Chapter 246 Someone with a Cool Hairstyle

In an office in the White House.

The head of the Immigration Department is facing a president with a cool hairstyle.

"If we want to take any measures, now should be the best opportunity. According to our intelligence, Professor Xu should choose the same route as when he came, from the Baltic Sea to Tsarist Russia, and then take the train back to China."

"This is a talent, perhaps comparable to the man in the last century, and he is older. If he can also show terrifying talent in the application field, we may miss a good opportunity."

In the office, the middle-aged head of the department is expressing his opinion.

Opposite, the president with a cool hairstyle did not even raise his eyelids and flipped through the information in his hand.

After a while, he raised his head: "This is not a good idea. China today is not the China of 20 years ago."

"If the other party is in the United States, it doesn't matter if we do some small actions. But if we take action internationally, it will break the unspoken rules and prompt the other party to retaliate. Especially when the other party is capable."

"And now the situation is more complicated. He went back through Tsarist Russia. It will be even more difficult for us to take action in that country. Once the two countries unite, it will not be easy for us."

"What's more, taking action against an internationally renowned scholar is not a good thing for both the scientific and political circles. If the other party has this ability and it is worth our effort, it doesn't matter, but he has not shown it yet. "

"Increase the price and see if you can attract the other party."

"Didn't he just win the Nobel Prize? Invite him to hold a report meeting or speech here. If he comes, then we have the final say."

"By the way, doesn't the Perret Institute have a reward for seven major problems? He seems to have solved one before? Use that as an excuse to invite him over."

The head of the immigration department nodded on the other side. Although he had some different opinions, since the boss had made a decision, let's do it this way first.

Just, I hope this decision is okay~

Sweden, Stockholm Ferry Terminal, Xu Chuan boarded the ship again.

The coastline gradually faded away, and the cold sea breeze blew on his face. He glanced at the prosperous city behind him and felt a little emotional.

If there is no accident, he probably won't come again for a long, long time.

The cruise ship was sailing in the Baltic Sea. Looking at the blue ocean, Xu Chuan looked up at the sky.

Only civilizations that yearn for the sky have sufficient development potential. This is his speech at the Nobel Lecture. It not only reminds governments of all countries to focus on the universe, but also warns himself.

Looking at the sky, Xu Chuan suddenly had a thought in his mind.

"What is the future of mathematics, physics, or science and mankind?"

For most people, this is probably a worrying question like whether the sun will go out tomorrow or whether the earth will stop rotating.

But for people like Xu Chuan who have already stood at the top of the pyramid of science, this question is within reach.

As the saying goes, do your job in your position.

Whatever position a person stands in, he will naturally think about the corresponding things.

Looking back to the past, looking at the hundreds of years of modern scientific development, in fact, there are only a very small number of people who really drive scientific development and promote scientific progress.

In the field of physics, there are Newton, Einstein, Maxwell, Planck, Bohr.

In the field of mathematics, there are Archimedes, Euler, Gauss, Newton, Riemann, Galois.

It can be said that in every field, it is almost always a small group of people who push it forward.

And most ordinary scientists can only do some minor work, and some don't even have the ability to do minor work.

This is a very cruel fact.

In fact, it is not just science, but most fields are like this.

Just like the top Paris Fashion Week, it almost determines the popular colors of each year. This year, red is popular, next year, yellow is popular, and the year after, gray is popular.

The aesthetics of the general public have always been controlled by people.

It's just that in the field of science, this problem is a little more serious.

This is a field that relies on "wisdom" and "knowledge".

For scholars like him who have already stood at the pinnacle of civilization, sometimes a thought may pull civilization forward a big step, but it may also pull civilization into the abyss.

For example, the mass-energy equation, although its original purpose was to explain the mass loss in nuclear reactions and calculate the energy of particles in high-energy physics; but it also prompted the emergence of nuclear weapons, a weapon that destroys civilization.

With the number of nuclear weapons in the hands of various countries today, if the third world war really occurs, there is no doubt that whether civilization can still exist is an unknown thing.

Xu Chuan hardly thought about this problem before. In his previous life, he was more obsessed with breakthroughs in a certain extreme field than he is now.

After returning to the peak in this life, he seems to have a more delicate mind than before.

Of course, he has a strong desire to take a look at the distant universe.

Especially after this year's International Mathematical Congress, after further exploring the extended application of the Xu-Weyl-Berry theorem, he saw a glimmer of hope.

"Isn't this the port of Tallinn where we came from?"

On the ship, Xu Chuan looked at the different scenery of the coastline and asked Zheng Hai beside him curiously.

Zheng Hai nodded and said, "Yes, because we received some news, the route back has been readjusted. We will not go to Tallinn, but to St. Petersburg, and go back directly through Tsarist Russia without passing through Estonia. This is safer."

According to the news they received, the country on the west coast seemed to be discussing taking action against them. Although it was eventually rejected by the president with cool hair, for safety reasons, the team protecting the trip chose to modify the escort route.

Although the motherland and Estonia maintain a relatively friendly and stable relationship, to be honest, Estonia is too weak, and it is a member of NATO, and has little resistance to the requirements of the United States.

It is relatively safe in Tsarist Russia.

There is no eternal ally, only eternal interests. Compared with Estonia, the northern neighbor needs more help and support from China.

As long as the interest relationship is not broken, they are still willing to help a little.

More importantly, this neighboring country has sufficient military strength.

These days, nothing is worse than having thousands of mushroom eggs in the arsenal.

Hearing Zheng Hai's answer, Xu Chuan nodded and did not ask any more questions.

It is enough to be able to go back smoothly. Anyway, these people hiding in the tourists escorting him will not harm him.

He has enough confidence in this.

After sailing in the Baltic Sea for several days, when Xu Chuan was almost bored, St. Petersburg finally appeared in front of him.

The rest is to return to the motherland by the familiar train.

The clanging sound lasted for several days. When the K3 train crossed the border and entered Neimeng, when the monument appeared in front of them, whether it was Xu Chuan, Zheng Hai, or other people in the carriage, they all breathed a sigh of relief and their hearts were settled.

That small monument seemed to have a magic that made people feel at ease.

After returning to the motherland, Xu Chuan wanted to go directly back to Nanjing University.

However, when he left the station, he was stopped by Qin Anguo who came to greet him. He thought that the director of the Science and Technology Department wanted to see him for something, but he didn't react until the other party said a few words.

"National Science and Technology Awards Conference!"

Hearing these words, Xu Chuan suddenly realized what it was.

After returning from Sweden, it is already mid-December. According to convention, the National Science and Technology Awards Conference is held in December or January every year.

If the Nobel Prize is the highest honor in the world, then the various scientific awards awarded at the National Science and Technology Awards Conference are the highest honors a researcher or scholar can get in China.

To win this crown, you need to go through many screenings.

Including the candidates, none of them applied for it themselves, but were recommended by others like the Nobel Prize.

And to ensure the fairness of this award, the National Highest Science and Technology Awards Evaluation Committee implements a secret ballot, and each evaluation committee member must be responsible for his or her own vote.

For the evaluation of a certain award, it must be approved by more than two-thirds of the members to be valid.

Xu Chuan knew about this award, but he had never won it.

In his previous life, when he was eligible to enter the selection, he had already been locked in the United States.

As for this life, he had never thought about this before.

On the one hand, he didn't really care about awards and honors in various aspects. After all, he had basically won all the awards he should have won in his previous life.

On the other hand, several awards at the National Science and Technology Awards Conference, like the Nobel Prize, are lifelong honors.

Just like the Nobel Prize, although there is no age limit for the winners, it tends to be older winners.

After all, if this kind of honor is awarded to a young scholar, he will have no award to give if he makes greater achievements in the future.

Of course, the Nobel Prize can be awarded again, while the National Science and Technology Award can only be awarded once.

This is a very embarrassing thing.

But then again, he has won both the Fields Medal and the Nobel Prize, and it is unreasonable not to give him the National Science Award.

In this way, Xu Chuan stayed for a while.

The National Science and Technology Awards Conference started on December 25th this year. Now it is December 18th, and there is still a week left.

Xu Chuan did not waste this time.

Although he couldn't go back to Jinling, he could ask people from the Nuclear Energy Research Institute and the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute to come over.

After receiving his call, Han Jin and Fan Pengyue rushed over with some materials.

In fact, there was nothing about R&D. When he left to receive the award, both projects had entered the final stage of initial research.

What Xu Chuan wanted to see was just the test report of the research and development materials of the two projects at the end.

Of course, there are also some patent applications.

This cannot be forgotten.

Especially for the materials industry, it doesn't mean that if you develop a new material, this material will definitely be yours.

The application of material patents is a very important thing. There are many bloody incidents in the materials industry every year.

Various disputes between professors and students, contract disputes between bosses and experimental R&D personnel, etc. are very common in the materials industry.

Nothing else, a good new material is too valuable.

It's worth millions, tens of millions, even hundreds of millions, and billions. In the face of such interests, it's normal for friendship and promises to be torn up.

In the room of Beihai Hotel, Xu Chuan flipped through the materials sent by the two project leaders.

Whether it is the test structure of the 'crystalline erbium zirconate material' and 'lead-free nano-composite reconstruction protective material' in the Nuclear Energy Research Institute, or the 'electrolyte' and 'artificial SEI film' of the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute, they are all quite excellent from the report materials.

These materials can be regarded as the results of the first phase.

In terms of patents, the electrolyte and artificial SEI film are already under application.

As for the 'crystalline erbium zirconate material' and 'lead-free nano-composite reconstruction protective material' of the Nuclear Energy Research Institute, domestic patents are passed casually, and whether they will be applied for abroad depends on the meaning above.

After all, the uses of these two materials are somewhat sensitive, and many things in the nuclear energy field will not be made public.

After all, if you apply for a patent, even if you dare not disclose all of it, you will disclose some technical solutions, beneficial effects and the like.

And these things often have the opportunity to bring some inspiration to hostile countries or competitors, prompting the other party to develop similar things.

Of course, there are still many benefits to applying for a patent.

According to international patent law, as long as the patent is applied for, it will enjoy protection.

For example, common drugs, like Gleevec in the movie "Dying to Survive", are actually protected internationally.

The development and production of patented drugs are restricted by intellectual property protection and cannot be imitated.

If you want to produce the drug, you must purchase the production rights from the patent holder, or wait until the patent period ends.

This kind of international convention is still guaranteed in most countries. Except for a few countries, such as a certain brother, the patent protection rights of drugs are a joke in their country.

For Xu Chuan, if the patent rights of electrolyte and artificial SEI film are obtained, relying on these two achievements, the authorization alone can make tens of billions of yuan a year.

For him, this money can probably achieve wealth freedom in the early stage of his scientific research career.

As for the middle and late stages, then we will find a way.

Nothing is more expensive than doing scientific research.

Billions of dollars are not enough to build a supercomputing center, nor a large particle collider.