program would automatically increase its "intelligence progress bar".

According to instructions given by Xiao Ai, when the progress bar was filled once, the artificial intelligence technology branch experience would increase by 100.

Which was saying, if he allocated all the computing power to self-learning and waited for the progress bar to be filled ten times, his technology branch would be upgraded.

What a slow upgrading method…

Lu Zhou stared at the screen for a while. He could not even see the progress bar moving.

"A 20,000 yuan computer isn't enough for this thing? Xiao Ai needs so much computing power…" Lu Zhou could not help but complain about the situation.

If he had just left it alone, it would take forever to progress.

If Lu Zhou was not worried about the program leaking or causing unpredictable consequences, he would have uploaded it onto Alibaba's cloud server.

For the time being, he had to rely on his AFK method.

I should study two books on machine learning to see if there are any shortcuts. This way, maybe I can increase the speed of Xiao Ai.

Just in case someone tried to open his computer, he set a password for artificial intelligence Xiao Ai.

Lu Zhou did all this before he left the laptop on his bed. Once he was done packing his stuff, he put his backpack on and left the dorm.

It was the last training session for the National Mathematical Modeling Competition and Professor Liu had some important words to say. They were mainly competition regulations, rules, and some other matters that needed attention.

It was the last training session and Lin Yuxiang came quite timely. Not only did she not arrive late, but she was also the first one there. Wang Xiaodong was in the computer room, figuring out his timetable, so he was slightly late.

Apparently, the genius had already finished half of the third year subjects in his second year. Other people were still selecting their majors while he was already preparing for graduation.

After everyone arrived, Professor Liu smiled and walked onto the podium.

"You guys aren't little kids anymore and so, I won't emphasize on safety issues. I'll briefly talk about the rules of the competition and some things to be aware of."

"The competition has a time period of 72 hours and the requirement is to submit the completed thesis within that time. You guys will be staying up late so I suggest you get a good night's sleep the day before. From my past experience, the person responsible for modeling and writing the thesis can only sleep on the second night. The person coding can't sleep on the second night and can only sleep a few hours in the third night. You guys have to cooperate with your teammates and complete the thesis."

"Modeling, coding, thesis writing. Every single one of those three is important. I've talked about this already so I won't repeat myself."

"The other problem is discipline. During the time frame of the competition, the teams are forbidden to communicate with other teams and the contestants are also forbidden to communicate with teachers. You can use the Internet to download or look at materials, but you cannot message anyone."

In reality, this rule was not strictly enforced. Some weaker teams would get their teacher to look over the materials but none of them would directly get the teacher to do the question. Good schools had honest teachers but some bad schools…

The teachers might have been worse than the students.

That statement was no exaggeration. Teaching and doing it yourself were two different things. After all, the coverage area and randomness of the mathematical model was too big. Even professors could not do everything.

"Teacher, what if I searched for answers on Baidu?" asked Lin Yuxiang with her hand raised.

Teacher Liu laughed and he said, "You can try, see if you find anything."

When Lu Zhou heard her, he laughed in his heart.

Anyone that asked that question was someone that knew nothing about mathematical modeling. Not only that they had not experienced the feelings of being dominated by those insanely hard questions, they thought this was similar to Olympic maths when it was nothing like it.

If a person was given a customer data for a telecommunications company and asked to design products for different customers according to the requirements, where would the person go and search for the answer? Some of the questions were related to the competition's sponsors. If the model that was designed was good enough, the sponsors might just take it and use it. There were no answers for the person to search for.

Lin Yuxiang's face was slightly red with embarrassment as she pulled down her right hand in.

Teacher Liu paused for a second before continuing, "The other problem is the team leader. There is no requirement for one. Our school has always secretly acknowledged the first name on the prize list as the captain. But this is just a false title. It doesn't mean anything. According to previous competitions, the captain is generally held by the person writing the thesis and is responsible for integrating the teammates together. However, you can also set the captain according to your year. What do you guys think?"

Wang Xiaodong pushed his glasses, "Just make it Lu Zhou, I don't care."

Lin Yuxiang was holding her thighs and she nodded. Naturally, she did not have any opinions.

"What do you think?" asked Professor Liu as he looked at Lu Zhou and smiled.

"I… don't have an opinion."

The two teammates trusted Lu Zhou so much, it would seem insincere if he rejected and so, he simply agreed.

Professor Liu smiled and nodded his head as he continued to speak.

"When the time comes, the school will arrange a school bus to send you guys to the old school where a temporary accommodation will be arranged for you."

"Finally, remember to ask for a permission slip from your instructor and clearly write down the reason for your absence. As for the lectures missed during the competition, you guys will have to think of a way to make up for it."

"Ask me if you have any questions. If not, you guys can leave."

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Chapter 59: You Want A Permission Slip? Let Me Test You

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There were two physics lessons during the three days of the mathematical modeling competition.

Lu Zhou felt like it was not a good impression to miss the first class and so, he decided to personally hand in the permission slip as he did not want to bother the class leader.

From the class information given by the Academic Affairs Office, the physics teacher was called Li Rongen and he was an old professor with high qualifications. When Lu Zhou found his phone number, he gave him a call to confirm that he was in his office before he headed over.

Lu Zhou knocked on the door before he walked in. He handed the permission slip on the desk and explained his reasons.

"Permission to miss classes?" said Professor Li. He took off his glasses and looked at the slip as he said, "Your name is Lu Zhou, right?"

"Yes," said Lu Zhou as he nodded.

Professor Li smiled and said, "Okay, then let me ask you two questions. If you can answer one of them, I'll approve your permission slip."

What's this?

Lu Zhou was stunned.

"What? Scared?" asked Li Rongen with a smile.

"Nope," said Lu Zhou. He fixed his composure, shook his head, and said, "Professor, please go ahead and ask me."

"The first question, take this," said Li Rongen as he handed Lu Zhou an A4 sized paper. With a smile, he said, "Write as much as you want. I want to see the working."

You even prepared the questions?

Lu Zhou felt like the man premeditated this. Otherwise, why would the question be printed on an A4 paper?

Lu Zhou did not say anything as he took the A4 paper and started to read the question.

[The half-life of uranium 238 in a nuclear submarine is 4.5109 years. There is a 0.7% probability of a uranium 234 decay, which will release a high-energy photon, 93% of which is absorbed by the submarine steel plates. In 1981, a nuclear submarine from the Soviet Union transmitted a high-energy photo, which was measured by the detector 1.5m from the nuclear source (treat the source as a point). The instrument's positive incident area is 22cm2, the efficiency is 0.25% (one pulse signal per 400 incident photos), 125 signals are measured per hour.

1. Find the average life of the uranium 238 core. (ln2 = 0.693)

2. Find the mass of uranium 238 in the submarine (kg as a unit, 2 sig figs)

]

Lu Zhou finished reading the question and sighed in his heart.

No wonder he is named one of the "four physics devil" professors. What a question!

Speaking of which, the first physics lecture is next Monday. Why is she asking me this nuclear physics question?

"Do you want to sit down?"

"It's okay, I'll stand."

Lu Zhou took the pen and draft paper from Professor Li. He stood next to the office table. With a frown, he began to think.

Physics was not his strong suit.

However, after an entire summer of grinding, he was invulnerable!

Five minutes passed and Lu Zhou relaxed before he started to write.

[Law of decay: N=N0e(-λt)

The relationship between the decay constant and half-life constant is: N0/2=N0e(-λT1/2), from which T1/2=ln2/λ

]

Lu Zhou wrote down the two equations and his eyes flashed.

He had successfully turned a physics problem into an advanced algebra problem.

Next up, he just had to solve it!

First part!

The pen moved quickly on the A4 paper.

[(1) Average lifetime of radionuclide t=λNtdt/N0=…=1.1443T1/2

Substituting data gives T=6.49*109 years.

]

Professor Li looked at that A4 paper with his eyebrows raised and he had a look of interest in his eyes.

Lu Zhou did not notice Professor Li's change of expression. He was too concentrated on the question as he began to answer the next part.

[From the information provided, the number of high-energy photons generated by decaying to U234 at dt time is dN·n0=n0λNdt]

Let the efficiency of photons passing through the steel plate as n1, and the number of photons passing through the steel plate in the dt time is calculated as dN1=n0λNdt·n1

The number of photons entering the detector…

The number of signals generated…

Able to calculate the number of uranium 238 in the submarine, which gives the mass.

]

Lu Zhou substituted all of the data and calculated the number of uranium 238 as N = 7.4561025.

However, just he was preparing to substitute N to calculate the mass and complete the final blow to the enemy, Professor Li suddenly spoke.

"Okay, I'll count that you passed."

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

He was not happy at all.

What do you mean you'll count that I passed?

I already did it up to this point. Can't you just let me finish before speaking!

"Professor, I haven't finished…"

"A middle school student can finish this step," said Li Rongen. With a smile, he said, "You can finish it if you want."

The momentum of solving the question was destroyed and Lu Zhou was left speechless.

His OCD forced him to finish the question.

Answer M = 29.634kg, two sig fig as 30kg.

The steps were right and the answer was definitely correct.

Lu Zhou wrote down a full stop as he completed the question.

"Do you want to hear the second question?" asked Li Rongen with a smile.

Although Lu Zhou wanted to say "No", he remembered that the professor had not signed the permission slip yet, so he replied, "Say it."

Li Rongen laughed and said, "Don't be nervous, the second question is very easy. Just tell me the second law of thermodynamics."

When Lu Zhou heard this question, he sighed in relief.

He thought that the professor would give him an impossible question to defeat him and to destroy his ego. He had not expected to be set free by Professor Li.

Normally speaking, there were two different expressions of the second law of thermodynamics. One was the famous Kelvin equation, the other was the expression mentioned by Rudolf Clausius in the 1850 thesis.

As for Hatsopoulos-Keenan's expression, it was a relatively new expression that only recently emerged.

Lu Zhou read the textbook carefully and so he did not miss it.

"For a system with a given energy, material composition, and parameters, there is a stable equilibrium state. Other states can always be achieved through a reversible process," said Lu Zhou as he recited this expression effortlessly.

"Not bad," said Li Rongen as he nodded with approval.

The textbooks used by physics majors did not mention the more advanced expression in the text even though they might have mentioned it in the appendix. Students who were not interested in physics would never know this expression.

Lu Zhou even recited this obscure fact, which proves that he had thoroughly understood the [University Physics] textbook.

After this investigation, Li Rongen could confirm that there was not anything an undergraduate physics course could teach Lu Zhou.

I guess Old Tang wasn't bragging, this kid is talented!

He would have signed the permission slip regardless as he was only joking around.

Since yesterday, he had signed dozens of permission slips for the mathematical model. Another one would not be any problem.

Even if Lu Zhou did not answer, he would have just roasted Lu Zhou a bit but he would still sign it.

Li Rongen signed his signature before pulling out a name list from his drawer. He drew two ticks on it before he spoke with an elderly tone.

"Lu Zhou."

"What?"

"Do you have plans for a master's?

Lu Zhou thought and said with an uncertain tone, "Sure."

Who knows what can happen in the future?

However, Professor Li's intuition was weaker than Professor Tang's. He did not hear the uncertainty in Lu Zhou's tone. Instead, he merely nodded his head in approval and continued.

"The physics department of our University of Jin Ling is one of the best in the nation. Humbly speaking, we're tied for first. But for superconducting physics, electronic system, condensed physics, and material design, they are not as good as us. We are the best. IF you are interested in physics, come to our carbon nanotubes laboratory when you graduate. We are always looking for talented mathematicians."

This is…

Is he implying that I should apply to be his graduate student?

Lu Zhou laughed. He was only a second year and was still far from doing a master's.

Regardless, the teacher was being kind.

Lu Zhou sincerely said, "Thank you, professor."

Li Rongen smiled and nodded his head, "Okay, take the permission slip and leave. You should enter more competitions like this if you can. If you want to do a master's, you should watch out for a guaranteed master's spot. Or you can wait till you're in the third year and ask me or Professor Tang, whatever you want."

Lu Zhou smiled and expressed his gratitude. Without saying anything else, he took his hard-earned permission slip and left.

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Chapter 60: National Competition Begin!

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12th of September – The competition was held as scheduled!

The day before the competition, Lu Zhou and the others took the school bus and went from the new campus to the old campus. They would be living in the temporary dorms arranged by the school.

The mattresses and pillows were prepared and so, the students only had to bring their own covers. Some people did not even bring the covers. After all, the competition would only last for 72 hours. The average bedtime for each student was less than 10 hours.

For example, Lu Zhou was like this.

His task was the heaviest as he had to finish the most amount of work. He could only sleep for a bit during the second night and so, he did not even bring a change of clothes. The first thing he did when he moved into the new dorm was to lay in bed and try to sleep.

He had to force himself to fall asleep.

When Lu Zhou woke up at five in the morning, he laid in bed until seven before he went for breakfast. He met up with Wang Xiaodong and Lin Yuxiang before they all headed to the dedicated computer room that the school prepared.

According to the official registration information, there were more than 70,000 university students from 23,347 teams, across 1338 universities. There were teams from 33 provinces, autonomous regions (including Hong Kong and Macao), and the United States. Everyone clicked on the competition website at the same time and downloaded the questions.

The competition was co-sponsored by the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education and the China Institute of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Therefore it was rigorous and fair. Its influence was lesser than the "Challenger Cup", but the reward was in some sense more valuable than the "Challenger Cup".

It was half-past seven in the morning when the ten teams sat in a computer room.

Even though most people chose to use their own laptop to answer questions, they brought their laptop to the computer room. After all, wifi in the computer room and library could allow students to download theses online for free. They were expected to win this kind of competition through resources on Baidu.

When Professor Liu came, he smiled and said hello to his three students. He did not talk about the competition. Instead, he asked how they slept or how were the dorms. After that, he walked out of the computer room, drove the school bus, and went back to do his own projects.

At eight o'clock, the bell rang.

Everyone quickly logged into the official website and downloaded the questions.

The questions were divided into ABCD for four major questions. Of which, AB was for undergraduate students, while CD was for students doing a specialized degree. Every team had to choose one question. The teams were given an md5 hash from the official website and they had to upload the thesis in PDF form and pass the md5 check.

In general, as they only had half an hour to choose the question, everyone was scrambling to read the question.

However, when they saw the questions, they were dumbfounded.

"Question A is the design and control of the landing trajectory for Chang'e 3 spacecraft… Question B is designing a folding table! F*ck! What the hell are these questions this year?"

"These are totally different from the training questions we did!"

"I did something similar a few days ago. It was something like designing the launch of the Shenzhou Rocket… But I didn't expect that question to come up in the competition… I'm too careless!"

"For f*ck sake, didn't you get 95 in advanced algebra? Think about something!"

"I studied advanced algebra, not rocket science!"

"Designing a table… How are you supposed to do that? Aren't there only four legs? Foldable… We can try adding a spring behind the legs?"

The computer room was quite lively and it was obvious that the students were troubled by these questions as they had no idea where to begin.

However, some students were different.

For example, Luo Rundong from Lu Zhou's class was quietly communicating with his teammates.

And Liu Rui… That kid seemed to be quite reliable as he had already finished reading the questions and was already assigning work to his teammates.

Wang Xiaodong looked at the two questions and frowned.

The sky seemed to have collapsed.

The two questions were both related to physics.

The first question was related to space trajectory calculations which certainly impossible to solve with just high school physics knowledge. On the surface, the second question looked simple, but it actually was not much easier than the first question. It involved the dynamic motion analysis of the table legs, material stress analysis, and a dozen other problems. Not only would it require mathematical modeling knowledge, but it also required a certain degree of involvement in structural mechanics as well as materials science.

However…

The "mathematical genius" Lu Zhou in the group was only a second-year student and he had only just started his physics class.

They had to choose the easier question.

The first question was impossible to do without physics knowledge. They could try to turn the second question into a mathematical problem by using resources online.

Wang Xiaodong looked at Lu Zhou, "Should we choose question B?"

Lu Zhou shook his head, "Choose question A."

"Question A?" asked Wang Xiaodong. He frowned, "Are you sure?"

"I've already finished studying university-level physics. Even though aerospace physics seems complicated, the content only spans three chapters," said Lu Zhou. He paused for a second before looking around and said, "Also, look at how many teams that are choosing question B."

Since question A was so scary, it was natural that most teams selected question B. Lu Zhou had to be brave and confront the dragon!

Of course, Lu Zhou made this selection because he was confident about question A.

Wang Xiaodong nodded and naturally understood the meaning behind Lu Zhou's last sentence.

"Okay, then you'll have to do the modeling."

"I got this."

The two geniuses had reached a consensus.

Lin Yuxiang looked at her teammates and asked weakly, "Which… Part can I help?"

Wang Xiaodong gave her a gentle smile. He was about to say "I'll do everything" when Lu Zhou, who was busy writing on an A4 paper, interrupted Wang Xiaodong and said impolitely, "Bring food and water, thanks."

Programming, thesis writing, and modeling. All these three tasks were allocated already and the only thing they needed was someone for food delivery.

Lu Zhou thought, "Don't think it's that easy to get a free win." He had to make this girl do something at least.

Wang Xiaodong: "…"

Lin Yuxiang did not complain. Instead, she nodded energetically, "Ok, I'll do it!"

The advantage of one person doing both mathematical modeling and thesis writing was that it removed the problem of communication.

At the same time, as the captain, Lu Zhou could issue orders to Wang Xiaodong, who was responsible for coding.

Therefore, there would not be any disagreements between the teammates!

There were three sub-questions:

(1) Determine the position of the moon's far side and close side landings. Also, determine the speed and location of Chang'e 3.

(2) Determine the optimal trajectory of Chang'e 3 and the optimal control of the six stages.

(3) Make corresponding error analysis and sensitivity analysis for your designed landing trajectory and control strategy.

"The next part is the summary. This part can be left until the entire thesis is written. The focus is on the question's analysis, which involves the entire thought process of the modeling, which is the entire soul of the paper," murmured Lu Zhou as he bit down on his pen and tapped his fingers on the keyboard. He wrote the outline of the thesis and began to define the critical soul of this paper based on his calculations.

[Question 1. In order to get the far and close side moon locations of the landing, as well as the size and direction of the corresponding velocity of Chang'e 3, we first use the Newtonian physics combined with the known conditions for calculation. The motion of the main deceleration stage of Chang'e 3 is divided into a uniform variable speed linear motion. Using MATLAB, the main deceleration phase of the iterative operation…]

[Question 2. In order to ensure optimal landing trajectory of the Chang'e 3 and the optimal control of the six stages, take minimum fuel consumption as the goal. Using the parameters given by the problem, use MATLAB to identify obstacles on the digital elevation map. To achieve the identification of obstacles and location of landing points, simulate an optimal landing orbit mode…"]

[To analyze the error or the landing orbit control strategy designed in part 2, we need to first list all possible variables that can cause an error…]

Lu Zhou went into a state of being deep in his own thoughts. He was entirely focused on the question.

After he analyzed the question, he felt like his brain was definitely clearer. Even the entire general framework of the thesis started to form in his mind.

What was left was to translate the outline into a mathematical question…

For most teams, they did the thesis after the programming and modeling, but for Lu Zhou, he could do both at the same time!

This was their team's biggest advantage!

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Chapter 61: Grinding For 72 Hours

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When Wang Xiaodong finished the last step, he opened the data package and looked at Lu Zhou, "The iterative calculation program is completed. The coordinates for the far and close side of the moon, the speed, and the direction of Chang'e 3 are calculated. I'll send it to your email?"

Lu Zhou, who was writing, did not even lift his head, "Just send it to my QQ."

Wang Xiaodong, "Okay, what's next?"

"… The satellite orbit around the moon and the satellite landing trajectory geometry data and parameters are all here. You'll have to do the plotting," replied Lu Zhou. He threw the fully written A4 at Wang Xiaodong's desk and began his next calculation.

Wang Xiaodong looked at the data on the paper and noticed that he had changed the MATLAB software to a more professional SAS software for data mapping. Without any expression, he answered, "Okay."

The two collaborated quietly and were fighting in their own areas of expertise.

It was around twelve o'clock when Lin Yuxiang walked quietly into the computer room. She placed a plastic bag containing two packs of yellow chicken rice and two cans of coffee on the table.

"Geniuses, time to eat!"

Wang Xiaodong got up and took his plate. With a smile on his face, he said, "Thank you."

Naturally, Lin Yuxiang smiled back. She then walked next to Lu Zhou and said, "This one's yours."

Lu Zhou did not raise his head as he replied, "Put it aside. I'll eat it after I finish calculating this."

"Okay!"

It was nine o'clock at night when Lin Yuxiang yawned and went back to the dorm. Wang Xiaodong went back at around ten o'clock. As he was the main force for tomorrow, he had to get a good night's rest.

At this point, other than Lu Zhou, there were only a few people left in the computer room.

The genius mathematics student Luo Rundong was also there with Liu Rui.

There was also a third-year genius statistics student next to Liu Rui.

Their team configuration was special. The captain was responsible for programming and part of the modeling but did not do calculations. Most of the modeling was done by Liu Rui who then directed another person to do the thesis.

The third-year genius statistics student asked, "Is that guy in your dorm?"

Liu Rui nodded, "Yeah."

The genius statistics student said casually, "That guy is insane. I briefly looked at him when I went to the bathroom. He chose question A. They'll have a lot fewer competitors than us."

Liu Rui asked curiously, "Then why didn't we choose question A?"

Liu Rui has been solving question B for a while now and he did not feel like it was easy at all.

The genius statistic student said impolitely, "Because I have you guys for this year. Do you think I wanted to choose question B?"

Liu Rui: "…"

The other guy in his team: "…"

At three o'clock in the morning, only five people were left in the computer room.

At four o'clock in the morning, Lu Zhou was the only person still sitting in front of a computer.

By the time the sun started to shine through the window, Lu Zhou finally finished writing the last line of calculations.

When Wang Xiaodong opened the computer room door and walked in, he asked, "Finished?"

"Finished…" said Lu Zhou. He sighed in relief before saying, "The basic modeling is completed. The rest is programming, plotting, and sensitivity analysis by observing changes in the simulation. When you're done, I'll start writing the thesis."

Wang Xiaodong nodded his head and said, "I got this. Go and rest."

"Okay."

Lu Zhou pinched his eyebrows, shook his head, and stood up before he walked out of the computer room.

Compared to his all-nighters during the summer, this was nothing.

Lu Zhou could not remember how he got back to the dorms. He just remembered that he opened the door and without even taking his clothes off, he went to sleep.

When he woke up, it was already dusk.

Lu Zhou sat up in bed and rubbed his messy hair as he took out his phone from his pocket to take a look at the time.

He recalled that he got back to the dorm around six in the morning.

"I slept for twelve hours…"

The next time he could sleep would be after the competition.

Lu Zhou went to the bathroom and cleaned himself up before heading towards the computer room.

When he arrived at the computer room, Wang Xiaodong was already writing the last line of the program.

Lin Yuxiang was away but she had brought food. The food was still hot. She probably left recently.

Lu Zhou opened the plastic bag and was about to grab a pair of chopsticks when he saw a piece of paper in the bag.

He slowly unfolded the paper.

[Try your best ~ . ~]

Lu Zhou: "…"

Lu Zhou crunched the paper and threw it in the rubbish bin before opening the disposable chopsticks to begin eating.

When he finished eating his dinner, he went to the bathroom and along the way, he threw the takeaway box away.

When he came back, Wang Xiaodong pushed his glasses. He stood up and started talking, "I've already finished writing the program. The code I've used for the three questions have been sent to your QQ. I'll come back at three in the morning. You'll have to do the thesis."

"Ok, set an alarm. Don't forget."

"I know," said Wang Xiaodong as he nodded his head and left.

Lu Zhou was the last relay runner. He sat in front of the computer and stretched.

It was seven o'clock at night and they still had 37 hours till the thesis submission time.

Within the next 37 hours, he had to summarize all of the calculation processes, modeling ideas, procedures, and answers to the three questions, all into a 20-30 page thesis.

No matter how exquisite the model or how ingenious the program, the judges would only judge by the thesis presentation. If the thesis could not be understood by the judges, then there was no hope for the prize.

Therefore, this last step could not be done sloppily!

Lu Zhou went into his working mode and he had completely forgotten about the time. His attention was entirely concentrated on the computer screen and his typing and thinking were operating at the speed of light.

The abstract and keywords had to be written in one page according to format requirements. Lu Zhou edited his abstract and even then, he barely made the cut.

No one knew his model thought process better than him. Therefore, this stage was easy to do.

The next was the cumbersome process of proof and reasoning. This was the main part of the entire thesis. Although it did not take up too much space, it was the most time-consuming part to complete.

The main reason was that not only did it involve mathematical modeling ideas, it also involved programming.

Lu Zhou was comfortable with mathematics but he needed to communicate with the coder for the program part.

Time slowly past by and the sun fell down and rose again. Once again, it shined across the horizon.

When the night was over, Lu Zhou had finished the last part of the question answering section.

He stretched and started at the thesis with his sleepy eyes before yawning as he started to talk to himself.

"… Next up is the reference and appendix. Finally, it's almost done."

Lu Zhou placed his hands on the keyboard and he copied the title of the cited documents.

[

… Moon soft landing gravity turning track design and analysis (C), Huaguo Aerospace Association deep space exploration technology professional committee second academic conference. 2005.

… Research on the detection and evasion scheme of manned lunar surface obstacles, Space Return and Remote Sensing. 2014, 35: 11-19

…

]

In total, he cited six Chinese theses, and one English thesis.

For the final step, Lu Zhou copied Wang Xiaodong's code into the appendix.

Wang Xiaodong stood behind Lu Zhou. As he pushed his glasses, he looked at the texts on the screen and asked, "Finished?"

"Yeah, all finished. Help me check for errors. If there are no errors, convert it to PDF format," said Lu Zhou while standing up from his chair. He shook his groggy brain and said, "I'm going to sleep. I'll delegate the md5 hash check and uploading work to you."

"Go rest," said Wang Xiaodong. He paused for a second before saying with a concerned voice, "Be careful on the road. Don't trip."

"Ok," said Lu Zhou as he nodded his head before he walked out of the computer room.

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Chapter 62: If You Don't Screw Up, I Won't Respect You

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After more than 30 hours of continuously working in a highly focused state, Lu Zhou was pushed to the limit.

When he went back to his temporary dorm, as usual, he did not change his clothes. The moment his head hit the pillow, he began to dream.

The sun was already up and about when he opened his eyes again.

Lu Zhou took out his phone and looked at the time. It was half past five in the afternoon.

"My sleeping schedule is reversed. It seems that I've got to try to fix it over the next two days."

Since no one even interrupted him, he did not realize that he slept for so long..

There were dozens of missed calls on his phone screen. They were from Chen Yushan, his teammates, Professor Liu, the counselor, and his roommates.

Lu Zhou opened his WeChat and messaged all of them to explain why he did not pick up.

Once he finished sending the messages and put on his backpack, he was about to return the dorm key when his phone rang.

It was from Chen Yushan.

When he picked up the call, a sweet voice came through, "Lu Zhou! What do you feel like?"

Lu Zhou, "I feel okay."

Chen Yushan immediately asked, "I heard the question was very difficult this year. Which question did you choose?"

Lu Zhou, "A, the one about the Chang'e 3."

Chen Yushan heard Lu Zhou's answer and opened her eyes in surprise as she asked, "You chose that one?! Did you understand the question?"

Lu Zhou thought for a bit and responded, "It's okay. Although the proposition of a space question is scary, it wasn't that difficult to convert it into a mathematical problem."

"So, you don't think that it's hard," sighed Chen Yushan. She said, "I have a roommate that also participated this year. She wanted to get the first prize and earn a chance to enter a master's programme. But as soon as she saw the question, she was dumbfounded."

The mathematical modeling competition can help towards entering a master's programme!

Lu Zhou was amazed.

No wonder Lin Yuxiang was desperate for us to carry her.

I see. This makes sense.

Lu Zhou asked, "Which question did she choose?"

Chen Yushan, "Question B, the folding table one."

How unfortunate.

Lu Zhou thought in his heart.

At least seven teams in the computer room chose question B. He did not know about the other three. It was likely that Lu Zhou was the only team in the entire computer room that chose question A.

"Then how did she feel about the question?"

"Very difficult. It involved structural mechanics and ergonomics. In short, very troublesome and cumbersome. She was complaining about this stupid table," sighed Chen Yushan. She added, "The specialize group questions were normal. Design a pig farm and design a medicine storage cabinet. I won't talk for long, go and eat. You probably just woke up. I'll go and comfort my roommate."

"Ok, see you later."

Just as Lu Zhou hung up the call, he saw a message from Lin Yuxiang. It said that the md5 hash check and thesis upload was complete. She and Wang Xiaodong already went back to the school and that he should feel free to ask her for favors in the future. She also said she wanted to buy him food as a show of thanks.

Lu Zhou thought and replied, [You are welcome].

The competition was already over. Even though she dragged the team down, she could still be counted as a "support" and so, she was kind of useful.

There was no point complaining about her.

The school bus already left and the next one would be coming tomorrow morning.

The old campus dorms were pretty crappy. Lu Zhou did not shower or change for three days and he did not want to stay here for another second.

He put on his backpack and walked to the school gate where he ate some noodles outside the gate before taking the train back to the new campus.

…

"One two one, one two one…"

"Move your arms! Move your legs! Move, move, move!"

Shouting sounds came from the track field where a group of first-year students was being trained by instructors.

Lu Zhou saw the crowd of energetic young people and sighed. He missed being young. He then walked towards the dorms.

When he went back to his dorm and opened the door, the three animals surrounded him.

"Zhou, how was it?"

"Are you confident that you did well? Liu Rui said he screwed up again."

"I really screwed up," said Liu Rui. He smiled, "Why don't you guys believe me? I saw the two questions and was stunned, I thought the second one looked slightly easier. My programming and modeling teammates had to carry me. I'll be happy with a provincial award."

Impatient, Shi Shang interrupted the guy, "Okay, okay, cool. If you didn't screw up, I wouldn't respect you. Move aside, I'm talking to Zhou."

Huang Guangming came over and asked, "Zhou, how did you do? Is question A hard?"

Lu Zhou casually said, "It's okay… Liu Rui, how about you?"

"Way too hard… A lot of the problems can't be solved with mathematics," said Liu Rui as he shook his head.

That was inevitable.

Whether it was mathematics or programming, they were only tools to solve problems. The core idea of the mathematical modeling competition was to reward those who were good at using mathematics to solve practical problems.

That was why the national prize is valuable.

It was different than a mathematical exam. A mathematical model did not have much content to talk about.

Lu Zhou's two roommates had plans to enter the competition next year and so, they bombarded him with many questions. When he was finally able to get rid of the animals, he climbed up the ladder and opened his laptop in bed.

He was AFK for so long. If the progress bar did not move at all, he would be pissed.

However, when Lu Zhou opened the laptop cover and looked, he was furious.

F*ck you!

The progress bar had only moved a tiny tiny bit.

F*cking machine! Waste of electricity!

Lu Zhou was angry. He immediately closed his laptop, grabbed two programming textbooks, and went to the library.

…

After the mathematical modeling competition ended, Lu Zhou finally had some free time to relax.

He had two textbooks on him every day – [Data structure] and [Artificial intelligence programming paradigm]. He would pay attention to maths and physics classes and would do his own stuff during other classes.

That was the advantage of the university. He was the master of his own time.

Other than those deans or old professors, most professors only cared about lecturing. At most, they would do a name check of the people in the class but they would not care about what the students were doing in the class as long as they did not interrupt the lectures.

Lu Zhou would either be in class, studying in the library, or in his dorm playing with artificial intelligence Xiao Ai. By sheer accident, Lu Zhou discovered that talking with Xiao Ai improved the progress bar and it was much more efficient than being away from the computer.

Therefore, Lu Zhou wrote a small program in Python. He connected the interface between Xiao Ai and QQ. He then registered a QQ number in Xiao Ai's name and named it "Eye".

This way, he could use his phone to send messages to Xiao Ai. The Python program read his message and entered it into Xiao Ai's dialog box.

This was equivalent to using a third-party chat tool to indirectly interact with Xiao Ai. Xiao Ai had absolute control of the mobile workstation and he could even remotely control his laptop.

He could ask Xiao Ai to execute a program and Xiao Ai would do it.

For example, if he told Xiao Ai to shut down, Xiao Ai would turn off his laptop.

Lu Zhou felt that was pretty cool.

Of course, for security reasons, he added a security lock to the Python program. Only the QQ messages sent by him would be read by Xiao Ai.

Therefore, if someone found Xiao Ai's QQ account, they still could not do any damage.

After all, Xiao Ai could only identify Lu Zhuo's account.

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Chapter 63: At Least A National Award!

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As time went by, Lu Zhou had basically maintained a constant daily routine while he was waiting for the results from the mathematical modeling competition.

From Monday to Saturday, he would stay in his dorm, classroom, and library. On Sunday, he would go to Chen Yushan's cousin and tutor her.

Under Lu Zhou's help, Han Mengqi's mathematics scores grew at an alarming rate. She was horrible in the beginning, but now she could keep up with the progress of her high school's curriculum and be able to move forward steadily.

The other thing was the Campus Train app.

Lu Zhou had not been paying attention to his app. If it was not for the occasional bug feedbacks, Lu Zhou would have forgotten that he ran a small company with a half a million yuan loan.

After the peak back-to-school period, the number of users of Campus Train stopped at 2 million. Like a pool of stagnant water, the user growth stopped.

It was normal. What kind of students would buy a train ticket during the semester?

The cost of renting the cloud server every month was several thousand but this was during normal periods. If it was during the months of June, September, December, January or February, the cost of the server would be more than doubled.

Honestly speaking, Lu Zhou did not have an idea as to how to monetize the app. This was his first attempt at starting a business and he was very confused.

His original plan was to increase the number of users of the app and then get some fundings or simply sell it to a big company.

As of now, not a single company was interested in his app. However, a lot of headhunting companies found him.

Although the young userbase was of high quality, the group of users was only "active" at certain times. The value was low… This was what Lu Zhou learned when he tried to contact internet venture capitalists.

As expected, it was too difficult for a person to run a company alone.

He had no experience nor energy.

Lu Zhou was contemplating if he should use the 500,000 yuan to hire a professional manager. However, the problem was what kind of manager would want to work at a place that did not even have an office?

Emm…

This question is still unsolved.

Lu Zhou put aside the company affairs for a while. Anyway, the users were inactive and there was no way to make them active.

Finally, in early October, when Lu Zhou received a presentation reply from Professor Liu, he finally stopped worrying.

Normally, getting a presentation reply meant at least a provincial first level prize, which was also the first level area prize.

According to the rules of the mathematical modeling competition, each competition zone would send the first level prize of the area to the national organizing committee. According to the unified standard, the national organizing committee would hire experts to form the national evaluation committee. The first level and second level national prizes would be selected by that committee.

The first level national prize would also be considered for the special award such as the Higher Education Society Cup or the Matlab Innovation Award.

The Higher Education Society Cup was a very prestigious award.

If the first level national prize added credit towards a master's entrance, then the Higher Education cup would guarantee a master's entrance.

Lu Zhou did not care too much about the Higher Education cup. His goal was the first level national prize. If he could not even get that, he was scared that he would have to wait till next year to finish the mission or that he had to use general points and cancel the mission.

Lu Zhou did not waste his time. He opened the notebook, inserted the USB, and started to prepare the presentation powerpoint.

At this moment, a knock came from outside the dorm. Huang Guangming who was playing on his phone stood up and walked over.

It was the class leader Tian Jun. He had a name list in his hand when he asked, "Is Liu Rui in your dorm?"

"Here!" said Liu Rui. He was washing clothes on the balcony and when he hurried back into the dorm, he knocked over Huang Guangming's feet washing bucket before he hurriedly asked the class leader, "What's up, what's up?"

Actually, he already knew what was up.

In the morning, Liu Rui's teammate mentioned something about a provincial second level prize. Liu Rui did not think much of it as he was only trying to get experience so that he could enter again next year and try to get the national prizes.

"Congratulations," said the class leader with a smile. He pulled out a certificate and said, "Second level provincial award!"

When Huang Guangming heard him, he stopped playing on his phone and shouted, "Oh sh*t, Liu Rui, you're nutty."

Shi Shang followed, "Nutty nutty, second level provincial prize. You almost got the first level!"

"Who else got a prize in our class?" asked Liu Rui as he quickly looked towards Lu Zhou's direction.

"And Luo Rundong I think. He won the first level provincial prize," said Tian Jun. He smiled and continued, "The second level prize is very good, much better than us idiot students that didn't even participate!"

"No, no. I just got lucky. Haha," replied Liu Rui modestly even though he was happy in his heart.

Although Liu Rui was jealous, he did not talk much with genius Luo, so there was not too much imbalance in Liu Rui's heart.

What surprised him was that Lu Zhou did not even get a prize!

Number one genius student in the mathematical department only got a participation medal!

What a big upset!

This made Liu Rui happier than the prize made him.

No, I can't laugh out loud.

Liu Rui cleared his throat and acted as if he cared when he asked the class leader, "What about Zhou? Did you miss his certificate?"

"He's not on the name list. I'm not sure…"

Tian Jun did not have Lu Zhou on the list. Lu Zhou was a genius student, so he checked a couple more times but still could not find Lu Zhou. He asked Lu Zhou, "Zhou, how about you go and ask the counselor? Maybe my name list is incomplete…"

"Yeah, why isn't there Zhou's name on the list. It makes no sense," said Shi Shang as he nodded.

Although Shi Shang was always infuriated by Lu Zhou's words, he still respected the man's talent.

In fact, Tian Jun was right. His list was incomplete.

The list that was given to him by the teacher responsible for training only included the teams that registered through the school's official website.

Lu Zhou was not managed by the school. He was part of the special training team arranged by the departments. Naturally, his name was not on the list.

"You don't have to search for it," said Lu Zhou while he searched for powerpoint material.

His prize would eventually come. He was not in a hurry and he did not know why these people were so anxious to see a piece of paper.

Shi Shang saw Lu Zhou's dissatisfied face and misunderstood, "No! What if the name list is actually wrong?!"

Huang Guangming agreed and he followed by saying, "Yeah, even Liu Rui got a second level prize. How could you not get one?"

Liu Rui was pissed and he insulted Guangming in his heart.

However, no matter what Liu Rui thought, he still pretended as if he agreed with them.

"It's really fine," said Lu Zhou as he shook his head. He added, "That thing will be sent sooner or later."

Tian Jun was confused and asked, "Sooner or later?"

Lu Zhou replied, "Yeah." He opened up the browser and clicked on the email as he said, "Professor Liu already notified me of the presentation. The certificate will be sent soon so I'm not in a hurry."

There seemed to be a deviation in understanding.

The atmosphere in the dorm went quiet for three seconds.

Finally, Shi Shang said in shock, "F*ck me! Lu Zhou, you're nutty!"

Huang Guangming placed his arm on Lu Zhou's shoulder and said, "First level provincial prize! You must've been entered into the national prize! Buy us dinner, Lu Zhou!"

Lu Zhou slapped his arm like a mosquito. He looked away and said, "Go away, leave me alone. I'm not gay. I have to do my powerpoint. We'll talk about dinner after I get the prize money!"

Class leader Tian Jun sighed and closed his name list. He smiled and said, "I told you. I knew that Lu Zhou would get the first level prize! I guess Professor Liu has it. Okay then, I'm leaving."

Liu Rui: "…"

Liu Rui smiled reluctantly even though he actually wanted to cry.

Finally, I felt good about my self for once, but now the feeling is gone…

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Chapter 64: Provincial Presentation

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The presentation today was conducted at the campus of the nemesis of the University of Jin Ling, the Dong University. The judges were prestigious academicians from the aerospace industry with impressive titles. People like the president of the Jiangsu Aerospace Technology Research Association, or the honorary professor of the University of Aerospace Industry…

In short, there was a sense of force in the air.

Lin Yuxiang sat in Dong University's lounge. She repeatedly read an A4 paper containing his thesis while Wang Xiaodong and Lu Zhou discussed the possible questions that could be asked by the judges during the presentation. Lin Yuxiang sat aside and feeling muddled, she was ready to pour tea for them.

The thesis presentation was carried out mainly by Lu Zhou. Wang Xiaodong would act as a backup, but Lu Zhou did not have much hope for him.

A modeling problem that would take 10 sentences to explain, Wang Xiaodong would condense it into one sentence. A simple code question, he would expand it into 10 sentences. He was talented, but he was not good at communication. His skill level was high, but it was unpractical.

Lin Yuxiang was even more useless and she was basically a delivery girl. In the beginning, she said she would be responsible for the presentation. However, if one were to ask her how to calculate the landing coordinates, she would only stare at her teammates with puppy eyes.

As expected, Lu Zhou had to rely on himself.

Lu Zhou had carried the entire competition. Now, it was his time to carry the presentation.

The powerpoint was simple and he just had to copy things down from the thesis.

Lu Zhou had already rehearsed the presentation multiple times and so, he would not panic when he went up to the stage.

The presentation stage was divided into two parts. The first part was to explain the thesis while the second part was to answer the questions from the judges. It was around eight minutes per stage and it was mainly to test the authenticity of the thesis to see if there was any signs of a ghostwriter.

Lu Zhou quickly presented his powerpoint and explained his mathematical modeling process. In the second stage, the expert judges asked two questions and Lu Zhou answered the questions without any problems.

Finally, that old professor who was the president of the Jiangsu Aerospace Technology Research Association smiled and gave him a thumbs up. He then signaled that the presentation was over and that Lu Zhou could leave.

When Lu Zhou came back from the stage and passed the captain of the next presenting team, he felt relaxed.

Lin Yuxiang came over and excitedly said, "Captain, you're so good that the professor even gave you a thumbs up!"

Lu Zhou replied, "It's probably convention, right?"

Lin Yuxiang snorted and said, "No way!" She said with a joyful tone, "When you guys were preparing, I secretly looked at other people's presentations. The professor had the same expression for the whole time, but when it was you, he changed his expression!"

You noticed this?!

Lu Zhou thought about it seriously.

Finally, he said with an uncertain tone, "Maybe… It's cause I'm too handsome."

Wang Xiaodong: "…"

Lin Yuxiang: "…"

They rode the school bus back to campus.

Lu Zhou noticed that Luo Rundong was not too happy. Maybe he did not do well in the presentation because he was not speaking with his teammates.

As for the other people, they were mostly discussing the presentation.

"How was your presentation?"

"It's okay, but the questions the professor asked is too hard."

"Yeah, yeah. It's caused he's trying to punish us for choosing question B."

"That's funny. Do you think he didn't torture us that chose question A? At most, he asked you the dimensions of your table but he asked us how to fly to space!"

"Anyway, the presentation is only to verify if the paper was actually written by yourself. It wouldn't add extra marks to the competition so it's fine as long as you passed."

"I think it still counted a little. I heard there are a limited number of national awards and they will take the presentation into account…"

Lu Zhou did not join their discussion. Instead, he laid in his chair and closed his eyes.

It was around five o'clock in the afternoon when the school bus returned to the campus of the University of Jin Ling.

When Lu Zhou went back to his dorm, he did not even put his bag down before his three animal roommates surrounded him.

Huang Guangming took the lead and asked, "Zhou, how was the presentation? Can you get the first level national prize?"

Lu Zhou replied ambiguously, "It was okay."

He had not expected that the three animals would disappear after hearing him.

Liu Rui, "Stable."

Huang Guangming, "Stable. he's definitely buying us dinner."

Shi Shang, "Lu Zhou's 'okay' to us equal to Rui's 'failed'. We get it now."

Liu Rui was unhappy and he slapped the table and said, "F*ck, why are you bringing me into this?"

Lu Zhou: ? ? ?

…

The list of winners was released.

There was no suspense this time. He got the first level national prize!

However, contrary to Lu Zhou's expectations, the mission had not completed yet.

After he heard the news of the prize, he entered the system space multiple times but the mission was still in the [In progress] stage.

Maybe I need to have the certificate?

But the thesis mission last time was completed before it passed the review process.

Just when Lu Zhou was suspecting that his system was stuck, Professor Liu gave him a call and asked him to come to his office.

While he walked to Professor Liu's office, Lu Zhou was confused,

When Professor Liu saw Lu Zhou walked in, he smiled and gestured him to sit down.

"The works of your team have been selected by the national judges and you are invited to Beijing to participate in an expert review. Go and talk to your teammates, and pack your stuff. You will leave in three days outside the school gate. I'll drive you guys to the train station."

Only first level national prizes got to participate in expert interviews. After the interview, the judges would announce the winners of the Higher Education Society Cup and the Matlab Innovation Award. The selection of these two trophies would not be divided into AB questions, only the undergraduate and specialize degree groups. This meant the champion and runner-up.

"Expert interview? Which means I have to present again?" asked Lu Zhou. He was dumbfounded.

Why is the mathematical modeling competition so troublesome?

"Yes, prepare your powerpoint and do some minor corrections. This time it's in Beijing, Yan University, and you'll be interviewed by the National Organizing Committee!" said Professor Liu Xiangping with a smile. He drank some tea before saying, "Try your best to come back with a Higher Education award."

He was confident in this team.

Especially the captain, he was very satisfied with him.

Maybe it was because he was talented, or humble, or able to listen to the opinions of others. Although there were some flaws in his personality, like Old Tang said, the pros outweighed the cons.

When Professor Liu saw Lu Zhou's reluctant face, he put down his vacuum flask, smiled and said, "What's the matter kid? You're not happy? The school will pay for your ticket and send you on a vacation in Beijing for three days. If I were you, I would be ecstatic!"

I see…

Is it because the competition has not ended yet, so the system determines that the mission is incomplete?

Which is saying, getting the first level national prize is only the basic condition of the mission?

If I want to earn a better mission evaluation, I have to get a better award.

Using this logic, the Matlab Innovation award should correspond to an S evaluation. As for the Higher Education cup award that symbolizes the champion… The evaluation is an S!

Lu Zhou took in a deep breath before he looked at Professor Liu and said, "I understand. I'll notify my teammates!"

Teacher Liu nodded his head in satisfaction and said, "Go. Don't forget to get a permission slip."

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