Academician Wang Zengguang, who was sitting in the audience, looked at Lu Zhou on stage and suddenly spoke emotionally.
"Old Li."
Academician Li Jiangang, who was also applauding, glanced at him and asked, "What?"
Wang Zengguang said emotionally, "Do you think controllable fusion is enough for us to brag about for the rest of our lives?"
"Of course." Li Jiangang smiled and said, "Forget about bragging about it for the rest of our lives, I'm afraid it'll be enough for us to watch others brag about it for the rest of our lives."
"I used to think so too." Wang Zengguang sighed and paused for a while. He then said with melancholy, "It's not easy to accomplish one earth-shattering thing in one's life."
Li Jiangang: "That's for sure. Otherwise, how many more big things do you want to do?"
Wang Zengguang sighed and said, "Until I saw this kid, I began to doubt my words. Maybe there really are natural geniuses in this world, people who are destined to be extraordinary in their lives, and they're not willing to be ordinary. They can do more than one big thing, and they can do things that others don't even dare to think about. "
Academician Li Jiangang went silent for a while and spoke emotionally.
"He's an exception … Let's not talk about him."
After the commendation conference, a grand celebration dinner was held in the same conference hall. At first, it was a formal state banquet, but later on, the atmosphere became more and more lively. Everyone left their seats and went around toasting and chatting.
Originally, Lu Zhou didn't plan on drinking, but there were too many people toasting him, and they were too enthusiastic … So much so that he couldn't refuse. In the end, he could only drink one glass after another.
Later on, he couldn't control himself, and he drank too much. His entire body was dizzy, and he couldn't even stand straight. Fortunately, a young, beautiful, gentle, and considerate concierge brought him a hot towel and helped him to the back of the banquet hall to rest. Only then did the war on the table finally end.
Lu Zhou poured some hot water on his face and rubbed his face. He then sat down on the sofa in the lounge room and rested for a while. He felt a little sweaty. Relying on his extraordinary metabolic ability, he was able to recover by seventy to eighty percent.
Standing next to him, the lady who helped him to the lounge said softly.
"How do you feel now?"
"I'm fine." Lu Zhou pinched his eyebrows and shook his head. He then said, "Thank you, I feel much better. You can go back to work."
"The chief ordered me to take good care of you. If you need anything, you can tell me."
"I don't need anything. Just sit here for a while and I'll go back to the hotel."
If he went back now, he would probably be surrounded by a group of people and forced to drink.
Especially that Academician Wang. He didn't know what triggered him, but the moment he saw him, he pulled him over and drank with all his might. In the end, he didn't manage to get Academician Wang drunk, but he fell first.
The concierge lady said softly, "How can I rest assured when you look like this? Let me drive you back."
Hearing this, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly.
Although he understood that she had made this suggestion out of the kindness of her heart, his car had already been arranged.
"There's really no need. I already have a driver."
The concierge lady: "…"
…
The banquet was still going on. The guests hadn't had enough fun yet, but Lu Zhou was exhausted.
After saying goodbye to the person in charge here, Lu Zhou went to the entrance of the conference hall and got into Wang Peng's car. They then went straight back to the hotel.
Along the way, the cold wind blew through the car windows. When he felt like the smell of alcohol on his body had almost dissipated, Lu Zhou went into the bathroom and took a hot shower. He then put on some clean clothes and laid on the bed.
However, the moment he laid on the bed, his phone, which was on the bedside table, began to ring.
Lu Zhou picked up the phone and yawned. He picked up the phone and pressed the answer button.
"Hello?"
A voice with a hint of intimacy or flattery quickly came from the other end of the phone.
"Oh, Professor Lu, I hope I'm not disturbing your rest."
Lu Zhou scratched his head and rolled over on the bed.
"You are?"
"I'm Director Qian!"
When Lu Zhou heard this name, he paused for a second.
"Director Qian?"
Emm …
Who is this person?
After racking his brains for a while, he still couldn't remember that he knew this person.
Lu Zhou hesitated for a second and spoke in a euphemistic tone.
"Who … are you?"
Director Qian didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he said, "I work at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Academic Affairs Bureau …"
F * ck me, my name is about to pass the academician election, but I don't even know my name!
The Academic Affairs Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was the official organization directly responsible for the academician election. It was also responsible for coordinating the work of the academic standing committees. It could be said that it was directly related to the lifeblood of every aspiring academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
After all, once an academician became an academician, it meant "jumping out of the Three Realms and out of the Five Elements". Not only did this mean the highest academic honor, but it also meant that the selected person would stand at the top of the "exploitation chain" of the Chinese academic community, the top of the pyramid! Holding funding and speaking rights that normal researchers couldn't imagine!
However, even though Lu Zhou had never heard of this person before, Director Qian didn't care at all.
He cleared his throat and spoke in a congratulatory tone.
"Um … Professor Lu, I'm calling to tell you that your name has passed the academic review!"
"Academic review?" Lu Zhou paused for a second and said, "Isn't that supposed to start in early June?"
If he remembered correctly, the academic review would only be announced in June. There were still a few days until March, and there was still a month until the deadline for submitting materials. Many people hadn't even finished writing their materials, so how did it end already?
Most importantly, he didn't even finish his materials …
Director Qian smiled and said, "Even though the results were announced in early June, we actually started the review before that! The results will be announced after the review, so we don't have to wait until June. "
Lu Zhou said, "But I haven't submitted the three-thousand-word materials yet …"
"It's fine, it's fine, we all know about your honorary titles and academic achievements. Considering that you're contributing to our country's aerospace industry, I already asked my office secretary to write it for you."
"Okay, okay … Thank you." Director Qian suddenly used the word "you" several times, which made Lu Zhou uncomfortable. Other than thanking him, he didn't know what else to say.
I can't just say I'll buy you dinner, right?
It's fine for a friend, but if I say this to Director Qian, it's like I'm trying to bribe him.
But then again, can the three-thousand-word materials even be ghostwritten?
Even professors who had a lot of talented researchers would usually write their own materials, right?
Lu Zhou was also very confused by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Bureau of Academic Affairs.
However, even though he was confused, Director Qian didn't seem to take it seriously. He smiled and said, "You're welcome, this is nothing! If there's nothing else, I'm going to hang up? "
Lu Zhou: "… Yeah, go do what you need to do."
"No problem, that's it then, bye!"
Beep beep —
The phone call ended.
Lu Zhou looked at his phone screen and muttered to himself.
"This is weird."
However, even though it was weird, Lu Zhou didn't think too much about it.
First of all, he drank a little too much, so he was so tired that he just wanted to sleep.
Second of all, the academician title was just icing on the cake for him.
Lu Zhou threw his phone on the bedside table and yawned. He turned around in bed and soon fell asleep …
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