From university academician to chief academician

After receiving the award, Ye Fei and others returned to Zhonghu University.

Since the scientific research funds have not yet been received, the number theory group's research on Gaussian conjecture has been temporarily suspended.

Therefore, Ye Fei and others have been very busy recently.

There is nothing else to do except go to class.

Ye Fei also went to the Scientific Research Office to inquire about whether the scientific research fund application had been approved.

The director of the Scientific Research Department smiled and said: "Professor Ye, don't come to me for nothing. If you pass, I will call you as soon as possible."

Ye Fei smiled bitterly and said, "I don't want to either. It's just that I've been too busy recently and always want to find something to do."

The director said: "I know, but we can't decide on scientific research funds. We can only wait."

"By the way, you've found Academician Liu Shuquan!"

"Found it." Ye Fei said, "He said he would help me say hello to the top."

"Then there will be no problem." The director said, "In a week at most, as long as there is no problem with your research direction, the scientific research funds will come."

"Okay!" Ye Feidao.

The results of the postgraduate entrance examination re-examination are generally announced five to seven days after the end of the post-graduate entrance examination re-examination. The specific time is determined by each university.

Many students taking the re-examination have been waiting with anxiety these days.

Today is the date when the results of the Zhonghu University postgraduate entrance examination re-examination will be announced.

A dormitory at Zhonghu University!

Early in the morning, before seven o'clock, Wang Yuan sat in front of the computer, opened the results inquiry page of Yanzhao.com, and refreshed it with the mouse from time to time.

Wang Yuan knew that the results would not be announced until eight o'clock.

But he was restless, like an ant on a hot pot, wanting to see results quickly.

Let him know the results early and give up early, otherwise he will always think about it.

He heard that Professor Ye is only recruiting two students this year.

However, 152 students chose Professor Ye.

1.3% pass rate.

This can be said to be the lowest pass rate for postgraduate entrance examinations among all universities in the world.

Occasionally, Wang Yuan would regret that he should not have chosen Professor Ye, but he could have chosen another mathematics professor!

But every time at this time, a voice would come out in Wang Yuan's heart: "It must be Professor Ye. Only by following Professor Ye can we have a way out in mathematics. There is no way out by following other professors."

Wang Yuan graduated from Zhonghu University and has an advantage in taking the postgraduate entrance examination. It is easy to get high scores in the written part of the preliminary examination and re-examination.

If you go to other universities, it will not be easy to get high scores.

In addition, Zhonghu University has a talented mathematician like Ye Fei, and there is a way out with him.

There are many great mathematicians in other schools, but those mathematicians may look down on people like him.

Therefore, after careful consideration, he still chose Ye Fei.

Wang Yuan thought: "If I fail the re-examination, I will take the exam to another school."

“Only Professor Ye from Zhonghu University can take the exam, let’s forget about the other teachers!”

The other three people in the dormitory got up and woke up at this time and saw Wang Yuan sitting in front of the computer.

Li Wei said: "Wang Yuan, what are you doing?"

"Waiting for the results!" Wang Yuanyuan said without replying.

Li Wei said: "Yes, today seems to be the date when the results of the Zhonghu University postgraduate entrance examination re-examination will be released."

Zhao Likang said: "It's not even eight o'clock yet. The results don't come out until eight o'clock. It's useless for you to sit here. Let's go have breakfast together. When we come back after breakfast, the results will be out." "

"No!" Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "I can't eat without seeing the results."

"Okay!" Zhao Likang said.

After a while, the three roommates put on their clothes and finished washing. They also sat next to Wang Yuan and waited with him for the results to come out.

The time arrived at eight o'clock before I knew it.

Xia Xudong shouted: "It's eight o'clock, Wang Yuan, please take a look at the results."

"knew."

Wang Yuan put his trembling hand on the mouse and clicked refresh with a trembling hand.

Staring at the web page on the computer, my heart beat rapidly.

I kept praying in my heart: "I must pass, I must pass."

[Candidate: Wang Yuan

Admission ticket number: 2502457534587

School to apply for: Zhonghu University

Department to apply for: School of Mathematics

Major: Basic Mathematics

Ideological and political theory: 88

English II: 83

Advanced Algebra: 141

Comprehensive professional courses: 138

Total: 450

Result: Passed]

The interview scores will not be displayed and will be counted in the comprehensive professional course scores.

Whether you pass the postgraduate entrance examination usually requires 50% of the score of the preliminary examination and 50% of the score of the re-examination.

Admission will be based on this score.

"Yes!" When Wang Yuan saw the word qualified, he clenched his fists excitedly.

This means that Wang Yuan passed the postgraduate entrance examination and became Ye Fei's student.

"Awesome, Wang Yuan, you can pass the exam." Li Wei smiled and said, "Congratulations."

"I heard that there were 152 people who wanted to apply for Professor Ye, but he only admitted two people. I didn't expect you to be admitted successfully. Congratulations." Zhao Likang smiled.

Xia Xudong smiled and said: "Congratulations, Wang Yuan, for achieving your wish."

"Haha..." Wang Yuan laughed and said, "Thank you!"

Wang Yuan was in a good mood at this time and felt that the future was promising.

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said: "Let's go to eat. I'll treat you to breakfast."

After saying that, everyone walked outside.

May 1, 2026, 10 a.m.!

Ye Fei was sitting in the office chatting with Tan Lingling and others.

Tan Lingling was sharing with Ye Fei a snack bar she had recently discovered and was strongly recommending it to Ye Fei.

Ye Fei smiled and said: "Okay, I will definitely go and taste it this Saturday."

At this time, Ye Fei's cell phone rang.

He took it out and looked at it, and his eyes suddenly lit up. It was the phone number of the director of the Scientific Research Department.

He was excited. It had been half a month since he last applied for a scientific research fund. Now that the director of the scientific research department called him, it must be because he had applied for a scientific research fund.

If his application had not been approved, the director of the Scientific Research Department would have told Ye Fei that there was something wrong with his application.

Ye Fei quickly answered the phone and said: "Director!"

"Ye Fei, the application for the scientific research fund has been approved. The money will be available tomorrow. Come and sign it tomorrow afternoon."

"good!"

The next day, afternoon!

Ye Fei came to the Scientific Research Office and said with a smile: "Director, have you applied for 10 million yet?"

Ye Fei applied for 10 million from above.

If the superiors feel that Ye Fei's research is not worth 10 million, they will reduce scientific research funding.

"It's 10 million!" The director smiled: "The money has arrived, please sign it!"

The director said, took out a contract and placed it in front of Ye Fei.

After Ye Fei read the contract carefully, he took out the pen on the table and signed it quickly.

In fact, there is no need to read the contract too carefully, because anything Ye Fei can research will be beneficial to the school and the country.

Therefore, it is impossible for the school and the country to trick Ye Fei at this moment.

After the scientific research fund is in place, the money will not be transferred to Ye Fei's account, but to the school's account.

All money used in future research can be withdrawn from this account.

But it will be supervised by the school.

After Ye Fei signed, he came to the dean's office.

"Ye Fei, why are you here?" The dean looked at Ye Fei who walked in and said, "Sit down!"

With that said, the dean stood up, walked over and sat on the sofa with Ye Fei.

Ye Fei smiled and said: "Dean, let me discuss something with you!"

"Say it!" the dean said while making tea.

"I want to build a laboratory."

"Laboratory?" The dean looked at Ye Fei in shock and said, "What laboratory?"

“Blockchain Lab!”

"You want to study blockchain?" The dean said in surprise: "This is very cutting-edge research, and blockchain seems to belong to the computer field. You are a math person, why are you studying blockchain?"

Ye Fei smiled and said: "Dean, computer is a derivative subject of mathematics. Although blockchain belongs to the field of computer, there seems to be no conflict with my research in mathematics and the field of computer!"

"Do you have money?" the dean asked.

"I have applied for a 10 million scientific research fund from above."

"Ten million?" The dean shook his head funnyly and said, "You just spend 10 million to study blockchain. Is it enough to put your teeth between your teeth?"

"Don't say 10 million, even 100 million is not enough."

As we all know, everything in the computer field is very expensive.

Blockchain is a very cutting-edge research in computers. One hundred million was burned out in less than half a month.

As for 10 million, it is enough for a day or two.

Ye Feidao: "I don't do applied research, and RMB 10 million for applied research is definitely not enough. I do theoretical research, and the money from doing theory is enough to last for a while."

"Even if you do theory, your 10 million can only last for one year. Will you be able to achieve results in this year?"

"Ye Fei, I know your research speed is very fast, but this is blockchain. The research difficulty is very high and it is difficult to achieve results."

Ye Feidao: "Of course I know this, but you also know that I studied security systems some time ago and came into contact with cryptography and blockchain research. I have in-depth research on cryptography and have a certain understanding of blockchain. "

“I proposed the future development and research direction of blockchain at the global blockchain academic conference.”

"So, I am confident that we will have results within a year."

The dean said: "In that case, let's give it a try. If you don't produce results within a year, the school will not have the money to inject you with capital unless you attract investment from outside or ask for money from above."

The dean knew Ye Fei's ability, and he still had some confidence that Ye Fei could research things on the blockchain.

But the dean was not confident that Ye Fei could develop something within one year.

After all, it’s blockchain, not ordinary research.

If it could be studied so easily, it would not be very cutting-edge research.

Ye Fei smiled and said, "Thank you, Dean!"

The dean said: "The top floor of Dongfeng Building is still vacant, you can use it."

"If there are results, I will help you build a laboratory."

If there are any results, it depends on the size of the results.

If it is a big result, it is not to establish a laboratory, but to establish a research institute or research institute.

After all, it is blockchain.

Many universities and research institutions want to do research but don’t have the strength to do so!

"Okay!" Ye Feidao.

"Although a laboratory has not yet been established, the procedures must still be followed according to regulations."

"good!"

"How many levels of laboratories are you planning to build?"

The laboratory is divided into three levels. The higher the level, the higher the requirements.

A first-level laboratory requires the person in charge of the laboratory to have a bachelor's degree or above and an intermediate professional title or above.

The laboratory area is no less than 80 square meters, and self-selected projects with significant economic benefits have been completed in the past three years.

For secondary laboratories, the person in charge of the laboratory must have a bachelor's degree or above, have a professional title of associate senior or above, and have more than three years of working experience in similar laboratories.

The laboratory area shall be no less than 150 square meters.

Currently, he is responsible for senior official project projects based on the technology of this laboratory. In the past three years, he has completed department-level projects or self-selected projects with significant economic benefits.

In the past three years, scientific research projects based on the main technologies of this laboratory have achieved high-level results, and academic papers based on the main technologies of this laboratory are published in domestic professional core journals every year.

For third-level laboratories, the person in charge of the laboratory must have a bachelor's degree or above, a professional title of associate senior or above, and more than five years of working experience in similar laboratories.

The laboratory area shall be no less than 300 square meters.

In the past three years, scientific research projects based on the main technologies of this laboratory have achieved high-level results, and academic papers or invention patents based on the main technologies of this laboratory have been published by famous retrieval systems such as SCI.

Ye Feidao: "Level 2 laboratory!"

Based on Ye Fei's identity and qualifications, the first-level laboratory is overqualified, while the third-level laboratory needs academic papers or invention patents on blockchain that are included in SCI.

Plus five years of experience.

Ye Fei did not meet the standards in these aspects.

So, a secondary laboratory is just right.

"Okay!" said the dean, "You can go to the administrative office to apply. I will call the administrative office right away."

The school establishes a laboratory which is managed by the administrative office.

If external laboratories are established in schools, such laboratories will not belong to the first, second or third level, but to the provincial, municipal and ministerial levels.

Applications for such laboratories are not mainly managed by the school administrative office. Instead, applications need to be made to municipal and provincial departments, and these places are assisted by the administrative office.

"OK!"

Ye Fei walked out of the dean's door and walked to the administrative office.

After arriving at the administrative office, the process went very smoothly because the dean had called me.

Walking out of the administrative office, Ye Fei said to himself: "We already have money and land, we just need people. This aspect is the most difficult."

Ye Fei went to Lu Yishan's office!

Lu Yishan was stunned for a moment when he saw Ye Fei, and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Tutor!" Ye Feiye was not polite to Lu Yishan, and sat down on the stool next to Lu Yishan's desk and said, "I need your help."

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Lu Yishan said, putting down his pen.

Ye Feidao: "I am now setting up a blockchain laboratory, but I need five deputy senior professional titles to be posted. I can't do it alone. I need your help to be posted."

"No problem." Lu Yishan said: "You and I are two people, and there are three more!"

"I'm going to ask Professor Zhou Kang from the School of Computer Science to join us."

Lu Yishan nodded and said: "Now there are three people, and there are still two more!"

"I'm going to recruit two more people from outside."

Lu Yishan shook his head and said: "No, I will pull Liu Yisheng up. There are four of us now. You only need to find one more person."

Liu Yisheng is Lu Yishan's good friend, but he only works on a temporary basis. If Lu Yishan comes forward, Liu Yisheng will still give Lu Yishan this face.

Ye Fei smiled and said: "That's great. If so, I only need to bring one more person."

Lu Yishan said: "It is difficult to attract people with deputy senior professional titles. In every university and research institution, with this professional title, the salary is very good. It is very difficult to get them to come."

Ye Fei nodded and said: "Of course I know this, so I am also in trouble."

Lu Yishan smiled and said: "If it's just a temporary job, why do you have to dig it from outside? You can get it from this school!"

"After all, we are just letting them take a temporary job, not letting them do experiments themselves."

"By the way, how is your relationship with Professor Yuan Hua in the laser laboratory?"

Ye Fei once worked in the laser laboratory for a period of time. At that time, the experiments were divided into four groups. Ye Fei was the leader of the mathematical theory group.

Professor Yuan Hua is the leader of the mathematics application group.

"So-so!" Ye Fei said, "We have worked together for a while, but he and I haven't seen each other for a long time."

Professor Lu said: "You can try talking to him, maybe he will agree!"

"Okay!" Ye Fei said, "I'll give it a try."

After leaving Lu Yishan's office, he went to find Professor Zhou Kang, and Professor Zhou Kang readily agreed.

Professor Zhou is an eccentric person in the School of Computer Science, but he admires Ye Fei very much.

Therefore, when Ye Fei asked him to do something, he readily agreed.

After looking for Professor Zhou Kang, Ye Fei took out his phone and called Professor Yuan Hua.

"Professor Yuan, what have you been busy with recently?" Ye Fei said with a smile.

"Ye Fei?" Yuan Hua was stunned for a moment when he heard Ye Fei calling him, and then said: "I have been studying the DES algorithm and RSA algorithm recently."

Ye Fei was surprised. He did not expect that Professor Yuan Hua was also studying algorithms in cryptography.

DES algorithm and RSA algorithm are widely used in cryptography, big data, cloud computing, blockchain, etc.

However, both the DES algorithm and RSA have obvious shortcomings.

The DES algorithm has the advantage of faster operation speed, but is lower in terms of security, reliability and key fixity.

The RSA algorithm has better security, but its operation speed is slower.

DES algorithm and RSA algorithm, the advantages and disadvantages of these two algorithms are opposite.

Ye Fei smiled and said: "Professor Yuan, what are the uses of the DES algorithm and RSA algorithm you studied?"

"In terms of big data, I want to combine the DES algorithm and the RSA algorithm. Their shortcomings are opposite, and I want to combine their advantages."

"In this way, the algorithm they combine together becomes an algorithm with fast operation speed, high security, reliability and key fixity."

Ye Feidao: "This is a very good idea. I wish you success. If you need my help, you can always ask me."

Ye Fei is very good at algorithms.

In the entire Zhonghu University, regarding algorithm research, he is very confident that he can be ranked in the top ten.

After all, Ye Fei has used a large number of algorithms in his research, has studied many algorithms, and even created some algorithms.

For example, mathematical algorithms, algorithms in ground-based anti-satellite laser weapons, and algorithms in cryptography.

Moreover, Ye Fei is now mainly studying number theory, which is the most conducive to the study of algorithms among all mathematical classifications.

Professor Yuan smiled and said: "Yes, if I encounter difficulties, I will definitely come to you."

Ye Feidao: "But Professor Yuan, I have something to trouble you now."

"Huh?" Professor Yuan asked, "Say."

Ye Feidao: "I have been building a blockchain laboratory recently, but I need five people with deputy senior professional titles to take up the post. Now there are four of them, namely me, my mentor Lu Yishan, and my mentor's friend Professor Liu Yisheng , and Professor Zhou Kang from the School of Computer Science, now only the last one is left.”

"Is it just a temporary job?" Yuan Hua asked: "I haven't finished my own research yet, and I don't have time to do other research."

"Just a temporary job!"

"Okay, I agree."

"Thank you Professor Yuan."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Fei took a long breath.

Getting people to take up positions is the hardest part, but I didn't expect it to be solved so easily.

It has to be said that the connections Ye Fei accumulated in the past played a big role at this time.

Of course, if Ye Fei was not very capable, he would not be able to accumulate so many high-quality connections.

After all, no one wants to play with someone who is lower than themselves.

Ye Feixin said: "The last step is to recruit people, both from inside and outside the school."

The laboratory was established, but the only people studying with Ye Fei were a dozen people from the number theory group.

These dozen people were completely unable to support Ye Fei's research.

Therefore, he needs a large number of scientific researchers.

A week later, the Zhonghu University Blockchain Laboratory was officially launched and all licenses were processed.

Later, Ye Fei used the software X-MOL to recruit people.

This software is specially designed to recruit scientific researchers.

Ye Fei also posted information to recruit people on ResearchGate, Researcher, Xiaomu Chong and Lilac Garden.

Ye Fei then asked all the scientific researchers he knew if they had any suitable candidates.

In just a few days, many people in the mathematics and computer circles knew that Ye Fei was entering the blockchain field and needed a large number of scientific researchers.