From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

The work of the Natural Science Foundation is not over yet. Normally, the next day will still be over. In the next few days, there will be discussions on the follow-up research.

Waiting until next week, two other institutions will come to discuss the results of the project and conduct a formal meeting for follow-up research and development.

This process is still necessary, and a new study must be demonstrated in detail.

Participating project parties must also understand the specific research content, coupled with confidentiality-related considerations, it will make the research more complicated.

However, Wang Hao has promised Wang Jiming to be the judge in the past, and He Yi will be responsible for the next two days.

In fact, the physics laboratory is only a participant, and does not have much say in the direction of confidentiality and follow-up research. At the same time, there are no suggestions. As long as the project can be applied for, the research can continue.

Therefore, He Yi used to just make a record.

In the evening, Wang Hao talked about this matter with He Yi, Xiao Xinyu and Yan Jing, and He Yi still felt very stressed. He was not as calm as Wang Hao when facing those experts and academicians, and he could offer some suggestions and ideas , but can only listen in most of the time.

Wang Hao said indifferently, "Just write it down. The official meeting will not start until next week."

"These days, going there every day is equivalent to going to check in. It doesn't matter what they discuss."

This sentence reassured He Yi.

At seven o'clock the next morning, WISCO Research Institute sent a special car, and Wang Hao went there after breakfast.

The hotel is not too far from the research institute, and it takes about half an hour to arrive.

When they arrived at the main entrance of the research institute, Wang Jiming, Ding Zongquan, and others were already waiting there.

When Wang Hao got out of the car, he saw a group of people cheering.

A middle-aged man in his fifties with a bald head came to the front. He shook hands with Wang Hao and said, "Professor Wang, it's the first time we meet, and your name is already well known!"

"I didn't expect to see you here. When I heard Academician Wang talk about it, I was really surprised. This trip to the capital was not in vain!"

Wang Jiming introduced from the side, "This is the deputy general manager of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, Wu Linlong."

"Hello, hello!"

Wang Hao shook hands with Wu Linlong, and then shook hands with other people respectively. Following the introductions one by one, he understood why Wang Jiming insisted on coming by himself.

This lineup is estimated to be stressful.

Wu Linlong is the deputy general manager of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, and his position is already very high. It can be said that he is one of the most powerful giants in Wuhan Iron and Steel Group. He can be ranked in the top ten, or even the top five.

In addition, there is Zhang Xiaodi, the general manager of a steel and related manufacturing development center, who is also one of the department heads of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group.

Others include Xia Rong, the former vice president of Donggang University, who is also a senior technical consultant of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group. He is also a member of the Iron and Steel Association and a director of the International Iron and Steel Industry Federation.

Xie Kehua, a professor-level senior engineer, is an independent director of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group.

The four people who came here are all related to Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, three of them are very related, and the last one is just an independent director, but he is also quite influential.

A group of people enthusiastically welcomed Wang Hao into the research institute. In the middle, they talked about welcoming Wang Hao's arrival, and said that inviting Wang Hao to serve as a project review would better reflect the fairness and authority of the review.

etc.

A bunch of flattering words are said, and it is difficult to judge how much is true and how much is false.

Wang Hao has been listening to good things, but he can understand the confrontation in the research institute.

Wu Linlong, Xie Kehua and others must not be on the same side as Wang Jiming, otherwise they would not be able to intervene in the project that was originally under the responsibility of the research institute.

In fact, it is.

"You come to be the judge, they have nothing to say."

In the reception room, Wang Jiming whispered to Wang Hao, "You are a top mathematician and have made contributions to the research and development of the research institute. You are a specially invited external expert. What can they say?"

"If you are not allowed to join, there must be something wrong."

"When I mentioned it yesterday, I could tell that Manager Zhang was very reluctant, but he couldn't say anything."

"Now this project seems to be split-split. Our research institute has a lot of opinions on them, but it is impossible to turn over because of one project."

Wang Jiming said with a sigh.

This project must be very important to Peng Hui and Chen Jianlin, but to WISCO Research Institute, it is only one of the projects.

Wang Jiming continued, "Chen Jianlin has a really wide network of contacts. I really didn't know that he could recruit so many people before this incident happened."

"I don't have a problem with him, but the main thing is that it's uncomfortable."

Wang Hao nodded in understanding. It was originally a project in charge of the research institute, but one of the competitors invited foreign aid, which resulted in the institute having no autonomy.

Therefore, most of the research institute supports Peng Hui, but the research institute is too big, and there are many factions in it, even Wang Jiming cannot control it single-handedly.

Among them, only a few people tended to Chen Jianlin, and with the addition of four people, Peng Hui's situation was also very bad.

Wang Hao stayed in the reception room for a while, and when he heard that Peng Hui had brought someone here, he simply went out to meet his old friend.

Peng Hui was talking to someone in the hall.

Wang Hao walked over to say hello, and said with a smile, "Professor Peng, you are still so energetic!"

"Wang Hao?"

"Professor Wang?"

Peng Hui and Wan Yiming beside him spoke in surprise at the same time.

Peng Hui shook hands and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Wang Hao said with a smile, "It's not that you want to compete for the project, I'll be a judge."

"Are you a judge?" Peng Hui seemed a little confused, but said immediately, "Haha, then our project is stable, you will definitely vote for me, right?"

"of course."

Wang Hao didn't need to think about application reports and other issues, because the alloy laboratory might have problems, and he would vote for Peng Hui even if he was fair.

He then whispered, "You have to be mentally prepared. I heard from Academician Wang that the research institute is definitely more inclined to you, but..."

Peng Hui also knew the situation. He knew when he came last time that people from Wuhan Iron and Steel Group had intervened in the project.

Today is the official bidding meeting of the project, which is the day to decide the final ownership of the project.

Normally, there will be a result today.

Peng Hui still felt a little nervous, but with Wang Hao's vote, the situation seemed to be better.

The two were talking and laughing when a group of people came to the door.

Seeing that Wang Hao was obviously taken aback, the leader said in surprise, "Wang Hao?" He immediately realized his slip of the tongue, came over to shake hands with Wang Hao, and said, "Professor Wang? Long time no see."

"I haven't seen you for a day, it's like three autumns. I haven't seen you for more than two years. It seems like hundreds of years. I still often see your news. On TV and in the news, the results you have achieved are really impressive. shocked."

"But I'm not surprised at all. You were a genius back then, and I told others, Professor Wang, it's only natural that you made it this far, because you're that kind of... an extremely rare, extremely rare mathematical genius!"

After this cliché, Wang Hao felt happy.

He shook hands with the other party and said, "Professor Chen, long time no see."

It was Chen Jianlin.

Chen Jianlin shook hands with Wang Hao, and continued, "I didn't expect to see you here, Professor Wang, why are you here...?"

"Be a reviewer." Wang Hao said, "I happen to be in the capital. Academician Wang and I are old friends, so he invited me to be a project reviewer."

"Good, very good!"

Chen Jianlin nodded with a smile, "If you come to be the judge, even if we don't win the project, you will be convinced!"

He kept nodding as he spoke, then looked at Xu Baosheng, and said, "Baosheng and you have known each other for a long time."

"Baosheng, long time no see."

"Hello, senior, Wang..."

"You're welcome." Wang Hao smiled at Xu Baosheng.

Chen Jianlin said, "Have you heard about Ma Wenjun? I really didn't expect that such a person in the laboratory is tantamount to treason!"

"He was arrested, and no one would take the students with him. I just thought about taking Baosheng with me. I am not a material calculation major, but it would be good to take him to do experiments together and successfully complete the doctoral thesis."

"I still hope to train Baosheng. He is still very talented in alloy research."

Chen Jianlin affirmed Xu Baosheng, and then he talked to Wang Hao before turning to Peng Hui next to him.

Peng Hui ignored him, turned his head and walked away with a soft snort.

Wang Hao also went in.

Chen Jianlin shook his head with a smile on his lips, but frowned slightly. He didn't expect Wang Hao to appear here, and he also served as a project reviewer, so he began to think carefully.

"Wang Hao doesn't know who he prefers, but there is a high probability that he will favor Peng Hui."

"Even if he gets one more vote, it will be very difficult to come back, unless he can convince others."

"But is it possible?"

As he thought about it, a confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth again.

This time it's an all-or-nothing attempt.

He almost used up most of his contacts to get this opportunity. It is not only related to projects and income, but also whether he can make a comeback.

As long as he can get this project, he can regain control of the alloy laboratory, regain the right to speak in Donggang University, and may even go further.

In a few years, if the project has achieved results, it may be possible to re-evaluate academicians.

These are the most important.

...

Ten o'clock in the morning.

The bidding meeting of the Institute officially started.

The formal meeting was held in a hall. There were dozens of people participating, including seven experts from the research institute, four people from Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, and the extra Wang Hao. The total number of judges was twelve.

The meeting also included personnel from the Institute in charge of specific projects, as well as some administrative personnel.

Of course, there are also two protagonists, Peng Hui and Chen Jianlin.

Peng Hui brought Wan Yiming; Chen Jianlin brought not many people, only Xu Baosheng and another researcher Yu Yong.

At the beginning of the meeting, Wang Jiming made a summary, "Our bidding project is aimed at the common key technology research of super-strength steel for strong fatigue load environment."

"This is a national-level key project. The bidding unit needs to cooperate with the main research direction of the research institute and have a certain innovation direction."

"The horizontal funding has been determined to be 73 million RMB, and the participating institutions are the Metal Research Laboratory of Xijing Jiaotong University..."

Peng Hui stood up and waved his hand.

"And the Alloy Engineering Technology Laboratory of Donggang University."

Chen Jianlin also waved to the others.

"Then the project meeting will officially begin. First, Professor Peng Hui from the Metal Research Laboratory will be invited to make a presentation."

Holding the information in his hand, Peng Hui stood up and introduced, "Our metal laboratory has completed a major national project. Last year, we made major achievements in the research of β-titanium alloy."

"For the current project, we have experience in enhancing the strength of steel. In terms of research, we mainly consider investing more energy in the development of fatigue steel..."

He went into detail.

Everyone in the conference room listened, but Wang Hao didn't listen carefully. He carefully looked at the two application reports in his hand.

Ding Zongquan was helping to explain, "The advantage of the metal laboratory is mainly that it has experience in strengthening the strength of steel."

"Actually, their experience is enough. The project is only in line with the main research direction of the research institute, and it only needs to be innovative."

"However, the advantages of Chen Jianlin's report are too obvious. They have experience in fatigue loads and are supported by certain basic experimental data."

"We have carefully demonstrated that those data are real, and this research is mainly to enhance the high-strength fatigue load of steel."

"The content of Chen Jianlin's application report is closer to the needs of the project. Normally speaking, he must cooperate with them."

"But it's mainly a problem with the alloy laboratory, and the data is hard to say, and it's not clear whether it's the experiment they did."

After looking at the two application reports and Ding Zongquan's explanation, Wang Hao understood.

The research on the common key technology of super-strength steel for strong fatigue load environment is a national key project received by WISCO Research Institute, and it is not solely owned by WISCO Group.

Strong fatigue load, that is, a very special environment.

For example, inside a fighter jet turbofan engine.

For example, the support structure of a large aircraft.

Another example is the anti-pressure mechanism of military ships such as aircraft carriers and submarines.

etc.

The steel structure of these parts needs to adapt to high-intensity fatigue loads. Many people say that domestic fighter jets have a short flight time because of the internal material structure and poor load resistance.

Including titanium alloy, steel and other materials are the same.

If the ability to resist fatigue load is poor, the material part will be damaged after long-term operation.

So the key to the project is to 'enhance fatigue load' rather than 'enhance steel strength'.

In terms of steel strength, the existing strength is sufficient, and there is no need to continue to improve it.

Of course, research and development experience in improving the strength of steel is also helpful. For example, a certain steel has a strong resistance to fatigue loads, but its strength is relatively weak, and it can also be continuously improved to enhance it.

But relative to enhancing the fatigue load, enhancing the strength of steel is not so important.

When Wang Hao was understanding the project and the application report, Peng Hui had already finished his speech, and it was Chen Jianlin's turn next.

Chen Jianlin also introduced the alloy laboratory, and then said, "We are very experienced in the research of fatigue load resistance."

"Some basic experiments are related to this research."

"Last year we participated in the research of the ultra-thin strip project. Although the results did not meet expectations, it was mainly because of the problem of the direction, not the problem of our research."

Now he also knows about it.

"Even so, we have made great progress in research. For this project, we will cooperate with the research institute to continue to explore key technologies for fatigue load resistance."

"Our advantage lies in..."

Chen Jianlin's voice was sonorous and powerful, and it sounded full of confidence.

Wang Hao couldn't help admiring it, not to mention the two application reports, Chen Jianlin's words are indeed more convincing.

In comparison, Peng Hui's voice is also very powerful, but it's just a loud voice.

After Chen Jianlin finished his presentation, the formal external meeting ended.

Chen Jianlin and Peng Hui walked out together.

The people in the room started the discussion, and each reviewer made a statement.

Some people say they support Chen Jianlin, because Chen Jianlin's report is closer to the project direction.

Some people are supporting Peng Hui, because Peng Hui's laboratory has just completed a big project, while Chen Jianlin's laboratory is the complete opposite. Last year, it almost became the biggest scandal in materials research. There even appeared a researcher who wanted to fly abroad with experimental materials.

The meeting seemed a little chaotic.

Everyone who participated in the review expressed their views, including the deputy general manager Wu Linlong.

Wu Linlong said, "We can't affect this year's events because of last year's events. The alloy laboratory is still a national key laboratory after all."

"Just because there is a problematic person in the laboratory, it doesn't mean that everyone else is like this."

"In terms of resume, Chen Jianlin is no worse than Peng Hui."

"Aside from other factors, only talking about the project application, the alloy laboratory is obviously more advantageous. What we need for this project is to study common key technologies for fatigue load resistance."

After Wu Linlong sat down, Wang Jiming, who presided over the meeting, looked at Wang Hao, "Professor Wang, would you like to say a few words?"

Wang Hao put down the application report in his hand, thought for a while and said, "I'm here as a reviewer temporarily, so I'll just share my opinion."

"Just like what Manager Wu said just now, it is obvious that the application of the alloy laboratory is more in line with the research direction of the project."

Hearing Wang Hao say this, others were surprised, because everyone felt that he was inclined to support Peng Hui.

Some people couldn't help wondering, "Could it be that Wang Hao and Chen Jianlin are still old friends?"

"impossible?"

"If Chen Jianlin had stood up to speak for him, he would not have been fired by Donggang University at that time!"

Wang Hao ignored other people's thoughts and continued, "But I think that's the problem. Their application report is so perfect!"

"This report is so perfect that no problems can be found, it is completely in line with the research direction of the project, and it is supported by the most basic experimental data."

"This incident is too coincidental, so coincidental that people can't believe it."

"Mathematically speaking—"

Wang Hao stood up, walked to a whiteboard beside him, picked up a pen and wrote a determinant.

The others didn't know what he was going to do, they all looked over seriously.

How do you talk and start talking about math?

Wang Hao pointed to the column formula just written, and explained, "I don't know how many projects the alloy laboratory has done over the years, but we can assume a data, a high data."

"We define this data as S, but its value must be within the range of one hundred."

"This interval is not small. Assuming they have done 100 projects in the past 20 years, I believe this is impossible."

The others couldn't help nodding.

How is it possible to do one hundred projects in twenty years? Not to mention one hundred, fifty would be good, and some small projects should be included, even most of them are small projects.

"We can also know a piece of data, how many of all alloy-related research are related to fatigue load resistance?"

"It's actually something that can be investigated, but right now I'm just using the data to illustrate."

"You are all professionals. If I set the probability at 20%, I believe no one will refute it."

"This probability can only be high or low."

The others continued to nod along.

Wang Hao continued, "How many experiments need to be done in a project, we can also set a data..."

After he defined several data in a row, he started the detailed calculation.

While calculating and explaining.

Others don't understand some things, but Wang Hao's explanations are very detailed, and some things are easy to understand. Even if they don't understand, as long as you write it down, it won't hinder you from continuing to listen.

Wang Hao continued to explain for about fifteen minutes.

His calculation speed is very fast, and most of the time is spent on explaining.

He then made a conclusion, "So according to this data, the Alloy Laboratory only has a probability of no more than 5%, and can produce so many basic experimental data."

"I think it should be no more than one percent normally. I believe that no one can refute this judgment, right?"

As Wang Hao spoke, his eyes swept over Wu Linlong, Zhang Xiaodi, Xia Rong, and Xie Kehua. None of them had any objections.

In fact, they also want to say something, but...

Faced with complex mathematics and well-founded analysis, they don't know what to say even if they want to refute it. Do they still say that they don't understand?

At that time, the young people on the stage will most likely not mind telling it again, and at the same time, let everyone know that their math level is very poor.

Surely not.

"Even the research done by the alloy laboratory happens to be within this one percent."

Wang Hao continued, "We can synthesize the data just now and continue to analyze."

"These data are very large, but it is very simple to do calculations."

He wrote a determinant on the whiteboard, and quickly calculated the result, "Then they need at least 12,810 hours to find so many experimental data that are accurate enough to be close to the direction of the project in the past research."

"12810 hours, what is the concept? Even if 35 people are engaged in this job, each person needs to work 366 hours."

"As far as I know, there is only one researcher, two associate researchers, and a few doctoral students in the data office of the Alloy Laboratory."

"In addition, the total number of people in the alloy laboratory, including those doctoral students and graduate students, does not exceed fifty."

"So, obviously..."

Wang Hao showed his calculation results to the people in the conference room, "This application report is either fabricated data, or someone specially provided the data."

"I've said all I have to say."

"..."

(seeking a monthly ticket)