It’s the beginning of the school year, and it’s also the first day of work after the holidays. The school has become lively again, and the students coming and going have given the campus a youthful feel.
Wang Hao enjoys this atmosphere very much.
When he walked to the path on campus, he heard laughter and laughter from both sides, and the sound of the basketball court in the distance, which explained the beauty of the university, and he couldn't help but put a smile on his face.
After glancing at the salary slip printed from the finance department, I felt even more comfortable.
He went to the complex office.
In the new semester, a teacher moved to the office in the computer laboratory building, and there was a vacant seat inside. Wang Hao no longer had to guard the door, but went to the office inside.
Although his professional title was upgraded to associate professor and he could apply to work in the laboratory building of the School of Science, he, like most young teachers, still decided to stay in the complex building.
Associate professor is not a 'high professional title'.
Even full professors do not have a separate office. If you apply for an office in the School of Science, you will most likely sit in the same room as Zhou Qingyuan, Wang Huanxin and other old professors. He does not want to work with old professors every day.
The office in the complex building is relatively familiar to my colleagues, and it is relatively free and relaxed.
Zhang Zhiqiang also made the same choice. His professional title was also mentioned as associate professor, but the level was one level lower. He also chose to stay in the office in the complex building.
It’s the first official day of work after the holiday, and the office is very lively.
When Wang Hao walked in, he heard several people talking about Zhang Zhiqiang. After he walked in, the topic immediately changed, "Wang Hao, congratulations, it's time to call you Professor Wang!"
"Associate professor at the sixth level, I heard that you are promoted across levels, and that's you!"
"I have been working for so many years, but I have only heard that other schools have it. This is the first time I have seen it in our school!"
Wang Hao smiled and expressed his gratitude.
Wang Hao and Zhang Zhiqiang were promoted to associate professors. This was something that had been decided for a long time. There was nothing special to say. The conversation in the office quickly turned to courses, work and other matters.
Zhu Ping still teaches basic computer courses.
Yan Jing improved. She entered the basic mechanics laboratory and joined a research group led by a physics professor.
Luo Dayong opened an elective course, and also applied to be a part-time teacher, responsible for managing a class, but the specific class has not yet been assigned. He explained with a grimace, "Life is stressful, and I want to make more money. I can earn more by opening the elective course." The course fees and being a class teacher will give you an extra 800 yuan per month as a subsidy."
"It's not easy!"
Zhang Zhiqiang sighed and said, "If research hadn't taken up so much time, I would have applied to teach a high-credit course."
With high credits and many class hours, university teaching positions come with class fees.
The average course fee at Xihai University is between 40 and 60 per class hour, which is certainly very low compared to extracurricular institutions, but considering that it is an additional subsidy income, it is not a lot to get an extra two or three thousand a month.
Wang Hao said, "I have three courses, one elective and two compulsory courses, but I don't teach many classes and have few class hours."
"Two compulsory courses? How many classes are there in a week?" Luo Dayong asked curiously.
"There are only four classes, and we can't catch up with the last semester."
Last semester, I taught "Partial Differential Equations" for seven classes, with three main lessons and three exercises per week. Now it is indeed three courses, but "Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics" only teaches two classes for four classes. "Nonlinear Functional Analysis" is taught once a week, and "Introduction to Data Mining" has been approved and only has classes on Thursday evenings.
Three courses, but less class time.
This rhythm is also Wang Hao's favorite, because taking the same course for the second time will greatly reduce the efficiency of obtaining inspiration. More courses and less class hours will bring the best results.
While Wang Hao and Luo Dayong were talking, Zhang Zhiqiang suddenly said, "Look at the system, the school's subject subsidies have been refreshed."
"Self-funded?" Luo Dayong asked doubtfully.
Zhang Zhiqiang nodded and said, "I applied for a self-funded project, and the school gave me a subsidy of 30,000 yuan. It's not bad. I applied for 50,000 yuan." He shook his head as he said, "The school always gives discounts when giving subsidies."
Yan Jing then said depressedly, "The same one I applied for years ago applied for 50,000 yuan. It was more ruthless than yours. It only gave 20,000 yuan. The school didn't even think about it. What can 20,000 yuan be enough for?"
"I also applied for a self-funded project. I applied for a funding of 30,000 yuan. Can I get 20,000 yuan?"
Wang Hao said as he logged into the system and checked the topics he applied for. He found that after the topics, it was marked that the funds were allocated... One hundred thousand?
He asked a little doubtfully, "Brother Zhang, you just said that funding for self-raised projects is discounted?"
"Of course!"
Zhang Zhiqiang stood up and went to get a glass of water, while saying, "If you apply for 50,000 yuan, you will be given 30,000 yuan. If you apply for 100,000 yuan, it is estimated that you can get 50,000 yuan. It will be very good. No matter how thorough the reasons for your application are, it will be useless. There must be a discount, and the school has a lot more good reasons. You can’t just ask the school to pay for a self-funded project, right?”
Wang Hao nodded clearly and immediately refreshed the web page and found that the screen still displayed '100,000'.
He decided not to speak.
At this time, Zhang Zhiqiang came back, glanced at Wang Hao's computer screen, looked at the numbers behind the topic, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and then asked with some confusion, "You just said, how many funds have you applied for?"
Before Wang Hao could say anything, he was surprised and said, "Thirty thousand, right? You applied for thirty thousand and the school gave you one hundred thousand?"
"Uh-huh!"
Everyone in the office looked over.
Luo Dayong, Zhu Ping, and Yan Jing were all very surprised, "How is it possible? When did the school become so generous?"
“Why was I given a discount when I applied?”
Zhu Ping finally found the answer and said with annoyance, "I also applied for one last year, but they didn't give me a penny at all, so I was asked to raise it myself. That was really self-financing. I had no choice but to give up." ”
Luo Dayong whispered, "Are you sure you're not cheating?"
Zhu Ping's face suddenly darkened, and her eyes exuded the ferocity of a huntress.
Wang Hao thought for a while and said, "Maybe I made a mistake. I did apply for 30,000 yuan. Director Zhu from the Science and Technology Department told me that the school could approve 30,000 yuan because he helped apply."
"It must be a mistake."
"It must be wrong!"
"Don't expect the school to be generous, it's impossible!" Zhang Zhiqiang said absolutely. He really couldn't understand why the school was able to generously approve 100,000 yuan when applying for 30,000 yuan.
At this time, Zhang Zhiqiang noticed a salary slip placed next to the mouse on the table.
Just glancing at the numbers above, he suddenly stopped talking. He just returned to the seat he made and sat down quietly, low-key, and even a little sadly.
A six-digit salary, with the first number being '4', is even a fraction more than the project funding I applied for.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s funded or not.
…
Wang Hao received an astonishing scientific research subsidy, totaling 450,000, including subsidies for publishing papers in the Journal of Mathematics and bonuses from schools that won STACS conference papers.
His personal salary is less than the fraction on the payroll.
Looking at the numbers on the salary slip, Wang Hao felt that being a university lecturer was a very lucrative career.
Although the subsidy he received was very large, he couldn't take the money when he shouldn't. He still went to the Science and Technology Department to ask about funding subsidies for self-financed schools.
Zhu Jianrong replied with a complicated answer, "Professor Wang Hao and Wang Da, the school organized a review of the declared topics two days ago. Your topic passed and 30,000 yuan was directly approved. However, I found out later that you raised it yourself. One million dollars in funding, right?”
"People from Penguin came to the school to talk, and they wanted to sponsor your project by name. They asked for 1 million, and they also said that 800,000 of it would be your personal service fee."
"Later, the school held a meeting to discuss it and gave you 100,000 yuan..."
Zhu Jianrong's words were a bit "tragic". The school did not want to allocate so much funds, but considering that Penguin Group saw Wang Hao's project, it sponsored one million yuan as soon as it opened the door, and the school only subsidized 30,000 yuan. It was really a bit too polite. , it will be awkward to submit the project and look at the amount.
Therefore, the school has only two options, either not to give a penny, or to give subsidies starting at 100,000 yuan.
In the end, it was decided to give 100,000 yuan.
This funding budget exceeds the estimate, which puts the school in a difficult position. The annual scientific research budget is fixed. If 100,000 is allocated for Wang Hao's self-funded project, other people's application funding will be affected.
Wang Hao was a little embarrassed after hearing this, so he could only say, "I went to Penguin to give a lecture. They had a general manager named Zhang. After hearing my research, he insisted on sponsoring it, but there was nothing I could do."
Zhu Jianrong grinned and didn't want to speak.
…
After the elective course application was approved and the self-funded project was confirmed, Wang Hao just read books and did research every day, slowly accumulating inspiration while waiting for the new semester with peace of mind.
The campus is becoming more lively day by day.
The back-to-school season has truly arrived. Students are returning to school to prepare for the new semester, and all work is slowly starting.
For students of every grade, one of the most important things in the new semester is to 'select courses'. Whether it is undergraduate or postgraduate, public electives or professional electives, you must complete enough credits to get a diploma.
At the same time, many students also log in to the school forum to share their course selection experiences with their juniors, juniors, or other classmates.
One of the posts was very interesting from a junior student. He posted a post with the title "Be careful when choosing courses!" If there is a professional course, don’t take it! 》.
Below is a screenshot of the course selection system.
The name of the course is "Introduction to Data Mining", and the lecturer's introduction is very simple -
Wang Hao, associate professor.
The post read, "I am a junior student in the Department of Physics. I would like to remind everyone not to choose "Introduction to Data Mining." This teacher is very young, but very scary. He is super demanding... super strict and nicknamed 'Devil'. teacher'."
"He has a grudge against the students, so he can't let you go!"
