From university academician to chief academician

There is only one week left until October 1st.

But many people who have seen the news on Arxiv already know that the Xiaguo Graphene Research Institute has discovered a brand-new fullerene whose stability exceeds C60 fullerene.

It’s called C72 fullerene!

Instantly, the entire network was in an uproar!

Whether it was the international website or Xia Guo's website, they were all blown up.

Fullerene is hailed as one of the greatest discoveries of the twentieth century.

The country with the most patents on fullerenes in the world has always been Beili. Every year, many countries spend a lot of money to purchase products developed from fullerenes from Beili.

It is estimated that Beili Country earns hundreds of billions of dollars in this area every year.

This is just the beginning of the development of fullerene applications. As Beili develops more and more applications from fullerenes, more and more products can be sold every year, and more and more money is made. .

As the greatest discovery of the twentieth century, no one knows how many untapped applications fullerene has.

But fullerene, which has such infinite potential, was suddenly picked up by Xia Guo one day.

After hearing the news, the people of Beili were furious, the people of Xia were excited, and the people of other countries were envious.

A popular science anchor on Douyin with more than 20 million fans said excitedly: "Family members, big news, big news. Just two days ago, my country's Kyoto Graphene Research Institute developed the world's most stable fullerene. ."

“What are fullerenes?”

"Because it has super antioxidant properties, it can remove wrinkles, whiten, rejuvenate, hydrate, moisturize, and protect against sun damage. Fullerene is found in many skin care products."

"That doesn't mean it's important at all, right?"

"Okay, let me tell you something more shocking."

"Fullerenes are one of the greatest discoveries of the twentieth century."

"It is called the king of antioxidants, the prince of nanometers, and the person who discovered it won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry."

“Due to limited modern technology, the applications developed for fullerene are not even superficial.”

"But with the advancement of technology, fullerenes are used in more fields."

"It's just that fullerenes are now mainly used in skin care products and antiseptic materials."

"Fullerene actually has applications in medical treatment, green energy, diversified research, superconducting materials, gas storage and catalysts."

"The most stable fullerene discovered in my country is named C72 fullerene."

“I don’t know what applications it can have yet.”

"After all, different fullerenes have different application fields."

"But the more stable the fullerene, the wider its application fields."

"In the past, the most stable fullerene was called C60 fullerene, which has the widest range of applications of all fullerenes."

"The most stable fullerene now is C72 fullerene, and its application fields will be wider than C60 fullerene."

"We can look forward to the application of C72 fullerene."

"I believe that in the near future, our country will definitely be able to shine on the international stage in the field of fullerenes."

Many netizens were very excited when they heard the anchor's introduction.

There are also many people who know about fullerenes: "This anchor only talked about one of the key points that our country has the most stable fullerenes, and there is another important point."

“For a long time, in the field of fullerenes, we in Xia Guo only have downstream sales.”

"Upstream preparation and midstream production and application research and development have always been our weaknesses. Compared with Europe and North Korea, and even Japan and Korea, they are far behind."

"Now that C72 fullerene has been discovered, our country can have upstream preparation of C72 fullerene based on C72 fullerene, and then start to develop the application of C72 fullerene and produce products made from C72 fullerene."

"It can be said that to have C72 fullerene, my country only needs to add investment and policy preferences, plus my country is the world's largest fullerene sales market."

"Our country can create a complete supply chain for C72 fullerene."

“Preparation in the upstream, R\u0026D and production in the midstream, and sales in the downstream.”

"Of course, our country will definitely join in investment and policy preferences."

When many netizens saw this person's introduction, their hearts surged and their blood surged with excitement. They wished they were the one who discovered C72 fullerene.

Another person said: "I saw from Arxiv that the corresponding author and first author of the C72 fullerene paper include Professor Gao Dingyi and Ye Fei."

"This proves that C72 fullerene was discovered. Ye Fei is one of the main discoverers, and the other person is Professor Gao Dingyi."

Many netizens saw this, and some people went over the wall to check it out on Arxiv.

"There really is Ye Fei, he's awesome. I heard that Ye Fei went to the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute half a year ago. Many people claimed that Ye Fei would have a major breakthrough in the field of fullerenes. I didn't expect that there would be a major breakthrough, and this breakthrough would directly defeat the enemy." The whole fullerene field.”

"It's too strong. Our Xia country has Ye Fei. It's not Ye Fei's luck, it's the Xia country's luck."

"From now on, whatever Ye Fei studies, I will buy stocks. I will make money by following Ye Fei. Ye Fei will be my guiding light in stock trading."

"Forget about stock trading, let's predict when Ye Fei will become an academician based on his achievements today."

"With Ye Fei's achievements today, as long as he becomes a second-level professor and is recommended by four academicians, he can become an academician very naturally."

The selection of academicians does not accept individual applications, only group recommendations.

The selection of academicians over the age of 65 must be recommended by six academicians, and the selection of academicians under the age of 65 must be recommended by four academicians.

"Indeed, Ye Fei is now a third-level professor. I predict that he will definitely be selected for the academician selection next year."

The selection of academicians is held every two years. This year’s selection has ended and must wait until 2030.

Moreover, even if Ye Fei is selected this year, he does not meet the requirements.

He must become a second-level professor before he is eligible to be elected as an academician.

Moreover, after becoming a second-level professor, four academicians recommended Ye Fei.

Otherwise, even if Ye Fei wants to become an academician, he can only do it in a hurry.

"Let's predict when Ye Fei will win the Nobel Prize."

"Forget about the Nobel Prize. All of Ye Fei's current achievements have not reached the standards of the Nobel Prize, unless he discovers something in a certain field that no one has discovered before. However, this is too difficult. It requires not only strong ability, but also great ability." , luck is also very important, for example, fullerene, I was lucky enough to discover fullerene because of studying nebulae."

"The Nobel Prize is very difficult. As for the Fields Medal, Ye Fei mainly studies mathematics. He has very strong mathematical ability."

"The Fields Medal is also very difficult. It is no less difficult than winning the Nobel Prize. Ye Fei's current research in the field of mathematics cannot win the Fields Medal unless he proves some world-shaking mathematical problem, such as Landau-Siegel zero-point conjecture, or twin prime conjecture..."

"You might as well ask Ye Fei to prove the seven major problems in mathematics!"

"If you prove the seven major problems in mathematics, you will definitely win the Fields Medal!"

"..."

Since the discovery of C72 fullerene, the graphene and fullerene sectors of the stock market have skyrocketed.

At that time, many people who bought graphene and fullerene stocks made crazy profits.

This made them very lucky. When they saw Ye Fei enter the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute, they bought graphene and fullerene stocks, and now they are really making crazy money.

Chengdu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Office of Academician Ning!

Academician Ning sat on a chair, staring blankly ahead, with TikTok on his phone on the table in front of him.

The mobile phone is playing the discovery of C72 fullerene by the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute.

After a long while, Academician Ning pinched his thigh hard, and he said in surprise: "I feel pain, it's not a dream."

Academician Ning looked at the content played on Douyin on his mobile phone.

Academician Ning said in shock: "Is this the fullerene developed by Ye Fei? It can't be the C72 fullerene discovered by this guy!"

Academician Ning thought for a moment and said, "It's really possible. After all, this kid can always create miracles."

"No, I need to call and ask."

Graphene Research Institute, in Professor Gao’s office!

Ye Feizheng and Professor Gao discussed the content of the acquired fullerene press conference.

After a long time, Ye Fei said: "I'm sorry, Professor Gao."

"It's okay, it should be." Professor Gao smiled and said, "Are you sure?"

"That's almost it." Ye Feidao said: "There is generally no problem. Besides, this is just a C72 fullerene press conference to let foreigners know that we have really discovered C72 fullerene."

"So, there won't be too many professional issues discussed at the press conference."

"I should be fine if I go up there and mess with them."

"Yes!" Professor Gao nodded.

At this time, Ye Fei's cell phone rang. He took it out and took a look at it, then smiled at Professor Gao and said, "I'll answer the call."

"Yeah!" Professor Gao nodded.

Ye Fei stood up and walked out of the office with his cell phone.

Pick up the phone in the hallway.

"Hey, Academician Ning!"

"Ye Fei, did you discover that C72 fullerene?"

"Huh?" Ye Fei said in surprise: "How do you know?"

C72 Fullerene has only published a paper, and all other news has not been released. As for the news of who discovered C72 Fullerene, it has not been announced to the public.

"It's really you." Academician Ning exclaimed, "You're a good boy. You can do well wherever you go."

"I thought you wouldn't achieve much by going to the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute, and I wanted to persuade you to come back. I didn't expect that you would achieve such great results in such a short time."

"Aren't you mainly studying mathematics? How can you also study the field of fullerenes?"

"You must know that materials science is not like computers. People who are not proficient in materials science cannot study materials."

"Have you studied materials science before?"

Ye Feidao: "I learned it in the past six months."

"What?" Academician Ning exclaimed in shock: "In the past six months, I have been studying materials science, and then you discovered C72 fullerene? Don't lie to me, kid. It's not fun to lie to me!"

Ye Feidao: "It's true. In fact, the discovery of C72 fullerene is quite simple. I mainly discovered C72 fullerene through mathematical methods."

Academician Ning said: "Okay, you are still better."

Ye Fei asked: "Academician Ning, are you interested in listening to the two-day C72 fullerene press conference?"

"Okay!" Academician Ning said with a smile: "I just have nothing to do recently, so I decided to go and relax. Tell me the address and time. I will go there in two days."

"OK!"

After hanging up the phone, Ye Fei sent the address and time of the fullerene conference to Academician Ning.

October 1, 2028!

Kyoto, at the entrance of the International Convention Center!

Many reporters and admirers gathered here early in the morning.

Starting at 7:30, many scholars gathered from all directions began to enter the International Conference Center.

At eight o'clock, all the seats with thousands of people were occupied.

These scholars come from all over the world, and many of them are masters in the field of materials science.

There were also many Chinese people present. Yes, they were Chinese, not Xia people.

These are people who studied abroad and never came back.

When it comes to materials science, Xia Guo's overseas talents are definitely the best.

I once made a statistics about the citation rate of materials science papers.

The top six are all Chinese.

But among the top hundred, only fifteen are Chinese, and three are from Xia. The Xia people mentioned here are native Xia people, or Xia people who have returned to China after studying abroad.

It can be seen from the list that except for the first six people who are Chinese, the rest are all concentrated in the bottom list, and there are no Chinese or Xia people in the middle list.

It can be seen from this that Xia Guo has very few talents in the field of materials science and his papers are heavily flooded.

The top six papers on the list are all sponsored by Chinese people.

At 8:30, Ye Fei walked onto the stage wearing headphones.

"Hello everyone, I am Ye Fei!"

"Bah bang bang..." Everyone below applauded enthusiastically.

Almost everyone in academia knows Ye Fei, especially in the fields of mathematics and computer science.

But people who are famous in the field of mathematics are also known by people in other fields.

Ye Feidao: "Regarding today's fullerene conference, I will only briefly introduce two points: how to discover C72 fullerene and how to display C72 fullerene."

"C72 fullerene, I determined the range of C72 fullerene through mathematics, and then discovered C72 fullerene through experiments."

"Next, please take a look at the internal structure of C72 fullerene!"

After speaking, Ye Fei turned on the electron microscope on the stage, and the things under the electron microscope were magnified and displayed on the LCD screen.

Soon, everyone saw the internal structure of C72 fullerene on the display.

Everyone's eyes widened for a moment, and then many people looked at the snowflake-shaped fullerenes on the display screen in confusion.

Someone exclaimed: "It's so beautiful!"

"There are such beautiful fullerenes in the world."

After a moment, Ye Feidao said: "Because the internal structure of C72 fullerene is like snowflakes, we call it black edelweiss. Edelweiss is like snow. It likes sunlight and represents hope."

"I hope C72 fullerene can bring hope to mankind."

"Does anyone want to come up and look at C72 fullerene through an electron microscope?"

In an instant, many people below raised their hands, and Ye Fei pointed at twenty-five people at random. Only two of them were from Xia, and the remaining twenty-three were foreigners.

It's not that I don't want more Xia people to come up, but the purpose of today is to announce to the outside world that Xia has discovered C72 fullerene.

Then we must convince these foreigners that they have really discovered C72 fullerene.

The twenty-five people quickly came to the stage and lined up to look at C72 fullerene through the electron microscope one by one.

After they finished reading, Ye Fei asked: "Is it no problem?"

Twenty-five people shook their heads and said: "No problem, it is indeed a newly discovered fullerene."

After the twenty-five people went down, Ye Feidao said: "After testing, it was found that C72 fullerene is much more stable than C60. This is the data after the test of C72 fullerene."

With that said, Ye Fei gestured to the screen behind him.

[Density: 6.666

Melting point: 330 degrees Celsius

Boiling point 600~700 degrees Celsius

Flash point 100 degrees Celsius

Refractive index 2.0】

"Woo..."

They gasped when they saw the data.

"This data is too coincidental. They are all multiples of the least common angle."

The least common multiples are 3 and 6.

These are two very special numbers in mathematics.

Ye Fei smiled and said: "No need to doubt it. We were also surprised when the test results came out, but the test results cannot be deceived, and I will not deceive you."

"Besides, lying to you won't do us any good."

Everyone nodded, it was indeed true.

Lie to them now, and years from now, when C72 fullerene is sold, they will also test it.

If the test results are not consistent with the results seen now, it will be a slap in the face for Xia Guo.

But they were still surprised.

The data of C72 fullerene is also too special. What is the special significance of it?

Could it be that the application of C72 fullerene is also very special?

They thought for a long time but couldn't figure out the result.

I can only lament that nature is such a mysterious place. The technology developed by humans may not even be able to catch up with nature.

Ye Feidao: "We have not yet started research on the application of C72 fullerene."

"But I believe that with the excellence of C72 fullerene, it will have excellent applications in many fields."

Everyone nodded. The more stable the fullerene, the more fields it can be applied to.

C72 fullerene is more stable than C60 fullerene and can be used in many fields.

Moreover, it can be seen from the test data of C72 fullerene that perhaps C72 fullerene has very special applications.

In the past, fullerenes were mainly used in skin care products and antiseptic materials. C72 fullerenes may be used in more fields.

"First, we will conduct applied research in materials, energy and medical care..."

Next, Ye Fei explained the future application research on C72 fullerene.

After a long time, Ye Fei stopped speaking and said: "This is today's C72 fullerene press conference. Thank you everyone for coming."

"Bah bang bang..." Everyone applauded enthusiastically.

Many people's eyes flashed, not knowing what they were thinking.

After the C72 fullerene press conference, many people approached Ye Fei and wanted to learn more about C72 fullerene from Ye Fei.

Ye Fei faced everyone and said: "Sorry, everyone, this is our secret. I cannot disclose any knowledge about C72 fullerene."

Ye Fei shook his head in his mind: "What are these people thinking? Can I reveal such important knowledge as C72 fullerene?"

The next day, the conference room of the Fullerene Institute!

Academician Fang Shan, director of the Graphene Research Institute, and all the staff of the Fullerene Research Institute gathered here.

Academician Fang Shan sat in the first seat and said: "According to the requirements above, the Fullerene Research Institute of the Graphene Research Institute separated from the Graphene Research Institute."

"Xia Guo National Fullerene Research Institute was established, with Gao Dingyi as the director and Ye Fei as the deputy director."

"Specialized in the preparation, production and application research of C72 fullerene."

"More research on the applications of C72 fullerene will be conducted as soon as possible."

Ye Fei blinked and asked, "Dean, where is the address of the Fullerene Research Institute?"

"Of course it's still here."

Ye Fei said speechlessly: "Then you said you left the Graphene Research Institute. Don't you want to move out?"

"This is just a relationship breakup, but the address remains unchanged."

"Besides, the Graphene Research Institute is such a big place, so it doesn't matter if I give you a place."

"Okay!" Ye Feidao said, "But, Dean, I have jobs in Zhonghu and Jinling. Now that you have made me the director again, I will be too busy."

"It's okay. Nowadays, transportation is developed. You can travel to three places by plane."

"It takes more than two hours to fly from Sand Dune to Kyoto. It also takes more than two hours to fly from Jinling to Kyoto. It takes one hour and twenty minutes to fly from Sand Dune to Jinling."

"It's not far away in such a short time!"

"Moreover, these are only three places. Many scholars fly all over the world, flying to more than a dozen places a month."

"Hey..." Ye Fei sighed in his heart: "Okay!"

Everyone looked at Ye Fei's reluctant look and felt funny in their hearts.

Others want to be a director but can't, but when it comes to you, you are very reluctant to become a director.

The dean said: "By the way, Ye Fei, you are not a Yangtze River scholar yet!"

"Yeah!" Ye Fei nodded.

"After you go back, you can try to apply for a Yangtze River Scholar. With your current grades, you can become a Yangtze Scholar."

Ye Fei thought about it and realized that indeed, with his current grades, he could apply for a Yangtze River Scholar.

Ye Feidao: "I will try to apply."