Material Empire

"How could Zhang Shengying do this!"

Tranquility blushed with anger. In the past, even in private, she seldom called Zhang Shengying by name directly, but this meeting was really ruthless.

"This is too normal." Qin Hai shrugged and said disapprovingly.

"This is completely harmful! This... This is a criminal act!" Tranquility stomped her feet, not knowing what words to use to describe this matter. She thought that Zhang Shengying might frame her, or catch her mistakes and make a big fuss, but she never imagined that as a teacher, she would instruct her graduate students to tamper with the equipment to frame a student . This kind of thing has completely broken the bottom line of morality, and it is indeed not an exaggeration to say that it is a crime.

Qin Hai waved his hand and said: "What is the nature of Zhang Shengying's matter? Let's talk about it later. Now you know what the other party has done, and you have indeed fallen into the trap they dug. Think about it, now you should How to do it?"

"I have to redo all the magnetic properties experiments and get the results again," Tranquility said.

"Will this have an impact on your defense?" Qin Hai asked. He couldn't understand things too professionally like Tranquility, so he could only ask Tranquility.

Tranquility thought about it seriously, and said: "No, in fact, this part of the data is not the core of my thesis, but some auxiliary content. Replacing this part of the data will not affect the conclusion of the paper. In fact, it is precisely because of these The data is not that important, so I didn't pay special attention, otherwise, I would be able to find problems with the data through theoretical analysis."

"Is there enough time?" Qin Hai asked again.

Tranquility nodded and said: "It's completely in time, I can finish the experiment by adding a few night shifts, and I will definitely not delay the defense. ... But for the "Superconductivity" magazine, I have to write an email to explain it quickly, just in case Once they have received Liu Jun's report letter, I am at a loss for words."

"Let me handle this matter." Qin Hai said, several editorial board members of "Superconductivity" magazine have dealt with Qin Hai, because today's superconducting materials are not rare earth, and Qin Hai holds important The supply of rare earths, so those big-name superconducting experts have to sell Qin Hai's account.

Tranquility also knew Qin Hai's energy, so she felt relieved after hearing what he said. She looked at the magnetometer in front of her and said bitterly: "Qin Hai, what should we do about Zhang Shengying and Liu Jun? Should we ask Mr. Chen to expose them?"

"It's not the time yet." Qin Hai smiled and said meaningfully.

Tranquility is used to obeying Qin Haiyan, at least in some major matters. Qin Hai secretly gave her some tips, she nodded repeatedly, and promised to do everything according to Qin Hai's instructions.

In the next few days, Tranquility did not tell anyone about the problem with the magnetometer in the laboratory. Qin Hai got a new magnetometer for her, and she worked overtime to redo the previous experiments. Once again, the data in the paper was revised. Although Chen Zong is Tranquility's mentor, he doesn't know what revisions Tranquility made to the thesis. As Tranquility said, this part of the data is actually not the core, nor will it affect the main conclusion of her thesis, so Chen Zong doesn't pay much attention to it.

When the scheduled defense time came, Tranquility walked into the defense classroom with a confident attitude, and began to present her thesis to the defense committee composed of five superconducting experts inside and outside the school. At this time, Zhang Shengying walked into the office of Vice Principal Meng Qilong with a stack of materials.

"Principal Meng, I have something to report to you." Zhang Shengying said hastily as soon as she entered the door.

Meng Qilong, who was reading documents at his desk, raised his head, took off his presbyopic glasses, frowned and said, "It's Mr. Zhang? What's the matter with you? If you're not in a hurry, can you come to me tomorrow, I have a report to read now , will be sent to the Board of Education immediately.”

In fact, Meng Qilong was not so anxious about the matter at hand. If some other professor came to him, he would definitely put down the documents and listen to the other party's narration enthusiastically. But this Zhang Shengying was really unlikable. Ever since she had a conflict with Qin Hai, she had to complain or cry to the school leaders every three days, which made everyone tired of her.

Zhang Shengying naturally knew what image she had in the minds of the school leaders, but this time she came with conclusive evidence, and the reason she claimed was very lofty, so I don't worry that the school leaders didn't take it seriously. She even felt that after this incident, the school leaders would suddenly discover that the superconductivity research center under the management of Chen Zongze had many problems, and she, Zhang Shengying, was the mainstay of the center. Therefore, he was repeatedly persecuted by Chen Zongze and his behind-the-scenes boss Qin Hai, and his grievances were overwhelming.

"Principal Meng, I'm here to report today. The report is very urgent. If the school leaders can't deal with it immediately, then the most serious scandal in the history of Capital University is likely to occur." Zhang Shengying opened his mouth, full of sensational rhetoric .

"Mr. Zhang, are you taking this too seriously?" Meng Qilong didn't believe Zhang Shengying's words, he said lightly while playing with his reading glasses.

Zhang Shengying widened her eyes and said, "Principal Meng, don't you believe me? Tell you, there is a student in our school who has published many articles in international journals and has a great influence. The data in her papers are all fake. , It is a blatant academic fraud. Fortunately, this behavior has been discovered by me, and it is still too late to stop its spread. If this behavior is discovered by foreign scholars and made public, the academic reputation of our Beijing University will be completely destroyed. "

"You mean... Tranquility?" Meng Qilong asked in amazement. There are not many students who can publish many articles in international journals. Combined with Zhang Shengying's major, Meng Qilong can naturally guess who Zhang Shengying is talking about. Although he still had doubts about Zhang Shengying's words, the result Zhang Shengying said was indeed something he dared not ignore.

"That's right, it's Chen Zongze's proud disciple who claims to be Tranquility, the discoverer of iron-based superconductivity." Zhang Shengying said sourly.

Meng Qilong automatically filtered out Zhang Shengying's complaints, and he asked, "Mr. Zhang, do you have any evidence for your claim that Tranquility's data is falsified?"

"Of course there is evidence." Zhang Shengying said, "If there is no evidence, how dare I come to you to report with my real name?"

"If the content of the real-name report is not true, you must bear the corresponding responsibility. Mr. Zhang, you should know?" Meng Qilong reminded.

Zhang Shengying shook her head and said, "Of course I know, and I also know that the school is particularly partial to top academics like Tranquility. If there is no real evidence, how dare I report it."

"The school doesn't have one, and it won't favor anyone." Meng Qilong corrected Zhang Shengying, he didn't want to take the blame, "Mr. Zhang, if you have any evidence, you can give it to me now, and I will ask the school's academic committee to conduct it. Test. If your report is true, no matter who is involved, the school will deal with it seriously in accordance with discipline."

"My evidence is here." Zhang Shengying waved the information on her hand, "But there is no need to read these evidences, and I don't have time to read them. I hope that President Meng can bring the professors from the Academic Committee to the superconducting research center. In the big conference room, Tranquility is using her falsified data to defend her doctoral dissertation. If the defense committee does not find the falsified data and passes her defense, it will discredit Jingcheng University. I will expose her data in person there , Who is right and wrong, everyone can tell at a glance."

"Are you sure you have solid evidence?" Meng Qilong looked at Zhang Shengying and asked solemnly for the last time.

"Yes." Zhang Shengying nodded firmly.

"Okay then." Meng Qilong returned to his desk, picked up the phone, and notified several professors from the school's academic committee to gather at the gate of the Superconductivity Research Center so that they could witness the serene doctoral dissertation defense. Zhang Shengying's allegations.

Although Meng Qilong hated Zhang Shengying, he believed what Zhang Shengying said. In Meng Qilong's view, Zhang Shengying is also a professor at Capital University after all, so it's inevitable to be a little selfish and arrogant, but at least a basic academic conscience should still be trustworthy, right? Since she so firmly claimed that there was a problem with Tranquility's paper data, maybe there really was a problem.

Data falsification is a very bad act, and once verified, it must be severely punished. And if Ning Jing's previous papers published in international journals also involved falsified data, then the problem would be even bigger, which would be an international embarrassment. How dare Meng Qilong neglect such a big matter.

Ten minutes later, a group of people gathered downstairs in the Superconductivity Research Center. After hearing Zhang Shengying's brief introduction, several professors from the academic committee changed their faces. Under the leadership of Meng Qilong, everyone came to the scene of quiet defense with solemn expressions.

At this time, Tranquility's dissertation defense has entered more than half. Tranquility has finished introducing her thesis and is answering the defense committee's questions. Needless to say, the three experts from our school, the two experts invited from outside the school and Ning Jing also know each other. They know that this young girl is the discoverer of iron-based superconductivity, and her academic future is limitless. The attitude was asking and answering, and the atmosphere at the scene was quite harmonious.

Meng Qilong knocked on the door of the defense meeting room, and the chairman of the defense, Du Xiangwang, frowned, motioned for the defense secretary to open the door. Seeing Meng Qilong standing outside the door, Du Xiangwang stood up and said with displeasure: "Principal Meng, we are defending a thesis here, you are..."

"We are all here to listen to Tranquility's defense." Meng Qilong said, and at the same time pointed out several experts behind him and Zhang Shengying to Du Xiang.