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Chapter 392 Highest Lifetime Achievement

Seeing Kang Chi unable to walk ten steps for a long time and being approached by people to congratulate him after entering the venue, Zhang Dayuan could not help but say to Wu Lihong: "Look at our Academician Kang, he is so happy and walks with a breeze, wow..."

"This nominal student you picked up is really amazing now. Should we take the initiative to go over and say hello to him?"

Hearing Academician Zhang Dayuan's sour words, Wu Lihong immediately frowned and snorted, "What do you mean by a picked-up nominal student?"

"If you have the ability, go pick up a few names on the street. We don't require you to be able to produce controlled nuclear fusion. As long as you can make a DVU lithography machine, I will come to your door to congratulate you in person!"

"But if you don't have the ability and vision, then just shut up. No one will treat you as a mute. Otherwise, these words will get to the ears of this adopted nominal student of mine and cause trouble for you in the future..."

"You can do it, you're lucky, you two are the best!" Zhang Dayuan smiled awkwardly, "Is this okay?"

Wu Lihong then snorted coldly and said nothing more.

But I couldn't help but feel a little secretly happy.
After all, it's not easy to make Zhang Dayuan admit his defeat...

Perhaps because he saw the smugness in Wu Lihong's brows, Zhang Dayuan couldn't help but blurt out:

"It's a pity that if this person grows strong enough to fly to the sky, he will still recognize the person who carried him to fly..."

This made Wu Lihong's expression suddenly stiffen.

In fact, Wu Lihong has never boasted about Kang Chi.
In the final analysis, he really didn't teach Kang Chi in the first place.

At most, they secretly endorsed him a few times when he was starting out. As for the subsequent nominations for outstanding young scientists and academicians, it actually made little difference whether he was there or not. It was just icing on the cake at most.

The total time they have spent together in the past few years is estimated to be no more than three days. If you were to say how deep the friendship between teacher and student is, I guess no one would believe it...

It's a little bit inappropriate and awkward.

Not only Wu Lihong himself lacks confidence, but others also know that he lacks confidence.

This can be seen from the cautious attitude of Dean Qiao Bingsen when he asked Wu Lihong to invite Kang Chi to come to Su Provincial University to give an open class.

And Zhang Dayuan's words just now undoubtedly hit his biggest pain point in person...

After dealing with the first wave of people, Kang Chi soon saw Wu Lihong in the crowd, so he immediately walked over and greeted him, "Teacher Wu, you're here so early."

"Well, for such a grand meeting, only you would be willing to come so late..."

Seeing that Wu Lihong seemed a little depressed, Kang Chi couldn't help but look at Zhang Dayuan in confusion.

Zhang Dayuan's eyes flickered, and then he just nodded slightly to him.

Kang Chi also nodded in response, then communicated with Professor Jiang who was sitting next to Wu Lihong, and Professor Jiang took the initiative to move aside and give his seat to Kang Chi.

"Academician Kang." The receptionist who brought him in reminded him hastily, "The seat assigned to you is in the front..."

"It's okay, Professor Jiang and I can just switch seats." Kang Chi said and smiled at Professor Jiang, "Thank you for your help, Professor Jiang."

Professor Jiang: “…”

Kang Chi has said so, what else does he have to say?

I had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow etiquette to sit in the front.

To be honest, the view from the front is indeed good, but when the leaders around him look at him, he feels a little hot on his butt...

On the other side, after Kang Chi sat down, he immediately whispered in Wu Lihong's ear: "Teacher, are you arguing with Academician Zhang again?"

Wu Lihong shook his head: "I'm too lazy to argue with him."

Kang Chi just laughed at this.
In his opinion, Wu Lihong was not only arguing with him, but was definitely at a disadvantage.

After all, Wu Lihong is a relatively honest person, while Zhang Dayuan is somewhat careless and aggressive. Wu Lihong has basically never won in verbal battles with him.

Thinking of this, Kang Chi couldn't help but stick his head out and said to Zhang Dayuan: "Academician Zhang, I've always wanted to tell you something..."

"In the past two years, our group has recruited quite a few of your students. I originally thought that since they were all students of academicians, their levels should be similar. But I found that there are actually quite big differences..."

"My senior brother Wang has been the technical director of Dahan Chip Industry for two years. He has made the chip manufacturing department of Dahan Chip Industry flourish. But your students can't even be rated as senior engineers. They need to be taught step by step to build Qin Guang No. 1..."

"I don't know if there's something wrong with your teaching methods, or if the students are too poor. How about asking Teacher Wu to accept fewer students in the future, and let a few better ones take care of you?"

Zhang Dayuan's face flushed immediately after hearing this, and he couldn't utter a word for a long time...

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Seeing Kang Chi speaking up for him so blatantly, making Zhang Dayuan so angry that he almost didn't know where to put his face, Wu Lihong couldn't help laughing out loud.

The unhappiness just now disappeared immediately, and the smugness on the corners of his mouth could not be hidden...

In fact, Kang Chi's words were quite sophisticated. He did not compare himself, but Wang Haowen with Zhang Dayuan's students. As a result, he found that without the need for dimensionality reduction attack, his side was still equally powerful!
Moreover, Kang Chi took the initiative to sit next to Wu Lihong and called Wang Haowen "senior brother", which was actually constantly giving them hints.

He always insisted that he was Wu Lihong's student. He would not forget that it was Wu Lihong who gave him his doctorate degree just because he had achieved world-renowned achievements now. He would not forget that it was Wu Lihong who endorsed him in the early stages of Dahan Silicon Industry!
Just as Kang Chi was chatting and laughing with Wu Lihong and Kang Chi, the conference finally entered the countdown.
As the leaders entered the venue, the scene gradually quieted down, and everyone's eyes were on the solemn and serious red podium...

At the same time, a group of guests also arrived at Kang Chi’s hometown in Ziyun County, Jiangbei Province half an hour ago.

In the past two years, as Kang Chi achieved more and more success, the leaders would always come to visit the two elderly people during the holidays.

Liu Xuemei and Kang Daoming have basically gotten used to this.

They went from being flattered and timid at first to being calm and cheerful later on, and even their whole aura changed.

If Kang Daoming went out dressed a little neatly, no one would think he was a country farmer. Instead, people would often think he was some kind of leader...

However, the leader from the past who came to their house today to pay his respects seemed to be much more important than before. In addition to those who came from the provincial capital, there was also a leader from the Organization Department who came all the way from Yanjing.

Even the county leaders who usually appear more frequently can only stand in the back and act as "tour guides" at this time.

As for what they meant by "ignition", Kang Daoming actually didn't understand it at all. He could only smile and sigh:
"Our family has liked playing fire since childhood. I have never beat him for this matter. I did not expect that the boy was playing with a famous hall ..." "Haha, Uncle Kang, you are too humorous."

Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.

At this moment, a loud song suddenly came from the TV, and everyone's expression suddenly became serious. They straightened their chests and looked at the screen seriously.

After the song slowly ended, Kang Daoming could not help but ask the leader sitting next to him: "What big news happened today?"

"It's not news, it's a live broadcast of the National Science and Technology Commendation Conference."

Kang Daoming nodded, not quite understanding: "Can our Xiao Chi go up to receive the award?"

The leader smiled and said, "You'll know in a moment."
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The award ceremony

Experts from various scientific research fields, the country's top scholars, and major leaders of major scientific research institutions all turned their attention to the old man on the stage.

After a ten-minute opening speech, the conference quickly entered the award ceremony that everyone was looking forward to.

As per convention, the first list to be announced is the winners of the National Highest Science and Technology Award.

This is also the highlight of the annual National Science and Technology Awards Conference.

The National Highest Science and Technology Award is a "lifetime achievement award". Compared with the selection of academicians, its honor level is obviously one level higher.

This can be seen from the number of award-winning places.

The number of new members elected in each session is about 100 for both academies combined.
Although the highest science and technology award is awarded once a year, the number of people awarded each time will never exceed two, and sometimes there will even be vacancies.

In the 2000 years since the award was established in 25, only 42 scholars have received this highest honor.
This is enough to show the significance of the word "highest".

"Energy is an important cornerstone of civilization development. The development and utilization of energy is one of the important contents of human civilization history. Since our ancestor Suiren learned to drill wood to make fire and successfully created Chinese civilization, we have never stopped exploring the use of new energy and developing new energy utilization technology. We have experienced the development and evolution from wood to coal, from oil to natural gas, and from electricity to nuclear energy..."

"Throughout human history, we have experienced many major energy changes. Each breakthrough in energy development and utilization and technology has greatly improved social productivity and the evolution of civilization. Especially in modern times, as the importance of energy has increased day by day, countries and regions with abundant energy and leading energy technology innovation have often experienced faster economic growth."

"The 'Jinwu No. 1' controlled nuclear fusion research project led by the China Controlled Nuclear Fusion Joint Research Institute has been successfully ignited, marking a major breakthrough in the way humans obtain energy and solving the energy crisis caused by the gradual depletion of fossil energy..."

"The first winner of the National Highest Science and Technology Award is: Academician Kang Chi, Chief Engineer of China's Controlled Nuclear Fusion!"

The moment the name was announced, thunderous applause broke out in the venue.

In fact, after the old man said the first word, everyone guessed that the first winner today would definitely be Kang Chi.
But when the old man actually read out the name, many people still felt a little shocked.

Previous winners of this award have all worked in a certain scientific research field from their prime to old age, accumulating experience and research throughout their lives, and finally won an opportunity to achieve a qualitative change from quantitative change...

At the age of 31, he received the highest lifetime achievement award in national science...

It was simply unimaginable for them!

However, many people have heard rumors that Kang Chi's spot had already been secured at the beginning of the year.

However, the technology that was locked in at that time was the Qinguan No. 1 EUV lithography machine technology as the main commendation technology.

Although it has been temporarily changed to Jinwu No. 1, the winner remains the same, so the impact is not that big.

In fact, this also indirectly shows how legitimate it is for Kang Chi to win this award.

Fortunately, this award can only be won once in a lifetime.

Otherwise, maybe he could have won the award several more times with Qin Guang No. 1, solid-state batteries, and quantum communication technology. Even with his amazing performance, he might have monopolized the award for many years in the future...
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At the same time, at Kang Chi’s house, the leaders also applauded excitedly.

"Congratulations, Uncle Kang, congratulations, Aunt Liu. Your son has brought honor to you, Jiangbei Province, and Ziyun County again!"

When Kang Daoming and Liu Xuemei heard the old man read out Kang Chi's name, they naturally smiled from ear to ear and were proud of their son from the bottom of their hearts.

But to be honest, they only knew that Kang Chi won a big award. They actually had no idea about the significance of this award. They thought it was probably similar to the national "Outstanding Youth Award".

It was not until they heard the leader explain that this award had been established for 25 years and only 42 people had ever received it that they were suddenly so surprised that their mouths could not close...

“Is this award really that great?”

"Of course, this is the highest recognition and honor given by the country to Kang Chi for his great contribution to scientific research. You can tell everyone in the future that your son is the greatest scientist in China! We really want to thank you on behalf of the country for helping the country cultivate such an outstanding talent as Academician Kang."

As they spoke, they burst into applause again.

This made the two elders feel like they were standing on a ball of cotton, and their whole bodies felt light and fluttery...

At the same time, in the CCTV live broadcast room, the audience also used barrages to send congratulations and sighs to Kang Chi.

"I don't want to say anything more, I just want to say one thing: Mr. Kang is the best!"

"Haha, last night some foreign friends questioned whether the ignition of the Jinwu No. 1 was real or not, but Mr. Kang directly accepted the award, the highest science and technology award. You guys tell me whether it's true or not?"

"Oh, I'm so excited. I've watched our Master Kong grow day by day. Seeing him win this award makes me happier than if I won it myself..."

"My goodness, has this turned into a scientist training game?"

"You said that as if you could get it..."

"He was elected as an academician of the two academies some time ago, and now he has won this award. Mr. Kang's domestic scientific achievements can be considered a grand slam, right?"

"Speaking of which, why didn't the Nobel Prize give our President Kang a prize?"

"Haha, forget about these fake foreign awards. Their value is getting lower and lower."

"The Nobel Prize is still somewhat valuable, but I'm too lazy to claim it even if it's awarded, or else something bad will happen along the way!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)