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The contents of the HKUST Council meeting were leaked, and the Tianxing Society was controlled by a bunch of bigwigs in the school. Although HKUST is a vice-ministerial university, the so-called vice-ministerial university means that the president and secretary are vice-ministerial. In addition, whether it is Tsinghua University, Peking University, HKUST, or other 985, 211, or even all undergraduate universities, they are actually department-level administrative structures.
Even though they are at the bureau level, a group of bigwigs who are deputy bureau chiefs or director-generals, but have unfathomable connections and academic influence, put a student club like Tianxing Society on the table. You can say how awesome it is that it has entered the discussion field of the bigwigs, or you can say that it is actually quite pitiful. It is equivalent to being placed on a chessboard. If there is a little wave, it may be like a small sampan placed in a storm at sea.
It’s really because Tianxing Society has caused too many things recently, and the one who sticks out gets shot.
The school issued a notice that Tianxing Society was engaging in unauthorized commercial activities, followed by the suspension of its activities, and the school’s financial department moved in to audit and supervise.
The Tianxing Society was suddenly in a precarious situation. When freshmen set up a club, it might have sounded a bit playful and aroused suspicion, but people in school just treated it as a vague rumor and most people were not interested.
Next, Tianxing Society recruited many people and interviewed them. I heard that the selected ones would receive subsidies, which is actually another way of expressing salary. A society that pays salaries is of course interesting, and some people even flock to it. Later, graduate students also came. What can I do... Research monks are also short of money.
Then, an integrated circuit design competition was held, with a generous prize money of 10,000 yuan per contest item, which made the previous student activities of HKUST pale in comparison. It also made people feel that this club had a sense of class.
What followed was an even more exaggerated promotion for Qin Xizhen's Nanzhou Music Concert. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that it would definitely receive a lot of sponsorship, and countless people speculated that the club's leader would probably become extremely wealthy.
This behavior did cause a great impact, but it was also enough reason for the top management of HKUST to be unhappy with it.
Then the thunder fell.
"They are still making too much of a fuss. Just think about it. Normally, we can tolerate it, but if it disrupts the normal order of the school, then it will be dangerous. Do you think the school's management machine is made of paper?"
"The school is involved in supervision. If they are found to have any problems with their private business operations, the person in charge will probably be fired, right?"
"It's hard to say... Anyway, students are better off focusing on their studies, so why do you do these things and end up getting yourself into trouble..."
Many students will talk like this, and many people in the seemingly relaxed and free university life will react and feel a sense of oppression that "you seem to be free, but in fact you are just a salted fish ant and have not yet come into contact with the real world."
It seems that university is the last buffer line away from the cruel society, a big ship that avoids crashing directly into the ocean, but that also means that when you touch the rules of this big ship, the last safe haven will also become a wind-shattered house.
HKUST is not so warm and affectionate. There are students who cannot keep up with their studies and cannot bear the pressure and voluntarily drop out or postpone their studies. Every year, up to 15% of the students fail to graduate normally. Your performance on campus will be recorded in your files. If you want a good job and a good place that everyone envies, you cannot have any stain on your stepping stone. Otherwise, it means that the advantage of a good university that you have worked so hard to get into in the first half of your life will be pushed down the starting point of your life because of one mistake.
The reason why the library of USTC is still crowded at one o'clock in the morning is that many people have understood this truth, so no one relaxes and works hard, because many people know clearly that the coordinates where they are located have either become a sure thing in the eyes of others, or are one of the "mountains" in the eyes of those who are at the top and look down on all the other mountains.
Not reconciled!
Some people also approached Tianxing Club. Facing Wang Xinbo and Lao Guo, who were in charge of logistics, they were two juniors. One joined because of his strong technical ability, and the other joined in the early stages of the establishment. "... In short, after thinking about it, we decided that the club was not suitable for us and decided to withdraw."
Lao Guo said, "Okay, just give us your permission. It's all voluntary. I respect your choice."
The one who joined the club when it was first established hesitated and said, "It's like this. I'm about to reach the critical period of evaluation, and now I want to stabilize myself. I'm on the list of members you keep, can you please remove me..."
The man spoke very carefully, and added, "Tell Cheng Ran that I'm not a bad friend. I just have something like this on my hands right now, and my family is watching me closely. If I don't pass the evaluation, they will scold me to death..."
"I understand. I'll cross it out right away." Lao Guo found a booklet from a pile of documents and crossed out the two people on the membership list with a pen.
In fact, everyone knows it well. They are worried about being implicated because of the school's attitude.
But it was not their fault. Now that people outside mentioned that the association had been notified, the students who talked about it all felt the atmosphere of a tough iron fist. Moreover, the Tianxing Society was under investigation by the University of Science and Technology. The University of Science and Technology’s management regulations stipulated that societies must accept the school’s financial supervision, but this rule was probably not enforced by the University of Science and Technology in many cases. Tianxing Society was one of the few cases where the school intervened.
After everyone left, Lao Guo said to Wang Xinbo, "The school just wants to see if there are any problems with the contracts and financial matters of the projects we provide to enterprises. I can guarantee that there will be no mistakes. Cheng Ran is obviously familiar with these operations. His family should have a background in the management of these companies. And how could he touch this money? There should be no problems found."
Wang Xinbo nodded, "I'm just worried that this incident will have a big impact. We will be restricted everywhere in the future, and this club won't be able to continue. Alas... Everyone has put in a lot of effort to start it up, it's not easy..."
The two of them looked at the names that had been crossed out on the membership book. Wang Xinbo sighed and became melancholy. "Last night the west wind withered the green trees..."
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Nie Chuan called Cheng Ran. The finance department and the teacher in charge of supervision of the University of Science and Technology were now in their computer room, checking the commercial outsourcing items related to Tianxing Society. Nie Chuan used the excuse of going to the toilet and found a secluded place to call Cheng Ran.
"Old Four has revealed Project No. 3. He is being questioned in isolation..."
Cheng Ran said, "I said, it doesn't matter, show them whatever HKUST wants to see."
"I don't think they have the right to do that. In addition to the finance department who came to check our accounts, the people who were responsible for supervising and reviewing our project's technical information were sent by Chen Yue. One was called Luo Hua, and the other was called Zhang Xinyu. My brother was betrayed by him. After Chen Yue got the news, he sealed up everything in my brother's office in advance under the pretext of confidentiality review, and even some of my brother's own research materials could not be taken out. Today, they took our simulation design and kept questioning us. Chen Yue came for me... My brother left him, and he wanted to touch my brother, and I became a target too."
Cheng Ran rubbed his temples. Huang Pei took the lead in attacking them, but Chen Yue took the opportunity to intervene. It seemed that no matter how he threatened Nie Yun before, he had determined that the two Nie brothers could not escape his control, so he could call them here and there and send them to sit on the bench. But the only thing he didn't expect was that Nie Yun really dared to abandon him and leave his laboratory without caring about his future or even contributing his research results.
So he was quite furious with Nie Yun at this time, but he was definitely also afraid that Nie Yun, who had grasped some clues, would go out and talk nonsense.
He blocked all of his personal information in the National Core Laboratory on the grounds of confidentiality, and he was definitely investigating Nie Yun. The Tianxing Society that Nie Yun's brother joined also became his target.
If we can find some problems now, it would be better to have a handle to control the two brothers of the Nie family. Even if there is no actual problem, Chen Yue has a lot of power in the university, and he has many ways to control the two brothers.
It seems that Chen Yue thinks that Nie Chuan supports the business operations of Tianxing Society and is likely to use some relevant research data of their National Core project. National Core is a stick in his hand that is invincible. As long as Nie Chuan uses relevant information, even some similar information from the outside, he can accuse Nie Chuan of leaking secrets and violating laws and regulations, and further take down Nie Yun.
With Chen Yue's current reputation, it would be too easy for him to attack researchers and students with no background like the Nie brothers who once worked under him.
This person is really cruel.
He couldn't stop Nie Yun from leaving, but he used a reason to nail Nie Yun down and block his future. Nie Yun couldn't make any sound, and that was the end of his worry.