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The days passed by slowly. Soon, it was time for the “Advanced Algebra 2” exam.“Students, please turn off your phones. Place your student ID and citizen ID on the table’s left corner. I will repeat the exam rules again. There will be no tolerance for cheating. You’ll be sent to the academic affairs office if caught. You are all about to enter the second year. I hope you won’t make a mistake at a crucial time like this. Every year, there are a couple of students that are dishonest. I hope you can follow the rules.”An old professor stood on the podium and looked around the room. He then pointed at a master’s student and said, “Little Dan, start from the right side.”“Okay,” nodded the boy named Little Dan. He started to inspect the student IDs starting from the right.The old professor placed his vacuum flask on the podium and started to inspect the IDs from the left.Blake stretched his back. He turned off his phone and stuffed it in his bag. Like everyone else, he placed his textboo
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Plagiarism percentage: 0.3%It could not be more legit.“Blake, let me ask you something and answer honestly. Did you really write this thesis by yourself?”Professor Phil stared at Blake. Through his thick glasses, his pupils shined with astonishment.There was a hint of excitement.Only thing was, he still could not believe it. He could not believe that the mathematical proof theorem in the thesis was actually written by an undergraduate student.Blake did not avoid those questioning eyes. Instead, he laughed and with a humble tone, he said, “It was all thanks to Professor Phil’s education.”Even though I exchanged it with general points, it should count as my own work right?He had no shame in saying that it was his own work!Phil Thomas looked away from Blake and continued to look at the thesis for a very long time.Since Blake was free, he just stood next to him and waited.The sky gradually turned darker and darker and the clock on the wall slowly turned to six o’clock. Professo
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[Jack: Mathematics is so hard! I completely didn’t understand the fifth fill in the blanks question and the last multi-choice. In the end, I had to guess the answer. Ah, I screwed up. I’ll need to do the supplementary exam T.T]“...”Blake was scrolling through his friends’ news feed when he saw Jack’s post. He twitched his mouth and was about to like the post when he stopped himself.[The fifth fill in the blanks answer is... The last multi-choice answer is B]It was difficult to type mathematical symbols on a phone!He finished typing it and pressed send.How comfortable!Blake was about to put his phone back into his pocket and wanted to continue to eat. Suddenly his phone vibrated. He looked at the notification and saw Jack’s reply.What? How did this guy reply so fast?Blake felt slightly surprised and opened up his news feed.[Jack: ... Wasn’t it A?]Blake laughed and shook his head as he recalled the choices of that question. He took out a draft paper from his backpack and star
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Fat Steve’s description was accurate. Sorting out packages was as easy as kicking a football.They would point their toes at the parcel and strongly kick it. The package would fly for ten meters. No one cared about the sellers or the buyers. Nothing mattered as long as the package was delivered.Actually, it was not that these workers did not want to be more responsible. The regular workers were even rougher on the packages. When the conveyor belt started, there was no time for you to handle the packages carefully. It did not matter whether it said fragile or expensive. If the cardboard box broke, there were designated people to collect them, taped them up, and put them back on the conveyor belt.“This package broke. It seems to be wine or something. I can smell the alcohol.”“Don’t bother with it. It’s fine as long as the delivery receipt doesn’t get wet. Throw it back on the conveyor belt. Remember, the delivery receipt faces up.”The group of workers had a clear designated parking
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It was ten o’clock in the morning at the mathematics department of the research building.Professor Phil sat at his desk and looked at his computer screen. He was editing a thesis meticulously.He read through the argument and the logical process of the calculation. He could not help but felt a sense of astonishment. Even though he carried a pair of criticizing eyes and wanted to find mistakes to ask Blake to fix, he felt like he did not even know where to begin.He finished inspecting the thesis and did not find a single unnecessary calculation.The only thing he could help was to edit and fix the sentence structure and English vocabulary.“The young ones are going to soon surpass us,” said Professor Phil as he leaned against his chair.At the exact moment, his office door was pushed open.The person did not knock or greet him. It was this type of impolite behaviors that made Professor Phil frowned. However, after seeing who it was, he relaxed and his face had a slight smile.It was
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What was Blake doing?He was obviously sleeping.After working all night, his phone ran out of battery. He went back to his dorm at seven o’clock in the morning, plugged in his phone and went to bed.Blake woke up in the afternoon. There was no one in his dorm.He felt his stomach rumbling. He rubbed his eyes, climbed down the stairs and went to wash his face. Then, he put on some clothes and headed towards the cafeteria.Blake ordered a bowl of fried rice and soy milk and sat down in a corner. He took out his phone and was about to scroll through his friends’ news feed.However, when he opened his phone, he saw that Professor Phil’s office left him a dozen missed calls.“Maybe he finished editing the thesis? Why... Why are there so many missed calls?”Blake did not know what to think. In no time, he finished eating dinner and quickly put his tray on the collecting table. He then started to walk towards the research building....“I called you all day and you didn’t pick up. What are
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Blake did not expect that his unintentional thoughts became reality.The day before his mathematical analysis exams on Saturday, he received an email regarding his successful submission.Blake could not wait to open up the website. He entered his account and password excitedly and saw the submission status column became [Completed – accepted]!That meant that the reviewer was very satisfied with the author’s thesis and decided to accept the thesis.Once at this stage, the paper would be published in the journal either in this month or the next. It would also be accepted into the SCI journal database, thus allowing mathematics researchers from around the globe to refer to it.Blake’s heart was filled with excitement. He took a deep breath and tried to meditate to calm himself down.In general, anyone that could skip the [Revise] stage was insane. Even experienced professors would occasionally be tortured by the ridiculous requirements of the reviewers which resulted in them having to r
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Hmm...In a sense, these refreshed missions were actually pretty good.Especially after he looked at the first mission.[Mission 1: Never stop researchingDescription: Blow up a municipal research instituteRewards: The subject experience value is determined by the research contribution of the institute (minimum value 5000). General points are determined by the amount of economic loss occurred. One chance of lucky draw (85% garbage, 15% sample).]“What in the hell is this?” Blake could not help but swear out loud.He now understood why this so-called high tech system would have a long distance running mission.It was to train his body in preparation for this type of mission.Without any hesitation, Blake excluded this mission as an option even though the experience points awarded was tempting.[Mission 2: Not a single grain of sand in your eyesDescription: Corruption is the root of the prevention of academic progress. The waste of scientific research funding in human society leads
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[Hello, Blake. This is New York University’s Courant mathematical research department. First of all, thank you for submitting your research to the [ International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics] journal. One of your conclusions mentioned in the “Optimal Inversion Theory of Linear Operators and Linear Functional” thesis made significant progress for our research collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute.[... The project is regarding seismic wave back spectrum analysis which is used in geological exploration and seismic research. Specific details of the project are under a confidentiality agreement. But I promise you, your research is used for peaceful purposes...][... When we found out that you are only 19 years old, Professor Catwell and Professor Tom of our institute expressed their surprise.At the same time, I quite admire your talent in mathematics. While expressing gratitude for your research, we are also sincerely inviting you. If you are interested in comi
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Parker was feeling really good today.He normally just criticized people all day. He did not expect to be number one on trending.Although University of Baymack and the [Modern Communication and Geographic Information Technology] editorial department released a response indicating that the theses did not have any problems, the public was unconvinced due to the conflict of interest.University of Baymack had no other options. They even sent a lawyer’s letter to Parker!In the lawyer’s letter, University of Baymack righteously conveyed that the theses had no problems at all. Not only did University of Baymack asked for him to immediately withdraw the article, but they also requested for an apology. Otherwise, University of Baymack would maintain the right to sue.In addition, it was posted on the official University of Baymack’s Weibo account. It presented the response from the [Modern Communication and Geographic Information Technology] review board, which proved the academic value of
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Harper Group Building, CEO’s office.Neo Carter leaned back in his office chair and was scrolling through his phone.It was after the lunch break. He would always take a half hour break after his lunch to look at what was trending on Weibo or today’s news. After all, his work was closely related to the Internet and so, it was important for him to keep up to date.“An undergraduate from the University of Baymack published nine SCI theses... Are undergraduate students these days so smart?” asked Neo Carter as he smiled and shook his head.He opened the article and saw that the author was by famous science writer Dean Parker.Neo Carter saw this name and twitched his eyebrows. His first impression of him was not good.This Parker counted as a celebrity. He was famous for annoying people on Weibo. He had no talent and was named “Big Mouth”. Neo Carter was a practical workman and did not like this type of clever clowns. Especially since this person loved to criticize China’s education syst
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University of Baymack meeting room. An emergency meeting was held. The principal specifically requested for the dean of the computer science department to be present.A lot of professors were in their laboratories when they were called to the meeting.The topic of the meeting was simple. It was regarding one issue, which was the article floating around on Weibo: [On the topic of modern Chinese university academics: Starting from an undergraduate student’s thesis].The article mentioned that an undergraduate student published nine computer science theses within a month. It used that as an entry point to criticize the academic atmosphere of higher education institutions in China and their lax journal review process. It also mentioned that the student was from the University of Baymack.The article was basically roasting the University of Baymack.During the meeting, an old computer science professor adjusted his glasses, stood up, and said nonchalantly, “I’ve read those nine theses and t
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It was six o’clock at night when Blake went into the kitchen and put on an apron before he started to cook. This was part of their agreement. The chick also followed him into the kitchen and watched him as she was very interested.The kitchen was stock with fresh food that Mrs. Jennifer probably bought.There was tofu, pork tenderloin, and some fresh vegetables. Not only that, the almost used up salt and herbs were also replenished.It seemed that Mrs. Jennifer acquiesced him using her kitchen. After all, she did not want her daughter to eat junk food and takeout every day.But...Why doesn’t she hire a maid?It did not bother Blake. He was happy to eat dinner at his customer’s house because he did not have to spend money. He asked if Jane could eat spicy food before he started to cook.Jane asked, “Have you been a tutor before?”Blake replied while pouring the oil into the pot, “This is my first time.”Jane’s eyes widened. She had not expected his answer and said, “Really? I think yo
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It was the next day when Blake wanted to buy Ava food as a show of gratitude for helping him get this job.However, he did not know if they should eat KFC or yellow chicken and so, he was stuck in this decision.So he asked the only person alive in his dorm for advice: JackJack was playing video games with his online friends. He was killed and sent back to the respawn fountain. He felt annoyed and did not pay any attention to Blake’s question. He did not even turn his head to anwer, “Spicy hotpot. It’s cheap and affordable!”Then...Blake decided at that.They went to a place called Shancheng Spicy Hotpot on the street in front of their school. Ava had a ponytail and sat across from Blake. She was sticking her tongue out from the spiciness.Ava wanted to cry from the spice but she powered through. She continued eating as she asked, “How was it? Is there any hope for my cousin’s mathematics?”Is it even that spicy?Blake ate a fish ball and was confused. He chewed and spoke at the sam
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Blake was slightly shocked. He pulled out his phone and saw that Mrs. Jennifer did actually sent him a message.[Teacher Blake, my apologies. I have a meeting at the office and I can’t make it back. it could be ten o’clock until I come back. I’ll pay you double the salary for your inconvenience. Hope you can forgive me.]Double salary...Which means, 400 yuan an hour?Blake took in a deep breath as he thought, “Ma’am, don’t be polite. You don’t even have to come back tonight!”He obviously knew that it would not happen.Jane poked her head out of the kitchen, looked at Blake, and asked, “Are you eating the chicken or beef flavored? There’s only sandwiches in the fridge. That woman locked the door so we can’t order food delivery.”Blake looked at the frozen sandwiches in her hand and could not help but ask, “You’re eating that for dinner?”“Is there a problem?” asked Jane. She did not care at all.Of course there’s a problem!Blake sighed. He stood up from the sofa and walked towards t
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After explaining everything, Mrs. Jennifer left her house.Blake stood in front of Jane’s door. He looked at the keys in his hand and contemplated for a bit. Finally, he put the keys in his pocket and knocked on the door.Bong!Blake heard a soft muffled sound.It seemed that the door was knocked by a pillow of some sort.“Leave, I’m warning you. I’ll call the police if you come in!”This girl has such a bad attitude...Her voice is pretty nice though.Blake shrugged. He was not angry at all. He said through the door, “I don’t care. I get paid regardless. But is this what you want? I’ll get a thousand yuan for the five hours.”Anyone who heard a thousand yuan must feel bad right?Blake tried to change his approach, but he underestimated the attitude of rich people.“Oh,” a cold voice traveled through the door. Jane said with a careless and loud voice, “Do what you want, that woman has a ton of money anyway. Who cares how she spends her money, you might as well be adopted by her.”This
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Blake was moved by Professor Phil’s wise words.It turns out Professor Phil really cares about me!However, I have no choice. The system gave me the blueprint, it would be a waste not to use it!After he was done with dinner, Blake went to the library. The librarian watched him borrow analytic geometry, ordinary differential equations, complex transformation real functions, functional analysis, topology and differential geometry, and other related textbooks that were on the system’s book list.A third of the book list contained mathematics books.If he could finish reading the books, he would have basically finished an undergraduate mathematics degree course.But...Blake looked at the pill bottle and thought, “Is 40 focus capsules enough?” He was unsure.He shook his head and decided not to think about it. He would try his best to complete the system mission.As for what would happen if the pills ran out?He would have to worry about that question later.Blake twisted open the pre-pre
