bookrandom Chapter 386 The real master
Chapter 386 The real master
The air in the auditorium seemed to have solidified into heavy ice after Professor Zhong Qi's merciless rebuke.
The previous subtle restlessness and dissatisfied murmurs all disappeared at this moment, replaced by a silence that almost crushed the chest.
Hundreds of students froze in their seats as if they were collectively cast under a spell.
Shame, anger, grievance, helplessness...all kinds of emotions intertwined and collided silently, but there was no outlet to vent.
After all, no matter how much everyone wanted to refute the professor, saying that they were just college students who came to get credits, and were not even students majoring in biology, they still had no way to say it.
This is a lecture arranged by the school. All the people sitting in the front are school leaders, and no one dares to be the first to speak out.
These days, it’s better to have less trouble than more. Just curse this stupid professor in your heart. There’s no need to get angry.
The expressions on the faces of several school leaders and middle-level cadres sitting in the front row were not much better.
The director of the Academic Affairs Office, who was responsible for inviting Zhong Qi, had beads of sweat on his forehead. He kept wiping it with a tissue, his eyes avoiding, not daring to meet the cold eyes on the stage, let alone look back at the students' reactions.
It took him a lot of effort to invite Zhong Qi to come back to the school to give a speech, because Zhong Qi is now very famous, and he invited Zhong Qi back to give this lecture for his own face.
In the evening he would take Zhongqi to have dinner with several other leaders.
But the director also knew that this lecture was originally intended to be a cover for academic exchange. If it were not for the credits, no matter how famous Zhongqi was, no more than twenty students would be willing to attend the lecture.
The director originally wanted Zhong Qi to show off how awesome he was and give the college students some inspirational words, but who knew he would end up talking about a lot of professional knowledge.
What Zhong Qi said was so confusing that not only the undergraduates but even the bioengineering teachers in the row behind them were confused, not to mention the group of college students who came there to get credits.
But who could have imagined that this genius professor was so unsophisticated that he showed no mercy at all and directly overturned the table, exposing this tacit understanding!
"Alas, I should have communicated with him in advance and not talked about such profound things."
The director lamented inwardly, but it was too late to salvage the situation. He could only sit there on pins and needles, hoping this disastrous lecture would be over as soon as possible.
Just when the suffocating silence and awkwardness reached its peak, a figure stood up in the back row of the classroom.
It’s Tang Yuze.
He really couldn't stay any longer.
It was not because of the shame of being scolded, but because of this one-sided, condescending humiliation, and the dullness of being unable to refute in the audience, which made him feel physically uncomfortable.
He was one of the very few, perhaps even the only one, in the audience who could understand what Zhong Qi was saying.
He had already thoroughly studied the concepts of protein folding dynamics when he was analyzing the human genome.
Tang Yuze really needed the credits for this lecture, but he couldn't stand a scholar showing off his knowledge here in a self-righteous manner and then AOEing everyone present.
What Professor Zhong Qi said was just the basics of the basics for him, who was studying the mysteries of the human genome. However, this "genius" professor, who was only half-knowledgeable in Tang Yuze's eyes, was full of arrogance in his words and deeds, without any humility as a scholar.
The Wuji Sword Master once said that a true master always has the heart of an apprentice.
Tang Yuze didn't care how famous the title of the genius professor in front of him was. He just couldn't stand being in the same space with such a person.
"Professor, can I go to the restroom, please?"
He raised his hand, and his voice was particularly clear in the silent auditorium.
This is a euphemistic request to leave, and is also a common excuse used by college students to escape from boring classes.
Almost everyone's eyes were instantly focused on Tang Yuze.
At such a sensitive moment, any small movement will be magnified, let alone getting up and leaving.
Professor Zhong Qi swept over with a cold gaze, and no emotion could be seen in the reflection of his glasses.
"can."
He probably realized that this was just an excuse, and the corners of his mouth seemed to curl up into a very faint, sarcastic arc.
But he didn't hesitate, and just answered briefly in his calm voice.
After getting permission, Tang Yuze breathed a sigh of relief. Under the gaze of hundreds of complicated people, he lowered his head and walked quickly along the aisle towards the back door.
The carpet under his feet seemed particularly soft, making every step he took feel light and airy.
He could feel those gazes, some sympathetic, some puzzled, and perhaps even a hint of surprise, "How dare he?" Luo Mingcheng winked at him from behind, signaling him to leave quickly and not cause trouble.
Tang Yuze just wanted to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible and lock the oppressive air behind him inside the door.
His hand was already on the cool metal doorknob. With a gentle push, he could step into the relatively free corridor outside.
However, at this moment, Professor Zhong Qi's unique voice, with a metallic texture and undisguised superiority, sounded again from behind him, clearly spreading throughout the auditorium.
"Look, the student who just went out to the bathroom is a typical evader."
Zhong Qi's words were neither hurried nor slow, but they lashed like a whip in the silent air.
"When faced with difficulties and incomprehensible knowledge, the first reaction is not to calm down and think, not to try to challenge the boundaries of one's own intelligence, but to find an excuse, choose to leave and pretend to go to the bathroom..."
He gave a short, cold laugh.
"I know that what I'm talking about is difficult for you. But this shouldn't be a reason for you to give up thinking, or even give up basic etiquette!"
"Even if you only understand 10%, 5%, or even 1%, it's still a gain!"
"The pursuit of knowledge is like climbing a dangerous mountain, and the process is bound to be difficult. But if you don't even have the courage to try, when you encounter obstacles, you will be like the student who chose to 'go to the bathroom' to escape."
"Then I can assert that not only will you not go far in your academics, but you are also destined to be cowardly weaklings in your future lives!"