1. Ride a motorcycle to the experimental field

Yuan Longping holds tens of millions of yuan in scientific research funds, but his life is extremely simple.

It is a habit he has developed for many years. He likes to go to the fields, and whenever he has time, he goes to the experimental fields to observe and breathe the breath of the fields. If the success of his career has brought any change to his life, it is that since the 198s, his means of transportation to the experimental field has changed from the original bicycle to a motorcycle. He thinks this thing is light and fast.

At the end of p>21, under the persuasion of friends, Yuan Longping bought a family car. A friend told him that riding a motorcycle is "iron wrapped in meat", driving a car is "iron wrapped in meat", or driving a car is safer. He learned to drive with great interest and felt good. Sometimes, he drives his car to the edge of the field. He also said with a smile that he was going to take a driver's license test.

2. Spend money "stingy"

One day in early December, 21, Yuan Longping just finished his invited inspection tour of Venezuela and flew directly to Hong Kong to attend the ceremony of being awarded the honorary doctor of science by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

He usually wears very casual clothes and doesn't wear a tie at all. In order to attend formal occasions, he went shopping with his colleagues to buy a tie. His companions advised him to buy a Goldlion tie, which was too expensive. He refused to buy it, so he took his companions to the stall and bought a tie that cost 1 yuan and Hong Kong dollars.

He took the tie, tried it on his chest, smiled and said, "It's beautiful, how about it? Let's be cheerful. It's called cheap and good quality, and it's not much worse than famous brands. Come on, you all come and buy it ..."

3. "Honor belongs to the whole of China"

After Yuan Longping returned from winning numerous awards, some media reporters interviewed him.

He said quietly, "This is not my personal honor, but the honor of our China. I am just a academic leader and a representative. I tell a story: In August, 1997, I went to Mexico to attend the international symposium on crop genetics and heterosis utilization, and was awarded the honorary title of pioneer scientist. The conference was attended by more than 6 scientists from more than 6 countries, among whom 12 were from China.

I arrived two days late because of my visa, and arrived in the afternoon on the first day of the ceremony. When I arrived, the 12 China people were overjoyed and said, Miss Yuan, you finally came. We were anxious. After you came, our status was improved. Because among the five people who were awarded the title of pioneer scientist, the other four were Americans.

At that moment, I deeply realized that honor does not belong to me personally, but to the whole of China. "

4. A frank and forthright scientist

One afternoon in October p>24, Yuan Longping was invited to give a report entitled "Research Progress of Super Hybrid Rice in China" to the teachers and students of the University of Iowa. After prolonged applause, the president of the University of Iowa asked the students to ask questions.

An overseas student from China asked, "Although we are abroad, we are always concerned about domestic news. We have long been glad to hear that you have made outstanding contributions to our country, and we also know some of your background materials. We want to know, have you liked agriculture since you were a child? "

Yuan Longping replied cheerfully, "When I was a child, I was very playful and had many hobbies. I study, listen carefully to the courses I am interested in, and get high marks in the exam; For courses that you are not interested in, just get three points and pass. When I graduated from college, my classmates gave me an appraisal of my hobby: freedom; Specialty: rambling. Free and loose, I am so alone.

as for learning agriculture, it originated from an accidental opportunity. In the first grade of primary school, on an outing, the teacher took us to visit a private gardening field. I see the peaches on the tree are red, the grapes are bunched, and the flowers are beautiful.

At that time, I watched the movie "Modern Times" starring Chaplin. There was a scene in the film, and there were grapes outside the window. The impressions of the two were superimposed. I felt really idyllic and wanted to study agriculture when I grew up. If the teacher took us to the real countryside at that time, it was bitter, poor and dirty, then I would definitely not study agriculture. "

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, applauding the great scientist's frankness and directness. He made no secret of the advantages and disadvantages of his personality, which made Chinese and foreign college students feel more respectable and amiable, and completely and truly demonstrated the perfect unity of the great and ordinary of this scientist. In this way, his academic report ended in a relaxed and warm atmosphere.

5. On the afternoon of August 21st, 21, a reporter from Get Rich Express walked into Yuan Longping's office. Yuan Longping warmly greeted the reporter sitting on the sofa, asked the secretary to make tea for the visitors, and handed in cigarettes.

He understands that the visitor is a fellow villager in Jiangxi province and a journalist of a newspaper with strong practicality serving agriculture, rural areas and farmers. He spreads the Party's various policies of benefiting farmers to farmers and brings information and operable technology. The direction is right, and farmers' friends like it. If he persists for a long time, the newspaper will have vitality.

He said: At present, the life of farmers' friends is not very rich. A considerable number of farmers' friends are eager to get rid of poverty and get rich, but they can't find a way out for a while. You senior staff members have a heavy burden on your shoulders. It is said that Get Rich Express is priced less than 5 yuan's money all year round, and less than a pack of Meique cigarettes a day. I think farmers can afford it.

Your newspaper is for the poor and the disadvantaged, so you are destined to be poor, too. It is also a vulnerable group in the media. At this stage, this is normal and not very normal. In my opinion, we can't look down on the poor. Chairman Mao has a wise saying: the lowly are the cleverest, because the rich and city dwellers depend on hundreds of millions of poor people to feed themselves.

When he understood that the reporter had come all the way on behalf of the newspaper on a hot day to ask him to be a newspaper consultant and ask him to write an inscription, he readily agreed. Anyway, I have more than 6 titles, so it doesn't hurt to have one more. But too many titles, so tired, have become a burden. But your newspaper is for farmers' friends, and I am willing to be a consultant without rank.

Then, he crouched on his desk and wrote down two inscriptions on white paper, I wish farmers friends to get rich as soon as possible and I wish Get Rich Express better and better.