Harvesting a Little Fangirl

Gwen had been extremely busy ever since she started interning at Umbrella Corporation.

With President Wang's approval, Umbrella Corporation's Compound Eye Aiming Project officially got underway. The initial funding alone reached USD 300 million. Besides purchasing large quantities of cutting-edge experimental equipment, the company also recruited over a hundred entomology experts and professors from dozens of renowned universities around the world.

It could be said that President Wang had made quite a splash this time.

Although Gwen was only a junior assistant, she served as President Wang's representative whenever he was absent. Thus, while her position was not high, her authority was considerable. On top of that, she was a biological genius, so no one on the Compound Eye Aiming Project team dared look down on her.

For a university student who had not even graduated yet, this was an entirely new experience, one she had never encountered before. Gwen soon became completely absorbed in it.

After learning that his daughter had been given such an important role, her father, George Stacy, was deeply grateful to President Wang.

Although traditional Western beliefs held that once children turned eighteen and became adults, they should move out of their parents' homes and live on their own,

family ties were far less close than in the East. But in truth, it depended on the person. No parent would dislike or distance themselves from a daughter like Gwen, who was beautiful, intelligent, and had a bright future ahead of her.

In short, after a month, Gwen was exhausted every day, feeling as if her whole body had fallen apart, but she was living an incredibly fulfilling life.

In particular, interacting with so many experts and professors in entomology had rapidly improved her academic abilities. That was something attending classes at school simply could not compare with.

Gwen even had a premonition that if she switched fields and studied entomology now, she could probably write her graduation thesis and graduate early from Columbia University in less than a year.

It was time for the weekly report again. Gwen brought her notebook to see President Wang, only to be told that he had not returned from training yet.

"Training? Does President Wang like yoga too?"

The young secretary at the front desk smiled.

"Not yoga. President Wang has recently become obsessed with Tai... Chi... I think that's what it's called. Anyway, it's a type of Chinese martial art. Whenever he has free time, he goes to the new training room at the factory to practice. If you're in a hurry, you can find him there."

"Tai Chi? Chinese martial arts? How did President Wang get into kung fu? Is he planning to develop a career in Hollywood?"

After making that remark, Gwen immediately rode her electric balance scooter toward the office building of the robot manufacturing plant.

Umbrella Corporation's headquarters had now been moved to the robot manufacturing plant in New Jersey. Over in New York, they were preparing to choose a site for a fifty-story building, but the project was still in the planning stage.

When Gwen arrived at the fourth floor of the factory's office building, she immediately discovered that the place had been renovated.

Besides various exercise machines and bathing and lounge facilities, the most unusual thing here was a three-hundred-square-meter room filled with upright stone pillars. This was the training room the secretary had mentioned.

When Gwen pushed open the door, she happened to see President Wang moving between the stone pillars with strange steps. The gaps between the pillars varied, and sometimes he even had to climb onto one and perform a short sideways leap, making him look like an agile monkey.

"Gwen's here. Wait a moment, I'll be done soon."

President Wang called out to Gwen, then continued weaving between the stone pillars. As he moved, he repeatedly struck the pillars with his boxing-gloved fists.

The sounds of "smack, smack, smack" ran together in a rhythmic sequence.

Gwen stood at the doorway watching him, her face gradually turning red. Then she muttered softly,

"I never expected this guy to be so well-built. You can't tell at all when he's wearing clothes."

Another five minutes passed before President Wang finally walked over, putting on his jacket as he came.

At that moment, Gwen noticed something strange. Although President Wang's exposed upper body was bulging with muscle, clearly pumped up from exercise, his breathing was not labored, and he was barely sweating. It felt as if he had just finished doing low-intensity yoga.

"President Wang, your stamina is incredible. That was such intense exercise, yet you barely even broke a sweat."

"Haha, I work out regularly. This amount of exercise is nothing. You came to report on this week's work, right? Hand it over."

President Wang casually changed the subject. Gwen still wanted to ask more, but she could only honestly report on her work.

As for the Compound Eyes Targeting System, President Wang had already completed it through the Meditation Experiment. There was no need to recruit so many experts and professors at all.

However, he had yet to reach the point where his influence and status allowed him to dominate the United States, so he naturally had to keep a lower profile. The USD 300 million investment could be considered a way to silence any objections.

"Not bad. Tell the finance department to double your bonus this month. Also, Gwen, don't push yourself too hard. You haven't taken a single day off in a month. If Commissioner George finds out, he'll definitely point a gun at my head and warn me not to exploit his daughter!"

"My father wouldn't do that. Besides, I'm working overtime because I want to. I learn new things every day from those old professors. It's much more interesting than going to school."

"Is that so? Then it's up to you. You're still young, at the age when your energy and motivation to learn are at their peak. The knowledge you accumulate at this stage will determine the upper limit of your achievements for the rest of your life, so make the most of it."

As President Wang lectured Gwen with inspirational words, he made several corrections to her notebook. Soon, he handed it back to her.

Gwen took it and examined it carefully. Her face immediately flushed pink, her heartbeat quickened, and her whole body entered a state of excitement.

"What's wrong with you?"

President Wang looked at Gwen strangely, but instead of feeling embarrassed, she stared at him with shining eyes.

President Wang was not unfamiliar with that look. In his previous life, many brainless fans showed similar expressions and reactions whenever they saw their idols.

"President Wang, you're amazing! Do you know that this Dynamic Vision Neural Network has troubled the research team for two weeks? Many professors have been trying to solve it, and the little hair they had left is almost gone from pulling at it. Yet you solved it in an instant. That's incredible! How did you do it?"

"Heh, it's not as exaggerated as you make it sound. I merely built on the shoulders of giants. Without those professors' research, I couldn't have solved the problem so quickly either."

The more unconcerned President Wang acted, the harder it became for Gwen to contain herself. In the end, she made a bold request.

"President Wang, can I be your assistant?"

"Huh? Aren't you already?"

"Not that kind of assistant. I mean an assistant who takes care of your daily life. I want to spend more time with you so I can learn more, and I'll also get to witness the work habits of the greatest biologist of this century up close. Please, you have to accept my request. I don't even mind if you don't pay me."

President Wang wore a strange expression. Although he knew Gwen was simply displaying her thirst for knowledge and probably meant nothing else, what she had just said sounded almost as if she were expressing another meaning.

She wants to freeload off me? If I really did that, would it count as putting a green hat on Spider-Man?

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