Chapter 972

"Ah Choo!"

Rubbing his nose, Lu Zhou, who was sitting in front of the desk, muttered to himself.

"Xiao Ai, tell me why I've been sneezing all the time recently, and I don't feel any discomfort at all."

In the past few days, his sneezing has become more and more frequent, and he often sneezes continuously.

Strangely enough, there was no sign of a cold.

This feeling, as if someone is behind...

Almost confirming his theory, a string of bubbles popped up in the lower right corner of the computer screen.

Xiao Ai: [Master, I know, someone must be talking about how handsome Master is behind his back. (///ω///)】

Seeing this string of bubbles, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly.

This little guy...

Although his IQ didn't improve much after upgrading, his flattering skills became more and more slippery without a teacher.

However, he likes this kind of good boy who is honest and straightforward.

Just when Lu Zhou was about to continue studying the subject in hand, a call suddenly came to his mobile phone.

After pressing the on button, he sucked in his slightly itchy nose and said.

"Hey?"

"Hello! Academician Lu, I'm Lao Lu, remember me?"

emmm...

Lao Lu?

Hearing the name, Lu Zhou was slightly taken aback.

To be honest, he really couldn't remember who it was that called.

Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't speak for a long time, the voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"Uh, you shouldn't... really don't remember me."

"how come……"

Replied in a subtle tone, Lu Zhou frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly a name popped out of his head, his eyes lit up, and he subconsciously blurted out, "Director Lu?"

Lu Kaimin, Director Lu of the Energy Bureau!

In the past, the two had a brief intersection on the controllable nuclear fusion project and the lithium-sulfur battery project.

It's just that since the end of the controlled fusion project, the focus of the Energy Bureau's work has shifted from the new energy industry to nuclear fusion, and Lu Zhou has stepped back from the top position of nuclear fusion. In the past few years, the two have had little intersection.

On the contrary, because the Bureau of Science and Industry took over the development planning of the new energy industry, coupled with the rise of the aerospace industry, Lu Zhou and the Bureau of Science and Technology have more contacts.

Recognizing who was calling, Lu Zhou asked with a smile.

"Director Lu suddenly called, is there something wrong?"

Director Lu chuckled and said, "It's nothing, nothing. I just want to ask where you are now?"

Turning the ballpoint pen in his hand, Lu Zhou said casually, "I'm in Jinling...in my office at the Jinda University, what's wrong?"

Director Lu said happily: "It's nothing, then you wait for me there, I'll be here in the afternoon! The plane is about to take off, let's chat."

Lu Zhou: "..."

Although it was expected, Lu Zhou still did not expect it to come so fast.

On the second weekend after Director Li left him, that is, the second day after the "JACS" paper was published, this old friend who hadn't seen him for a long time made a special trip from Shanghai to Jinling.

School of Mathematics, Jinling University.

At the door of the office at the end of the corridor, a smiling old man opened the door and walked in. He spoke enthusiastically as soon as they met.

"Academician Lu, long time no see, how are you doing recently?"

"It's been a long time." Lu Zhou stopped the ballpoint pen in his hand, looked up at the old man who came in from the door, and said with a smile, "Is Director Li fooling you?"

"What is fooling! No, what does this have to do with Lao Li! I just read the paper on JACS, and then..." Feeling that no matter how he explained it, it was not quite right, Director Lu pretended to be confused, and vaguely passed it. Can't wait to get straight to the point, "Don't talk about that, that lithium-air battery...you really got it out?"

Lu Zhou thought about it and gave an answer as accurate as possible.

"Several technical difficulties have basically been solved, and the rest is just to solve the design problems."

If the key materials can be obtained, the design is actually not much of a hindrance, not to mention there is Wreckage No. 1 as a reference, even if you copy a design drawing and modify it casually, the energy density is quite impressive.

Looking at Director Lu who was sitting on the sofa, Lu Zhou looked at Assistant Zhao who was sitting at the desk not far away and looking at him, so he spoke.

"Zhao Huan, make me a cup of tea for Director Lu."

"Okay, Professor."

Nodding and standing up, Zhao Huan got up and walked to the cupboard, took out a pot of good tea, poured it into a porcelain cup for guests, poured it into hot water, put it on the coffee table, and said with a smile.

"Director Lu, please drink tea."

"Too polite."

Although he said politely, the smiling old man did not refuse. After taking a sip of the tea, he pretended to be emotional.

"Good tea!"

Lu Zhou: "Take some back?"

Director Lu chuckled and waved his hands: "That's unnecessary, I know where you got your tea leaves, and I have a lot of them at home."

Lu Zhou: "..."

Then you pretend to be drinking for the first time!

To be honest, Lu Zhou himself can't taste the difference between tea and tea, and he doesn't drink tea much.

Every holiday, someone will give him a lot of gifts, some of which can be rejected, but some are given in the name of various benefits, and he doesn’t know who to send them to, so they can only be piled up in the office, looking for opportunities to give away people.

Seeing that Director Lu seemed to have something to say, but it was not convenient for him to speak, Lu Zhou probably understood something, so he looked at Assistant Zhao, and gave instructions with a smile.

"Zhao Huan, send this document to the academic affairs for me."

"Okay, Professor."

After walking to Lu Zhou's desk and taking the documents, Assistant Zhao walked out of the office without asking any further questions.

Then, Lu Zhou looked at He Changwen, another living person in the office.

"Changwen, you go—"

Lu Zhou was only halfway through his words when Dr. He stuffed the laptop into his bag consciously, pushed aside the chair and stood up.

"Good professor, I'm going to the library right now."

Seeing this guy's self-awareness, Lu Zhou smiled with dissatisfaction.

This guy is quite sensible.

Instead, he saved himself an excuse to dismiss him.

After the two unrelated people left, only Lu Zhou and Chief Lu were left in the office.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, Director Lu also opened up the conversation completely, patted his thigh/leg with a smile and said.

"Your student was here just now, I didn't dare to talk nonsense, but it suffocated me."

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "What is holding you back?"

"Didn't Lao Li bring a calculator back from you last time? It is said that he had just landed at the airport in Beijing, and he took the calculator to Chang'an Street to announce the good news without stopping, which seemed to cause quite a commotion! Although I was not there The scene, but I heard from the people at the scene that the old academician who dismantled the calculator for technical inspection was so excited that he almost lost his breath."

Upon hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou suddenly sweated wildly.

"Are you all right?"

"It's all right," Director Lu waved his hand and said with a smile, "So many people are watching on the scene, and the medical team is on call at any time, what could happen? Let alone such a small problem."

Speaking of this, Director Lu was also emotional for a while, watching Lu Zhou and continuing.

"To be honest, we didn't expect you to be so capable and make carbon-based chips so quickly. What's more, we didn't expect that not only carbon-based chips, but also lithium-air batteries have troubled academics. The big troubles in the industry and the industry for so many years have also been eliminated by you."

Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "It's an understatement to say that it was solved by me. Whether it's a carbon-based chip or a lithium-air battery, it's the research result of teamwork. If I have to say it, the role I played in it It's just a catalyst."

Lu Zhou didn't have the humility to say this, but Director Lu obviously didn't think so.

The old man waved his hand and interrupted his words directly.

"Okay, don't be humble. There are a lot of big-headed soldiers, but there are only one or two generals who can win the battle. We know whose credit it is. No matter how humble you are, you will be hypocritical."

Lu Zhou made a helpless expression and did not continue the topic just now.

After taking a sip of tea to moisten his throat, Director Lu continued to look at him after a pause, and continued speaking eagerly.

"About that lithium-air battery, I would like to ask... how much energy density can it achieve."

For this question, Lu Zhou thought about it for a moment and gave a conservative answer.

"The energy density...it's hard to say exactly how much it can achieve, but theoretically, it can be at least 1.5 times that of lithium-sulfur batteries, and it may be possible to double it."

When he heard that the energy density of the lithium-air battery could be 1.5 times that of the lithium-sulfur battery, or even doubled, Director Lu's eyes suddenly became eager, and he clenched his hands on his knees, speaking solemnly. continued.

"I still have a question here, I want to ask Academician Xia Lu!"

Seeing Director Lu's serious look suddenly, Lu Zhou also put on a serious attitude, sat upright on the office chair and said.

"Speaking."

However……

Although it was expected that Director Lu would probably ask some tricky questions, when he asked this question, it was still a bit beyond Lu Zhou's expectation.

In other words, Lu Zhou didn't expect him to ask so directly...

"This lithium-air battery technology... can it be used on tanks!"