Chapter 183: This time I was panicking
"Is Lu Shan still in school?" Xia Guangming exchanged a few perfunctory pleasantries with Principal Zeng and then went straight to the point. He was accompanied by Shen Yanchun and Tan Ming.
It was obvious that Xia Guangming had come with bad intentions, and Principal Zeng didn't want to face his anger alone. Besides, he really had no idea how this incident started.
Xia Guangming's face was not very good. If he hadn't thought about basic manners, he would have cursed long ago.
But the most important thing right now is to find Lu Shan, restore the truth and clarify the results.
Principal Zeng had no idea about this, so he called Chen Qiyi, who coldly said that Lu Shan had taken a month's leave to recuperate.
"After encountering so many bad things, even if Lu Shan's body is fine, he will feel uncomfortable. It's normal to find someone to see him." Chen Qiyi did not forget to squeeze Principal Zeng, which made Principal Zeng very uncomfortable and helpless. After all, what he did was not glorious.
"Lu Shan has taken a month's leave." Principal Zeng spread his hands, indicating that there was nothing he could do.
Xia Guangming didn't waste any words and asked directly: "Lu Shan first gave a report at the Xiaguo Academy of Sciences, and then published a sub-paper abroad. What's going on?"
The people present subconsciously looked at Tan Ming.
"Lu Shan made the report first, and there was nothing we could do. In fact, we were doing the experiment together at the beginning, and we thought of the ideas together..." Tan Ming spoke for a few minutes, and the general meaning was similar to what he had said to Principal Zeng before.
"You mean, Lu Shan took the collective achievements for himself?"
Xia Guangming wanted to laugh. "One is a major paper with achievements, and the other is a smaller paper with sub-items. You're saying that the major paper took the credit for the smaller paper, right?"
"Anyway, it's all the result of collective wisdom."
"Then why did Lu Shan come up with all the results, while you only produced some of the results?"
"We can't judge by results alone. Lu Shan is very capable, but the early ideas were indeed thought of by everyone together. He was inspired by them and came up with other ideas on his own. Moreover, the resources Lu Shan used were all from the School of Materials and Chemistry, and he himself was from the Materials and Chemistry team, so his achievements should also belong to the Materials and Chemistry team."
Tan Ming felt a little timid. He really couldn't handle facing someone of Xia Guangming's level. This was a suppression due to his status.
Xia Guangming sneered, "You guys take a good look at the two papers! Where is the overlap? You copied the beginning, but the whole idea has almost nothing to do with the previous one, because that is Lu Shan's idea, and only Lu Shan's paper can be logically self-consistent! These words may be used to deceive foreigners, but how dare you say that here?"
Everyone has participated in academic reports, but the foreigners have not, so they will be intimidated by the things in the beginning of the essay. So far, they have not finished the first half of the essay, so they have not found any problems with the essay as a whole. Once they follow up and review, they will find problems sooner or later.
"They were all inspired by the common achievements at the beginning. We just wrote them in and didn't say that part of the common achievements could be fully used. The foreigners can think whatever they want, and we have no obligation to teach them." Tan Ming was not very angry, but his reasoning was worth it.
The core meaning is that Lu Shan’s preliminary results are common, and the results of the materials chemistry team were inspired by them, so it makes sense. Lu Shan used the school’s resources, and the final results are also common!
Xia Guangming was so angry that he was terribly angry. What a shameless bunch of people.
"Okay! Now, in the name of the Academy of Sciences, I want you to include sub-items in the overall research. The sub-item papers have been published, so the results should not be difficult, right? It just involves a few performance indicators." Xia Guangming said and left.
The crowd was instantly in chaos.
Principal Zeng looked at Shen Yanchun, meaning to ask him for results, but Shen Yanchun had no results, so he could only look at Tan Ming, who was panicking.
It’s not that Tan Ming hadn’t thought about the Academy of Sciences wanting results. Scientific research is definitely result-oriented, but he didn’t expect things to develop in this way.
According to Tan Ming's script, the school should have completed Lu Shan's work, Lu Shan received the reward and handed in the results.
Although this material is very good, the existing industrial system is not sure when it can be produced, so the real need is to quickly cash in on it to get research funds or set up a company to raise funds.
Besides, as a student, how can you have the confidence to confront the school? After you enter the society, will there be any unit or company that dares to hire you? Considering the consequences, no one dares to do so.
Furthermore, even in history, there are countless examples of schools and tutors taking students' achievements and receiving great honors. What happened to Lu Shan is nothing. Tan Ming's own work results were taken away by his tutor.
So Tan Ming didn't expect Lu Shan to be so tough. He just took a month's leave and left, and no one could contact him.
"This Lu Shan doesn't care about the school's reputation and future interests. We don't need to pay attention to him. Without Zhang the butcher, do we have to eat hairy pigs?"
At this time, Shen Yanchun came out to smooth things over, "Tan Ming, you should go back to the laboratory now and lead your team to get the results. The paper has been published, so it won't be difficult to reproduce it."
"Okay!" Tan Ming's confidence returned at this time. He didn't just copy the paper without doing any research. At least he had produced some real results.
The materials and chemistry team gathered together, and suddenly someone discovered that Zhang Lingxi was missing. It was not because Zhang Lingxi was so important, but because there was no one to run errands and do miscellaneous tasks.
These actors were proud of their noble status and naturally didn't want to do these things themselves. When they called to notify him, Zhang Lingxi said he couldn't come because of something. The materials and chemistry team just found someone to do odd jobs and forgot about Zhang Lingxi.
Zhang Lingxi put down the phone with a bit of unhappiness, but Lu Shan smiled and comforted her: "If you hang out with me, at least you can have fun, right?"
Zhang Lingxi didn't say anything, but she had clearly accepted this fact in her heart. She was just doing odd jobs, and the materials and chemistry team would not let her do anything, let alone give her a share of the credit.
Lu Shan has always respected himself and always said that it was the result of both of their efforts. Even if there was no substantial benefit in the end, at least he had been trained through practical operation.
Xia Guangming arrived at Jiangzhou University two days after Lu Shan took leave. In other words, the timeline of the materials chemistry team's replication of the experiment and Lu Shan's improvement of the model were partially parallel.
As a result, Lu Shan finished all the work in about 20 days, and the materials and chemistry team also finished the work five days later, with a difference of only one day.
The former was successful, the latter was a complete failure.
The materials and chemistry team followed the previous experimental records and replicated the experiment based on the inspiration in the short paper, but all of them failed without exception.
The experimental data of the sub-items of results do not meet the requirements of the Academy of Sciences at all.
After several failures, serious divisions even emerged within the materials and chemistry team.
Some people advocate following the original idea and incorporating Lu Shan’s computational model, which would increase the success rate.
Some people think that this will increase the chance of failure. After all, the idea itself is not suitable, so what's the point of forcing it.
Others think that there is nothing wrong with thoroughly understanding Lu Shan’s thesis, but there is just not enough time.
Tan Ming has the broadest experience in this team. He deeply understands that his previous experiments were really the product of coincidence. There are countless variables, and he doesn't know which step was wrong to produce the result. Now it is simply not feasible to follow the original steps.
After struggling for five days and failing dozens of times, he finally gave up.
"Can't figure it out? Didn't we have some results before?" Shen Yanchun was furious. What was going on?
"That was just a coincidence. Now it can't happen again, and there's nothing I can do about it." Tan Ming spread out his hands.
"How can you be so irresponsible! If you hadn't said that the sub-items would produce results, I wouldn't have done this. You've done me a disservice!" Shen Yanchun paced back and forth anxiously.
"I don't care! You have to show me the results!"
"I will continue to work on it, but you have to be mentally prepared." Tan Ming is very single-minded. Anyway, this matter is no longer his own business. If the sky falls, there will naturally be senior executives like Principal Zeng to support it. They have to support it whether they want to or not. If they enjoy the honor they don't deserve, they will have to bear the pressure.
Tan Ming even thought about himself. If he really achieved some results this time, maybe his superiors would share the credit for it. So he had no psychological burden in this regard, and even began to think that Lu Shan did a good job.
Shen Yanchun immediately reported the matter to Principal Zeng, who was shocked and angry, far more angry than Shen Yanchun.
As the president of Jiangzhou University, countless eyes were watching his every move. It was true that it was Tan Ming who committed the fraud, but he was definitely the most embarrassing one. The higher the position, the stronger the wind.
If they fail to deliver results, the entire School of Materials and Chemistry and Jiangzhou University will face huge reputation risks, and all kinds of unpleasant truths will fall on their heads.
The truth is the most hurtful, and lies don’t even need to be paid attention to.
Principal Zeng understood that all the focus had now shifted from Tan Ming and the materials and chemistry team to himself. He had to make an effort and not just sit there and wait for death.
After thinking about it, he decided to call Chen Qiyi and ask him to do some work for Lu Shan.
Of course, he really didn't expect Chen Qiyi to care, but he still held a little fantasy, hoping that Chen Qiyi would persuade Lu Shan for the sake of the overall honor of the university.
In addition to calling Chen Qiyi, Principal Zeng continued to look for people higher up, as high as he could, but he couldn't even say who he was looking for.
At the end of the day, Principal Zeng made all the phone calls he could, even to casual acquaintances, as long as the phone could get through, and then he would ask people to refer people.
At the end of the call, the first sentence was: "I was introduced by so-and-so..."
Otherwise, how could he be the principal of a school with such rank? He could give up his face and lower his status at will, and only by being willing to take risks could he succeed.
Finally, President Zeng was able to contact the second-in-command of the Xia National Academy of Sciences, who was Xia Guangming's superior. With his support, this matter would be easy to handle.
"Hello, leader. I am Zeng Mingxiang from Jiangzhou University..."
Of course, the call can only be received after an appointment is made, so Principal Zeng should thank the person who helped him make the appointment. Otherwise, how could ordinary people know such a specific phone number? Would they be qualified to make an appointment?
(End of this chapter)
