From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

Wang Hao attaches great importance to the upcoming large-scale domestic materials conference, because the conference is related to the funding of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Materials Foundation for all directions of superconducting research.

No matter for any scientific research institution, funding is always the most important.

Deng Huanshan's superconducting material experiment group does not have to worry about funding, but other related experimental groups still need funds.

For example, the computing group, they do theoretical research, and they do not belong to the superconducting material industry company, so they naturally get the funds allocated by the scientific and technological support department.

In addition, he hopes that more material groups can be added to the research, which naturally needs to be taken seriously.

A week before the meeting, Wang Hao discussed the meeting with Deng Huanshan, Fu Xiangdong and others.

After that, I had a private talk with Fu Xiangdong about the project of the computing group.

The Computational Group is researching the double-element problem corresponding to the semi-topological theory, and will further demonstrate the association of the double-element combination, as well as the further three-element combination.

These are the foundations of the semi-topological superconducting mechanism, because most of them involve basic calculation and analysis, the requirements for experiments are not high, and the required funds are not too high.

soon.

A week has passed.

Wang Hao, Deng Huanshan, Fu Xiangdong, He Yi and others took the plane to Donggang together. After arriving at the hotel, they went to the meeting site.

This meeting is very important, and it is related to the overall support of higher-level departments for material-related scientific research in the next few years.

Topics discussed include aerospace materials, composite materials, precision materials, biotechnology materials, and the most important superconducting materials, etc.

The number of people who came to the conference was also very large, and large materials-related companies and materials research institutions all sent representatives to participate.

Wang Hao met an acquaintance just after he entered the conference site.

Ding Zongquan.

Ding Zongquan is the representative of WISCO Materials Institute. The meeting has little to do with WISCO Materials Institute. He is also very relaxed. He was talking and walking with other people, and when he raised his head, he saw Wang Hao.

"Wang Hao!"

Ding Zongquan leaned over with a smile on his face, and hurriedly said, "Now I should be called Academician Wang, congratulations!"

"Thanks."

Wang Hao replied politely, and corrected, "It's better to call him by name. Recently, he is always called Academician Wang, which always feels weird."

Ding Zongquan smiled and said, "I think so too. You are an academician at your age, not only is it rare. Academicians always feel that they are in their seventies..."

There was an old academician surnamed Zhang next to him, his face turned black immediately, he gave Ding Zongquan a hard look, and he knew that Ding Zongquan was not very good at talking, so he said hello to Wang Haoying, and walked in first.

Wang Hao felt a little baffled, not that everyone should be very enthusiastic about him, but the old academician just smiled politely, not only not enthusiastic, but also seemed to have a lot of opinions on himself.

Ding Zongquan glanced forward, curled his lips in disdain, "This old guy!"

"What?" Wang Hao was puzzled.

Ding Zongquan found that Wang Hao was a little puzzled, pulled him aside, and explained, "Zhang Fugui, an old academician at the Center for Condensed Matter Physics, it would be nice if he could talk to you well. Your research made his project disappear."

"Why?"

Ding Zongquan added, "He does research on superconducting materials."

Now Wang Hao understood.

The superconducting material experimental group has developed a high-temperature superconducting material with a critical temperature exceeding 120K, which can be used in industrial manufacturing.

In the face of the critical temperature data of 120k, other teams working on superconducting material projects naturally lose their meaning in their projects.

In addition, the higher authorities have focused on superconducting research based on semi-topological theory, and the original research on superconducting materials will definitely be greatly affected.

The most affected are those 'traditional' superconducting material experts. Their lifetime efforts are meaningless. It is impossible to get support for the projects in their hands, and it is impossible to apply for projects again. It is almost equivalent to ending scientific research ahead of schedule. career.

In this case, it is strange that they have a good face towards Wang Hao.

After Ding Zongquan said a few words, he chatted with Wang Hao. Their common topic was the research of alloy materials.

When chatting daily, naturally no technical issues will be discussed.

Ding Zongquan talked about what happened in the evaluation project last time at WISCO Materials Institute, and the topic turned to Chen Jianlin.

Then it was transferred to the Alloy Materials Laboratory of Donggang University.

"Do you know the news? The matter of the alloy laboratory has been investigated." Ding Zongquan said, "There are too many people involved, more than 20 people, and we have three in Wuhan Iron and Steel. The biggest problem is that little brother Zhang from last time." .”

He shook his head as he spoke, "I was sentenced to four years in prison for accepting bribes and filling my pockets."

"Where's the alloy laboratory?" Wang Hao didn't care about the issue of the alloy laboratory, but when he heard Ding Zongquan mention it, he still asked with interest, after all, he had a lot to do with him.

Ding Zongquan sighed and said, "I really never thought that Chen Jianlin would be so courageous to cheat funds and conduct falsified experiments. He found out seven projects and involved more than 100 million yuan in funds!"

"I used to think that Chen Jianlin was a talent, and I helped him win projects... Fortunately, I didn't have too much contact with him..."

Ding Zongquan shook his head straight at what he said. He thought he had a good relationship with Chen Jianlin. It was only when the incident broke out that he realized that Chen Jianlin had so many problems.

If the relationship with Chen Jianlin is even better, what will happen?

At that time, Chen Jianlin might try to lure him into doing some things for him.

Facing the temptation of huge interests, Ding Zongquan didn't know whether he could hold on to it. After all, he was not a saint, and with his status in the steel industry, he could easily help Chen Jianlin win projects worth more than 10 million yuan.

I can't imagine it!

Ding Zongquan felt a little scared when he thought about it, and he continued, "Chen Jianlin was confiscated of his illegal income, was also chased, fined, and finally sentenced to eight years. He is not alone, there are five of them in the laboratory."

"The most serious ones left are Zhou Xiaolong and Ma Wenjun. Ma Wenjun was also sentenced to eight years for his attempted disclosure of secrets. It seems that overseas funds were also involved. He was sentenced the latest."

"Zhou Xiaolong..."

Ding Zongquan suddenly laughed when he mentioned Zhou Xiaolong, "I paid special attention to this Zhou Xiaolong. It's very interesting. He helped Chen Jianlin to do things, and he was also involved in data falsification. In the end, he only took hundreds of thousands. Later, there seemed to be another One million, but it has nothing to do with the project."

"Only a few hundred thousand?" Wang Hao was shocked when he heard the number.

He felt that Chen Jianlin was too inhumane, involving more than 100 million yuan, it was huge.

In the end, hundreds of thousands were distributed to Zhou Xiaolong?

Ding Zongquan also laughed, "I heard from the Alloy Laboratory that they have a researcher who I know. Zhou Xiaolong is a student of Chen Jianlin, and his family conditions are also very good. His problem is that he falsified his doctoral thesis."

"This person feels like he has no brains. He is really devoted to Chen Jianlin, and he was sentenced to five years in prison."

Wang Hao listened and nodded.

He thought about it carefully, Zhou Xiaolong is indeed the kind of person without a brain, it is probably because of his "loyalty" that he was valued by Chen Jianlin, and even helped Zhou Xiaolong to forge his doctoral dissertation for this reason, got a doctorate, and stayed in the laboratory served as a researcher.

Wang Hao and Ding Zongquan also entered the venue while speaking.

This day's meeting did not start, they just went in to get a card and get an ID card to understand the meeting process.

After entering the venue, Wang Hao met several acquaintances, including a few people from the Institute of Aeronautical Materials.

Wang Hao is a leader in superconducting materials and the most famous scientist in the world, so he naturally became the focus when he arrived at the scene.

Many people took the initiative to come over to say hello and get to know Wang Hao.

It also includes some figures in the field of superconductivity, such as Du Jianhua from the Institute of Materials Science, Academy of Sciences, and Wang Chenglin from the Basic Science Center of Capital University.

In fact, the relationship between Wang Hao and these experts in condensed matter physics and superconductivity is far from being good, but in terms of face, they still have to get over it. They are all scholars in the same field, so naturally they have to respond.

But, it's obvious.

Similar to Zhang Fugui's attitude, many scholars in the field of superconductivity, at most, just gave Wang Hao a smiley face. Instead, they gathered together and talked about topics related to the superconductivity conference.

Naturally, Wang Hao was indispensable to the topic.

The circle of superconducting scholars mainly revolves around two people, one is Du Jianhua from the Institute of Materials Science, Academy of Sciences, and the other is Wang Chenglin from the Basic Science Center of Capital University.

These scholars have opinions on Wang Hao.

One is Wang Hao's research, which made the research on superconducting condensed matter physics and superconducting materials a thing of the past, and almost all the projects in their hands were affected.

At the same time, many small superconducting institutions, whether it is theoretical research or superconducting material research, can't even find the direction of the application project. Naturally, life is very difficult these days.

Even if they came to attend the materials conference, they also knew that the main direction was still the superconductivity research based on semi-topological theory.

The study of superconducting condensate physics has become a thing of the past.

However, their academic level is limited, and they are not experts in algebraic geometry, so it is difficult to do research related to semi-topological theory, let alone apply for superconducting materials research projects.

Therefore, it will be difficult for them to apply for funding in the future, and some people even feel that they will soon face unemployment.

They all had the same hatred for Wang Hao, so they could only surround Wang Chenglin and Du Jianhua, constantly talking about their depression in research.

This made Wang Chenglin and Du Jianhua feel very good.

Although they had nothing to do with Wang Hao, they were able to win the support of scholars in the same field in the end.

They feel as if they have become leaders in the field of superconductivity.

As for Wang Hao...

He also only has his own research, and has no support from the superconducting industry at all.

...

The meeting officially begins.

The previous two days were all about other topics. Wang Hao participated in a morning meeting and found that it was all related to alloys, steel, and biomaterials, so he didn't continue to participate, but went around for a while.

Although I have lived in Donggang for more than eight years, I have a lot of memories in my mind, but because most of them are in school days, I don’t have much money in my hands, and naturally I don’t have much experience in playing.

Now that he has free time, he went to some famous scenic spots in Donggang.

He didn't officially attend the meeting until the third day.

At this time, the topic entered into the research of superconductivity.

Superconductivity research is the most concerned topic, mainly because of the semi-topological theory and the results of the superconducting material experimental group.

Industrial superconducting materials with a critical temperature exceeding 120K have been applied in many fields. It is not an exaggeration to say that superconductivity has entered a new era.

Both the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Science Foundation have given strong support in the field of semi-topological theory and related superconducting materials.

Before the meeting officially started, many scholars were discussing, "The budget of the Foundation Materials Department for superconducting research is more than two billion?"

"Twenty billion? That must be less. I heard that in this field, the minimum is more than three billion."

"One year?"

"Of course."

The Science Foundation's materials are not aimed at all materials research projects. The research in the field of superconductivity alone can support 3 billion, which is indeed a lot.

It's just that it's not easy to apply for funding projects, because the main support directions are semi-topological theory and related superconducting material research, condensed matter physics and traditional superconducting material research, it is difficult to get support, even if you get support It is difficult to apply for how much funding.

The meeting officially begins.

After the leaders of the Materials Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Materials Department of the Science Foundation made their conference reports, it was the turn of some large-scale experimental team leaders and scholars to take the stage.

At this time, the person in charge and the scholar who came to the stage have only one purpose, which is to introduce their own projects, or prepare research directions, so as to persuade their superiors to provide sufficient financial support.

The large experimental group must be the first to go on stage, and Wang Chenglin was the first to go up.

He talked about the research direction with confidence, "My experimental group is going to do a research project on the mechanism of superconductivity, linking semi-topological theory with condensed matter physics."

"We are going to study the relationship between superconducting microscopic morphology and electronic waves from the perspective of electronic waves..."

"According to the research results of Academician Wang Hao, we already know the semi-topological microscopic morphology of single-dielectric metals..."

Wang Chenglin obviously did a lot of preparatory work. The research direction he explained is to use the traditional superconducting condensed matter physics to connect with semi-topological theory.

If the relationship between the two parties can be opened up, the superconducting mechanism can be further improved. After all, the traditional superconducting condensed matter physics has been studied for decades, and there are many related results, which can definitely promote the improvement of the superconducting mechanism.

Wang Chenglin not only talked about the research direction, but also the experimental preparation and the overall project planning. If you listen carefully and analyze the research process, you will know that the minimum funding requirement for his project is more than 200 million.

"Wang Chenglin is really a lion!"

"It will cost 200 million at once..."

"But it's normal. The original project of the Basic Science Center was blocked. It was a 180 million project. Now I have to apply for another..."

"And his direction is very good, connecting traditional condensed matter physics with semi-topological theory will definitely be supported."

Wang Chenglin's level is indeed not bad, and his research direction is still recognized.

Wang Hao also agreed.

He felt that Wang Chenglin's direction was very meaningful. The last time he met Wang Chenglin was at a large academic conference, and he was interested in researching and communicating condensed matter physics and semi-topological theory.

At that time, Wang Hao felt that he could also start related research, but he did not continue because he was able to research superconducting materials theoretically.

However, Wang Hao did not think that Wang Chenglin could apply for the project.

because……

He is preparing to apply for a super-large project that communicates superconducting condensed matter physics and semi-topological theory, the core of which is to study the semi-topological microscopic morphology of CA005.

This project does not require a laboratory, but many experimental groups to conduct research together, and the required funds are also massive.

So I can only say sorry.

The next one is Du Jianhua.

Du Jianhua is an expert in superconducting materials at the Institute of Materials Science, Academy of Sciences. The research direction he explained is very similar to Wang Chenglin's, but there are still novelties.

This is mainly because, standing behind Du Jianhua is the Key Laboratory of Superconductivity of the Academy of Sciences, which has enough talents and enough experience in superconducting condensed matter physics and material research.

After Du Jianhua made a direction statement, he also made it clear that he would cooperate with the Basic Science Center.

Obviously.

Du Jianhua and Wang Chenglin reached an agreement in private. They have come up with a good direction, and they can cooperate in research. At the same time, they have rich scientific research capabilities, so there is no problem in applying for large projects.

After Du Jianhua finished his report, he was all smiles when he stepped off the stage.

He even got warm applause from the venue, all of them were scholars related to superconductivity in the 'same camp'.

Although the projects Du Jianhua and Wang Chenglin applied for have nothing to do with them, at least Du Jianhua and Wang Chenglin represent the "traditional superconducting camp", and being able to apply for a big project is a victory for the "traditional superconducting camp".

After that, Wang Hao stepped onto the stage.

Wang Hao naturally attracted a lot of attention, but the "colleagues" in the audience had some opinions on him.

He is indeed a figure leading the revolution in superconducting technology.

However, his research caused many colleagues to lose their projects and funding, and they didn't even know what research to do, and some even lost their jobs.

nature.

It is also difficult for Wang Hao to receive much sincere welcome.

Facing a group of colleagues who were "not very welcome" to him, Wang Hao stood on the stage with a smile, and then said lightly, "I'm going to apply for a theoretical project."

"Five billion is needed!" He said and extended a slap.

The audience was stunned!