Great Power

"I haven't arranged this part, and the school hasn't asked me to talk about it--"

Zheng Jianguo did not expect that Levin in the building next door would get the guess. In fact, as he finished saying this sentence, Professor Fisher from Harvard University came to his mind, fearing that he would find himself soon. Right perception, but this idea is a bit uncertain. Of course, considering the 50 hours of study and research time per week in the agreement he signed with the Massachusetts General Hospital, I vaguely feel that the two days of Saturday and Sunday can be squeezed out. Time: "According to the requirements of the agreement, only Saturday and Sunday will I have time—"

"That's good, I thought you wanted to give up research in this area, it would be a shame—"

Thomas said that he stood up and rubbed his hands together and walked a few steps back and forth. Before contacting Zheng Jianguo, he had known the doctors’ routines a long time ago. He knew that the residents and the juniors and seniors in the laboratory were all cheap. Labor, but it’s more exaggerated in the hospital than in the laboratory. There are 30 consecutive hours of shifting, and there are also those who are more regular than the Wall Street elites from 9 to 5, so even in the name of Zheng Jianguo Considering that, you have to go to the main shift five days a week.

I can’t consider the regular shift time. This was originally within Thomas’s consideration, but when he heard Zheng Jianguo’s confirmation, he said with a smile: "Zheng, you are willing to use one of these two days or one and a half days. Come to my laboratory to do some research?"

"This-I don't know if there is any requirement in the hospital agreement."

Zheng Jianguo wanted to agree to Thomas’ invitation. MIT is not too far away from the Massachusetts General Hospital. If you are driving, it will be ten minutes away without traffic jams. Even if it is about the same distance from his new home, the most important thing is that he does not want to give up the atom. Follow-up on the grade graphite layer, who knows if there is a big boss who can really solve the problem of industrial production: "If there are no restrictions on the agreement with the hospital, then I don’t want to waste the current research on the atomic grade graphite layer—— "

"Good! Good! Great!"

Thomas nodded over his head with a smile. As a professor, he had seen many good students, but he was the first to be able to study like Zheng Jianguo and be able to learn at once.

Seeing Zheng Jianguo nodded in agreement, Thomas watched him drank the poured coffee without seeing him. He turned to his desk, picked up a document, and pinched it in front of him: "I asked about the hospital doctor. You can do part-time jobs outside of working hours. It just happens that my laboratory is not a biological laboratory, so there will be no conflicts with you in medical research. This is an agreement with no time and signature. Considering that you do not If you come at a fixed time, I would like to invite you to the laboratory as a part-time associate professor—"

Ulrika has only served as an assistant professor--

A cheek that he hadn’t seen for a long time flashed in his mind. Zheng Jianguo spent so long in the laboratories of MIT and Harvard. He also knew that most PhD graduates from the Department of Physics can only get the position of assistant professor. He received the treatment after he was able to be favored by the school and issued an invitation, but he did not expect that MIT would directly give him such a condition, overriding the assistant professor to become an associate professor?!

The academic titles of the United States are relatively simple compared to those in China. The four promotion and promotion of ordinary teachers and assistant professors, as well as associate professors and full professors are not absent. They have broken away from the category of academic education and become the dean of the department with a partial administrative direction. This kind, such as the Nobel Prize winners of Harvard and MIT, these people have at most the title of laboratory or department chair or dean on their foreheads.

Zheng Jianguo regards himself very highly because he knows that both Helicobacter and graphene are Nobel Prize achievements. The reason why he is trying his best now is to get this title earlier. After all, a certain cultural person has been in it for decades. As I said before, you have to get famous early!

In fact, as Zheng Jianguo thought, Helicobacter got the MD and PhD joint training program before he won the Nobel Prize. Just when he thought that graphene could be thrown away for a few years, he even had yesterday’s dream. I didn't expect MIT to offer him such a salary: "Part-time associate professor?"

"Yes, if you agree, then you will become the youngest associate professor at MIT. Of course, due to time constraints, the agreement does not arrange for you to teach college students, but is responsible for the teaching arrangements for the doctoral students in the laboratory. ——"

Thomas put the agreement in Zheng Jianguo’s hands and sat on the sofa next to him. He thought of Ulrika’s gray prospects for the atomic graphite layer, so he had the idea to find a chance and wait for him to graduate. After all, this is the first person most likely to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Physics at the same time. More importantly, he is so young: "If you have any conditions, you can also mention it."

"The hourly salary is $18.5, sixty hours of work every four weeks—"

Sweeping through the agreement with one eye and ten lines, Zheng Jianguo did not expect to be so generous. Except for the hourly salary five or six times higher than his inpatient treatment, the other benefits are almost the same as those given to him by the hospital. It is roughly calculated every month. One week's class earned four or five thousand dollars in vain, so he nodded without thinking: "Well, since you have spent so much effort, if I refuse to refuse again, I won't know how to praise--"

"Oh, good!"

Looking at Zheng Jianguo in surprise, he looked at Zheng Jianguo's signing, and Thomas couldn't help but hesitate when he looked at him so cheerfully: "Well, you, Professor Fisher didn't talk to you?"

"Not yet~"

After signing without concealment, seeing that Thomas came up with another agreement, he took it into his arms and said with a bright smile: "It's just that the reporting time will be delayed a few days later. Tomorrow-oh, will you go too?"

"March meeting, I must go, but I still have your light~"

Speaking of Zheng Jianguo's discovery at the time, Thomas still smiled bitterly at the moment: "Who would have thought that what was on the tape was what you were looking for, Zheng, your observation is too keen—"

"It can only be said that you were preconceived before, and my attention is different when I am a newcomer—"

After being humble again, Zheng Jianguo's smile was brilliant, and then he sat in the office and chatted with Professor Thomas a few words about the progress of the research, and then stood up and said goodbye when someone came in.

After leaving the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and pulling up the collar, Zheng Jianguo got into the Plymouth car and bought some burgers and fried chicken when he passed the fast food restaurant. After he came here, his favorite food was chicken. He usually went to the supermarket. They are also mainly chicken wings and drumsticks. Coke chicken wings and Coke chicken drumsticks are tossing and eating.

Of course, sometimes when you are lazy or if you make a temporary intention like this, you will also buy some fast food that people call junk food decades later. Only when Zheng Jianguo gets off the car and hugs it back to his residence, he vaguely feels that there is no chance for himself Feelings of cooking.

The reason for this temporary intention is to prepare for the day after tomorrow, that is, the speech at the March meeting held by the Physics Society on the 27th. After this little half a year of deliberation, the atomic-grade graphite layer has now become the most advanced in physics. Cutting-edge hot spots.

It’s just that everyone’s research is not all atomic-grade graphite layers, but all kinds of materials. Relying on Zheng Jianguo's great method of tearing tape, now every day, researchers continue to tear out a variety of new two-dimensional materials. There are several papers on "Nature" and "Science", but the influence outside the field is not as great as his discovery.

Close the door, take off his coat and put food and drink on the table. Zheng Jianguo glanced at the indicator light on the answering machine and walked over and pressed it. Soon there was Zhao Liangliang's voice: "Hi, Jianguo, when will your graduation ceremony be held? , The country said that they would arrange for a film crew to come and interview you, and the lady asked me for an autographed photo when the appointment was due."

"A beautiful lady has an appointment?"

Zheng Jianguo glanced at the answering machine with a lot of question marks and walked over. He didn't expect that before he reached the phone, another voice came from inside: "Hey, Zheng, have you not come back yet? It's okay for me to call. I want to tell you that after yesterday’s turbulence, today’s oil contract finally broke through $30—"

"That's 200 million yuan earned—"

A few steps before the phone call, Zheng Jianguo watched the answering machine after playing Charlie’s message. He also remembered the oil contract callback that he saw on the plane when he returned yesterday. Just when he wanted to pick up the phone, Zheng Qiuhua came out of the answering machine. "Grasshopper, my mother had a ligation operation today, and she said she wouldn’t let us tell you. After discussing with Donghua, I feel that I still want to talk to you. Now that the operation is over, you don’t know it." ."

Zheng Qiuhua’s voice was a bit rushed, and there seemed to be Zheng Donghua’s voice in the background. Zheng Jianguo thought about it on the phone, and decided that he still pretended not to know this. The old lady and father didn’t talk about it on the phone last time. If there is a plane, there is no way to come here for the operation-if you do it, you will be in jail!

"Hi, Zheng, this is Ulrika. Did you see Camille Shields’ invitation to you? My brother wants a signed photo of her. If you go to the premiere, can you help me? One?"

Before the hand holding the phone was raised, Zheng Jianguo withdrew his hand after this sentence. He knew how the beautiful woman in Zhao Liangliang's mouth had an appointment, but soon picked up the phone and called the embassy again. Whenever I’ve asked, I’ve heard Zhao Liangliang say in the microphone: "She invited you in the Manhattan District Newspaper, saying that it was a new movie released on June 5th, and invited you to the premiere. Why? ?"

"This, I shouldn't be able to go."

Listening to this brother’s throat, there was a joyous excitement in his eyes, Zheng Jianguo didn’t take much effort to remember that the domestic outlets should have made a profit, but at this moment, I wonder if anyone is listening on the phone. , I also said my own reason: "Not counting the job at Massachusetts General Hospital at that time, today MIT gave me an appointment letter for an associate professor, so that two months later is when I am busy. There is a high probability that I won’t be able to go—but I was offended by her mother last time. If the news that I passed the exam hadn’t spread, I would even wonder if her mother was going to get a wave of my traffic.”

"You are an associate professor now?"

Zhao Liangliang’s throat was happily and quickly, Zheng Jianguo also knew that this older brother didn’t know the title of America, so he thought about it and said: "The doctors here who get the certificate after graduation will be left by the school. Hired as an assistant professor, and then after a period of teaching and scientific research results, I will be promoted to associate professor. The reason why I got the appointment letter of associate professor directly is because the atomic graphite layer I discovered before has added a lot of points—"

"Then congratulations—"

Zhao Liangliang's throat recovered happily, and he also heard what he wanted to express from Zheng Jianguo's words, but he didn't say it for some reason at the moment, so he must be reluctant to talk about it. After all, he has already picked up others. Appointment letter: "That's fine. When you get all the titles you can get here, won't you return to China in one step?"

"Hehe, I want to get Nobel before going back, but I'm afraid that I will embarrass the people above, and I am not a bad temper—"

Zheng Jianguo didn't expect the temptation to come so quickly, and it was made by this person who walked closer to him, but when you think about the brother who has a good relationship with him in the whole of America, he also put his concerns Give an expression.

In the previous domestic academic atmosphere, although it was said that Professor Kong had overturned the entire ship, but once bitten by a snake, it took ten years to fear the ropes: "Now those two goods are still holding me. You’ve been tossing about things like drinking and drinking, and you don’t want to think about why Nong Shaoshan dare not come to the United States to sue me for infringing his right of reputation?"

"He is afraid of meat-there will be no return, Jianguo, you said, they can only jump back and forth in the country, let alone half of your ability, even one-tenth of the ability will not be so embarrassing. , But since you have spoken to your brother, then this matter is on your brother."

The joy in Zhao Liangliang’s throat disappeared again. This time he really heard Zheng Jianguo’s grievances. Of course, he was also surprised by the fact that this guy had directly completed the transition from student to associate professor. The desire for talents, even if Zheng Jianguo returns to China now, he is afraid that he will be a lecturer. Starting a class is the right of the professor. At that time, I am afraid that he will have to refer to the qualifications given to him as a special lecturer?

"Then I will listen to your good news--"

Seeing that he finally got a response when he said it for the third time, Zheng Jianguo was also very tired. He and Nong Shaoshan have been shameless for more than a year, and they have been with Professor Kong for almost two years. Now he is here. While it seems to be beautiful, these two put on small shoes for him everywhere in the country. It is purely that you can't fight you and you have to die of your virtue. Of course, he is talking about these things now: "What's the news in China? ?"