bookrandom Chapter 394 A Tremendous Discovery
Chapter 394 A Tremendous Discovery
At 7:23 p.m., in an ordinary residential community in Beijing, the lights of thousands of homes shone with a warm yellow glow.
Huang Yu, the director of the Huaxia Biotechnology Research Institute, was not the head of a national-level research institution at this moment. He was wearing a slightly comical cartoon apron and holding a spatula stained with oil.
"Lele! Have you finished your math homework? No sneaking around on your phone! Grandpa's watching!"
"Okay, okay! Grandpa, you're so long-winded..."
The sound of his reluctant grandson's drawn-out voice came from the study.
Huang Yu shook her head helplessly, her gray hair looking somewhat disheveled under the kitchen light.
His daughter and son-in-law are both doctors, and they are both on night shift tonight, so the responsibility of taking care of his third-grade grandson falls on this busy grandfather.
I had just finished supervising the English dictation and was rushing to prepare dinner. After finally getting the little one to eat at the table and washing the dishes, a new round of homework battles began.
Huang Yu felt that she had never been this tired, not even when she was coordinating with the research institute or dealing with international academic competition.
Just as he was about to go back to the kitchen to clean up the mess, his personal cell phone vibrated in his pocket.
When I took it out, the name displayed on the screen was Lian Wenshi.
Why is Professor Lian calling so late?
Huang Yu knew that unless it was something extremely important, his old friend would never bother him easily after get off work.
"Hello, Professor Lian? What's up so late?"
A premonition flashed through Huang Yu's mind. He quickly wiped his hands clean, answered the phone, and lowered his voice.
"Dean Huang, Professor Xin and I are together, and we've made a major discovery! A monumental discovery! It's crucial to the core progress of the Human Genome Project! Please, no matter what, return to the research institute immediately! Yes, right now!"
On the other end of the phone, Lian Wenshi's voice came through with a tone he had never heard before, a mixture of excitement, urgency, and even a slight tremor.
Huang Yu's brows furrowed instantly. Lian Wenshi was known throughout the institute for his composure and calmness. For him to report in such an out-of-control tone, even using words like "a tremendous discovery" and "core progress," meant that things were definitely not simple.
"Calm down, Professor Lian."
Huang Yu's voice was calm and reassuring.
"Explain clearly, what discovery? Is it a breakthrough in experimental data?"
"It's not an experiment! It's...it's a paper! A paper published in UIOSNG!"
Lian Wenshi's tone remained urgent, even carrying a hint of an unquestionable plea.
"Dean, it's hard to explain over the phone; you must come in person!"
"I guarantee with my decades of academic reputation that this is absolutely revolutionary! It could change the research paradigm of our entire field!"
A research paper? uiosng?
A hint of doubt flashed through Huang Yu's mind.
While there are many high-quality research papers on academic paper websites, most are preliminary results that have not undergone rigorous review, making it a mixed bag.
What kind of paper could cause such a loss of composure for two seasoned professors, Lian Wenshi and Xin Ziang, who are used to seeing all sorts of things?
However, Huang Yu had absolute trust in Lian Wenshi and Xin Ziang's academic judgment; they were not the type to cause trouble for no reason.
"Okay, I'll be right there. You can wait for me in the office."
Huang Yu made a quick decision and didn't ask any more questions.
"Lele, Grandpa has something extremely important to do at his workplace and he has to go there immediately."
"If you're home alone, lock the door from the inside and don't open it for anyone!"
"Remember, it's anyone! Dad and Mom both have keys, no one can open the door for anyone! Do you understand?"
After hanging up the phone, Huang Yu took a deep breath, quickly calmed herself down, and said to her grandson with a serious expression.
"I know, Grandpa."
Seeing his grandfather's unusually serious expression, the grandson obediently nodded.
But in my heart I was thinking that once Grandpa was gone, I could finally enjoy playing on my phone.
Huang Yu checked the doors and windows again, still feeling uneasy, and then took out her phone to send a message to her daughter and son-in-law respectively.
[There's an urgent task at work, I have to go to the research institute immediately. My return date is uncertain; it might be all night, or it might take several days. Lele is home alone and has locked herself in. Whoever gets off work first, please come back right away!]
After sending the message, he quickly took off his apron, and without even changing out of his pajamas, he grabbed his old, dark blue down jacket that he had worn for many years and had worn-out cuffs from the coat rack, put it on, and changed into leather shoes.
In the mirror, the kind grandfather wearing an apron disappeared instantly, replaced by the sharp-eyed director of the Huaxia Bioengineering Research Institute, who shoulders the heavy responsibility of national scientific research.
"Hopefully, Lao Lian and Lao Xin have really discovered something extraordinary..."
He hurried downstairs while muttering to himself.
"If it's just a false alarm, I'll give them a piece of my mind tomorrow! At their age, they still need me to keep them up all night..."
Despite thinking this, his steps did not slow down at all.
His years of scientific research had taught him that truly significant breakthroughs often arise from seemingly insignificant clues.
The early winter night in Beijing was bitterly cold.
Huang Yu hailed a taxi at the entrance of the residential area, gave the address of the research institute, leaned back in the seat, closed her eyes, and quickly considered various possibilities.
What paper was it? Which team's work was it? How could it be so impressive to Lian Wenshi and Xin Ziang?
uiosng, could it be a submission from a reclusive master? Or is it a smokescreen released by an international competitor?
Various speculations swirled in his mind, making him restless.
As the car entered the high-tech park where the research institute is located, the surrounding environment immediately became quiet.
The tall, modern research building stands in the night, with only a few windows lit up, like a lighthouse guiding the way in a dark ocean.
At 9:58 p.m., the taxi stopped at the grand entrance of the Huaxia Biotechnology Research Institute.
Huang Yu paid the fare and got out of the car, wrapped her old down jacket tighter around herself, and walked quickly toward the gate.
The cold wind of the night made him shiver, and coupled with his anxiety, he was slightly out of breath when he arrived at the main experimental building.
He swiped through the access control system and took the elevator directly to the third floor.
In the empty and quiet corridor, only Huang Yu's footsteps echoed, sounding exceptionally clear.
The labs on both sides of the corridor were lit up, but there weren't any tasks that required working overtime recently, so only the offices were occupied at the moment.
"Ideally, there should be a truly groundbreaking discovery..."
Huang Yu took a deep breath, suppressing the discomfort caused by the brisk walking and the cold, and pushed open the slightly ajar door to Lian Wenshi's office.
Inside the brightly lit office, Lian Wenshi and Xin Ziang were huddled around the computer screen, discussing something in hushed tones, like ants on a hot plate.
Standing next to them were three of the institute's top young technical backbones who had been urgently recalled, their faces also bearing a complex expression of excitement mixed with confusion.
Upon seeing Huang Yu enter, the five of them turned around almost simultaneously.
"Dean!"
"You've finally arrived!"
Lian Wenshi and Xin Ziang immediately came forward, their faces filled with undisguised excitement and eagerness.
Huang Yu waved her hand, signaling them to calm down.
The office was naturally heated, so Huang Yu took off her down jacket and casually draped it over the back of her chair. Her gaze swept over the group of people and finally landed on Lian Wenshi's face.
"Tell me, Lao Lian, Lao Xin, what earth-shattering discovery is it that made this old man run all the way from home to me in the middle of the night?"
His tone was calm, yet carried an undeniable authority.
"Dean, it's this paper! It's published in UIOSNG, the author is Tang Yuze, it's a paper written in Chinese, and the title is 'On the Analysis of the Human Genome Sequence'!"
Lian Wenshi took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and pointed at the computer screen.
What is the meaning of the human genome sequence?
Upon hearing this outrageously arrogant title, Dean Huang Yu's brows furrowed instantly, and the anticipation that had been stirred by Lian Wenshi's urgent phone call instantly cooled down.
An uncontrollable anger began to rise within him.
Regarding the mysteries of the human genome, he is certain that no scholar in the world today can use the word "analysis" to write a paper!
Could it be that Lian Wenshi and Xin Ziang have become senile?
You called me over in the middle of the night just to show me this?