Return of the King, Dominating the City

Chapter 1261 - 1246: Debate

"I..." Song Yun just wanted to say he was here to find the principal’s old buddy, and thought to himself, "Looking at your chest, are you the principal’s old chest buddy?" But unexpectedly, the beauty spoke to herself, "If I add calcium oxide just now, will it have a neutralizing effect?"

Song Yun was about to go mad, but the Song Yun of now was no longer the young and inexperienced Song Yun of the past.

The negative emotions were instantly suppressed by Song Yun.

Just at this moment.

With a creak.

The laboratory door was opened by someone.

A man in the same lab coat, appearing to be about sixty or seventy years old, clearly an intellectual, walked in from outside.

"Professor."

The beauty released Song Yun’s hand and called out to the man.

"Professor?"

A wicked look flashed through Song Yun’s eyes. In TV dramas, professors of certain research projects often have some kind of rules with beautiful researchers to achieve certain goals, like doctoral thesis and such.

Song Yun glanced back and forth between the two several times, increasingly convinced that this beauty must be the kind to be taken advantage of under the table.

The man saw Song Yun as soon as he entered, then his face showed a strange smile, and he asked, "Who are you?"

"Oh, come on."

Song Yun didn’t even know how many times he had been asked this question today. However, the man’s voice sounded quite like the guy who called him earlier, the principal’s old buddy.

"I am Song Yun."

Thinking that this person might really be the principal’s old buddy, Song Yun’s attitude and tone became much better. After all, he came to pay his respects, and it would be rude to be cocky. Besides, the professor sounded like a big deal, so no point in offending him for no reason.

"Oh!"

The man’s face showed a look of sudden understanding, and to Song Yun’s anticipation, he turned his head to look at the beauty and asked, "Yinyin, I heard two explosions earlier, what’s going on?"

"The first time seemed like the dosage was wrong, and the second was a calculation error."

The beauty’s face showed not a hint of shame, as if the failures were trivial matters.

Song Yun’s heart winced, "Damn it, I’m being ignored again."

"By the way, Song Yun, are you a student from Old Wang?"

Just as Song Yun was cursing that these two would get a boiling hot sulfuric acid treatment during ’ooxx’, the professor suddenly asked.

"Huh? Ah! Yes, I am, from Sunnan University. Principal Wang asked me..."

"Yinyin, be cautious next time in experiments! Although the corrosion isn’t strong, getting too much on you isn’t good."

"Understood, teacher."

"I’m going to draw circles in the corner cursing you!!"

Looking at the professor ignoring him for the second time, Song Yun internally grumbled.

"Old Wang mentioned you too. It seems you’ve got quite impressive academic records at your place? However, let me tell you, perhaps at Sunnan University, you’re glorious with excellent grades, but at Danfu University, which far surpasses your small college in faculty and student quality. If you’re getting carried away by achievements at Sunnan University, I can tell you, at Danfu University, you’ll be crushed."

"Professor, that’s quite unjust to say."

Even if Song Yun wanted to stay low-key, having someone declare his side’s quality as inferior was intolerable. Anyone traveling far from home would have strong sentiments for their homeland. Even if the claim might be factual, there’s an old saying that some things can be said by us, but cannot be allowed others to say, like how we could call our partners not pretty or handsome, but when others do it, it feels like, only I can say this, who are you to say anything.

This was exactly Song Yun’s thought at the moment.

"Song Yun, don’t forget, in last year’s Shen Zhou University ranking, we ranked third, while your Sunnan University was only tenth. Numbers speak the truth." The professor, apparently proud of his school, wore a slightly smug smile and continued, "Not to mention, just last year, in the Forbes China’s Young Rich List, Danfu University graduates occupied five spots in the top fifty. Whether on Wall Street in the United States or Silicon Valley, or in Europe’s financial centers, numerous talents from Danfu University are leading. Comparatively, while you at Sunnan University have many students and abundant funds, your overall teaching and student quality is not on par with us."

"I think you might have forgotten, professor..."

Song Yun’s face carried a confident smile too, "Your Danfu University has been around for a hundred years, if I remember correctly, while our Sunnan University has just exceeded thirty years. Every university requires historical accumulation. It’s natural that in some areas, because you had seventy more years than us, you’re better. However, you mentioned the so-called Shen Zhou University ranking; it’s mostly manipulated by some local universities throwing money at it. In a detailed global ranking by a well-respected overseas education evaluation agency, our scores in the Asian region are comparable to yours: Danfu at 23rd, we at 25th. There’s no such gap you claim, and remember, we’ve only been around for thirty years."

"Hahaha, so you do know you only have thirty years of history!"

The professor’s face showed a smug expression, "Just thirty years, I was already at Danfu University studying when Sunnan University was just founded. Don’t you think fundamentally that makes the two universities incomparable? You said it, universities require historical accumulation! A university without such sediment cannot be called successful."

"Hehe, professor, I believe you’re lost in the pleasures of past glories. Have you forgotten, back in the day, Danfu University was once the top in all of Asia, but what’s the status now? It’s only ranked 23rd, trailing behind many universities in Korea. Back then, Danfu University dominated, pursued by all others in Asia. With decades and centuries of sediment, it sank to 23rd place; is that something to boast about? On the other hand, our Sunnan University couldn’t even crack the top hundred in Asia initially, but after thirty years, we’ve progressed to 25th. Any splendor is temporary, I believe that if an individual or a school cannot maintain a forward-looking attitude, they will be eliminated. Now you are 23, we are 25, but I believe that ranking will change soon." Song Yun retorted sharply.

"You sure have a sharp tongue!"