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After finishing his words, Luo Benyuan hung up the phone directly.

Just before he took the phone away from his ear, he seemed to hear the person on the other end clamoring, "Project? What project, Luo, you need to clarify..."

But it was no longer important.

Even when the call came through again, he chose to hang up directly and then muted his phone.

Luo Benyuan felt he needed some time alone to calm down; in fact, his entire life needed a thorough reevaluation.

...

Meanwhile, Lv Bei stepped out to the courtyard entrance, watching Luo Benyuan, who looked as if he was possessed, hang up the call and gradually walk away. He suddenly thought it would be a good idea to listen back to the recording to find out what exactly Qiao Ze had discussed with Professor Luo that had turned a recently arrogant-looking professor into such a ghastly figure.

He hardly looked human anymore!

Wasn't this eerily strange?

There must be demons at work when things are this abnormal—definitely a story behind it!

...

"Have you heard? That Qiao Ze professor from the School of Mathematics has brought in a big project."

"No kidding. I heard about it long ago, and that's not all. The University has already started applying for a national-level engineering research center. This time they are planning a major initiative."

"Ha, it seems this time the talent and the project came hand in hand. You should have seen Zhuo from the Maritime College yesterday, strutting around with such swagger. I heard the Maritime College is going to rise in profile this time. The national-level engineering research center is going to be under their name."

"Really? They're just being handed a national key project on a silver platter?"

"Heh heh..."

...

Xu Dajiang was originally walking towards the administrative building for a meeting.

He just happened to overhear two students or research assistants from one of the university's laboratories ahead of him talking about Qiao Ze, so he followed behind and listened in, only to hear such significant news.

Qiao Ze had actually secured a national-level engineering research center for the University?

And damn it, under the Maritime College?

The name of the Xilin University of Technology School of Mathematics wasn't even on the list for the national applied mathematics center yet!

What was even more infuriating was that no one had informed him!

Is there no justice in this world?

Riding on the coattails of Professor Qiao from their School of Mathematics, and they didn't even bother to notify him?

With these thoughts in mind, Xu Dajiang quickened his pace and directly stopped the two people ahead.

"Hey, comrades, wait up."

"Eh? Dean Xu."

"Dean Xu, hello, can we do something for you?" As they turned their heads and saw Xu Dajiang, they immediately greeted him.

"You know me?" Xu Dajiang was somewhat surprised, and also a bit embarrassed since he didn't really recognize the two of them.

"Come on, of all the people in the University, who wouldn't recognize you?" said one of the bespectacled young men, his voice carrying a strangely strange statement. Discover hidden content at My Virtual Library Empire

Well, it wasn't exactly an odd statement, but it did make Xu Dajiang slightly uncomfortable.

The School of Mathematics had hosted several well-known events with him as the emcee, so it was no surprise that his visibility had been quite high recently.

Add to that, with a slew of reforms taking place in the School of Mathematics over the year and continuous good news from the admissions office, it was indeed hard for anyone at the University to overlook the name of the administrative head of the School of Mathematics.

"Let's not talk about that. I just wanted to ask, what's the deal with that national-level engineering research center you just mentioned?"

"Huh? You don't know?"

"I don't."

"Apparently, it's a research project brought in by Professor Qiao from your School of Mathematics, and the Ministry of Science and Technology is giving it high importance."

"What project?"

"We're not very clear about it. It's said to be about underwater terrain mapping and exploration, isn't it?"

"Oh, I see, thanks."

"No problem, we should get going then, Dean Xu."

"Yes, sure."

As he watched the two leave, Xu Dajiang's mind was full of questions.

Is it true that the squeaky wheel gets the grease?

Indeed, at this moment, Xu Dajiang began to contemplate whether he had not complained enough in front of Qiao Ze recently, giving Qiao the impression that things were going too smoothly for him and that the School of Mathematics was no longer the first place that came to mind for new opportunities.

But that shouldn't be the case.

Could it be that Zhuo Wenyu, that old dog from the Maritime College, had gone behind his back to grovel before Qiao Ze at the research institute?

As Xu Dajiang once again stepped towards the administrative building, his head was crammed with all kinds of thoughts.

It was no wonder Xu was so anxious, after all, Qiao Ze was too important a figure to let be swayed by others, to abandon mathematics for some other trivial pursuits.

Thus, arriving at the administrative building, he didn't head straight to the meeting room, but instead made a beeline for the president's office to confront someone.

President Chen was out, he didn't meet him, but he happened to run into President Zuo in the hallway, who was just leaving for a meeting.

They knew each other as well.

Zuo Chengzheng had made a point of visiting Xu Dajiang, the star dean of the University, as his first act after being transferred to Xilin University of Technology.

No matter the context, it was an indisputable fact that the School of Mathematics had greatly prospered during Xu Dajiang's tenure as dean.

"Dean Xu, the meeting is on the third floor, why are you up here?" Zuo Chengzheng asked with a smile.

"I was looking for President Chen to ask him about something. Ah, asking you is the same. President Zuo, do you know about the project Qiao Ze's working on?" Xu Dajiang hastened to ask.

"Of course! That matter is something I managed with the ministries. What about it?" Zuo Chengzheng replied.

"Ah? Why wasn't I informed?" Xu Dajiang inquired, looking displeased at Zuo Chengzheng.

"Eh... That matter doesn't really have much to do with the School of Mathematics, does it? Is Dean Xu also planning to get into engineering applications?" Zuo Chengzheng wasn't offended but only asked with a smile.

"That's not the point. Since it's a project secured by someone from our School of Mathematics, how can it have nothing to do with us? Professor Qiao also has a heavy workload in his mathematics research and is responsible for the research of Qiao's Algebraic Geometry. What if he overworks himself at such a young age?" Xu Dajiang argued as a matter of principle.