Chapter 116: I'm not very interested in money

After an hour and a half, the cinema lights came on. The atmosphere inside the cinema wasn't as enthusiastic as when they first arrived.

The comedy that made people laugh uncontrollably back then is only understood as a tragedy after growing up. How does that saying go? At first, you don't understand the meaning in the song; when you hear it again, you are already the person in the song.

After watching, Song Yao let out a gentle breath, her beautiful face carrying deep emotion. Even Xu Qingzhou felt a bit touched.

Ahead, Xu Zhengyang hugged a large bucket of popcorn that he hadn't eaten much of and walked out of the cinema with the girl.

Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao deliberately walked a bit slower to avoid disturbing Xu Zhengyang's date.

Walking out of the mall, night had completely fallen. The area around the mall was brilliant with lights, people coming and going, the prosperity of the metropolis fully displayed. Even in a place where urban beauties were everywhere, Song Yao's beauty was unique, attracting many people to look back.

After watching a movie, he was indeed in a good mood. Sending Song Yao back to the dormitory, Xu Qingzhou also walked back with light steps.

Xu Qingzhou looked at him without speaking.

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"Mm, you guys just wait to eat my 'no-longer-single' meal."

"I know a very authentic Sichuan restaurant. You guys are all free, right?" Xu Qingzhou nodded with a smile.

The sound of Xu Zhengyang and the other three despising him rang out in the dormitory.

Xu Zhengyang belonged to the type who couldn't stay still. After a while, he leaned over again, "Almost forgot the most important thing."

On the side, seeing Xu Zhengyang didn't speak, Kong Xianbo let out a deep sigh of relief. Not bad, Old Xu is making progress.

"Awesome!"

"Old Xu, really, don't do this again." Kong Xianbo's expression was complex. His Dao heart, which had finally healed, was almost shattered by this guy again.

As soon as Xu Qingzhou entered, Wang Wei and the others all showed an expression of "the big shot is here," especially Ren Xiaoling, whose eyes were already sparkling, her worship undisguised.

Kong Xianbo and the others were at a cinema near the school; it only took ten-plus minutes to walk back after watching. Xu Zhengyang was recounting his dating experience.

"That's okay." Xu Qingzhou nodded slightly. It was less than before, but this was 2014, so it was already a lot.

Xu Zhengyang: "No, this is all money, you don't even pay attention to it?!"

"How did you know?" Xu Zhengyang was surprised.

Zhai Ziqiang's throat moved, his face showing an envious expression.

Xu Qingzhou's case was indeed a special case handled specially.

Xu Zhengyang thought of something more important, laughed, and asked: "Old Xu, time to treat us to a meal, right?"

Xu Zhengyang: "..."

Xu Zhengyang felt this question was inexplicable and refuted: "I'm a Golden-tier god, not someone with nothing to do, why would I go to a beginner training camp?"

"Holy crap!"

"Didn't ask." Xu Qingzhou shook his head, thought for a moment, and said: "But there should be some."

Xu Qingzhou sighed. This guy was really both bad and loved to play. He could only say: "Love and romance, the water here is too deep, you really can't hold on."

He had always felt that those people weren't hardworking enough, just like Old Xu, who let himself go as soon as he entered university, joining various clubs and dating.

"Tch~"

Thus, Xu Zhengyang tacitly didn't continue this topic.

Before entering university, he had seen seniors complaining online that they were top students in middle school, but were crushed after entering university.

"I'm not very interested in money." Xu Qingzhou smiled shyly. After finishing, he silently added in his heart: I'm not interested in this small change of over a hundred thousand.

If it were experimental budget, that would be another matter. Xu Zhengyang: "..."

"Old Xu, you're looking down on people a bit here." Xu Zhengyang was unconvinced.

"Old Xu, you published two SCI papers at once, the bonus must be quite a lot, right?"

"Old Xu, how was the date?" Xu Qingzhou asked, squinting. "When you play LOL, do you still go to the beginner training camp?" Xu Qingzhou smiled.

In the dormitory, as soon as Xu Qingzhou arrived, Dorm 101 was complete.

Sighing for a while, he asked curiously: "Old Xu, you're so damn good at physics, why come to the math department?"

Ever since reading that paper on Wednesday, Wang Wei and Gong Yunfei, the two research monks, had admired this junior Xu Qingzhou to the point of prostration.

Friday.

Xu Zhengyang and Zhai Ziqiang also nodded. They were all thinking that now, only by slaughtering Old Xu for a meal could they compensate for their wounded hearts.

"Double degree, physics and math?"

Xu Zhengyang originally wanted to ask if the time was a bit tight for studying physics and math together, but the words reached his lips and he held back. He always felt that if he really asked, he would definitely have to listen to Old Xu posturing again.

Xu Zhengyang was stunned for two seconds, finally reacted, admired him to the point of prostration, and said: "Old Xu, open a class, teach me how to be like you, revealing the smell of posturing all over!"

Although he had stayed at Jingda for many years in the past, he hadn't paid much attention to paper bonuses for a long time. He remembered the standards, but that was after more than ten years, and it should be different now.

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Xu Qingzhou went to the laboratory. After entering the third stage, his work was actually much easier. Because the experimental cycle for each sample was very long, he only needed to go to the laboratory every two days.

Xu Zhengyang nodded. He had already bragged, and although it was easy for Old Xu to see through, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired.

Xu Zhengyang shouted out in a voice crack.

"Old Xu told us just now that he and that girl are developing very smoothly. Perhaps our dormitory is about to have its first person to stop being single." Kong Xianbo lamented.

"I checked, our department is in Zone 1, with an impact factor above 20. One SCI paper, 100,000 yuan bonus; 10-20, 50,000 yuan. *Physics Reports* impact factor 22.30, *Mathematical Inventions* impact factor 15.53."

"Sigh~" Kong Xianbo let out a long sigh and shook his head on the side.

"About 150,000." Kong Xianbo said gloomily.

Kong Xianbo was the first to speak, turning grief and indignation into appetite, thinking about how to eat Xu Qingzhou into poverty, but the bonus was a damn 150,000!

"How much?!"

Xu Zhengyang's face stiffened, seemingly having something hard to say. He coughed lightly and said sternly: "It feels very good."

Compared to academics, money could shock Xu Zhengyang more: "Old Xu, are you here to make money or to study!"

After chatting with Xu Zhengyang and the others, Xu Qingzhou also talked about business: "However, the physics side also needs to be pushed forward. Today, the physics department has already helped me complete the double degree procedures."

Xu Qingzhou asked with a smile: "Did you watch it at Wanda Cinema?"

The operation room today was very lively. Wang Wei, Gong Yunfei, and Ren Xiaoling, who came to do odd jobs, were all there.

"No way, I also want to be low-key, but my strength is like this."

When saying these words, Kong Xianbo's back molars were about to be bitten to pieces. His core paper had a bonus of 5,000 yuan, which really didn't even reach a fraction of others'.

Xu Qingzhou took two tickets from his bosom and waved them in front of Xu Zhengyang.

"Yes!"

Actually, according to the original double degree regulations, other majors had to apply in the second semester of freshman year and start studying in sophomore year, and the study time was different from normal physics students.

Xu Zhengyang sat on the side, envious, thinking this was a way to make money, gaining both fame and fortune. But after carefully weighing his own weight, he gave up—we just aren't that kind of material.

So enthusiastic that Xu Qingzhou felt a bit embarrassed. After fixing the data, he said goodbye and slipped away.

Friday afternoon, after class, after sending things back to the dormitory, Xu Qingzhou and the others left the school gate and took a taxi to a Sichuan restaurant called "Xiao Li Zhuang."

Xu Qingzhou had eaten here many times in his previous life. This shop had become an internet-famous shop, and if you wanted to eat here, you had to book a seat a week in advance.

After treating Xu Zhengyang and the others to a meal, he entered a busy state again, pushing forward the proof of the Cramér conjecture.

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