"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Gu Ran was a little puzzled.
"Ah, nothing, nothing." Xue Xiling was a little panicked for a moment, then she slowly calmed down, "This is the first time I've seen my father pay so much attention to someone. Although he used to be very polite to everyone, it was all superficial politeness. If someone didn't really get his approval, he wouldn't treat them like this, even more than his daughter."
Gu Ran couldn't help but laugh. Could it be that this girl was jealous
However, as he laughed, Gu Ran fell into deep thought.
Xue Yingsong, President of Lanxin University and Special Honorary Researcher of the Human Alliance, what exactly does he want to do
"Oh, by the way, have you figured out how to deal with the exam?" Xue Xiling suddenly asked.
Gu Ran was surprised and said, "Exams, there are exams, Principal Xue didn't tell me about it."
"Normally, if you want to become a researcher at Lyceum University, you must pass two exams, a written test and an interview. You are specially recommended by your father, so you can be exempted from the written test, but you still cannot shirk the interview because you must get the approval of other teachers in the school." Xue Xiling said.
It turns out that the recommendation from the principal only exempts one written test. It doesn’t seem to be of much use, because there is still an “exam” in the end.
"So what's the content of the interview?" Since he had already decided to join Lanxin University, Gu Ran no longer resisted, but responded positively.
Xue Xiling smiled and glanced at him, counting on her fingers: "There are a lot of contents to be involved, probably dozens of related academic monographs, and they may also ask about some cutting-edge academic papers and some research hotspots.
"But don't worry, although there is a lot of content, since you are someone that my father has recommended, I think you will be able to meet the requirements. If... if there is anything you don't understand, you can also come and ask me, and I will answer you patiently."
At the end of the conversation, Xue Xiling suddenly felt a little embarrassed and coy.
"What about the time? When is the interview and how much time do I have to prepare?" But Gu Ran's mind was now completely focused on the subsequent interview.
"Ah, let me think. This should be shortly after the written test. You should be interviewed together with those candidates who took the normal written test, so the time should be half a month later." Xue Xiling felt a little disappointed in her heart. She thought for a while and answered.
"Half a month later, I will have read dozens of books, read an unknown number of related papers, and become familiar with the research hotspots and directions in the academic community..." Gu Ran felt that he would have a very fulfilling half a month.
In the following time, Gu Ran didn't even have the heart to walk around the campus of Lanxin University. He was only thinking about how to arrange his fulfilling life in the next half month.
Because he is not yet an official researcher at Lanxin University, Gu Ran does not have the authority to borrow books and materials from the Lanxin University Library and can only borrow Xue Xiling's library card.
And every time at this time, Xue Xiling would take a book and stay with Gu Ran, but her attention would slip from the book to Gu Ran from time to time.
She thought that Gu Ran would ask her questions that he didn't understand, and in this way she could help Gu Ran. However, she didn't expect that Gu Ran didn't even ask her a single question. He was completely focused on the book, flipping through the pages very quickly, even faster than reading ten lines at a glance. This made her feel a little disappointed, but she was happy for Gu Ran in the blink of an eye.
All I can say is that Lyceum University is worthy of being Lyceum University. Its collections are dozens of times larger than those of St. John's University, and many of them are Lyceum University's own unique research, and the results are only published in Canglong City.
Gu Ran felt that he was in the happiest place and doing the happiest thing. Compared with this, Gu Ran felt that the interview was not that important.
Time flies. If it was not impossible, Gu Ran would not even want to go back to the empty room in the school prepared for him by Xue Yingsong in the past half month. Instead, he would want to spend the night in the library.
"Great! It turns out that Star Stone can still be in this state under such circumstances. If it can be artificially manufactured and standardized, then the energy storage efficiency of the 'Star Stone Warehouse' can be increased several times."
"The extent to which the liquid star stone can infect humans? What a bold idea! People who are injected with liquid star stone will be infected with a strange disease? It can actually be contagious to a certain extent?!"
"There are so many speculations about the origin of the star stone. They all seem interesting, but there is no authoritative evidence to confirm any of these speculations."
... ...
For fifteen whole days, Gu Ran was absorbing knowledge eagerly.
He hadn't had this feeling for a long time. The last time was when he was in the slums. He and his sister no longer had to worry about their safety, so he began to collect all the books he could find in the slums. That was the first time he felt the beauty of knowledge and the beauty of learning.
During the entire period of time, Xue Xiling only spoke a few words to Gu Ran, but there was more light in her eyes when she looked at Gu Ran.
"Huh—" Gu Ran closed the book, "The interview starts in two hours. The day has finally come."
Although he was concentrating and putting almost all his attention into reading, he still attached great importance to this interview, because it not only affected his future right to use the library of Lanxin University for free, but also affected his ability to track down the cause of Xue Xiling's abnormality.
Gu Ran still remembered the unusual movement of the triangular crystal cone.
If he fails the interview, won't he be fired
None of this has anything to do with him.
So during these days, Gu Ran also put all his energy and state into preparing for the exam. It can be said that Gu Ran at this moment is completely different from his original self.
Gu Ran, who was studying hard, had no idea how much of a commotion Xue Yingsong had caused by opening a back door for him until Xue Xiling told him. It was not until he stood in the interview room and felt the scrutinizing and hostile gazes from the interviewers that he realized this.
"Leng Ran? Bounty hunter... Although I don't know what kind of relationship you have with the principal that made him make such a decision for you, I hope that for the sake of the principal and yourself, you can choose to withdraw."
The cold words and gaze made Gu Ran realize that the difficulty of this interview might increase significantly.
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Doubts and questions were expected, so Gu Ran did not show any emotional fluctuations.
After all, judging from the procedures of Lyceum University, he is indeed a "dishonorable" person.
Gu Ran didn’t know this before, but he found out later that Xue Yingsong’s recommendation for him was more than just exemption from the written test.
As one of the top universities in the Human Alliance, Lanxin University has a huge number of people who want to join and become researchers at Lanxin University, but Lanxin University has a strict background check system.
If the candidate has any conflict of interest with Canglong City or Lanxin University in the past, then he will definitely not be qualified and will definitely be screened out.
The candidate's past must be crystal clear. If it is unclear and cannot prove that he or she is not a "hostile force" of Lanxin University and Canglong City in the past, then no matter how talented he or she is, he or she will be rejected by Lanxin University, unless he or she can get the endorsement of a respected professor in Lanxin University and use his or her credibility to guarantee his or her admission.
It’s just that Gu Ran’s past cannot be proven even if he really tells everyone everything about it, because the regions and people involved are too wide. So if he signs up for the exam himself, he will most likely not be able to enter the interview and will be eliminated directly during the background check.
But Xue Yingsong vouched for him. As the president of Lanxin University and a professor himself, Xue Yingsong was naturally qualified to be the guarantor. It was just that Gu Ran was the first person he vouched for.
As Gu Ran's guarantor, Xue Yingsong's interests have since been tied to Gu Ran's to some extent. If Gu Ran can make significant achievements in the future, then Xue Yingsong, as his guarantor, will also be proud. But if Gu Ran just muddles around without any achievements, or even does something that harms Lanxin University, then Xue Yingsong will also suffer and his prestige will be greatly damaged.
Compared with this, entering the interview without taking the test does not make the interviewers so angry.
Because even if a person is admitted without taking the entrance exam, they still hold the final decision-making power and can still disqualify this person. They are the final gatekeepers who can guard the glory of Lanxin University.
However, the principal used his privileges for this guy and even guaranteed his background check.
What kind of person is the principal
That is the soul of Lyceum University!
This is the strong guarantee for why Lyceum University is so powerful and has become the top university in the Human Alliance.
The president is the most eye-catching signboard of Lanxin University, and the president is the guarantee for Lanxin University to continue to be strong. This is what many people at Lanxin University think.
But now the principal has opened a back door for someone and used his own reputation to guarantee a bounty hunter!
What is the identity of a bounty hunter
Although bounty hunters claim to be pursuing freedom, everything they do is for the pursuit of money. They trample all worldly morals under their feet. They are full of moral loopholes and no one knows how many dirty things they have done in the past.
Is such a person worthy of the principal's guarantee
Does he deserve it?!
But such a person has been recommended by the president. Even if they can use their power to disqualify him, it will bring shame to the president. If they do not disqualify him, it will be a loss of face for the entire Lanxin University.
The principal's prestige must be maintained, and the school's reputation cannot be lost, so the best option is for Gu Ran to withdraw himself, which leaves more room for recovery.
Gu Ran took a quick look and understood what they were thinking.
His past information was not revealed because no one came to "check" him. The only information known about him was that he mentioned his profession as a bounty hunter for convenience.
What he didn't expect was that this profession brought him some troubles today.
All the interviewers present had different emotions towards him.
With these people's strength and status, they would not be too cunning. If they wanted to hide their emotions, they could definitely do so. However, none of them hid them. Instead, they showed them without a doubt. This undoubtedly showed their attitude—the attitude of not welcoming him.
A candidate offended all the interviewers before the interview, and was "persuaded to give up" the moment he entered the examination room. Faced with the "electric eyes" of each interviewer, an ordinary person would definitely give up directly.
Gu Ran thought about it for a moment, and for a moment he was a little confused about Xue Yingsong's purpose in doing this.
Does Xue Yingsong really not know what will happen to him if she vouches for him so publicly
Gu Ran was not familiar with Xue Yingsong yet and was not sure about his way of doing things, so he was unable to guess what he was thinking for a moment.
But Gu Ran tended to believe that the other party knew that he would encounter all this.
"Is he testing my ability? What an old fox." Gu Ran thought to himself.
Yes, Xue Yingsong was using other people to test his abilities. This was Gu Ran’s guess.
Although Xue Yingsong seemed very reckless to invite him to join his scientific research project, even if he agreed, he still had to face it all in the end.
Moreover, although he was exempted from the written test, the difficulty of his exam did not decrease, but instead increased greatly.
If he didn't have the real talent, he would still be stopped at this stage. This difficulty served as a guarantee for Xue Yingsong's approach.
"But if I fail, you will lose a lot of reputation. Is the result of this test really that important?"
Gu Ran said secretly in his heart.
The interview at Lyceum University is not an individual interview, but a “group interview” where all those who have passed the written test are gathered together.
Therefore, the interviewer openly expressed his disgust for Gu Ran and issued a statement asking Gu Ran to withdraw on his own, which was naturally known to the other interviewees present.
Gu Ran glanced at the other interviewees and found that they were all watching him, and were watching how he would make a fool of himself with an air of anticipation.
"Interviewer, are you qualified to make decisions for Principal Xue Yingsong?" Gu Ran looked at the mature female interviewer who "persuaded" him to quit and said calmly, "If you are qualified, then I will quit immediately without saying anything. But if you are not, do you want to deprive Principal Xue Yingsong of the rights she gave me?"
The mature female interviewer was a young woman with a high ponytail and gold-rimmed glasses. Her white uniform was outlined very tightly by the indecent curve of her chest, but her gaze was colder than ice.
"Well, it seems that you don't know what you are about to face. The president can vouch for you, but he cannot share his wisdom with you, so your outcome will be the same no matter what - get out of Lyceum University! It's a pity that the president's reputation has been ruined by people like you."
The young female interviewer seemed to be the one with the highest qualifications and prestige among the interviewers this time. Her words also represented the opinions of the other interviewers. After she finished speaking, the other interviewers did not continue to attack Gu Ran.
The reputation of the president is important, but the reputation of Lanxin University is more important. The interviewers present have already decided to be the "snipers" for Gu Ran to enter Lanxin University. They want to "sniper" him outside the Lanxin University system and prevent him from entering.
"Okay, the time is almost up, and all the candidates are here, so let's start early. Let's talk about the rules first. Because of a special candidate, we have decided to increase the difficulty of the next questions."