Chapter 201 Done in One Go

In fact, compared with papers published in journals, the number of words in a doctoral thesis is much larger. The number of pages in a doctoral thesis is generally between 100 and 200 pages, and even more pages are very common.

This is the first time Ning Chen has written a paper with so many pages. Fortunately, Ning Chen has enough experimental results, so it is not difficult to write such a long paper.

Of course, even though this paper has many pages, Ning Chen did not add any moisture to it. It is all very hard-core dry information.

A normal doctoral thesis requires a relatively large number of words, so everyone is more or less filled with water.

Of course, the "water" here does not refer to various academic misconducts, but to appropriately add some experimental data and analysis, add discussion and introduction sections, add various charts, references, etc.

These are also some unspoken rules in paper writing. After all, some rigid standards must be met. Otherwise, if the word count and page count of the paper are not up to standard, the paper will not be submitted.

If an ordinary doctoral thesis is like a bowl of beef soup with a few pieces of beef in it, then Ning Chen's doctoral thesis is like a bowl full of beef jerky.

After finishing writing his doctoral thesis, Ning Chen was busy making PPT for the defense.

Of course, these tasks do not put any pressure on Ning Chen.

This is just like a college student doing elementary school questions. He will feel very relaxed. Ning Chen regards this as a kind of adjustment besides scientific research.

After Ning Chen completed the submission of his doctoral thesis, it quickly passed the review of the college.

Since the content here is basically related to Ning Chen's paper published in "Nature", the academy will naturally not put any significance on the content of the paper.

Subsequently, the college arranged a doctoral defense for Ning Chen.

Ning Chen did not participate in this doctoral defense with other doctors. It seemed that the college specially arranged the defense for Ning Chen alone.

As expected, Ning Chen's defense process went very smoothly. This time, unlike during Ning Chen's undergraduate defense, a teacher asked some questions that were clearly stated in the paper.

After Ning Chen completed his defense, Liu Xu came to Ning Chen, shook hands with Ning Chen and congratulated:

"Ning Chen, congratulations on passing your doctoral defense. You will officially receive your doctorate soon."

Liu Xu's congratulations seemed a little eager. It could be seen that everyone knew that Ning Chen's doctoral defense was more of a process, and there was no suspense about whether he passed or failed.

Of course, Ning Chen still took his doctoral defense very seriously and did not take the whole process lightly.

"Thank you, Dean Liu, for giving me the opportunity to arrange a separate defense, so that I can complete my studies at the direct doctoral level in two years."

Looking at the entire history, it is estimated that no one else may be able to achieve such a direct blogging speed.

It is a very normal thing to delay the completion of a doctorate. Before this, it was very fast to graduate with a direct doctorate in five years. One person who could graduate in four years would probably only appear in a few years.

"Ning Chen, you don't need to thank us. This is all due to your own performance. Your ability has already far exceeded the level of a normal doctor. There is no point in continuing to waste time on this."

Liu Xu thought that when the school officially awarded Ning Chen a doctorate, he would immediately arrange the entry procedures for Ning Chen and sign a labor contract.

Ning Chen also knew what Liu Xu was thinking, but Ning Chen was also very happy about it, because Ning Chen himself also hoped to complete the identity change earlier.

The speed of the school was even faster than Ning Chen expected. The day after Ning Chen completed his doctoral defense, Ning Chen received his doctoral degree certificate.

Normally, students can get their doctoral degree certificate within one to two months after the doctoral defense.

Ning Chen estimated that maybe the school would handle all the procedures for him as quickly as possible after he completed his doctoral defense.

On the same day after receiving his doctorate, Ning Chen formally signed an employment contract with the school. The entire process was completed in one go without any delays.

When he came to his laboratory again, Ning Chen had obtained a new identity.

"Oh, you must be Teacher Ning. It's our first time meeting you. Please give me more advice in the future!"

Xu Zhou deliberately acted like he was seeing Ning Chen for the first time, which made Ning Chen feel a little bit dumbfounded.

"Hello, Mr. Xu, nice to meet you, but why do I feel like the environment in this laboratory seems familiar?"

The two actors looked at each other, smiled, and failed on the spot, and did not continue the performance.

In fact, except for the change in Ning Chen's identity, nothing else has changed. Ning Chen will continue to conduct experiments every day and study various scientific research topics as before.

At this time, Sui Feng also came over and said to Ning Chen:

"I have to call you Teacher Ning this time, but you can't call me Senior Brother Sui anymore. Hey, in fact, after your straight blog, you no longer need to call me that way."

"It doesn't matter, how can we all discuss things on our own terms." Ning Chen said with a smile.

Ning Chen remembered that when he was in the mathematics experimental group, Tong Yicheng called him "Brother Chen" and he called Tong Yicheng "Senior Brother Tong", and they got along well with each other.

However, Ning Chen thought at this time that when the former commander entered the laboratory, how to address each other was really a problem.

Normally according to the relationship between laboratory members, Yuan Shuai must treat himself as a teacher.

But Ning Chen didn't want the two of them to appear estranged because of changes in their relationship. At least in private, it was better to be more casual.

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Ning Chen is very adaptable to the change of new identity. Of course, this is largely because Ning Chen's daily work has not changed in essence.

While studying new topics, Ning Chen will also take some time to pay attention to Qiucheng's mathematics competition with college students.

The semi-final written test of this autumn competition has ended. Ning Chen wants to get to know some students with outstanding achievements first, so that he will not be completely unfamiliar with those students when the interview for the finals is held.

On the other hand, Tao Zhexuan has already confirmed his itinerary to China and contacted Ning Chen.

Ning Chen had been looking forward to Tao Zhexuan's arrival for a long time. When he learned that Tao Zhexuan would be coming to Shengzhou soon, Ning Chen was so excited that he almost couldn't sleep at night.

On the day Tao Zhexuan left for Shengzhou, Ning Chen drove his Passat to Shengzhou International Airport.

Seeing a man with long hair and glasses walking out dragging a suitcase, Ning Chen recognized this man as Tao Zhexuan.

What Ning Chen didn't expect was that this time Tao Zhexuan came by himself, without even an assistant.

"Professor Tao, I am Ning Chen."

Ning Chen greeted Tao Zhexuan in English. After all, Ning Chen was not good at speaking Cantonese, so he could only choose to communicate with Tao Zhexuan in English.

When he heard someone calling him, Tao Zhexuan turned his head.

"Ning Chen, thank you for coming to pick me up in person. I'm glad to see you!"

Tao Zhexuan is more than ten years older than Ning Chen, but Tao Zhexuan looks like a big boy, which makes Ning Chen feel that Tao Zhexuan is still very kind.

After the two shook hands, Ning Chen wanted to help Tao Zhexuan pick up his suitcase. After all, Tao Zhexuan was a guest and the journey was a bit hard.

However, Tao Zhexuan did not give the suitcase to Ning Chen and insisted on getting it himself, so Ning Chen had no choice but to give up.

"Professor Tao, are you coming to China alone this time?"

"Yes, I came here alone, and I don't need anyone else to help me with anything, so I don't need to bring any assistants."

Tao Zhexuan seemed very casual, which was somewhat different from what Ning Chen had imagined.

"Professor Tao, what are your plans for this visit to Shengzhou?"

"My arrangement is to meet you and have a good chat. Speaking of which, if it weren't for meeting you, I might not have accepted Professor Qiu Chengtong's invitation this time." Tao Zhexuan said with a smile.

Tao Zhexuan's words confirmed Ning Chen's previous guesses. Even though Tao Zhexuan said these words in a joking tone, it did not mean that Tao Zhexuan was really joking.

Many of my inner thoughts are expressed in this joking way.

The two walked to where Ning Chen parked his car. Ning Chen helped Tao Zhexuan put his luggage in the trunk of the car, and then invited Tao Zhexuan to get in the car.