Chapter 311: Following the Trend

On the other side, when Lu Zhou was lying in the hotel on a lunch break, Wang Haifeng was holding a document in Zheda's laboratory building and carefully flipping through it.

Since the end of the seminar, he has been waiting for the summary document of the seminar, and now he finally got it.

For those real big cows, they can ignore the interference of external factors such as policies and markets, concentrate on doing their own research, and be themselves with peace of mind.

However, for a generally awesome boss, it is quite necessary to pay attention to policy news.

After all, this is a big issue related to research funding.

In this "cruel" industry, nothing can be done without funding.

The price difference between domestic equipment and imported equipment is zero, and some raw materials are more expensive than gold. In addition to personnel expenses, third-party inspection fees, and even business trips and meetings, this series of expenses is a mouthful of food. .

On the only way to become a big cow, these difficulties must be faced.

Except for academicians and Changjiang scholars who have already made it to the top, most professors and scholars still have to think more about these practical issues.

After seeing the summary of the meeting from the beginning to the end, Professor Wang Haifeng's eyes gradually narrowed with joy.

To his satisfaction, in the conference summary document, the potential direction of carbon-sulfur composite materials was emphatically mentioned.

But soon, his brows could not help but wrinkle slightly.

The argument in this document for adding hollow carbon spheres to the cathode sulfur material is exactly the same as what some kid out of nowhere said in a seminar.

Obviously, the working group that came down from Beijing fully accepted Lu Zhou's opinion.

And this is what makes Wang Haifeng most unhappy.

His point of view has always been very clear. He thinks that Chief Lu, who came down from Shangjing, paid too much attention to that young man's opinion.

Although that Lu Zhou has won the Crawford Award, he is indeed a talent, but it is also a matter of mathematics, which has nothing to do with materials science.

Even though the paper published in "Nature" did amaze the entire industry, Wang Haifeng is more willing to understand it as a kind of luck than strength.

After all, scientific research is like gambling. No matter how beautiful the theory is, no matter how perfect the data curve is drawn, it still depends on the face whether it can be done or not.

But one matter is another matter, no matter how dismissive he is on the surface, he still doesn't take what Lu Zhou said seriously in his heart.

After all, he himself is also a carbon-sulfur composite material, and he has also done some research on this aspect. Maybe this hollow carbon sphere is really a potential stock.

Putting down the meeting summary document in his hand, Wang Haifeng looked at Liu Hong who was sitting at the desk next door, and asked.

"Have you studied the paper I showed you?"

The paper he was talking about was naturally what Lu Zhou wrote in the seminar.

Although the things Lu Zhou wrote at the seminar had not been formally submitted, the organizer of the seminar still sorted out his process according to the standards of academic conferences.

Of course, this kind of seminar cannot be as formal as the MRS conference, and a brick-thick collection of papers is specially produced to include all papers.

Therefore, with Lu Zhou's consent, this paper was published in the latest issue of "Journal of Shuimu University (Natural Science Edition)".

This journal is regarded as the school journal of Shuimu University. Although the impact factor is not high, the readership is still relatively wide, and it can be found in the libraries of many universities.

Although the laboratory did not subscribe to such a less academic journal, after the paper was published, Wang Haifeng immediately bought a copy from the Internet and threw the paper to his doctor for research.

Sitting at the desk next door, Liu Hong scratched his head, took out the thesis from the drawer, and said, "I have consulted with the professors from the School of Mathematics, and there is nothing wrong with this thesis as far as the process is concerned..."

Wang Haifeng couldn't help cursing: "Nonsense! Of course I know there's nothing wrong with it. I'm just asking what do you think after watching it?"

Others are professors from Princeton, so it's only a coincidence that you can find any professor in the mathematics department who can find faults.

In that kind of meeting, who wouldn't go up and make up nonsense if it wasn't someone with a brain problem?

Being trained to bow his head by the boss, Liu Hong couldn't help scolding MMP in his heart.

I'm just a Ph.D student, and you two big guys are fighting each other, how can I feel?

After training his students a few words, Wang Haifeng felt a little better.

Glancing at the other trembling masters in the office, he changed into a calm tone and continued.

"Whether the paper is good or not is not something you can evaluate at your level. I want you to talk about your views on the hollow carbon spheres. You can just talk about it casually, and you don't need to make a long speech."

Secretly trying to figure out what the boss meant when he said this, Liu Hong suddenly felt moved and said immediately.

"Professor, I think hollow carbon spheres are a relatively promising direction. We are also making carbon-sulfur composite materials. Why don't we consider developing in this direction?"

Sure enough, Professor Wang's expression was displeased, and he criticized Education with a stern face.

"What do you mean? How many times have I told you that we are engaged in scientific research, the most important thing is to do research in a down-to-earth manner. The most taboo is grandstanding and showing off some new gimmicks. Hollow carbon balls are indeed very hot recently, but We can’t be optimistic just because others are good, otherwise, do we still have something of our own?”

After being criticized and educated by the boss, instead of being depressed, Liu Hong breathed a sigh of relief.

This old man's temper is quite weird, he always thinks to be reasonable in everything he does, but sometimes he does things that don't make sense.

However, this kind of old man is actually pretty easy to coax, just follow his words and give him another step to get down.

With a teachable expression on his face, Liu Hong continued.

"Professor, you are right! We must have our own things, and we cannot let our research direction be influenced by hot spots."

After a pause, he changed into a tactful tone and said tentatively.

"However, we are engaged in carbon-sulfur composite materials, and hollow carbon spheres are also within our research scope. Making minor adjustments to the research direction is not a pursuit of hot spots. Even if we talk about pursuit, it is someone else's pursuit of us. "

Hearing this, Wang Haifeng nodded with satisfaction.

Yes, he liked to hear that.

In fact, as Liu Hong guessed, he just wanted to find a way to get down.

After all, during this period of time, he has often criticized that kid in the laboratory, saying that he uttered nonsense in the seminar. If he also ran to make hollow carbon spheres, wouldn't he slap himself in the face?

How does this make him lead the team in the future?

Sighing, Wang Haifeng said slowly, "You're right, but this topic is of great importance after all, and I have to study further on which direction to choose."

That is to say, but in the end it must be the direction of making hollow carbon spheres.

After a pause, he continued: "By the way, time waits for no one. You can start writing the opening report, and I will leave this matter to you."

Liu Hong asked: "How much funding is appropriate to fill in the application?"

Wang Haifeng thought for a while and said, "Let's apply for 10 million first."

Normally, he would not be able to apply so many for this project alone.

But now is an extraordinary period, and the country is vigorously developing new energy technologies, and the research funding for topics in related fields will be greatly relaxed. Especially for those promising research and development directions, the possibility of applying for this funding is even greater.

It just so happened that he also planned to replace the laboratory with a new scanning electron microscope.

Take advantage of this opportunity and get this done.