What Perfume Are You Wearing?

The people in the CEO's office remained silent after hearing the programmer's words.

They now had no choice but to admit one fact.

Luo Yao's IQ was far higher than they had imagined.

If they had not witnessed the test firsthand, no one would have believed it.

At that moment, everyone had only one thought.

The Creator was truly unfair!

What was wrong with giving everyone else a little intelligence? Why give it all to one person?

"It seems there was a reason Luo Yao was able to develop Pangu EDA. His IQ alone is nearly double that of an ordinary person's. It makes perfect sense that he could create Pangu EDA," Lu Gao said with a sigh.

Zheng Houfei's eyes were full of appreciation for Luo Yao. "Wonderful! With such talent helping Huaji, what is there to fear no matter how difficult the road ahead may be?"

Taking advantage of Zheng Houfei's good mood, Peng Xun reminded him, "President Zheng, we need to determine Luo Yao's job level now."

"People in the Genius Program are generally assigned levels P16 to P20."

Zheng Houfei waved a hand and said with a smile, "Give him level 23."

"President Zheng, level 23 is an executive rank."

"He will be managing his own company in the future anyway. Level 23 is appropriate. Give him the annual salary corresponding to level 23."

"Does anyone else have any objections?"

No one else in the CEO's office spoke.

With an IQ above 230, assigning him level 23 was not excessive at all!

If he had not been so young, his rank could have been even higher!

Peng Xun quickly told Luo Yao, who was still in the testing room, the news.

"Luo Yao, your job level has been decided. It's level 23. At Huaji, that's a rank only executives can receive! Congratulations!"

Luo Yao said nothing. He was still frustrated by the test results. It had only measured him at 230—there was definitely something wrong!

"Your annual salary is currently set at three million. Do you have any objections?"

"Will my salary increase with promotions?"

Three million? That was enough to cover an entire family's daily expenses.

Luo Yao was fairly satisfied with the salary. He was still young, and with Huaji backing him, there was plenty to gain.

He believed that since he had already caught the attention of the authorities, staying at Huaji was only a temporary measure.

But there was one thing he needed to clarify. "If I develop new technologies in the future, will I only receive a fixed salary?"

He had already figured out the system's rules. As long as he completed the learning tasks assigned by the system, he could obtain technologies. That meant he would definitely be able to produce more new technologies later.

It would not be worthwhile if the rewards for those technologies were simply included in his salary.

"You don't need to worry about that. We'll purchase them at standard prices, though the payment will be issued as bonuses, just like with the Pangu EDA software this time."

An annual salary and dividends alone could never compare to the value of the technologies he provided.

As long as they were willing to pay separately, then there was nothing to worry about.

Luo Yao said, "Then when will I complete the onboarding process?"

"Right now."

Peng Xun led Luo Yao out of the testing room. The moment they stepped outside, they saw the group of geniuses waiting by the door.

"President Peng, I saw that the intelligence rankings on the internal network changed. The person in first place is named Luo Yao. Is that him?" The person who had been drawing an EDA architecture diagram outside earlier now stared at Luo Yao with wide eyes, unable to believe it.

"Since you're all here, let me introduce him. This is Luo Yao. You've all seen his intelligence score. He'll be joining us from now on."

"Next, Luo Yao will establish an independent chip laboratory focused on developing chip-related products. He'll select suitable people from among you to join his laboratory."

Peng Xun's words were like a powerful bomb, instantly igniting the geniuses.

"He gets his own laboratory? What kind of treatment is that!"

"Even Sergei doesn't have his own laboratory. It looks like that intelligence score is real!"

"An IQ above 230? This guy really has some skills!"

A brown-haired, blue-eyed young man walked straight over to Luo Yao.

"Sergei, what are you doing?" Peng Xun felt a headache coming on the moment he saw him.

Sergei was twenty years old and had an IQ of 165. Other than Luo Yao, he had the highest IQ in the Genius Program. He was simple-minded and skilled at programming, but he suffered from alcohol addiction and often drank himself senseless when it flared up.

That was also why Huaji had not established an independent laboratory for him.

"Nothing. I just wanted to study what someone with an IQ over 200 looks like compared to us." Sergei tilted his head slightly as he looked at Luo Yao.

"Not over 200. It's 300," Luo Yao corrected him.

"What?" Sergei frowned.

"Forget it. You wouldn't understand even if I told you." Luo Yao suddenly did not feel like correcting people who thought his IQ was only in the 200s. It was a waste of time.

To Sergei, Luo Yao's attitude seemed like disdain, as if he could not be bothered to speak to him. Sergei had never suffered such treatment before, but remembering that Luo Yao could crush him intellectually, he smiled. "You're researching chips? I happen to be good at programming. I can help you."

The others immediately wore strange expressions when they heard that. Well, well, Sergei had come to recommend himself.

"If you want to join my laboratory, you can just say so. There's no need to deliberately walk over here to get my attention." Luo Yao looked at Sergei coldly, unable to understand why he had not simply said it directly.

"If I said it directly, would you agree?" Sergei suddenly felt that Luo Yao was different from the Hua Nation people he had met before.

"If you have the ability, why wouldn't I agree?" Luo Yao truly needed people to help him now. He did not want to hand over the subsequent updates and iterations of Pangu EDA to ordinary people, nor could he hand them over to anyone else.

So he had to have his own team.

A team made entirely of geniuses.

A team that could provide him with assistance.

"Then I want to join too!" Edra looked like a replica of Christiana Yeri. She eagerly walked up to Luo Yao and displayed her stunning beauty before him.

Uh, why was this woman's perfume so strong?

Luo Yao took three steps back and asked, "What perfume are you wearing?"

Edra did not understand why, but she answered honestly, "Black Crow."

"From now on, that perfume is forbidden in my laboratory."

"Also, you can send your résumés to my email. President Peng will tell you my email address." Feeling as though his brain was about to run out of oxygen, Luo Yao did not dare stay another moment after speaking. He practically fled the geniuses' workspace.

He vaguely heard Edra shouting behind him, "What the hell? Is he sick?"

Peng Xun tried to comfort her. "Don't be angry. Luo Yao is just a little too straightforward."

Sergei burst out laughing. "This guy is way too interesting! His emotional intelligence is even lower than mine. He doesn't even care about Edra."

Edra was furious and took her anger out on Sergei. A scream soon rang out from Sergei.

Luo Yao continued walking away, and their voices gradually faded from hearing.

Luo Yao could not care less about any of that. He had more important things to do.

Xia Qing had sent him a message, asking him to set a time to interview Wu Tianming and the other two.

Luo Yao considered Xia Qing one of the few smart people he had met, so he took her words seriously.

He waited outside for Peng Xun to come out. When Peng Xun appeared, Luo Yao did not ask how the geniuses inside were doing, and Peng Xun did not dare waste words with him either. He simply took him to complete the onboarding procedures.

Only after receiving his employee badge, work email, and internal IM account did Luo Yao ask, "President Peng, if I want to recruit people for the laboratory, what process should I follow?"

"Recruiting for the laboratory? That normally falls under HRBP, but your laboratory is currently a key Huaji project, so I'll handle it myself."

"Whatever you need, I'll make it happen."

"Alright. This afternoon, I want to hold a recruitment interview."

An hour later, Wu Tianming, Wang Ye, and Tang Dong, who were at East University of Technology, received a notification telling them to go to Liushangpo for an interview that afternoon.

"Why do you two look so unhappy? We're going to Huaji! Do you know what that means? If we can get into Huaji, we might be able to learn key technologies!"

"Once we come out, whatever we decide to do, people will be lining up to support us. Believe it or not?" Tang Dong said to Wu Tianming and Wang Ye.

Wu Tianming and Wang Ye had been unable to contact Luo Yao, so they were in no mood to respond to Tang Dong.

When Tang Dong saw that neither of them spoke, he said sourly, "Though I guess you two don't think much of this. One of you is the third young master of a pharmaceutical group, and the other is the son of an antique dealer. Naturally, you'd look down on this."

"Hey, watch how you talk. My family is my family. What does that have to do with me? If I had it that easy, would I have come here to study microelectronics? Do you think I'm crazy?"

Wang Ye had grown up around his father's antique shop, watching people come and go. His tongue was not something he spared anyone with.

Want to trade insults with him?

Try again next lifetime!

"Wang Ye, don't be angry. I think all three of us will basically pass this interview."

"Professor Xia personally chose us. Even if they don't respect the monk, they have to respect the Buddha. The test this afternoon is just a formality!"

"But that Luo Yao, what a pity."

"He's skipped class several times. Who knows what's going on with him."

Wu Tianming knew Tang Dong was unhappy that Luo Yao was more capable than him, so he seized every opportunity to kick him while he was down.

Was Tang Dong bringing this up now because he wanted to pull another trick?

"Luo Yao must have asked for leave. What rumors are you spreading?" Wu Tianming frowned slightly, feeling that Tang Dong had nothing better to do than obsess over Luo Yao all day.

"What rumors am I spreading? I'm just concerned about a classmate."

"Professor Xia is in her office right now. I'll know once I ask her."

Tang Dong was not going to ask Professor Xia because he cared about Luo Yao. He wanted to remind Xia Qing that Luo Yao had failed to submit his assignments and had skipped class.

He refused to believe that Xia Qing, who was known for being strict, would not deal with Luo Yao.

So what if he was good at his major? If he was skilled but failed to respect his teacher, he was still headed for disaster!

In the end, obedient students like him were the ones teachers paid the most attention to.

Did people come to university just to study?

That was far too foolish and naïve!

To Tang Dong, one of the most important tasks in university was getting to know all kinds of influential professors. That way, he could ensure he had connections to help him settle every problem in the future.