It's been a week back to Princeton from Germany, and as we head into October, the air in New Jersey has taken on a chill. After sneezing a few times, Lu Zhou also changed into his favorite windbreaker early in addition to the plaid shirt.

Leaning on the office chair in the study, Lu Zhou, who had just finished the work at hand, was drinking coffee while reading the newspaper sent across the ocean.

On the page he opened, there was a bold headline horizontally—

On the Application of Computational Science in Frontier Research and the General Trend of Future Discipline Development

The Daily devoted an entire page to the contents of his letter.

Of course, considering the reader's acceptance, the content published in the newspaper is abbreviated, and at the same time, there are some scientific explanations about the differences between different supercomputers.

From the beginning to the end of this report, the corners of Lu Zhou's mouth were not full of a smile.

But after a while, behind the smile, there couldn't help but float a trace of worry.

Although he is optimistic about the broad prospects of the future of computing science, he has developed supercomputing with such fanfare...... People can't help but worry a little about whether it will be overkill.

After all, research funding is limited.

The higher the end of this bowl, the less water can be held in the other. Although computational chemistry has great promises, it is important to pay attention to it, and it is not necessary to rush to it. Many laboratories can produce results even if they don't have a foundation in computational chemistry.

Hopefully, policymakers have a shot in their hearts.

Lu Zhou, who was thinking like this, suddenly felt that it would be better for him to express this kind of opinion as little as possible in the future.

Even with the help of the system, he can't guarantee that every choice he makes is the right one. Scientific research itself is a process of trial and error, and in fact the number of mistakes he made in research far exceeded the number of times he succeeded.

It's just that the papers that are finally published in journals are all successful cases.

"It seems that you still have to learn to be cautious in your words and deeds, or if something goes wrong in the future, I'm afraid you will have to take the blame for no reason," Lu Zhou shook his head and put the newspaper away.

The empty coffee cup was taken to the kitchen, and when Lu Zhou returned to the study again, the mobile phone rang.

This time it was still an international call, but it was not from Jinling University, but from Yang Xu.

After the phone was connected, he asked with a smile.

"Did you get the package?"

"Roger."

"How does it feel to be on Renren Daily?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhou couldn't help but laugh and said, "How can this feel?" So be it. ”

This is not the first time he has been in Renren Daily.

Moreover, it is just a newspaper, and it is not a special honor for him, who has already won numerous international awards.

After a pause, Lu Zhou continued: "If you don't call me, I should almost call you." Speaking of which, how is the construction progress of the building of the Institute of Computational Materials? ”

"The foundation has been laid, and I've ridden around there a few times, but I don't see anything as a layman. Aren't you the chairman of Star Technology? Ask your manager about it. ”

The branch of Star Technology has been opened in Shanghai, and there are special personnel to follow up on the quality and progress of the project, but just looking at the reports on the progress of those projects, Lu Zhou still has no bottom in his heart.

"After all, the report on paper is only on paper, where is the intuitiveness of seeing it with your own eyes? The next time you go, remember to take a few pictures for me. ”

"It's okay, I won't go over there," Yang Xu said with a smile, "There's a big construction site over there, and there's ash everywhere." I'm afraid that this building is built, and it won't be easy to move in for two or three years. ”

Lu Zhou: "Two or three years is too long, and when the building is renovated, we will have to move in a few months at most." ”

"Is it so urgent?" Yang Xu said with a smile, "The leaders over there have told me more than once that we can stay in that experimental building for as long as we want, and if we like it, we can simply settle there, and it's a big deal to build a new one in the chemical institute." ”

"That's not good," I can probably imagine Dean Li's tone when he said this, Lu Zhou smiled, shook his head and said, "Borrowing is borrowing, and you still have to move away." After all, we are private research institutions, they are within the system, no matter how close the relationship is, we must also have a sense of proportion, otherwise it will not be good for each other. ”

It's okay to stay there for a short time, but if you stay there for a long time, you will inevitably be gossiped about.

If this leads to the question of who owns the building?

Is there a transfer of state-owned assets to private interests?

After a series of questions, it was another confusing account.

The equipment in this building has been bought, and Lu Zhou is not short of the money of this experimental building, so there is no need to fall into the hands of others for the sake of greedy for this little cheapness.

"Okay, you're right," leaning back on the office chair, Yang Xu suddenly patted his head, "By the way, I almost forgot about business, is there a new research arrangement this year?" ”

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "Not for the time being, if there is, I will inform you in advance." My suggestion is that you can find some vertical or horizontal topics that you are interested in. ”

If the experiment stops for too long, people's hearts are easy to disperse.

When you don't have your own research plan, it is also a good choice to engage in cooperative research and development with some enterprises or other research units. In this way, you can accumulate research experience and generate additional income, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

It is believed that with the R&D capabilities of Jinling Institute of Computational Materials, as long as they express their intention to cooperate in R&D, many enterprises are still very welcome.

"Okay, I'll pay attention," turning the ballpoint pen in his hand, Yang Xu said with a smile, "Speaking of which, boss, what project have you been working on recently?" Do you still do theoretical chemistry? ”

"Me?" Lu Zhou was slightly stunned, and then smiled, "That's not true, the theoretical model of the electrochemical interface structure has been completed, and there are no topics in this direction that are enough to arouse my interest for the time being." ”

Yang Xu: "Window period? ”

"Not really." After a pause, Lu Zhou continued, "I've been working on the Navier-Stokes equation recently. ”

With a whoosh, the pen in his hand flew out.

With a snap, the flying pen slammed into the wall.

Yang Xu on the other end of the phone was instantly stunned.

Hold the grass?!

Navier-Stokes equation?!

Although he didn't know much about mathematics, he still heard of the names of the Seven Millennium Problems.

Seeing that there was no sound after a snap on the other end of the phone, Lu Zhou frowned slightly.

"Any questions?"

"Hold the grass, awesome, boss! NS Equation! Yang Xu got up from his chair excitedly, "You finally made a move on the millennium problem?" ”

What does it mean to finally make a move?

And what does this thing have to do with the millennial problem?

Shocked by his words, Lu Zhou coughed dryly and explained.

"The millennial puzzle is about the existence and smoothness of the NS equation, and I am studying the application of the NS equation, about the branch ...... of plasma"

Speaking of this, Lu Zhou suddenly thought of something and said.

"By the way, if you want to cooperate in R&D projects, my suggestion is that you can pay attention to the direction of superconducting materials."

"Superconducting materials?" Yang Xu was slightly stunned, frowned, and said, "But we are doing carbon nano, and we have no research experience in metal materials......

"I don't mean to ask you to change directions, we still make carbon nanomaterials."

After a pause, Lu Zhou searched for a moment and then said the conjecture in his heart: "It's just my personal hunch, I don't think superconducting materials necessarily have to be found in metal bonds." Something like a 'Cooper pair' might be found in the π or big π keys if the conditions are right. ”

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(It's still the third watch today, and I can finally ask for a monthly ticket with confidence~~~ Well, your ticket is the driving force for my outbreak!) The bigwigs vote a lot~~~)