Chapter 471 You Really only Talked About Mathematics?

Controllable nuclear fusion is not an aircraft cannon, nor is it a missile atomic bomb. Although the name has the word "nuclear fusion" in it, it is not something that needs to be done secretly.

Therefore, the site selection of relevant research units does not necessarily have to be on the Gobi Desert, nor can it be placed on the Gobi Desert.

Talent is one of them.

As for the second, it is communication.

Just like the International Space Station program, this kind of major systematic project is often not a task that a certain country or organization can undertake. The same is true for controllable nuclear fusion engineering. In ITER, competition will always exist, but cooperation is still the mainstream.

If you have to transfer several planes and trains to hold a meeting, then this meeting may not be held.

At the beginning, the Institute of Matter of the Chinese Academy of Sciences wanted to develop a tokamak, and an island was surrounded by the beautiful Shushan Lake in Luyang.

Lu Zhou felt that Jinling was a good place, so he drew a circle next to Zijin Mountain, and the project settled in Jinling.

It will take a while for the official written documents to come out. Before that, Lu Zhou plans to go back to his alma mater.

One is that the building of the Institute of Computing Materials, which he invested 100 million yuan, has finally been completed, and the other is that for the plan of controllable nuclear fusion and the blueprint of the Pugao Institute in Huaguo in his mind, he still needs to win Jinling University aspects of support.

After sending Lu Zhou to the door of the hotel, Manager Wang said with a smile.

"Professor Lu, won't you stay for a few more days?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "No, I'm busy with work and can't take time off, so I'm leaving."

Manager Wang: "Then you go slowly."

Lu Zhou nodded and walked towards the black red flag parked on the side of the road.

The carry-on suitcase was already in the trunk, and he didn't need to worry about these trivial matters.

Watching Lu Zhou fasten his seat belt, Wang Peng, who was sitting in the driver's seat, started the car.

"Where are you going?"

"Airport!"

...

Jinling University, Administration Building.

Sitting at the desk, Principal Xu, who is wearing glasses, is meticulously handling official duties.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Stopping the pen in his hand, Principal Xu cleared his throat and said.

"Please come in."

The door opened, and an unexpected figure appeared at the door.

Looking at Lu Zhou standing at the door, Principal Xu froze for a moment, then put down the pen in his hand, smiled and stood up from the office chair.

"Professor Lu? What brought you here, come in quickly."

Looking at the documents on Principal Xu's desk, Lu Zhou smiled politely: "It was a bit sudden when I came here, and I just got off the plane, didn't I disturb your work?"

Principal Xu smiled and said, "Nobel Prize winners mainly come to visit our school. It's too late for us to welcome you. How could you find it bothering you?" There is no preparation at all."

"What are you preparing in advance, I just came back to visit my alma mater, don't need to make it so troublesome," Lu Zhou smiled, and put the tea in his hand on the desk, "I brought some tea back."

Principal Xu declined and said, "I can't accept such an expensive gift. You should take it and give it to Old Tang and Old Lu."

Lu Zhou said with a smile, "What's so valuable about it? It's just two packs of tea leaves. I'll keep Professor Tang's and Academician Lu's shares. You're welcome."

After exchanging pleasantries, the two sat down on the sofa.

Principal Xu ordered his secretary to make two cups of hot tea.

In a chatty tone, Lu Zhou said.

"About next year, I will return from Princeton. If Principal Xu doesn't mind, I may have to bother you more in the future."

"Why do you mind?" Principal Xu said with a smile, "If you are willing to come back, it's fine to let you take my position as the principal."

Lu Zhou hurriedly said: "That's unnecessary. It's okay to let me be the director of a research institute. Let me manage a university, so let's forget it."

His research is already busy enough, if he really wants to become the principal, he might have to cut him in half to keep busy.

Moreover, using administrative positions to eliminate talents is exactly what he himself opposes.

After taking a sip of tea and moistening his throat, Lu Zhou straightened his face and began to talk about business.

"I went to Shangjing this time, and I met the elder."

Hearing this sentence, Principal Xu also restrained his joking expression, and put on a serious expression.

"You guys talked... Is it convenient for me to ask?"

"It's not a confidential matter. The written document will probably come down soon, so it's okay to talk about it in advance."

After a pause, Lu Zhou continued, "...In addition to some technical matters, we mainly talked about academic matters, including some history of mathematics."

Principal Xu: "History of Mathematics?"

Lu Zhou nodded: "That's right."

"Throughout the history after the Renaissance, mathematicians are a group that is extremely sensitive to the environment. In the last century, the center of mathematics was in Europe. The Bourbaki School in France and the Göttingin School in Germany have great academic achievements and influence. Evenly divided, but in less than a quarter of a century, the Gogentine school was almost wiped out, and the Bourbaki school also declined, and the center of world mathematics has shifted from Europe to North America since then."

"I have learned a lot during the years of studying in Princeton. Whether it is about knowledge itself or about academic culture."

"Borrowing from the experience of history and reality, my biggest feeling is that academic prosperity is inseparable from an open academic environment. So I proposed to him at that time that we should build Huaguo's General Higher Academy in Jinling, Engage in purely academic research, and de-bureaucratize and de-politicize academically.”

After listening to what Lu Zhou said, Principal Xu nodded.

Born in scientific research, he is well aware of the impact of academic bureaucracy on scientific research efficiency.

As a supporter of education reform, he has also made some efforts to change this.

Although some policies may be unsatisfactory, in terms of attitude, he undoubtedly supports Lu Zhou's views.

Especially for Lu Zhou's plan to establish Huaguo's General High Court, they discussed this issue a long time ago, and he expressed his agreeable position at that time.

It's just that the support belongs to the support, and it may be difficult to actually implement it...

"I agree with what you said, but it may be difficult to implement it. Especially depoliticization, in terms of the domestic environment, it is basically impossible—"

Lu Zhou: "He agreed."

Principal Xu's eyes widened and he looked at him in disbelief.

After a pause, Lu Zhou continued: "He said that in my own research institute, I can do whatever I want. It doesn't matter if I screw it up. If it succeeds, it can be promoted within a limited range."

This limited scope naturally refers to Jinling University.

But in fact, whether to promote or not is secondary to Lu Zhou.

His positioning of himself is not an educator, but just a scholar.

All he needed was a comfortable academic environment where he could pursue his research in peace.

As for political appeals, he didn't use that kind of thing, nor was he very interested.

However, in Principal Xu's view, these conditions proposed by Lu Zhou are simply unbelievable.

In particular, the high-level can still agree, which is even more unbelievable.

Principal Xu couldn't help asking: "You really just talked about mathematics?"

"Of course it's not just mathematics." Lu Zhou smiled shyly, "Before that...we also talked about controllable nuclear fusion."

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(Hand disabled... I failed the challenge, but today... I will definitely!)