113: Chapter 113 Media Interviews

"Professor Gu! Professor Gu!"

Lin Fusheng walked into the laboratory, his face beaming with smiles, carrying two boxes of premium tea leaves in his hands. "Oh my, what a joyous occasion! Congratulations, Old Gu, for having such a brilliant student!"

As soon as Professor Gu Ming saw Lin Fusheng, he immediately wiped the smile off his face, like a tiger guarding its food, and stood guard in front of Student Zhao Yang.

"Lin Fusheng? What are you doing here? Trying to poach my student?"

Professor Gu snorted coldly. "Let me tell you, Zhao Yang is with our School of Life Sciences and has already taken root in my laboratory. Don't you even think about playing any tricks, School of Information!"

"Hey, hey, hey, Professor Gu, you've misunderstood! Misunderstood!"

Lin Fusheng hurriedly waved his hands, wiping the sweat from his forehead. "I'm not here to poach anyone this time; I'm here to deliver benefits! Big benefits!"

He stepped past Professor Gu and looked at Zhao Yang with eager eyes, his expression as if he had just found his long-lost son.

"Student Zhao Yang, I have come here today representing our school, and even the university, to bring you a special gift."

"A gift?" Zhao Yang raised an eyebrow.

"Yes!" Lin Fusheng took a deep breath and tossed out the tempting bargaining chip:

"In light of your outstanding contributions to the field of image processing, after joint deliberation by the leaders of our school and the School of Life Sciences, we have specially approved you to pursue a dual degree in Computer Science. We will customize a special training plan for you, exempting you from the vast majority of basic courses!"

"Furthermore, if you are willing, we can reserve your eligibility for a combined Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral program. In the future, you could even choose to pursue a dual doctoral degree!"

Speaking of this, Lin Fusheng paused, lowered his voice, and dropped his final trump card:

"Additionally, Dean Zhao Libo said that as long as you agree to pursue this dual degree, the computing power of the university's computing center will be opened up to you!

In the future, whenever you want to run data, you won't need to queue or wait for approval. Anytime, anywhere, even if you run the servers until they smoke, the School of Information will cover all the costs!"

"Hiss"— A collective gasp of air echoed throughout the laboratory.

Direct approval for a dual degree, permission to be exempted from most courses, and eligibility for a direct-entry doctoral program—these conditions were already very tempting.

But that "highest authority for the computing center" was the real nuclear weapon!

Everyone in scientific research knows that computing power is productivity. An ordinary Doctoral Student applying for supercomputing time has to write reports, queue for half a month, and carefully budget their funds.

Zhao Yang could actually use it without limits? This treatment was higher than that of an ordinary professor!

Professor Gu was also a bit surprised; he hadn't expected the School of Information to go this far!

He looked at Zhao Yang, who was standing to the side, and did not interfere with his choice, even though Professor Gu greatly appreciated this young man and knew of his talent in Biology.

But he also understood exactly what a TIP, Editor's Choice, represented!

"Well... alright then!"

Zhao Yang thought about it for a moment, then nodded and agreed.

"I agree, but regarding my training plan, I need to be involved myself, or at the very least, once you have finished discussing it, you must show the final plan to me."

"No problem!"

Hearing Zhao Yang agree, Lin Fusheng's eyes immediately lit up with excitement.

"It's a deal! I'll be going now! I'm going back to discuss your training plan with the Dean."

With that, Lin Fusheng left in high spirits.

After Lin Fusheng left, the Seniors in the laboratory began to congratulate Zhao Yang.

Professor Gu, standing nearby, looked at Zhao Yang with a complex expression.

"The School of Information is going to provide you with special training, so our School of Life Sciences must also provide you with special training. Do you have any thoughts on this yourself?"

Professor Gu held a fairly high position in the School of Life Sciences at Beijing Forestry University.

At this moment, he felt a slight sense of urgency in his heart.

The School of Information's attempt to poach him made Professor Gu realize that although Zhao Yang was a student of the School of Life Sciences, he was only an intern in his own laboratory!

If other schools came to poach Zhao Yang...

Professor Gu felt a bit anxious. To be honest, in terms of conditions, Beijing Forestry University was not actually an outstanding school; its flagship majors were Forestry and Computer Science.

But in reality, the Computer Science major couldn't compare to Qingbei, nor could it compare to Yanjing University of Science and Technology, and the biological sciences major could only be considered average. Furthermore, it was only a 211 university.

Compared to C9, or top-tier universities like Qingbei, there was still a significant gap!

"No rush."

Zhao Yang smiled slightly.

"Let's just keep it like this for now. I'm in a good state right now. Isn't me being in your laboratory already a form of special training?"

"Alright then..."

Professor Gu sighed slightly.

He had originally wanted to see if he could take Zhao Yang on directly, for him to pursue a Master's or even a Doctorate by his side, but Zhao Yang didn't pick up on that hint.

For this kind of thing, one had to respect the person's own wishes.

"Everyone, continue with your experiments."

Professor Gu sighed softly and said to the students around him.

Everyone's excitement gradually faded, and they continued with their experiments.

But their experiments didn't last long; less than half an hour later, noisy footsteps and the sound of camera shutters could be heard from outside the laboratory corridor.

"Excuse me, is Student Zhao Yang here? I am a reporter from the school newspaper!"

"I am from the Yanjing Evening News! I heard that our school has produced a cross-disciplinary genius, and I'd like to conduct an exclusive interview!"

"Student Zhao Yang! I am from Tencent Tech Channel..."

A group of reporters with cameras and microphones, led by a teacher from the university's publicity department, blocked the laboratory entrance.

A freshman, cross-disciplinary publication in a top journal, academic genius... Any one of these labels on its own would be enough to attract attention. When they were all concentrated on an eighteen-year-old youth, it was an absolute sensation!

"Professor Gu, this..."

Looking at the swarming crowd of reporters at the door, Zhao Yang frowned slightly. He liked to make a fortune quietly and didn't really like the feeling of being under the spotlight.

"It's fine; if you don't like it, don't see them."

Professor Gu waved his hand domineeringly. "This is a laboratory; unauthorized personnel are not allowed! Let's see who dares to force their way in!"

Saying this, he was about to have Liu Jianguo go close the door.

But Zhao Yang reached out to stop him. His mind stirred slightly.

"Professor Gu, since they are here, let's meet them. This was going to happen sooner or later anyway."

Zhao Yang adjusted the collar of his lab coat, his tone calm.

He knew very well that as a freshman, holding a TIP journal paper and having a net worth of over a hundred million, with all these halos stacked together, staying low-key was impossible.

With the System, he would have to stand in front of everyone sooner or later. Since he couldn't hide, he might as well step into the spotlight and firmly establish the persona of a "genius"!

As long as his fame was great enough, great enough for the national level to pay attention, then in the future, no matter how many shocking black technologies he produced, or how much huge capital with legitimate sources he brought out, he would have the best cover.

"Alright, since you want to see them, I'll let them arrange it."

Professor Gu looked deeply at Zhao Yang, a flash of appreciation flickering in his eyes.

To remain calm in the face of major events—this child was born to do great things.