Xia Lei had imagined that the Academy of Science was a solemn and sacred place and that the building would probably be a very old design. However, when he got there, he discovered that what he had imagined was wrong. The real Academy of Science was a building complex with a modern atmosphere and modernized elements. It looked just like an Internet company in Silicon Valley.

“Miss Fan, how many people are there in the Academy of Science?” asked Xia Lei when he got out of the car and appraised the building in front of him.

Fan Fan pursed her lips and smiled. “Fellow Xia, how many people do you think there should be in the Academy of Science?”

Xia Lei thought about it. “Several tens? Or more than a hundred?”

Pfft! Fan Fan laughed. “The Academy of Science is the organisation with the highest authority in our country engaging in natural sciences research. Do you think several dozen people would be enough for this job?”

Xia Lei shrugged. He didn’t understand the Academy of Science all that well.

“Our Academy of Science is divided into twelve institutions with more than seven hundred Fellows and several thousand staff members,'' said Fan Fan with a...