Brainoid

Qi Min opened WeChat and scanned the code for him, and the verification information sent by the other party was called "Zhou Xiaoshan Laboratory-Ke Yue".

"Hmm... Is this character pronounced LI, or YUE?" Qi Min asked, pointing to the character "抯".

"You actually know that there is another pronunciation of YUE? That's amazing." Ke Yue glanced at her in surprise, "Pronounce YUE in my name."

"Oh...Ke Yue, remember." Qi Min deserved his praise. In fact, she just stayed in a non-native language environment for a long time, and she didn't understand that the character in his name was the "Quercus" in "Li tree".

"My name is Qi Min." Qi Min introduced himself in a polite manner, "Qi is... Qi from Qilian Mountain. Min is Min from the Japanese language."

"Last day? Next... article?" Ke Yue switched to handwriting input and scrolled for a long time. After writing this character, he couldn't help but sigh, "Use this character together to pronounce MIN. I thought it was pronounced WEN."

"When school first started, someone always mispronounced my name." Qi Min said with a smile.

"Similarly, my name is almost never pronounced correctly." Ke Yue also smiled, "Yours is better. Mine is a polyphonic character, but I still pronounce it with uncommon sounds."

He suddenly remembered something, turned his head and glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the display screen, and said to Qi Min: "It's almost time for the boss's meeting. Why don't you go to the stairs to greet her? In case she doesn't directly Entering the office."

"Oh...I'll go then. If it doesn't work, I'll borrow your number again." Qi Min nodded to him, got up and walked towards the door of the laboratory.

Sure enough, she met Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan in the corridor who was walking this way.

When Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan saw her, she slowed down and said kindly and cordially: "I'm really sorry, something happened at the last moment. Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"It didn't take long." Qi Min said quickly. He wanted to say something more to show that he didn't care. He thought of several ways to say it but felt it was inappropriate, so he had to say, "It's quite cool in your laboratory..."

What a word! Laboratories that mainly do data analysis and processing are definitely cool, but where are the laboratories that do biological experiments that are really hot? Generally, the room temperature must be maintained at 25°C all year round.

Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan could see that she was a little nervous, so she said to her more kindly: "It's a little cold in the laboratory with the air conditioner turned on. How about we go to my office to talk."

Qi Min followed Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan into her office. Sitting face to face, Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan first took out a printed version of the brain-like body project plan and asked Qi Min a few professional questions.

This was mainly to confirm that she had written the plan herself. Supercomputers are so powerful and have national strategic significance. It would be very dangerous if someone stole someone else's project plan to misappropriate national computing resources.

Since Qi Min wrote the project plan himself, even if he was in a hurry when writing it, there would be no problem with his understanding of the details.

Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan quickly confirmed that she was indeed familiar with the project, so she said: "To be honest, I think your project is very interesting and has no problem with its practical significance. However, the computing resources it requires may be very huge. , we have to confirm that this project can be completed. So...actually, I want to discuss this issue directly with your instructor."

Qi Min didn't understand what this had to do with her doctoral supervisor, but she still said: "My supervisor should still be in the United States. It's probably night over there now, so it might not be convenient to call directly."

"America? I remember Mr. Zheng said you were...from the University of Science and Technology of China?" Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan asked doubtfully.

"Yes... I just arrived at the University of Science and Technology of China this month." Qi Min replied without knowing why.

"So you are actually the new PI of the University of Science and Technology of China?" Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan couldn't help but laugh, "That's really Mr. Zheng's misunderstanding... But it's not surprising, you look too young."

Looking young is not a bad thing, but Qi Min feels that he has been involuntarily downgraded in the eyes of others because of his youth, which is really a bit unfair.

"Since you are the PI of the University of Science and Technology of China, there is no problem at all." Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan said with a smile, "Girl, in fact, you can contact our computing center directly as PI. There is no need to ask Mr. Zheng for a recommendation."

"Hey, what...my friend is currently studying for a Ph.D. in Teacher Zheng's laboratory. This is...more convenient." Qi Min said in a low voice.

She is indeed not very good at words, and often makes mistakes when she speaks without any preparation in advance.

However, Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan didn't care too much whether she was stuttering or not. She said to Qi Min: "I will sort out the projects that 'Yuyun' is running first, and I will send you the account number and password soon. Then you can run first. Give it a try once and call us anytime if you have any questions.”

Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan took out a business card from the box on the table and gave it to her.

After Qi Min took it, she didn't know where to put it, and she had never printed a business card for herself, so she had no choice but to say, "I'll send you my phone number by email."

"That's no problem." Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan looked at her with a smile, "Actually, it's okay if you don't send it. It's written on the official website of the University of Science and Technology of China."

When encountering such a friendly joke in a formal meeting, Qi Min didn't know how to respond: "Oh... that's right."

But Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan suddenly found her behavior quite interesting. The meeting could have ended, but she suggested to Qi Min: "It's almost twelve o'clock now, why don't I invite you to have lunch in our cafeteria. I'm really sorry that I came back so late."

"Oh... ok... thank you." Qi Min had no reason to refuse, not to mention she was indeed a little hungry.

Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan led her out of the office, left the laboratory building of the computing center and came to the cafeteria. Unlike universities, which generally distinguish between faculty canteens and student canteens, the Nimbus Computing Center only has a small number of people in total, so the canteens are shared by all staff.

When she arrived at the meal counter, Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan first chose the dishes she wanted to eat. Qi Min queued up behind her and whispered to the uncle who was cooking at the window: "I want... the same thing as before."

"What? Please speak louder, classmate." the rice cook asked loudly.

"Same as the previous one." Qi Min tried to overcome his psychological barriers and raised his voice and said, "Or - you can watch and fight..."

"Aren't you just like the people in front of you?" the rice cook said jokingly, "There's nothing to be embarrassed about."

Qi Min also felt that he was really like a loser at this time. But she just felt that it was really embarrassing to speak loudly in front of strangers in public so that everyone around her could clearly understand the content.

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