Carrying a Jurassic on me-Chapter 1753 - 830: Elder Qi’s Surprise, Earth Dragon King_2

Senior brother Liu is genuinely honest without the slightest pretense. After arriving, the conditions at Sancha River are exactly what he’s always dreamed of, making him full of energy in everything he does. He eats well, sleeps soundly, and is full of energy every day, as if he’s on a dopamine high.

However, when Yan Fei brought out the cloning technology, he started to lose sleep!

He was excited on one hand, but on the other hand, he felt like he was falsely claiming an honor—most of the key steps were already in place, and the experimental results were basically clear for this relatively advanced technology. To let a middle-aged man who hasn’t accomplished anything take charge of an important step made his heart truly conflicted.

Anyway, he found himself sleepless every day. This honor shouldn’t be his!

Teacher Qi was quite carefree and advised him, "Just do your job well. This is a great thing, not for personal gain. If you really can’t get over it, wait until you’re too old to move, and write an autobiography to explain this matter. But if you let this issue hinder your research progress now, which do you think is more important?"

Even though he said that, Liu JinXue really couldn’t get over it. To him, it felt like he was indebted to someone for life, a debt that couldn’t be cleared, making it impossible for him to sleep!

When the results for the earthworms met expectations, as soon as Teacher Qi mentioned applying for recognition, Liu JinXue kept shaking his head, "This isn’t my achievement, not mine. I can’t claim this credit; otherwise, I’d really be unable to continue. When I arrived, the earthworm cultivation had already started, and these samples already showed..."

Liu JinXue felt that when he arrived, the earthworm cultivation had already begun and had shown distinctions. If he claimed this honor, it would mean stealing the results of others, which absolutely violated his moral baseline.

In his view, with the circumstances at the time, any researcher with basic knowledge would be enough to seamlessly complete the currently flawless results.

Teacher Qi viewed these matters more casually, and besides, he believed Liu JinXue wasn’t lacking in this bit of honor. After all, in the future, a greater honor awaited him, and it was already halfway there, soon to arrive.

The honor given to Yan Fei was willingly accepted by everyone, including Yang Hongqi. For Yang Hongqi, ever since fulfilling the hometown folks’ wish to visit the Capital, even if his salary wasn’t given, he was still willing; everything else mattered even less.

However, there was one thing everyone expressed dissatisfaction about: since Boss Yan went to the Provincial City, he’s been like a dragon, elusive for the past few months. Even making a phone call, he’s somewhat impatient, cleanly shirking all responsibilities.

Then someone suggested: why don’t we just not tell him, and when the application results come out, have him collect the result.

This idea immediately gained unanimous support from several people, even Teacher Qi joined them in supporting this decision—mainly because the result was really good: this type of earthworm not only surpassed ordinary earthworms in all aspects but was also suitable for profitable farming. More importantly, it had an extraordinarily powerful effect on decomposing heavy metal pollution in soil, far exceeding other species.

It’s worth mentioning that in the research on heavy metal pollution, the laboratory received significant help from Professor He, considering he’s the true expert.

But plans never keep up with changes. They had all agreed on waiting for the results, when suddenly someone from above made a call to Teacher Qi, asking if this type of earthworm was what he guided?

Of course, Teacher Qi didn’t think so, but he immediately received unexpected news: the relevant departments above attached significant importance to this patent, finding it fit for large-scale promotion.

Actually, people often underestimate earthworms; they’re called Earth Dragons for a reason. As the largest biomass animal in soil systems, their role is far beyond just benefiting the people of Sancha River—domestically, soil heavy metal pollution probability exceeds ten percent, resulting in losses including contaminated crops and reduced yields, totaling billions.

So facing this patent application, the relevant department immediately felt that support was necessary, not only to support but also to promote, and to give heavy rewards to the applicant, to encourage more people to engage in this field of research in the country.

Teacher Qi and his group knew of this issue and simply acted as though nothing had happened. They stuffed the patent in a drawer—planning to wait for the higher-ups’ rewards before letting Boss Yan handle it!

It didn’t take long, though initially expected to wait until the next year, notification arrived now.

Yan Fei hung up the phone, still a bit puzzled: I’ve just received a national level award? And two of them? Going to collect them the day after tomorrow? I’m confused; this is too hasty, I don’t even know anything, how can they give me the awards directly?

He didn’t even consider what position Teacher Qi held. For him to agree to something wasn’t a small feat.

He explained things to Xu Xiaoyan, who was bewildered at the time, "So you’re going to receive the award the day after tomorrow?"

"I am!" Yan Fei was still confused. "What else can I do? Teacher Qi said that this matter can’t be delayed. Do you think people will start saying all the earthworms are Yan Fei’s earthworms, calling me the Earthworm King or something?"

"..." Xu Xiaoyan stared speechlessly at this guy, unsure of what to say. Shouldn’t you be considering whether this reward should truly be yours? Can you bear this honor? Instead, you’re thinking... all sorts of irrelevant things?

"Earthworm King doesn’t sound very nice," Yan Fei continued smugly. "Earthworm, earthworm... Earthworms are also called Earth Dragons. If they call me the Earth Dragon King, I’d reluctantly accept it since it at least includes ’dragon’..."

"I’m heading to school!" Xu Xiaoyan couldn’t stand him anymore, and having meddled all noon, she felt a bit apprehensive, fearing Yan Fei would suddenly remember his earlier intention of dealing with her—otherwise, how could Boss Yan’s memory, memorizing a speech, take an entire noon?

"Don’t go, I haven’t decided yet, help me think." Yan Fei called out. "It’s so cold, I’ll drive you, I won’t go to school in the afternoon, I’ll handle something in the lab. In the afternoon, I’ll pick you up after class..."

"No need, I’ll bike there, it’s not cold." The girl gave him no chance to refute, nimbly stood up and ran. "By the way, I’ve got to remind you of something."

"What?" Yan Fei asked.

"You should hurry and think about it, since this environmental summary conference is scheduled for two days. You have to go to the Capital the day after tomorrow; if you don’t leave tomorrow afternoon, you’ll have to travel overnight, you definitely won’t attend the conference the day after. Shouldn’t you explain it to them?" the girl shouted from the courtyard.

"Oh yes!" Yan Fei suddenly remembered.

Earlier, he was only focused on the thought of receiving a national level award, forgetting he had to finish his report tomorrow and wait to listen to others’ reports...

"Wait, I also have to go out, I need to tell them face to face about this, otherwise suddenly leaving tomorrow would be inappropriate," Yan Fei thought about it and quickly stood up. "Just in time, I’ll drive you."

Though detouring was truly necessary, there was no need to mind it, given the short distance.

After driving his wife to school, Yan Fei picked up the phone, "Director Liu, let me tell you something, are you available now? I’ll come meet you to talk."

Although it’s a big deal for him to go, somehow, it’s best to explain it face to face.

Driving to the City Environmental Protection Bureau, Yan Fei explained the matter to Director Liu, who felt like he was hearing a fairy tale, "Boss Yan, aren’t you joking with me? You, you, this..."

This was too awesome, while still in school, how could such a young person receive such an award?

Only after a while did Director Liu react, "Let’s go, I’ll accompany you, lead you. This matter should have been notified to the department level, right? Why haven’t I heard anything..."

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