Brainoid

Qi Min felt that she and Qin Zhenjun were not much different, but she did not expect that after a few "confrontations" with each other, there was already a huge gap.

Qi Min is twenty-eight years old, and Qin Zhenjun is also twenty-eight. They both received PhD degrees from the same school. But Qin Zhenjun graduated early with a doctorate from a top school in the United States and worked as a postdoc in Daniel's research group. It was a good business trip for him to return to Beijing, but he had been hired as a PI by a top five school, and he also brought his team of doctoral students with him to the meeting.

Hearing that Qi Min also became a PI, Qin Zhenjun asked her which school she was in. Qi Min was too embarrassed to say anything, so he just managed to fool him.

Qin Zhenjun asked her what her current direction was. By the way, she talked about her progress in structural biology and her plan to publish two more PAPER papers this year, including at least one for CNS.

This makes Qi Min even more embarrassed - she is also the new PI this year, and she plans to publish two papers a year, one of which is CNS. However, she has not even published her doctoral project, let alone CNS...

As if to show off how useless Qi Min is, Qin Zhenjun vividly told Qi Min his experience of how he posted a SCIENCE and a NATURE article. Qi Min almost couldn't bear it any longer. The more he listened, the more humiliated he felt. However, he still managed to maintain his respect as an old classmate and colleague, and even gave him a few formulaic compliments.

However, when Qin Zhenjun started asking her what articles she had published, Qi Min felt something was wrong.

"What do I have to say...I'm not in the same direction as you." Qi Min managed to maintain an ugly smile, "It's not easy for people who study brains to publish big articles..."

What this means is to admit in disguise that you are not good enough, and at the same time ask the other party to give you a step down. As long as Qin Zhenjun agrees and says that it's not easy for people to make big articles because of their nerves, the matter will be stopped and the superficial friendliness can be maintained.

However, Qin Zhenjun pretended not to hear it, and deliberately said: "It has been quite easy to publish articles in the past two years, right? In this week, SCIENCE published two neurological studies using fMRI."

"We are not in the same direction as that..." Qi Min's face could no longer show any concern, "It's just too niche, and the editor doesn't quite recognize it."

"Using fluorescence to measure neuron activity is a very common method of making cells. Why don't you recognize it?" Qin Zhenjun chuckled, "The article in which you ranked first and second in the total score was quite high."

Only then did Qi Min realize that Qin Zhenjun had checked her situation in advance and came specifically to humiliate her. Also, Qi Min works in China. It is very unlikely that this name will be the same in the biology world. It is really easy to find out where she is a PI and what articles she has published.

She couldn't help but regret why she didn't check Qin Zhenjun in advance. However, Qi Min thought that Qin Zhenjun was still working as a postdoc abroad, and never thought that he would graduate with his doctorate early and now he has returned to China to work as a PI.

Even though he had made up his mind to ridicule Qi Min, Qin Zhenjun said: "It's as expected. If you don't have talent and don't work hard, even if you study abroad to get gold, you still have to rely on other people's articles to graduate. But after you come back, you will be a student in a second-rate school. PI, it’s really suitable for you to have a job like this.”

After hearing this, Qi Min was really angry.

But besides being angry, she couldn't help but think that Qin Zhenjun was right. Although she felt that she was quite smart, she only applied for a passable Ph.D.; although she felt that she worked very hard to do experiments during her Ph.D., her articles on the subject were rejected N times; although she finally found this I think I have exhausted all my luck in recent years in my teaching position, but in the eyes of a true master, this is just a hopeless "meeting for a living".

She is just an ordinary person, a loser who, even if she uses up all her talent, energy and luck, still cannot reach the heels of a true great.

In this elite-oriented society, countless ordinary people who are not in the top 1% have been reduced to losers.

Qi Min looked at the empty plate in front of him in silence, and suddenly shed a tear.

The funny thing is that she also reduced her ordinary self to failure. But she just felt so ashamed and powerless about it—ashamed of her own mediocrity.

"How about it, how about ordering?" Qin Zhenjun asked with a chuckle.

But Qi Min just said: "I don't want to eat, you can leave first."

Qin Zhenjun probably didn't expect that he just wanted to ridicule but she would have such a big reaction, but after all, he was the first to ridicule, and he was telling the truth. He thought that there was no reason to apologize at all.

"Then I'll leave first. I have a meeting in the afternoon." Qin Zhenjun said and got up and left.

Behind him, Qi Min finally couldn't hold it anymore and lay on the table crying.

——

Anton was waiting at Miniso not far away, and rushed over when he saw Qi Min crying on the table.

Originally, Qi Min really minded others seeing her in pain because she was a loser. On the surface, it seems that Anton would be more concerned about similar ridicule due to professional reasons, but in fact Qi Min is particularly considerate of Anton's psychology in this regard, which reflects her own sensitivity.

She couldn't stand people calling her LOSER, not because the word was insulting, but because she didn't want to admit it but she felt from the bottom of her heart that she was a LOSER among similar people.

Originally, Qi Min did not intend to tell anyone the reason for her crying. However, when Anton patted her back and asked what happened, the anxiety in her heart due to her career seemed to dissipate a little.

Qi Min suddenly thought that even if she was a loser, Anton would still be her boyfriend and Mimi would still be her daughter. Apart from the parent-child relationship determined by blood, this is the only relationship that will not change depending on her future. Anton didn't choose her because of her ability. Even if she lived and ate in Anton's apartment for free for several years, her impression in Anton's mind would not be weakened.

"What's wrong, Min?" Anton asked again worriedly, "Did he bully you?"

At this time, Qi Min had recovered his ability to think. He wiped his tears with the napkin on the table and said, "Anton, see if he has gone far. If not, help me beat him up."

"Okay." Anton immediately stood up from his chair and walked out of the restaurant, just in time to see Qin Zhenjun waiting for the elevator not far away.

Seeing that Qin Zhenjun was about to get on the elevator, Anton shouted to the man whom he didn't know and had no direct grudge: "Qin Zhenjun, wait!"

When Qin Zhenjun heard his name, he stopped and turned around, but was grabbed by the collar by a tall, thin, long-haired young man who looked like he was of mixed race.

As a "civilized person", he could not react to the routines of "barbarians" like Anton and Qi Min who lived in the slums. Anton pulled his collar and knocked it against the wall next to the elevator. I was knocked to the point of having a headache and dizziness.

"You are amazing because of your scientific research, aren't you?" Anton grabbed his collar and said in a threatening tone, "Don't be so bullying, do you think everyone else is a coward?"

Qin Zhenjun was frightened on the spot. It wasn't until Anton let go of him that he quickly got on the next elevator, closed the door and escaped.

Qi Min watched from a short distance away, feeling so relaxed about using violence to solve problems for the first time.

She finally realized that her career was not the only criterion for judging her. And sometimes, even if it seems humiliating, if using violence can make you feel better, then it is not a bad idea to use a little violence to solve non-violent problems.

The most important thing is that although Anton can't help her with experiments or write project papers, and even now he can't make money to ease the financial pressure, he will still give her the most timely support in his own way. .

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