Vacation time always fly by, in a blink of an eye, it’s the eve of the New Year, the most important day of the year in Xia country.
On this day, most families reunite, sitting together for a New Year’s Eve dinner, watching the Spring Festival Gala on NTS, reflecting on the passing year and welcoming the new one.
Even in the winter break, Mist City Arts and Science University’s campus is not deserted. The second canteen and the gymnasium are both bustling with activity.
The second canteen is mainly for dining.
Because the school will provide a lavish New Year’s Eve dinner free of charge for the faculty and students who are staying on campus for the holiday.
All the expenses are covered by Principal Ding.
Undoubtedly, there will be another grand celebration tonight at Mist City Arts and Science University. After the students finish their New Year’s Eve dinner at the second canteen, they all hurry to the gym in the north.
The school has arranged for tonight that New Year’s Eve dinner would take place at the second canteen. Principal Ding covers for everyone to dine, making all New Year’s Eve meals available for free.
As the person in charge of the canteen, Ding Yue’s mother, Zhang Yuping, specifically asked the chefs to prepare classic New Year’s Eve set meals from the South, North and various regions of the country.
Those chefs and canteen staff who are still "working" at the school cafeteria, Ding Yue has given them generous salary rewards.
For tonight’s dinner, Ding Yue has arranged multiple tables on the second floor of the canteen.
Mainly for some important personnel who stayed in the school for the Spring Festival this year, including An Yujia, the CEO of Feiyue Group who is staying in school for the New Year, and Professor Yang Kaining from the Swiss Zurich Federal Institute of Technology. As they are busy with the biomedical engineering project, they are not returning to Switzerland.
Naturally, the five doctoral students brought by Professor Yang Kaining are also present.
In the process of participating in biomedical engineering, Professor Yang Kaining and his five doctoral students are mainly responsible for the research on biological tissue cell materials.
Initially, Huang Youjie was worried whether there would be any problems with foreign people participating in the school’s important projects.
But Ding Yue is not worried about this.
Because neither these five foreign doctoral students nor Professor Yang Kaining have full access to the 3D biological printer and its technology at Mist City Arts and Science University.
In addition to these people, others staying at Mist City Arts and Science University for the New Year include Huang Youjie and Xu Bin. They, like Ding Yue, have regarded campus as their own home.
Originally, according to the past situations, they would go home to spend the New Year with their parents, but now times have changed. Their parents have now directly come to Mist City Arts and Science University during the Spring Festival. With the good relationship between the three families, they decided to celebrate the New Year together.
About a dozen people sat around the big round table.
Including Ding Yue and his three family members, Huang Youjie and Xu Bin’s family members, Secretary Wen Ruohan and An Yujia, the CEO of Feiyue Group.
At this time, Secretary Wen Ruohan was sitting to the left of Ding Yue, and his younger sister, Ding Xiaoyou, was sitting on his right.
"It’s been a hard year for everyone. Here’s to you all," Ding Yue said, raising his glass to his family and friends.
The New Year’s Eve dinner was very lively. Ding Yue had never had this many people at a New Year’s Eve dinner before.
Before establishing Mist City Arts and Science University, there were only four of us: myself, my father, my mother, and my little sister Ding Xiaoyou.
"Xiao You, since the end of the year to this period, I’ve barely seen you. How’s your research progress on the graphene battery technology?" Ding Yue turned his head and asked his sister while chatting casually.
His sister had been quite busy from the end of December last year to now in February. But Ding Yue knew that his sister was in the laboratory, carrying out her research on graphene battery technology, or in the library.
"Guess?" Ding Xiaoyou, enjoying her hearty New Year’s Eve dinner, asked him cheekily while tilting her head.
Ding Yue raised his hand as if to smack her and said, "You want me to guess? Do you want me to smack your head for being cheeky? Who taught you to do that?"
"Don’t forget, Xiao You, I’m the one who’s funding your graphene battery research," Ding Yue said jokingly.
"Humph, are you threatening me?"
"Hahaha, just tell me, what’s the progress? Your graphene battery technology could be revolutionary in the energy field."
Ding Yue said excitedly.
One of the many reasons Ding Yue cared so much was because he was planning on using Ding Xiaoyou’s graphene battery research to win a national science and technology award.
If he indeed won the national science and technology award, then that would fulfill the final and most important condition for upgrading Mist City Arts and Science University to Lv3.
Once Mist City Arts and Science University upgraded to Lv3, things would really start to take off.
Ding Yue could certainly feel that each time his Mist City prepared to level up, there was a significant improvement.