The top student must be diligent.

Chapter 193 The Attraction of Science Island Laboratory
Inside a materials laboratory at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Liu Xiaodong is analyzing a pile of experimental results.

He is a postdoc who came to the lab about a year and a half ago.

As a postdoc, he is under even greater pressure than when he was a PhD student.

A PhD is still just a student at the end of the day, and there are very few things to consider, as long as he or she can graduate successfully.

However, a postdoctoral fellow is completely different. His or her identity is no longer a student, but a worker.

Moreover, what he had to consider next was how to meet the requirements to stay in the laboratory and work as an assistant researcher.

According to their laboratory's requirements for postdoctoral fellows, they need to publish two first-tier papers during their postdoctoral period in order to become an assistant researcher.

And there is only two years.

Two papers in two years and one area, you can imagine how great the pressure is.

But fortunately, he has already published a first-tier paper.

He is very confident about the project he is working on now, and he will be able to submit it to the first district when the time comes.

By then he will be able to be successfully promoted to assistant researcher, and at the same time he will become a lecturer in the school and will be able to get a lecturer's salary.

But just when he felt that he had a bright future, suddenly, his mentor, Zhao Guoqing appeared beside him and said to him with a smile.

"Xiao Liu, I heard that you recently finished another paper?"

Liu Xiaodong was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at his mentor, and had a bad feeling in his heart.

However, as his mentor, the other party had a decisive opinion on whether he could stay in the future, so he could only honestly say: "Almost... It's almost done, but there are still two experiments left. I'm analyzing one of them now."

Zhao Guoqing laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Very good! Our laboratory and our school need hard-working people like you. Come on."

Liu Xiaodong thought Zhao Guoqing came to encourage him this time, so he nodded excitedly and said, "Thank you, Teacher Zhao!"

"Yes." Zhao Guoqing nodded, and then said: "Also, send me the data you have prepared so that I can take a look at it for you."

Hearing this, Liu Xiaodong, who had just been quite excited, suddenly froze.

"Teacher Zhao, I...this..."

Seeing Liu Xiaodong's somewhat resistant look, Zhao Guoqing frowned immediately and said, "What? Is there any problem?"

Liu Xiaodong said: "I...I haven't finished this yet, it's not a good time now, right?"

Zhao Guoqing's expression suddenly became even more frowned. He stared at Liu Xiaodong for a moment, until Liu Xiaodong dared not look him in the eye anymore, then he finally spoke.

"Xiao Liu, you have been in our lab for more than a year. During this time, I let you do all the experiments you wanted to do, and I never scolded you, right? I even asked you to publish a paper. I have been pretty good to you, right?"

After hearing what the other party said, Liu Xiaodong immediately started to complain in his heart.

Let him publish a paper?
How could Zhao Guoqing have the nerve to say such things?

To be honest, if it weren't for Zhao Guoqing, he should have completed the requirement of two first-tier papers several months ago.

Because the first paper he wrote after coming here was actually good enough to be published in the first district, but what was the result?

At that time, Zhao Guoqing took away all the experimental data on the pretext of helping him take a look. Not long after, he told him that this paper would be given to one of his doctoral junior sisters.

As for that doctoral junior sister...

All I can say is that these students under Zhao Guoqing, as well as the other two postdoctoral fellows, basically understand everything.

On average they could only see this junior sister in the laboratory once a month.

However, Zhao Guoqing didn't care what he was thinking and continued, "Besides, your stay-in-school assessment is coming soon, right? There are many people who want to stay in our school, so think about it carefully."

"I hope to see you send the data tonight."

Afterwards, Zhao Guoqing left here directly.

After watching Zhao Guoqing leave, Liu Xiaodong's anger, worry, fear and other emotions reached a peak.

However, in the end, all his anger was finally eliminated through his internal conflicts.

The research in his hands could no longer proceed, and he felt a bitter feeling in his heart.

He is probably the kind of honest man that people on the Internet describe as someone who dares not resist and can only be exploited continuously.

As for those who are oppressed to the end, choose to remake?

To be honest, there are too many postdoctoral fellows or students like him, but in the end, there are too few who really dare to choose to remake. Not everyone dares to make this choice.
It's like The Silence of the Lambs.

At this time, Zhou He, who was also a postdoctoral fellow under Zhao Guoqing, came up and patted him on the shoulder.

Zhou He just heard the whole process. He is a new postdoctoral fellow who has been here for only half a year and has a relatively good relationship with Liu Xiaodong.

"Zhao Guoqing is such a beast. He asked you for the data because he wanted your paper again. He must be giving it to his mistress."

Liu Xiaodong was silent for a moment, and began to seek psychological comfort: "Maybe... maybe not? Maybe Teacher Zhao really is, but just wants to help me check whether the data is correct?"

"You are really stupid." Zhou He shook his head and said, "I have some inside information. Li Yi is about to graduate. If she wants to be rated as an outstanding graduate, she needs results. Zhao Guoqing is trying to get connections for her. She must need a few papers."

"He came over yesterday and asked me how my current project was going."

Liu Xiaodong became even more silent.

Because he knew that what Zhou He said was very likely true.

Zhou He said at this time: "To be honest, this idiot's subordinate can't stay for long. Even if he can really stay and become an assistant researcher, what's the use? He may have various reasons to ask you for help. Don't you think about who his father is..."

"So my advice is to leave as soon as possible and not stay here and suffer. I'm planning to leave anyway."

Liu Xiaodong was stunned and asked, "Are you planning to leave?"

Zhou He nodded and said, "I'm ready to go abroad as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University. My family has already found a connection for me. I have a relative who lives there."

Liu Xiaodong: “…”

Just kidding, his family doesn't have that kind of conditions. Otherwise, based on his performance during graduate school, he would have been more than qualified to study for a doctorate abroad.

After all, this way of running away was not suitable for him.

Zhou He knew Liu Xiaodong's difficulties, so he said to him, "You can go to the Science Island Laboratory and give it a try."

"Science Island Laboratory?"

Liu Xiaodong was stunned.

"Yes, it's the laboratory of Xiao Shen." Zhou He nodded and said, "They are recruiting people now. I heard that many people are going there. You should give it a try. There is only one day left before the deadline for submitting resumes."

"Besides, Xiao Shen's laboratory was established not long ago, so the competition is very small. There must be a lot of positions available, so it must not be difficult to get a lifetime position."

Liu Xiaodong said hesitantly, "There must be a lot of people signing up. It should be difficult, right?"

Zhou He said, "That's better than staying here. Besides, how can you know the result if you don't try? Anyway, you will be participating in the postdoctoral competition. Maybe you will be lucky and be directly appointed as an assistant researcher. The most important thing is that your leader will be Xiao Shen, who is younger than us and must be better than those old guys in other units."

"Think about it again. If you give this paper to Zhao Guoqing now, with half a year left, can you still get it out in the first place? You will definitely have to extend the deadline by a year!"

"During the extension period, your salary will not be paid by the state, but by Zhao Guoqing. How much do you think Zhao Guoqing can give you?"

"Anyway, this is the advice I give you. It depends on whether you are willing to do it or not."

Zhou He patted Liu Xiaodong on the shoulder, then left without saying anything more.

Watching Zhou He leave, Liu Xiaodong fell into deep thought.

Finally, he stopped the work at hand, simply packed up various documents, and returned to his dormitory.

He turned on his computer and searched the Internet, and soon found the job posting for Science Island Laboratory.

After reading the recruitment notice, he was excited.

This condition...

That’s great.

Even for postdoctoral fellows, Science Island Laboratory can directly provide funds for research, with a guaranteed minimum of 10 yuan. In addition, the monthly salary, plus various subsidies, allowances, housing subsidies, provident funds, etc., can be guaranteed to be 3.5 yuan before tax.

The salary of a postdoctoral fellow is very high, because a postdoctoral fellow usually only stays for two years and is considered a relatively high-level temporary worker. In order to attract such high-level temporary workers, each unit offers relatively high conditions.

Even if Liu Xiaodong is exploited here, his total salary can still be over 2. The Science Island Laboratory can offer such generous conditions, which is considered the top treatment in China.

Besides, it's a fat city, unlike Shanghai where the cost of living is high, so it will be easier for him to buy a house there.

The most important thing is that the Science Island Laboratory adopts a free cooperation system and does not assign fixed mentors to postdoctoral fellows.

This made him, a postdoctoral fellow who was bullied by his supervisor, even more excited.
Coupled with the advanced laboratory configuration of the Science Island Laboratory...

Liu Xiaodong's heart was pounding. After taking a deep breath, he sent his resume to the email address in the job posting.

"I don't know if it will work..."

His heart was filled with tension.

What Zhou He said had made him think it through. Choosing to continue staying here was definitely not a good idea. Leaving here was the best option.

But he was also hesitant in his heart, wondering whether the Science Island Laboratory would want him, who was already a postdoctoral fellow and had spent a year and a half in other postdoctoral research stations.

Of course, there is also the question of where he could go if Science Island Lab didn't want him?
He is not like Zhou He, whose family is rich and can afford to send him to study abroad.

If he went anywhere else, what place could give him assurance?
Just at this moment, a new email was received in his mailbox.

Upon closer inspection, it was a reply from Science Island Laboratory, asking him to take the online written test on time three days later.

He clenched his fist!

it is good!
At least I can take the written test.

However, a written test alone is not enough.

It's just an online written test. Although there are strict requirements, people may still use high technology to cheat.

Let’s pass the written test first.

According to the recruitment notice, you will need to take an offline written test and interview afterwards.

He also has to think about what reason to use to ask for leave so that he can take the offline exam.

……

In addition to Liu Xiaodong, there are many people in the same situation as him. After seeing the recruitment notice of Science Island Laboratory, they all submitted their resumes, hoping that they will eventually be lucky enough to be selected and escape from the current sea of ​​suffering.

In addition to them, there are also many outstanding fresh graduates who have also sent their resumes to the Science Island Laboratory. The treatment at the Science Island Laboratory is definitely better than any other laboratory in the country this year.

The most important thing is that Xiao Yi’s name is there, which makes the attraction even more attractive.

Of course, apart from the postdoctoral fellow and assistant researcher levels, the competition for full and associate researchers is also quite fierce.
There are three young outstanding people who have signed up. You should know that young outstanding people generally do not change jobs. The job change of one of them can even cause some discussion in the academic circle.
As a result, the Science Island Laboratory has now attracted three outstanding young scientists.

Of course, this matter has not been exposed yet, and only the Science Island Laboratory knows about it. If the final list is announced, it will really shockingly attract a lot of attention.

And just like that, time passed quickly.

Three days later, the online written test was held, with a total of more than 700 people participating.

Although there are only more than 700 people, in fact, considering that the lowest ones are highly intelligent talents such as postdoctoral fellows, the registration threshold is much higher, so the competition is still quite fierce.

As for the written test questions, they were all set by Xiao Yi himself. The answers would definitely not be found on the Internet. There were no objective questions, only subjective questions. If someone really wanted to cheat using high technology, their true colors would be exposed during the offline test.

Of course, considering that they are already postdoctoral fellows and there are offline processes, they probably won’t be stupid enough to cheat.

Just like that, the written test ended, and finally 100 people were selected to participate in the final offline test.

……

On the day of offline examination.

"Hey, Professor Fu, you're here too?"

"Hey, Professor Zheng, aren't you here too?"

"Professor Wu! Aren't you selected as an Outstanding Young Scholar? Why are you here?"

"Oh, stop talking. I just saw Professor Qian Wanli. He's an outstanding young scientist! He's here."

"Ah? Jie Qing is also here to take the exam?"

"That's not the case. All the outstanding young people who come to apply for the job are exempt from the written test and will be interviewed directly in the afternoon."

"All? You mean, Professor Qian is not the only outstanding young scholar?"

"Yes, there seem to be three."

"Fuck, isn't that a guaranteed three spots gone?"

"Science Island Laboratory is indeed Professor Xiao Yi's laboratory."

"..."

Outside the examination room, the applicants who came to take the written test saw familiar people and started chatting with them.

It is normal for domestic scholars who are researching the same field to know each other.

After all, maybe we have attended an academic conference together and had exchanges with each other.

Upon learning that there were three scholars of Lian Jieqing's level attending the event, the professors and full researchers present suddenly felt more pressured, and also realized how big news it would make once the news got out.

After all, any outstanding young scientist basically represents tens of millions of dollars in funding.

Those who applied for postdoctoral fellows, intern researchers, and assistant researchers were thankful that they did not have to compete with big guys of that level.

However, when they looked around at their competitors, they couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in their hearts.

Their competition is not small at all because they have so many people.

There are only 30 people competing for the positions of full and associate researchers, 30 people competing for 20 places... Well, if the three outstanding young researchers are excluded, there should be 17 places to compete for.

A researcher may not necessarily win over an associate researcher. After all, the ratio of full researchers to associate researchers must be balanced in the end.

而助理研究员、实习研究员和博士后的竞争人数则有70人，70人竞争30个名额，比2比1的比例还要低。

For a moment, they all became more and more nervous.

……

“It feels a bit difficult…”

Liu Xiaodong also successfully arrived here. Looking at so many competitors around him, he was also very nervous.

As for how he asked for leave, after he finally handed over his data to Zhao Guoqing, he expressed his desire to travel. Zhao Guoqing naturally did not push him too hard and directly approved his leave, but required him to return to the laboratory after a week to complete the remaining two experiments and analyses.

Oh, his topic is different from Zhao Guoqing's research direction. In addition, Zhao Guoqing's own ability is not good enough. It is estimated that even if he gave Zhao Guoqing the previous data, the latter would not be able to research anything.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have insisted on asking for his remaining two experimental data.

Thinking of this, he snorted in his heart. If he really succeeded in changing jobs, he would no longer be the so-called honest man.

The biggest reason why honest people are honest is that they have no way out.

At this moment, a voice came.

"Hello, everyone!"

Everyone looked over and exclaimed in surprise.

"Xiao Shen!"

"Professor Xiao!"

"Director Xiao!"

The person who came was Xiao Yi.

Liu Xiaodong looked at Xiao Yi, who looked younger than himself but owned a laboratory worth hundreds of millions.

You don't have to suffer all kinds of grievances and exploitation like him.

All he felt in his heart was deep envy and admiration.

Finally, he made up his mind that he would become a member of the Science Island Laboratory, even if it was just to be able to learn from Xiao Yi up close!
(End of this chapter)