From all-round academic master to chief scientist

Lin Xiao struggled with this issue for a while, and finally decided to call Director Ma to ask.

Ma Gaoliang must know a lot about this matter. Even if he doesn't know, he can help Lin Xiao ask other people, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and so on.

So he called Ma Gaoliang again.

"Director Ma."

"Professor Lin, what's the matter?"

"It's like this. The Wolf Prize Foundation just asked me to accept the award, so now I want to ask your opinion."

Hearing what Lin Xiao said, Director Ma smiled and said, "Professor Lin, don't you still want to receive this award?"

Lin Xiao said with a smile: "I have an important research project recently. If I go to receive the award, it will inevitably take a little time."

"Well, there are more than just these issues. There is also an important security issue." Director Ma pondered: "Although the United States has never arrested Chinese scientists in Europe before, it has also never arrested scientists who have received important international awards. Case, but no one knows what they will do, so let me ask the people in the relevant departments and give you a reply later."

"Okay, I'll trouble you then,"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xiao put down the phone, closed her eyes, and took a few more breaths of air.

Unknowingly, he has become a Chinese scientist who may be targeted by the enemy.

In the last century, before Qian Xuesen returned to China, he was also placed under house arrest by the enemy. Later, China offered several captured American pilots in exchange, so Qian Xuesen returned to China.

Then this important scientist who could defeat five divisions played an important role in China, and the enemy was always worried about this matter. After that, the frame-up of Chinese scientists never stopped, even Yang Zhenning back then After the establishment of diplomatic relations, because he often visited China, he was also interrogated by various American organizations.

In the second half of the 20th century, probably because China's various technologies and national defense were not comparable to those of its enemies, the enemy mainly restricted those Chinese scientists who wanted to return to China.

Of course, the main reason is that important scientists conduct research incognito, such as Huang Xuhua, Wang Ganchang and so on.

They remained anonymous, hiding in the Gobi desert, barren mountains and old forests, and were finally able to safely develop nuclear submarines, atomic bombs, etc. for China.

In modern times, as the country becomes stronger, scientists do not necessarily need to remain anonymous. However, as the country becomes stronger, the friction between my country and its enemies becomes greater and greater. As a result, there are more cases of Chinese scientists being persecuted. There are more and more Chinese scientists who have died mysteriously among the enemy. You can find a lot of them by just searching on the Internet.

Of course, what doesn't kill us will eventually make us stronger.

China is still suffering from such hardships and has developed to its current level.

In the future, it is bound to be stronger.

Lin Xiao lowered his head and clenched his fists.

He once told Kong Huaan that he had a successful goal, which was to make the motherland strong and defeat imperialism.

It remains one of his many goals.

Then just continue to finish what you are doing.

Then he turned his head and continued back to his laboratory, where he began to build his servo motor.

The servo motor was almost finished, and he also asked Kong Huaan to help him write a program to control the servo motor.

With Kong Hua'an here, he basically doesn't have to worry about this issue.

Even if there is a problem, it's not like he can't correct it himself.

When this new type of servo motor is manufactured, foreign countries will probably be even more anxious.

Smiling slightly, he stopped thinking about it and continued his work.

…

As for Director Ma, after hanging up the phone with Lin Xiao, he called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Whether their scientists can go abroad requires approval from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For some important scientists, they are basically not allowed to go abroad.

Of course, this also requires the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to evaluate the situation and whether it is safe.

Director Ma is not too worried about this. As he told Lin Xiao, there are no cases yet. The United States took action when domestic scientists were receiving important international awards.

Of course, maybe it’s because not many scientists in their country have won important international awards, and it’s just survivor bias.

The call came through soon.

"Lao Ma, it's rare for you to call me. What's the matter?"

Ma Gaoliang said with a smile: "Haha, Foreign Minister Wang, that's what happened, Lin Xiao, do you know?"

"Is it that Professor Lin? Of course I know."

"Well, that's what happened. Professor Lin was going to receive the Wolf Prize recently. The Wolf Prize also asked him when he could go, and then he wanted to ask about going abroad. What does your Ministry of Foreign Affairs do about it? What do you think about this matter? Is it feasible in terms of safety issues?"

"This matter...well, it is indeed a problem."

After listening to what Director Ma said, Foreign Minister Wang started thinking.

The Wolf Prize is an important international award, especially now that Lin Xiao has won two awards at once. It is very meaningful politically, but what is more significant than political significance is the significance of national security, and politics also serves national security.

And now Lin Xiao has undoubtedly been linked to their national security.

Therefore, protecting Lin Xiao is to protect national security.

So after a while, he said: "Let's do this. You first ask Professor Lin to agree to that side. I will ask the comrades from the National Security Bureau later. They have more information. If it doesn't work, we can just tell Professor Lin. .”

"Okay, then I'll trouble the foreign minister."

"Hey, Lao Ma, what you said is completely out of context. I'm abroad now. I'll have a drink with you when I get back. I won't be able to defeat you."

"Haha, I'll wait."

Ma Gaoliang said with a smile. After hanging up the phone, he sent a message back to Lin Xiao. If there was no news before going to receive the award, then he would think of a solution then. If it doesn't work, then he wouldn't go. As long as Lin Xiao If Xiao doesn't want to go, then there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that she has some regrets.

However, this will also affect the selection of other international awards in the future. If he rejects an award, he may not be awarded any awards such as the Nobel Prize in the future because of this incident.

Just like Perelman, who refused the Fields Medal, his achievements were obviously enough to win more mathematics awards, but because he refused the Fields Medal, he did not receive other awards afterwards.

Of course, when Ma Gaoliang asked this question, Lin Xiao replied with a smile: "At first I hoped to win more awards so that I could win more support from our country, but now the country is willing to help me We have built a research institute worth billions, and even if there are more awards, I don’t feel the need to accept them.”

"What's more, we Chinese don't need to care too much about these awards."

"Only two people with our nationality have won the Nobel Prize, one for literature and one for medicine. There is a huge gap between the more than 300 people in the United States, but does this affect our strength?"

Hearing Lin Xiao's rhetorical question, Ma Gaoliang's heart seemed to be suddenly hammered heavily.

Yes, China has not won so many awards, but does this affect China's strength?

In the past, the American GPS positioning system made their missiles inaccurate. So their scientists developed the Beidou system and achieved global coverage. Now their missiles will no longer be controlled by others.

In the past, aircraft carriers could not be built, but now domestically produced aircraft carriers have been officially launched, becoming another country on earth with the ability to manufacture aircraft carriers.

Another example is fighter jet engines. In the past, you had to buy Russian engines, but they have already built the turbofan 15 engine and can use it on the J-20, becoming a true fifth-generation engine. Moreover, Lin Xiao is very good at turbofan blade materials. Important breakthroughs in the field have greatly strengthened their engines.

There are many, many more things.

"Professor Lin, you are right, I have learned a lesson." Director Ma said seriously in awe.

Lin Xiao said: "So, we can't be bothered by these awards. I also suggest that we establish an award in China specifically to encourage young scholars, and the selection process must not be affected by any other factors. Human relations cannot affect this award." impact the selection process and establish a truly fair award."

Hearing Lin Xiao's suggestion, Director Ma gave a wry smile: "Of course we have considered your suggestion, but when these things are actually implemented, these situations cannot be avoided."

Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, then said helplessly: "Okay."

Human relationships and acquaintance society sound like a normal logic, but this has become an important factor limiting the development of China. It is really an extremely ridiculous thing.

And trying to change this situation is probably many times more difficult than Lin Xiao trying to change the imbalance in education in China.

"That's it. Let me inform the Wolf Prize Committee of the schedule first. I plan to do it on May 17th."

"OK."

…

United States Washington.

It's 7:30 in the morning, US time, still early in the morning, and the city is still a little quiet.

In a seemingly ordinary house, the owner was sleeping in bed with his wife.

The owner is Philip Meng, a Chinese-American who was born in New Jersey in 1980. He has never left the United States in his life and is 41 years old this year.

In addition, he is also an FBI staff member.

Because in history, there was a Chinese-American spy named Jin Wusao who almost became the deputy director of the CIA. After Jin Wusao was arrested, the United States conducted a review of the Chinese members of the FBI and CIA organizations. However, this did not It doesn't matter that they still appoint some Chinese members.

Because using Chinese members will be very helpful for them to get close to those Chinese targets. Coupled with the fanatical mentality of converts, they may be able to play an even more important role.

And Philip Meng also entered the FBI for this reason.

And because he had made several meritorious deeds in the past, he was promoted to work at the FBI headquarters in Washington, where he was mainly responsible for surveillance tasks.

As the alarm clock rang, Philip Meng stood up suddenly, and then quickly turned off the alarm clock to avoid waking up his sleeping wife.

He quickly got up and after washing, he entered another bedroom and saw his 7-year-old daughter. She was still sleeping soundly, with a smile on her cute face, as if she had dreamed of something good.

A smile appeared on Philip Meng’s face, “How cute.”

Then he quietly left the room, put on his work clothes, looked at the time, "Well, it's time to go to work, it's time to go."

Then he opened the door, but when he was about to go out, he saw a package placed at the door.

The couriers here in the United States don't know how to make calls or send text messages. They just drop the courier directly at the door.

However, Philip Meng was slightly stunned. He didn’t remember what express delivery he had bought recently?

Suddenly he realized something in his heart, quickly picked up the express and looked at the sender.

【star-bookstore】

Star Bookstore.

A very ordinary bookstore name, but it made Philip Meng's heart skip a beat.

Then he took the package and got into his car. After opening the package, a brand new book appeared inside. The plastic packaging was not removed, and the title of the book was very simple, called "Weaknesses", all in English. - In fact, he doesn't understand Chinese either, which is why he gained the FBI's trust.

However, despite this, he knew that there was a message hidden in this book.

He opened the package and turned to pages 9, 35, 81, 102... According to a special method, he extracted several words and letters, and finally came up with a message.

"Wolf? Wolf? And Israel?"

There was doubt in his heart, but he also remembered this matter.

Putting the book aside, he took a deep breath, then started the vehicle and headed to his workplace, the FBI's Washington headquarters.

…

In addition to his identity as an FBI staff member, Philip Meng also has another identity, that is, an international communist fighter.

He was curious about the land where his father's generation was born, and he also longed for that land in his heart. Therefore, ten years ago, when he was asked by his superiors to get close to and monitor an important government official from China, he was accidentally captured. He instigated rebellion and became an international communist fighter - not a spy, because China declared that it would not plant spies.

Of course, Philip Meng was indeed not installed, because he completely joined on his own.

In the past ten years, he has received three tasks, all of which were like this. The other party would send him a brand new book and ask him to read information from the book according to a special method.

And every time he completed the task successfully without being discovered, of course, maybe because the task was not very important.

This time, he finally received the mission again, his fourth mission.

It's just that the mission information is a bit vague, but it is probably related to "Israel, Wolf", so in the next few days, he only needs to pay attention to this information in their headquarters. Once they have information related to this in the FBI If he takes action, he can just respond to the information directly.

The task should be relatively simple.