Chapter 73

Hearing Li Mingyang's words, the student who had been asking the question still had some doubts, wondering how he could not remember that there was such a person in their class?

But soon, the student's face was filled with shock, to the point of being stunned.

"You… you are the College Entrance Exam Top Scorer who came to our Harbin Institute of Technology, the one who was already designated as an academician's disciple upon enrollment, right?"

After reacting, the student couldn't help but exclaim!

This exclamation successfully drew the attention of others, who all turned their surprised gazes toward Li Mingyang's position.

There was no envy or jealousy, after all, he earned this treatment purely through his own ability, scoring over 720 on the College Entrance Exam!

It was nearly 100 points higher than some of theirs! Isn't it normal for such ability to receive such treatment?

It would be strange if he didn't get this treatment; some just don't understand why he didn't choose the two most famous schools in the country.

If they had the chance to choose, they would probably pick those two, after all, just saying their names sounds prestigious and pleasant.

But upon further thought, if they could also have an academician as a teacher upon entering university, and moreover, an academician in a top‑level professional field domestically.

If they had this treatment, they probably couldn't refuse it, after all, attending those two universities doesn't guarantee meeting an academician to be one's teacher.

Moreover, there is a crucial point: not all academicians can truly be called academicians.

Some merely have the title in name only, and even how that title came about is questionable!

……

Although the final exam is just a small hurdle in life for ordinary students, after all, the more prestigious the university, the stricter its grade requirements.

If too many subjects are failed, one might not be required to repeat a year, and in more serious cases could be advised to withdraw.

So when finals arrive, almost every student will review with all their might, and some may even resort to desperate measures.

They use every method possible, in or out of the exam hall, just to get their score above the 60‑point passing threshold; the requirement isn't high, as long as they don't fail.

However, for Li Ming, this final exam is just a formality, fulfilling the task he promised President Zheng.

It also gives a bit of prestige to the subject teachers he has never met, so that a glaring zero doesn't suddenly appear in the subjects he teaches.

And after the final exam ends, there's nothing to do at school; of course, if Li Mingyang wants something to do, every day is full of things.

Whether doing experiments or researching other things.

Or going to the library to soak up knowledge, researching whatever interests him—these are all proper things Li Mingyang can do.

But after all, it's only the first semester of his freshman year, and Li Mingyang doesn't want to be like what he saw on TikTok in his past life.

After the child got into Harbin Institute of Technology, from the start of school he went completely silent, losing contact.

Although Li Mingyang has the help of a Golden Finger and has chosen this major, he himself knows that he will eventually have to face this day.

But at least he doesn't want these days to come so soon, nor is he waiting for the exam results to come out.

After all, these Professional courses, if nothing unexpected happens, he gets full marks, so after finishing the exam, Li Mingyang immediately bought a ticket home.

Of course, before leaving, he didn't forget to say hello to President Zheng and his teacher.

Although during this whole semester at school, Li Mingyang, adding it all up, hasn't seen these two elders even once.

But for these two elders who especially care about and look after him, Li Mingyang's heart inevitably carries a few points of respect.

"Teacher, I haven't been making a drone lately, you know? Originally I just wanted to look into the hybrid electric system to improve the drone's endurance."

"But as I researched, I discovered I seem to have a bit of talent in batteries, and it seems I already have some decent results."

"So I wanted to use this time going home to organize my research results and turn them into a paper."

"By then I might also need to ask you, Teacher, to help proofread it, after all publishing a paper is still my first time, I have no experience."

At the moment of parting, Li Mingyang deliberately said a few such words.

Although Li Mingyang feels his teacher has always been good to him, the old saying goes, one cannot lack caution toward people.

Whether in the previous life or this life, there are many legends and examples of teachers stealing students' research results.

Although his teacher has already risen to be a top-tier institute big shot, he certainly doesn't lack a few papers, not to mention the so-called research achievements.

Whether it's status or economic strength, they belong to the top tier domestically, but people's hearts are never satisfied……

And the interests represented by his High-Energy Battery Technology are just too huge, so Li Mingyang wants to take advantage of the vacation period.

Using some small techniques from his understood High-Energy Battery Technology that are completely different from this era, he will publish a few papers with these as the core.

First, to follow his plan and make a name for himself; as for the second point…… Li Mingyang also wants to take this opportunity to test his teacher.

Let's see what his teacher's attitude toward his research results really is? It shouldn't be that this kind of research result, which represents huge interests behind it.

"Oh? You little brat, you've only been in college for 11 semesters and you're already thinking about publishing a paper? Which journal are you aiming for? Domestic or international?"

Although hearing this news, Wang Qiang was somewhat surprised, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

In his view, his little disciple is indeed a genius, but genius also needs time to grow; after just one semester, what major achievement could there be?

Li Mingyang also understood his teacher's tone, but he didn't care about it; everything is to be judged by facts:

"Teacher, I'm not intending to just churn out two papers, after all, ordinary papers like the ones we do in our research actually aren't that meaningful."

"I'm not one of those students who just want to scrape by with a diploma after entering school; my paper is prepared to be published in Nature."

"If possible, let's see if we can secure a spot in a major section."

When he said that, Li Mingyang's face was truly full of confidence, and Wang Qiang beside him couldn't help but be stunned.

Does this little disciple of his know what he's talking about? Could it be that he doesn't even understand what the value of Nature is?

This is the world's top scientific journal; being able to publish a paper there is already quite rare, let alone occupying a major section.

"Cough cough, Mingyang, you……"

Just as he opened his mouth to advise a couple of sentences, he didn't want Li Mingyang to come into contact with these top-tier journals so quickly, firstly because he feared pushing too hard.

Secondly, he also feared dampening his little disciple's enthusiasm, after all genius needs time to grow, and before growing up there is a gap with other big shots.

"Teacher, you don't need to advise me; being able to say these words naturally means I have some understanding of these top-tier journals."

"I can guarantee that my prepared paper…… should have no problem being successfully published in these top-tier journals."