In Professor Wang Xi's office, the printer was whirring away.
Chen Chen sat on the sofa, crossed his arms, and quietly looked at the old man sitting by the window, his white hair dyed red by the setting sun.
At this time, Professor Wang Xi was wearing a pair of reading glasses, flipping through the printed materials. Other than that, the entire office was eerily quiet.
This kind of silence was unusual. Chen Chen could not help but look at the wall and the door frame.
On the door frame, the thickness of the wall was far thicker than normal wall specifications. It was at least thirty to forty centimeters thick.
This meant that this room, which was twice the size of Zheng Jian's office, was soundproofed. Perhaps it was even insulated and bulletproof.
It had to be said that the treatment of a senior academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was different.
"Sigh..."
After some time, after flipping through the last page of the paper, Professor Wang Xi suddenly sighed.
Chen Chen also felt refreshed.
"I'm getting old."
Professor Wang Xi turned his head and looked at Chen Chen with a smile. "I'm really getting old. Back in the day, I was already over thirty when I could write a paper of this level."
"Professor Wang, you're the pillar of the country. I can't be compared to you," Chen Chen quickly said.
"Did you double check the paper?" Professor Wang Xi smiled and did not say much.
"Not yet."
"Then I'll check it for you. It'll save you the trouble."
With that, Professor Wang Xi opened the Internet and uploaded the two papers together.
After a while, the results of the double check came out. The highest repetition rate of the two papers was only fifteen percent and the lowest was only five percent.
"Not bad."
Professor Wang Xi nodded with satisfaction. At this time, the last bit of worry in his heart had disappeared.
It was not that he did not trust Chen Chen. It was just that he could not believe that these two well-seasoned and accurate theses were written by a freshman.
In fact, forget about freshmen, even among the doctoral students under him, there were not many who were at this level.
His only regret was that he could not see the first-hand information.
"I was thinking that if there were any shortcomings in the paper, I could help you edit it, but I didn't expect..."
Professor Wang Xi shook his head. "Which journal are you going to submit it to?"
"I've discussed it with Xia Yin and Wang Wei. I'm going to submit it to Cell," Chen Chen replied.
"Yes, of these two articles, 'Rebuilding the immune system with stem cells' will definitely be accepted into the journal Cell. Although the other one is not as good, it is not completely hopeless."
Professor Wang Xi said proudly, "If both of your papers are published in Cell, it will be a great honor to the Dean of the School of Biology. No wonder Zheng Jian has been thinking about it."
"You've taught me well," Chen Chen said quickly.
"Don't flatter me so easily. Do you think I don't know if I've taught you or not?"
Professor Wang Xi glared at Chen Chen. "Fine, if you want to submit it, just do it here. I'll pay for the layout fees."
"Professor Wang, there's one more thing I need your help with..." Chen Chen pondered for a moment and suddenly spoke.
…
When Chen Chen left Professor Wang Xi's office, he was holding a form in his hand.
This was an Application Form for a University Student Entrepreneurship Loan.
When Professor Wang Xi learned that Chen Chen wanted to quit school to start his own business, he was shocked and puzzled. However, when Chen Chen displayed a level of biology comparable to a graduate student, he fell silent.
Indeed, there was nothing more the school could teach Chen Chen.
After a moment's hesitation, Professor Wang Xi proposed that Chen Chen become his disciple and follow him. He even offered Chen Chen treatment comparable to a doctoral student.
This status and treatment was equivalent to training a successor.
If Chen Chen agreed, it would be equivalent to having a top-notch expert in the academic world as his guide. In less than twenty years, Chen Chen could be promoted to associate professor or even full professor. There was even a chance that he could enter the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In the absence of NZT-48, this was already a heavenly treatment.
However, Chen Chen knew his own situation. He could only apologize and refuse.
After being rejected, Professor Wang Xi was obviously disappointed. Still, he signed his name on Chen Chen's Application Form for a University Student Entrepreneurship Loan without a second thought.
On this loan application, the amount Chen Chen filled in was the maximum amount he could apply for —
One million.
Chen Chen could only keep Professor Wang Xi's care and trust in him in mind.
The so-called Application Form for a University Student Entrepreneurship Loan was an unsecured and unsecured credit loan issued by banks and other funding agencies to university students.
In order to support university students' entrepreneurship, the Central Continent government specially allocated a large amount of funds. Regardless of whether they were still in school or had graduated, as long as they were above the age of 18, they were eligible to apply for this loan.
Of course, it was one thing to be qualified to apply, but it was another thing to be able to apply.
However, with Professor Wang Xi's guarantee, of course, everything was different.
After that, Chen Chen began to run around for all kinds of procedures.
After submitting the application for suspension, Chen Chen greeted the three people in his dorm and began the loan procedures.
To obtain this loan, Chen Chen first had to start a company.
Therefore, Chen Chen registered a company called "Blacklight Biotechnology Ltd." with the Bureau of Industry and Commerce.
As for the meaning, Chen Chen did not really have any. The reason for the name was just because it was cool.
Chen Chen originally wanted to call it "Morningstar Biotechnology". Unfortunately, the word "Morningstar" was already taken, so he could only change it to Blacklight.
Fortunately, in order to support university students' entrepreneurship, the government had simplified the loan procedures. Chen Chen had also settled the most difficult part of signing the application.
Therefore, after waiting for only two days, the Finance Department called him.
"It's already in the account?"
Chen Chen sat up immediately, his face lit up with joy. "Thank you, got it!"
After hanging up, Chen Chen quickly turned on his phone.
As expected, in the company's bank account, there was a text message reminding him that a million had been transferred into the account.
Looking at the million, even under the effects of the drug, Chen Chen could not help but feel happy.
Chen Chen's original plan was to submit the paper first. After three or four months, the paper would be approved. Only then would the school know about it. At that time, it would be very easy for Chen Chen to apply for a loan.
However, because of the incident with Zheng Jian, Chen Chen's plan had been advanced by more than three months!
Next, what he had to do was very simple.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen suddenly turned on the computer and typed in the words "Shangdu Industrial Park".
Shangdu Industrial Park was a city-level industrial park approved by the municipal government in the early years of Shangdu. The total planned area of the park was 20.54 square kilometers. There were hundreds of factories of various sizes, covering dozens of production industries.
What Chen Chen needed to do was to find a factory that could be rented out and use the factory's industrial electricity to charge the USB drive.
Chen Chen looked around for a long time and finally chose a medium-sized oxygen plant.
This oxygen plant was due to technological innovation in steelmaking in the region. As a result, many factories and original oxygen consumers had reduced their demand for industrial oxygen. In desperation, the factory had to carry out a series of actions such as layoffs in order to reduce costs.
However, this technological innovation quickly spread throughout the region. Due to the aging equipment and poor oxygen production quality of this oxygen plant, as well as the lack of sufficient funds to upgrade the equipment, this oxygen plant could only close down for reorganization and was on the verge of bankruptcy.
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