I'm back in 1990

Chapter 122: I'm still a child!

After leaving the stamp market, Huang Xiaochuan returned to school.

Not long after entering the school gate, the pager on his waist kept vibrating, and it started vibrating again after he turned it off. Seeing this, Huang Xiaochuan knew that someone was urgently calling him. He had done this before; he had asked the paging operator to urgently call Yu Wei.

However, he had already clearly seen that the phone number belonged to the school office, so he simply didn't return the call. He rode his bike directly to the administration building of his department to see who was looking for him; he guessed it was Dai Xiaoguang.

Huang Xiaochuan guessed correctly. Dai Xiaoguang was so anxious about finding Huang Xiaochuan that he was pacing around the office like an ant on a hot pan. He had arranged for people to look for him, but there was still no response. He had even made an urgent pager call, but there was still no return call. The department leaders were still waiting for him to bring Huang Xiaochuan to see them.

Who would have thought! This kid's article was actually published in Renren Daily, and on the front page in a prominent way.

The article is about my country's tax system reform. Professor Wang Deyi, a senior professor in our department, is one of the authors, and he is listed after Huang Xiaochuan. There are also three other students in our department, two of whom were Huang Xiaochuan's roommates. Is the feng shui of room 222 so good that it produced three prodigies at once?

Wu Duoding, Yi, and Sang Weihong were all in Dai Xiaoguang's office, but the three of them knew very little about the article. However, they could attest that it was indeed written by Huang Xiaochuan, because Huang Xiaochuan had asked them to help him with the data. They only realized when they saw the newspaper that Huang Xiaochuan had listed them as one of the authors, and they were immediately moved to tears.

Not long ago, Wu Duo got too excited about making money and made too much noise in the dormitory. He was called over and scolded by Dai Xiaoguang. Unexpectedly, he came back not long after, but this time he was showered with praise, which made Wu Duo lose his bearings.

Articles by our faculty and students were published on Renren Daily, and only then did the department and school leaders find out. What do you call this? It's called "silent until it makes a big splash," or you could say it's disrespectful to the leaders for not informing them beforehand about such an important matter.

Actually, it's not Wang Deyi and Huang Xiaochuan's fault at all. They submitted their papers to academic journals, but unexpectedly, their papers were circulated among a small group of people above and were well received. So, they were instructed to publish them in Renren Daily first.

Then, one of the secretaries even made a special call to the school's leadership to inquire about Wang Deyi, Huang Xiaochuan, and several other authors. Wang Deyi was relatively easy to identify, as the leadership knew him. But who was Huang Xiaochuan? Who was Wu Duo? And who were Ding Yi and Sang Weihong?

The results of the investigation were quite confusing. Apart from Wang Deyi, who is a professor, the other four authors were three first-year economics students, and the only female author was a second-year student.

Logically, this project should be led by Wang Deyi and several graduate students, but isn't he supposed to not supervise graduate students? What's the meaning of leading these first- and second-year undergraduates?

The order was then passed down to the department, leaving the department leaders completely bewildered. What was going on?

I went to Wang Deyi's office first, and asked him if he knew about this article, holding a newspaper. He was extremely polite!

"Professor Wang, are you busy? I need to confirm something with you. Please take a look at this newspaper. Did you and your student write this article?"

Wang Deyi casually picked up the newspaper and started reading. He was confused too. "I didn't submit my paper to Renren Daily, did I? How come it's in the newspaper when it wasn't published in an academic journal?" But then he realized what was going on. That shameless kid was right. It seemed that the higher-ups really wanted to crack down on the tax system. Huang Xiaochuan's paper was exactly what they wanted, a perfect opportunity!

Then look at the department heads and deputy heads who are standing in his office without even sitting down; they are all waiting expectantly for him to reveal the answer.

Wang Deyi took out a glasses cloth to wipe his glasses, put them back on, and said, "I'm ashamed! This is an academic paper that someone asked me to submit for them. It can't be published without my name on it. I'm just a name on it. The paper was completed independently by Huang Xiaochuan. The other three authors were given second authorship because they helped Huang Xiaochuan get the statistical data. Huang Xiaochuan is kind enough to give each of them a second authorship."

"However, I submitted this paper to the journal Economic Development, so I don't know how it ended up being published in this newspaper."

Wang Deyi's words informed the department leaders of the whole story. As for why it was published in Renren Daily, it was as obvious as a bald man's lice—the article simply caught their eye.

Now that we know the reason behind this, let's find this student as soon as possible so they can see what kind of person he is.

Next, counselor Dai Xiaoguang received the instructions. After a moment of surprise, he quickly searched for the person. He found three people, but the most important one was missing. So, he immediately paged him! He even asked the pager operator to page him five or six times for an urgent reply!

At that time, Huang Xiaochuan was still riding his bicycle back to school, leisurely and unhurriedly, when he received a pager after entering the school gate.

After parking his bicycle, Huang Xiaochuan went upstairs to Dai Xiaoguang's office: "Teacher Dai, you wanted to see me?"

Upon suddenly noticing Wu Duo, Ding Yi, and Sang Weihong, Huang Xiaochuan even greeted them, saying, "Oh? You guys are here too?"

When Wu Duo and Ding Yi saw Huang Xiaochuan, they immediately rushed over and each gave him a warm hug. Huang Xiaochuan was confused by the hugs, and then he saw that Sang Weihong seemed to be making a move as well, so he quickly stopped her, saying, "Senior, don't move, just stand there."

Sang Weihong originally wanted to thank Huang Xiaochuan when she saw him, but she didn't expect the kid to be so irresponsible, and she was so angry that she didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Upon seeing Huang Xiaochuan, Dai Xiaoguang breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh my god, you've finally arrived! If we hadn't found you, our principal would have sent people to dig three feet into the ground!"

As he spoke, he handed today's Renren Daily to Huang Xiaochuan. Huang Xiaochuan took it and was dumbfounded. Wasn't it supposed to be published in an academic journal? How come it's published in Renren Daily?

The author of the article is Huang Xiaochuan, whose name is listed first, with the old man listed after himself.

This is a big problem. I originally wanted to lay the groundwork for a future teaching position at the university, but I didn't expect to go too far. What should I do?

Huang Xiaochuan's face instantly turned a riot of colors—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet! Oh my god!

Seeing Huang Xiaochuan in a daze, the others thought he was having hysteria. After all, it would be unbearable for anyone to stand out like this, as Wu Duo and the other two had just experienced it.

Dai Xiaoguang patted Huang Xiaochuan on the shoulder: "Alright, you're overjoyed, aren't you? You didn't expect this, did you? Stop thinking about it. Now come with me to see the department leaders. Several department heads have been waiting for you in their offices for ages."

Huang Xiaochuan thought to himself, "What's so great about that? But I really didn't expect it to turn out like this. I'm really famous now, which isn't what I wanted at all! Damn it, I know what it means to be a big catch. The people in power are so unfair! I'm still a kid!"