Sequence: The God Eater

In the 2nd district, the Ministry of Education building is brightly lit.

It is like a pagoda, standing on a busy street.

There is only one office on the top floor of the building, and the rest of the space is filled with leisure facilities and various potted plants.

In the office, a square-faced man is reviewing documents.

"Knock, knock." There was a knock on the door of his office.

"Come in."

"Minister Xiao, we have received dozens of letters from university presidents and deans of research institutes."

A young staff member walked in with a stack of freshly printed papers.

"Dozens? What are they going to do?"

"They hope that this year's special recruitment can start early."

The square-faced man frowned: "Ahead? How early?"

"Ahead to today..."

"Today?! Are they crazy? Special recruitment involves a lot of things, how can they start it at the beginning?!"

The square-faced man threw down his pen, stood up and took the dozens of printed emails.

"They have the Four Honors and Five Virtues, what do they want to do?... How come the Three Rising and Five Virtues Research Institute is also involved?! They are under the jurisdiction of the United Government, and they are also making trouble?!"

"I heard... it was because of a meeting."

"Meeting? What meeting? A university research institute meeting organized by the education department? How come I don't know about it?"

"It was the boy who took the Vine Heart before. He held a meeting."

"The meeting he held?"

"It was equivalent to a self-introduction meeting."

"What did he say?"

"I also heard it from the professor of Tianxing Research Institute. At the meeting, he said that he would take the Vine Heart to the school that specially recruited him."

"At the same time, Li Tianming also said that he would teach at the school that specially recruited him. And five or six professors on the spot were willing to give up their current positions at the university and the position of the research institute, and followed him to change jobs. "

The young man sighed: "At the meeting, seeing that an ownerless scientific research group was getting bigger and bigger, no one could hold back. But Li Tianming said that where he went depended on which university Qin Siyang was specially recruited by. "

"So, that's why all universities and research institutes are so anxious to start special recruitment. "

Xiao Zhigang thought for a while: "I seem to have an impression of the meeting you mentioned. I remember that I also asked you to sign up for me? Why didn't anyone notify me of the meeting? "

The young staff said a little embarrassedly: "It seems... you are not qualified to attend the meeting. "

Xiao Zhigang widened his eyes: "Not qualified to attend the meeting? You mean, they rejected me? ! "

"Well..."

After hearing this, Xiao Zhigang laughed out loud in anger.

"Okay, okay. They don't want me, the Minister of Education, to attend. What on earth are they thinking?! Without the Education Department, how can they be where they are today?! They even excluded the Education Department from a meeting!"

"This Vine Heart should have been allocated by the Education Department! They still want to do it behind closed doors? Excluding the Education Department, they have ulterior motives!"

Xiao Zhigang's face changed several times, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Are you still planning to recruit students in advance?! You're dreaming! Reply to them, no!"

"But so many presidents and deans have signed a joint letter..."

"Li Wang, didn't you hear clearly? I said, the Ministry of Education, no."

"Yes..."

Li Wang always felt that something bad would happen, but he couldn't disobey Xiao Zhigang's order.

So he had to do what Xiao Zhigang said.

The people who were waiting for the Ministry of Education's reply immediately received the email.

The content was only one line.

"The Ministry of Education does not approve."

In the president's office of Nanrong University, several people saw the reply from the Ministry of Education and their faces were gloomy.

A professor stood up:

"Not allowed? Didn't we agree in the chat group that the four Rong and five Zhen would send a petition together, and the Sanxing Wude Research Institute over there would also cooperate? Why did the Ministry of Education still not allow it?"

"That's right, the Ministry of Education won't offend the public so much, right?!"

"Could it be that they fooled us and only Nanrong sent a petition? I want to ask!"

Harrison shook his head: "Impossible. Vine Heart, the Li Zhang duo, plus five top professors, no university or institution can resist this temptation."

"If Li Tianming and I were not familiar with each other before, I would have wanted to do scientific research with him."

Zhao Longfei, the president of Nanrong University, also nodded: "We are not children anymore, we can tell the pros and cons."

"There will only be one winner in this matter, and the rest are just runners-up. The longer it drags on, the more resources and energy will be consumed, and the more sunk costs will be paid. If the stalemate really lasts for three months, All parties are red-eyed at the gambling table, and there may not be any trouble. "

"So, everyone hopes that this matter can be ended as soon as possible."

"It is the expectation of everyone to pull this chat group and voluntarily propose to start special recruitment as soon as possible. Even if everyone has their own plans in mind, they will not do anything that harms others and benefits themselves in this matter."

"There is no doubt that the Ministry of Education received dozens of petitions at the same time. But it still rejected our proposal."

Harrison thought for a while and asked: "I remember that I didn't see the video of the Ministry of Education's conference room at the meeting. Did Xiao Zhigang not attend the meeting?"

"Hey, now that you mention it, I don't seem to have seen the Ministry of Education's conference room. The conference room in their Ministry of Education building is the most luxurious. If it appears, it should be visible at a glance."

Zhao Longfei nodded: "I guess he was not invited. When Li Tianming screened the people who registered for the meeting, he would definitely exclude Xiao Zhigang. "

"Li Tianming did a lot of research projects to support the education department for free. At that time, Xiao Zhigang took him out for dinner and drinks every day, and they were closer than brothers."

"But when something happened, Xiao Zhigang refused to even see him, and even made him a negative example of a scientific researcher. If Li Tianming hadn't found a way to clear his name, he would probably be stepped on the head and pissed on by Xiao Zhigang now."

"What the principal said is indeed correct. Xiao Zhigang still feels guilty about Li Tianming."

Zhao Longfei tapped the armrest with his fingers: "So, if Li Tianming could let Xiao Zhigang attend this meeting, it would be a miracle."

"What the principal said makes sense."

A professor analyzed: "From this point of view, it is very likely that Xiao Zhigang refused to recruit in advance because he could not attend the meeting and felt resentful? But he is the Minister of Education, how can he refuse directly because of his personal likes and dislikes?"

"I have known Xiao Zhigang before the end of the world, and I know him too well. He is generous on the outside but cautious on the inside, seeking profit and avoiding harm, and he is not an easy person to get along with. I don't find it strange that he makes any decision."

"What's more, he must be eyeing the Heart of the Vine. Since we have a closed-door meeting, it has prevented his education department from taking advantage of the situation. How could he agree so easily?"

Harrison asked, "Do you want to propose in the group and hold another joint petition?"

"If Xiao Zhigang can refuse once, he will refuse the second time. If the joint petition is useful, someone in the group would have said it long ago."

"Don't do such meaningless things."

Harrison was at a loss: "Then how do you plan to deal with the principal's matter?"

Zhao Longfei raised the corner of his mouth and cut a cigar:

"Deal with? I'm not going to deal with it!"

"Ignore Xiao Zhigang, just announce the start of this year's special recruitment of Nanrong University!"