Chapter 3 World Cup LotteryAfter dinner, Guo Yang lay on the bed and rested for a while. As for Bi Qiang, he has already rushed back to the experimental base of the Vegetable Research Institute. Feeling better after taking a nap, Guo Yang studied the World Cup in the dormitory for a while, and then went out to buy lottery tickets. In Lanzhou in 2002, you definitely couldn't enjoy the endless green that is unique to the south. The trees on the north and south mountains on both sides of the Yellow River, which are like lung lobes, are just a drop in the ocean among the bare mountains. Even so, the forests on the north and south mountains have been nurtured by the sweat and hard work of the people of Lanzhou for hundreds of years. Tongda Street, lottery shop. "Boss, hit me with the combination above, a total of twenty times." The lottery shop owner is a middle-aged man with a big bald head. After taking the money and note handed over by Guo Yang and taking a look at them, he was a little dumbfounded.
"Brother, you didn't write it wrong, did you? Are you sure this is the quarterfinals?" "Yes." The boss was stunned for a moment, then said, "I won't talk about Turkey, but do you think South Korea and Senegal can make it to the quarterfinals?" "Let's take a gamble. It's not much money." Guo Yang replied calmly. However, the boss looked Guo Yang up and down with suspicion and said, "You don't look like a rich man just from the way you're dressed." "Why don't you think about it again? It would be a shame to waste 40 yuan like this." "Don't think about it, just call me like this." Shaking his head, the boss still bought a lottery ticket for Guo Yang. Guo Yang didn't care at all. In his combination, there were no traditional strong teams such as Italy, Argentina, France and Portugal. Instead, he put South Korea and Senegal into the list of the quarterfinals. Anyone with a little common sense about football would find this outrageous. South Korean football is very strong and has beaten the Chinese national team for more than a decade, but that is only limited to Asia. And then there's Senegal, which some people may not have even heard of at this point. "Take a look, is there anything wrong?" After taking the lottery ticket and confirming that it was correct, Guo Yang prepared to leave. But at this moment, an untimely voice sounded. "Hey, who looks so familiar? It turns out to be our Dr. Guo." The word "doctor" was deliberately emphasized, which sounded particularly harsh to Guo Yang. The person who spoke was a fashionably dressed woman, He Li, who was also a student at the Agricultural University.
However, Guo Yang's gaze was on the man next to him, and memories and instinctive disgust surged in his mind like a tide. Chen Yunpeng! Guo Yang recognized the man, who was his main competitor for studying abroad at public expense. His hair was neatly groomed and he was wearing a black jacket, but his slightly plump figure made Guo Yang feel a little funny. Chen Yunpeng came forward and asked with concern: "I heard that you fainted while writing materials last night. Are you okay?" Don't judge a person by his appearance. In my previous life's memory, Chen Yunpeng was a smiling tiger. In front of the lottery shop, Guo Yang stood upright with his thin body, and said calmly: "It's OK, it won't affect my study abroad." Chen Yunpeng's expression flickered, but he still maintained a concerned smile. Guo Yang quietly watched Chen Yunpeng's poor acting skills, and suddenly wondered if there was something wrong with his previous incarnation's memory. This is not a 'smiling tiger', it is clearly a fat 'silly tiger'. Chen Yunpeng was unaware of this, and still had his hands crossed behind his back, pretending to speak in a calm tone: "Tell me, what can you do to give up this place?" "Money? Or something else?" When he heard the word money, Guo Yang's expression changed, but then he shook his head. Chen Yunpeng noticed this and was about to continue persuading him. At this time, He Li stood up first and said arrogantly: "Look at you, a poor country bumpkin. If you know what's best for you, just give up early, otherwise you will end up with nothing." Guo Yang turned his head and looked at the aggressive He Li, and said teasingly: "It's none of your business." After saying that, Guo Yang turned around and left, ignoring the two people's changing expressions. The one who was anxious at this time was Chen Yunpeng. When Chen Yunpeng got anxious, he stopped being anxious. Although he was not planning to study abroad, he was happy to cause some trouble for Chen Yunpeng. He Li looked at Chen Yunpeng, whose face turned pale after Guo Yang left, and held his hand to comfort him, "It's okay, Yunpeng. If it doesn't work out, we can give the quota to that country bumpkin and study abroad at our own expense. We don't need the money anyway." "Can you go to a prestigious school if you study abroad at your own expense?" "Why don't you ask your uncle to give the school a heads up?" "Can you just say this casually?" Chen Yunpeng suppressed his emotions, and the flesh on his cheeks seemed to tremble. "What should we do now? Guo Yang has published several high-quality articles in the past few years. He also participated in the National Natural Science Foundation project this year, and he is preparing to publish another article recently..." "Enough." Chen Yunpeng's voice involuntarily rose a few degrees. After closing his eyes and taking a few deep breaths, he continued: "In terms of scientific research ability, I am not much worse than him." Thinking about the change in Guo Yang's expression when he heard the word "money", Chen Yunpeng had an idea in his mind. I asked the owner of the lottery shop, "Boss, that person just bought football lottery tickets from you. What did he buy?"
The boss said disdainfully: "The guy who just talked to you? That guy doesn't understand football at all. It's ok that he didn't buy strong teams like France and Argentina, but how can South Korea and Senegal make it to the quarterfinals?" Hearing this, Chen Yunpeng couldn't help but chuckle. This Guo Yang must be crazy about money! On the way back to school, Guo Yang's thoughts were in a mess. “It’s impossible to study abroad.” But my predecessor put in countless efforts during his graduate studies and even fainted because of it. It would be too frustrating to just give up like that. Moreover, his predecessor was superior to Chen Yunpeng in terms of the number of articles published and the quality of projects he participated in. If Chen Yunpeng had followed normal competition procedures, he would have had little chance of winning. But he has a good uncle! As for Guo Yang, apart from the support of his tutor Weng Lixin, his greatest reliance is his own scientific research ability, but that is all he has! In this social network, if your abilities are not strong enough, many things will not go smoothly. If Chen Yunpeng called the parents, he really had no good solution. But looking at the current situation, Chen Yunpeng doesn't seem to intend to ask the parents to leave. Instead, they are likely to choose to buy themselves off with money. With the World Cup just a few days away from starting, he really needs capital to participate in this event. After all, it seems a bit stingy to spend tens of millions on both forage and seed industry. After returning to the dormitory, Guo Yang put the lottery ticket in a seldom-used book, then put the book in a drawer and locked it. Then, relying on his memory, he took out a stack of documents from the desk. These are the experimental data left over from the predecessor, and on the outermost layer of the data, an English paper appears on the paper. Guo Yang flipped through the document and confirmed that this was the paper that his predecessor was preparing to submit to an international journal. After carefully sealing it again, Guo Yang changed into slightly better clothes. He planned to go to his tutor Weng Lixin to discuss the idea of giving up studying abroad. After all, his teacher had done a lot to help him with this. Guo Yang's mentor Weng Lixin graduated from the Agricultural University in 1985 and has been teaching at the school ever since. Its research areas mainly focus on forage genetics and breeding, high-yield forage and seeds, and alfalfa cultivation. However, unlike later generations, the country did not pay much attention to alfalfa-related industries during this period, and the development of the alfalfa industry has been in a very difficult situation for many years. Naturally, scientific researchers in this area do not have much say, commonly known as lack of funding. In fact, before the "melamine baby milk powder" incident in 08, my country's alfalfa production was less than 10 tons per year, and most of it was sold to zoos, leaving no room for dairy cows to eat. The reason behind the melamine problem is that the cows were not fed enough protein and their nutrition was not adequate. This led to criminals adding melamine to milk powder to increase the protein content in milk test results.
What is even more ironic is that after the "baby milk powder" incident, the United States increased its exports of alfalfa products to my country. 从2007年到2010年3年间，我国苜蓿草产品进口量增加了48倍，到2023年时每年进口量已接近200万吨，远多于进口美国小麦数量。 The price of imported forage also soared at one point, reaching a high of 5,000 to 6,000 yuan per ton. After many twists and turns, Guo Yang successfully found his tutor Weng Lixin in the office building of Cao College. He is tall, with a high nose bridge and deep eye sockets, and the distance between his eyebrows and eyes is relatively wide, which are typical characteristics of a mixed ethnic group. Guo Yang learned from his memory that his predecessor and mentor Weng Lixin were usually serious people. One of them teaches seriously, and the other learns diligently. It seems to be an ordinary teacher-student relationship, but the friendship accumulated over the years is quite deep. When he saw that it was Guo Yang knocking on the door and coming in, Weng Lixin pushed his glasses up with his hand and asked in confusion: "Well, aren't you busy writing materials? How come you have time to come and see me?" Guo Yang calmed down and said concisely: "Teacher, I am ready to give up studying abroad." The atmosphere suddenly became quiet. (End of this chapter)
