Chapter 30 - Respect From Everyone!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

In the large conference room, applause sounded again.

However, this time, it was Professor Eugene who led the applause.

The silver-haired Professor Eugene had tears in the corners of his eyes. They were tears of excitement.

Professor Eugene still vaguely remembered that when George had just become his student, he had solved a difficult problem in his office.

At that time, George’s speed in solving problems was not the fastest among his classmates, but Professor Eugene found that his thinking in solving problems was different from others.

Professor Eugene could tell that if George was given some time to grow, his achievements in space physics would far surpass most people in the field.

What Professor Eugene did not expect was that George had miraculously achieved such a feat ahead of time.

In the meeting room, in front of everyone present, George had used three methods to solve a difficult problem that troubled the top scholars of the National Academy of Sciences.

Professor Eugene was very clear that something like this couldn’t be faked, which was exactly why he was very excited. He wasn’t stingy with his tears. This was the best recognition he had for George.

At the same time, most of the people present were equally excited. Many of them were Yale students who had graduated a few years before George.

Among them, the most delighted ones were the members in the same research group as George, their delight stemming from their witness of George’s freakish speed and way of thinking.

Because this meant that as long as they were in the same group as George, they would receive a steady stream of resources.

After all, the key to successful scientific research was funding. If someone godly was in one of the scientific research groups and was very good at solving difficult problems, the country would certainly devote a lot of resources to the research group.

The benefits were obvious.

Therefore, the many members in the meeting started to praise George loudly.

“George, the second research group will always support you!”

“George, No, God, please accept my worship!”

“Yale is proud of you!”

“You are the pride of Yale!”

All kinds of praises for George continued to ring out. However, the more they praised George, the darker Professor Franklin’s expression became as he stood in the corner.

“Humph, don’t be happy too early. The final results have to be evaluated by the Academy of Sciences!” In the face of the exciting atmosphere in the meeting, Professor Franklin only dared to quietly complain about his dissatisfaction in his heart.

At this time, Professor Eugene walked to George’s side. He placed his wrinkled hands on the shoulders of his student, and his eyes were filled with undisguised admiration.

“Yale is proud of you!”

After Professor Eugene said this, he turned around and left, giving way to Professor Lodge, who was walking over from behind him.

Professor Lodge did the same thing as Professor Eugene.

If there were outsiders present in the meeting room, they would probably feel that it was strange when they saw the professors pat George’s shoulders separately.

What they didn’t know was that there was a long-standing and unwritten rule at Yale.

When someone achieved extraordinary success in a certain field, the fellow Yale alumni would come forward and tap the person on the shoulder when they saw the person. This was their way of expressing thier respect for the extraordinary achievements of the alumnus.

So, after Professor Eugene first expressed his respect for his student, the other professors in the room began to follow suit.

During this process, Professor Franklin watched as the professors belonging to Yale University were about to finish expressing their respect, other than him.

At this moment, he was having an intense struggle in his heart because he was also a graduate of Yale University. According to common practice, he should express his respect as well.

However, Franklin was very unwilling to do so. He found Professor Eugene in the crowd and first gave him a malicious look.

“To think this damned Eugene express his respect to his student at this time!” Franklin ridiculed in his heart. He had hoped that the people present would only pay their respects to Geroge after the meeting had ended and he had left.

He didn’t expect that Eugene, whom he hated, would carry out this procedure in advance.

It was left to one’s speculation whether Professor Eugene had the intention of taking revenge on Franklin by doing so.

With this, an awkward scene appeared in the meeting. Other than Franklin, all the professors who had graduated from Yale University had already expressed their respect for George.

Among the professors, only Franklin had not taken action. Thus, everyone’s eyes were on him, which made it very awkward for him.

Due to George’s outstanding performance, the professors were willing to express their respect for him. After the professors had finished doing so, only could the young Yale graduates could go ahead and express their respect for George.

This was a process based on seniority.

In other words, if Franklin didn’t go up to express his respect for George, most of the Yale graduates could only stand and wait.

At this moment, some of the professors who were not Yale graduates stood up and spoke.

“Professor Franklin, many people are waiting for you. If it’s not convenient for you, please say it.”

Franklin’s face instantly turned red. The person who spoke just now was not a professor from Yale University, thus there was nothing wrong with his etiquette in saying such a thing.

“Damn it!”

Franklin did not expect that he would encounter such an awkward and embarrassing situation.

He did not know that all of this was the result of his actions. If he had not made things difficult for George to deal a blow to Professor Eugene, things would not have developed to this stage.

However, Franklin had been in the officialdom for decades, after all. With just a little thought, he came up with a solution.

He hinted to his assistant with his eyes that he was looking for an excuse to leave the meeting room.

The assistant had followed Franklin for many years. He could understand the professor’s intention with just a glance.

Soon, the phone rang in the meeting room that was filled with awkwardness.

The assistant had used some unknown method to pretend that there was a call coming in, and then Professor Franklin started his performance.

When everyone saw this scene, their reactions were almost the same.

They did not expect that Franklin, who was usually cold and aloof, would actually use such a crude method to escape from this place.

Franklin feigned shock as if he had received a call that something was very serious and urgent.

Then, with the cooperation of his assistant, he escaped from the meeting room.

“Humph, Professor Franklin should get an Oscar for his acting skills!”

Some of the professors present mocked.

After the farce ended, the Yale graduates began to walk up to express their respects to George.

Unlike the professors, it was not a problem for students to show their respect to someone else, even if they were not from the same school.

A student who was a few years older than George was the first to walk out of the crowd. He walked up to George and patted him on the shoulder. At the same time, he said his name and the name of his school.

“Benson, the University of Chicago!”

Subsequently, the conference room began to be filled with the voices of names and schools.

“Gail, Stanford University!”

“Bartley, Columbia University!”

“Angelina, Harvard University!”

“Audrey, MIT!”

“Brady, Princeton University!”

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A few minutes later, the last girl left in the meeting room began to walk towards George.

It was the girl who had previously given George the friendly reminder.

At this moment, in her beautiful blue eyes, there was only George’s figure.

She had already walked up to George as she glanced at him nervously. Then, she raised her arm and patted his thick shoulder with her soft fingers.

“Hannah, Yale University!”