Chapter 124: Being transferred again? So, you are also an undercover agent, sir!
Sunday.

After a long-distance flight of nearly a day and a night, and then taking a direct bus, I finally returned to the small town of Livermore.

The time now is already past eight o'clock in the evening.

The two-day return journey was so tiring that even Lu Ze, who was usually energetic, felt extremely tired, and his eyelids seemed to be fighting each other.

And what Lucy wants to do most right now is to go back home, lie in her bed and have a good sleep.

As for what kind of food and desserts there were, her drowsy head couldn't remember anything at all.

LLNL laboratory, inside the staff dormitory.

After taking a 20-minute cold shower, Lu Ze lay on the mattress he had just made, and his sleepiness gradually faded away.

Recalling what Lucy had said to him yesterday, "There will be a Navy Summer Open Day at the Port of San Francisco this weekend."

This was the time she had last looked up the Bay Area Navy opening dates and had written down.

Immediately, Lu Ze frowned slightly and thought to himself: "Do I need to wait until next weekend?"

You have to wait another seven days before you can copy.

By that time, his number of copies would probably have accumulated to three times, and this progress was really too slow.

Think of this.

Lu Ze shook his head and closed his eyes: "Let's go to the lab tomorrow to see if there is anything that can be copied."

Although he was very eager to reach ten copies and unlock the privilege of the purple lottery.

But if you waste the number of copies to copy some items with very low achievement points, it will be meaningless even if they are unlocked in advance. After all, it takes 10,000 achievement points to draw the blue lottery.

The purple lottery requires at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of achievement points.

If you waste the number of copies at will, even if you unlock the purple lottery, you will not have enough achievement points to draw. The only purpose may be to satisfy your curiosity in advance.

He doesn't want to do this kind of business that will lose money.

The next day, at nine o'clock in the morning.

Monday is the busiest day in the entire laboratory.

Whether it's people from various branches coming to submit plans, or various sub-laboratories needing to report progress, they are all crowded in this main building with people coming and going.

Lu Ze glanced at the familiar sofa in the rest area, and sure enough, that familiar figure was not there.

"This girl, as expected, did not come to work."

He was quite familiar with Lucy's habits.

After such a long journey, she would definitely not get up until noon.

After a while.

Lu Ze sat on the sofa with a cup of American latte with sugar and ice. He planned to finish writing his last paper here.

Several papers he submitted previously have been approved by SCI Zone II, and the laboratory has also included them in his employee points, so he is not far from achieving C-level authority.

however.

At this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar figure out of the corner of his eye.

Lu Ze's eyes lit up and he greeted him, "Professor Hassen, are you also back from vacation?"

This was none other than his and Lucy's mentor, Professor Michael Hasson.

As a professor who is always elusive in the laboratory, is there ever a day when Professor Hassan is not on vacation?

Lucy and I only had less than two weeks of summer vacation, but this guy was on summer vacation every day. Sometimes he wouldn't even come back to the LLNL laboratory for a week and he always worked remotely.

only.

After hearing Lu Ze's teasing, Michael Hassan's face turned stern, which was unusual for him.

Sitting down on the sofa next to him, he crossed his arms and asked solemnly, "Lu, do you want to be promoted to LLNL laboratory employee?"

"Yes, professor." Lu Ze nodded.

He did this without any attempt to hide it, and even his mentor Professor Hassan could tell the truth if he noticed it.

After all, several SCI Zone 2 papers were published in a short period of time, covering areas such as "hydrogen energy", "new future technology", and "aerospace".

Although the paper has unique insights into the future, it does not involve any "core" aspects, nor does it focus on journal impact factors. It is purely for the purpose of increasing laboratory points.

What is the purpose? Of course, it is to quickly promote C-level employees through this means.

Hearing this, the expression on Michael Hassan's face became more serious, and the deep sorrow was clearly evident on the paper.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Professor, is there any problem with this method?" Lu Ze raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion.

Isn't this method and approach an open secret of LLNL? What's wrong with this?
There were many people who used this method in the entire laboratory. If you don't want to rely on your years of work to be promoted to "employee level", then the only way is to publish SCI Zone 1 or 2 papers.

The laboratory's top management will not have any objections. After all, even if the paper is published in a "water journal" in SCI Zone 2, you have to have the ability to do so.

This threshold alone is not a shortcut that an ordinary "mediocrity" can take.

only.

Professor Hasen did not come here for this matter. He shook his head and said, "This method can indeed quickly promote the 'employee level'. There is nothing wrong with it." "But you know, once you enter the C-level or even B-level employee level, what will it mean?"

He stared into Lu Ze's eyes and asked in a low voice, gritting his teeth.

"What does that mean?" Lu Ze pretended not to understand: "If I want to get involved in higher-level projects, I can only be promoted to a higher level of employee authority."

"But that means you will never be able to return to your homeland. You will have to stay in the United States and in the LLNL laboratory forever." Michael Hassen sighed helplessly: "Think about your predecessors. This road is much more difficult than you think."

"You shouldn't choose this option unless you don't want to return home."

He knew that his student was not someone who was willing to work for the Eagle Sauce.

Although promotion authority can bring many benefits, such as access to more top projects and technologies.

But on the other hand, the restrictions on the Eagle Sauce will be even greater, just like Lu Ze's predecessors, who may even be detained, arrested, restricted from leaving the country, and so on. No matter what, the Eagle Sauce will not allow such talents with "employee grade" of C or even B to return to China.

"Professor Hassan, what should I do?"

"I can't just stay in the LLNL laboratory for a few years and then return home without doing anything, right?"

Lu Ze narrowed his eyes slightly, and for a moment he couldn't guess Michael Hassan's intention.

My mentor doesn't seem like the kind of person who would meddle in other people's business. Why does he care so much about the fact that I need to stay in the LLNL laboratory all the time?

And more importantly.

Apart from the fact that Lu Ze possessed the Transformation Mask, he didn't need to worry about not being able to return home through conventional means.

As a mentor, Professor Hasen definitely knew how high Lucy's status was in the laboratory. If he was promoted to 'C-level employee' and wanted to return to Daxia, it would not be too difficult for Lucy at all.

He is not an A-level employee, the kind of national treasure-level talent equivalent to the academician level. How big of a deal is this?
Therefore, my mentor must have other intentions.

As if he noticed the doubt in Lu Ze's eyes.

Michael Hasen finally revealed his ultimate goal: "Listen, I have a vacancy that can exchange you out of LLNL and transfer you to ORNL National Laboratory."

"Over there, my old friend can make sure you'll be 'safe and sound' even after you've participated in a big project."

“He has much more influence than I do at LLNL, and you can participate in many projects.”

Professor Hassan explained in a few words what he was going to do this time.

That is to transfer Lu Ze to another national laboratory, let him follow another professor who is more respected and more capable than him, participate in large projects under him, and thus get "protection".

Since he was unable to protect the student, he asked his friends to do so.

only.

Lu Ze seemed even more confused: "Professor Hassan, why is this?"

"Why would you give me such a precious spot?"

ORNL National Laboratory, many people may not be familiar with this abbreviation, but the other name is well-known.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a higher-level laboratory than LLNL.

This is currently the largest, most fully-functional, and most heavily-funded national laboratory in the United States. Projects such as the Manhattan Project were born in this laboratory. In the fields of materials science, energy science, etc., it is the world's top 1.

There are many intern graduate students or ordinary employees in the laboratory who are willing to pay a lot of money or benefits to exchange for a place with Hassan.

Why would this quota be given to myself?
"Lu, my old friend is also a Slav." Michael Hassen whispered in his ear, "You are the same kind as us, but Lucy is not."

After hearing this, Professor Hassan did not reveal too many secrets.

Lu Ze’s guess was pretty good.

Professor Hassan's real purpose was very simple, which was to get him out of this dangerous environment and to a safer and more sheltered place so that he could return home safely after completing his studies.

If we say that what the top management of LLNL laboratory does is that when they discover top talents, they use various "temptations" to keep such talents.

So what Hassan did was to "hide" all these talents by some means before the laboratory discovered them, making it impossible for the laboratory to "tempt" them.

Lu Ze is the "top talent" he thinks has great potential.

All his previous teachings were also based on this logic.

"They told me to keep a low profile before, but now they see that I want to be promoted to a C-level employee, so they want me to be transferred to another laboratory," Lu Ze muttered.

"It seems that my mentor is not so willing to convert to the Eagle Sauce."

Lu Ze even guessed that behind Professor Hassan, there were a large number of scientists who came from all over the world during the previous turmoil.

Over the past decade or so, they were either not given important positions or simply could not stand the Eagle Sauce's style, so they quietly formed a considerable force in private.

The purpose of the behavior is very simple, which is simply to cause trouble for the Eagle Sauce, or not to see anyone following his old path.

Moreover, all actions were reasonable and legal. They just transferred their own students to other laboratories. All measures were in line with procedures.

As for why the Americans have not discovered this kind of talent, you should ask your managers how they do things.

After thinking about this clearly.

Lu Ze touched his chin and said, "This power needs to be put to good use."

These scientists, who are at the elite stage of the Eagle Sauce, are a rare force and will be of great help in future plans.

But do I really want to be transferred to Oak Ridge National Laboratory?
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