Chapter 66: The Strongest Faculty in History, Longhe's Team of Academicians

The "defection" frenzy sweeping through the entire Chinese academic community did not weaken in the slightest due to the blockade imposed by the university alliance; instead, it intensified.

This undercurrent-laden storm was pushed to an unimaginable peak when a master-level figure publicly dropped a deep-sea bomb.

A senior academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

A living legend and an insurmountable monument in the field of domestic civil engineering.

Lu Jianhua.

This name alone represented half the developmental history of modern Chinese bridge and architectural engineering.

This elderly man, who had long been semi-retired and only held advisory positions in a few major national-level projects, did something through his private channels that caused the entire academic community to suffer a mental crash.

He personally wrote a job application letter.

The destination address of this letter was not any state-owned top-tier design institute, nor the president's office of Peking University or Tsinghua University, but rather the publicly available email inbox of Longhai University, which was open to the entire world.

A job application letter from an academician thus lay quietly in a public mailbox, mixed among tens of thousands of inquiry emails.

The first to discover it was an intern at a second-tier domestic media outlet. Originally, he held a mentality of looking for a joke, hoping to find some scraps from the public information of this "internet-famous university" to cobble together an article.

When he saw the sender's name, "Lu Jianhua," his first reaction was that it was a prank.

However, when his trembling hands cross-verified the registration information of the sender's email through internal channels, the coffee cup in his hand dropped directly to the floor.

This was not a prank.

It was real!

Half an hour later, an exclusive news story that detonated the entire internet was published by this obscure media outlet and instantly reposted crazily across major platforms. The headline was simple and crude, yet carried the impact of a nuclear explosion: "National Treasure-Level Academician Lu Jianhua Applies for a Job at Longhai University!"

The contents of the letter were subsequently exposed in their entirety.

There was no esoteric terminology, nor any condescending posture.

In the letter, Elder Lu's words were as earnest as those of a newly graduated student yearning for an opportunity.

He candidly revealed that he learned of Longhai University's existence through the recommendation of his old friend, Professor Jiang Yi.

And what truly made up his mind was the "interdisciplinary research data capable of subverting an era" mentioned by Jiang Yi.

"...I am already well past seventy, and my scientific research career has little time left. If I can be fortunate enough to join Longhai, witness the dawn of a new era, and in these final moments, add a humble spark to the nation's future, I will have no regrets in this life."

At the end of the letter was Elder Lu's vigorous, handwritten signature.

A national treasure-level academician who had dedicated his entire life to national construction had actually taken the initiative to "apply for a job" at a university that could not even be found on the map, using a posture akin to a "request"!

This news was no longer just a pebble thrown into a calm lake.

It was a hydrogen bomb detonated directly at the center of public opinion.

The entire internet completely erupted!

All previous controversies, doubts, and ridiculing regarding Longhai University appeared so pale and ridiculous in front of the name "Lu Jianhua."

This was the country's top strategic scientist using his lifetime's reputation to provide the strongest endorsement for Longhai University!

Inside the study at Longyao Villa.

He Yu looked at the scanned copy of the letter on the screen, his gaze lingering for a long time on the phrase "add a humble spark."

Without the slightest hesitation, and without convening any form of meeting,

he directly picked up the internal communicator.

"Notify the personnel department to immediately draft the highest-spec employment contract."

"At the same time, in my personal capacity, I formally appoint Academician Lu Jianhua as the Executive Vice President and concurrently Chief Academic Officer of Longhai University!"

He Yu's voice was calm, yet carried an unquestionable decisiveness.

Executive Vice President!

Chief Academic Officer!

This was not an honorary title; it was entrusting the school's most core academic management and teaching planning authority in its entirety!

This was no longer just a courteous reception.

This was a trust akin to entrusting the fate of an empire!

The next day.

Just as the entire internet was still wildly speculating about the destination of Academician Lu Jianhua and how Longhai University would respond,

the official homepage of Longhai University underwent an update.

An update sufficient to be recorded in the annals of Chinese higher education history.

There were no redundant announcements, no sentimental texts.

The entire layout of the homepage was completely occupied by a list, with a bright red title pinned high in the most conspicuous position, every single word seemingly burning.

[Longhai University - Genesis Faculty Dream Team]

At the very top of the list, the first name caused everyone who clicked onto the website to hold their breath momentarily.

Lu Jianhua - Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of Longhai University.

Following closely in second place, another heavyweight bomb was dropped.

Qian Liqun - Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, one of the pioneers in the domestic new energy field, Chief Professor of the School of New Energy at Longhai University.

Another academician!

If Lu Jianhua's joining was based on the sentiments of an old friend and a yearning for unknown technology,

then the appearance of Academician Qian Liqun completely shattered everyone's wishful thinking!

This proved that Longhai University's attraction was not an isolated case, but a universal phenomenon capable of being irresistible even to strategic-level scientists!

The list continued downward.

Li Weimin - Former Chief Engineer of the National Environmental Protection Administration, expert in ecological recycling systems, Dean of the School of Environment and Ecology at Longhai University.

Jiang Yi - Internationally renowned bionic architect, Dean of the School of Architecture and Design at Longhai University.

Chen Jing - Former Chief Architect of Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for the "Sky Eye" project, Chief Professor of the School of Artificial Intelligence at Longhai University.

...

Name after thunderous name, names that previously existed only in textbooks and industry legends within their respective fields, were densely aligned together.

Behind every name stood the pinnacle of a discipline.

Every single title was sufficient to become a stabilizing anchor in any "Project 985" university.

And now, they had all gathered under the four characters "Longhai University."

A dream-team faculty composed of dozens of top experts and scholars from various fields, alongside two national treasure-level academicians of the Academy of Engineering,

was thus made public in the most direct, arrogant, and unreasonable manner.

At this moment, all voices on the internet vanished.

Leaving only countless wide-open, bloodshot eyes.

A dream-team faculty composed of dozens of top experts from various fields and two academicians of the Academy of Engineering thus completely stunned the eyes of the entire internet.