"Boss, just received news that someone promised Professor Zhao's wife that if they successfully hand over Professor Zhao's remains to Tsinghua University for handling, her son will be guaranteed admission to Tsinghua University in the future!" As the meeting was halfway through, Huang He's secretary hurried to his side and whispered in his ear.
"Tsinghua University? Both Professor Zhao and his father graduated from Tsinghua University, right? Can't his son get into Tsinghua then?" Huang He walked out of the conference room and spoke to his secretary.
"Yes, Professor Zhao's son is actually quite useless. He was doing well before high school, but after entering high school, his grades plummeted. Now, let alone Tsinghua University, even ordinary undergraduate institutions are very difficult to get into. He's participating in the college entrance examination next year, and Professor Zhao's wife is going crazy about this matter. Now that there's a chance to get into Tsinghua, she's made this decision!" the secretary explained.
"Can someone with college entrance examination scores that can't even get into an undergraduate institution directly get into Tsinghua?" Huang Boss asked with a frown.
"It's definitely not possible through normal means, but Tsinghua University has special admission quotas every year, with early examinations. If the university is willing to cooperate during this process, then it is possible to let someone in."
"Moreover, Professor Zhao and his father are both famous alumni of Tsinghua University, with extensive connections in the entire domestic scientific research community. About one-fifth of the teachers at Tsinghua University are their friends. Coupled with the fact that we have promoted Professor Zhao's reputation to its peak, even if Tsinghua University admits him irregularly, it probably won't cause much of a stir, which is why they dare to make such a promise!"
"Professor Zhao is quite fortunate with his ancestors!" Boss Huang said sarcastically. In fact, with such demands from the other party's family, there wasn't much he could do. It was all his fault for hyping things up so much, which in turn increased the cost of implementation.
Of course, Boss Huang couldn't just let people take advantage of him like this. Since he couldn't have it, no one else should expect to either.
So, the boss decisively issued an order to have the remains cremated directly and buried in peace, so that no one could criticize anything, and no one would get anything!
Just as Boss Huang was about to make such a decision that would displease everyone, suddenly a sound of hurried footsteps came in. Boss Huang looked up and saw that the person who came was Professor Zhao himself, and his wife, that is, Professor Zhao's father and mother.
"Auntie, didn't you say that Old Master Zhao was not in good spirits today and wouldn't attend the meeting?" Boss Huang asked in surprise.
Originally, all direct relatives of the Zhao family were supposed to attend today's meeting. However, when they arrived, they were informed that after attending the memorial service last night, Old Master Zhao's spirits had been very poor and he had been restless all night.
So, he wouldn't be attending today's meeting. Old Master Zhao's wife would stay home to accompany him. Therefore, the family members attending the meeting today were only Professor Zhao's wife and some other distant relatives.
"This old man insisted on coming, and I couldn't stop him. It's strange, he took the bus here himself today, and didn't get off at the wrong stop!" Old Master Zhao's wife said with some surprise. Old Master Zhao himself directly asked Huang He, "Mr. Huang, how do you intend to dispose of my son's remains?"
"Uh, it's like this. Your daughter-in-law said she hopes to donate your son's remains to Tsinghua University, and we are studying this issue!" Huang He said strangely. Wasn't this old man said to have severe Alzheimer's disease? Why did he look so normal now?
"This stupid woman!" Old Master Zhao's face changed drastically when he heard this, and then he rushed into the conference room. Before others in the conference room could react, they heard Old Master Zhao's voice, full of vigor, shout, "My son's remains are not going anywhere, they will stay right here!"
"Dad!" His daughter-in-law, seeing Old Master Zhao suddenly appear, stood up in immense surprise, clearly not expecting her father-in-law to suddenly appear in the conference room.
"I'm sorry, my father-in-law is ill. What he says is all a joke, like a child. Please don't mind it!" His daughter-in-law quickly said.
"I'm not sick, I'm very well! Guorui is gone, and I, the old man, have woken up. Otherwise, the merits accumulated over several generations of our family will be ruined by you!" Professor Zhao angrily slapped the table. "Look at what you've done and what you've said. I don't need you to make decisions for me. My son was born to me, he's a piece of my wife's flesh. As his father, I have the final say! He will stay at Jiangnan Group, nowhere else!"
"Dad!" His daughter-in-law was completely anxious. "You and Old Zhao are both Tsinghua University alumni. Isn't it good for him to return to his alma mater?"
"It's not good at all. Tsinghua is my alma mater, and I know better than anyone what this school is like now. It's no longer a place for serious scientific research. I stayed there for 40 years, taught for 40 years, and pleaded with them for 40 years, but in the end, I still couldn't secure funding to use the High Energy Particle Collider for my experiments."
"On the contrary, some ridiculous projects received massive funding, far more than all the scientific research funds I received in 10 years. I was a complete joke there, otherwise, I wouldn't have been so angry that my brain was affected."
"Conversely, the company gave our Zhao family the opportunity and funding to use the High Energy Particle Collider, which allowed me and Guorui to achieve our wishes. This is where I and Guorui will be buried!"
"Mr. Huang, I am normal now, my illness is cured, and I will make decisions for my child. He will be donated to the company for research, which can be considered his last contribution to the country and scientific research!" Old Master Zhao said, tightly holding the hand of Boss Huang behind him.
Boss Huang was also deeply moved, his eyes filled with tears, and he tightly held Old Master Zhao's hand. His previous dissatisfaction with him had also largely dissipated.
Of course.
His daughter-in-law was the most displeased at this moment. Seeing that the situation was about to change, she thought her father-in-law didn't know the inside story and couldn't help but stand up and say, "Dad, Teacher Chen from Tsinghua has already promised me that Hanghang will not need to take the college entrance examination next year and can directly enroll in Tsinghua University. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
"You truly are a complete idiot! Is this why you agreed to send Guorui to Tsinghua?" Old Master Zhao laughed angrily. "Hanghang has been raised by your mother and me these past few years, and we know him better than anyone."
"Hanghang is a good child, but he's not cut out for studying at all. He's not worthy of attending Tsinghua. You're actually harming him by doing this!"
"Dad, why do you say Hanghang isn't cut out for studying? Wasn't he always among the top three in his class before junior high? It was only after entering high school that he inexplicably fell behind. He is your and Old Zhao's bloodline, so why can't he study well?" his daughter-in-law said resentfully.
"Before junior high, it was all forced upon him. You arranged 20 extracurricular tutoring classes for him every week, and he only slept 8 hours a day, with the rest of his time dedicated to studying. Moreover, Hanghang is an obedient child, so how could his grades be bad?"
"But things that are forced in can only support you until junior high school. After high school, it's not just about studying hard; it requires intelligence. But Hanghang doesn't have that kind of intelligence, so even though he studied harder than before, his grades got worse and worse, to the point where he eventually became self-abandoned and plummeted."
"It's a pity that this old man's mind has been confused these past few years, and I couldn't help him, and even harmed him to this state. I think he should repeat a year next year. During these two years, I will personally help him, and it will be no problem for him to get into an ordinary second-tier university in the future!" Old Master Zhao said.
"Second-tier university? How can that compare to Tsinghua?" His daughter-in-law was even more displeased.
"Different talents go to different schools. If you force Hanghang into Tsinghua, the result will surely not be much better than that stout boy Gao from the neighbor's family who dropped out halfway. It's possible he'll also drop out halfway, and end up drifting through life, achieving nothing!"
"It's better to cultivate Hanghang according to his interests and hobbies, and he might develop a skill in the future!" Seeing that the two Zhao family members were about to turn this meeting into a child's teaching session, Boss Huang quickly interjected, "Professor Zhao, please rest assured, Hanghang lost his father at such a young age, so he is also a child of our Jiangnan Group. If you don't mind, after he graduates from high school, he can come directly to Jiangnan University to study, and I'll pull some strings for him!"
"Good! Good!" Old Master Zhao said quickly. His daughter-in-law finally quieted down, and then the normal signing of compensation agreements and so on proceeded. It is worth mentioning that on the beneficiary line, Boss Huang directly wrote Old Master Zhao's name and instructed the finance department to transfer the money to Old Master Zhao's account, instead of his wife's account as originally planned.
And this daughter-in-law's face turned pale when she saw these people, having thoroughly retaliated against this foolish woman. After all, this name was originally hers, the wife.
Thus, things were almost completely concluded. Although there were twists and turns, the overall result was good. However, the executives present still didn't understand if this was just to witness this family dispute.
Just as everyone was confused and the Zhao family was preparing to leave, Yang Yunhe, who had been silent all along, suddenly stood up and said, "Boss, I have one more thing to say!"
"Speak!"
"Boss, Director Zhao, before he passed away, held my hand and said a few words to me. His last wish in life was to hope that all the experiments on his list could be completed, and this is his final dream. I want to realize it for him."
"So, I hope to lead a team to Europe again as soon as possible to rent their High Energy Particle Collider and complete those unfinished experiments!" Yang Yunhe said, which caused a stir at the scene.