Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1410 - 684: The Ingenious Ideas of Coolie No. 66_2

Chapter 1410: Chapter 684: The Ingenious Ideas of Coolie No. 66_2

No.1 Coolie, holding that object, approached, "Boss, I... have studied... a fossil..."

His Sancha River dialect was indeed poor, but he was afraid to converse with the boss in Japanese, so his sentence was not only halting but also somewhat failed to convey the intended meaning.

Yan Fei was somewhat surprised, "This is a fossil? Isn’t this amber?"

No.1 Coolie struggled to understand that he might have spoken incorrectly. He became afraid immediately, and his already stumbling Sancha River dialect became even more incoherent.

Fortunately, Yan Fei was in a good mood at the moment—the actions of both his deskmate and Officer Xu had pleased him. His deskmate’s behavior made him feel that his help truly had changed a person. As for Officer Xu, although Yan Fei’s original intention was not to help this officer in such a manner, Officer Xu’s willingness to use his family’s resources to help Yan Fei in his time of need made Yan Fei think that Officer Xu was indeed righteous.

Knowing a righteous person and making friends with them, without a doubt, was something to be happy about.

Thus, Yan Fei made a rare decision, "Alright, you talk to me in Japanese, I understand it."

He said this sentence in Japanese, and hearing this, the coolie in front of him immediately became excited and started chattering, "When I was processing the ore, I found this piece of amber. I also know that you, boss, recently had people write many papers and conduct a lot of research. I presumptuously guessed that you did this to raise your academic prestige in human society."

"Sorry, boss, I know it’s a bit offensive of me to say this, but please allow me to finish speaking."

"After I discovered this piece of amber, I suddenly had a brilliant idea. Look, Boss, there’s a scorpion inside this amber, and it hasn’t changed much from the scorpions outside."

When he said it hadn’t changed much, he certainly wasn’t comparing it to the scorpions in human society but to those in the dinosaur world.

"So I had this thought: suppose this piece of amber was originally yours. But you were unaware of its value, and then one day, you suddenly found two scorpions that looked similar to the one in the amber."

No.1 Coolie took a breath but didn’t dare to leave any suspense, continuing immediately.

"Because you’ve been doing some research and were also interested in this coincidence, you took those two scorpions home to study and observe them in your spare time. Then you suddenly realized that these two scorpions haven’t been discovered by the scientific community yet, and could possibly be a species of ancient origin. So, what would happen next?"

"In today’s scientific development, discovering a new species, especially one that might be a remnant from the ancient past and has remained unchanged for millions of years, would undoubtedly cause a huge sensation in the scientific community."

As No.1 Coolie spoke, he became excited himself, waving his hands and shouting, "With this, your paper could be published in the world’s top journals, and your name will become known to the general public. You could even name this species, because it’s your discovery. Boss, all we are missing now are two scorpions. I am willing to go into the wild for you, to capture two similar scorpions..."

Yan Fei quickly interrupted him, "Okay, okay, I kind of understand now. But wait a moment, don’t continue with the idea of you personally catching scorpions, that would be a death sentence for someone like you. I don’t think your idea is that reliable; things aren’t that coincidental. I find a piece of amber and then a similar species? Do you think this is some sort of fiction or storytelling?"

"No, Boss!" No.1 Coolie once again became agitated. "Scientific research itself is made up of coincidences and accidents. Discovering a new species by chance is no miracle in the scientific world. In fact, in the research field, there are countless examples of breakthroughs made accidentally in certain areas. If you want, I could talk about such examples for a whole day..."

"Wait a moment, let me think it over!" Yan Fei waved his hand to stop him from continuing and then fell into thought.

Raising his own academic status was an important part of Yan Fei’s plan, this was for sure significant. For this, he did not hesitate to have a bunch of coolies lend a small hand and produce some papers that weren’t his own research.

But even if you’re getting someone to ghostwrite a paper for you, shouldn’t you at least make it somewhat believable? The street vendors who sell fake and inferior products at least manage to create packaging that can fool people, whereas as a researcher, isn’t this blabbering a bit too fake?

After thinking for a moment, Yan Fei stopped pondering, simply gestured with his hand and summoned No.1 Coolie, who was watching from a distance, to gather the main researchers. Then, with the coolies following behind, he held a small meeting in the laboratory.

Facing the daunting Boss Wang, even if it was an unreliable idea, as long as the boss showed interest, they wouldn’t dare to outright refute it. Instead, they carefully thought and analyzed, discussed and debated among themselves, and conducted an in-depth, thorough study on the feasibility of the idea.

While the other coolies were discussing, Yan Fei said to the coolie behind him, "You’ve been coming up with ideas for me quite well, not bad at all. From now on, I’ll give you a number, and you’ll be Coolie Number 66."

Yan Fei spoke casually, but for Coolie Number 66, the boss’s words were like music from heaven, filling him with ecstatic joy, and overwhelming emotion to the point of tears!

There was a difference in treatment between coolies with numbers and those without. Having a number personally bestowed by the boss, compared to other numbered coolies, there was bound to be a difference—catching the boss’s eye meant there would be more opportunities to make contributions in the future, and an immeasurable future awaited him!

As the saying goes, it’s better to live poorly than to die well, but if one can live a good life, one wouldn’t choose to just ’scrape by’, let alone die.

And soon enough, after a series of debates and discussions, the coolies came up with a result.

A dinosaur enthusiast stepped forward respectfully and said, "Boss, we think the biggest flaw in this plan is the age of the amber. Based on our estimates, this fossil is less than ten million years old. If you bring it out, once the scientific community finds similar scorpion fossils, or other evidence... If it doesn’t add up, the discovery of the new species might be suspected of being a fraud."

Although Yan Fei also felt that Coolie Number 66’s plan was unreliable, he still held a glimmer of hope—those who score less than fifty percent on exams still prepare for the college entrance examination, just because there’s a sliver of hope and they want to give it a shot, right? After all, if it worked out, it could save him so many years of effort!

Hearing about such a significant flaw, he understood the issue upon reflection. Although he didn’t yet know how to determine the age of the amber, it was indeed a big problem.

To present a fossil less than ten million years old containing a species from eighty or ninety million years ago—there was just no way to explain that!

Unexpectedly, seeing Yan Fei’s disappointment, the dinosaur enthusiast quickly added, "Boss, what we think is, if we set aside this fossil, then the plan might still be feasible."

"How so?" Yan Fei asked directly.

"It’s simple," replied the dinosaur enthusiast. "Find the right environment, capture the right creature, and that’s the discovery of a new species. As for the fact that others haven’t discovered more, when you become famous and successful, their failure to find anything just indicates one problem—they’re too dumb, their luck’s too bad."

"What is the right environment, the right creature?"

"First, identify a creature in our world. Then in human society, look for a similar ecological environment. As long as you have a reason, you can go to that environment, to some desolate place rarely visited by humans, and spontaneously discover a couple of strange little creatures—who can say anything about it? Similarly, the plan can be applied in reverse."

To apply it in reverse meant to first choose an ecological environment in human society, then select a creature in the dinosaur world—having a whole world at your disposal, this was easy to do; it’s just that no one had thought of this method before.