Qinglin Manor.
Qin Lin saw Minister Lu and the other man off, then looked down at the evaluation documents in his hand, feeling troubled.
He couldn't even describe how he felt anymore.
Before long, Academician Li came to his office as well.
"Boss Qin, congratulations! I suppose I should be calling you Professor Qin now," Academician Li said as soon as he came in.
He naturally knew why Minister Lu had come.
Qin Lin's promotion to professor had already been recorded in Huake Academy's files before Minister Lu brought over the documents. The academy's academicians and professors could all see it.
Qin Lin welcomed Academician Li and invited him to sit. With a sigh, he said, "Academician Li, don't tease me. What professor? I'm not qualified."
Academician Li shook his head. "Boss Qin, you've already researched and cultivated Xiangshui Tribute Rice. If you aren't qualified to be a professor, how can anyone else have the nerve to call themselves one?"
"..." Qin Lin didn't know how to answer that, so he simply fell silent.
Under normal circumstances,
a trending news story would stay hot for a week, while a major one might last over ten days. But that rule simply didn't apply to Qinglin Company.
Even after a week, Qinglin Rice and Xiao Qin were still immensely popular.
After two official announcements, the buzz around Qinglin Rice and Xiao Qin grew even stronger.
One was, naturally, Huake Academy's announcement of its professor appointments. Xiao Qin had actually been appointed as a professor on loan by Huake Academy.
It took people a moment to process the news, since Xiao Qin was so young. But when they thought of the research behind Xiangshui Tribute Rice, it all seemed perfectly reasonable.
So, from now on, he was Professor Xiao Qin?
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