Chapter 225 Chapter 224: Materials Research Institute
Taking the high-speed train, Xu Chuan returned to Jinling from the capital.
Also following him was Zheng Hai, the driver assigned to him by the above.
Although he is said to be a driver, he actually means acting as a guard for him to protect his safety.
However, there are some differences from full-time guards. Zheng Hai does not follow Xu Chuan 24 hours a day. Usually, after sending Xu Chuan to the destination, he will find a place to stay by himself so as not to affect his activities. However, On call situation.
As for Xu Chuan, although he was accompanied by someone, he didn't feel much different from usual.
The main reason is that Zheng Hai's normal sense of presence is too low.
He has an ordinary face, and he has no special temperament at all when he is not performing tasks. He disappears immediately when he is lost in the crowd. Except for daily driving, it is almost difficult to feel his presence at other times.
It can only be said that people who come from special places are still capable.
At NTU, an inconspicuous car stopped at the gate of the school. Xu Chuan unbuckled his seat belt, glanced at Zheng Hai in the driver's seat, and asked:
"Do you have a place to stay? Do you need me to make arrangements for you?"
Zheng Hai quickly turned around and replied: "Yes, no need to trouble you. Actually, I am on a business trip. Whether I stay in a hotel or a guest house, I can be reimbursed."
"Okay, I won't make any arrangements. You can find a place to live by yourself."
Xu Chuan nodded, opened the door, got out of the car and walked into Nanda. For people like Zheng Hai, they usually have their own standards of conduct. If he makes arrangements, he might make things difficult for the other party.
Following a familiar road, he arrived at the staff dormitory of NTU.
He skillfully found the villa of university tutor Chen Zhengping. Although the door was open, Xu Chuan still pressed the doorbell, and soon there was movement inside.
"Who is it? The door is open, come in."
A voice came, and with it, an old lady walked out in a hurry.
"Master's wife."
Seeing the old lady walking out, Xu Chuan smiled and called out, she was the wife of his mentor Chen Zhengping.
Seeing Xu Chuan, Master Tian Jiangxiang was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on her face and she greeted: "Xiao Chuan is here, come in quickly, come in and sit down, when will you be back?"
While saying hello, she shouted towards the study: "Old man, come out quickly, Xu Chuan is here."
In the study, Chen Zhengping, who was reading, heard the sound and quickly got up and walked out.
"Teacher." Seeing Chen Zhengping, Xu Chuan shouted with a smile.
"I'm back." Chen Zhengping walked over with a smile and greeted him: "I have done well abroad in the past few years. I even won the Fields Medal."
Xu Chuan smiled shyly and said, "Teacher, you taught me well."
Chen Zhengping laughed and said, "No, what you said makes me blush."
After a pause, he then asked: "After returning to China this time, you shouldn't go out again, right?"
Xu Chuan nodded and said with a smile: "Well, I probably won't go out and plan to be a professor at Nanjing University."
"Very good. What are you going to do next? I heard that you and Professor Fefferman were studying NS equations together before. Do you plan to continue studying this?" Chen Zhengping asked.
Xu Chuan: "On the one hand, this is part of it. I have made some progress on the NS equation with Professor Fefferman before, and I think there is still potential. We can try to push it further."
"In addition to the NS equations, I am also planning to focus more on physics and materials. The next focus may be more on these two."
Chen Zhengping smiled and shook his head and said, "You haven't given up on physics yet."
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "I have never given up, it's just that the focus of learning is different at different points in time."
After a pause, he continued: "In addition, I would like to ask you, teacher, for a favor. I would like to ask if there is a suitable materials research institute here in Jinling. If you need one, I would like to buy one."
"It doesn't need to be too big. The total price does not exceed 20 million. It is mainly used for research in the two fields of carbon materials and polymer energy membrane materials."
Establishing a private research institute is one of the things he needs to do before officially launching a national project.
Although he has now gotten on line with the higher-ups and communicated about some subsequent developments, it can basically be said that as long as he has needs and can provide normal application materials, the higher-ups will provide him with scientific research funds.
But he still wanted to build another private research institute of his own.
Sometimes, if something is inconvenient, or is not supported by the higher authorities, or it is something that he does not want to study together with the higher authorities, he can put it into his own private research institute.
Moreover, he also has a family and needs to leave something behind. At least, achieving financial freedom and letting his family no longer worry about money is what he should do.
"Materials Research Institute? Carbon materials and polymer energy membrane materials?"
Chen Zhengping was stunned for a moment, then thought quickly: "There are quite a few materials research institutes here in Jinling, but few of them meet your goals."
"General materials research institutes will only study one of carbon materials and polymer energy membrane materials."
"Of course, the main reason is that your budget is limited, 20 million, and you can't buy a very good materials research institute with this budget."
"Well, let me ask you about this, do you want to buy it for your own use? If it is for your own use, I suggest you build one yourself. Although it is smaller, you can choose whether it is the environment or the equipment. and customized to better suit your own requirements.”
Xu Chuan shook his head and said: "It would be too time-consuming to build a new one. Just buy one and use it first, just to practice. The investment is not much anyway."
Chen Zhengping burst into laughter: "Twenty million, do you really not regard money as money? This should be your private investment, right? I guess all the bonuses and various rewards you have received over the years have been invested in it, right?"
Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Well, that's about right. It's nothing. I'll just make more money after I run out."
He has won many large and small prizes over the years, with various bonuses and awards totaling around 20 million.
In addition, he spent three years in Princeton and made some money by investing in a fund company there. At present, he has a total of about 30 million in cash.
Therefore, investing 20 million in the Materials Research Institute is nothing to him.
And he can guarantee that if you invest 20 million today, you will be able to reap a return of at least 2 billion in a year at most.
Scientific research, as long as there are suitable results, can be quickly converted into massive funds.
Chen Zhengping didn't try to persuade him much. He knew Xu Chuan's character. Although he seemed gentle on the surface, like a handsome scholar who stepped out of a book, he would actually do whatever he decided to do no matter what.
Nodding, he said, "In that case, I'll help you look for it."
"Then I'll trouble you, teacher."
After having lunch at his tutor's house, Xu Chuan said goodbye and left. He walked on the campus and looked at the quiet school with a smile on his face.
It is now mid-to-late August, and NTU has not yet started school, so there are not many people in the school. But in about ten days, another group of new students will step into this kind of campus just like him a few years ago, thrive and work hard to grow.
Thinking about it, he thought of his sister.
Xu Xiao, that girl, graduated from her senior year of high school in June this year. Her grades were pretty good, with a score of 703. In addition to the gold medal she won at the International Olympiad, including the Olympiad extra points, her total score exceeded 720. .
Domestic universities select this grade at random.
The girl chose Shuimu University, which he had just visited yesterday, and majored in biochemistry. This not only fulfilled her own dream, but also fulfilled the dream of Xu's father and Xu's mother.
He did not go to Shuimu Peking University, but finally chose Nanjing University. Xu's father and Xu's mother were still a little regretful.
After all, in the opinion of the older generation, Shuimu Peking University is the best institution in the country. Being admitted to these two schools is really a blessing in disguise.
The only one who was a little sad and depressed was probably Old Tang from Star City No. 1 Middle School.
At first, he took Xu Chuan to study physics and cultivated him as the most important child. However, Xu Chuan went to study mathematics in his senior year of high school.
Later, when Xu Xiao came over, he took Physics with him and trained him as a key talent, hoping to continue the glory of the previous year.
After all, although Xu Chuan went to study mathematics, he also won a gold medal in the physical competition.
The result was good, that girl ran away to study chemistry and biology in her second year of high school, completely leaving physics.
Two good prospects left him one after another, which made him depressed.
After dealing with some matters in Jinling, Xu Chuan took the high-speed train back to his hometown.
In June, when he was in Princeton, he missed Xu Xiao's college entrance examination. In order to make up for it, he agreed to send her to start school.
It’s almost September, and it’s time to redeem this promise.
By the way, when I visited Academician Peng Hongxi at Shuimu University, I agreed that Shuimu University would give a lecture there, and it would be nice to complete it together.
After staying in his hometown for a few days, Xu Chuan and Xu Xiao rushed to the capital before school started.
At the end of August, the day before Xu Xiao entered school, he received the news from above.
After more than half a month of discussions, and after referring to some opinions from the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering, the senior management finally decided on the result.
A series of projects such as the mechanism of nuclear beta radiation energy accumulation and conversion into electrical energy, the research and development of normal temperature superconducting materials, and the ultra-high temperature plasma turbulence control system have been confirmed.
The general person in charge of the project is Xu Chuan, and the project will be launched in phases. The first phase of the project is the nuclear beta radiation energy aggregation and conversion mechanism proposed by Xu Chuan. The first batch of scientific research funds is one billion, which has been allocated to a special account.
One billion scientific research funds can be said to be quite large.
In China's past scientific research, only a handful of the first batch of funds could reach this figure.
Chen Zhengping's original tungsten diselenide material research and development project only had a scientific research fund of more than 10 million.
Of course, Xu Chuan's one billion is not all used for scientific research and development. It also includes the establishment of a nuclear energy laboratory, the purchase of corresponding equipment, and the recruitment of talents.
It sounds like a lot, but for a project like nuclear energy, it actually goes up very quickly.
Not to mention other things, a nuclear engineering and nuclear technology laboratory requires hundreds of millions of funds to build. In addition, there is also the purchase of various equipment required for experiments, etc. These things all require a huge amount of money.
As for the work before the nuclear energy laboratory is fully constructed, Xu Chuan plans to use the ‘Atomic and Nuclear Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences’ in Shanghai to carry out the work.
Compared with the nuclear waste eliminated from nuclear power plants, the radioactivity of ordinary nuclear fuel is almost negligible. Even high-concentration uranium raw materials such as uranium yellow and uranium cake can be directly handled without causing much impact on the human body.
Of course, the premise is that it does not enter the human body, such as the lungs, nasal cavity, eyes, etc.
The word "nuclear" makes people shudder because of nuclear weapons and nuclear pollution, which are extremely lethal. However, before the chain reaction begins, nuclear fuel can be protected with ordinary plastic gloves, goggles, masks and other things.
Ordinary nuclear raw materials, such as uranium ore and uranium metal, are not very dangerous.
In ancient times, the ancients also used the special color of uranium ore to color porcelain and glaze materials.
For example, the tea sets used by the royal family of the Song Dynasty, Jianzhan, Longyao Chai porcelain and other famous porcelains, many of which are glazed with uranium ore.
The facilities in the "Academy of Sciences Nuclear Research Institute" in the Magic City are sufficient to complete this step of research.
After the high-level decision was completed, the relevant approval documents came down quickly.
After receiving the approval documents, Xu Chuan found Han Jin.
During the days he was away, the competent person in charge had contacted and selected some nuclear physics researchers. There were not many of them, only ten, but the lowest degree of education of these ten people was above postdoctoral level, and they all had quite rich scientific research experience.
This was what Xu Chuan asked for.
The first batch of researchers focused on quality rather than quantity. The mechanism of nuclear energy beta radiation energy gathering and converting into electrical energy was a technology that he had perfected in his previous life. He was like a prophet, and he knew very well how many people were needed to perfect this technology and what steps were needed.
The first meeting of this small group was in the hotel where Xu Chuan lived.
Hotel manager Xia Huarong arranged a small meeting room.
In the meeting room, Han Jin sat steadily on the side of the first seat, and the other five recruited researchers were scattered on both sides, communicating and discussing in a low voice, and were very curious about the vacant main seat.
At first, they thought that Professor Han was the person in charge of the project, but later they found out that Han Jin was not the person in charge, and someone else was the person in charge.
Several researchers were curious about this mysterious boss, and they were also a little worried about whether the project was reliable.
After all, on the surface, this was obviously a newly established project, and the conditions offered by Han Jin when recruiting them were quite superior.
The annual salary during the probation period was 150,000 yuan, and the annual salary after becoming a regular employee was 200,000 yuan. After the probation period is completed for half a year, you can become a regular employee, and after becoming a regular employee, you can apply for the position of an intern researcher; after becoming an intern researcher for one year, you can become a formal researcher.
This is extremely attractive to domestic researchers.
What makes these researchers excited is not the annual salary of 200,000 yuan, but the fact that they can be transferred to a formal researcher after one year of being an intern researcher.
To some extent, a formal researcher in China can be regarded as a full professor position in a university. He can have his own laboratory, apply for independent scientific research funds, engage in independent research work, and hire other postdoctoral fellows, assistant researchers, etc.
Various welfare benefits are much higher than those of assistant researchers and postdoctoral fellows.
In addition to regular benefits, formal researchers can also participate in the dividends of the results of R&D projects, and even own the patent rights of some scientific research results, etc.
But in China, it is very difficult to become a formal researcher. If a doctoral student wants to become a formal researcher in a university, he must first study for a postdoctoral degree, then choose a professor as an assistant, then become an associate professor after completing the assistant, and then become a full professor after completing the associate professor, and become a formal researcher.
It takes at least six to eight years to go through such a regular process.
Six to eight years, according to the domestic learning system, when they become formal researchers, they are basically forty years old.
At the age of 40, it can be said that a researcher's golden research career has passed. It is basically impossible to make some achievements.
But now, in one and a half years, you can become a formal researcher.
This shortens the time by five or six years, and the future will undoubtedly be much brighter.
However, does the boss of this project really have the ability to bring them such benefits?
After all, whether it is a national university or a scientific research institution, the number of formal researcher positions each year is limited. In the past, it can be said that you have to fight hard or rely on time to grind positions, but now it seems to be within reach.
Is this possible?
Does the boss of this project really have such great ability?
Just thinking about it, the door of the office was suddenly pushed open, and a young man who looked unusually young walked in.
After seeing the face of the young man clearly, after Han Jin stood up and called the boss, everyone in the office was stunned, with their mouths open and a look of disbelief.
Is this their boss?