After filling out the laboratory application report, Xu Yun stopped bothering Tian Liangwei and left the medical center with an excuse.

The approval process for the pharmaceutical chemistry laboratory usually takes 7-15 working days, which is about two weeks including weekends. However, with the involvement of academician Tian Liangwei, it is estimated that it will be completed in three to four days.

As for the funding, it will be deposited into a card opened in the name of the School of Life Sciences. When Xu Yun withdraws the funds, he needs to list the expenditure items and undergo regular reviews.

If it were a normal doctoral supervisor, it would be much more relaxed. Some would even directly deposit the funds into a card named "project group" but actually a personal account, which has given rise to many dark sides.

Anyway, let's get back to the point.

What Xu Yun needs to break through this time is the binding barrier of the fourth-generation pyrrole. The process is very complicated.

Therefore, besides the experimental site, there is another essential element that needs to be solved: the researchers!

Xu Yun is a top student, but even a genius needs assistance. In many cases, the two complement each other.

For example, Little Newton has John Conduitt, Einstein has Shirley Wright, Dirac has Thiraghi Reddy, Meledi has Jacqueline and a convertible, and so on...

Although there is a mysterious halo, if Xu Yun wants to purely engage in scientific research in the future or start a business, he will definitely need some powerful assistants.

This applies to the present as well. It is simply unrealistic to work alone.

As for the candidates for this experiment...

Xu Yun already has a few target candidates in mind.

For the assisting role, it's simple. Just call a few graduate students to help. The research on biological toxins has always been a major direction, and many people don't have the opportunity to do related experiments. After everything is done, everyone can have a meal that costs around 400-500 yuan per person. If there is a technological breakthrough, a bonus can be given. Many students would probably be willing to sign up.

After all, Xu Yun's application is under the auxiliary quota of Tian Liangwei, which is also a good project on the resume. If someone has thick skin, they might even directly claim it as a national-level project on their resume.

In addition to the assisting tools, Xu Yun also plans to find a powerful partner.

Thinking of this, Xu Yun couldn't help but stop and found a relatively quiet corner, then dialed a phone number.

"Beep beep beep..."

After a moment, a male voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello? Old Xu?"

"Yeah, it's me."

"What's up? I'm at the badminton court with a junior sister."

"Old Fire Big Bone, I'll treat, are you coming?"

".......okok, wait for me for fifteen minutes! See you at the South Gate!"

"......."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Yun couldn't help but shake his head.

"This guy..."

Then he put his phone back in his pocket and turned around, heading towards the South Gate.

After about twelve or three minutes, when Xu Yun arrived at the entrance of the South Gate, a vigorous shout suddenly came from behind him.

"Old Xu! Old Xu!"

Xu Yun looked over and saw a man with a crew cut waving at him not far away.

This man was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with the collar of his sportswear slightly open and the sleeves of his shirt rolled up to his arms. He had short hair, a square face, sharp eyebrows, and a somewhat handsome appearance, but not as good-looking as the readers.

This person was Xu Yun's best friend, also a doctoral student in the School of Life Sciences, Qiu Sheng.

Upon hearing Qiu Sheng's greeting, Xu Yun waved back at him and quickly walked over, curiously glancing behind him.

"Old Qiu, weren't you supposed to play badminton with the junior sister? Why didn't I see the racket or the junior sister?"

Qiu Sheng jogged over, his forehead already sweating, shaking his collar while saying, "I left the racket with the junior sister and went back to the dormitory. By the way, Old Xu, are you serious about treating?"

"......."

Xu Yun looked at him speechlessly and sighed wearily, "I'm serious! Let's go!"

Old Fire Big Bone was one of the most famous snack shops near the university.

It was a Huizhou cuisine restaurant with a very enthusiastic owner and affordable prices. It only cost about 50 yuan per person.

And when settling the bill, if you secretly showed your university card, the owner would give you a 15% discount on the computer.

Many people from the university jokingly said that Old Fire Big Bone in the South Gate area was almost single-handedly competing against the entire snack street near the East Gate of the West Campus.

The entrance of Old Fire Big Bone was at the intersection of Tongcheng South Road and Shangpai Road. Xu Yun and Qiu Sheng walked for about ten minutes and arrived outside the restaurant.

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"Boss, one pot of bone soup, one seafood vermicelli pot, one beef Oxford, and a plate of pickled cucumbers!"

After entering the restaurant, Xu Yun confidently ordered a few dishes, then went to the drink counter and grabbed four cans of Budweiser. He returned to his seat and opened the lids with a snap.

"No Huizhou Spring, let's make do with Budweiser."

Xu Yun and Qiu Sheng were both from Fujian Province and had always liked drinking Huizhou beer since they were young. However, after coming to Luzhou for their studies, they had fewer opportunities to drink beer from their hometown. Most of the time, it was either Snow Jin or Budweiser.

Restaurants like this one, which catered to campus gatherings, served food very quickly. In just a few minutes, the dishes Xu Yun ordered were all served.

After the dishes were served, Qiu Sheng took a soup spoon and stirred the pot that was being heated, then picked up a small piece of cucumber and took a bite, asking, "Old Xu, tell me, what's the matter?"

Xu Yun smiled and glanced at him, jokingly saying,"What's wrong with me winning the lottery and treating you to a good meal?"

Qiu Sheng snorted disdainfully, "With your unlucky face? You're as likely to win the lottery as a moonless night. Enough with the nonsense, spit it out, or I won't be able to enjoy my meal."

Seeing this, Xu Yun stopped joking around. He tactically coughed and detailed his situation with Tian Liangwei:

"...That's pretty much it. The teacher has already submitted the application, and the project team should be established in about three days."

Qiu Sheng, holding a bone and slurping the marrow, looked at him in surprise after hearing this:

"Good for you, lad. How did you think to include transition metals?

Pheromones contain alkenes, if you can really cyclize that CH3...

Well, that's quite promising!"

Xu Yun picked up a can of Budweiser and took a sip, saying:

"So, are you willing to lend me a hand?

You're more familiar with the guidance group assistance than I am. If it works out, I'll give you second authorship on the paper."

Second authorship, as the name suggests, is the second author.

Apart from the first author and the corresponding author, the second author is the third most important role in a paper.

Qiu Sheng is Xu Yun's best friend since high school and a genius who entered the youth class at the first attempt. In Xu Yun's few remaining memories from his previous life, Qiu Sheng helped him a lot when he was at his lowest.

His successful transition in the tea industry was also thanks to Qiu Sheng's introduced connections and borrowed funds.

Xu Yun will be responsible for the main research tasks in this project, and the first authorship must be signed by him. The corresponding author will definitely be Tian Liangwei, so Qiu Sheng naturally only has the second authorship to choose from.

Qiu Sheng didn't seem to mind this. He didn't hesitate and said:

"Alright, but you have to give me a couple more days. I have a project that's wrapping up. I'll go to the lab next week and try to get it done by Thursday."

Xu Yun nodded and happily agreed:

"No problem, I'm not in a hurry. I can wait a few days."

Qiu Sheng took another bite of the meat bone and chuckled:

"Well, if we can produce the fourth-generation pyrethroids, we might get published in PLOS One. But the publication fee isn't cheap, $1400, and there's no fee reduction in China. You should ask Professor Tian if the school can cover this cost..."

Looking at the talkative Qiu Sheng, Xu Yun sitting across from him couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Oh, Qiu, you've got it all wrong. My target isn't a filler journal like PLOS One.

After all, what I'm researching isn't the fourth-generation pyrethroids, but the fifth...