From failed candidate to chief scientist

Chapter 32
"Teacher Zhang, I have some questions to ask you..."

Lin Mo, who had been holding back for three consecutive days in the library but couldn't even get out a single word, appeared in front of Zhang Qihua's desk in the mathematics teaching and research department, looking a little haggard.

"Oh? What's the problem?"

Zhang Qihua was a little surprised. In his image, Lin Mo was the kind of student who was very talented in mathematics. He was able to master all aspects of mathematics through self-study, and rarely or almost never asked questions.

"This is it……"

Lin Mo took out his notebook.

"I studied the project you left for me last time about the differential mean value theorem. I want to make some innovations in its application, but I have no clue, so I would like to ask you to give me some advice..."

"Innovation?"

A trace of confusion flashed in Zhang Qihua's eyes.

"I have recently studied some papers on the differential mean value theorem. Most of them are introductory. They simply summarize the results of previous predecessors and cannot support the results of a research project at all. So I think there must be a breakthrough. I need to do some groundbreaking results. I'm thinking about doing some research on applications, but I can't find the direction at the moment, so..."

Zhang Qihua's mouth was slightly open, with a little surprise on his face, but he quickly reacted and put away his expression.

"Is that so..."

Zhang Qihua pondered for a long time.

"Then let me tell you my thoughts. It's not a teaching, it's just a communication. I hope it can inspire you."

"Since you are doing research in this area, you probably have some ideas. Come on, tell me your thoughts first...and then..."

Although Zhang Qihua did not have any high achievements in research, he had been immersed in teaching for many years. Under the method of heuristic education, Zhang Qihua first understood some of Lin Mo's ideas, and then followed these ideas to guide Lin Mo's thinking.

"Look at Rolle's theorem... and... Taylor expansion... maybe we can start from this aspect..."

The research time always passed quickly, two hours passed in a blink of an eye.

"Okay, here are some of my insights on the differential mean value theorem. I hope it can be helpful to you."

Zhang Qihua stopped and looked at Lin Mo with a smile.

Lin Mo stood still, frowning and thinking for a moment.

"Thank you, Teacher Zhang."

Lin Mo thanked him. Although Zhang Qihua's words did not bring him any clear ideas, they did inspire him.

"what?"

"what happened?"

"No, nothing..."

Lin Mo bent down and picked up the notebook that he accidentally touched on the ground. At the same time, he calmly touched a golden bubble floating at Zhang Qihua's feet.

"By the way, Mr. Zhang, is there any subsidy for publishing papers in our school?"

"Subsidy? This..."

Seeing Zhang Qihua's hesitation, Lin Mo understood that the school must not subsidize students' papers.

"Teacher Zhang, will you receive a subsidy for publishing papers?"

"School faculty are still subsidized for publishing papers."

"What kind of subsidy law is that?"

"For example, how much will be subsidized for publishing SCI-level or top academic journals? Like "Journal of Mathematics."

"This...if it's from SCI, it would be about [-] to [-]. If it's a top journal..."

Zhang Qihua smiled awkwardly.

"Don't mention Journal of Mathematics. No one from our Department of Mathematics has published in even the four major academic journals..."

"If anyone can really publish it, then the school will definitely win a big prize."

Hearing this, Lin Mo was thoughtful.

"Why do you ask this all of a sudden?"

"It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of it. Thank you, Teacher Zhang. I'll leave first."

"Well, go ahead. By the way, there is no need to rush into research. You must also pay attention to the balance between work and rest, and pay attention to your health."

"I know, I can, Teacher Zhang."

After saying that, Lin Mo hugged his notebook and walked quickly out of the mathematics teaching and research room.Watching Lin Mo leave, Zhang Qihua slowly exhaled and relaxed.

"Being a teacher to a top student is really stressful!"

And the other side.

"Ding, subject bubble +3."

Subject bubble: 100/100
"The discipline bubble is full. The host can randomly redeem or upgrade talents. Please choose."

Only then did Lin Mo notice that his subject bubble was already full?
But think about it, he reads so many books every day, spends fifteen or six hours in the library every day, and accumulates at [-]:[-] and [-]:[-]. Now that more than a month has passed, it is normal for him to have accumulated enough.

Random exchange?Improve talent?
Lin Mo looked at it and found that the only talent he could improve currently was focus (elementary). Do you want to improve it?Or exchange it randomly and see if you can get any other good things?
Lin Mo thought for a while, and chose random exchange.

What he urgently needs now is to complete the challenge mission. Improving concentration talent will not help much in completing the mission, so Lin Mo decided to try his luck.

"The host gains talent: keenness."

"Acuity (elementary): Your flexible mind allows you to gain insight into and capture some key information from a large amount of information. The host can consume a certain amount of scientific points to conduct directional searches and obtain information."

Actually got a new talent?And it seems to be an upgradeable talent.

Lin Mo was slightly surprised.

But what is this keen talent for?Judging from the literal description, it is used to obtain information, but what information is obtained?What is the use of this information?

With the mentality of giving it a try, Lin Mo activated his keen talent.

"System, activate the keen talent."

"When it is turned on for the first time, the system will enable the boot tutorial according to the needs of the host."

"The system will search and organize relevant inspirations about the differential mean value theorem from the knowledge learned by the host."

"Search complete."

"Next time it is turned on, the host is asked to determine the search scope and keywords."

Lin Mo was not allowed to wait at all. The next second, Lin Mo felt as if his brain was stuffed into a washing machine and stirred rapidly. Lin Mo's breathing was stagnant.

f(b)-f(a)=f(ε)(ba)……

[f(b)-f(a)]/[F(b)-F(a)]=...

This process seemed very long, so long that Lin Mo felt like it took him a long time to digest it, but it also seemed so short, so short that it just passed by in the blink of an eye.

I don't know how long it took before Lin Mo slowly opened his eyes, with a hint of surprise on his face.

Just now, he seemed to have grasped something. It was a mysterious feeling, probably the so-called inspiration.

This glimmer of inspiration inspired him a lot. If he continued to study along this glimmer of inspiration, Lin Mo was convinced that he would be able to make breakthrough progress in the study of the differential mean value theorem.

This keen talent is great!But it helped me a lot.

The problem that had troubled Lin Mo for a long time finally allowed Lin Mo to find a breakthrough.

Therefore, what is this sensitivity? This should be called inspiration. The system will always deal with things that are not worthy of the name.

But the next moment, Lin Mo noticed his panel.

Science points: 0
The more than 500 scientific points lying there before have completely returned to zero at this time.

Lin Mo couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, so he just used the keen talent and consumed 500 science points?
How long had the keen talent been activated just now?Lin Mo felt that it only lasted a second.

So 500 science points per second?

This consumption...

Lin Mo's heart was bleeding. If these 500 points were used to improve the subject value, it would be increased by half a level.

However, if Lin Mo was asked to make another choice, Lin Mo would choose to activate the keen talent without hesitation.

Because these 500 science points are well spent.

After all, inspiration is not something that can be easily exchanged for points.

You can still continue to do tasks to obtain science points if you don't have them, but inspiration doesn't just come with it.

Thinking of this, Lin Mo couldn't wait to rush back to the library, wanting to immediately start research on this inspiration and turn it into reality.

(End of this chapter)