Cooperation

After review by the Yanjing University Academic Committee, the 11-million-yuan research grant Shen Qi had applied for under the Gene Engineering Research Project fell within the center's budget, and the project had considerable research value.

"Approved. We look forward to the research results." That was the Yanjing University Academic Committee's review comment.

With the funding secured, Shen Qi now needed five outstanding biology workhorses.

Recruiting newly graduated master's students and training them into outstanding doctoral graduates would take too long.

Shen Qi's approach was to recruit doctoral students in biology who, for special reasons, could not continue their studies.

A young man appeared before Shen Qi.

His name was Han Meng. He was twenty-seven and had completed his undergraduate studies at the Yanjing University School of Life Sciences.

During his undergraduate years, Han Meng completed his credits a year early and received fully funded direct-entry PhD offers from twelve world-class universities and academic research institutions.

In his senior year, he went alone to the Canadian National Biological Laboratory. As the lab's only undergraduate, he took part in research and earned the professor's approval.

After graduating, Han Meng pursued a combined master's and doctoral degree at the Canadian National Biological Laboratory under a renowned biologist.

Shen Qi said, "The Canadian National Biological Laboratory is a P4-level facility. There are only a dozen or so P4 labs in the entire world, and China has just one. Han Meng, you're outstanding."

Han Meng said with a complicated expression, "The Canadian National Biological Laboratory stores samples of deadly viruses such as Ebola. Objectively speaking, this P4 lab has made enormous contributions to the world in developing treatments, vaccines, and related biological methods for viruses."

Shen Qi asked, "From what I understand, you can't go back?"

Han Meng replied, upset and sorrowful, "A while ago,