At six in the morning, the old man from the Fu Family woke up promptly as usual.
He didn't get out of bed imdiately but lay still for a few minutes, feeling his hands, feet, and the rest of his body.
According to a health expert, this was for awakening all parts of the body and all visceral organs one by one.
Afterwards, he slowly got up, dressed, drank water, relieved himself, and washed up.
Exiting the room, the old man from the Fu Family noticed that this morning, it wasn't the Little Monkey who had accompanied him for his morning exercises recently, but Fu Hechang instead.
The old man furrowed his brow slightly and asked in a deep voice, "Has sothing happened?"
"Sir, please look at this!"
Fu Hechang handed over a pathology report and said in a low voice, "This was sent over by Expert Lin's driver last night; it's the test report of the vegetables we sent over."
Though the old man from the Fu Family's eyes were sowhat blurry, he could still clearly see the final conclusion on the report stating "poppy," and his face imdiately darkened as he asked, "What exactly is going on here?"
Fu Hechang took out another pathology report, handed it over, and said, "Sir, to verify this matter, I went to the kitchen personally and secretly took so samples to be tested overnight..."
With a grim expression, he said, "Sir, the results show that the samples I selected all tested positive for varying degrees of the main components of poppy."
"However, the expert told that the detected components are in mild amounts and short-term consumption won't have negative effects on the human body."
"But what about long-term effects? These vegetables are what we've been eating every day, every al."
The old man from the Fu Family gave a cold laugh and recounted, "At that ti, newspapers and TV were promoting the danger of toxic vegetables, pesticide residues, and whatnot, so out of concern for you all, I found a piece of land in the unpolluted Southwest and built a garden like this."
"Unexpectedly, after so many years, I've instead let the younger generation beco frail with little resistance."
"And now, soone has even harbored malicious intent at the source of our food."
After three deep breaths, he cald his emotions and said in a sowhat chilling tone, "Ah Chang, you must personally investigate this matter thoroughly, start from the source."
"I want to know who has the audacity to do such a thing."
Fu Hechang nodded and said, "I've already booked an early flight, preparing to leave as soon as I finish talking to you."
"Alright, hmm... have Xiao Zheng take two people with you."
"Sir, is that really necessary?" Fu Hechang was a bit puzzled.
Of course he knew who the old man ant by Xiao Zheng.
He was not an ordinary person, with a background in investigative special forces, even ranking in military district skill competitions back in the day.
This person had been working for the Fu Family for over ten years, always handling their security matters, known for his unwavering loyalty.
The old man advised, "How could it not be necessary."
"Although various competitions and grudges could employ different thods, there are still bottom lines. Tampering with family mbers' food is a huge taboo. Once uncovered, it's a matter of life or death."
"Preventing desperate asures from being taken, what's a bookish person with no survival skills like you going to do on your own?"
Upon hearing the old man's words, Fu Hechang realized he had underestimated the seriousness of the matter.
He solemnly said, "I understand. I'll be careful and will quickly find out the truth and the person behind it."
"Sir, I'll go prepare now."
"Wait a minute!"
The old man stopped Fu Hechang and asked, "Did Lin Jie say how he noticed this?"
Recalling, Fu Hechang said, "According to the driver, Expert Lin had a sip of the old duck soup made with our duck and winter lon and sensed sothing was wrong. He then ate a raw tomato and confird that there was indeed a problem with the food."
"So, the driver took so samples to the University Affiliated Hospital for toxic substance testing."
The old man slowly nodded, lightly sighed, and waved his hand to signal Fu Hechang to depart...
Arriving early at school to prepare for class, Lin Jie got out of the car to find Yuan Guangxi approaching him briskly.
He couldn't help but smile and said, "Dean Yuan, aren't you a bit too eager? The targeted dicine class decision was just made yesterday, and you're catching first thing in the morning?"
"We have at least seven or eight months to prepare for this."
"We don't have that much ti."
Yuan Guangxi said seriously, "This is selective admission, and the main component is a series of screening tests, such as personality and psychological tests, aptitude tests, stress resistance tests, among others."
"Designing and perfecting these tests will take at least two to three months."
"Moreover, although the number of students we admit is small, we need a large applicant base to ensure top selection. Early publicity is necessary, and students should have ti to prepare and apply."
"At the sa ti, to avoid affecting students' regular college entrance exam preparation, our admissions work should not drag on; it would be best to complete it around the New Year, well before Spring Festival."
"Based on this calculation, Expert Lin, our ti is very tight, indeed very tight."
Lin Jie thought so too.
This specialized dical class only admits twenty or thirty people, so it's impossible for hundreds or even thousands of high school graduates to spend a lot of ti because of this small admission ratio, thereby affecting their normal college entrance exams.
He nodded and said, "Dean Yuan, you can discuss the specifics with An Kexin. She can fully represent ."
"Alright, I'll contact President An shortly. Expert Lin, apart from this matter, there's sothing else I need to discuss with you."
Yuan Guangxi smiled and said, "Expert Lin, your dical series is a bestseller, and its popularity has far exceeded our expectations, which has also made the bonus pool much larger than we anticipated."
"What bonus?" Lin Jie was montarily confused.
Yuan Guangxi reminded him with a smile, "Expert Lin, when you signed the publication agreent with the publisher, you pledged all the potential proceeds from the book sales as a donation to the academy as a bonus."
Lin Jie imdiately rembered this matter and said with a smile, "Thousands of books shouldn't amount to much. The academy can handle it as they see fit. The academy receives donations from alumni and various people every year, which should amount to millions or tens of millions, right?"
Yuan Guangxi chuckled and said, "The academy does receive a lot of donations each year. However, the royalty inco you donated, Expert Lin, it's not a small amount. Let calculate it for you."
"The royalty rate agreed in the publishing contract is fifteen percent."
"I have reliable information that the publisher predicts that this series of dical books will sell over one hundred and fifty thousand copies this year, totaling about one hundred and fifty million copies."
"The average price of these ten books is twenty-eight yuan. Twenty-eight tis one hundred and fifty million, then multiplied by fifteen percent, this figure is five million six hundred and twenty-five thousand yuan."
This figure imdiately made Lin Jie's eyes widen a bit more.
He didn't expect that in this era of publishing paper books, and they are professional books, it could make money and make so much money.
Yuan Guangxi continued, "According to the previous agreent with the publisher, since the sales of this series have long surpassed the breakeven point, the advance publication funds paid by the academy and 'Clinical dicine' will also be returned to us."
"After deducting taxes and other expenses, the net profit actually received by the academy should be around five million."
"This is just the inco for the first year. It's said that this set of books can sell two to three million copies each year in the future, aning there will be about one million in revenue each year."
"The publisher is also planning to actively work on the overseas rights for this series in the next year. In that case, the inco could be even greater."
After calculating these revenues, Yuan Guangxi said happily, "Expert Lin, my idea is to use this money to establish a long-term dical scholarship nad after you."
"Specifically, I'd like to hear your opinion."
Although Lin Jie is not short of money now, these numbers still made him itch.
He couldn't help but secretly regret why he impulsively donated all these proceeds at that ti.
However, since things have co to this, there's no use in regretting it.
Enduring the heartache, Lin Jie forced a smile and said, "Dean, you also discuss this matter with An Kexin."
"My idea is that this scholarship is awarded once a year and divided into two parts: rewarding the most outstanding teachers and the most outstanding students."
"There are fewer teachers, so one or two could be selected each year, allowing each to receive more of the bonus. For students, there should be more, maybe five or six, or seven or eight a year? However, each should receive tens of thousands in bonuses."
Yuan Guangxi nodded repeatedly and said, "Very good suggestion."
"Expert Lin, the academy will strive to make this scholarship a widely influential one, ranked number one, eagerly desired by both teachers and students..."
When Lin Jie arrived at the small auditorium, many students gathered around.
"Teacher, where exactly can we buy the books you published?"
"I went to the book signing yesterday but was a bit late and didn't get the book."
"Exactly, I even visited every bookstore on campus and the city's center bookstore, but they all said they don't have this book..."
Lin Jie waved his hand to stop the crowd from chattering with questions and said with a smile, "The publisher's first batch of fifty thousand sets has been sold out through direct sales rather than through bookstores."
Amidst the students' exclamations, Lin Jie continued, "The second batch of fifty thousand sets will arrive in the next few days, so just be patient."
A student squeezed in, holding several books, and politely asked, "Expert Lin, could you sign this for ?"
Lin Jie looked at the ti, realizing it was about ti for class, he said, "Let's do it after class. Let's start class first."
With this said, those around Lin Jie dispersed and returned to their seats to prepare for class.
Lin Jie put on a microphone, switched it on, and tested it to make sure it worked properly before saying, "Ti is up, let's..."
"Expert Lin..."
At this mont, a sudden shout interrupted Lin Jie.
It was a middle-aged man wearing thick glasses who ca in from the door and said righteously, "Expert Lin, your dical series, specifically the cardiac volu, contains large segnts that plagiarize my dical monograph 'Anatomy of Congenital Heart Defects' published five years ago."
"I demand an explanation, and I demand an apology!"
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