Starting as the President of a Billionaire Group

Chapter 409: Chapter 405 New Profession: Scientist (Seeking Subscriptions)

Ye Chen sat in the office, and when he saw the lights go out, he knew their experiment had failed.

This was within Ye Chen’s expectations.

Almost simultaneously, the whole area around Star University, including nearby communities and schools, experienced a power outage.

The power company’s phone lines were almost completely jammed with calls.

The power company’s leadership called in their technical staff.

However, the technicians were equally baffled.

Lately, there hadn’t been any maintenance on the lines.

”Find out the cause immediately,” the leader said angrily.

Everywhere else was without power, but at Star University, the school’s backup generators quickly started producing electricity.

Ye Chen then went to the laboratory.

At that moment, a few students looked anxious and lost; they couldn’t understand where the experiment had gone wrong.

”Why don’t we try again?” Wang Meng suggested, gritting his teeth.

”No need; even if you try again it will fail,” Ye Chen said calmly.

Seeing Ye Chen, the group paused for a moment.

Ye Chen, dressed in protective gear, walked into the laboratory.

”Just because of your experiment, our school lost power.”

To prevent the students from feeling too burdened, Ye Chen mentioned it lightly.

”Oh, Principal Ye, we’re sorry,” they apologized.

Ye Chen shook his head, saying, ”It’s normal for experiments to fail. The most important thing is to know where it went wrong.”

At this, the few students nodded, ”We will look for the cause immediately.”

”No need, let me help you.”

Just now, the students’ experiment had drained all surrounding electricity.

It’s estimated that the nearby communities must have overwhelmed the power company’s call lines, so the problem needed to be solved immediately.

Ye Chen picked up their experimental equipment.

Wang Meng’s expression changed slightly, with some embarrassment. ”Principal Ye, you can’t just...”

Before he finished his sentence, he saw Ye Chen deftly begin dismantling the machine.

”Whoa.”

The group was completely stunned.

To complete the assembly of the machine, it had taken them a whole month, but Ye Chen dismantled it easily, like a toy.

Could Principal Ye also understand nuclear fission technology?

Ye Chen carefully removed a ring.

The hearts of the group were in their throats.

That was the core of the machine—a small reactor.

If anything went wrong, it could be as powerful as a hand grenade.

Yet, Ye Chen seemed even more familiar with it than they were.

Looking at the reactor, he said, ”You installed it backwards, which is why it drew in power instead of emitting it.”

Hearing Ye Chen’s words, their eyes lit up.

”Oh, right, why didn’t we think of that?”

For these young people, nuclear fission technology is an extraordinarily complex subject.

However, for Ye Chen, this technology was as simple as arithmetic.

Therefore, Ye Chen easily pinpointed the issue.

Ye Chen began to reassemble the machine.

He worked extremely fast; the onlookers were wide-eyed.

Previously, for each step, they had to spend a whole day.

They were very cautious.

However, in Ye Chen’s hands, it was just like a big toy.

It seemed as if the steps were imprinted in Ye Chen’s mind.

Soon, everything was installed.

Ye Chen pressed the start button again.

At this time, a dazzling light burst from the light shield inside.

”Success.” The group’s eyes lit up.

”Although it worked, your thing is too crude to be useful; tomorrow, follow me for this project,” Ye Chen said flatly.

Hearing Ye Chen’s words, a bright smile appeared on their faces.

These individuals were all deeply engrossed in nuclear fission, and their thirst for knowledge exceeded that of typical students.

From the few words Ye Chen spoke and his technical skills, they could see that he was a true expert.

Therefore, learning with Ye Chen would be immensely beneficial for them.

At this moment, Fudan University was in complete darkness.

Students who had been studying gathered on the playground.

”What’s with the sudden power outage?”

”It’s so frustrating; I was halfway through my paper.”

”Look—all the surrounding communities are out of power.”

”Yeah, but Star University still has electricity.”

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”Hey, isn’t our Fudan a prestigious school? I think it’s far behind Star University.”

”Exactly, if I had known, I’d have applied to Star University.”

Now Fudan students envied Star University more than ever.

The blackout had significant impacts.

Energy department investigations found that only Star University retained power in the entire area.

It turned out Star University used backup power.

Subsequently, the technical department finally traced the root cause.

An intense energy fluctuation had emerged at Star University, which drained electric power and flowed into the university, resulting in widespread blackouts.

It was now the next day.

In the morning, Ye Chen continued driving for DiDi after waking up.

As for the blackout issue, Ye Chen knew the electrical department would surely reach out to Star University.

But since it had already happened, Ye Chen felt there was little else to do.

At most, there might be a fine.

At this moment, an elderly man got into the car.

The elder entered with a face full of worry.

At this point, the elder’s phone rang.

”What? How could this be? Our new energy technology is at a crucial stage; why are they leaving?”

”Are they offering high salaries? Millions?”

Hearing this, the old man fell silent.

The elder hung up the phone, a look of helplessness in his eyes.

[Ding, DiDi Choice System activated. Each week, you randomly encounter a passenger with special attributes. Complete the selection task to receive the ultimate reward, aiding the host in becoming a global leader!]

[Passenger Occupation: Scientist!]

[Option 1: Persuade Professor Li Sen to join foreign high-tech enterprises and receive system rewards: Divine-level Talent Recruitment Skills and 10% shares in M Country’s Stan University]

[Option 2: Tell the old professor this is reality and have him sober up. Receive system rewards: the heart of a top-line actress, Fan Lengling, and a reward of 100 million Hua Country Coins]

[Option 3: Help the old professor revitalize Hua Country’s new energy enterprise and receive system rewards: Divine Recruitment System and Star University’s research building]

The first option, although richly rewarding, Ye Chen is very patriotic; how could he persuade our scientists to serve foreign interests?

The second option involves the affection of a beautiful starlet, but does Ye Chen lack women’s affection? He already has several 98-point beauties around him.

So Ye Chen directly chose the third option.

[Ding, congratulations to the host on receiving system rewards: Divine Recruitment System and Star University’s research building.]

Ye Chen smiled and asked, ”Sir, what’s wrong?”

Li Sen sighed, ”Ah, today’s young people aren’t like those from our era.”

”What do you mean?” Ye Chen asked.

”In our era, a simple slogan would have us rush to the Northwest, not returning home for years. Now, foreigners offer salaries in the millions, and the technical elites we’ve trained for decades are being poached,” he explained.