Chapter 228 Sichuan and Hai Materials Research Institute
After recruiting Senior Brother Fan from his mentor, and by the way recruiting him as a consultant in his research institute, Xu Chuan left with satisfaction.
As for the acquisition of the research institute called 'Zijin Composite Materials Research Laboratory', it naturally fell to Fan Pengyue.
Xu Chuan ignored the matter and didn't even go to the research institute to take a look.
Because the information Chen Zhengping gave him was very detailed, from the building facilities, to the scientific researchers, to the service life and status of the various equipment in the laboratory, etc., everything was well recorded.
With such a piece of information, and with Senior Brother Fan checking it for him, it didn't matter whether he went to see it or not.
Before officially starting the research work, he had to take care of some other things.
Following a familiar road, Xu Chuan arrived at the office of principal Liu Gaojun.
Knocking on the door, a voice came from inside: "Please come in."
Xu Chuan opened the door and walked in, smiling and saying hello: "Principal."
In front of the desk, Liu Gaojun was processing the documents on the desk. He looked up and saw Xu Chuan. He was stunned for a second and then a smile appeared on his face.
Getting up from the office chair, Liu Gaojun smiled and walked to the office cabinet aside, taking tea leaves from it to make tea while greeting Xu Chuan.
"Why didn't you say hello before you came back? The school didn't even have time to greet you."
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "It's not an important thing, why do it have to be so complicated?"
Liu Gaojun smiled and said: "How come a Fields Medal winner visiting NTU is not an important thing."
Xu Chuan smiled and shook his head, jokingly: "How about this? Shuimu invites me to come over to be a professor, and I will go over here, and then you will greet me every time I come back?"
Hearing this, Liu Gaojun said seriously: "That won't work, we have already agreed in advance."
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "That's fine, I'm not an outsider, so why bother?"
"I like this." Liu Gaojun laughed, feeling happy that Xu Chuan spoke of his own people.
After chatting for a while, Liu Gaojun brought over a cup of tea and asked, "Is your place ready here?"
Xu Chuan shook his head and said: "Not yet, I'm looking for a house."
He didn't worry about where he lived. When he contacted Mr. Mu before returning to China, he had talked about that no matter which city in the country he worked in, the country would allocate corresponding housing to him.
If he doesn't look for a house and stays in a hotel directly, he can be reimbursed, and there's no problem with that.
Liu Gaojun: "There are also some villas here in the school for professors to stay. Some are on the Purple Mountain side, and some are inside each school. Can you choose from here? See if you like it?"
Xu Chuan thought for a while and said: "That's okay, let's take a look. The houses on the school side are relatively close to the school, and it's convenient for me to work as a professor here."
"But I should buy another one to facilitate other research and things."
Liu Gaojun didn't care and said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll have someone send the housing information to your email for you to choose."
Neither of them cared about living, even though the price of a villa in Jinling was almost tens of millions, and a good location was even more expensive.
But whether it is for Xu Chuan or Nanda, a villa is nothing.
After taking a sip of hot tea, Liu Gaojun continued: "The military training will be over in a while. Do you have time for the opening ceremony? The school would like to invite you to come on stage to give a speech to encourage the new students."
Xu Chuan asked: "When?"
He had previously rejected Shuimu's invitation to the opening ceremony, but the relationship was close. Nanda was his alma mater. If he had time, he would still be willing to give a speech at Nanda. If you really don’t have time, there’s nothing you can do.
"It is currently scheduled for September 25th," Liu Gaojun replied.
Xu Chuan thought for a while and said: "It should be possible. Let's talk about it then. It mainly depends on whether there are other things at that time. I talked with the above about some scientific research projects some time ago. They have been finalized and are being launched. It may be possible by then It will be quite busy.”
Liu Gaojun nodded. As the president of Nanjing University, he was of high rank and knew some things, so he just invited him.
Skipping this matter, he then asked: "One more thing, how will your courses be arranged?"
"Let's start with a course of 'Algebraic Geometry', but I will arrange the specific teaching time." After pondering for a while, Xu Chuan said.
As a professor at NTU, his position is the same as that at Princeton University, where he has to teach and educate students.
But at his level, he has a lot of freedom in teaching, and it doesn't matter whether classes are held or not, especially when he currently has other research.
After staying at Nanjing University for a few days, completing the professor's entry procedures and handling some daily trivial matters such as residence, Fan Pengyue's work on acquiring the research institute was also completed.
Spending 12 million yuan, Xu Chuan purchased the ‘Zijin Composite Materials Research Laboratory’ that he had previously selected.
This is his first private research institute in the country.
After the Industrial and Commercial Bureau changed the name of the institute to 'Chuanhai Materials Research Institute', Xu Chuan came to this laboratory located near Purple Mountain for the first time.
The former boss of the institute has left, and Fan Pengyue is now in charge.
Although he is only a postdoc, fortunately the institute is not large in scale and there are not many researchers in it, only about ten people.
Fan Pengyue can still manage a dozen or so people. Before that, when he was studying for a Ph.D. with Chen Zhengping, he was often responsible for managing the entire project while conducting experiments.
"Boss, you are here."
In the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute, Fan Pengyue quickly ran out to greet him after receiving the call.
For Xu Chuan, his title has also changed. In the past, he could be called Junior Brother or Junior Brother Chuan in school, but now their status has changed. Fan Pengyue is still aware of this.
"How is the research going, Senior Brother Fan? When can we start material research?" Xu Chuan ignored Fan Pengyue's name and followed him into the building.
Fan Pengyue: "The relevant information and data have been almost sorted out. According to your previous request, there have been no adjustments to the personnel for the time being."
"However, after I heard that the institute had changed its boss, three people voluntarily resigned. The three people who resigned were two salesmen and a quality manager. These two positions need to be replaced."
"In addition, there are currently a total of twenty-three people left in the institute, including two formal researchers, three assistant researchers, four doctoral students, and four master's students."
"Others are finance, quality managers and some miscellaneous staff."
"As for materials research experiments, you can do it at any time. I can take care of the lack of quality managers for the time being."
Fan Pengyue quickly reported on the information compiled in the past two days. Xu Chuan nodded after listening carefully and said: "Thank you for your hard work. The missing personnel must be filled quickly."
"As for now, let's go meet the researchers first. If there are no problems, the research institute should be activated. It cannot remain idle." Fan Pengyue nodded. This is the advantage of acquiring a complete research institute or laboratory.
As long as there is not much change in personnel, we can quickly invest in subsequent research and development, including materials research experiments that have not been completed before, and we can continue.
In the office, Xu Chuan looked at the more than ten researchers and other people in charge in the laboratory. At the same time, these researchers and people in charge were also looking at the new boss anxiously.
For a small materials research institute, the change of boss is a big deal, especially for two formal researchers.
Because they all have previous research projects in their hands, no one knows whether the new boss will cut off these projects or reduce scientific research funds after taking office.
This is related to their own vital interests. If the project is canceled, all the time and energy invested before will be wasted.
A dozen researchers looked at Xu Chuan with different eyes, some were curious, some were surprised, some were excited, and some were shocked.
Not everyone recognized Xu Chuan. There were also many people who concentrated on their own research and did not pay much attention to external affairs.
When everyone gathered, Fan Pengyue presided over the meeting.
"In today's meeting, I will first introduce our new boss to you. I hope everyone will not be too excited for a while."
At the conference table, Fan Pengyue said with a smile. His words aroused the curiosity of some people, and made others even more excited when they recognized Xu Chuan.
"Xu Chuan, Professor Xu, this year's Fields Medal winner, the prover of the Hodge conjecture, from today on, he is the new boss of our 'Chuanhai Institute of Materials'."
"Welcome with applause."
After the words fell, loud applause erupted in the small conference room. Some researchers who had recognized Xu Chuan in advance clapped vigorously, their faces full of excitement and excitement.
The faces of other uninformed people were filled with astonishment.
Although they did not recognize Xu Chuan, it did not mean that they had not heard of this name.
However, no one expected that this legendary name would actually appear before their eyes today and become their boss.
Xu Chuan stood up, smiled, nodded and said hello to the people in the conference room.
"This is our first meeting. I'm very happy to meet you all. I hope everything goes smoothly and we can get along happily in our future work."
In the conference room, the applause became even more enthusiastic. For a small meeting with less than twenty people, the applause felt like a huge crowd.
Xu Chuan pressed his hands to suppress the violent applause, and continued: "Today's meeting, I am just an audience, and Fan Pengyue will preside over it."
On the side, Fan Pengyue nodded, took over the topic from Xu Chuan and continued.
"Our bosses have also seen it, and I believe that the future of the institute will definitely be brighter."
".The next step is some work arrangements."
"The first is the material research and development experiment. Currently, the two official researchers have independent material experiments in their hands. I know the relevant progress and I also know the situation."
"However, starting from today, both of their material research and development projects will be suspended, and other tasks will be assigned next."
In the conference room, Fan Pengyue distributed related work, while Xu Chuan carefully observed the performance of various scientific researchers.
It was his arrangement to directly suspend all research projects.
In fact, it doesn't matter if it's not suspended. For a materials laboratory with total assets of only 10 to 20 million, the two projects actually don't account for much scientific research funds. The total is over a million, so it doesn't matter if he continues to allocate funds for research and development.
However, he wanted to take the opportunity to see some of the performance of the scientific researchers in the institute.
He is different from the previous boss of this research institute. Currently, he does not need the innovative ability of these scientific researchers. As long as they are obedient and can do experiments, he will arrange all the projects.
But at the same time, he doesn't want people who are messing around in the team.
Suspending the institute's projects will harm the interests of most people in the institute, and people's hearts are best reflected when their own interests are harmed.
As Fan Pengyue made arrangements, there was a slight commotion in the conference room.
The new boss took office and immediately suspended all previous research, which was fatal to the researchers in the laboratory.
After all, project bonuses, performance, income, etc. are all linked to experimental projects.
If it were elsewhere, if the boss dared to suspend the experimental project of a formal researcher without any reason, the researcher would dare to resign directly.
But here, no one spoke up, no one raised any objections, and the two formal researchers on the axed project didn't even frown.
No one can be an idiot if he can achieve the position of a formal researcher, and even an idiot cannot achieve this position.
For a scientific research dog, they know very well what it means to be able to follow a Fields Medal winner to do scientific research.
Funds, resources, top scientific research journals, reputation, and other things that were almost inaccessible in the past will be at your fingertips in the future.
Whether it is for talents who want to advance academically or for working dogs who want to earn more money, whether they choose to continue their own research or follow a top expert and listen to the expert's arrangements from scratch Everyone who has been here knows how to choose.
After all, in academia, it can be said that as long as you are famous, you have everything.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many scientific research dogs who would rather give up money, just be given the opportunity to do experiments, and would like to get into Daniel’s laboratory even if they sharpen their brains.
Being able to work as a handyman for a top boss is also a kind of gold plating.
In the conference room, Fan Pengyue's arrangements continued.
"In the coming time, the main tasks of the Sichuan-Hai Materials Research Institute will be in two aspects."
"The first one is the research and development of electrolyte materials in lithium batteries."
"The second is the development of artificial SEI film materials in lithium batteries."
"Two projects are the next work of the institute. Official researcher Yu Zhen is responsible for the research and development of electrolyte materials, and formal researcher Ye Zan is responsible for the research and development of artificial SEI thin film materials."
"Other researchers will continue to work as usual for the time being. Whoever they worked with before will still work with whoever they worked with now."
"If you have any opinions, you can raise them now."
(End of chapter)