NOVPUB
Chapter 283: Chapter 283: Seems Very Unsophisticated
Peng Hongyuan, professor.
To tell the truth, scientific research work is actually quite distant from the lives of ordinary people.
Wu Anmin and Ji Weiyuan, these big shots, although also unattainably high in status within the industry, still often appear in public or on television, and thus are well-known to people.
Therefore, when they made a call, a mere mention of their names was enough for Jiang Ting and the others to recognize who they were.
However, the name Peng Hongyuan was unfamiliar to Jiang Ting and Lu Jingyan.
But even though they hadn’t heard the name before, they clearly understood the last two characters mentioned.
Professor!
What does that title imply?
It represents the top scientists with deep research or profound achievements in a certain field, embodying a nation’s highest level and the world-leading level of scientific and academic authority, a honorary lifelong position selected internally by China’s highest academic institutions.
In China, the title usually refers to members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or China Engineering Academy. Looking across all of China, there are only a few hundred who hold the title of professor, all top precious talents in the national scientific research community, having made outstanding contributions to the national construction.
He is no ordinary person!
The Lu Family might not recognize Peng Hongyuan, but Lu Siyan couldn’t help feeling somewhat shaken.
"...Shengsheng, is this Professor Peng the director of the China Biological Pharmaceutical Research Institute?"
Lu Sheng nodded: "Yes."
The other members of the Lu Family might not know Peng Hongyuan, but Lu Siyan studied medicine in college.
People in the medical field could not possibly be unaware of the significance of the name [Peng Hongyuan], especially since Lu Siyan’s graduation thesis even cited research findings from Professor Peng.
"Siyan, you know this Professor Peng? Who is he?" Jiang Ting couldn’t help asking.
Lu Siyan paused for a moment, then spoke: "The leading authority in the field of biomedical sciences in China."
Lu You Ye immediately asked anxiously: "Second brother, can you explain that in simpler terms?"
Lu Siyan paused again: "In simpler terms, if Professor Peng came to work at our hospital, we could name the hospital after him, and he could ride on the neck of our dean to work."
What a way to put it.
Now that was indeed simple and understandable, even visually.
But after hearing Lu Siyan’s words and reacting to them, everyone was even more astonished.
Since Professor Peng was so renowned and held such a high status in the field of biomedical treatment, why would he call Shengsheng?
It couldn’t possibly also be about recommending an admissions spot for Shengsheng, could it?
They had never heard Shengsheng mention knowing such a bigwig in the field of biomedical sciences, nor seen any connection between Shengsheng and biomedical sciences.
At the dinner table, only Li Muchen knew about the connection between Lu Sheng and Peng Hongyuan.
After all, it was due to Lu Sheng’s relationship that his grandmother was able to receive one-on-one treatment at the research institute for Primary Pulmonary Arterial Paralysis under the special care of Professor Peng.
This time when Lu Sheng answered the call, before Peng Hongyuan could speak, she actively asked: "Uncle Peng, are you calling about the special admissions issue at this time?"
Peng Hongyuan was taken aback on the other end of the phone, about to praise Lu Sheng for her cleverness, then he keenly caught the word "also."
"Wait, Shengsheng, why did you say also?" Peng Hongyuan was alert, "Could it be, apart from me, someone else has contacted you too?"
"Professor Wu Anmin from the Art Department, and Old Mr. Ji Weiyuan from the Archaeology Department also called me just now, saying they wanted to give the special recommendation spot to me."
"What?!" Peng Hongyuan gasped in astonishment.
He thought he had been acting quickly, but had not expected that Wu Anmin and Ji Weiyuan would be even faster!
Peng Hongyuan couldn’t care about anything else and urgently asked: "So, Shengsheng, you haven’t agreed to them, have you?"
Lu Sheng said: "No."
Peng Hongyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
This girl is a genius in the field of biomedical sciences! The Medical Faculty is one of Beijing University’s trump disciplines.
Peng Hongyuan had already planned that once special admissions began this year, he would persuade Lu Sheng to join Beijing University’s Medical Faculty and later pursue Ph.D. directly under his guidance.
Even at her current level, she was already far superior to some of the so-called experts who are sitting idle despite being past their fifties.
Peng Hongyuan had no doubt that if Lu Sheng was willing to delve deeper into this field, her future achievements in it would definitely surpass his.
However, before Peng Hongyuan could feel relieved for three seconds, he heard Lu Sheng say: "But Uncle Peng, if you are hoping that I will follow you in research in the future, I might have to disappoint you."
Peng Hongyuan was startled and said: "Are you saying..."
"I am interested in research, and in the future, even if I don’t study a related major, I will continue to research issues that interest me."
"But as for university, I’d like to try fields that I’ve never been involved in before."
Lu Sheng didn’t put it bluntly, but Peng Hongyuan understood her meaning.
To be honest, not being disappointed would be a lie.
No teacher would not want a highly talented student as a disciple, but such matters still need to respect the girl’s wishes.
"...Alright Shengsheng, I understand your thoughts," said Peng Hongyuan, "Special recruitment has just started, and there’s no rush to make decisions. If your thoughts remain unchanged in a few days, then Uncle Peng won’t force you."
"Okay," Lu Sheng agreed, "Then thank you, Uncle Peng."
After a meal and three phone calls, the Lu Family members were overwhelmed.
Before this, Lu Jingyan thought that his sister was just smarter than ordinary people. But now, it seemed that Lu Sheng was more than just smart.
What more surprises does the sister have that they don’t know about?
After hanging up the phone, Lu Sheng looked up and saw Jiang Ting and her brothers all staring at her, and asked: "...What’s wrong?"
Being eagerly sought after by three top figures to be their disciple, yet the girl remained calm as if it was nothing unusual.
Making those of them acting as mothers and brothers seem very uneasy, as if they had never seen the world.
"Cough... It’s nothing," Lu Jingyan cleared his throat and gave Lu Sheng a chopstick-full of food into her bowl, "Shengsheng, eat some more, you’ve gotten thinner recently."
Big brother was blatantly lying.
Lu Sheng had gained four or five pounds at home in these past two months, yet big brother always felt she was thin.
After resting for another day at the Li Family’s house, and once the fever was completely gone, on Wednesday morning Lu Sheng returned to Shengjing.
Having not come to school for over two months, as soon as Lu Sheng walked into the classroom, everyone’s gazes turned towards her.
