Chapter 917: 913. The Use of Favors (Please Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

The research Professor Zheng is conducting does not have much commercial prospect; at the very least, one cannot see much "money" prospect in it right now.

However, this does not mean these studies are unimportant; on the contrary, many technologies with great commercial prospects are derived from the foundations of these technologies that lack "money prospects."

Moreover, for Professor Zheng and his peers, the potential for money in these studies is no longer what they need.

What they need is reputation.

Once Professor Zheng fails in this competition, it will be a very significant blow to him, especially since he signed a military order.

And even if he hadn't signed a military order, such a failure would not be easy to accept, and it would be very easy to end up with a reputation for failing to maintain his integrity in his later years.

Before, Professor Zheng was bumping around like a headless fly, but there was no help for it, because in this matter, he simply did not possess any advantages.

Who told those truly top-tier journals to be located abroad?

And those people who have influence over top-tier journals are also basically all foreigners.

Science has no borders, but scientists do.

Even the most impartial people, when faced with such a choice, will subconsciously choose someone they are familiar with.

After all, the results over there were not plagiarized either; they were also obtained through their own hard work in conducting experiments.

Just when Professor Zheng was about to despair, Qian Zhengkun told him to come to Zhang Ran's side and try his luck.

Previously, Professor Zheng did not hold out much hope, as Zhang Ran does not have much fame in the academic world.

He may be rich, but he does not have much influence in the academic world.

Everyone is polite to him, and ninety percent of it is likely because they want to extract some funding from his hands.

After all, doing scientific research is the biggest expense that consumes money.

Even if all of Zhang Ran's net worth were thrown into it, it would likely only make a slightly larger splash.

There are many scientific research projects where the total funding is calculated in the trillions of dollars; although these are not one-time costs and are accumulated over decades, such figures are still awe-inspiring.

Before, he didn't hold out much hope and didn't expect Zhang Ran to be able to provide any help, but now it seems there really is an effect.

Of course, while Professor Zheng is happy, he doesn't go so far as to truly feel that the matter is one hundred percent secure.

After all, he is still somewhat skeptical about Zhang Ran's influence.

But no matter what, Zhang Ran has helped, and even if the final result is not satisfactory, Professor Zheng still needs to keep Zhang Ran's favor in mind.

After Zhang Ran finished his phone call, Professor Zheng looked at him with eager eyes; it wasn't that his mental fortitude was poor, but when facing such matters, no amount of mental fortitude is enough.

Zhang Ran put down the phone and looked at Professor Zheng with amusement, saying, "They have already agreed to help find some scholars to stand up for you."

"Of course, the premise is that your academic work has no suspicion of fraud or plagiarism; they will verify this in advance."

"After all, helping you stand up for yourself also requires them to use their own reputations; once an accident occurs, their reputations will also be ruined."

Although what Zhang Ran said didn't sound very pleasant, Professor Zheng could fully understand it, and at the same time, he understood that these things were necessary.

And Zhang Ran did not worry about Professor Zheng's face; this time he was asking others for help, so he also needed to lay everything out.

"I know, Mr. Zhang, you can rest assured on this point, it is absolutely no problem. If anyone says I plagiarized or committed academic fraud, I will jump off the building right now," Professor Zheng said with an agitated tone.

Now he finally saw some hope.

Yes, just hope; after all, he didn't know who exactly Zhang Ran could find to stand up for him.

If the people standing up for him don't have sufficient qualifications, then he will still fail.

But compared to before, this result is already much better.

Qian Zhengkun was also very satisfied with this result, and at the same time, he looked at Zhang Ran with full gratitude.

This time, Zhang Ran was giving him face, and he had also come with a thick skin; after all, no matter how you look at it, this is not a simple matter.

"Zhang Ran, thank you so much this time. Sigh, I don't even know what to say," Qian Zhengkun said gratefully.

Professor Zheng is his old friend of many years; with so many years of friendship, he could not watch Professor Zheng suffer such treatment.

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Brother Qian, is there any need for us to say these things? When you helped Siyan and Sicheng back in the day, you weren't embarrassed, were you?"

Listening to Zhang Ran joking, Qian Zhengkun also touched his nose with some embarrassment, even though Zhang Ran had always said to come find him if there was anything.

But Qian Zhengkun still felt a bit embarrassed; after all, this gave him the feeling of leveraging a favor to demand a return.

And in the past, when their family helped Siyan and Sicheng, they also never thought about wanting any return.

Zhang Ran chatted with Professor Zheng and the others for a while longer, then let them leave first.

When leaving, Professor Zheng was full of endless thanks.

Zhang Ran looked at his appearance and smiled, saying, "Professor Zheng, don't be too anxious. If it really doesn't work out, my laboratory is still very welcoming to you, no matter what."

"Thank you, thank you." Professor Zheng now seemed to only know how to say this one sentence, making Fang Yan feel somewhat helpless.

He also saw that Professor Zheng had only calmed down slightly, but in reality, he was still very apprehensive inside.

Regarding this, he didn't have any good solutions either; that side also needed time.

To say nothing else, they first had to verify what Professor Zheng said, and at the same time, they needed to take a look at Professor Zheng's research results.

If they just stood in line for the sake of standing in line and were asked a question only to know nothing, that would be a huge joke.

Although they were indeed just standing in line for the sake of standing in line, they couldn't say it like that on the surface.

They might even need to fabricate a story when the time comes, but these are not things Zhang Ran needs to worry about.

That side has already agreed; as long as they do as requested, then no matter what happens afterward, Zhang Ran doesn't need to care.

Of course, Zhang Ran also needs to owe some favors, but these favors are just small matters to him; in future collaborations, just making some slight concessions will do, it's not a big deal.

And sometimes, favors like this are not a bad thing; at the very least, there is one point: in this way, Zhang Ran's relationship with them can actually be considered deepened.

In the future, he can also use these relationships to slowly deepen connections, and the relationship will naturally get better and better.

However, these don't have much use for Zhang Ran, but they are very useful for Zhang Sicheng and Zhang Siyan.

When the time comes, Sicheng and the others can also rely on these relationships to connect with them more often.