Getting Down to Work
Rumor has it that the Shen Qi Mathematical and Physical Research Center is full of beautiful women, each with long legs, big breasts, and high looks; they are fair-skinned and sweet, truly wonderful.
Word spread quickly, and the number of male researchers applying for the position has increased exponentially recently.
Xiao Junlong from the library team approached Shen Qi: "Professor Shen, I'd like to transfer to your department."
Shen Qi shook his head. "Xiao Junlong, I see impure motives in your eyes."
Xiao Junlong patted his chest and guaranteed, "Pure, absolutely pure. I love mathematics and have the purest academic heart."
"Really?" Shen Qi asked sharply.
"Absolutely true!" Xiao Junlong came prepared, placing a USB drive on Shen Qi's desk. "There's a research project on this USB drive. It was originally my doctoral dissertation project, but it was too difficult, so even my advisor couldn't handle it, that's why it was shelved. The NSP equation paper that I passed my doctoral dissertation defense was actually a rather basic one, just something I wrote for fun, and before I knew it, I had graduated with my doctorate."
"Why are you so outstanding?" Shen Qi had read Xiao Junlong's doctoral dissertation some time ago, and it was not superficial at all, but rather particularly profound.
"There's no way around it, I was born to study mathematics." Xiao Junlong smiled faintly, his thick lips bulging outwards, making his smile even uglier than his usual expression, "Recently, I had a sudden epiphany and perfected this extremely difficult topic. Of course, there are still some shortcomings, so I would appreciate Professor Shen's corrections."
Xiao Junlong was offering his loyalty, so Shen Qi accepted the USB drive. "Go back first, I'll take a look and then we'll talk."
"Okay, okay, take your time with the investigation. Just give me a heads-up when you're done." Xiao Junlong took small, quick steps backward, leaving Shen Qi's Director's Office and gently closing the door behind him.
"Xiao Junlong, do you think I don't know what you're up to? You're always eyeing the cute girls in our center, you bad guy." Shen Qi plugged the USB drive into the computer case and carefully read Xiao Junlong's paper.
This paper, also in the field of Mathematical Physics, shows that Xiao Junlong conducted in-depth research on the dimension of Moran Set.
Moran Set are closely related to other branches of mathematics and have important applications in many areas such as Dynamical Systems, Metric Number Theory, Hyperfractals, and Quasi-homomorphism.
Through his previous doctoral dissertation on NSP equations, and now with this research on Moran Set, Shen Qi gained a deeper understanding of Xiao Junlong's academic characteristics as a PhD in Mathematical Physics.
Xiao Junlong, whose appearance is considered unattractive, presents a completely different style in his thesis compared to his actual appearance.
Agile, elegant, rigorous, and innovative—judging solely from his papers, Shen Qi believes Xiao Junlong should be this kind of person.
Xiao Junlong has a very solid theoretical foundation and a strong applied mindset. Shen Qi needs some application-oriented talent, so he called Xiao Junlong and said, "You can go through the internal transfer procedures now. Come to work after it's done."
With the arrival of Xiao Junlong and Ma Chaofan, the Mathematics Room of the Shen Qi Mathematical and Physical Research Center officially launched its scientific research work.
Shen Qi explained the center's rules and regulations, "You two went to university at eighteen and have spent nearly ten years there, so you should be very familiar with the relevant regulations in universities. I don't have attendance requirements for researchers. You can come to the office if you want, or stay at home if you want, it's up to you. There's no such thing as annual leave; if you want to take a vacation, you can take it every day."
"Assessment? Of course there is. There's only one standard for assessment: papers, monographs, reviews—basically, academic works."
"I don't require a large quantity of academic works, only high quality. If you can write a high-quality academic paper, you may be promoted directly from assistant professor to professor, and I would be happy to offer you the position of center director. Everyone is equal in our center, and I also have to write papers myself. Alright, you two, let's get started."
After handing over the tasks in the Mathematics Room, Shen Qi went to the general affairs office next door to check on the girls.
The first established general affairs office was already operating quite smoothly. Cui Xiaoyi, a young-looking but busty female employee, was in Cui Xiaoyi of personnel and payroll. She handled all matters related to the employees' vital interests, such as collecting and screening resumes, processing onboarding, processing social insurance and housing fund contributions, calculating salaries and subsidies.
Wen Yan, a graduate of the Central University of Finance and Economics, is in charge of finances. She is responsible for the financial procedures, reimbursement, and other matters related to the Mathematical Research Center.
Sang Tian, a graduate of Yenching University, is responsible for internal and external coordination. She handles file management, liaison with other departments and units, party and youth league activities, and other miscellaneous matters.
The girls are all graduates of prestigious universities, have considerable work experience, and are very skilled in their work, so Shen Qi doesn't need to worry about them too much.
The smart and capable girls helped Shen Qi from mundane affairs, allowing him to focus on his academic work. He wasn't back to sit idly by; he wanted to get things done.
The girls have arrived, and several researchers have also arrived. Shen Qi's research start-up funding is not on the same level as other overseas returnees. The famous Professor Shen and his Mathematical Research Center have attracted much attention from other colleges of Yanda University.
Results are necessary to convince the public.
Both researchers, Xiao Junlong and Ma Chaofan, joined Shen Qi's research group with their projects, but due to personal or external reasons, their projects were not approved by their original institutions.
The research topics are all readily available. Shen Qi waved his hand and said, "You two write the project proposals and get the projects approved as soon as possible. Each of you will have independent research funding. It will be allocated from my research start-up fund, 200,000 yuan per person. Use it first, and we'll make up the difference once the project funding is approved."
"Boss Shen, you've got guts!" Xiao Junlong knew very well that 200,000 yuan was a lot of funding for a single project in basic Mathematical Research. Boss Shen had advanced the project funding from his own research start-up capital. Ordinary bosses wouldn't be so generous.
"Professor Shen is different from those academic tyrants. Professor Shen genuinely wants to do great things." Ma Chaofan was greatly encouraged; it seemed he had chosen the right leader.
There is a period of time between submitting the research proposal and receiving approval from the relevant departments, formal project establishment, and the availability of research funding.
Some researchers won't do any actual work until the funding arrives; they submit a project proposal and then just wait for the funding to come in.
Admittedly, purchasing equipment and raw materials requires money; you can't do big things without money. However, theoretical work can be done first.
Shen Qi first provided funding, allowing Xiao Junlong and Ma Chaofan to write project proposals while simultaneously advancing the specific research work on the two mathematical topics.
The project proposal is a formulaic document with a standard template, and its main purpose is to apply for research project funding from schools and relevant national departments.
With money, policy support, and resources provided by Boss Shen, and full trust in the two researchers, Xiao Junlong and Ma Chaofan had no reason not to work hard. Their research projects, "Research on the Dimension of Moran Set" and "Research on a Class of Special Hypersurfaces," were quickly completed and their project proposals were submitted.
The two major research projects belong to the fields of Mathematical Physics and Algebraic Geometry. After Shen Qi approved the two project proposals, he submitted them to the university. The two projects applied for funding from twelve research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Capital Natural Science Foundation, the Capital Science and Technology Support Program Project, the Capital Education Commission Key Funding Project, and the Yanjing University Basic Research Fund. He hoped to get as much funding as possible.