As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 8 Biomedical Polymer Materials Laboratory
Only a week before the midterm exam, Zheng Li regretted his decision. Classmates came to see him one after another, and after discovering that they could get answers to difficult questions from him, word of mouth spread and more and more people came to see him.

There were even seniors in their senior year who were preparing for their postgraduate entrance exams and asked him questions about mathematical analysis and advanced algebra.

The professional courses for postgraduate entrance examination for mathematics majors are mathematical analysis and linear algebra, with the exception of statistics.

The better the school, the fewer poor people there are. For subjects like mathematics, which do not have direct economic benefits, there are even fewer students from poor families.

Therefore, students in the School of Mathematics are not short of money, and the tuition fee of only one hundred and a half hours is too cheap in their opinion.

The most he earned in a day was just one thousand yuan, and all his time was wasted on this. Zheng Li felt that the mage's life was wasted.

He is able to do two things at once, but frequent communication with people still consumes energy.

More importantly, the mage spends a lot of time alone studying topics that interest him. To put it bluntly, he is a bit socially anxious.

Zheng Li felt uncomfortable having to meet several different carbon-based intelligent life forms every day.

Just when he was in distress, Li Miaomiao came to his door. Zheng Li felt strange that Li Miaomiao did not come to disturb him during this period.

Li Miaomiao directly sent him a message on WeChat: "Is business booming recently?"

"I heard from my classmates in the School of Mathematics that they even line up to see you in the study room every day."

Zheng Li: “?”

"If you have something to say, please tell me now"

Li Miaomiao: "I have a good idea for you. Some seniors have come to you for advice recently, and you have answered all the questions. I will help you contact the counselor of your School of Mathematics who teaches seniors."

"Ask him to help you shout in the group. We can definitely organize a tutoring class specifically for math majors for the postgraduate entrance exam next week."

"If you think the time is right, we can start next week. Go to Teaching Building 5 every weekend afternoon and find a classroom."

Zheng Li: "How much does it cost?"

Li Miaomiao: "It's mid-November now, and there's still about a month and a half before the postgraduate entrance exam. We can take classes for four weeks, with classes on weekends, two days a week."

"It's about 32 hours in total, and the fee for a large class cannot be the same as a one-on-one class."

"So I'm thinking of setting it at 1500 yuan, which is about right for a month's living expenses."

Zheng Li thought the price was too high, so he asked, "How many people can you find?"

Li Miaomiao: "About a quarter of the students in the School of Mathematics take the postgraduate entrance examination every year. I have to mobilize forces outside the school to help you contact Jiangcheng University of Science and Technology and Jiangcheng Normal University. At least ten people should be gathered."

"Otherwise, how can I demonstrate my value as an aunt?"

Zheng Li estimated that this method could earn him about five times more than his one-on-one work: "Okay."

Li Miaomiao added: "Don't forget that we are 91 points."

Zheng Li revealed his true intention: "It can even be 80-20, but I need your help with something."

Li Miaomiao paced back and forth in the dormitory, feeling very curious. Her recent portrait of Zheng Li was that of a person who had no desires and was devoted to academics.

Although she made some money by giving lectures to classmates, she didn't find Zheng Li spending money. He always went to practice in the morning, and after lunch he went back and sat from afternoon to night. His clothes did not get better because of the money.

Li Miaomiao thought she was a beauty, but Zheng Li looked at her naturally every time he talked to her, without any desire or evasion in his eyes. If it weren't for the fact that many boys in the School of Economics and Management liked her, Li Miaomiao would have suspected that her charm had rapidly declined.

"It must be very difficult to get a money-grubber like you to give in. Tell me first and I'll see if I can help you."

Zheng Li said bluntly: "I know your parents are staff members of Jiangcheng University. I want to intern in the Biomedical Polymer Materials Laboratory. Do you have any ideas?"

After a little thought, Li Miaomiao knew which institute Zheng Li was talking about. The history of the Biomedical Polymer Materials Laboratory can be traced back to the 1980s, and it has produced two academicians in total.

She asked in confusion, "Why are you a math student in a biology lab?"

Zheng Li said directly: "I want to develop in the direction of biological computing in the future, so I want to do some biological projects."

Li Miaomiao seemed to have thought of something and raised her voice by one decibel: "How do you know that my parents are employees of Jiangcheng University?"

Zheng Li explained, "Last time you came to the study room to ask me questions, you went out to make a phone call and I heard it. Judging from the familiarity with which you called Professor Liu Gui and the fact that you are from Jiangcheng, your parents are most likely employees of Jiangcheng University."

Heard was part of it, and the other part was data that Zheng Li found by directly hacking into the database that stored student information at Jiangcheng University.

There is no physical architecture of dual clouds for internal and external networks, and there is only a database server with basic web protection and vulnerability detection. In Zheng Li's eyes, it is not much different from a piece of paper.

He found from the database that Li Miaomiao's father was a professor who graduated from the School of Life Sciences of Jiangcheng University with a bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree.

Li Miaomiao was helpless about her own carelessness at the time, but she couldn't show her cowardice: "How dare you pry into my privacy so casually!"

"I didn't spy or hear anything," Zheng Li replied.

Li Miaomiao didn't dwell on this too much. She didn't want the other party to know the identities of her parents, so she asked, "You don't have to go to the Biomedical Polymer Materials Laboratory right away. There are many laboratories in the School of Biology."

"There are so many directions for biological experiments, including physical chemistry, organic, inorganic, electrical, chemical, biochemical, microbiological, etc. I suggest you start with the basic experiments."

"With your high school biology level, even if you plan to do computational biology to analyze protein structure, you have to start from the basics."

Zheng Li: "I am more interested in biomedical polymers. You don't have to let me in directly. Just help me get an interview opportunity and I will pass the interview myself."

"Wait a minute, let me ask for you."

Li Miaomiao actually didn't want to ask her father for help. After asking, she knew that Zheng Li would be thoroughly investigated by her father.

The father is always wary of any opposite-sex friend who appears around his daughter, especially since Li Miaomiao is only a freshman.

Li Miaomiao called her father Li Xulin directly: "Dad, I have a friend who wants to go to your medical polymer laboratory. Can you help me arrange it?"

Li Xulin is a professor at the School of Biology. He is in his 50s and at the end of his golden age for scientific research. He received a call from his youngest daughter in his office and asked in confusion:

"Which friend?"

Li Miaomiao knew that Zheng Li would definitely not be able to hide the fact that he went to the biological laboratory for internship from her father: "A friend I just met recently."

Li Xulin asked: "From your school? Can you tell me about your background?"

"From the School of Mathematics. I met him at an event organized by the school's student union. He's a top student! He's already finished all the basic math courses for his freshman and sophomore years, and got full marks on all his midterm exams."

"He said he is very interested in biology and wants to develop in the direction of computational biology in the future, so he wants to work in your medical polymer laboratory now." Li Miaomiao answered honestly.

(End of this chapter)