The course schedule was completed.
Zhao Yi was ready for the new sester; despite feeling slightly nervous about teaching students, he was reassured by the well-designed lesson plans.
Qian Hong did well as an assistant.
Qian Hong’s lesson plans detailed the content of each class in depth and also pointed out the challenging parts with reminders.
With such a lesson plan, all Zhao Yi needed to do was teach according to it.
After all, he was only ant to introduce the theoretical content and didn’t need to elaborate on detailed principles. He found it aningful to teach according to the plan, since it saved him from contemplating too much.
Zhao Yi still preferred giving presentations, such as explaining research. He enjoyed the sensation of explaining new content, rather than reading from lesson plans.
Of course.
If it were a detailed explanation of research, it would not be aid at undergraduate teaching.
...
The next afternoon, Qian Hong ca to the staff dormitory to find Zhao Yi. They discussed course preparation work. She then asked, "Have you been contacted by any publishers?"
"Publisher?"
Zhao Yi shook his head in confusion. His phone was set to reject calls from unknown numbers, but it still received text ssages.
He checked his phone and found a ssage from soone in a publishing house, asking if he had plans for a publication.
"Capital Youth Publishing House?"
"Yes."
Qian Hong responded, "They said they couldn’t reach you and sohow found . They asked to see if you were interested in publishing a book on ’Particle Boundary Theory.’
"That... is acceptable!"
Zhao Yi imdiately agreed after so thought.
Qian Hong was a bit surprised, "You really want to write a book? If you want to publish, just writing papers won’t be enough, right? You would need to write in detail and cover lots of topics."
"Yes, I understand."
Zhao Yi naturally didn’t oppose publishing a book.
Two years ago, he had published "Zhao’s Screening thod," which was a bestseller both dostically and internationally. It was primarily bought by major universities and institutes, but there were also so personal purchases.
When launched, "Zhao’s Screening thod" was in high demand, it still sells over ten thousand copies each month, easily accumulating to over one hundred thousand yearly and providing a steady flow of copyright inco.
The overseas English version had a significantly higher price yet sold almost as many copies as the dostic version. Even after deducting hefty taxes, the inco from this was not much inferior to the dostic sales.
"Alright then!"
After so thought, Zhao Yi decided, "Let’s start with publishing in Chinese. As you said, I will need to provide a detailed explanation of the theory, particularly its mathematical frawork. I aim for people with a basic understanding to comprehend it."
Having made that decision, he began explaining the Particle Boundary Theory to Qian Hong.
Initially, Qian Hong believed that Zhao Yi was explaining the theory because she was a course assistant and needed to comprehend the theory more deeply.
However, as Zhao Yi’s explanation beca more in-depth and Qian Hong found it difficult to understand, he recomnded so specialized mathematics books for her to study.
Qian Hong didn’t understand, "Why should I try to figure all of this out?"
"I’m just an assistant!"
"Even if I serve as a problem solver in the course, you should....."
Zhao Yi looked puzzled, "What does this have to do with the class?"
"Has nothing to do with it?"
"You’re supposed to help write a book!"
Zhao Yi stated matter-of-factly, "You need to thoroughly understand the theoretical content so you can....."
Qian Hong hurriedly interrupted, "I didn’t say I’d help you write a book!"
"You won’t help?"
"Absolutely not!" Qian Hong exclaid forcefully, "I’m only an assistant. Publishing a book is your own business."
"Cough, cough."
Zhao Yi shook his head, "I was going to offer you a five percent commission. If you don’t want it, fine, I’ll find soone else to help....."
"I agree!"
Qian Hong imdiately covered Zhao Yi’s mouth and said seriously, "Five percent! Deal!"
Zhao Yi covered his face in distress.
How pragmatic of her!
...
Having handed over the book writing task to Qian Hong and no longer worrying about course-related issues, Zhao Yi felt much lighter. He visited the Biodical Research Institute’s laboratory to investigate the status of so projects.
The laboratory’s working schedule started much earlier than the students’ school start date.
Ai Lixin, Zhang Wei, and others had already been back at work for over a week. All the preparatory work for continuing research had been completed.
Zhang Wei had written the project progress report and paper regarding the structural research of the AIDS Vif Gene. Only one summarizing paper had been published on the collaborative journal platform.
There was a lot of work in the laboratory.
Now, the laboratory staff were mostly concerned with the debugging of new equipnt. Two new instrunts had been added to the lab, a top-tier biodical imaging instrunt and a protein analysis detection instrunt.
The biodical imaging instrunt is similar to a CT scanner used in clinics. The one introduced in the laboratory was more advanced, capable of detailed analysis, direct cell observation.
The other piece of equipnt seed more ordinary, but having another protein analysis instrunt was indispensable for ongoing research. Having one in the lab was definitely more convenient.
With the addition of two new instrunts, Zhao Yi’s laboratory had surpassed most of the institute’s labs in terms of equipnt configuration.
It was quite impressive.
Zhao Yi’s lab has only been established for just over a year, and most of the equipnt was acquired through research outcos, contributions, and the surplus of research funding. The lab’s developnt progress was indeed very rapid.
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