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Chapter 688 Lime Technology Quantum Computing Laboratory Established!
Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun stayed in Deguo for almost a week. The goal was naturally to purchase the old model "30mK ultra-low temperature and strong magnetic field scanning tunneling microscope system" mentioned by Professor Coppet from Professor Rice's laboratory. and recruiting staff.

With Professor Coppette's letter of introduction and his student Harold leading the way, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun finally met Professor Rice and the precious equipment they had been thinking about.

The equipment is indeed a bit old, but it is well maintained, and all functions are normal. It is also equipped with a complete set of ARPES (angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy) + LEIS (low-energy particle scattering spectroscopy) + EELS (electron energy loss spectroscopy) +MBE (Molecular Beam Epitaxy) combined system, the energy resolution can reach 50 microelectron volts.

Compared with the 10mK new equipment currently used by the University of Munich, this high-end experimental equipment produced by a German precision instrument and laboratory equipment manufacturer ten years ago is inferior in terms of performance and indicators, but it can still be used. Conducting experiments on cutting-edge ultra-low temperature unconventional superconducting materials and ultra-low temperature physical materials.

Qin Ke also made a special phone call back to China, and asked university laboratories across the country through Uncle Yang, and only Nandali had a similar model of equipment from the same factory, which was purchased and imported at a sky-high price 15 years ago, and the model was cheaper than this one. It is even older and can only reach 40mK. It is still protected by Nantah University as a treasure. It is the key equipment used by the school for the research of ultra-cold atomic quantum simulation.

After learning about this, Qin Ke is even more determined to get the "30mK ultra-low temperature and strong magnetic field scanning tunneling microscope system" that he has the opportunity to get now.

However, he also knew that he was not good at business negotiations, so he simply made an overseas call and asked Lime Technology CEO Zhou Shutao to take the negotiation team and business backbone to Deguo urgently to participate in procurement negotiations.

Professor Rice is really short of money. His laboratory has been unable to pay wages for three months, and the researchers are all clamoring to leave, so after seeing Coppet's letter of introduction, he quickly agreed to sell this high-end machine. equipment.

However, in terms of the price, the two sides still had three days of difficult negotiations. Although Qin Ke was very envious of this equipment, he didn't want to be taken advantage of. Finally, with the efforts of Lime Technology's negotiation team, Professor Rice agreed to The price of this equipment was sold at 2000 million euros, and I took the initiative to contact the original factory for handling, installation and commissioning, as well as daily use and daily maintenance training. Of course, the latter also requires additional fees.

In the end, this equipment (including the attached ARPES+LEIS+EELS+MBE joint system) will be packaged and transported back to the country, and the cost of completing the installation and commissioning and putting it into use, plus various taxes, fees, handling fees and working hours, the total cost will be in two About 500 million euros, equivalent to about 1.85 million yuan.

Such a huge purchase will also involve the process of importing equipment, Qin Ke will naturally not hide it from Uncle Yang who is far away in the capital.

"What? You paid 3000 million for the equipment that was originally worth nearly 2000 million euros?"

Lao Yang almost jumped up from his office chair when he received the call from Qin Ke. He naturally knew how precious and difficult it is to purchase such high-precision equipment, so he hurriedly asked his secretary Lu Xinping to keep an eye on the matter and urged everyone to Special approval and special handling of special matters in the link, green light all the way, and strive to help Qin Ke's Lime Technology complete the import of this high-end experimental equipment as quickly as possible.

It is said that in order to clear the gates on the other side of the country and prevent people from jumping out to obstruct the increase of variables, Uncle Yang also made a lot of efforts secretly. He made no less than a hundred phone calls and mobilized a lot of connections. hundred roots.

Thanks to the promotion and efforts of all parties, as well as Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun's extremely positive reputation in the world, the "30mK ultra-low temperature and strong magnetic field scanning tunneling microscope system" was finally completed in Deguo after only one week. The whole process of packing the ship for customs declaration and leaving the country is led by a professional transport fleet across the ocean to the port of Xiaguo...

After signing the purchase contract, Qin Ke faced another headache, which was where to put the high-end experimental equipment he bought.

Such high-end experimental equipment naturally has relatively stringent requirements for the dust-free environment of the laboratory and the stability of power supply.

It is estimated that the equipment will arrive in the capital of Xia Kingdom in about fifteen days, and it is impossible for Qin Ke to have time to build a new laboratory.

Brother Xu Qingyan's "Qingbei Integrated Circuit and Chip Joint R&D Innovation Center" is a good place, and there is also a research and development laboratory for chip materials, but considering that this topological quantum computing project will introduce scientific research talents from Deguo, then It is a bit inappropriate to choose "Qingbei Integrated Circuit and Chip Joint R&D Innovation Center".

After all, whether it is the optimization work of "Qiguang EDA" or the research work of chip materials and chip architecture, it needs to be kept confidential.

As for other options... Qin Ke's connections in the domestic scientific research community are not wide enough. After thinking about it, instead of using those connections of the Ning family, it is better to continue to trouble Uncle Yang.

Such a boss can ask countless useful information with just a word.

So Qin Ke made another overseas call to Uncle Yang before flying back to his motherland, and asked him to help find a suitable laboratory, and Qingning Technology will complete the procurement work.

Uncle Yang asked earnestly on the phone: "Qin Ke, let Uncle know, how sure are you that you can complete this scientific research project of topological quantum computing?"

Qin Ke said with a smile: "If it's a conservative estimate, it's [-]%?"

"Conservative... ninety-five percent?" Uncle Yang took a deep breath, and suddenly slammed the table: "Okay, I believe you! As long as you and Xiao Ning have such confidence, Uncle Yang will dare to criticize! Everything Uncle Yang will bear all the pressure and risks for you!"

Uncle Yang's work efficiency is very high, and his superiors obviously attach great importance to this matter. When Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun's international flight landed at the international airport in Beijing, Secretary Lu Xinping brought several technical experts at the exit. waiting.

After the simple greetings, Lu Xinping said affectionately: "Professor Qin, Professor Ning, the boss has selected three quantum materials laboratories for you, you go and have a look first, and choose which one you like, and they are all in the capital, or near Qingmu University." Nearer, or closer to your plant cultivation laboratory, the basic experimental equipment is also complete."

As he spoke, he lowered his voice: "The three are research institute laboratories under our science and technology management department, because they only spent funds for a long time without any results. After the special operation in early August, all funds were cut off, and the original person in charge also started work. Get rid of it, let me know which laboratory you like, and I will handle the transfer procedures for you. You can deal with the original scientific researchers in it, keep those you want, and dismiss all those you don’t want.”

As soon as Qin Ke heard it, he understood that it turned out to be a laboratory to be processed, which was the most suitable.

Regardless of the exhaustion from the long-distance flight, he and Ning Qingyun got into Lu Xinping's car and visited all three laboratories. Sure enough, the conditions in all aspects were relatively good. It can be seen that Uncle Yang was really troubled by the two of them. A lot of thought.

In the end, Qin and Ke chose a laboratory only three kilometers away from Qingmu University.

This quantum material laboratory is not very big. The original scientific research staff is only about 20 people. Crystal furnaces, various tube-type and chamber-type high-temperature furnaces, sample packaging systems, glove boxes, film growth equipment, comprehensive physical property measurement systems (PPMS), etc., were originally used to study physical topics such as high-temperature superconductivity, low-dimensional and magnetic materials.

It is said that the Quantum Materials Laboratory had a glorious time at the beginning, but later the original director went to the State Key Laboratory of Applied Surface Physics of Aurora University as the director, and the new director was overwhelmed with 500 million yuan per year. Funding for the project, but only caring about his own private work, almost perfunctory about the projects issued by the state, every year he revised and whitewashed the experimental results of his predecessor and reported them, this time he was naturally thundered by Uncle Yang The action was directly dismissed and dismissed, and he was swept out of the house.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun read it again, and asked Harold who was accompanying him to check all the equipment. Harold said that as long as he purchased a small number of equipment and instruments, he could basically satisfy the experiment of topological quantum computing. .

Qin Ke immediately made a decision and decided to buy this quantum materials laboratory.

The purchase was followed up by Zhou Shutao, CEO of Lime Technology, and personally followed up by a secretary like Lu Xinping. The entire transfer procedure was handled quickly and smoothly. It took only three days, and the Quantum Materials Laboratory was completed. Quietly completed the equity transfer and changed its name to "Lime Technology Quantum Computing Laboratory".

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun's Lime Technology invested in high-end equipment and technology, holding 80% of the shares.The National Quantum Computing Industry Investment Fund under the science and technology management department holds 20% of the shares with land, houses and original equipment.

According to the agreement signed by the two parties, the National Quantum Computing Industry Investment Fund will not participate in the management or interfere with any affairs of the laboratory; All management rights of the laboratory; the ownership of all scientific research results of the laboratory is in the hands of two people, but the National Quantum Computing Industry Investment Fund can enjoy 20% of the after-tax net profit dividend.

The biggest advantage of such a "joint venture" shareholding structure is that the "Lime Technology Quantum Computing Laboratory" can justifiably apply for national scientific research funding, enjoy tax incentives, and apply for state power for protection when necessary.

Such enviably generous conditions are naturally the country's trust and support for Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, and it is also a reward for their free donation of "Perfect Desert Sweet Potato" and "Precise Drip Irrigation Technology" patents and all research materials.

The establishment of the "Lime Science and Technology Quantum Computing Laboratory" was quietly established, and the introduction of the high-end equipment did not attract much attention. This is also what Qin Ke meant. Everything has not started yet, so there is no need to spread it. It will only increase the trouble of various interviews.

After solving the hardware conditions such as equipment and laboratory procurement, the rest is the problem of talents.

When Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun stayed in Deguo, they handed over the procurement of equipment to Zhou Shutao, while they focused on recruiting talents.

The first talent recruited was Koppett's original assistant, Harold.

Harold Aldrich, a postdoctoral fellow majoring in quantum mechanics in the Department of Physics of the University of Munich, has been working with his teacher Professor Koppett in the research of condensed matter physics and quantum mechanics after graduation. He is 33 years old this year, but because he is a bit shy, He is not good at dating girls, has no girlfriend, and is never married. He is a typical older single research dog.

It is not difficult to attract Harold. First, he has put a lot of effort into this topic of topological quantum computing, and he is very reluctant to give up like this; The treatment is very generous; three years ago, he had always admired Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun from the bottom of his heart, so under Copet's persuasion, the single older young man readily agreed after calling his parents. Join Lime Technology, go to Xiaguo to work for Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, and continue to carry out research work on topological quantum computing.

Qin Ke intends to appoint him as the actual person in charge of the "Lingning Technology Quantum Computing Laboratory" and give Wei Xueming the same salary as the plant cultivation laboratory.

Most of the other dozens of people in Professor Coppett's original research team were unwilling to leave their hometowns to work and live in a distant and strange country, but Coppett's persuasion was very effective, and there were still [-] young researchers in the end. Agree to join the Xiaguo team, but it is different from the five-year contract Harold signed. They only signed a one-year contract. We will discuss later.

Qin Ke has no objection to this. He is confident that he will finish this topic of topological quantum computing within eight or nine months. It is estimated that most of these people will not want to leave by then—for pure scientific researchers, as long as The salary is good enough, and the achievements in scientific research can be continuously achieved, which is the most perfect workplace.

As for the rest of the researchers, he only left behind two technicians from the original Quantum Materials Laboratory. These two are of good quality and have a down-to-earth personality. They dismissed politely. Since they were compensated strictly in accordance with the labor contract, these researchers did not cause trouble, but regretted that they could not stay. After all, Lime Technology is well-known in the industry for its high salary.

In this way, "Lime Technology Quantum Computing Laboratory" has 22 formal researchers. Qin Ke plans to recruit eight more people from domestic laboratories and research institutes. In the end, the entire laboratory will be staffed with 35 people. .

Naturally, he and Ning Qingyun are the directors and deputy directors, and Harold is the technical person in charge. There are [-] scientific research talents imported from Germany, [-] scientific research talents recruited from China, and two additional translators and a General affairs personnel are basically a complete laboratory structure.

If the technicians from other countries leave in the future, then domestic talents will be recruited, and in the end, the main focus will be on training domestic technicians.

Except for Harold returning to Xiaguo with Qin Ke, the rest of the scientific research personnel from Deguo will arrive in the capital of Xiaguo within ten days. There is no need for Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun for the specific pick-up, entry matters, board and lodging arrangements, etc. Don't worry, Lime Technology's personnel department and logistics office department will naturally run properly.

Qin Ke also left the matter of recruiting and poaching people from China to Qingning Technology. He and Ning Qingyun only took care of the last interview.

In addition, there is also the purchase of the "30mK ultra-low temperature and strong magnetic field scanning tunneling microscope system" to the port, transportation, installation, commissioning, and the purchase of other experimental instruments. Jinhe reported the progress to Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun every day, but in fact, the two didn't need to bother.

After returning to China, the pace of life of the two basically returned to normal.

Since they were still on summer vacation in late August, there was no need for lectures. The two went to the fluid mechanics laboratory to "work" during the day, continued to study NS equations in the morning, and guided various scientific research groups in the afternoon, and took training courses on mathematical modeling.

In the evenings and weekends, their main energy is put on the research of "Topological Quantum Computing". "When the equipment and personnel are in place and it is officially operational, the relevant research will be promoted rapidly.

As for another more important job, writing the "Computational Seed Science" tutorial, it doesn't take two people to invest too much time and energy.

Ning Qingjun has already formulated a detailed outline and writing rules based on the more than 200 pages of manuscripts written by the two of them before. People regularly give lectures to these technicians, guide them to master computational seed science faster and better, and complete the preparation of tutorials.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun only need to do the final check and write the key details, and most of these are in the first edition of the manuscript, at most they should be refined to make it easier for readers to understand and grasp.

The writing of this tutorial is estimated to be completed in October.

There is also the first breeding and large-scale breeding of the "perfect desert sweet potato". The two also only regularly ask and guide, and Wei Xueming is responsible for the specific work.

Although there are many affairs, everything is carried out in an orderly manner. Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun can even go out on weekends to date as usual, enjoying their youth and romantic time.

In the blink of an eye, time came to the first ten days of September in the golden autumn. Qingmu University ushered in the start of a new semester. Many young faces in green military training uniforms appeared on the campus, and the campus became lively again.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun had finished their student days and officially entered the role of first-level professors.

It was time for many things to change. Vice-principal Gu Bojun brought the heads of the school's Academic Affairs Office, Office, and Logistics Office to the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory to discuss with Qin and Ke the implementation of some previously promised matters.

For example, the accommodation of the two of them—they are no longer students at this time, and it is obviously inappropriate to live in the original student dormitory.

Originally, the school had promised to provide a villa with a garden in the dormitory area of ​​the school staff. Naturally, it must be implemented quickly at this time, as well as choosing suitable work assistants and life assistants for the two of them.

In addition, there is more important, that is, the graduate and doctoral enrollment plans of the two next year.After all, countless students on the Internet are staring at these places with great expectation.

And when Gu Bojun sat down to chat with Qin Ke, the latest issue of "CELL" was released.

　What I said last night, I will add it now.

　　There will be today's normal update in the evening.Continue to ask for monthly ticket recommendation tickets and full reservations!

　　
　
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