"Xiao Bai?" Qi Zhicheng looked at Meng Xiaobai in surprise. They hadn't seen each other for more than a year, and Meng Xiaobai had changed a lot.
Wearing neat and clean clothes, although I didn't see the brand, judging from the fabric and workmanship, they are definitely not cheap.
In Qi Zhicheng's impression, Meng Xiaobai belongs to that kind of technical nerd. He used to be very thin, but now his figure is exceptionally well-proportioned, and his skin is also very white, not pale, but a healthy white that is full of vitality.
The whole person's temperament was also completely different. From a poor student, he seemed to be more calm and charming. Such a change made Qi Zhicheng almost not recognize him.
"Haha!" Meng Xiaobai stepped forward and gave him a warm hug, "Lao Qi, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, right?"
"Yes!" Qi Zhicheng felt a little dazed, "The last time we met was at the graduation ceremony. It's been so long in a flash."
"Sit down and talk." The two of them found a table by the window. They could see the students walking on the street. The restaurant was very simple and very lifelike.
"You are the only one in our dormitory who has taken the postgraduate entrance examination. How are you? Is life in postgraduate school good?" Meng Xiaobai asked.
"Hey, stop talking." Qi Zhicheng sighed, "This graduate student is completely different from what I thought!"
"What's wrong?" Meng Xiaobai asked when he saw that he was in a low mood.
"Let's chat slowly and order first." Qi Zhicheng handed the menu to Meng Xiaobai, "Order whatever you want, I'll treat you today."
Meng Xiaobai took a look. Although it was a small roadside restaurant, each restaurant had a few signature dishes. Meng Xiaobai ordered a few at random, and the price of the drinks only cost a few hundred yuan.
"Waiter, that's all." Meng Xiaobai noticed that when he handed the menu to the waiter, Qi Zhicheng's expression changed slightly, but he didn't say anything.
He remembered that Qi Zhicheng's family conditions were not very good when he was in school. Looking at him now, he must be living in poverty, so he might as well settle the bills secretly later.
"Come, there's nothing to do today, let's have a good chat." Meng Xiaobai rarely had time to relax, and it was an old classmate meeting again, so he started talking to Qi Zhicheng.
The two chatted for a while, and the topic returned to Qi Zhicheng's graduate school studies.
Meng Xiaobai said: "Isn't Jiangda University very good? It is well-known and you are majoring in big data. It will be easy to find a job in the future! Why do you look like you have no fighting spirit, Lao Qi, this is not like you!
"
"When we played black games together in the dormitory before, you were still chewing on books! What's wrong now?"
"Life!" Qi Zhicheng said, "I thought like you at first, but now I realize it's not the same thing at all!"
"Huh?" Meng Xiaobai listened carefully and could see that he was a little depressed. Qi Zhicheng had been holding it in for a long time.
"Didn't I look for a mentor when I went to graduate school? The mentor I chose was really hard to describe!"
"It was okay at the beginning, or I was different at the beginning. I did whatever the instructor said. I did research and reports in the research group. I got up early and stayed in the dark every day. I got up at 5 or 6 in the morning and worked on it until 11 or 12 at night!"
"I won't even mention this. As a graduate student, I am mentally prepared for the hardships and tiring."
"And then you were tricked?" Meng Xiaobai asked.
Qi Zhicheng took a deep breath, "The usual study tasks and research tasks are heavy, and I am too busy every day. But the mentor, or the boss."
He smiled bitterly and said: "We are all used to calling our mentors boss. As for my boss, he basically doesn't care about me. He has to learn everything by himself. He says it is to cultivate my learning ability."
"That's alright, but he really treats me like a tool! If there's something going on at home, I'll be there. If he's moving, I'll be there. If the air conditioner is broken, he'll ask me to find a master to fix it. If the sewer is blocked, he'll let me go.
I have to go to the toilet... and I have to pay for it all at my own expense without any reimbursement."
"Isn't this tutor too cheating?" Meng Xiaobai complained, "Treating students as coolies!"
"Haha, you still praise him too much!" Qi Zhicheng continued, "It's okay to ask me to do things in life. Later, he asked me to help him in his company. The reason was to train me. In fact, he just asked me to work for him.
The company works as free labor and works overtime every day.”
"Do you know how much he pays me a month?"
"How much?" Meng Xiaobai asked.
"This is the number!" Qi Zhicheng raised two fingers.
"Three thousand yuan?" Meng Xiaobai felt unfair for him, "Three thousand yuan is too cheap!"
"Three thousand yuan? Three hundred yuan, or transportation subsidy. To put it bluntly, I don't even have enough money to print materials!" Qi Zhicheng's tone was a little angry.
"I have to finish my studies, and I have to complete the tasks of the research group. I finally squeezed out some free time, and I have to work in his company. You think this is a shitty graduate student? I can go to TNN!"
Qi Zhicheng usually speaks quite well and rarely uses vulgar words, but today's words were almost like scolding! Meng Xiaobai could tell that he was very dissatisfied and angry.
"You only get a few hundred yuan in state subsidies as a graduate student, and he gives you 300 yuan. How can you survive?" Meng Xiaobai also felt very angry. Although the graduate student was there to study, Qi Zhicheng's supervisor squeezed him too hard.
"Didn't you talk to him? How about this?"
"Why didn't we talk?" Qi Zhicheng said helplessly, "I usually can't find him at all. I finally talked to him once, but he scolded me, saying that he only wanted to make money at a young age. If he wanted to make money, he should let him go as soon as possible.
I’m going to get out of here and don’t go to graduate school!”
"I can't help it!" Qi Zhicheng said, "Don't I know how to study? Last year, I worked hard for half a year and spent a lot of effort on a high-quality scI paper. I handed it over to him for review, you know
What did he do?"
"What?"
"He changed the first author of the paper to him. His disciple, another senior brother with whom he had a better relationship, was the second author. I, the original author, became the third author!" Mentioning this matter
, Qi Zhicheng gritted his teeth with hatred.
For scientific researchers, the order of signatures on papers is very important. Generally, only the first author is influential. It is related to academic studies, professional titles, influence, etc. Even top university scholars will be very concerned about this order of signatures.
If Qi Zhicheng wants to successfully graduate as a graduate student, he must write a thesis of a certain length. His hard work has been directly usurped by others, can he not be angry?
"Bah!" Meng Xiaobai couldn't listen anymore. He slapped the table and cursed: "This is a shitty tutor. This kind of person is not worthy of being a teacher. Haven't you ever thought about changing?"
"How is that possible?" Qi Zhicheng shook his head, "This is impossible to change. In school, the instructor is the authority. Whether I can graduate successfully as a graduate student depends on his words. How can I dare to offend him?"