Chapter 531 It's not easy to be a professor these days
Although Guo Yuancheng has not helped much in the past two years, he is still indispensable in connecting school relationships.
So even though he knew that this dinner was about something, Luo Yang was still willing to give face and return the favor.
Lao Guo’s senior is called Qi Lingfeng, who is a professor majoring in journalism and communication. He is older than Guo Yuancheng and is in his forties.
It looks rather abstract and has a very distinctive appearance.
Especially above your head, there is an ice rink in the middle and barbed wire fences around it.
But he is quite enthusiastic and doesn't put on any airs like a teacher in front of Luo Yang. He is more like a boss than a teacher.
"Professor Qi, this place is great. Is it an old house that hasn't been demolished?"
It is an L-shaped building with two floors as the main body, two bungalows on the side and a yard. There are many places like this in the old city of Songjiang, but they are rare in the new district.
"It used to be a printing factory. They couldn't come to an agreement on the price for the demolition, so they are stuck here. But I don't think it will last much longer."
Qi Lingfeng led Luo Yang and Guo Yuancheng into the cafeteria and responded, "I'm already looking for a new office area. I'll be here until the end of June at the latest."
There is a large round table in the cafeteria that can seat more than a dozen people.
The decoration in the bungalow is rather simple, the walls are painted white, and the floor tiles are quite damaged.
There were some miscellaneous items piled up in the corner.
"Mr. Luo, I'm sorry, the place is a little shabby, but the chef's cooking skills are not bad, especially his specialty Dongpo pork, which tastes amazing."
Having said that, there were a few bottles of Moutai liquor on the table, so the quality couldn't be lower.
Moreover, the three senior sisters who were already waiting in the cafeteria were all very good-looking.
"Cao Yashi, He Xueying, and Yan Peiyao are the three graduate students I supervise. They usually come here to help out when they are free. Today they happened to be helping out in the company, so I invited them over for dinner."
After Qi Lingfeng gave a brief introduction, he pulled Luo Yang to sit down.
Being a graduate student helping out is considered good, but being a doctoral student and following the project team of your supervisor's research is even more awesome.
Luo Yang has also heard some rumors that whether a doctoral student can get a degree depends entirely on the tutor, and this decision is not based on the student's grades, but depends entirely on the tutor's mood.
I remember there was a project when Luo Yang was already the project manager. They wanted to do a water conservancy assessment. The boss of the company that received the business was a professor at a water conservancy university. He had opened his own company outside. After receiving the business, all the people who came to the site for exploration and test evaluation were his students.
Because of this project, we also had several business drinks.
Those at the table were either professors, doctoral students or graduate students, which made Luo Yang quite restrained.
Later I found out that people had already gotten used to it.
This dinner tonight is so similar to the scene in my memory
After three glasses of wine, Guo Yuancheng held Luo Yang's hand and first talked about his experience in founding Kunpeng Technology. He then talked about his new shared bicycle project, especially highlighting how this project was valued by school leaders.
Anyway, it's just a bunch of flattery.
"It's no exaggeration to say that at least half of the credit for my promotion as deputy director of the Entrepreneurship Center should be attributed to Mr. Luo."
Guo Yuancheng, who was talking excitedly, toasted Luo Yang and continued, "In front of Principal Ou, Mr. Luo's words carry more weight than mine."
This is a bit too much.
If he accepted everything, and word of this got to Principal Ou's ears one day, I wonder what the leaders would think of him.
So wave your hands quickly.
"Director Guo, I am just a student. I am an advanced person promoted by the leaders. I look glamorous and brilliant, but in the end, I am just a student."
Luo Yang smiled bitterly and said, "Take the initial application for the entrepreneurial project as an example. If Director Guo hadn't helped me a lot, I might have given up halfway and wouldn't have achieved today's results. So the leaders deserve half the credit for Kunpeng Technology's current achievements."
This rhythm sounded very familiar to Guo Yuancheng and Qi Lingfeng.
"Hahahaha, you are too modest."
Lao Guo laughed after recalling what he had said, and then said, "Anyway, you are the most amazing student I have ever met, bar none. You have created so many industries and achieved so many results during your college years alone. Is there any student in any university in the country who can compare to you?"
"You must know that when I was young, I had lofty ambitions and promised to be the best in the world. Compared with Mr. Luo, even those from Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University and Jiaotong University are not as good as him."
Qi Lingfeng was supporting the actor on the side.
If you want to praise someone, you have to be an intellectual with cultural background, especially one who studies journalism.
The three senior schoolmates immediately understood the meaning of the speech and raised their glasses to toast.
Luo Yang drank the wine willingly and comfortably.
"What is the main business of Professor Qi's company?"
Since I have already decided to give Guo Yuancheng face and I have had enough wine, I should not wait for them to make instigations but should take the initiative to ask.
Such proactive behavior stunned Professor Qi.
"Mr. Luo, our Professor Qi's company specializes in helping companies with image design and publicity, from traditional media to new media, on different carriers."
It was a girl named Cao Ya Shi who reacted quickly and answered Luo Yang's question before Qi Lingfeng could come back to his senses.
Um, not an advertising agency?
At the beginning, Luo Yang thought that the senior brother introduced by Guo Yuancheng ran an advertising company. After listening to the explanation just now, he knew the details.
Although it still has the connotation of promotion, it is still a little different from advertising.
Thinking back to Professor Qi’s major: Journalism and Media Studies, it makes sense to combine the two.
“Corporate image design and promotion”
Luo Yang muttered to himself, then turned his head and glanced at Guo Yuancheng.
No wonder we decided to come here tonight. Are you interested in the shared bike project?
"What a coincidence."
After retracting his gaze, Luo Yang looked at Professor Qi and said, "Today, I talked with the school leaders about the promotion of the new project after it was launched. Everything else is almost ready, but I always feel that something is missing. Now that I think about it, isn't it just a corporate image design and promotion?"
This demand is real. Even if you ignore it now, you will still think of it later.
The business will most likely be handed over to other related companies in the city at that time. Lao Guo's level of business attraction is good, and it happens to be at a stage that Luo Yang has not yet taken care of.
"Oh, that's what I said. For a project started by students from my school, we must do our best to provide good service."
Qi Lingfeng came back to his senses and slapped his thigh: "Even if it doesn't make money, we must do this project well!"
"Professor Qi, this is not right."
Luo Yang waved his hand, interrupting him: "We still have to make money. After all, it is the driving force for the survival of the enterprise. I am counting on you to come up with the best design. If you take the business at a loss, I will not agree."
If you are going to give, then give it in full, don't be stingy.
It's a matter of hundreds of thousands, there's no point in cutting off tens of thousands, it's better to do Lao Guo a favor.
"Don't bother two people with one thing. Kunpeng Technology's new generation of products has been finalized and is about to expand into the European and American markets. It also needs a corporate image promotion plan that is more in line with the market. Professor Qi, do you have time to go to the Science and Technology Park to have a detailed chat?"
What is an unexpected surprise?
This is.
Qi Lingfeng was so distracted that he hadn't put down the glass he had just finished drinking. After hearing the surprising news, he didn't have time to pour the wine, but directly picked up the wine pot in front of him and started toasting. "Mr. Luo, I'm always available. It depends on when it's convenient for you."
He held a wine pot filled with liang of strong liquor and said, "Kunpeng Technology is the golden signboard of our school. I will do my best to make this order perfect. Thank you, Mr. Luo, for giving me this opportunity. I'll drink first to show my respect!"
Previously, he just wanted to get the shared bicycle project business, and now a Kunpeng Technology business has emerged. How can Professor Qi not be excited?
Luo Yang originally planned to hand it over to a local professional company in the United States, but now it has been split into two parts. The overseas version will be handed over to a local company, and the part involving domestic business segments will be handed over to Professor Qi.
Although it becomes more cumbersome, segmentation is more appropriate in terms of adaptation.
Luo Yang looked at the white wine in the jug in front of him and frowned.
"Boss Luo, I'll toast you too."
Another senior student wearing glasses stood up, holding an empty wine jug and glass, and walked to Luo Yang.
The girl's name seems to be He Xueying.
She poured the liquor in the small cup back into the pot, placed it next to Luo Yang's pot, and gestured, then said with a smile: "Let's not take advantage of each other, and split it equally."
After saying this, he took the wine from Luo Yang's wine pot and poured it into his own wine pot until there was the same amount on both sides.
Master!
There was less than a bottle of wine left, what reason did Luo Yang have not to drink it?
Just a mouthful.
What's even more amazing is that after he finished drinking, Guo Yuancheng moved a seat and let He Xueying sit down.
It turns out that we can’t fight alone.
The opponents at the table tonight are all highly intelligent. Luo Yang thought that even if he had no intention of returning the favor, after drinking this meal, he would probably be able to get the business.
"Mr. Luo, what are your requirements regarding the corporate image design of the shared bicycle project?"
"Professor Qi, let's not talk about this tonight."
Luo Yang waved his hand and said, "Both BikeShare and Kunpeng Technology have corresponding persons in charge, and both companies' offices are located in the Science and Technology Innovation Park. You can go to the company to discuss the details when the time comes."
"Brother, let's make an appointment later and I'll take you there."
Guo Yuancheng also immediately interrupted Qi Lingfeng: "It's too boring to talk about business at the wine table. Mr. Luo finally has some leisure time. If we talk about business again, it will be boring."
"Yes, yes, my mind is confused."
Qi Lingfeng quickly poured himself a glass of wine with an apologetic look on his face, and it looked like he would have to punish himself with another glass.
Luo Yang quickly handed out cigarettes and interrupted his drinking.
It's very easy to get drunk if you drink at this speed. He's a professor in your own school, so he's still your teacher. You can choose not to give him business, but you can't go too far in your life.
He took the initiative to light Professor Qi's cigarette.
With Guo Yuancheng around, there is never a lack of topics, and the content of conversation at the dinner table quickly turns into interesting college stories.
"By the way, Director Guo, there is something I would like to consult you about."
When talking about college admissions, Luo Yang suddenly thought of his uncle's daughter, his cousin Luo Ting, who was not far from taking the college entrance examination. Her grades did not seem ideal, so he asked, "Do colleges still have any quotas?"
If this question is put out there, the answer will either be no or it is not clear.
But at the dinner table tonight, there is definitely no concealment.
"Different levels have different numbers of quotas, and the content of the recruitment is also different."
Guo Yuancheng replied to Luo Yang: "Generally speaking, full professors like Lao Qi will have a quota for their children, which is a category of reduced score admission. Of course, this also has a prerequisite, that is, the candidate must first be above the score line set for that year."
To put it simply, the undergraduate admission score in the college entrance examination was 500 points, but the admission score of University A was actually 520 points. In principle, a student with 500 points could not enter University A, but with internal admission quotas, this student could still enter.
Of course, if a student’s score does not reach the undergraduate line, there is nothing anyone can do, because even the file cannot be submitted to the examination institute, and there is no way to improve the file.
This phenomenon still exists at this stage, but after five or six years, it will gradually disappear.
This disappearance does not mean that it no longer exists, it just changes to a different form, a form that is within the rules.
For example, comprehensive assessments of type AB, or immigrating overseas and then returning to China to study, there are always ways within the rules that allow some people to enter good schools with low scores.
"Why, Mr. Luo has relatives who want to take this route?"
Guo Yuancheng was very experienced. When Luo Yang asked, he realized that Luo Yang had this need.
"My second uncle's daughter, I'm just giving her some advice in advance. The details will depend on her college entrance examination scores."
Luo Yang did not hide it and said bluntly: "If there is a need, I will definitely trouble Director Guo."
"With your power, Mr. Luo, you could have just gone to Principal Ou to resolve the issue, but for this kind of thing, it's best not to bother the leader if possible."
Guo Yuancheng smiled and said, "Be sure to come to me when the time comes. I know a few friends not only in our school, but also in several schools around the university town. I'll see if I can make it work."
"Okay, let's wait until the scores come out."
Luo Yang picked up the wine that He Xueying had helped pour and toasted Guo Yuancheng.
I had prepared 5 bottles of high-proof Moutai tonight, and I was ready to drink until I was satisfied before discussing business.
No one expected that Luo Yang was so proactive, which resulted in him only drinking three bottles by the end of the dinner, one of which was shared by three senior sisters.
"How about we find a place to sing some songs and have some drinks?"
Anyway, there are three senior students here, so I just need to book a private room and pay the minimum consumption, it won’t cost much.
"No, I have an important interview tomorrow morning and need to get to the company early. Let's make an appointment next time if we have the chance. I'll treat you then."
Luo Yang felt that if he went to sing again tonight, he would definitely be eaten by the senior schoolmate named He Xueying next to him.
Because when the show was over, she was already holding Luo Yang's arm.
He obviously only drank more than half a catty of liquor.
After sending Song Wan back to the company, the driver had already found the address sent by Luo Yang and the car was parked in the yard. After Luo Yang shook hands and said goodbye to Guo Yuancheng and Professor Qi, he got in the car and left.
"Boss, are we going back to the city or Pudong?"
"No, we'll stay overnight in Songjiang."
As Luo Yang spoke, he took out his cell phone and called Cao Zixi to ask if she was at home.
The sound of mahjong came from the connected phone.
"Oh, if you want to come over, I'll go home right away."
Hearing that Luo Yang was coming to stay overnight, the little woman Cao Zixi's voice was filled with excitement and she wanted to end the mahjong game immediately.
"No, you go ahead and I'll be there later."
There were three of them missing one, and the other three partners were about to scold Cao Zixi to death. Luo Yang was not unkind, so he allowed her to finish three rounds and go home.
At this time, the evening self-study course should be almost over, right?
How about going to see the porcelain dolls?
(End of this chapter)
