Super God-Level Top Student
Chapter 895 - 337 Hesitation Leads to Defeat_3

With these conditions, if nothing unexpected happens, Xu Changshu becoming an academician in the future is just a matter of time. Not to mention, as long as he's not compared to Qiao Ze, Xu Changshu is still quite young—he's not even forty this year, a textbook case of a limitless future.

With Professor Xu setting an example, as soon as Dou Dou released the recruitment notice on Weibo, the appeal of it skyrocketed, especially for many young professors and lecturers from Yanbei University and even neighboring Huaqing University. Forget other universities for now.

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At the International Mathematics Research Center of Yanbei University, Luo Jiuwen was mindlessly scrolling through the comments section of Dou Dou's recruitment post on Weibo.

He had just transitioned from a mobile station to work at the research center, having signed a three-year contract and been formally employed for less than two months.

As expected, Luo Jiuwen was tempted.

"Dou Dou, this is employment discrimination! Why are you only recruiting PhD graduates in mathematics and physics?! Are computer science PhDs not real PhDs? Are literature PhDs not real PhDs? Artificial intelligence shouldn't be looked down upon like this!"

"Passing by as a materials science PhD grad—Dou Dou, no, Brother Dou, no, Father Dou, give us a break! I'm tweaking parameters every day to the point of wanting to cough up blood, and even then, journals won't accept my papers, saying they're low quality! You killed off this industry with your own hands; shouldn't you give us an account for that? Out of six hundred spots, at least one hundred should go to materials, I'm begging you!"

"Materials science? That's nothing—at least you don't have to wash bottles! Us chemical engineering folks are the real tragedies! After graduation, we don't even know what to do. Every single project application gets shut down! Seriously, if this continues, we'll be eating dirt soon. If spots are being split, at least give us chemical engineering dogs a share!"

"Dou Dou is actually using Weibo to post recruitment notices? If it dares to post ads today, isn't it going to start scamming fans tomorrow? Brothers, stop it quickly! String it up on a streetlamp!"

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Yes, the vibe in the comments section of this Weibo post had dramatically shifted.

Previously, the top-rated comments were always various jokes aimed at Dou Dou, with onlookers indulging in collective revelry. But this time, the top-voted ones were all collective laments from research folks.

The sheer emotion in those comments was enough to bring tears to anyone's eyes.

Yet the situation was exactly as dire as it looked. Back in the day, the country paid great attention to materials science fields; everyone was experimenting and figuring things out together. There were still plenty of research institutes and enterprises thriving off grabbing all sorts of national projects.

Those who managed to stick with this industry either had an unwavering passion for it or had already made a name for themselves and didn't lack projects to work on.

But ever since material models burst onto the scene, applying for projects in this field has become insanely difficult, almost beyond reason.

Previously, academicians would secure big projects, then break them into smaller ones. Renowned experts under programs like "Hundred Talents Plan" could nab a few of those sub-projects, then divide those further for others under programs like "Thousand Talents Plan."

Now, even academicians in this field can barely secure major projects. And even when funding exists, it faces rigid restrictions—after all, most work can be completed using digital models now, so why allocate massive amounts of money anymore?

Overall, everyone's been living pretty miserably during this period. And the future might be even gloomier.

In fact, the majority of Huaxia's materials science papers, no matter how impeccable their results appear, foreign journals have increasingly dared not to accept them. But honestly, who is there to blame? The frenzy from a while back left such a bad impression.

Alright, seeing all these people desperately lamenting just for a shot at submitting a resume finally made Luo Jiuwen resolve to take action. Quickly, he opened the website of the Xilin Institute of Mathematics, located the recruitment section, and followed the operation steps listed there to immediately upload the resume he had long since prepared.

It took him only three minutes to complete everything, but the feedback he immediately received left Luo Jiuwen utterly dazed.

"Thank you for choosing the Xilin Institute of Mathematics. You are the 5,693rd qualified applicant in this batch of resume submissions. Please patiently await the review process."

What the…

What the hell is going on?

Dou Dou's Weibo post had only been up for a little over five hours, and he had hesitated for just two or three hours after seeing it, yet over five thousand math and physics PhDs had already submitted their resumes before him?

Damn it, are there actually this many math and physics PhDs in Huaxia? Or are foreign PhDs jumping at the chance to apply?

Crazy… This whole crowd is completely insane!

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