When I am reborn, I just want to be a top student

After seeing Wu Qingsong off, it was already dark.

The bird netting in the experimental field swayed gently in the evening breeze. In the distance, rows of supplemental lights shone in the breeding greenhouse, their pinkish-purple light illuminating the culture bottles of callus tissue, like a silent starry sky.

Baili Xiu stood at the end of the field ridge, watching the taillights of the Coaster merge into the traffic on the main road in the distance, before letting out a long sigh.

Wang Donglai handed him a bottle of water, unscrewed the cap and took a sip, then said to Baili Xiu in a calm tone, "I forgot to tell you, Galaxy Aerospace's international cooperation agreement officially came into effect today, with a total signing fee of eight billion US dollars."

Baili Xiu took the tablet, which displayed a scanned copy of the agreement. On the NASA signature page, Carter's handwriting was dark and heavy, with the ink bleeding clearly visible.

"According to the group's practice, a portion of the funds from the signing of projects of this level will be allocated as project bonuses. I have already signed the agreement, allocating 200 million yuan as bonuses to cover all technical and engineering personnel and teams from Galaxy Aerospace involved in this project, with an average of about 500,000 yuan per person."

Wang Donglai spoke calmly, as if he were making an ordinary decision.

Baili Xiu's eyebrows twitched upwards slightly before returning to calm.

He was not surprised by the number, or by Wang Donglai's decision.

After all, he had been following Wang Donglai for so many years and knew Wang Donglai's character well, so it was normal for him to do this.

Baili Xiu was not surprised, but several researchers and field workers who were packing up yield measurement tools three meters behind him stopped what they were doing and looked shocked.

A young technician wearing a straw hat was squatting on the ground tying up sacks of production test samples. The rope was halfway pulled up and hanging in mid-air, his mouth open in a silent O shape.

Another female researcher in charge of field data recording pressed her record board to her chest, her eyes wide, and her lips moved slightly, as if she were silently calculating how many years it would take to save up 500,000 yuan by dividing it by her current monthly salary.

"No, why isn't Mr. Baili reacting at all?"

The young technician lowered his voice and said to his colleague next to him, his tone full of barely suppressed excitement and impatience: "Five hundred thousand! Five hundred thousand per person! How much was my salary plus performance bonus last year? Did I hear that right?"

His colleague next to him was a veteran employee who had worked at Galaxy Agriculture for more than two years. On the surface, he appeared calm and collected, but his hand holding the sampling shovel was trembling slightly with excitement: "You heard right. Galaxy Aerospace has spent so much money, launching rockets and spacecraft into the sky as if they were free. Now they're finally seeing a return on their investment. The people at Galaxy Aerospace have really made a fortune."

"This seems to be the third time bonuses have been distributed already. The average bonus per person is probably over a million. It's really enviable!"

The news spread like wildfire from the experimental field to the breeding greenhouse, from the breeding greenhouse to the laboratory building, and then from the laboratory's WeChat group to the entire Galaxy Agriculture employee group.

The group chat was quiet until the administrative supervisor posted today's weather forecast and the irrigation schedule for the experimental fields.

As a result, someone took a screenshot of the message "It is said that Galaxy Aerospace will give each employee 500,000 yuan" and posted it in the group, and the whole group immediately exploded into chaos.

"Five hundred thousand? Per capita? Really?"

"Don't joke around, I have a heart condition."

"It should be true. I have a classmate who does module structure design at Galaxy Aerospace. I saw on his WeChat Moments that he has already received two bonuses, so it would be normal for him to receive one more."

"Is it too late for me to switch jobs to Galaxy Aerospace?"

"It's too late. The agreement has already been signed, and the list of winners has probably been locked."

In the office area of ​​Galaxy Agriculture, the atmosphere had changed from initial excitement to a deeper restlessness.

Several researchers who had just returned from the experimental field gathered in the tea room, whispering around the coffee machine.

"I heard from the administration that Chief Steward Wu came to inspect today, accompanied by General Manager Baili, and the boss was also there. The data on rice and soybeans have been reported, and Chief Steward Wu said on the spot that the planting area should be expanded throughout the province."

The speaker was a crop genetics PhD with short hair, and his glasses still had tiny specks of reagent that had splashed onto them during the PCR test that morning.

"So what? What does this have to do with us?"

"Didn't you hear the key point? Chief Steward Wu wants to promote it throughout the entire province. What does 'entire province' mean? How much arable land does Qin Province have? Twenty million mu. If you just take one-tenth of it as breeding fields, how many people do you think we'll need to recruit, how many bases to build, and how much supporting infrastructure? When Chief Baili reported today, he also revealed the data for SN-1, and Chief Steward Wu was completely taken aback. What does this mean? It means that it won't just be promoted throughout the province, but it might be promoted nationwide. Then our workload and the corresponding bonus coefficient will..."

The tea room was silent for a full three seconds.

Then the young technician who had been tying up sacks in the field earlier leaned against the doorframe, coffee cup in hand, and said to everyone in a slightly detached tone, "So, while 500,000 from Galaxy Aerospace may seem like a lot, if our seeds are successfully planted and promoted, the bonus will only be more, not less. Right? I'm not wrong, am I?"

No one answered him.

Because everyone's brain has temporarily stopped functioning.

While the discussion was in full swing in the tea room, Wang Donglai and Baili Xiu walked side by side back to the headquarters building on the cement road next to the experimental field.

“Baili…”

Wang Donglai suddenly spoke up, saying, "When these two seeds are fully deployed, your bonus will be more than, if not less than, that of Galaxy Aerospace."

Baili Xiu glanced at Wang Donglai and said calmly, "I know, but for me now, making so much money doesn't mean much anymore. I'd rather build something meaningful."

Bai Lixiu wasn't lying; he genuinely thought so.

Based on his salary and spending habits, he has enough to live comfortably for the rest of his life.

Not to mention the shares he holds, which are extremely valuable.

Influenced by Wang Donglai, he had little interest in extravagance and pleasure. Being young, he preferred to do something meaningful.

That's exactly what Galaxy Technology is doing.

Only at Galaxy Technology can he realize his full potential in life.

The joint expert team dispatched from the capital arrived in Tangdu on a bright and sunny morning.

The team was led by Yuan Mingde, a senior academician from the Institute of Crop Science of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He was over seventy years old, with his full head of silver hair neatly combed and his back straight when he walked. He did not look like an elderly man over seventy at all.

The accompanying team was quite impressive, including two division chiefs from the Seed Industry Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, a deputy director from the Rural Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology, an inspector from the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, two researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and three professors from an agricultural university.

The group traveled in four minivans directly from the airport to Yinhe Agriculture's crop breeding experimental base, with a clear objective.

Wang Donglai did not personally receive them, but instead entrusted the task of receiving them entirely to Baili Xiu.

The seeds have already been planted, and the yield can be roughly estimated by taking a sample. Therefore, Wang Donglai does not need to personally receive them.

As the convoy entered the gate of the breeding experiment base, the first thing Academician Yuan Mingde saw through the car window was the experimental field surrounded by layers of bird-proof netting and security fences.

The super rice in the field is in the late stage of grain filling. The rice ears are drooping, the grains are full, and they gleam with a healthy golden luster in the sunlight.

He took off his reading glasses, wiped them, and put them back on. He stared at the rice paddy for several seconds, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

As a professional, he could tell from the tassels that the yield would definitely not be low.

As for more details, we need to observe and test them ourselves to be certain.

Baili Xiu stood at the entrance of the experimental field to greet them, followed by three core members specializing in crop genetics, molecular breeding, and field management.

His attire today was the same as usual: a white lab coat, rubber boots, and a thick folder in his hand. His face carried the calm and unassuming demeanor typical of scientists.

The moment Yuan Mingde got out of the car, he noticed the young man. After looking him up and down, he extended his hand and said, "President Baili, thank you for your help this time."

"Academician Yuan, you're too kind." Baili Xiu warmly welcomed Yuan Mingde, shaking his hand.

Without any unnecessary formalities, he led the expert team into the first super rice experimental area.

As Baili Xiu walked, she pointed to different community signs and explained the experimental design, including randomized block design, triple replication, and multi-ecological zone adaptability testing.

The agricultural professors in the expert group squatted down almost simultaneously, each taking out a magnifying glass and vernier calipers from their pockets, and began to measure the seed data ear by ear and grain by grain.

Yuan Mingde squatted on the edge of the field, personally peeled a grain of rice from a rice plant while it was still filling with grains, examined it closely with a magnifying glass in his palm, and then used his fingernail to pry open the husk, revealing the plump and glistening endosperm inside.

He remained silent for a while, then stood up, carefully collected the grains into the sample bag he carried with him, and wrote the number and date on the label. His handwriting was neat and extremely serious.

"Comrade Bailixiu, I noticed that you used a randomized block design with three replicates for each treatment, and the coefficient of variation was kept below three percent. The rigor of this experimental design is among the top tier even in national variety regional trials."

After a quick look around, Yuan Mingde no longer held any contempt in his heart and subconsciously began to praise him.

This demonstrates his approval of the data. When a true expert reviews someone else's data, their first reaction is never to be surprised by the size of the numbers, but to check whether the methods used to generate those numbers are sound.

Baili Xiu opened the folder and turned to the page on experimental design methods, showing Yuan Mingde the field layout diagram of the randomized block design, the analysis of variance table, and the calculation process of the coefficient of variation.

"We used a quadratic orthogonal rotational combination design, with three replicates for each treatment, and set up multiple experimental plots in total. The coefficient of variation was controlled within an extremely low range, and all data passed the normality test and the homogeneity of variance test."

Yuan Mingde took the folder and flipped through it from beginning to end. When he came to the report on the genetic stability verification of the third generation of the gene lock, his eyebrows twitched slightly.

He handed the report to the researcher from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology next to him. The two exchanged a few words in hushed tones, and then looked up at Baili Xiu at the same time.

"On which chromosome are the triple genes locked?" the researchers at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology asked directly.

"The male sterility chimera uses the cytoplasmic male sterility gene CMS-Oryza-7, which is integrated into a specific region of the mitochondrial genome via CRISPR. The photoperiod-sensitive switch is located upstream of the promoter region of the high-yield gene and the SN-1 synthase gene on chromosome 2, and is triggered by day length after the three-leaf stage to initiate the RNA interference mechanism. The auxotrophic marker is located on chromosome 3, specifically expressing a dominant-negative mutant of the iron-zinc transporter."

Baili Xiu recited a string of location information accurate to the gene locus, speaking steadily and without hesitation.

The two researchers exchanged a glance and quickly jotted down a few lines in their notebooks.

Yuan Mingde listened to the answer from the side, and his eyes lit up slightly. Baili Xiu's quick and accurate answer proved that he was truly deeply involved in the research and development process and was doing real work, rather than being the kind of boss who just nominally took credit for other people's achievements.

"Let's go take a look at the soybeans."

In the breeding community of super soybeans, waist-high plants grow densely, with thick, dark green leaves and plump, full pods.

The expert team spent two full hours in the soybean field, asking one question after another, from yield measurement methods to the extraction process of SN-1 factor, from baseline noise in HPLC chromatograms to sample size calculation in animal experiments, from mathematical modeling of gene drift to the number of Monte Carlo simulation iterations in environmental risk assessment. Each question precisely hit the most critical node in the technical route.

Baili Xiu caught them all without missing a single one.

Baili Xiu answered all questions about technologies unrelated to core secrets without any concealment.

When it came to questions related to core technologies, Baili Xiu maintained a smile and revealed nothing.

This attitude did not arouse Yuan Mingde's resentment; on the contrary, it made him appreciate it more.

That afternoon, the expert group reached a preliminary consensus in the conference room of the breeding experiment base.

Yuan Mingde personally drafted an assessment conclusion, the core of which consisted of only three sentences: the yield data of super rice and super soybeans are highly reliable, and it is recommended to initiate the national variety approval process as soon as possible; the animal efficacy data of the SN-1 factor is groundbreaking, and it is recommended to simultaneously promote preclinical pharmacology and toxicology research and human clinical trial approval; the genetic stability verification of the three generations of gene lock is sufficient, and the germplasm resources are safe and controllable, and it is recommended to include them in the strategic backup of the national crop germplasm resource bank.

The assessment results were sent back to Beijing overnight and were placed on the desk of the main leader of the relevant department the next morning.

At the same time that the expert team from Beijing was engrossed in studying the varieties in the Tangdu breeding experimental field, news also spread on a small scale that Galaxy Aerospace's employees received an average project bonus of 500,000 yuan per person.

Netizens are already used to this news and are not surprised at all.

It's no longer news that companies under the Galaxy Technology Group frequently distribute project bonuses, often exceeding 100 million yuan, with an average bonus of tens to hundreds of thousands of yuan per person.

Therefore, many netizens just glanced at the news and then stopped caring.

The other message is more appealing.

This news comes as the Shan State Industrial Park has been destroyed and completely shut down.

Unlike the original timeline, due to the emergence of Galaxy Technology and strong opposition to telecom fraud, Shan State was governed earlier than in the original timeline.

The governance efforts were also greater than in the original timeline, and the results were more outstanding.

The AI ​​anti-fraud identification system provided by Galaxy Technology directly intercepted a large number of overseas calls.

In addition, the identification system deployed in the bank, which is connected to relevant departments, also intercepted a large number of potential victims.

However, because it is not as rampant as in the previous life, most netizens did not correctly realize the harm of the Shan State Industrial Park, and simply regarded this news as a hot topic.

Wang Donglai didn't care about this, just as the saying goes, "Do good deeds and don't worry about the future." (End of Chapter)