The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 460 Familiar Faces

In the afternoon, Liu Tao came to Tsinghua University.

When he arrived at a western-style building, he saw a young man standing at the door, looking very nervous.

He was wearing a thick military coat, was about 1.70 meters tall, and was holding a file bag in his hand. Snowflakes could be seen on his coat.

Liu Tao looked at the childish face and was stunned. He was very surprised. Although the face was still relatively childish, it was still recognizable.

Liu Tao couldn't help but think of him singing 'Honey, that's not love', as if he was saying 'Honey, money is not a problem', with that half-dead look. That song really becomes popular every year.

One is the Internet tycoon 'Zhang Chaoyang', who looks half dead and seems to have lost the desire to live; the other is 'Zhang Chaoyang', who can lecture on boring physics with a cheerful expression and shining eyes.

A very contradictory person, but undoubtedly a genius.

People's evaluation of him at that time was that Zhang Chaoyang was not comfortable working for Sohu, but he was very flamboyant when answering questions.

But at this moment, Zhang Chaoyang was full of the vigor of a college student, with light in his eyes.

"Young man, what are you doing standing at the door? Why don't you go in?" Liu Tao said with a smile.

Zhang Chaoyang saw Liu Tao, recognized his identity, and asked in surprise: "Professor Liu, why are you here?"

The reason why Zhang Chaoyang recognized Liu Tao was that once Liu Tao gave a lecture at Tsinghua University and Zhang Chaoyang went to attend the lecture.

At this moment, the door opened.

It turned out to be Yang Zhenning and his wife. They had already returned to China and were currently staying in Tsinghua University.

"Young man, who are you?" Yang Zhenning was a little confused.

Zhang Chaoyang said, "Professor Yang, my name is Zhang Chaoyang. I am from the Department of Physics at Tsinghua University. I would like to apply to be your graduate student."

Liu Tao was a little surprised. Zhang Chaoyang wanted to apply for Yang Zhenning's postgraduate program! ?
Doesn’t that mean that Zhang Chaoyang has to specialize in theoretical physics?

Wouldn’t that mean there will be no Sohu in the future?
But Liu Tao changed his mind and felt that perhaps Zhang Chaoyang was more suitable to be a physicist rather than an entrepreneur.

"Zhang Chaoyang?" Yang Zhenning thought for a moment, then seemed to remember something, "I remember, how is your graduation thesis? If it's not good, I won't agree."

"I have finished writing my graduation thesis." Zhang Chaoyang quickly handed the file bag to Yang Zhenning.

Yang Zhenning looked at Liu Tao and said, "Professor Liu, please come in and sit down. Wait for me. I'll take a look at the paper."

"Principal Yang, please go ahead!" Liu Tao nodded and entered the small Western-style building. The conditions here were quite good.

Yang Zhenning is currently a professor at Tsinghua University, where he will help establish the Institute of Theoretical Physics.

In terms of theoretical physics, China is still far behind.

In the field of theoretical physics, Yang Zhenning is definitely at the top of the world's physics community today.

Yang Zhenning's wife poured a glass of water for both of them. Yang Zhenning took the paper and began to read it. He read it very seriously and quickly.

After all, it is an undergraduate thesis, and it is rare to see particularly outstanding and profound papers.

It took Yang Zhenning about ten minutes to finish reading the paper.

"I have circled the places that need to be revised in the paper. Please take the paper back and revise it carefully." Yang Zhenning said.

Zhang Chaoyang said: "Okay, thank you Professor Yang!"

Zhang Chaoyang bowed politely and left with the paper. Liu Tao smiled and said, "A very talented young man."

After exchanging pleasantries, the two began to talk about Southwest Associated University.

After the Spring Festival, the construction of "Southwest Associated University" will begin. Although the design drawings have not yet been fully completed, the completed designs are sufficient for construction to begin.

The National Internet Center (Queenstown) started construction last year and is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

This summer, Southwest Associated University will conduct nationwide enrollment, and there is a lot to do.

Because we are in the initial stage, we will not enroll too many students this year, and the number of students enrolled nationwide will be approximately one thousand.

In addition to this, Yang Zhenning and his colleagues are currently recruiting graduate students.

"Now the faculty of our Southwest Associated University is sufficient and is the strongest in the country," said Yang Zhenning.

He recruited more than 300 people from overseas, all of whom were scholars, associate professors and professors from various universities and research institutions. In addition, Liu Tao recruited thousands of people in China, many of whom were very capable.

He was very confident about Southwest Associated University.

More importantly, Southwest Associated University now has 10 billion RMB, which is specifically used for the construction and operation of Southwest Associated University.

After returning to China for some time, he has come to understand how huge a sum of RMB 10 billion is and how amazing its purchasing power is. Its purchasing power is much stronger than the equivalent amount in US dollars.

The current retail price of grain is 0.25 yuan for flour and 0.205 yuan for japonica rice; the market retail price of pork is 1.75 to 1.9 yuan per catty, beef (boneless general goods) is 2.20 yuan per catty, and mutton is 1.80 yuan; a bottle of milk is 0.84 yuan; the market price of cabbage is 0.106 yuan per catty, the retail price of Guoguang apples is 1 yuan per catty, and red banana apples are 1.2 yuan each; the minimum protection purchase price of watermelon is 0.07 yuan per catty, and the maximum retail price shall not exceed 0.25 yuan per catty.

And these prices are the market prices in Beijing.

Other places will only be cheaper, not more expensive!

You can imagine what a staggering number 10 billion RMB is.

The 10 billion RMB was only used for the campus construction and school operating expenses of Southwest Associated University. Many of the libraries, computer teaching buildings, laboratories, etc. of Southwest Associated University were donated by Panshan Group and others and were not included in the 10 billion RMB.

There are also many scientific research structures located in the "Southwest Associated University", but the construction costs, including instruments and equipment, are not included in the 10 billion yuan.

Yang Zhenning had seen the overall layout of the "Southwest Associated University". They and other major school leaders, college deans, etc. were involved in it. Once the "Southwest Associated University" was built, it would be the most beautiful and most advanced university in China.

The more he participated in it, the more fortunate Yang Zhenning felt that his choice was the right one.

What Yang Zhenning felt most during this period was the changes in China, which felt like it was changing with each passing day.

In addition, what shocked him most was Liu Tao's status in the Chinese scientific community. When he visited his good friend Deng Jiaxian and asked about Liu Tao, Deng Jiaxian told him that Liu Tao is now the chief scientist of China.

The title of Chief Scientist is so important.

The previous chief scientist of China was the famous Qian Xuesen.

Even now, Qian Xuesen is very famous in the world scientific community.

Liu Tao is only thirty years old, but he is already China's chief scientist.

What surprised him even more was the amazing energy that Liu Tao possessed. He arranged everything perfectly for his return to China, and even regained Chinese nationality smoothly without encountering any difficulties.

The more he understood, the more shocked Yang Zhenning was.

(End of this chapter)