The Science Fiction World of Xueba

After arranging the follow-up study plan, Pang Xuelin sent Ai Ai and the others away.

As for Meng Yao and Sophon, Meng Yao worked with Li Changqing and the others in the Carbon Nano Research Center and performed very well. According to Li Changqing, this young man is extremely talented, self-disciplined and hardworking, and he is a good seed worth cultivating.

Pang Xuelin plans to let him stay in the carbon nano research center for another half year, and then transfer to the lithium-air battery project team to continue his training.

In a year or two, after Meng Yao graduates, he should be able to be on his own.

Although Sophon is still his student in name, he is now mainly in charge of the formation and management of Xinghuan Technology Co., Ltd. The future development direction of this company is similar to that of Qualcomm, and he is responsible for the patent management and operation work under Pang Xuelin's name. A patent troll.

Therefore, the pressure on Pang Xuelin to lead students is not great.

In the next few days, Pang Xuelin waited for the leadership's response on the electromagnetic space launch system, but there was no news.

On the contrary, the upgrading work of the Flying Blade Material Research Center has already officially begun.

After more than a month of trial operation, the experimental team has fully verified Pang Xuelin's overall plan on the principle of flying blade materials and the manufacturing process. The next goal is naturally to further increase production.

Reflecting the overall upgrade plan of the black box, Pang Xuelin did not hand it over to MOSS directly, but asked Wanyi's team to complete the design of the plan, and MOSS would make corrections and improvements, while he himself was responsible for controlling the overall improvement direction.

The main purpose of doing this is to temper the team under him.

After the establishment of Qiantang Laboratory, Pang Xuelin has reached an agreement with Jiangda University that the Carbon Nano Research Center will be merged into Qiantang Laboratory as a whole. Wan Yi and Li Changqing, in addition to working in the Carbon Nano Research Center, will also serve as professors of Jiangda University .

In addition, the lithium-air battery project team of the School of Chemical Engineering of Jiangda University did not disband directly, but continued to further upgrade and transform the Jinlong battery. The scientists headed by Professor Kirton Walker will also become the Qiantang Laboratory a member of

From a certain point of view, these two teams are the core team of Pang Xuelin in Qiantang Laboratory and the benchmark of the top research teams in Qiantang Laboratory.

In the future, once the electromagnetic space launch system and space shuttle projects are approved by the state, more and more experts and scholars will definitely join Qiantang Laboratory.

Here, most of the teams will be built according to the standards of these two teams.

Therefore, Pang Xuelin has extremely high requirements for these two teams.

This afternoon, just as Pang Xuelin and Wan Yi reached an agreement in the office on the upgrade and transformation of the flying blade material reaction black box, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

Zuo Yiqiu pushed the door open and entered, and said, "Professor Pang, President Shi Yi of West Lake University is visiting."

Pang Xuelin couldn't help being taken aback.

Shi Yi is an internationally renowned structural biologist. He once served as the vice president of Tsinghua University, and later resigned from his public office. He tried to build a university in China similar to the model of Princeton and Caltech. He united many top scholars and established a university with the support of many entrepreneurs. West Lake Institute for Advanced Study. In 2018, West Lake Institute for Advanced Study began to change its name to West Lake University, and cooperated with Jiang University and Fudan University to recruit doctoral students.

To some extent, before Pang Xuelin became famous, Shi Yi could be regarded as one of the most famous scientists in China.

For Professor Shi Yi, the outside world has mixed praise and criticism for him.

Some people think that he flooded the CNS with cryo-electron microscope, squeezed his experimental dogs, and stifled the creativity of students.

Some people also think that his ability to fill journals at the CNS level is also a skill,

Moreover, when Shi Yi returned to China that year, he led the wave of overseas Chinese scientists returning to China and made great contributions to China.

In addition, he later resigned from public office and co-founded the West Lake Institute for Advanced Study with many top scientists to devote himself to the reform of China's higher education. Such a figure is beyond reproach.

Pang Xuelin couldn't deny this.

Although there are many mountains in domestic academic circles, with Pang Xuelin's current academic status, no matter where he goes, he is the highest mountain.

It’s just that Pang Xuelin is a little strange. West Lake University has only been established for four or five years, and its overall scale is small. Although there are also schools of science and engineering, Shi Yi is the strongest in the field of biology.

He didn't understand why Shi Yi came to look for him at this time.

At this time, Wan Yi said, "Professor Pang, since you have a guest, I'll leave first. The project team still has a lot of work to do."

Pang Xuelin nodded and said, "Professor Wan, thank you for your hard work."

After Wan Yi left, Pang Xuelin came to the reception room, and saw an elegant middle-aged man wearing glasses drinking tea from a teacup.

Seeing Pang Xuelin come in, the other party stood up, smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Hi, Professor Pang, I'm Shi Yi."

"Professor Shi, nice to meet you."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while.

Pang Xuelin smiled and said: "Professor Shi, I don't know if you came here today..."

Shi Yi smiled and said, "Professor Pang, I'm here to seek cooperation from you."

"cooperate?"

Shi Yi smiled and said: "That's right, Professor Pang, I heard that Qiantang Laboratory and Jiangcheng Institute for Advanced Study are recruiting top talents in the fields of science and engineering from all over the world. Look at Qiantang Laboratory, Jiangcheng Institute for Advanced Study and West Lake University. Can we form a cooperation model: that is, some scholars of Qiantang Laboratory and Jiangcheng Institute for Advanced Study serve as part-time professors of West Lake University at the same time. The Institute for Advanced Study provides full support."

Shi Yi looked at Pang Xuelin expectantly. Shi Yi had great hopes for taking the initiative to seek cooperation with Pang Xuelin this time.

It has been three years since Westlake University was established in 2018. Although it attracts many top international scholars to join, it is not very strong in the fields of science and engineering.

Especially in the past two years, Pang Xuelin has led Jiang University to emerge suddenly, and has achieved great success in the fields of mathematics, materials science, and electrochemistry.

And Pang Xuelin himself is even more monstrous.

Needless to say, various achievements in the field of mathematics, in the field of materials science, he and Li Changqing collaborated to produce high-purity electronic-grade single-walled carbon nanotubes and large-size single-layer graphene (the flying blade material project is still in the confidential stage) , have achieved industrialization.

Li Changqing can only be regarded as a first-class scholar in China, because of the cooperation with Pang Xuelin, he instantly became an international authority in the field of carbon nanomaterials.

The professors, associate professors and even the experimental dogs in the laboratory who participated in this project have become the favorites of major scientific research institutions.

In the field of electrochemistry, Pang Xuelin is even more discerning, and he cooperated with Cotton Walker to help such an out-of-date giant who had long been abandoned by the industry to return to the top.

It is said that because of the success of the lithium-air battery project, the Nobel Prize Committee has considered and decided to award this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Pang Xuelin and Kirton Walker.

It has now entered September, and there is still more than a month before the announcement of this year's Nobel Prize.

Maybe in a month or two, the young man in front of him will become the second real Nobel laureate in China.

And the scholars who participated in the lithium-air battery project team of the School of Chemical Engineering of Jiangda University also gained fame and fortune. It is said that Pang Xuelin even generously distributed part of the shares of Xinghuan Technology under his control to the scholars participating in this project .

Even if it is only a few tenths of a percent per person, it is in units of billions.

Because of this, when the news spread that Qiantang Laboratory and Jiangcheng Institute for Advanced Study were established under the leadership of Pang Xuelin, and after inviting scholars from all over the world to join, the self-recommended resume almost flooded the official mailbox of Qiantang Laboratory.

There are even many Nobel Prize-winning scholars among them, and those world-class scholars are like crucian carp crossing the river.

You must know that Shi Yi has worked hard at West Lake University for the past few years, but he has assembled a quasi-first-class team. In terms of strength and background, it is incomparable with Jiang University.

As for Qiantang Laboratory and Jiangcheng Advanced Research Institute, following this trend of development, Pang Xuelin will be able to pull up a team comparable to top international scientific research institutions in just one or two years.

Therefore, Shi Yi decided to come to see if he could get some help from Pang Xuelin. As long as Qiantang Laboratory and Jiangcheng Advanced Research Institute are willing to cooperate with West Lake University, then the future development of West Lake University is very promising.

Hearing what Shi Yi said, Pang Xuelin immediately understood what the other party was thinking.

He pondered for a moment, then smiled slightly: "Professor Shi, cooperation is not impossible, but I have one condition."

"What conditions, please tell me."

Shi Yi's eyes lit up.

Pang Xuelin said: "If West Lake University cooperates with us, I need to integrate West Lake University into the scientific research system of Jiangcheng Advanced Research Institute and Qiantang Laboratory. In the future, West Lake University will focus on personnel training, and the scientific research will be fully transferred to Qiantang Laboratory. And Jiangcheng Advanced Research Institute."

"this……"

Shi Yi hesitated for a while.

Pang Xuelin's approach is almost equivalent to asking for West Lake University to be included under his command.

This is almost unacceptable in Shi Yigong's view.

Pang Xuelin smiled lightly, and said: "In the next ten years, the average annual investment of Qiantang Laboratory in scientific research funds will not be less than 10 billion RMB, and the average annual funding of Jiangcheng Institute for Advanced Study will be no less than 1 billion RMB. In addition, Jiang University has agreed to join this system. All the instruments and equipment of Qiantang Laboratory will be open to most of Jiang’s disciplines at the same time. After passing the assessment, Jiang University professors can also become researchers of Qiantang Laboratory or Jiangcheng Advanced Research Institute. Moreover, Xinghuan Technology Company will provide Jiangda University with teaching funds of no less than 3 billion RMB every year in the future. If Westlake University is willing to join such an alliance, we will also provide the same standard of financial support. You know, Jiangcheng as a population A metropolis close to tens of millions can fully accommodate two top international universities."

Shi Yi opened his mouth, but he couldn't say the words of refusal.

You know, Shi Yi is fifty-four this year. Over the years, he has gradually withdrawn from front-line scientific research positions and gradually transformed into an educator.

He knows very well how difficult it is to organize a top international university.

One of the most troublesome is the financial problem.

Westlake University adopts the principal responsibility system supported by the Westlake Education Foundation under the leadership of the school board. As the main fund-raising body of Westlake University, the Westlake Education Foundation has been facing funding pressure in recent years.

According to Shi Yi's estimation, when Westlake University hires 300 professors at full capacity, the annual administrative expenses will be 1 billion to 1.2 billion yuan, not counting the scientific research funds.

According to the plan, within 8 to 10 years, the foundation needs to build a sustainable fund pool of 20 billion to 25 billion yuan, so that the annual operating expenses of West Lake University can be met with 5%-6% of the fund's operating investment income.

This is still the goal in 8 to 10 years, and now the West Lake Education Foundation has not met even half of it.

And Pang Xuelin said just now that it is three billion a year!

This is completely the difference between ordinary players and krypton gold players.

As for whether Pang Xuelin could fulfill his promise, Shi Yi had no doubts at all.

Given the bright future of King Long Battery, the annual dividends and patent fees paid by King Long Group to Transwarp Technology alone are at least more than 20 billion RMB, which can easily support such expenses. ,

What made Shi Yi even more stressed was that Pang Xuelin gave Jiang University the same support.

In the past two years, due to the existence of Pang Xuelin, Jiang University has shown a trend of rising in a straight line in the university rankings. Coupled with the annual financial support of 3 billion, I am afraid that in a few years, the best university in China will not be Qingbei. .

At that time, the development of West Lake University, which is also located in Jiangcheng, will only be more restricted.

Shi Yi was silent for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Professor Pang, I am personally very interested in this plan, but I cannot make such a major decision by myself. I must get the approval of the school board. Give me a certain amount of time. Are you going to discuss with the school trustees?"

Pang Xuelin nodded and said with a smile, "Of course."

Shi Yi said: "Alright then, Professor Pang, I won't bother you, I'll take my leave first."

After saying that, Shi Yi stood up, and Pang Xuelin also stood up, shook hands with him, and sent him to the door before returning to the office.

Afterwards, Pang Xuelin thought for a while, took out his mobile phone and dialed Zhizi's number.

"Honey, why are you suddenly free to call me?"

Tomoko's sweet voice came from the other end of the phone.

Pang Xuelin coughed dryly and said, "Tomoko, help me evaluate the current overall strength and development prospects of West Lake University."

Sophon was taken aback for a moment, and asked with some doubts, "What's wrong?"

Pang Xuelin smiled and said: "Good thing, Shi Yi, the president of West Lake University, just came to see me and asked me for cooperation. I gave him a cooperation condition similar to that of Jiang University."

Sophon said: "Okay, I'll take a look first, and I'll give you news if there's a result."

Immediately, Sophon's tone changed, and she said flatteringly, "Oh, by the way, dear, I'll go to your house tonight."

Beep beep——.

Before Pang Xuelin could refuse, Tomoko hung up the phone directly.

Pang Xuelin held the phone with a dazed look on his face.