83: Chapter 83 Became a Lecturer?

"So we feel that if you could join this team..."

Teacher Ding Runan was about to continue her introduction when she suddenly realized something and looked at Wang Shuo in surprise.

"What did you just say? You'll participate?"

"I'll participate."

Wang Shuo nodded seriously. There was no reason for him to refuse something where he could make a contribution just by talking, as long as it didn't affect him making money.

Having received Wang Shuo's affirmative answer, Teacher Ding Runan let out a sigh of relief. She was afraid that Wang Shuo was someone who couldn't be reasoned with—judging by how he had flatly refused to join Professor Zeng's research team, this possibility was very high.

If Wang Shuo had shown no interest, or even firmly resisted, she felt the only thing she could do would be to use force to make him comply... After all, her teacher had given her a strict order—no matter what method was used, she had to get Wang Shuo into the team.

This left Teacher Ding Runan speechless. Wasn't it agreed to let Wang Shuo soar freely? Why was he being forced to join now, and why the need to use any means necessary?

Fortunately, Wang Shuo was very cooperative.

The rest was very simple. Teacher Ding Runan deftly took a pile of forms out of her drawer, threw them in front of Wang Shuo, and then, looking at his stunned expression, said indifferently: "This is the application for postgraduate recommendation, the project initiation application, the personal information details form, the personal resume... you need to fill all of these out. And this..."

Teacher Ding Runan pointed specifically to a form she had taken out separately: "You must fill this form out carefully. I have already filled in the specific awards for you; you just need to fill in the information and your name."

Wang Shuo took a look and saw that it said "Application Form for Retained Lecturer".

Lecturer application?

How did he become a lecturer?

Wang Shuo opened his eyes wide and looked at Teacher Ding Runan.

"Teacher, this..."

"This is in preparation for you joining the team. After all, to lead a research project, you need a title that commands respect," Teacher Ding Runan said in a flat tone, but her meaning was clear: "This must be filled out."

"Wait, when did I say I wanted to lead a research project?"

And what kind of project would he be allowed to lead? Besides, he was really, really busy.

Wang Shuo's confusion was not answered because Teacher Ding Runan felt this guy was purely showing off. Why let you lead? Because none of us know how, and we can't even understand the manuscript you wrote, okay!

Teacher Ding Runan gritted her teeth, feeling so frustrated she wanted to vomit blood, and tapped her knuckles on the application form on the desk.

Wang Shuo was speechless. These days... have even application forms become mandatory? What about the 'application' part? Do you have some misunderstanding about the word 'application'? Tell me, this misunderstanding can be cleared up!

He was just a freshman who had just entered university and hadn't learned anything yet, and he was already being press-ganged? What kind of behavior is this? How could the school allow such unhealthy practices!

Furthermore, now that he was a lecturer, how could he happily have sweet romances with senior and junior female students?!

Wang Shuo wanted to protest, but looking at Teacher Ding Runan's sharp gaze sweeping over him and recalling Teacher Ding's formidable reputation, he swallowed, picked up his pen, and started filling out the forms with a grunt, comforting himself in his heart: I am doing this for all of humanity, for the bright future of mankind, for the dedication to humanity, and this is all to ensure the Humanoid Race civilization gets its wish...

Surprisingly, after comforting himself this way, Wang Shuo felt he was writing much faster.

Half an hour later, Wang Shuo finally finished writing the thick stack of application forms and placed them neatly in front of Teacher Ding Runan.

Then, Wang Shuo saw Teacher Ding Runan glance at him, pull open the drawer, take out a large metal stamp, and without even looking, thump it down on the application form Wang Shuo had just signed. When she lifted it, the words "Huazhong University of Science and Technology" shone brightly.

Teacher Ding Runan reached out, pulled the next one, and thump stamped it again.

Wang Shuo: "..."

Teacher Ding Runan finished stamping the last application form, tidied them up, set them aside, and only then put the metal stamp back into the drawer, saying indifferently: "Your applications have all been approved. Report to the experimental building at eight o'clock tomorrow sharp."

"This... Teacher Ding, are you sure you don't need the Dean's signature or something?" Wang Shuo pointed to the application forms.

"Special cases are handled specially. Besides, the Dean is very busy and doesn't have time to deal with these trifles." Teacher Ding Runan clapped her hands, not worried in the slightest: "When you have time, continue to improve your source code. Get it out early so I can see your skills sooner. I hope you aren't just a name without substance."

Seeming afraid that Wang Shuo might misunderstand something, Teacher Ding Runan added: "Don't misunderstand, I'm just acting as a gatekeeper for the college. After all, you are now a college lecturer. If something goes wrong, it will be our entire college that loses face. You wouldn't want people to laugh at your alma mater when you mention it, right?"

Wang Shuo: "..."

Gatekeeping? Shouldn't that be considered before you stamped it? What the hell are you talking about now? And that expectant look on your face has already betrayed you, okay!

...

Coming out of Teacher Ding Runan's office, Wang Shuo still felt it was somewhat unbelievable.

He had been recommended for postgraduate studies for no reason? And even inexplicably joined a research group that he didn't even know what it did, and was the leader? Even stranger, he was just a freshman, and he had inexplicably hung a lecturer title on himself?

Was there anything more inexplicable than these things?

Oh, right, there was. He had inexplicably ended up with an extra paper published in Science! And he was the first author!

If cursing could answer his questions, Wang Shuo would definitely not be stingy with a "fuck" that he hadn't uttered in a long time, but unfortunately, this phrase, other than expressing astonishment, was useless for resolving his confusion.

Forget it, let nature take its course. He had already experienced big scenes like being chased by professors and besieged by reporters; this little matter was really a piece of cake.

Thinking that the words he said today might cause an avalanche for a multi-hundred-billion group, Wang Shuo felt quite at ease and thought that no matter how big the school matters were, they were just trifles. People who made him uncomfortable shouldn't expect to be comfortable themselves.

The problem now was to properly resolve the Chen Group issue. If he really left behind a big, unsolvable problem, Wang Shuo would really have a headache figuring out how to explain it to Chen Xin, although he could also choose not to explain.

With things on his mind, Wang Shuo hurried toward the entrance of the teaching building.

Just as Wang Shuo reached the entrance, a pleasant voice came from nearby.

"Eh, isn't this classmate Wang Shuo?"

Wang Shuo paused and looked in the direction the voice came from. He saw a petite figure standing in the direction he was heading, looking at him curiously. Beside her, several others stopped one after another.

Wang Shuo looked carefully and saw there seemed to be some acquaintances among them, so he couldn't help but say: "Class Monitor Du, classmate Li Yao, what a coincidence."

Du Juan nodded with a smile: "It is a coincidence."

Li Yao seemed reluctant to talk and snorted: "Classmate Wang Shuo, what a coincidence."

On the contrary, another male student beside him, unwilling to be left out, put on a smile: "Classmate Du Juan, aren't you going to introduce this classmate?"

Before Du Juan could speak, Li Yao said sullenly: "He is Wang Shuo."

"He is Wang Shuo?" The boy opened his eyes wide, and not knowing what he thought of, looked at Wang Shuo with a surprised expression: "The Wang Shuo who drank fake alcohol and ended up in the Hospital for forty days? I heard he was kicked out by the teacher during an exam?"

Uh... how should one punch someone in the face while remaining polite and elegant? Friends who know, please reply quickly, waiting online, it's quite urgent.

"Classmate Wang Shuo, this is Cao Wen from Class 3." Du Juan introduced him first, then explained apologetically: "On the way here, we just happened to be talking about you, so... please don't mind. It was just one exam, it's no big deal. We believe you will definitely catch up next time."

"It's fine, Class Monitor, it's just a small matter."

Wang Shuo smiled slightly. Just one exam, it really didn't matter, anyway he was already recommended for postgraduate studies.

"That's good." Du Juan touched her chest, seeming somewhat relieved: "Then we'll get going. Teacher Ding is still waiting for us."

"Okay." Wang Shuo nodded.

From beginning to end, the boy beside Li Yao, besides having a face full of disdain, didn't say another word.

Until both sides had walked some distance away, Wang Shuo used his enhanced, extraordinary hearing to hear their fragmented conversation.

"Classmate Du Juan, you are the class monitor after all, you should have some demeanor befitting a class monitor. Someone like Wang Shuo doesn't deserve you being so polite to him. He's a total failure at studying; someone like this won't be able to do anything when they enter society in the future."

"Shut up." Du Juan seemed a bit angry.

"Alright, alright, I'll shut up, but Classmate Du Juan, you have to know, I'm not talking about him because of him, but because of you. I'm only refraining from making things difficult for him because of you. Otherwise, I could show this academic failure what it means to be excellent in a minute."

"We are not on the same path as him. The gap is already this big now, and after entering Professor Zeng's research team, the future gap will only be bigger. An academic failure like Wang Shuo might just be scraping by in some small company. We are different. My future goal is big enterprises like Tencent and Alibaba! The starting annual salary should be at least one million. Li Yao, don't you think so?"

"Your grades are better than mine, so you're right."

"Haha, not really. Grades are just something that can only show part of one's ability. Maybe your true ability is stronger than mine, classmate Li Yao? But I think there must be a big secret to Professor Zeng suddenly recruiting research assistants this time. If we could get..."

"That's enough!"

...

Wang Shuo shook his head as he listened, turned around, and left the office building.