Back To The Age Of The '80s

"Then thank Professor Dong for me." Ma Wenmin's expression was so calm that it was hard to see the emotion in her eyes.

The man smiled embarrassingly, then nodded to Li Zheng and the others before trotting away.

"Teacher Wen is sick?" Zhong Peng couldn't help asking.He has met Wen Wenfeng and his wife a few times, and he still has a good impression of that young man with ideas.

A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Ma Wenmin's mouth, "Liver cancer is advanced, so I can only try a liver transplant."

The success rate of liver transplantation in the 80s is not high, and the prognosis of patients is relatively poor.If it is not a last resort, few people choose such a high-risk operation.

Everyone was silent for a while,

It was Ma Wenmin who broke the silence first, "Mr. Li Zheng, you came to Dongchen University to look for us, but you gave up because of other reasons, right?"

Li Zheng was surprised that Ma Wenmin still cared about this matter at this time.

He hesitated for a moment, but nodded.

When Ma Wenmin saw this, the bitterness on his face became even worse, "Because of the so-called plagiarism?"

A look of embarrassment appeared on Li Zheng's face.Indeed, paper plagiarism was the most important reason why Li Zheng removed the two from the list of candidates.

But in the face of Ma Wenmin and his wife who were in such a situation, he really couldn't bear to say this.

"I don't know if it is an honor to invite Mr. Li Zheng and Professor Zhong to move to the humble house? Just give us a chance to defend ourselves." Ma Wenmin said with a forced smile.

Li Zheng and Zhong Peng looked at each other and nodded in agreement.People have talked about this, and the two big men naturally couldn't refuse.

Seeing this, Ma Wenmin finally showed a real smile on his face.

"Please wait a moment, I'm going to push the cart." As she spoke, she trotted towards the carport not far away.

Just now when Ma Wenmin was pushing the bicycle in the shed, she saw Li Zheng and Zhong Peng, and because she was in a hurry, she spilled the things on the ground. She hurriedly picked up the things, threw them into the bicycle basket, and then pushed the bicycle to Two people came.

"Mr. Li Zheng, Professor Zhong, let's go."

So Ma Wenmin pushed the bicycle, followed by Li Zheng and Zhong Peng, and walked slowly towards the outside of Dongchen University.

The three were speechless all the way.

About 10 minutes later, Ma Wenmin stopped in front of a semi-old residential building.

The off-white walls of the residential building were slightly yellowed. Li Zheng took a closer look and found that it was about eleven or two stories high. It seemed to be an elevator room.The surrounding supporting facilities are fairly complete, and Wen Wenfeng and his wife's life is not very embarrassing.

Ma Wenmin put the bicycle on the stairs and led the two of them to the elevator.

The elevator stops on the ninth floor. This is a structure of four households on the first floor, with one household on the east and one household on the east, and two households facing the elevator entrance.

Ma Wenmin took out the key and opened the door facing the elevator, "Mr. Li Zheng, please come in, Professor Zhong."

Zhong Peng waved his hand, "I have been away from Xiangjiang University for a long time, so don't mention the title of professor. Just call me by my name."

Ma Wenmin was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then my name is Teacher Zhong. You can afford the title of teacher."

"Wen Min, who is it?" A hoarse male voice came from the room, and a thin man came out of the room.

Wen Wenfeng is young, only in his early forties, but his hair is already half white, his complexion is yellow and dull, and the baggy jacket is loosely worn on his body, as if it would leak the wind.

His hand was attached to the doorknob of the room, and the dry palm like firewood was shocking.

"It's Mr. Li Zheng and Mr. Zhong." Ma Wenmin stepped forward quickly, putting the contents of the bag on the dining table, and supporting Wen Wenfeng.

"Teacher Wen."

"Xuefeng."

Li Zheng and Zhong Peng spoke at the same time.Zhong Peng was far less calm than he appeared on the surface.

He remembered that the first time he met Wen Wenmin and Ma Wenmin was 13 years ago. At that time, the two were still in their thirties. Although Wen Wenfeng encountered setbacks at that time, he was still full of hope for life. The vigorous and energetic appearance made them all envious.

However, Wen Wenfeng's whole person now seems to be covered with skin and bones. Although he still has a smile on his face, he exudes a feeling of lifelessness from his bones.

"Mr. Zhong, Mr. Li Zheng." He smiled and nodded to the two.

"Wenfeng, take care of yourself!" Zhong Peng said in a deep voice.

Wen Wenfeng smiled, but did not answer.

Ma Wenmin quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said to Wen Wenfeng with a smile: "Xue Feng, you go to rest first, and I will entertain Mr. Li Zheng and Mr. Zhong."

The United Nations Health Organization in later generations has long included cancer in the list of chronic diseases. According to relevant surveys, a large number of cancer patients die not because of the proliferation of cancer cells but because they cannot bear the pain of cancer.Wenwenfeng is already at the advanced stage of liver cancer, and he has to endure the torture of cancer pain every day. Ma Wenmin sees it in his eyes and feels pain in his heart.

Wen Wenfeng lowered his eyes slightly, and glanced at his anxious wife from the corner of his eye. He didn't insist on it, so he got up slowly with Ma Wenmin's support, and slowly walked into the room.

After sending Wen Wenfeng back to the room, Ma Wenmin closed the door, then went to the study and took out a large pile of materials.

The material is very thick, and Li Zheng is about [-] centimeters high at a glance.

"This is?"

"This is all the scientific research achievements of me and Xuefeng in the past few years. I beg you two to take a look."

Li Zheng pursed his lips, picked up the top volume and flipped through it.

Seeing this, Zhong Peng motioned for Ma Wenmin to put the things on the table, and then he took out a document from the bottom and looked through it.

The living room fell into silence, only the sound of "swish" turning pages echoed in everyone's ears.

The more Li Zheng looked at it, the more he frowned. After flipping through one book, he quickly picked up the second one.

For three full hours, Li Zheng kept flipping through the materials.Zhong Peng stopped reading when he read the penultimate book, because the genes and clones involved in this book were not his specialty, so he could only see some superficial things.

Li Zheng is not very good at this aspect, but at least he has the big trick of memory of future generations. Standing on the shoulders of giants of future generations, it is much easier to see this thing.

After reading the last line, Li Zheng's mouth was already tightly pressed into a straight line.From the establishment of the project to the final stage and the second stage of demonstration, this information has clear data and clear logic. Many of the wrong routes are marked, and there are detailed data and theoretical demonstrations. After so many years of research, Li Zheng dare to say The one who can come up with this manuscript is definitely the absolute owner of this research result.

However, Li Zheng had just read these data and conclusions in an authoritative journal a few days ago, and the author was not Wenwenfeng or Ma Wenmin.

"Dong Juncheng took your scientific research results?" Li Zheng asked with a frown. Dong Juncheng was the old professor that Li Zheng thought was good. He has published a series of papers on genes and cloning in the past few years. Not low.

If it was really plagiarism, Li Zheng really wanted to scold him in front of him. He has lived like a dog for so many years, and he actually used the scientific research results of his juniors as a front.

Ma Wenmin bit her lower lip tightly, the bitterness on her face was almost overflowing.

"When Xuefeng and I came to Xiangjiang, we could only be hired as lecturers because we only had academic qualifications. Lecturers cannot have their own laboratories, and Xuefeng is a person who cannot live without the laboratory. It happens that Dong Juncheng is just like us. , were all very interested in Clone, Xuefeng hit it off with him, and we joined Dong Juncheng's laboratory as ordinary researchers."

"At that time, we just signed a letter of appointment formally, and there was no detailed provision on the ownership of the experimental scientific research results. Dong Juncheng often said that everyone was like-minded, and he would definitely help if it should be done. He signed this letter of appointment just to avoid causing trouble. Other lecturers complained, you can use the laboratory as you like, and discuss any academic issues together.”

"At the beginning, everyone got along very harmoniously. When we were too busy, Dong Juncheng would ask his assistant to help. But everyone is in the same research direction, so there is no friction. When he found that we Dong Juncheng's attitude changed significantly when his research progress was faster than his. "

When Ma Wenmin said this, a hint of sarcasm appeared on his face, "I remember very clearly that day Wenfeng went out with a letter in high spirits, which was the result of our first phase of research. He said that as long as this paper is published, We can be rated as associate professors or even professors, and then we can apply for our own laboratories."

"However, a few weeks later, the sample issue arrived, but our paper was not included in the sample issue. Instead, it was replaced by an academic paper signed by Dong Juncheng with similar data and similar argumentation logic."

"At that time, Xuefeng was very angry and rushed into Dong Juncheng's office with a sample magazine. Do you know what Dong Juncheng said?"

Li Zheng stroked the watch on his wrist, he had already guessed the ending after Ma Wenmin said that he had signed the letter of appointment.Although the letter of employment does not stipulate the ownership of the academic achievements produced by the laboratory, any part-time worker can say that because I made this product, its ownership is mine.

Li Zheng guessed that Dong Juncheng really loved talents at the beginning. Judging by Dong Juncheng's age, he even had the idea of ​​letting the two pass on the mantle.But the strong may sympathize, pity and extend a helping hand to the weak to show the superiority of the strong, but when he finds that the weak he thought is not weak, even stronger than him.

At this time, Dong Juncheng's mentality changed.

Because the experiments of Wen Wenfeng and Ma Wenmin were done in Dong Juncheng's laboratory as the researchers they hired, it is understandable that Dong Juncheng became the corresponding author of these papers. Contributions to scientific research projects, even the second and third works were not given to them.

But this kind of accusation is only a moral condemnation, and it is really nothing compared to the loss of Wen Wenfeng and his wife.

"I remember that Dong Juncheng's series of papers only reached the second stage. You don't have any other materials left in his laboratory?" Li Zheng said suddenly.

Ma Wenmin shook his head, "We have only made it to the second stage, so we will naturally refuse to do it later. But Wenfeng and I don't have our own laboratory."

She paused here, "We stopped for two or three years, and now Dong Juncheng's conclusion of the third stage is coming out soon, we can't catch up."

"You... don't want to try?"