Chapter 324 - 283: Fudan University Public Lecture 2

Chapter 324: Chapter 283: Fudan University Public Lecture 2

"Li Dong."

"Are you secretly the illegitimate son of some big shot at Huaxuan?"

Li Dong: ...

He couldn’t be bothered to respond to Lu Mingyuan’s teasing.

"Hey, Professor Lu, you can just get in touch with him directly."

"I’ll send you his number on WeChat."

On the other end, Lu Mingyuan snapped back to reality and quickly replied.

"Okay, okay, okay."

"I’ll contact him. I’ll contact him."

Li Dong hung up.

...

North Building of the School of Chemistry, office on the second basement level.

Lu Mingyuan was stunned for several seconds before slowly putting his phone down.

Next to him, Wu Kai saw his stammering, somewhat agitated state and quickly leaned over.

"Old Lu?"

"What’s wrong?"

Lu Mingyuan looked at Wu Kai.

He opened his mouth.

"Old Wu."

"Huaxuan..."

"Huaxuan... they agreed to make that needle for us."

Wu Kai froze for a moment.

"Huaxuan agreed?"

He subconsciously followed up.

"To set up a dedicated production line?"

Before Lu Mingyuan could answer, he suddenly remembered something else.

"Old Lu, wait a second."

"Huaxuan... are they even capable of making a coaxial needle tip with this level of precision now?"

"Sub-nanometer tip face, PtIr core, SiO₂ insulation, outer gold film for grounding..."

"This whole coaxial layered structure—weren’t they unable to produce it before?"

"How can they suddenly do it now?"

Lu Mingyuan shook his head.

"I don’t know."

"Li Dong just said one thing on the phone: they’ve accepted the job."

Wu Kai thought for a moment and said,

"Well, let’s contact them first. Maybe Li Dong didn’t explain the requirements clearly."

Lu Mingyuan nodded and immediately dialed the number Li Dong had given him.

The phone rang twice before someone picked up.

A very crisp, business-like male voice came from the other end.

"Hello, this is Lin Wei."

...

「At the same time.」

Fudan University School of Mathematics, second floor of the student activity center.

A dozen or so students were seated in the small conference room.

The Academic Department of the Student Union of the Fudan University School of Mathematical Sciences was holding its weekly meeting.

The department head, Zhou Yi, stood at the front of the room, holding a worksheet.

"The promotional poster for next Monday’s ’Beauty of Mathematics’ book club is out. We’ll confirm the conference room reservation today."

"For next Wednesday’s student-faculty mixer, I’ve already sent the list to the group chat. Everyone, please check your group assignments."

"For next Friday’s..."

He hadn’t finished speaking.

The conference room door was pushed open.

Everyone in the room instinctively looked up.

Standing in the doorway was Teacher Gao from the School of Mathematics’ Youth League Committee.

Zhou Yi was taken aback and quickly stood up.

"Hello, Teacher Gao."

"What brings you here?"

Teacher Gao strode to the middle of the room.

"Everyone, pause what you’re doing for a moment."

He placed the paper he had just gotten from the school office on the table.

"Let’s put today’s weekly meeting on hold."

"Tonight and tomorrow morning, I need you all to get the reception work done."

The room fell silent.

The student officers of the Academic Department all opened their notebooks and lowered their heads to take notes.

"Banners. Get them made overnight. Two for the main road at the campus entrance, one for the entrance of the Guanghua Building East Main Building."

"The wording. I’ve already drafted it. I’ll send it to your group chat in a bit."

"Reception staff. Be in position by 8 a.m. tomorrow. Wear your departmental shirts and the reception committee name badges on your chests."

"The 500-seat lecture hall—coordinate with the academic affairs office and check the projector, microphone, and sound system."

"Reserve the first two rows for the teachers."

"Reserve the middle rows for graduate students from the School of Mathematics and the School of Physics."

"The back will be open seating. Undergrads to PhD students are all welcome, first-come, first-served."

"Also, arrange for a video recording. The university’s new media department will send someone over, so you’ll need to coordinate with them."

He listed each item, and Zhou Yi noted it down.

After listing everything, Teacher Gao paused.

"I know it’s a lot of work for everyone."

Zhou Yi looked up and nodded.

"Alright, no problem, Teacher Gao."

"We’ll work overtime tonight and get this done."

He was about to confirm the division of labor.

From the far corner of the room, a young woman who looked like a first-year officer raised her hand.

"Teacher..."

"May I ask a question?"

Teacher Gao glanced at her.

"Go ahead."

"So... who are we welcoming to give a public lecture?"

Teacher Gao paused, suddenly realizing in his haste he had indeed forgotten to say who it was. He chuckled.

"Li Dong."

"Li Dong from Yan University."

The room instantly erupted in a buzz of discussion.

"Li Dong?"

"East God??"

"This is great! I’ve wanted to meet him for ages."

"I even asked my friend at Yan University to get his autograph for me, but they never managed to get it."

One of the officers snorted.

"East God and I are from the same hometown. And I even managed to buy his high school textbook! It cost me 800 yuan, but it was totally worth it!"

At this, everyone around him shot him envious looks.

"East God’s high school textbook must have his study notes in it, right? Brother Qi, can I see it?"

a girl said in a sweet voice.

The officer, whose surname was Qi, felt his face darken as he cursed inwardly.

’Let you see it? See what? When I bought it from that kid with the surname Jiang, I freaking realized there were no notes in it at all!’

So he shook his head decisively.

"I left it at home. Next time."

The girl let out a disappointed "Oh."

Teacher Gao couldn’t help but smile as he watched the students’ reactions.

He nodded at Zhou Yi.

"Once you’re done, your department members can save a few seats for themselves at the venue tomorrow morning."

The moment he said that.

The eyes of every officer in the room lit up.

...

「That night, past nine-thirty.」

Fudan University Campus BBS, School of Mathematics board.

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