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Ning Wei, who returned to the laboratory, made an OK gesture to Yu Xingwei, who looked expectant.

Yu Xingwei followed Ning Wei into the project leader's exclusive operation room with excitement on his face again.

"Director Lu agreed?" Yu Xingwei asked.

Ning Wei nodded, thinking about Lu Changbin's slumped face when he mentioned Yu Xingwei at the end, Ning Wei sympathized with the senior brother in front of him. I don’t know if I can graduate after fooling around with him like this...

It is said that it is becoming more and more difficult to graduate with a PhD.

"Great." Yu Xingweizhi said proudly.

"Yeah, but the new project team has more people, ten people."

"Only ten people?"

Well, the thinking is still not on the same page.

Ning Wei decided to change the topic. Before he could think about it, Yu Xingwei suddenly asked: "By the way, how is your patent situation?"

"What about the patent? Didn't it say that the patent review will take several years? Why are you in such a hurry?" Ning Wei blinked and said in confusion.

Look at this question...

Yu Xingwei swallowed and said: "No, Ning Wei, you didn't read the patent review process? Don't say you haven't paid the money yet? That's not right, you should have received a text message notification."

Ning Wei shook his head decisively, and then suddenly remembered that he had left his old mobile phone number when applying for a patent.

This number has always been enabled with the whitelist function, and all numbers not included in the whitelist will be blocked whether they are phone calls or text messages...

"What happens if you don't pay?"

"The patent application will be automatically withdrawn! I said you should take a look quickly."

After hearing Yu Xingwei's suggestion, Ning Wei subconsciously opened his phone and found the column for intercepted text messages. Sure enough, he soon found a text message sent by the State Intellectual Property Office.

"[Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office] The 2021XXXXXXXXX patent application you submitted has been issued a patent application acceptance notice. Please receive it through the electronic application client within 15 days."

Ning Wei quickly turned on the computer and clicked the receive button on the CPC client. Sure enough, the acceptance notice was already lying inside.

"After receiving the acceptance notice, you need to pay the application fee, printing fee within two months, and then you need to pay the review fee, maintenance fee, etc. The application fee is 900 yuan, the printing fee is 50 yuan, the review fee is 2,500 yuan, and the maintenance fee is if If it is less than 3 years, it is 900 yuan per year. Assuming you pay the maintenance fee for 3 years first, the total is 6,150 yuan." Yu Xingwei said.

"Fortunately, thanks to the reminder from senior brother, otherwise the patent application would have been in vain." Ning Wei was planning to pay the money directly, and Yu Xingwei said quietly: "Well, don't worry, it's still a long time before the payment deadline, so don't you want to Save some money?"

“Can you save money by applying for a patent?”

"Of course," Yu Xingwei continued, "Thanks to the policy, low-income groups and students without a fixed income can apply to the Patent Office for a fee reduction. Let's put it this way, if the direct payment is 6,150 yuan, after the application fee is reduced, The patent application fee, examination fee and ten-year maintenance fee can be reduced by 85%, which means that the application fee, examination fee and three-year maintenance fee are only 915 yuan, plus the printing fee of 50 yuan, the total is 965 yuan! This is simply good news for college students.”

Yu Xingwei has determined that Ning Wei is really a rookie in some aspects, the kind of person who is no longer good at it. They don’t even know that applying for a patent costs money and can save money.

But just such a newbie...

"beep……"

Yu Xingwei's thoughts were interrupted by Ning Wei's phone ringing.

Ning Wei held the mouse in his right hand, followed Yu Xingwei's prompts, and began to search online for ways to reduce patent fees. His left hand skilfully slid over the phone and clicked on the hands-free.

"Hello, hello, who are you?" Ning Wei, who was busy checking the exemption instructions, asked casually.

"Hello, is this Ning Wei, classmate Ning?"

"Oh, I am!"

"Hello, classmate Ning Wei. My surname is Song. I am a teacher in the Graduate Admissions Office of Huaqing University. I don't mean anything else. I just watched your interview on Beihu TV yesterday and heard that classmate Ning wants to study applied mathematics in China in the future. Development right?”

"yes!"

"That's no problem. When it comes to number theory, there is still a gap between Huaqing and Peking University's School of Mathematics. But when it comes to applied mathematics, Tsinghua is definitely Ning's first choice in the country. As we all know, we at Tsinghua..."

"Well, wait, Teacher Song, the problem is that I have never considered Hua Qing."

"Why?"

"Actually, there's no other reason. I just think that a school with small eyes and aesthetics doesn't feel serious."

"No, classmate Ning, this..."

"Sorry, Teacher Song, I have some things to do here. Let's talk later."

After saying that, Ning Wei hung up the phone with one hand, and then skillfully added the number to the blacklist.

Then he turned back to look at Yu Xingwei and asked: "Brother Yu, it seems that you need to actively submit a fee reduction application, and then the fee reduction application prompts that a filing is required. How to do this filing?"

"Log on to the website of the State Intellectual Property Office. There is a patent affairs service. Register an account and fill in your ID card to apply for a fee reduction. When applying, you need to provide an annual income certificate from your work unit or the county-level civil affairs department where your household registration is located. Or a certificate of financial difficulty issued by the township people’s government or sub-district office.”

"Because we are people without fixed jobs, you can ask the school to issue you a certificate of enrollment and explain that you have no job and no income, or you can ask the street office in your hometown to issue a no-income certificate for you."

"But I did have some income recently, won't this have an impact?"

Yu Xingwei smiled and said: "Of course there will be no impact. What is an annual income certificate? The annual income certificate is for a complete year. Now 2021 is not over yet, so naturally there will be no annual income certificate for 2021. , at most there is only proof of annual income in 2020, so how much did you earn in 2020?"

"Ah! I understand!" Ning Wei exclaimed, "Thank you so much, Brother Yu!"

After saying that, Ning Wei concentrated on preparing the materials to apply for fee reduction.

If children from poor families become parents early, they can save thousands of preferential policies, so they must be fully paid.

Yu Xingwei shook his head hard, as if this could get rid of the idea that he was just a rookie.

He couldn't have this thought anymore. Seeing Ning Wei's proficiency in pulling numbers into the blacklist with one hand made him feel terrible. What’s even more frightening is that the person who has been blocked is a graduate and admissions teacher from one of the top universities in the country. The most frightening thing is probably the comment just now...

Do you think Huaqing is not serious?

The difference between people is really huge. Where he was once unattainable, this guy refused decisively and refused even the slightest chance to others. Looks like a scumbag.

Yu Xingwei regretted not taking a photo of this scene just now.

Otherwise, upload this video directly to Douyin, and it will most likely become popular.

"No thanks, I'm going out first. If anything happens in the future, Mr. Ning, just come to me!"

"Okay!" Ning Wei, who was immersed in how to save money, didn't notice that Yu Xingwei even changed his title.

…

After walking out of Ning Wei's workroom, Yu Xingwei took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Moments with emotion.

"I used to think you were unreachable, but now I just think you're not serious!"

Surprisingly, there were several more replies in an instant.

"Finally figured it out? Stop being a dog licker?"

"Which goddess hurt you so deeply?"

"Brother, did you win the lottery?"

"..."

That’s all for these highly imaginative replies.

What made him even more speechless was that, inexplicably, a school girl he had pursued when he was in graduate school also responded in the circle of friends...

"Oh, man...block me!"

What does this mean? !

So, are science students not qualified to use the rhetorical technique of personification?

…

On the other side, Lu Changbin had summoned the eight laboratory researchers selected by Ning Wei and met in a small conference room.

This is why Ningwei's selection method is more practical. There is no particularly busy boss, so he can gather everyone so easily.

"I've called you here this time to tell you some good news. Our laboratory is going to start a key project right away, and we've allocated tens of millions of R\u0026D funds to start!"

"Director Lu, what project is it?"

"EDA!"

"EDA?!"