prynovel Chapter 29, 750 points! A legend is born!
Chapter 29, 750 points! A legend is born!
Lin Yu stared at the message Xia Zijing had sent on the screen: "Monster."
The fingertips tapped on the keyboard, replying crisply and decisively.
"Basic procedure, don't be silly. Go pack your luggage, I'll take you to buy some goods later."
After sending the message, he casually tossed his phone onto the coffee table.
Suddenly, a commotion of footsteps came from outside the door, mixed with the anxious attempts of security guards to stop them.
"Distinguished leaders! We can't force our way in! This is a private villa area!"
"Get out of the way! You're delaying the nation's efforts to find a pillar; can you take responsibility for that?!"
boom.
The villa's gate was forcibly pushed open.
Lin Yu had just pulled the tab on a can of iced cola.
A crisp click rang out clearly in the suddenly quiet living room.
The principal of Jiangcheng No. 1 Middle School rushed to the front, his suit jacket disheveled from running. Behind him followed two middle-aged men with frameless glasses and an imposing presence.
Further on, several provincial television reporters carrying cameras were firmly blocked from entering the villa area by security guards.
The principal, panting heavily, pointed at Lin Yu on the sofa, his voice hoarse with excitement: "Lin Yu! Stand up! These two are Director Wang from Jinghua and Director Li from Jingbei! They came overnight by high-speed rail, standing room only!"
Lin Yu sat on the large leather sofa, his posture unchanged. He held a can of cola in one hand and took a swig.
"The door isn't locked, feel free to sit anywhere."
Director Wang took a step forward, pushing the principal aside. He pulled an agreement stamped with a red seal from his briefcase and slammed it onto the coffee table.
"Lin Yu! I am the Director of Admissions at Jinghua University! 750 points, the only perfect score in the entire country! On behalf of Jinghua, I formally invite you. Choose from the Yao Class, the Zhi Class, or the Measurement and Mechanical Engineering Class! A combined Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral program, a million-yuan freshman scholarship will be deposited into your account tomorrow! Full funding will be provided for your one-year exchange program at MIT!"
"Old Wang, stop trying to fool people with that little bit of money!"
Director Li from Beijing was not to be outdone. He pushed Director Wang aside and placed another agreement on top of it.
"Lin Yu! Come to the Beijing Institute of Physics! Academician Li has seen your deduction manuscripts. If you come, he will personally guide you! Two million yuan for settling in, a private apartment! If you think the dormitory is too small, we will rent a large apartment for you in Zhongguancun!"
The principal stood to the side, his legs going weak from listening.
One million? Two million? A senior academician personally overseeing the project? A large, single-level apartment?
This isn't student recruitment, it's practically worshipping our ancestors!
"Old Li, how outdated are the facilities at your Beijing Institute of Physics? It would be a complete waste of his talent for him to go there!" Director Wang said, getting agitated.
"Bullshit! We just applied for national special funds!"
Director Li roared, "Besides constantly chasing investment and pursuing commercialization, does your Jinghua School have any pure academic spirit left?"
Two influential figures in the domestic education sector were arguing fiercely in front of Lin Yu's coffee table, like middle-aged women at a market fighting over the last bunch of vegetables.
Lin Yu looked at them with an unusually calm expression.
There was no flattery, no elation, not even the slightest emotional fluctuation.
He placed the can of Coke he was holding on the table.
The glass base hit the table with a dull thud.
The sound wasn't loud.
But the two directors, who were arguing heatedly, suddenly fell silent as if a pause button had been pressed.
They all turned to look at Lin Yu.
This eighteen-year-old boy, wearing a plain black T-shirt without a logo, exuded a chilling sense of oppression.
"Are you done talking?"
Lin Yu leaned back on the sofa, his eyelids slightly raised.
Director Wang swallowed hard. "Lin Yu, if you're not satisfied with the terms, we can add more! As long as it doesn't violate our principles, Jinghua will provide everything it can!"
"I don't need the money."
Lin Yu said calmly, "I'm not picky about professional skills. Your training programs are too slow for me."
Director Li was stunned: "Then what do you want?"
"All I need is computing power."
Lin Yu sat up straight and glanced at the two faces.
"First, I want access to a national key laboratory. Second, give me the highest access to the laboratory's supercomputing cluster, without having to wait in line or go through approval processes. I need to be able to run my data models anytime."
The living room was deathly silent.
The principal didn't understand what a supercomputing cluster was, but he could read the expressions on the faces of the two directors.
That expression was even more shocked, even a little absurd, than when they had snatched the person earlier.
Director Wang smiled wryly: "Lin Yu, you probably don't understand the supercomputing resources at the university. Even doctoral supervisors have to queue up to apply for that level of computing power. And the national key laboratory… Jinghua's most crucial one right now is Academician Zhang Chengzhi's theoretical physics laboratory. But Professor Zhang has a very eccentric temperament; he only looks at projects, not people. He rarely accepts even graduate students, let alone undergraduates. The highest level of authority…"
"Can't it be done?"
Lin Yu turned to look at Director Li, "What about Beijing North?"
Director Li broke out in a cold sweat, opened his mouth, but didn't dare to agree directly.
This mobilization of resources exceeded the authority of the admissions office.
Just then, the villa door was pushed open again.
Xia Zijing walked in carrying a black backpack. She had changed into a simple white casual outfit, and without the black-rimmed glasses obscuring her features, her cool and stunning beauty seemed to freeze the air in the living room for a moment.
"I'm all packed."
Xia Zijing walked straight to Lin Yu's side, glanced at the agreement on the table, and asked, "Jinghua or Jingbei?"
Lin Yu pointed at Director Wang.
"Jinghua is still considering it."
Lin Yu looked at Director Wang and said, "I'll add one last condition. If you can do that, I'll sign now."
Director Wang perked up: "Go on!"
Lin Yu pointed to Xia Zijin beside him.
"She ranked second in the province with 712 points. We'll recruit her into Academician Zhang's lab together. We'll also get her a separate workstation."
Xia Zijing turned her head, her brows furrowed slightly: "What are you going to do?"
"I need a free laborer who can understand my derivation process."
Lin Yu looked at her and spoke very quickly, "Academician Zhang's lab has one of the top three supercomputers in the country. Once you're in, I'll give you 10% of the computing power; you can run your high-dimensional physics models yourself. Deal?"
Xia Zijing's brain worked quickly for a second.
The daily supercomputing rental fee starts at 100,000, and the quota is 10%.
"Fifteen percent."
Xia Zijin bargained.
"Ten percent. If you don't want it, that's fine too."
"Deal. Okay, boss."
Xia Zijin nodded, agreeing very readily.
The director and principal standing nearby were completely dumbfounded.
These are two of the province's top geniuses!
They don't care about scholarships, mentorship from academicians, or their future prospects.
They traded national-level computing resources—which most researchers could never access in their entire lives—with just a few words, as if buying cabbages at a market!
Director Wang took a deep breath and took out his phone.
"I'll call Academician Zhang right now. I'll risk my reputation to get you both in jail!"