82: Chapter 82 What if there really is a genius?

"Who is it?"

Dean Zhao paused slightly, his eyes filled with curiosity as he looked at Lin Fusheng beside him and asked.

"Well, this kid named Zhao Yang quietly published a paper in the journal 'analog integrated circuit and signal processing'.

But as far as I know, he isn't a master's or Doctoral Student from the School of Information. The quality of this paper is even comparable to a first-tier paper. This is a real talent! So I wanted to ask for your help in finding him." Lin Fusheng roughly explained the reason for his visit.

"Oh!" Dean Zhao suddenly realized.

"Then we definitely need to look into this."

As he spoke, Dean Zhao began to open the list of graduate and Doctoral Students of the school on his computer and searched.

"This person isn't among our school's master's or Doctoral Students!" Dean Zhao looked at Lin Fusheng beside him with some confusion.

"Check the undergraduates." Lin Fusheng was slightly surprised.

Could he really not be a graduate student from the School of Information?

Soon, Dean Zhao opened the master list of all undergraduate students in the School of Information.

"Still not here."

"Huh?" Lin Fusheng and Wang Yuan, who were standing nearby, were both stunned.

"Not a student of the School of Information? Could it be a student from another school who wrote such a paper across majors? Does our school really have such a talent?" Lin Fusheng's eyes showed some disbelief.

"We've been talking for so long, what on earth is this paper about?" By this time, Dean Zhao's curiosity had been completely piqued by Lin Fusheng.

"Actually, the depth of the paper is just average. The most important thing is its forward-looking nature. In the field of Informatics, forward-looking insights are actually very important.

And there's another key factor: a profound foundation in mathematics. Combining the two has caused the value of this paper to skyrocket!" Lin Fusheng said, looking at Dean Zhao.

As he spoke, Lin Fusheng handed the journal to Dean Zhao.

"'analog integrated circuit and signal processing'? If I remember correctly, this should be a second-tier journal, right? A second-tier paper that has two big professors like you taking it so seriously—I'm actually quite interested now!" Dean Zhao said with interest.

"It won't disappoint you!" Wang Yuan said with a smile.

"By the way, I just heard you say that this student has a very profound foundation in mathematics. Do you think it's possible he's from the School of Science, the Mathematics Department? Or from the Physics Department?" At this point, Dean Zhao's eyes lit up as he looked at Wang Yuan and Lin Fusheng.

Wang Yuan and Lin Fusheng exchanged glances.

Both felt a slight stir in their hearts.

"That makes sense!"

"Then I'll check the system now." Dean Zhao didn't rush to read the journal; instead, he used his dean's authority to check the master list of students in the School of Science.

He still couldn't find him.

"Strange, is this Zhao Yang really a person from our Beijing Forestry University?" Dean Zhao looked at Lin Fusheng and Wang Yuan beside him with a puzzled expression.

"This..." Lin Fusheng hesitated slightly.

"At the very least, the correspondence address on the journal is Beijing Forestry University, Zhao Yang."

"Then I'll check the university-wide master list to see if there is a person named Zhao Yang. The only worry with checking this way is that there might be people with the same name.

However, we can check them one by one, it's just a bit troublesome." Dean Zhao pondered for a moment and said, looking at Lin Fusheng.

"Yes, the Dean is right. Let's do that!" Lin Fusheng nodded.

Dean Zhao logged into the Beijing Forestry University system and began to view the university-wide master list. Then, he began to search.

"A total of three people named Zhao Yang were found, which is fewer than we thought." Seeing the number of people with the same name, Dean Zhao clearly breathed a sigh of relief.

A name like Zhao Yang is actually quite common.

This was the key reason why Dean Zhao didn't start searching the university-wide master list from the beginning.

If he had found a dozen or twenty people named Zhao Yang, checking them one by one would have been too troublesome.

Searching among the few majors and groups with the highest probability might have been faster.

"One is a master's student in Forestry, one is a junior in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation, and one is a freshman who just enrolled this year in the biological sciences major."

After hearing Dean Zhao's words, Lin Fusheng and Wang Yuan immediately looked at each other. Both of their eyes were filled with confusion.

"Who do you think has a higher probability of writing this paper?" Dean Zhao's expression was also a bit strange as he looked at Lin Fusheng and Wang Yuan.

Lin Fusheng and Wang Yuan exchanged glances, and both fell silent.

These three people all seemed a bit far removed from this paper!

"Let's check them all. Let's start with that master's student." After a moment of silence, Lin Fusheng looked at Dean Zhao helplessly and said.

"Okay, then I'll tell the Vice Principal and have Vice Principal Sun take us to see them."

"Good!"

After Dean Zhao finished speaking, he made a call to Vice Principal Sun and roughly explained the situation.

Soon, Vice Principal Sun brought Dean Zhao and his group and quickly arrived at the School of Forestry to find the master's student named Zhao Yang.

Very quickly, this master's student named Zhao Yang flatly denied having published such a paper, and then they came to the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering to find the junior student in the Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation major.

Without any waves, he was also denied by this junior student.

"Do we still need to keep looking?" Dean Zhao looked at Lin Fusheng and Wang Yuan beside him with some helplessness.

"The remaining Zhao Yang is a freshman this year in the School of Life Sciences. It's only been a month and a half since the start of his freshman year... excluding military training, it's just been one month.

He couldn't possibly have written such a paper, right?" Hearing Dean Zhao's words, Lin Fusheng and Wang Yuan's expressions were slightly bewildered and at a loss.

Vice Principal Sun, who was accompanying them, felt a slight stir in his heart.

"Could this Zhao Yang you are talking about possibly be other staff members of the school?"

"It's possible! Why don't we check the school's current staff directly? Including security guards, these groups we haven't checked before!" Dean Zhao's spirits lifted slightly as he looked at Lin Fusheng and Wang Yuan beside him.

"Let's still go see what the situation is with the last Zhao Yang first." After a moment of silence, Lin Fusheng looked at Dean Zhao and said.

"What if there really is a genius? Right!"

"Indeed! We aren't short on this bit of time."

"Alright! Then I'll call Dean Qian of the School of Life Sciences first and ask where this Zhao Yang is now." Vice Principal Sun nodded and dialed the phone.

"I've asked. class 1 of biological sciences, he's currently in a professional course in the Third Teaching Building. If we go there directly, we should be able to find him."

"Good, then let's go there directly!"

After speaking, the group quickly arrived at the Third Teaching Building, Room 304 on the third floor.

"Professor Li Yuan, could I bother you for a few minutes?" Vice Principal Sun stood at the door and said with a smile to Li Yuan, who was lecturing eloquently on the podium.