Chapter 495 Ready to Go

Luyang, Science Island.

Institute of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Standing in the director's office of the research institute, Sheng Xianfu gently put a resignation letter on the table, took half a step back, and looked at the old leader with a startled face.

"I'm here to resign."

Caught off guard by this resignation, the old leader glanced at the resignation on the table in disbelief, and then at Sheng Xianfu in front of him.

"Resign... resign?"

"Yes," nodded, Sheng Xianfu knew that he had no way out after handing over this resignation letter, took a deep breath, and continued in a calm tone.

"You know that I study stellarators. This opportunity is rare. It would be a pity to miss it. I know you don't want to choose sides between Academician Zhou and Professor Lu. If I insist on going, the institute will definitely It would be embarrassing. If that’s the case, it’s fine for me to resign.”

The old leader shook his head: "Why do you do this? Regardless of whether Academician Zhou's actions are right or not, that is also their own business. Mixing this kind of thing is purely to make yourself uncomfortable."

Looking at the resignation letter, he sighed and said.

"Put the resignation letter here first, and you can think about it for a few days."

He admired Professor Sheng's talent, and he didn't want to see this promising researcher ruin his future like this, so he spoke to persuade him to stay.

If it was someone else's words, he might not even say a word, and just left as soon as he left.

Sheng Xianfu shook his head: "There's no need to think about it. It's time to think about it. I thought about it before I came here."

There is no time to think about it, and in another week, the visiting group will almost leave.

Seeing the resolute expression on Sheng Xianfu's face, the old leader didn't say anything, and signed his name at the end of the resignation letter, then opened the drawer and took out the official seal.

"Since it's been decided, I won't say anything else."

"I approved your resignation, go to the personnel department to go through the procedures."

Nodding slightly to the old leader, Sheng Xianfu put away the resignation from the table.

"thanks."

After leaving these words, he turned around and walked out of the office door.

...

The cooperation with Nanhua University went smoothly. Professor Li Changxia agreed to Lu Zhou's invitation without much hesitation.

But at the same time, he also made a request, hoping to retain his position at Nanhua University.

This is not only his own request, but also the appeal of several other researchers in this research team.

For Lu Zhou, their request is actually easy to solve.

I found Principal Wu again. After Lu Zhou promised to include Nanhua University as a cooperative research unit of the STAR stellarator project, the principal readily agreed to the matter as he expected.

Although it is a star scientific research project of Nanhua University in name, in fact, apart from the gimmick of the first stellarator in China, H1-Heliac did not bring additional benefits to Nanhua.

No matter what people in the industry think, as far as laymen are concerned, the concept of controllable nuclear fusion is still too far away. It is precisely because of this that Nanhua University does not provide much support to Professor Li Changxia. It is better to let them join the STAR stellarator project team as experts dispatched by Nanhua University. With the support of this 1 billion U.S. dollars Next, it is not sure what big results can be made by then.

And at that time, as a cooperative research unit, they will undoubtedly be able to follow suit.

The Nanhua University was settled, and Lu Zhou did not stay in Hunan Province. He rushed back to Jinling the next day and began to make final preparations for sending a visiting team to the Max Planck Society in Germany.

Five official researchers including Li Changxia and more than a dozen associate researchers, together with several professors in the field of controllable nuclear fusion that Academician Pan patched together for him, the STAR project team finally got together a Get a hand with the access team.

But at this moment, something unexpected happened to him.

Originally, Lu Zhou basically did not expect to get help from the ITER Huaguo project team led by Academician Zhou. As a result, an expert still came from Luyang Science Island.

Although he has now resigned...

In the office of Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, Lu Zhou met this stellarator expert who came from Luyang.

"Professor Sheng, it's a pleasure to meet you." Standing up from the office chair, Lu Zhou stepped forward, smiled and extended his right hand.

"It's my honor to meet you," Sheng Xianfu shook Lu Zhou's right hand and said with a smile, "Besides, I'm not a professor anymore."

Not only the position in the Institute of Matter, but because he will work in Jinling for a long time in the future, considering various factors, before coming here, he also resigned from the teaching position of the University of Science and Technology.

Lu Zhou: "If you don't mind, the Institute for Advanced Study is willing to offer you a researcher position."

Sheng Xianfu didn't refuse either, but nodded in thanks and said, "Thank you very much."

Lu Zhou: "I noticed in your resume that you have been to Spiral Stone 7-X Laboratory for interviews and exchanges before?"

Sheng Xianfu nodded and answered truthfully: "It is organized by the Institute of Matter of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. We have a joint research project with the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Max Planck Society on plasma interaction experiments. There are also several regular meetings organized by ITER cooperation." , I have also participated in several times."

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "It seems that you are familiar with the Max Planck Society?"

Sheng Xianfu smiled, and said modestly: "It's not really familiar, it's just been there."

Lu Zhou nodded: "Alright then, if that's the case, you will be the leader of this visit and exchange."

Caught off guard by this sudden proposal, Sheng Xianfu was slightly taken aback.

Obviously he didn't expect that he would be entrusted with such an important task as soon as he arrived here.

After hesitating for a moment, Sheng Xianfu said.

"This...isn't appropriate, I just arrived here, and I'm not familiar with the situation of the visiting group. Besides, didn't you go together?"

"There's nothing inappropriate, and the rest of the delegation didn't stay longer than you." After a pause, Lu Zhou continued, "As for me, I may not stay in Greifswald all the time. Stay with you, I have other things to attend to."

Lu Zhou had seen Professor Sheng's name on the list given to him by Academician Pan, so he still had a little impression.

As one of the top experts in the field of plasma physics in China, his research has covered both tokamak and stellarator, and he also has the experience of leading a team to visit abroad.

After pausing for a moment, Lu Zhou looked at Sheng Xianfu with a serious expression, and said in a serious tone: "This matter is very important, I hope you can pay attention to it. Of course, if you refuse, I will not force it. In my opinion, you are the most suitable candidate."

Gritting his teeth, Sheng Xianfu nodded and said, "I can try it!"

Lu Zhou nodded approvingly: "Then I'll leave this to you."

Sheng Xianfu asked cautiously: "What is the specific departure time?"

Lu Zhou replied very simply: "Leave at the end of February."

End of February?

In this way, there are only three days of preparation time.

Thinking of the imminent departure date, Sheng Xianfu couldn't help but feel the pressure on his shoulders a little heavier.

But even so, he didn't have any complaints in his heart, but was full of expectations.

Perhaps, the light of controllable nuclear fusion can really bloom in this person's hands...