Super God-Level Top Student

Tan Jian looked up at Academician Wang.

The academician's face, leaning close to the monitor, seemed somewhat greenish.

Most likely out of anger.

Tan Jian could understand; not to mention this bigwig who single-handedly supported the laboratory, even he hadn't heard such belittling "educated worker" remarks over the past ten years. Although occasionally infuriated by his own students, he too might utter similar words, but never so bluntly.

"That... Director, this response is from the artificial intelligence, not Professor Qiao himself." Tan Jian attempted to explain, since deep down he still hoped to collaborate with the Xi Lin Mathematical Research Institute this time.

After all, the projects from Xi Lin Mathematical Research Institute had all been successful before.

And although the other party was not polite in their language, the advantage was that they were genuinely willing to provide benefits. Once the projects yielded results, the papers written did not require authorship acknowledgment; they only asked to credit some source material at the end of the paper with a simple thank you.

This is a benefit one could hardly dream of when cooperating with other research institutes and laboratories.

"Shut up, I know!" Academician Wang scolded, then straightened up and turned to leave.

"But Director, this collaboration..."

"You handle it, I don't care. You know where the paperwork is." Academician Wang gestured with his hand without looking back and walked out of the office.

Look what a mess this has caused...

Tan Jian felt a wave of regret, wishing he hadn't informed Academician Wang to come over in the first place.

A good collaboration, after such maneuvers, had forcibly taken on a taste of shameful concession.

Especially that phrase "I'm giving you an opportunity" had a somewhat patronizing tone.

It was indeed quite infuriating.

However, when thinking about Huaqing's admission scores compared with those of Xilin University of Technology, Tan Jian felt somewhat consoled.

Once he sat at Xilin University of Technology, the cutoff scores rose by several points. Their laboratory had been established for many years and had made its fair share of contributions, with honors hanging all over the wall, but they still hadn't overtaken the other side, had they?

Strength is respected, strength is supreme...

Thinking this, his mood became much lighter, and Tan Jian quickly opened the electronic contract, skimmed through it, and printed it out.

Too lazy to raise any more objections, he thought it best to just sign the contract and get on with the work.

But then again, participating in the design and manufacture of RNA circuits really is a challenge, indeed.

...

At this moment, Tan Jian didn't know that two other bioelectronics or bioinformatics laboratories had also joined the project. However, after the contract was signed, the other side began requesting management authority according to the contract.

This included, but was not limited to, accessing the scientific research management system of Xi Lin School of Mathematics, entering the biological information of the main participants, connecting to networked time clocks, installing surveillance cameras with specifications such as sound collection and infrared devices at the main workplace as stipulated in the contract, and installing specified software on computers used for the project, among other requirements.

That's to say...

Seeing this list of modifications needed for the lab, the first thing Tan Jian did was give the director a call, tactfully conveying a very serious suggestion from an assistant: Maybe for the next three days, don't come to the lab, perhaps attend a conference, or take some time off...

Mainly because Academician Wang's blood pressure was rather high; if he came and saw these changes in the next few days, Tan Jian feared that the director might not be able to handle both the emotional and physical pressure.

While the lab's heavyweights might feel suffocated by these changes, the selected researchers probably felt quite the opposite, elated even, and increasingly so as they went further down the list.

Although this was Huaqing's first collaboration with Xi Lin Mathematical Research Institute, it was already well-known in the academic world that collaborating with Dou Dou and being integrated into the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute's research management system would truly ensure equal treatment.

What everyone did each day was trackable.

Most importantly, as long as work was done, whether one was a temporary worker, a researcher, or a great professor, there was a scoring system in place. If contribution points were earned, they could indeed be exchanged for money. This money was unconditionally distributed by the artificial intelligence Dou Dou.

Furthermore, as long as one amassed a hundred points, they could be exchanged, and the transfer would typically not take longer than three minutes.

As for how much the points could be exchanged for, it was calculated based on the bonus amount derived from the importance of the project.

In addition, if someone accumulated over a thousand historical contribution points on a project, any paper published from that project had to include their attribution. Besides the corresponding author, the principle for authorship was generally to order by contribution ranking.

In other words, even if a student just helped out in the lab, as long as their contribution points exceeded a thousand, their name would likely appear in a top journal recognized by Hua Academy of Sciences. For those who earnestly carried out their work, this was naturally the best commendation.

If the lab stubbornly refused to follow directions, then of course, Dou Dou would teach them a lesson in propriety.

Therefore, even if the demands from the Xi Lin side were high, enthusiasm for signing up for new projects was equally high.

Many researchers with ongoing topics were looking for ways to join this new collaborative project group. As for the students and temporary workers, it goes without saying; reportedly, this was a chance to turn one's fate around.

And as long as one was familiar with the laboratory operations and could use various instruments, that should suffice.

Because it's said that although Xi Lin Mathematical Research Institute does not research these things, the lab procedures provided were particularly detailed. Even if a mistake was made in the lab, it was promptly pointed out. The only requirement was a strong heart, as sometimes the feedback from the other side was not very flattering.