Chapter 1190: Just One Step Away

Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Seeing the gray-haired old man walking towards him, Academician Gao Junfa rushed to meet him and asked.

"Old Xue, have you asked clearly? What is the situation?"

Some time ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology suddenly said that the entire quantum encryption algorithm project was suspended.

Almost everyone involved in the project was stunned and didn't understand what happened.

As the academic leader of the entire project, and also the most prestigious one among them, Academician Xue was naturally withdrawn by a group of people, and as a representative went to the Bureau of Science and Technology to discuss an explanation.

These days, Gao Junfa has been trying to find out from his old friend whether this theory has been discussed, but he has never met anyone.

Now it seems that this statement should be discussed.

It's just that judging from the expression on his face, he doesn't seem optimistic.

Seeing Academician Gao eagerly walking towards him, Academician Xue Jinhui subconsciously wanted to hide, but seeing that there was no place to hide around, and besides, everyone had already called his name, so he had no choice but to watch him walk into his room. In front of him, he coughed lightly and opened his mouth to explain.

"This matter is quite complicated... In short, you only need to know that the quantum encryption algorithm has been solved."

solved?

Hearing this unexpected news, Academician Gao Junfa was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened, and the expression on his face was not inferior to what he had when he first heard the news.

"Solved? How is it possible!"

"...I was as surprised as you at first," Academician Xue Jinhui continued after a moment of silence, "but in fact it is true, and I have confirmed this with my own eyes."

Seeing that the old friend's words did not seem to be lying, Academician Gao Junfa hurriedly said: "Have you read that algorithm?"

Academician Xue Jinhui nodded.

"I've seen it."

"Tell me quickly! What's the situation with that encryption algorithm? Who made it?"

Averting his gaze subtly, Academician Xue coughed lightly and said.

"I can't tell you about these things for the time being. Anyway, you just need to know that there is such a thing."

Seeing that the old friend refused to talk, Academician Gao suddenly became anxious, and subconsciously played the emotional card.

"You can't even trust me?"

"It's not whether you believe it or not, it's a matter of principle." Academician Xue sighed, and continued, "Don't worry, this algorithm will definitely be used when it is developed... Anyway, in a month or two at most, it should be You can see the true face of this algorithm.”

Although Academician Gao still wanted to say something, but seeing the expression on Academician Xue's face that did not intend to give in, he finally gave up his thoughts.

At this time, he also realized his abruptness. This kind of thing is probably due to signing a non-disclosure agreement, and it is really not easy to inquire about.

In fact, if he wasn't too curious, he wouldn't have said that.

With a long sigh, Academician Gao shook his head.

"There are talented people from generation to generation... that's all, I'll just wait."

After getting away from Academician Gao, Academician Xue didn't dare to stay longer on the road, for fear of being blocked by other old acquaintances asking the same question again, he hurried back to his office.

Asked the secretary to make a cup of tea, and after two sips, he, who originally planned to read the literature for a while, felt unable to sit still, as if ten thousand ants were crawling in his heart.

In the end, he couldn't help but be curious, and asked his secretary to book a high-speed rail ticket for him, took the bullet train to Jinling, and came to Jinling University in the name of giving lectures.

For this expert in the field of cryptography in China, Jinling University naturally would not refuse his visit, and quickly arranged all the troublesome things for him.

After the lecture, academician Xue declined the invitation of the dean of the School of Information Engineering to have a meal. Academician Xue wandered around the campus of King University, walked to the office building of several institutes, asked for directions and found Academician Lu's Office door.

When he arrived at the office, there was no one in the office, only a little girl who was probably an assistant was sitting not far from the door.

Looking out the window, Academician Xue knocked on the door and walked in, asking in a friendly tone.

"Excuse me, is Academician Lu here?"

Stopping the pen in his hand, Zhao Huan raised his head and glanced at the strange old man, feeling strange in his heart, there should be no appointment for visiting in the past few days.

However, she didn't encounter such a thing once or twice, so she spoke.

"Academician Lu has been at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study these days, what can I do for you? I can call the professor and ask when he will come—"

Seeing the little girl reaching for the phone, Academician Xue said hastily.

"It's not necessary to let him come over, is it the Institute for Advanced Study? I can just go there myself."

Taking a strange look at the old man's leaving back, Zhao Huan thought about it, and finally turned on the computer to edit an email and sent it to the professor.

These days, professors are basically at the Institute for Advanced Study, and it is said that they are busy with a national project. She didn't ask what it was, and Lu Zhou obviously wouldn't say it.

However, it must be very important.

...

Although he was in vain at Jinling University, Academician Xue was not discouraged.

He came to Jinling all the time, and he didn't see the inventor of the encryption algorithm. He was unwilling to go back empty-handed.

He arrived at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study non-stop, and after explaining his purpose to the gate guard, Academician Xue registered his identity information at the gate, and was soon let go. A security guard took him to the direction of the Semiconductor Research Institute. go.

Looking at the security guard walking in front, Academician Xue couldn't help guessing in his heart that Academician Lu probably knew that he was coming before he came here.

When he finally came to the door of the laboratory, he hesitated for a while, and finally stretched out his right hand.

However, just when he was about to knock on the door, the door opened with a "squeak".

A young man in a white coat with slightly disheveled hair appeared behind the door with one hand holding the doorknob.

Although it was the first time they met, as an academic, he recognized this face immediately, but before he could speak, this man spoke first.

"Are you Academician Xue from the Institute of Information Engineering?"

"It's my lord," Academician Xue nodded, and said somewhat cautiously, "I'm sorry to disturb your research! But I'm really curious about the quantum encryption algorithm, so I came here uninvited..."

"It's not too much to bother me, but if it's a day in advance, I won't be sure." Lu Zhou smiled, looked up and down curiously at the strange old man standing at the door, then stepped aside half a step, and did A gesture to invite you in, "...Director Li told me about you, come in and talk."

"Director Li?" Without moving, Academician Xue glanced at Lu Zhou in surprise, "How did he know I would come here?"

"He didn't say you were coming, but after hearing about you, I guess you will come here with a high probability," Lu Zhou explained with a smile, "It happens that I have some questions to discuss with you... Let me come, the experiment is just short of the last step."