As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 45 Honorary Doctor
On March 3, the Singapore National University held a special awarding ceremony for Zheng Li, awarding Mahathir an honorary Doctor of Science degree.

Due to the impact of the epidemic, there were very few people participating in the award ceremony. In addition to the leaders of the National University of Singapore, only senior executives of Temasek and the director of the CStone Biopharmaceuticals Lion City R&D Center participated.

“This award of an honorary Doctor of Science degree to Mr Zheng is in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the biomedical field in Singapore and his groundbreaking achievements in the biomedical field.

Zheng Li is a scientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist with rare talent and hard work. He has made profound and outstanding contributions in many fields. Singapore University is honored to present him with this honor."

After the endorphin production capacity was gradually released, Kechuang Bio donated some materials to Lion City.

After Temasek participated in the B round of investment in CStone Biopharma, Singapore National University proposed to award Zheng Li an honorary doctorate.

It’s just that Zheng Li was not available all the time. After he found time, Singapore National University immediately arranged the procedures and participants.

The reason why Zheng Li was willing to accept this honorary doctorate was to put an end to his school career of more than half a year at Blue Star.

Although it is not Jiangcheng University's graduation ceremony.

After the special award ceremony, Singapore National University President Tan Eng Chye and Zheng Li chatted privately:

"Mr. Zheng is really young. Seeing him reminded me of my youth many years ago."

Zheng Li smiled and said, "Mr. Chen still looks young now. He is only a few years older than me."

Chen Yongcai waved his hand: "Mr. Zheng, you are too polite. I am many years older than you."

"I graduated from the School of Mathematics. I got my bachelor's degree in mathematics from NTNU. After working as a lecturer at NTNU for a few years, I went to Yale to get my doctorate in mathematics."

"Because I know that you, Mr. Zheng, are also from the School of Mathematics, so I feel particularly close to you."

Zheng Li: "I don't think I've attended many classes at the School of Mathematics. Every time I went there was for an exam."

Chen Yongcai knows Zheng Li very well: "Your deeds have also been reported by our Lion City media. I know that when you were in the Mathematics College of Jiangcheng University, you only took exams and did not attend classes, and you got full marks in every subject."

Zheng Li: “I was young and frivolous, and I thought the things I learned in college were too simple.”

Chen Yongcai: "Yes, I have also read the article you published in ARMA. From the article, I can see that your level is far higher than that of undergraduate students, and even many PhD students are not as good as you."

"You are working in the field of PDE. I only have a basic understanding of this field, but your mathematical aesthetics are well reflected."

Chen Yongcai is a mathematics PhD who specializes in the representation theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras. Broadly speaking, Lie groups and Lie algebras belong to topology.

Zheng Li didn't expect that someone would still remember a PDE he wrote a long time ago: "Mr. Chen really knows me well."

Tan Eng Chye: “When the senior management of Temasek approached me and asked me to give an honorary doctorate to a 20-year-old, I refused.”

"As people grow older, they become more cautious. I cannot ruin the reputation of Singapore University because of Temasek's request."

Except for a short period of doctoral study at Yale, Chen Yongcai has been studying and teaching at the National University of Singapore. It can be said that he spent most of his time at the National University of Singapore and has deep feelings for it.

The architectural style of the Singapore National University is in harmony with the style of the entire city. Chen Yongcai and Zheng Li stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the principal's office and looked out, but they could not see any buildings because there was a large lawn in front of the building where the principal's office was located.

Tan Eng Choi continued, “Ms. Ho told me that you are a genius comparable to Galois, and it is an honor for the National University of Singapore to award you an honorary doctorate.”

"Ms. He knows that I am a mathematics major, so please forgive me for using Galois as an analogy." Zheng Li is well versed in the history of science on Blue Planet and knows why Chen Yongcai apologized. Because Galois died young at the age of 21, he is 20 years old now. Saying that he is similar to Galois will inevitably make people think too much.

"It's okay. We are all scientists. We are not so superstitious."

Chen Yongcai: "Haha, I am obsessed. It is rare for Ms. He to give such a high evaluation to someone. Then I went to read your resume and the papers you have published."

"I feel sad that the mathematics community has lost a genius. Yesterday I was complaining to Paul that you biology students have poached our mathematics genius."

“Paul is the chair of the biology department.”

"Your achievements are outstanding, and I am honored to present you with this doctorate on behalf of Lion University."

Zheng Li: "I am also honored to be an honorary doctor of Singapore National University. I hope that Sinovation Biotech can cooperate more with Singapore National University in the future. We are in urgent need of all kinds of talents."

“Science Biotech’s R&D center in Singapore has always been short of staff.”

"I even want to poach professors from your National University of Singapore."

"Mr. Chen, if any of your professors wants to resign, I hope you can let me know in advance."

Chen Yongcai said helplessly: "I am happy to see our graduates go to Sino-Bio, which is a company with a bright future."

"I believe that brain-computer connection is one of the important technological trends in the future, but you are going too far in trying to poach my professor."

“It’s not easy for us to find a professor.”

Foreign countries are extremely cautious when it comes to faculty appointments, and even when recruiting researchers abroad, as long as you are recruited, you can see the hope of becoming a professor step by step.

Unlike some domestic universities where policies change every day and students are either promoted or fired, it is like raising a parasite.

Zheng Li: “Hahaha, there must be professors who want to try their hand in the industry. To be honest, in many research fields, the industry is much ahead of academia.”

Chen Yongcai: "There is nothing we can do about it. The investment from the industry is much higher than that from academia."

Zheng Li: "Science Biotech can cooperate with Singapore National University to set up a biomedical laboratory. Some professors can come to work part-time. We can discuss in detail how to divide the research results."

A few days later, at the Sino-Bio R&D Center in Singapore, Li Wanqing glanced at the Blancpain Classic watch on his wrist and realized that it was already past six o'clock. Today was his and his girlfriend's wedding anniversary:
"Oh no, time is passing too fast. I have to go back quickly."

The fluctuating epidemic situation in Lion City has caused the city's lockdown policy to be in dynamic change. Li Wanqing and his wife had originally planned to go to Les Amis for their wedding anniversary this year, but now they can only go home and do it themselves.

Li Wanqing hurriedly packed up his things and left the R&D center of Ke Chuang Bio.

After walking out of the building, he looked back out of habit. The lights on the 17th floor were still on:

"Boss Zheng is really too hardworking. He does nothing but work every day. His talent is better than that of ordinary people like me, and his efforts are far beyond ordinary people. But he is really no match for this monster."

At this time, Zheng Li was conducting an adaptability experiment on the magic brain on the 17th floor. This was the last step before the artificial magic brain was implanted.

(End of this chapter)