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Chapter 617 Professor Ji: Go and snatch a few more cases from Nan Zhuren!
In fact, there is no class distinction among the various expert groups within this psychological assistance team.

Each expert is a top performer in their respective unit; otherwise, they wouldn't have received this project. Officially, they are all at the same level.

People may have different backgrounds and influence within their circles, which leads to differences in their power of speech.

Currently, the most influential and authoritative figures in the team are Bai Qinghua and Professor Ji.

They are on the same level overall.

However, in this disaster relief psychological assistance project, Professor Ji was in charge of a more macro-level role and was more suitable to lead it, which is why she subtly gained an edge over Bai Qinghua at the beginning.

Therefore, the other experts and teachers were happy to give Professor Ji face and build a good relationship. After all, when you're working, the most important thing is to achieve something; at this age, everyone is fighting for a living, not for pride.

Even if they're angry, they're all psychology students, so they can calm themselves down after some guidance.

—But now, the situation has reversed.

Your plan is better and more comprehensive, that's true, but once you get to the site—a site with a reasonable division of labor and clear hierarchy—whoever gets the support of the highest-ranking commander on site will be the one in charge of the project.

Not to mention that Bai Qinghua's team is already strong enough to convince people, and now they have opened up new revenue streams for other teams.

Therefore, faced with this situation and the conflict between Bai Qinghua and Professor Ji, the other experts and teachers made the wisest choice—

Let them fight first, and whoever wins will be on their side.

And now the result is obvious: the winner is Bai Qinghua... no, should I say the winner is Weng Pingting? Or perhaps that young man named Nan Zhuren also won a part?

Never mind, it doesn't matter, they're all on the same team anyway.

The complex thoughts of these expert teachers quickly subsided, and their expressions began to converge.

……

Professor Ji's gaze swept subtly across the faces of the experts and teachers. After a moment's thought, he remained silent.

Firstly, if you were to disagree with someone in front of a group of camp leaders at this time, you would gain absolutely nothing and it would be a pure loss.

They can argue as much as they want behind closed doors; but arguing in front of outsiders damages the team's credibility with camp leaders and is detrimental to their future work.

Professor Ji could use this to pressure Bai Qinghua's research group before, and now he has to take the same thing into consideration.

As for the second point—although the leadership has shifted, building a framework for psychological intervention remains a task the team must undertake. This framework was indeed planned by Professor Ji and his research group, and as long as the task is completed, their team will still benefit the most.

This is why Professor Ji cares about the first point and wants to maintain the team's image in front of the camp leaders.

Professor Ji is also here to fight for the steamed buns. If we make a scene just to save face and end up with no one getting any, that would be a real loss.

However, although this round has temporarily ended, it does not mean that the matter is over.

Professor Ji turned her gaze to Bai Qinghua.

After exchanging a few polite words, Bai Qinghua disappeared to the side to continue fiddling with his phone.

His brow furrowed slightly, as if he were sending a message to someone, but received no reply.

“Speaking of which…” Bai Qinghua finally spoke up again, saying to the person in charge, “You said before that Zhu Ren made a report, so where is he now? He was the one who discovered the risk of this [mass hysteria], so why don’t you just call him over and give us a brief report?”

Weng Pingting, who was standing nearby, nodded in agreement with the suggestion.

After a long and tiring journey and three consecutive psychological interventions, Nan Zhuren is finally able to give a presentation at the conference.

However, the person in charge said, "Oh, when Teacher Xiao Nan came to see me, it was lunchtime. He ate his boxed lunch with me while giving his report, and then he left."

"From what he said, it seems he wants to talk to a few more comrades tonight, do some psychological intervention or something, and finish processing the files he brought over as soon as possible..."

The experts and teachers present all blinked.

The person in charge blinked as they watched this scene.

Now that things have come to this, considering the reactions of the consultants in the tent earlier, Dr. Hu just now, and the experts and teachers on site, the person in charge can at least get a sense of what's going on.

"Isn't Teacher Xiao Nan going a bit too far? Is the work arrangement a bit unreasonable?" the person in charge asked tentatively.

As the camp leader, he knew that some comrades would work overtime due to various factors, which was not a good sign.

Even if Nan Zhuren's measures are beneficial to the camp as a whole, the person in charge should still stop them in this situation.

"……Ah."

After a moment of silence, Weng Pingting smiled with relief behind Bai Qinghua.

Bai Qinghua remained unfazed: "No, this situation is quite normal for Zhu Ren. Don't worry, I know my apprentice well."

The person in charge was finally relieved.

Professor Ji, however, thought about it for a while and still felt that something was amiss. He felt that he had vaguely grasped something.

After losing control, Professor Ji didn't participate much in the subsequent meetings.

After the third meeting, he hurriedly returned to his residence with his apprentice and asked Teacher Yijinjiao, "Who did we send to provide psychological counseling? Xiao Gao? Xiao Liu?"

Teacher Yijinjiao was still a little dizzy from being sprayed by Weng Pingting, but seeing this, she quickly racked her brains for an answer and replied, "It's Xiao Hei, a third-year graduate student. He even talked to you before about wanting to stay at the university..."

Professor Ji thought for a moment, but couldn't remember the face clearly. However, she vaguely seemed to recall two heavy dark circles under his eyes.

He must be a very hardworking researcher.

"Which one is he in the group?" Professor Ji asked, taking out his phone.

Teacher Yi Jinjiao quickly pointed it out to his mentor, then watched as the other person dialed the number, hesitating to speak.

beep - beep - beep -

The call went through, but there was no response for a long time, which made Professor Ji frown.

Fortunately, before the phone went unanswered, the cunning and ruthless teacher on the other end finally picked up: "Hello, teacher? I just finished a consultation..."

Professor Ji interrupted before the cunning teacher could finish speaking: "You've contacted Nan Zhuren from Bai Qinghua's group, haven't you?"

"Ah... ah, I guess so."

Professor Ji pressed further, "What's his situation?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end: "Teacher, I think there's something wrong with this Nan Zhuren." This answer made Professor Ji's brows relax, and he gestured for his student, whose name he couldn't remember, to elaborate.

But as he listened, his brows furrowed again.

"Micro-expression analysis? Hypnosis? He'd already completed several interventions while you were still discussing it?"

These were all things that hadn't been discussed at the meeting, and now, listening to the explanation from this firsthand experiencer, Professor Ji's expression became increasingly interesting.

Professor Ji's main focus is not psychological counseling, and Weng Pingting's attacks on him during the previous meeting were not entirely wrong—Professor Ji's counseling skills are not as good as Chonghui's.

Even with Professor Ji's limited consulting experience, she could sense that something was wrong.

"How many consultations have you done so far?" Professor Ji asked again.

"……one."

"What?!" Professor Ji's voice suddenly rose. "It's taken you so long to make just one?"

“The other teachers were discussing the case files before, and hadn’t started any interventions… and this is psychological intervention, not counseling…” the person on the other end stammered as they explained, “So you can’t use standard consultation time to calculate it; this visit of mine has been going on for a long time…”

Professor Ji ignored this explanation. After thinking for a moment, he turned to Teacher Yijinjiao and asked, "Of the people we brought this time, how many have a background in counseling?"

Teacher Yi Jinjiao paused for a moment, then racked his brains: "As for the basics... everyone has a little bit, right? The school holds skills training lectures from time to time, and everyone goes to listen..."

“Then let’s send them all to do intervention as well. As for the organizational structure, you can stay and work with me.” Professor Ji made the decision. “After making [mass hysteria] a priority, there will definitely be a lot of visits, assessments, and psychological interventions to do. We need to send more people over. Originally, we brought them here just to do odd jobs, but now they have something important to do. Let’s get them moving.”

"Bai Qinghua's apprentice... is indeed not simple. That Nan Zhuren is quite capable. Only in this way can we take more things from him."

Teacher Yi Jin was taken aback, but then immediately understood what Professor Ji meant.

This is an attempt to gain a share of the profits from the "mass hysteria" project, while ensuring the completion of the organizational structure.

but……

"Teacher, I don't think they can handle a problem of this level of mass hysteria." Teacher Yijinjiao gritted his teeth and gave his advice. "They've only received basic training, and they might not even be very confident in handling psychological problems at the university student level..."

My mentor seems to have been provoked by the meeting just now, and he's gotten a bit carried away.

"What are you thinking? Of course I know." However, Professor Ji looked at his apprentice with a puzzled expression.

Professor Ji said, "They certainly can't do therapeutic interventions, but they can do measurements, compile questionnaires, collect data, and so on, combining basic research with current applications."

Oh, now Teacher Jin Jiao completely understands.

I imagine that other expert teams would also give the same order to their teams after the meeting.

Apart from Bai Qinghua's research group, none of the other people who came to the disaster area this time had the ability to directly intervene in problems at the level of "mass hysteria".

However, everyone possesses the ability to extract data from this issue using their professional perspectives, including social cognition, physiological mechanisms, and psychological measurement.

Teacher Yi Jinjiao immediately replied, "I'll arrange it right away."

Watching his apprentice begin to strategize for him, Professor Ji nodded and then asked his apprentice, who was wearing a black circle on the other end of the phone, "How many cases has Nan Zhuren completed so far?"

“…This…” the teacher with the black circle hesitated again, “…I’m not quite sure.”
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【月度目标：1个月内完成“心理咨询”10小时（10/10），完成后进行1次[心理能力培训]】

[This month's goals have been achieved]

You have received [psychological skills training]

[Energy recovery speed +1]

In the dream consultation room, Nan Zhuren raised an eyebrow as he looked at the text displayed on the computer screen.

The working hours at the camp are not as regular as in the company; there is no such thing as "getting off work," only "rest."

Therefore, without interfering with rescue and resettlement work, Nan Zhuren can have staff call over the visitors listed in the files for a talk whenever he wants.

This is fantastic for him.

By constantly resetting her mental state through "emotional readjustment," Nan Zhuren continued until she was completely dizzy and all the visitors in the files had reached their rest time before ending her work for the day.

As soon as I fell asleep, I saw what I had accomplished that day.

This month's goals have been achieved.

The rewards were also very generous.

"【Energy recovery speed】..." Nan Zhuren chewed on the word.

Last month's "Monthly Goal" reward was "Maximum Energy," which Nan Zhuren was very satisfied with at the time. Unfortunately, because there were so few visitors during the Chinese New Year period, this reward wasn't accumulated.

"But [energy recovery speed]... has a similar effect." As he thought about it, Nan Zhuren's eyes gradually brightened.

In the face of a large number of fast-paced psychological intervention tasks at present, is this "energy recovery speed" even better in a sense?

"Fortunately, it's not some kind of debuff like [Charm], otherwise I would really be troubled by doing so much psychological intervention and getting so many [Monthly Goal] rewards." Nan Zhuren said with a look of relief.

"Looking ahead at the schedule... this seems like it could become a positive cycle!"

As if he could see some pleasant scenes before his eyes, Nan Zhuren's lips curled up higher and higher.

He then took a deep breath, walked to the bookshelf next to him, and took down several files and transcripts of conversations, which were the fruits of his work that evening.

He sat back down at his desk and began to read carefully, while also sketching and writing, planning the next intervention program.

—Six hours later.

Consciousness rises, and one leaves the dream consultation room.

"Hiss..." Nan Zhuren took a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes.

He sat up in bed and felt his body—refreshed and invigorated!
The fatigue from the previous day's long journey and the pressure of long consultations were all swept away with a good night's sleep!

Nan Zhuren had never felt so good before.

Hearing the commotion from Nan Zhuren's side, Chonghui put down his hands that were typing on the keyboard: "You're awake? It's already this late... wait, why is it still so early?"

Chonghui glanced at the time displayed on the computer, then at Nan Zhuren's radiant face, and hesitated before asking, "You...you were so tired yesterday, do you want to sleep a little longer...?"

(End of this chapter)