They're already in university, and the primary school system is only just starting out?

The team leader finally ended his long WeChat chat with an old classmate and put down his phone.

He picked up the thermos on the table, unscrewed the lid, blew on the few goji berries floating on the surface, and took a leisurely sip.

He put down his cup, a thought vaguely flashing through his mind.

Just now...did someone come and talk to me?

Who was it again?

He frowned and thought for a long time, but still couldn't remember.

So he turned to a young employee at the next workstation who was engrossed in drawing and asked, "Xiao Wang, did someone come looking for me just now?"

Xiao Wang looked up, adjusted his glasses, and said, "Oh, it's Sun Yu, the team leader. He said he sent a document to your email."

"Oh, right, right, Sun Yu." The team leader slapped his forehead, finally remembering.

He opened his email and, sure enough, found an unread email from Sun Yu in his inbox.

He opened the email, saw the attached PDF file name, and his eyebrows involuntarily twitched.

A new algorithm for linear buckling analysis of spatial curved reticulated shell structures.

Oh, so that's what it is.

He felt a little amused.

This project has been a major headache for the institute. During the meeting last Friday, several seasoned veterans started passing the buck again. He couldn't find a suitable person to take over in a short time, so he simply handed it over to Sun Yu.

He certainly didn't expect Sun Yu, this newly hired graduate from a non-prestigious university, to achieve anything remarkable. His goal was simple: to put some pressure on this newcomer, to make him stop slacking off all day, to learn more, and to let him experience the harsh realities of the job market.

The team leader's original plan was to talk to Sun Yu before leaving get off work today to see what he had learned in the past two days, what obstacles he had encountered, and then take this situation of "a young man who is proactive and hardworking but lacks ability" to report to the boss.

Using the boss's authority, they forced those experienced old foxes to come out of retirement and form a task force, while also getting Sun Yu involved to do odd jobs and learn from them.

He was extremely proficient at this process at work.

As he was thinking, he casually downloaded the PDF file and double-clicked to open it.

The document is neatly formatted, showing that it was done with care.

The team leader scrolled the mouse wheel nonchalantly, his gaze sweeping across the screen.

Hmm, the abstract is decent, and the background information is described quite clearly...

But as he watched, the speed of his scrolling wheel slowed down, and his brows gradually furrowed.

Not right.

Although the overall logical framework and mathematical knowledge used in this new algorithm are extremely complex, and his mediocre level of expertise makes it impossible for him to fully understand them, he can still figure out the general outline and thought process thanks to his years of engineering experience.

But this level of complexity and depth of knowledge far exceeds what a recent graduate student should possess, right?

The team leader himself graduated from a top-tier university with a degree in science and engineering, and has been working in the industry for almost ten years.

He absolutely did not believe those outrageous online stories about "national-level math geniuses emerging from vocational school students."

Sun Yu, a graduate student from a non-prestigious university, had a general idea of ​​his academic level.

Sun Yu's performance in the project team over the past two months has been unremarkable, even somewhat dull.

Besides, I only handed this hot potato to him last Friday when I was about to leave work, right?

All in all, it's just a weekend and a Monday.

How can you come up with a solution with such rigorous logic and such detailed derivation right now?

The team leader bets that even if you gathered all the most experienced, fastest-losing, and most senior engineers in the institute together, locked them in a conference room, and worked day and night to design such a completely new algorithm, it would still take a week or two!

Thinking of this, the team leader could no longer sit still.

He suddenly stood up, his gaze sharp as lightning, sweeping towards Sun Yu's workstation.

Then he saw Sun Yu with his head buried in his arms, fast asleep on the table.

Team leader: "..."

He shook his head. Young people these days are still too incapable of enduring hardship!

All I asked you to do was come up with a plan, and you can't keep up after just a few nights of pulling all-nighters? Back in our day when we first started working...

However, he ultimately did not go over and wake Sun Yu up.

He sat back down in his chair and continued to carefully study the PDF document, page by page.

When he turned to the last few pages, he found that Sun Yu had even attached a set of pseudocode with a clear process and detailed comments.

He picked up the internal phone and dialed a number directly.

"Hey, Little Qian, come here for a second."

Soon, a programmer wearing black-rimmed glasses and a plaid shirt walked over.

"Team leader, you wanted to see me?"

"Xiao Qian, take a look at this." The team leader turned the monitor towards him. "Check the logic of this pseudocode. If it's correct, could you quickly implement a verification script for me before leaving get off work today? I'd like to see how it actually works."

The programmer, nicknamed "Little Money," adjusted his glasses and leaned closer to the screen.

He carefully read through the pseudocode from beginning to end, and then said to the team leader, "Team leader, the various variable definitions and module comments in this pseudocode are all written very clearly. The person who wrote this is definitely an expert."

He paused, then added, "It'll definitely happen today, but... I'll probably have to work overtime a bit."

"No problem!" the team leader waved his hand. "My treat for supper tonight!"

……

……

"Little Sun, Little Sun..."

A voice woke Sun Yu from his dream.

He opened his eyes groggily and found that it was already dark. How long had he slept?

Looking around, he saw the team leader standing next to his workstation, looking at him with a complicated expression.

"Team leader?" Sun Yu was jolted awake and sat up straight.

Oh no, I slept right until I got off work, now I'm going to get a scolding.

"Pack up," the team leader said, his tone unreadable. "President Peng wants to see you. Go to his office and have a chat."

"Peng...President Peng?!"

Sun Yu's heart skipped a beat, almost leaping out of his throat.

Who is General Manager Peng? He's the head of the entire design institute, the real top boss!

"Team leader, I...did I do something wrong?" Sun Yu's voice trembled slightly.

Seeing his terrified state, the team leader sighed, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a rare gentle tone, "Don't be nervous, it's nothing serious. When you go in, just tell the truth whatever General Peng asks you.

The more this happened, the more uncertain Sun Yu felt.

The office door was ajar, and the team leader knocked gently.

"Please come in."

Pushing open the door, Sun Yu saw a middle-aged man with slicked-back hair and a meticulously trimmed beard sitting behind a large mahogany desk. It was President Peng. His elegant and sophisticated demeanor made Sun Yu instinctively feel uneasy.

What alarmed him even more was that there was another person sitting on the sofa in the office.

The man's surname was Tian. He was the deputy technical supervisor of the design institute, two levels higher than the team leader.

Most importantly, this engineer, Mr. Tian, ​​was able to get in through a convoluted connection by a distant relative, which allowed him to enter the design institute through the "back door."

"General Manager Peng, Engineer Tian," the team leader greeted respectfully.

General Manager Peng smiled and nodded, then pointed to the chair in front of his desk: "Sit down."

Sun Yu sat down nervously.

"Sun Yu, right?" General Manager Peng spoke, his voice gentle yet carrying an undeniable authority. "I've reviewed the proposal you submitted regarding the new algorithm. Your team leader just had someone write a script and run a simulation, and the results were excellent."

Sun Yu was secretly delighted, but before he could figure out how to respond, President Peng suddenly changed the subject.

"Just now, Engineer Tian and I briefly inquired about your situation." General Manager Peng's gaze sharpened as he stared directly at him. "Xiao Sun, tell me the truth, did you create this proposal yourself?"

coming!

Sun Yu's heart skipped a beat, and his palms were covered in cold sweat.

But the reminder his team leader had given him before entering immediately echoed in his mind.

He took a deep breath, met General Peng's gaze, and honestly replied, "Reporting to General Peng, I did not create the plan."

"Oh?" General Manager Peng and Engineer Tian exchanged a glance, their faces showing an "I knew it" expression.

Without pausing, Sun Yu recounted in detail how he found a math consulting service on Xianyu (a Chinese online marketplace), how he spent a huge sum of 2000 yuan to purchase a three-hour package, and how the other party provided the entire core algorithm in just one and a half hours via remote conferencing.

After he finished speaking, an eerie silence fell over the office.

President Peng leaned back in his chair, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, lost in thought.

Tian Gong slowly and slightly nodded, as if confirming something.

Finally, it was General Manager Peng who broke the silence. He looked at Sun Yu and said in a serious tone, "According to the company's confidentiality regulations, any research project that is not yet finalized is a confidential document. Although you did not directly distribute the source file, you allowed people outside the institute to see the details of the project through screen sharing, which is already a violation of regulations."

Sun Yu's mind went blank.

Am I going to be fired? I can't even pass the probation period, I'm so embarrassed.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something in his defense, but then he heard General Peng's voice again, his tone carrying an undisguised excitement.

"However, you have truly done a great service this time!"

Sun Yu: "Huh?"

He was completely bewildered and couldn't keep up with his boss's train of thought.

General Peng continued, "Your contribution wasn't providing me with a new calculation method. It was... that you made contact with 'CL' on this salted fish!"

At the opportune moment, Engineer Tian spoke up, his voice filled with emotion and awe: "President Peng, I just carefully studied that pseudocode. Let me put it this way, this 'CL's' mathematical level is higher than all the engineers in our entire design institute combined, and also higher than all the external experts I know. Recruiting someone of this caliber from outside is a nightmare; forget about whether we can afford the salary, we simply can't find them no matter how much money we offer. Because such people simply don't exist on the job market; they've already been snapped up by top internet giants, financial institutions, or national research institutions."

General Peng slammed his hand on the table excitedly, staring intently at Sun Yu.

"Xiao Sun! I'm giving you a task that's even more important than creating a plan!"

"As long as you can convince 'CL' to maintain a long-term cooperative relationship with the design institute, not only will your past violation be forgiven, but I will also personally approve a generous bonus for you at the end of the year!"

Sun Yu finally found a chance to speak and mustered his courage to ask, "Boss, could you reimburse me for the 2000 yuan consultation fee?"