I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 888: Linqin Academy of Sciences’ request for help, and the Xia Kingdom’s cultural style
Media from various countries rushed to report, and the headlines of almost all mainstream newspapers around the world were closely linked to the names Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun!
"The probability of climate change next year and the year after next is still very high!The latest predictions of Nobel laureates Academician Qin Ke and Academician Ning Qingjun are made public! 》

"The greatest scientific couple of Xia State, Academician Qin Ke and Academician Ning Qingjun, made detailed predictions on climate disasters in the next three years for the first time in Dali, Italy!" 》

"Famous academicians issue global warning!Don't let your guard down, the disaster situation caused by climate change in the next three years will be even more dangerous! 》

"They called for saving water and electricity, doing a good job in disaster prevention and response, and strengthening the research and development of new seeds and seawater desalination technology! 》

"The most luxurious research team is born!"Five Fields Medal winners will join forces to solve the century-old problem of making radioactive elements harmless! 》

"Academician Qin Ke expressed his willingness to conduct in-depth cooperation with the European Meteorological Center! 》

It is completely different from the last time when Qin Ke made public predictions that many foreign meteorologists raised doubts. This time their words were almost regarded as "truth". No one dared to make any doubts easily. Countries around the world felt like they were facing a formidable enemy. A meeting was held to discuss the next work arrangements for preventing and resisting abnormal climate disasters. Meteorological centers in many countries have sent cooperation invitations to Qin and Ke, or expressed their willingness to spend a lot of money to hire as their country's general consultant for meteorological research.

For a time, the whole world made huge waves because of the academic reports and speeches given by the two during their trip to Dali.

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It was amid such huge attention that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun came to Linqin National Academy of Sciences.

Linqin National Academy of Sciences, formerly known as Lynx Academy of Sciences, was named because the institute’s original badge had a lynx logo on it, and was later transliterated as Linqin National Academy of Sciences.

It is the oldest academy of sciences in Europe. It was founded in 1603. It was once called the "Papal Academy of Sciences" and is now officially called the "National Academy of Sciences of Italy" (many people also follow the old habit and call it the "National Academy of Sciences of Linqin". ”), is the highest scientific research institution in Italy and is extremely famous in the European academic community.

Its selection of foreign academicians is also extremely strict, and will only be added after the death of Academician Xi. Last year, Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun became foreign academicians of the Italian National Academy of Sciences, which caused quite a stir in Italy and Europe. sensation.

The Italian National Academy of Sciences attached great importance to the visit of Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun. Dean Vittorio Hamilton and dozens of academicians at home went out to welcome them.

Dean Hamilton held Qin Ke's hand vigorously and said enthusiastically: "Academician Qin, welcome to your arrival. More than a year has passed since the last quick meeting, and today I finally have the opportunity to sit down and have a good time. Let’s chat.”

Last time, because Qin Kening and Qingjun had a tight schedule, the two of them only stayed here for about two hours. It could be said that they received the foreign academician certificate from Dean Hamilton, took a group photo, and then had a quick visit to the Academy of Sciences. Then he left without actually being able to sit down and talk in detail.

Qin Ke said apologetically: "I am honored to be a member of the Italian National Academy of Sciences, and I am also honored to receive those sincere invitation letters from President Hamilton. Because of the many affairs, today I was able to attend the appointment as invited, and I ask for Dean Hamilton’s forgiveness.”

"Wherever, we all know that you two are busy with work. It is also an honor for us that you can make a special trip this time. We also went to listen to your report at the Sapienza University of Rome yesterday. It was so exciting. We all I think it is the best meteorological report we have heard in the past ten years." Dean Hamilton's attitude was so good that he even flattered Qin Ke, once again confirming that this Italian Academy of Sciences should have Please ask for help from yourself and Ning Qingyun.

Sure enough, after the visit, Dean Hamilton invited Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to sit down in his office, gave them coffee, and then got to the point.

"Listening to your two reports yesterday made us even more worried about climate anomalies in the next three years. To be honest, our country has experienced a serious shortage of fresh water resources this year. Our country's main fresh water resources come from underground well water. As well as river water, although our country has made preparations in advance this year after receiving the warning email you sent to the European Meteorological Center, we did not expect that the high temperature and drought would last for so long..."

Dean Hamilton could not hide his helplessness and sigh.

Who would have thought that throughout the summer, for nearly four months, not even a liter of rain fell?The longest period of no effective rainfall in the history of Italy was only 102 days, and this time it reached 121 days!
In particular, the water level of the Po River, the largest freshwater river in the territory, continues to hit new lows.You must know that the Po River is the main irrigation water source in Italy's most important grain-producing area, supplying 40% of the country's grain. It is also the main source of drinking water in northern Italy. Its water level has repeatedly reached new lows, directly threatening Italy. The people's survival is over!

Moreover, the Po River is only a microcosm of the shortage of fresh water resources in Italy. Similar situations have occurred in the Tvere River and the Adige River. The shortage of fresh water resources in Italy this year is evident.

If it hadn't rained intermittently last week, which alleviated the drought, the whole country in Italy would still be suffering from water shortage.

This has also made Italy realize that the need for seawater desalination is imminent. Although Italy currently has seawater desalination projects, the costs are high and the results are not very good. The fresh water provided only accounts for 0.1% of the national fresh water supply.

How to solve this huge contradiction in demand has fallen to the Linqin National Academy of Sciences, the highest and largest scientific research institution in the country.

You can imagine how much pressure Dean Hamilton was under.

What makes him feel most desperate is that judging from yesterday’s public academic report by Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, drought disasters like this year will continue to occur in the next three summers, and may even be more serious than this year!
Even if we rush to build reservoirs and water conservancy projects at this time, and use the rain and snowfall in autumn and winter to accumulate fresh water resources, it will only be a drop in the bucket. In the final analysis, we still have to find water resources from the surrounding Adriatic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

This is why Dean Hamilton repeatedly invited Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to visit and hold talks.

After telling the specific situation almost without reservation to show the greatest sincerity for asking for help, Dean Hamilton asked with great hope: "Academician Qin, I heard that you have made a major breakthrough in Xia Guo's seawater desalination technology. , the patented technology of 'Lingning Technology New Energy and Water Desalination and Purification Integrated Technology Solution' has been opened to foreign applications, is it true?"

Qin Ke knew it well, and he nodded: "The patented technology of 'Ling Ning Technology's new energy and water desalination and purification integrated technology solution' has now passed special mutual recognition channels in major countries and completed emergency patent recognition filings. Basically, most countries can apply for a license to use this patent. However, although this integrated technical solution can also be applied to seawater, it is not perfect in terms of seawater desalination efficiency and energy efficiency ratio, and it is not perfect in solving the problem of nuclear sewage. At present, even if this technology is used for seawater desalination, it is not safe enough..."

Dean Hamilton waved his hands and said: "I think we can put aside the issue of nuclear sewage for the time being. It will take at least three years for radioactive elements to flow into the Adriatic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. During this period, the seawater will be safe, and The fresh water crisis is urgent, and we need this efficient and low-cost desalination technology." The old man smiled again: "What's more, I think since Academician Qin and Academician Ning have challenged the issue of solving nuclear sewage, and there are Professor Edward Witten and Professor Tao Zhexuan have joined the team, so it shouldn’t be a problem to solve this problem within three years, right? According to our statistics, the research topics you led took no more than two years from project establishment to completion... "

The rest of the Italian academicians present nodded in approval:

"It is true. For example, you only participated in the study of the El Niño phenomenon at the beginning of last year, but this year you have been able to achieve world-leading prediction results."

"There is also the 'Yang-Mills equation'. You have only studied it for about two years and you have completely cracked its mystery."

"The research on the perfect desert sweet potato and the new theoretical system of topological quantum computing also took less than two years."

"We believe in you. You are the 'miracle children' sent by God!"

These Italian academicians spoke English with a strong local accent and obviously did not usually communicate in English, but at this time they all spoke eloquently and expressed their compliments to Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were both dumbfounded. Whether it was blind optimism or deliberately saying good things to get closer to each other in order to obtain the patented technology of "Ling Lemon Technology New Energy and Water Desalination and Purification Integrated Technology Solution", it was a bit Hamil. Dean Ton is right to the point - the fresh water crisis is a matter of life and death for Italy. In comparison, the threat of radioactive elements, even if it is harmful, but at least not fatal, is placed in a very secondary position. .

Dean Hamilton added: "Academician Qin, we can discuss the price of this patented technology. We can even completely use Xia Guo's equipment, as long as the final fresh water cost does not exceed our current tap water price."

The price of tap water in Italy is not expensive in the local view, averaging around 0.8 euros per ton. Of course, it is more expensive in Xia country currency, about 6.2 yuan per ton, which is much more expensive than Xia country.

Qin Ke originally studied seawater desalination technology, and his initial goal was to achieve a cost lower than the price of tap water in the Xiaguo market. The current "Lingning Technology New Energy and Water Desalination and Purification Integrated Technology Solution" can barely meet this standard. But there is still a lot of room for optimization. Qin Ke’s ultimate goal is that the price of fresh water supplied after seawater desalination and purification is equivalent to at most [-]% of the first-tier tap water price.

Therefore, in order to meet Dean Hamilton's "requirements", Qin Ke's "Ling Lemon Technology New Energy and Water Desalination and Purification Integrated Technology Solution" must significantly increase the price of patent authorization - after all, in China, Domestic water companies only charge a cabbage price of RMB 1000 million a year for authorization fees. It is difficult to meet the requirement that "the cost of fresh water is the same as the selling price of tap water in Italy" without a significant price increase.

Of course, if we consider that promoting this patented technology across Italy and using all Xia Guo's equipment will require a lot of import costs, the increase in patent licensing price will not be that high. Qin Ke estimates that the price will be 1 million The euro may fluctuate a little over the year, depending on the ability of Qinglin Technology’s negotiation team.

It is definitely a good thing for the national enterprises of Xia State, as they can open up a big market without losing any blood.

Qin Ke estimates that there are definitely many European countries in a situation like Italy. It is really a good opportunity for Xia's national enterprises to easily enter or even occupy the European market.

"No problem." So Qin Ke said readily: "I will arrange Qing Ning Technology to negotiate with you for all matters related to this patent authorization. In view of this 'Qing Ning Technology new energy and water desalination and purification integrated technology solution' is still It has not been officially piloted on the coast. I will ask my research team to lead the team to follow up the first seawater desalination plant. The entire project can be completed and put into operation by May next year at the latest. The target is an annual water supply of 30 billion cubic meters. As long as there are no problems with the first desalination plant, it will be much easier to replicate it in other places in Italy."

Dean Hamilton was overjoyed. In fact, he was most concerned about the amount and cost of water supply. He was not too worried about the quality of seawater after purification. Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun had excellent scientific research reputations in the world, and the research they had launched As a result, there were no problems, not to mention that the water quality report of the Qinghai Lake Freshwater Plant had already spread all over the Internet.

Now that Qin Ke has promised the price of water leaving the factory and the annual water supply of a desalination plant reaching 30 billion cubic meters, he is very satisfied.

After all, the average annual water consumption in Italy is only about 95 billion cubic meters.

As long as there is an increase of 30 billion cubic meters of fresh water supply before next summer, we should be able to survive even a more severe drought. And as Qin Ke said, as long as the first one is built, the second and third ones will be ready. It will be built faster. Once the three desalination plants are built, Italy can straighten its back and say byebye to the "fresh water crisis"!
——Even if three buildings are not enough, then build four!

After negotiating the cooperation, Qin Ke also said that if there were technical problems during the construction of the factory and the team he sent could not solve them, he and Ning Qingyun could fly over in person to help solve them. This completely made Hamilton The dean put down his worries.

The generous Dean Hamilton hosted a banquet to warmly entertain Qin Ke and Qin Ke. This time, there were many important figures attending the banquet. Even the Speaker of the Italian Parliament and other top figures in politics, business and academia attended the banquet. He praised Qin Ke and his wife as "Italy's best friends" and "the most proud academicians of our Academy of Sciences" and took a photo with them.

Before the banquet ended, the news that "Academician Qin Ke and Academician Ning Qingjun from Xia State will provide unreserved technical assistance to our country to solve the problem of tight freshwater resources" spread throughout Italy through the media. The people of Dali burst into cheers.

For a time, the names of "Qin Ke" and "Ning Qingyun" were known to everyone in Dali, Italy. Many cities in Italy even had the "Xia Guo Cultural Style".

After two days of rest, Qin Ke took Ning Qingyun, two babies, and confinement nanny and arrived in Turin on a special train. Countless citizens came to welcome him spontaneously, causing traffic in the city to be interrupted for a time due to congestion.

You must know that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun haven't done anything yet, they haven't even signed a cooperation agreement, they just reached a verbal commitment...

It has to be said that Europeans are born optimists - well, the good positive impression of Qin Ke and his wife in the past is also very important.

This is a good thing for Qin Ke. As long as his influence and favorability among European people continue to increase, the European Meteorological Center will be more willing to achieve in-depth cooperation with him.

(End of this chapter)