Chapter 160 Revisiting the Chemistry Laboratory Building
"Xiao Chen, I have always felt that young people need to have enough experience to carry the banner. Yes, Nanjing University next door is really good because we built a hospital It's relatively late, and their basic mathematics is a little better than ours.
However, you have to consider that NTU is also very competitive. There are more overseas Ph.D.s there, and many of them are working with big names. , they will really take you seriously if you go there ?
Yes, maybe you can get the title of associate professor. They may have flexible quotas that can be given to you directly. But have you ever thought about what to do when you want to go further?
< br>It’s difficult! Xiao Chen! But we know that your potential is far from being discovered, and you are still a little short of a real breakthrough. As long as you persist at Tianjin University and complete your transformation, you will be more than an associate professor in the future. ?
Our competition is small. In the future, resources will be tilted toward you. It is possible to apply for general projects, even outstanding youth programs, and Yangtze River projects. It is even impossible to become an academician in the future.
Do you think this is true? We can gather the strength of the entire college to promote you, but when it comes to NTU, can they have so many resources to pile on you? "
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It must be admitted that Zhang Guohong, the vice president, is definitely not a random person. At least he knows how to do organizational work.
Especially when he comes up with the same thing. While sincerely apologizing, he also successfully revealed the reason why Chen Zhuoyang was considering terminating the contract, and then the pie-painting mode began.
It can only be said that the cake is big and round, and even the academicians came out, making Chen Zhuoyang feel in a trance.
After all, from a certain perspective, what Dean Zhang said makes sense.
NTU’s School of Mathematics is definitely better than that of Tianjin University. There is no doubt about it. But it does mean that the competition at NTU is definitely greater.
Really, if the two sides hadn't been very unhappy when they first came to school, maybe Chen Zhuoyang would have really believed it.
But when he heard Dean Zhang say such things, Chen Zhuoyang just felt that he was treating him as a fool who didn't understand anything.
Yes, if Tianjin University really mobilizes the whole school to push him, there is a high probability that he will be able to climb higher than Nanjing University in the future.
But is it possible?
From his previous treatment, we know that competition for internal resources at Tianjin University may be more intense.
Why do you use all the resources of the academy to recommend him? Just listen to what he said. To truly believe it is too naive.
But what makes Chen Zhuoyang feel the most disgusted is that Dean Zhang is not even willing to offer the title of associate professor to retain him like his opponent...
This also made Chen Zhuoyang, who had always had a good temper, feel that he really needed to explode.
"Um... Dean Zhang, let me be honest, cakes can indeed fill you up, but if they are painted cakes, no matter how beautiful they are, you can't even eat them in your mouth. Are you right? ?
Besides, the college’s resources have been pushed to me. What will happen when your future students come? So it’s better to take advantage of it while I haven’t used any resources from the school and don’t have any projects at hand. gather It’s so easy. It’s not unusual for our college to have a local doctor like me.
But don’t worry, I will definitely complete the courses this semester with good quality and quantity, and I will definitely be responsible for the students... I might as well do it today. Is that so? I also want to take a rest.”
Although the words were polite, it was actually very tough to say it instead of thinking about it.
But the biggest confidence was indeed given by Qiao Yu.
After the professor at Nanjing University talked to him, Chen Zhuoyang asked Qiao Yu about this on WeChat.
Qiao Yu’s answer was also very direct.
"Isn't it? Do you still have to ask me this? People are willing to give it directly to associate professors. If you don't go, the big guys at Jinda will think you are stupid! Then you won't do it in the future. Are you being fooled into thinking you are a fool?
Unless Tianjin University can come up with better conditions, I have already started writing a resignation application. You are still hesitant to run away when you are given small shoes to wear?
Besides, Director Tian knows that you are unhappy at Tianjin University. It’s probably because you are still there and Director Tian can’t lose his temper. If you leave, he won’t have any worries anymore!
Really, when I was here in Yanbei before, I didn’t think you were so honest! Listen to me and run quickly. If you are late for a second, you will be irresponsible to yourself! ”
Yes, Chen Zhuoyang was really moved when he saw this news.
He is also quite old. It’s just a sixteen-year-old child who can’t do scientific research. Look. No one knows everything.
Damn it... you're a monster!
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The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Mathematical Society finally came to a perfect conclusion. This meeting also brought many people a lot of emotion.
There is no doubt that Qiao Yu has become the most popular rising star in mathematics at this annual meeting. If you take Qiao Yu's age into account, many people will feel that he is already old regardless of how he is.
Many people may not even remember the winners of this year’s Chen Shengshen Award and Hua Luogeng Award, but they still remember Qiao Yu.
After all, before everyone had much impression of the winner, a group of foreign Philippine Awards bigwigs, as if they had made an appointment, praised his various achievements in public.
In addition, Qiao Yu's memory is too strong. He is sixteen years old, and he is still a minor! He has been on the podium of top conferences twice to give special reports.
And this is a groundbreaking research report.
And Qiao Yu’s results are quite exciting for the theoretical mathematics community.
After all, this era is actually very impetuous.
In a relatively impetuous social background, most people will pursue subjects that can see immediate benefits.
But theoretical mathematics is not only far away from practical applications, but also requires years or even decades of intensive research to produce research results.
Not to mention the risk of being solved by others first, and then finding that your research has gone astray, and you will achieve nothing in your life.
For example, the encounter between Sam and Frank not long ago is an example. After working hard for several years, I got nothing. The peach was picked directly.
In this case, Qiao Yu's generalized modal axiom system is tantamount to a shot in the arm for many mathematicians who still insist on theoretical research.
Since this system can solve the upper bound problem of prime number intervals, it can naturally also be used to solve other number theory problems.
So the meeting is over, but the more difficult situation for Qiao Yu is that he has received many cooperation invitations.
For example, when studying the periodic structure represented by continued fractions, they collaborated very well and even directly asked a thought-provoking question. At present, this framework has included rational numbers. What about irrational numbers? ?
So with periodic mode points, can we construct a geometric representation of the period of continued fractions and use it to classify the special properties of algebraic numbers?
To be honest, Qiao Yu doesn’t know how to answer this question now. He hadn't thought about it at all.
As for other topics, there are more.
For example, the problem of pseudo-prime numbers similar to prime numbers; the geometric representation of the distribution of highly composite numbers; the gap problem of the remaining sequence; the geometric analysis of the sequence sum difference law; the diffusion prime number; the modal embedding of the geometric manifold; the orbital distribution of the geometric group action...< br>
Qiao Yu’s work mailbox was almost filled to the brim with influx of cooperation applications from domestic, foreign, number theory, geometry, algebra...
Really, in two days, more than 800 emails asking for cooperation made Qiao Yu speechless.
He only found out about many propositions after reading emails. Oh, there are still mathematicians in this world studying these crappy things...
It felt like he was suddenly at the forefront of the world's academic community. central. Even though he solved the geometric Langlands conjecture last time, he didn't receive as much attention as this time.
But Tian Yanzhen was very confident in this situation. After everyone returned to Yanbei, he didn't even let Qiao Yu go to rest and directly called him to his office for class.
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“Okay, you don’t have to be too arrogant, this is because your system of generalized modal axioms has been widely recognized, especially those Fields Medal winners are helping you Propaganda.
So everyone thinks there may be another way to complete the proposition, and then post it casually. Try sending an email. Most of them just want to give it a try. What if they succeed?
They don’t have to pay anything when publishing the article, so you do. There’s no need to be complacent. It’s academician Zhang’s cooperation project that you can enjoy.”
Before leaving, at Tian Yanzhen's suggestion, Qiao Yu had signed a cooperation agreement with Zhang Yuanling's team.
"Um... Director Tian, can you ask why you want to cooperate with Academician Zhang's team? Is it just because you can get half of the R&D funds?"
Tian Yan is really shaken He shook his head and said: "This is partly because Zhang Yuanling's most important achievement when he was an academician was to solve the base ring conjecture problem of the bilateral cell cavity of the affine A-type Weyl group.
Similarly for the affine type B Weyl group W The problem of the eyl group has greater influence in the mathematical community. If you can completely solve this problem, it will be of great benefit to the promotion of generalized modal theory in the future.
But the most important thing is that Lao Zhang is now better at handling it. , and his teacher... forget it, you don't need to know this. Anyway, as long as you make results, this cooperation will be of great benefit to you in the future."
Qiao Yu nodded.
Although Tian Yanzhen’s words were not so transparent, he actually understood. It's nothing more than Chinese academic heritage, factions and other messy things.
After all, the mathematics major of Shuangdan University is still very strong, and it was once considered the second best in China. As for the first place, it is the School of Mathematics of Yanbei University, which is completely unshakable.
Especially after the mathematics department led by two big-name academicians of Yujiang University was merged into Shuangdan University, the mathematics major of Shuangdan University developed extremely well.
There are even mathematics academicians from Shuangdan University who have won China's highest technology award.
Anyway, Qiao Yu can understand these things. Human beings are so sophisticated, it is definitely impossible to avoid being contaminated at all.
"By the way, Director Tian, the American Mathematical Society has invited me to become their senior member. Do you want to agree?"
Qiao Yu solved the problem He asked again.
"AMS has already sent you an invitation?" Tian Yanzhen was a little surprised and confirmed.
"Well... it should be so. Anyway, I looked at the email and the domain name of the email is @ams.org. I checked it and it seems to be their official domain name."
"I'll look at the email after I find it, and I'll use my computer." Tian Yanzhen said.
Qiao Yu walked over, logged into his mailbox, and quickly found the email.
"Well, it is indeed an official invitation from AMS. You should join quickly. There is no need to think about it."
Tian Yanzhen glanced at it and immediately gave suggestions.
Qiao Yu said: "No, doesn't this mean that you still have to pay the membership fee? It doesn't feel cheap, so I was wondering if I should join? Will I have to waste time going to the United States..."< br>
"Membership fee? What kind of money are you short of? Forget it, the membership fee goes directly to the project fund! And you may lose money by paying it, so what does it mean if you pay this little money?
AMS will provide scholarships and academic scholarships to members Honorable! You will be awarded any prizes based on your ability. The bonuses will be much more than the membership fee you paid.
And! This member does not need to go to the United States. You only need to accept the invitation and pay the membership fee to complete the registration. You may become an honorary member in the future.”
“Oh, that’s it, then I will. Agreed. I didn't think it was easy to make money, so I couldn't just let the Americans make it." Qiao Yu said suddenly.
Okay...
In fact, Qiao Yu knew the above basic common sense very well.
In fact, after receiving the invitation from the American Mathematical Society, he confirmed the authenticity of the email and learned everything about the American Mathematical Society through the Internet...
Including but not Limited to membership types, various benefits, joining methods, etc. So he actually planned to join.
The reason why I asked again was mainly because Director Tian was already treating him like a free-spirited person. Moreover, he really couldn't provide much academic guidance. Most of the time, he just created conveniences for him.
Qiao Yu felt that this would be a very troublesome problem. In the past, Director Tian could obtain the emotional value of teaching students by examining his basic knowledge.
However, with the development of research work, especially the research and expansion around the generalized modal axiom system, it has gone beyond the research scope of my tutor. This also means that it will become increasingly difficult to harvest this kind of emotional value from him.
So Qiao Yu had to find a way to let his mentor gain more of this kind of value. This kind of thing that originally requires experience to understand couldn't be better. There must be a place for the instructor to teach the experience he has accumulated for half a lifetime.
And people can't act like they are smart in everything, especially in front of their elders, as that will often make them look very unsmart.
Well, the main reason is that Director Tian is too kind to him, so he still hopes that his mentor will be happier if nothing happens.
This is indeed the case. After teaching Qiao Yu, Tian Yanzhen looked much more relaxed. He waved his hand to him and said, "Okay, go ahead and fill out the application materials later. , joining AMS will not do you any harm at the moment.”
"Okay, Director Tian." After responding, he walked out of Tian Yanzhen's office honestly.
To be honest, Qiao Yu still felt very tired when he came back from the meeting this time. I had just returned to my dormitory and was about to take a nap first when my phone rang again.
The caller surprised Qiao Yu. It was Senior Brother Liu who played chemistry.
Yes, when I saw the name Qiao Yu, I thought of this senior brother. He still remembered that he had just accepted a project from Huaqing University, and then felt that he owed Yanbei University a project.
Then Director Tian asked him to help the chemistry laboratory solve a so-called new cobalt-based catalyst project.
In fact, in Qiao Yu's opinion, it was a small problem, and he solved it in one day. The reason why I have a very deep memory is mainly because the laboratory opposite is so generous.
After the project was completed, he was given two million in consulting fees. Although the taxes were several hundred thousand, it was still the largest income in his life. Directly doubled the family property.
So after seeing this phone call, Qiao Yu only felt quite cordial. He even pictured Liu Hao's handsome face in his thirties with pimples on his face in his mind!
It is no exaggeration to say that Qiao Yu really thinks Liu Hao is quite handsome. Of course, it may also be because the other party gives a lot of money...
Although the money must have been given by tutor Liu Hao, I think that when other tutors distribute money, they must also seek the opinion of the research group supervisor. This is enough to show that Liu Hao still spoke for him.
So Qiao Yu answered the phone without hesitation and greeted him warmly: "Hello, senior brother Liu, long time no see!"
"Yes, it's been a long time. No more! By the way, congratulations first, Qiao Yu. I heard that you made a splash again at the annual meeting of the Mathematical Society. "
Qiao Yu responded with a smile: "Hey, senior brother is too polite, I just wrote casually, who knew that it happened to be picked up by Lott, the editor-in-chief of Ann.math."
"Still. That said, don't be humble. No matter how humble you are, I won't have the nerve to call you. Are you back now?"
Qiao Yu replied: "What a coincidence, I just came out of Director Tian's office. Senior brother, what can I do?"
"Well...to be honest, we are asking for your help again this time. ...In a hurry."
Well, after hearing this, Qiao Yu suddenly felt less tired.
The last time I helped out, it was two million, and this time I want to help again... Oh, by the way, it depends on what project it is.
Qiao Yu remembered that Director Tian told him that generally the most profitable projects were horizontal projects.
If it is a vertical or general project, it usually does not have much money, and the research team cannot afford much consulting fees.
So he immediately asked: "Ah, senior brothers, you are too awesome, aren't you? This is one project after another? Isn't it another horizontal project this time?"
"Yeah , yes, it’s a horizontal project that our boss took over. Hey, you don’t know, our boss doesn’t like to compete with others, so he usually doesn’t bother to work on those superficial projects. ..."
Hearing the tone of the other person, Qiao Yu quickly said: "No, no, I'm just asking. Is there anything wrong with that horizontal project?"< br>
Qiao Yu probably understood what Senior Brother Liu meant. After all, it was easier to gain reputation in the academic world with vertical or general projects. Horizontal projects are different, and you can make some bad money...
But in fact, Qiao Yu doesn't value reputation that much. After all, he is not a chemist and does not need to become famous in the chemical world.
“Well, the project we took on this time is a temperature-responsive smart memory gel material. It has now reached the material optimization stage.
The solution we are considering is to adjust the Intermolecular interactions in the gel, such as hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions, improve the temperature sensitivity and memory function of the material. < br>
But there are still many problems. One is that the temperature response performance of the gel often decreases, and the material no longer responds to temperature changes.
We have been using a trial and error method. Optimize experimental conditions, but you know, every time you adjust experimental parameters, the cycle of testing and analysis is very long
And this thing produces a lot of by-products. In addition, this project requires a lot of testing equipment, many of which are not available in our laboratory, and we have to queue up, which is too energy-consuming.
So I would like to ask you to help me. In fact, I wanted to invite you two days ago, but you happened to go to Linhai for a meeting. I just heard that you are back, so I will try to call you. But if you have just come back, do you want to rest first? "
Qiao Yu's expression became serious: "Brother Liu, what are you talking about? If it were someone else, I would definitely need to rest, but you called me and I still said I needed to rest. Doesn’t that mean I don’t take our friendship seriously?
Your project is my project. Besides, you didn’t ask Professor Lu this time, but just asked me to check it out for you. If you trust me so much, would I still be a human being if I didn’t check it out immediately? Just wait a minute and I'll go over now! "
"Ah... um, thank you so much. I'll wait for you downstairs. It’s the same experimental building as last time. ”
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After hanging up the phone, Qiao Yu quickly walked out the door, swept a small yellow car and went straight to the new experimental building of the School of Chemistry.
In less than ten minutes, he saw Liu Hao waiting for him outside the building.
"Qiao Yu, this way..."
"I see you, Senior Brother Liu." Qiao Yu greeted him warmly, then rode to Liu Hao and parked the car.
We haven’t seen each other for half a year. Senior Brother Liu feels that there hasn’t been much change. His hair has not become thinner, but there seem to be more acne on his face. As expected, he studied chemistry and can stay young forever...
But after saying hello, Qiao Yu felt that Senior Brother Liu seemed a little embarrassed...
"Is there any problem? Senior Brother!" Qiao Yu asked enthusiastically and cheerfully.
"Uh...well, Qiao Yu, let me tell you the truth, don't blame me." Liu Hao said hesitantly.
Qiao Yu said grandly: "Who among us is following whom? If you have anything to say, just tell me. Besides, I'm just here to help you. How can I blame you?"
Liu Hao bit the bullet and said: "Well... didn't you just say that we didn't find Professor Lu but found you first? In fact, that's not the case. We had actually contacted Professor Lu before and wanted him to help us optimize the model.
Professor Lu also came to see it, but he said that our problem is more complicated because there are many parameters involved and there are complex non-linear relationships between them
You know. , in this case each additional parameter needs to be calculated The number of combinations has increased exponentially, and there is still strong coupling.
When we don't have enough data, it is very easy to diverge if we use differential equations, so his suggestion is to let us add more. Try and make mistakes. Let’s wait until we get enough data.
Hey, it’s not like we can’t try and make mistakes slowly. But as you know, Party A is very tight on the horizontal projects, and they have to do it every month. Report laboratory progress to Party A.
Who would have thought that the previous design would go smoothly. Party A was very satisfied when the preliminary results were displayed. As a result, it got stuck on optimization, and it's been two months since I've been able to move forward.
If there is no progress in the report submitted next month, the instructor should get angry again. You also know that it is difficult to get horizontal projects in this environment now.
And this time it seems that Party A has not only entrusted one of our laboratories, but the Huairou Institute has also taken over the task. Their solution is different from ours. They use block copolymer phase separation and nanoparticle filling to achieve this technology.
But no matter what, if the other party really makes it first, not only will the follow-up R&D funds be lost, but you know, our mentor's face will also be lost. Hey..."
After hearing these words, Qiao Yu suddenly felt relaxed.
He thought Senior Brother Liu was going to say that he might not have enough money to help this time...
I was embarrassed to have done it for a long time, because he was not the first one to think of him.
In Qiao Yu's opinion, this is nothing at all.
He just said it casually on the phone. Unexpectedly, Senior Brother Liu took it seriously and felt embarrassed.
There is no other way, I can only say that this Ph.D. brother may have stayed in the laboratory for too long, making him too honest.
This made Qiao Yu start to worry about Senior Brother Liu entering the society after graduation. After all, people who are too honest can easily suffer losses.
Qiao Yu feels that he is not a good person, so he very much hopes that good people will be rewarded. Because in this way more good people will appear.
In this case, his relatively low moral standards can come in handy...
"Hey, what did I think it was? Isn't it just a fight in the ring? I told you, Senior Brother Liu , I’m the best at this.”
Qiao Yu said with a smile: "And you invited Professor Lu, and you still thought of me after you found that he couldn't solve the problem, which means that in your opinion, I am better than Professor Lu! Thank you, Senior Brother Liu, hey, still You value me!”
"Hehe... I am the one thanking you." Liu Hao showed a simple smile.
"Stop talking, let's go and go to the laboratory to check the situation. It will be night if we wait any longer."
Qiao Yu said proactively.
"Okay, come with me." Liu Hao was really relieved to see that Qiao Yu didn't care.
After all, young people like to save face. He was really afraid that Qiao Yu would know that they went to Professor Lu first and simply ignore him.
There was nothing he could do.
In fact, it doesn’t matter if you really can’t produce results, but there are actually not many opportunities for those engaged in chemistry now. Liu Hao also plans to work directly with his tutor after graduation.
And the tutor has also expressed this intention. After all, both parties know the basics, so Liu Hao naturally hopes to perform better during his Ph.D.
"By the way, Senior Brother Liu, you are about to graduate, right? What are you going to do after graduation?"
"Fuck with the boss. What the boss means is that after I graduate next year I continue to work as a small supervisor in the research group. Our boss is generous and we often get projects.
Even if I am very busy and don’t have much time, I can live a very fulfilling life as a tutor, helping my boss with students. "Liu Hao spoke the truth.
"Oh, that's quite good. It's comfortable to have a good tutor! "Qiao Yu nodded. It seems that Senior Brother Liu has no intention of leaving the laboratory, which is actually quite good.
Otherwise, it would be easy to quarrel with others when you go out, and you might be tricked at some point. .
“Haha, Qiao Yu, your mentor is even more powerful! This is a hard life for me, but you are truly comfortable. ”
The two of them quickly came to the laboratory amid their mutual business support. Qiao Yu found that this time the people in the research group were different from the last time. Senior Brother Zhang was still there, and there was an additional senior sister. There are two other people he doesn't know.
However, the person who washed the bottles remained the same. Qiao Yu remembered clearly that the person who was washing the bottles in the laboratory with gloves was named Chen Jiang. He had specially thanked him for buying milk tea for him last time.
As soon as Qiao Yu thought of this, Liu Hao took the initiative and said: "By the way, I almost forgot, Qiao Yu, I remember you like drinking milk tea. Well, Chen Jiang, don't wash the bottle yet Come back, take my card and buy some cups of milk tea."
After saying that, Liu Hao turned around and asked: "Well, Qiao Yu, what flavor do you like. ?"
"Um..." Before Qiao Yu could say anything, Chen Jiang took the initiative and said, "I remember that Qiao Yu likes milk with a stronger milk flavor. The one I brought last time was brown sugar pearl milk."< br>
Qiao Yu glanced at Senior Brother Bottle in surprise. If nothing else, he felt that Senior Brother Bottle could become an excellent chemist just by relying on his memory.
"Yes, thank you, senior brother."
"Why are you so polite? Well, let's learn about the laboratory process first like last time?"
"Well, okay, let's understand it first. , otherwise I will be confused when I look at the data."
"Zhang Haoyuan, please take Qiao Yu to understand the situation first."
"Okay, I'm sorry, Qiao Yu, I have to trouble you again this time! ”
"Look what you said, you have to give respect to Senior Brother Liu!"
"Hehe..."
This time, Qiao Yu obviously felt that everyone was more enthusiastic about him. Sure enough, if you want to win respect, you have to make some achievements first. It seems that I shocked these guys last time!
I would like to recommend the book "Who Stole My Brain" to everyone: Zhou Mo's mind was empty and he was thinking about important things for a person who had just traveled through time. When will he die? And...who stole his brain?
Zhou Mo planned to get his brain back before he was dead.
(End of this chapter)