"Oh, there’s no need, Lv. Let’s set aside my status for the moment. Professor Qiao, I’ve come from the Capital this time to bring you some good news. According to the decision from the ministry, you will be appointed as the chief scientist for national materials science construction. You might not yet be aware of the significance of this position."
"When we start implementing the chief scientist responsibility system, and once you’re in this position, you’ll be able to..."
"Did I just say come in?" Qiao Ze suddenly interrupted the other person, asking very seriously.
Qiao Ze was not particularly interested in the so-called chief scientist position.
In fact, a title and the status and honor it represents had long been unable to move him.
Just like how he had always pushed for Li Jiangao to become an academician of the Science Academy but never desired the title for himself.
Even the Fields Medal and Nobel Prize, which others coveted, didn’t matter much to Qiao Ze.
Because Qiao Ze was clear that for him, these titles were at most just icing on the cake and couldn’t help him find the answers he was searching for.
With his dislike for dealing with people, having more honors was of little use to him.
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And he was downright too lazy to attend various meetings with a string of titles, to command resources and direct their allocation.
On the contrary, Qiao Ze felt what he needed was a quiet environment where he could freely sketch out his ideas without interruptions, unlike today when some inexplicable fellow had barged directly into his office.
If Qiao Ze were to put it in his own words, it would probably be to stay away from idiots.
If he had any needs, it would be nice if someone could directly take care of them for him.
From this perspective, Xu Dajiang, his direct superior, really did an excellent job.
This was probably why, although Qiao Ze always found Dajiang to be rather idle, he never felt any antipathy toward the director.
But today he disliked the situation very much. Even his immediate superior, Xu Dajiang, had never barged so boldly into his office, so who was this person?
Clearly, the man opposite him, Jiang Jianmin, had not expected Qiao Ze to blurt out such a comment.
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As a government official theoretically qualified to manage all national universities and research institutes, he had exerted a great deal of effort, employing various methods and pulling many strings, just to finally get Qiao Ze to work under his direct leadership in the next phase.
He had rushed here from the Capital to Xilin with much enthusiasm, really trying to curry favor.
The achievements Qiao Ze made in the future would have a part of his effort in them.
Now, by ingratiating himself, if later Qiao Ze could work hard under his leadership, follow the grand blueprint he had set out, his future was promising.
What he hadn’t expected at all was that, just as they met and he was thinking about how to present himself sincerely, this young man in front of him had given him a check right off the bat.
Luckily, he had brought his secretary, who was quick on the draw. When he found himself in an awkward situation, his secretary had already stepped forward to introduce him, "Hello, Professor Qiao, sorry for the intrusion. Allow me to introduce, this is the head of our Ministry of Science and Technology..."
"Did I just say come in?" Qiao Ze repeated the question, his brow furrowed.
He was increasingly disliking people who were bad at Chinese and had poor capability in understanding natural language.
He could still understand the three professors from Yanbei last time, who were so engrossed in mathematics that they had neglected the training of their natural language understanding ability.
But these two, judging by their temperament, were clearly not engaged in research, which was harder to excuse.
And at this moment, the most embarrassed person had to be Lv Bei. His mind was already filled with curses.
Did this bigwig from the Capital not do the least bit of homework before coming here to recruit people?
At least understand Qiao Ze’s personality!
You expect Professor Qiao to be grateful to you for announcing a piece of news that could promote him?
How much water must have entered your brain for you to have such confidence?
Even if you’re too lazy to do your homework, at least get a character analysis report of this person from their side first.
Although feeling very agitated, and even though his mind had cursed these two fools a thousand times over, still, the task of patching things up, given the tense situation from the get-go, inevitably fell upon him, the small fry.
There is perhaps no greater sadness for a minor character than this.
So he had no choice but to stiffen up and speak out.
"Professor Qiao, Director Jiang came personally all the way from the Capital to inform you about your work arrangement for the next phase; he did so with good intentions, hoping to congratulate you in advance on your transfer to the Capital."
Fearing Qiao Ze would interrupt again, Lv Bei hurriedly explained.
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