From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

Zhong Mingchu walked into the review office with a relaxed mood.

In the face of a group of judges who are called "very talkative", he first made a lot of self-introductions. His straightforward, generous and confident performance also made the judges have a good impression of him.

But soon, he couldn't relax.

There is a saying that is good, there are specializations in the arts, and there is another saying that crossing careers is like a mountain. In addition, luck is also a part of strength.

Zhong Mingchu's luck was very bad.

There were no academicians in the field of number theory among the reviewers present. When it came to explaining the content of achievements in the professional field, problems naturally appeared.

In fact, Zhong Mingchu's personal resume and research results are very good. Leaving aside Wang Hao's factors, compared with other people, he can at least say "not weaker than others".

He has worked abroad for a long time, won the Cole Prize in Number Theory and the Ramanujan Prize, and was invited to give a work report at the International Congress of Mathematicians.

Before returning to work in China, Zhong Mingchu already had a certain reputation, enough to serve as a professor in a famous foreign school, and his personal level and achievements were sufficient.

However, crossing the line is like a mountain.

His research is in the field of super large prime number distribution, including some related calculation methods, screening methods, as well as characteristic analysis related to number theory, etc.

Speaking of these can at most allow laymen to understand the research content, the level and influence of the specific results, and it will be difficult for the judges present to make accurate judgments.

So some judges simply asked, "How does your result compare to Kakutani's conjecture?"

"Well, it's hard to say."

Zhong Mingchu gave a somewhat embarrassing answer, and then explained, "My achievements are mainly reflected in mathematical methods, rather than solving a mathematical problem."

The judges looked at each other, and someone continued to ask, "So, let's talk about the influence in the field of number theory. How does it compare with the influence of Professor Wang Hao's Mersenne prime number distribution?"

"Ah... a bit short."

Zhong Mingchu was not only embarrassed, he was almost so depressed that he vomited blood.

Wang Hao's research on the distribution of Mersenne prime numbers can be said to have an international level of influence, and has been reported by a large number of international media, and has even "leaved the mathematics circle".

His research influence is simply incomparable.

The judges looked at each other again, and someone asked again, "I remember that Wang Hao was the original research on prime numbers, which was related to the argument of Artin's constant. What about this one?"

This time Zhong Mingchu was a little more confident, "Almost." He added, "It should be a little bit stronger."

The judges get it.

Although I don't understand the details and influence of Zhong Mingchu's research, but with a comparison, I can almost understand it.

The reviewing academician sitting in the middle nodded and said, "We understand, you can go."

"ah?"

"You passed."

Zhong Mingchu stood up depressed. He did get a pass answer, but if there were no major problems in the department's review, he would definitely pass it. He knew that his performance was very bad.

Not to mention convincing all the reviewing academicians, it is impossible to win half of the votes.

This is why Zhong Mingchu's heart is heavy.

After walking out of the judging office, he sat down next to Wang Hao with a feeling of resentment all over his body.

Gao Zhenming and Wang Hao looked over together.

Wang Hao asked, "Professor Zhong, is it very simple?"

Zhong Mingchu didn't know what to say anymore.

Gao Zhenming also saw that it was really not easy, he suddenly became worried, but he had no time.

Soon it was Gao Zhenming's turn.

Gao Zhenming's mood when he entered was completely opposite to Zhong Mingchu's, and his mood when he came out was also completely opposite to Zhong Mingchu's.

Their experiences are almost opposite.

Gao Zhenming's initial worries were a bit unnecessary, because his field was not the same as that of Wang Hao, and he was recognized as the world's top algebraic geometry expert.

Wang Hao's research has greatly improved the status of the subject of algebraic geometry, and he is also a direct beneficiary.

The professional questions asked by the reviewers of the Faculty are all related to the content of superconducting semi-topological microscopic morphology. Gao Zhenming has a certain amount of research in theory, and he talked about related content with Wang Hao before, so it is naturally unusual to talk about the same question again.

So he came out feeling really good too.

This time it was Zhong Mingchu who asked the question, he grinned vigorously and asked, "Is it difficult?"

"Difficult? No way?"

Gao Zhenming was puzzled, "I feel the same as Professor Wang. It seems to be very easy. I just made an introduction, talked with the judges about professional issues, and then came out."

"I just said it's easy!" Wang Hao immediately added, expressing his feelings is completely fine.

Zhong Mingchu shut himself off immediately.

...

Faculty review is the first step.

In the afternoon, the Faculty Meeting was officially held. There were a lot of complicated speeches, and then entered the final voting process for the academician co-election.

During the course of the academic department meeting, candidates are not allowed to enter the venue, they can only wait outside.

The meeting lasted two to three hours, and the candidates were anxious as they waited outside, but there was nothing they could do but sit there and wait for news.

The voting process will proceed normally in the venue.

This time, there were 67 academicians participating in the academic department meeting, and each academician could conduct a secret ballot for each candidate, and there were only two types of votes: 'yes' and 'against'.

Because when the votes are counted, only the yes votes will be counted. Participating in voting and abstaining is equivalent to voting against it.

Wang Hao was the first candidate to be voted on.

After the staff in the venue collected the votes, they quickly sorted them out.

Academician Zhong Jinhua, who presided over the meeting, directly announced the result, "The candidate, Professor Wang Hao from Xihai University, won more than two-thirds of the votes."

The venue was silent.

This result couldn't be more normal.

Some people think that Wang Hao will pass unanimously, but the academic department meeting will not announce the detailed votes, and the result will only be passed or not passed.

If a candidate gets more than two-thirds of the votes, it means that he has passed the vote and has been successfully elected as an academician of the Faculty.

Next comes the voting for the other candidates.

Gao Zhenming was ranked eleventh, and Zhong Mingchu was ranked sixth.

Their voting results were also announced separately, "The candidate, Professor Zhong Mingchu of Donggang University, won no more than two-thirds of the votes."

"The candidate, Academician Gao Zhenming of Capital University, won more than two-thirds of the votes."

So far, the selection of mathematics academicians is all over.

Wang Hao and Gao Zhenming were successfully elected as academicians of the Faculty.

Zhong Mingchu unfortunately lost the election.

After all the faculty meetings were over, a large group of academicians came out of the conference room, and of course they would reveal the news.

Academician candidates who are waiting for the results have different reactions to the news.

Gao Zhenming clenched his fists excitedly, with an expression as if he was about to cry, and he hugged Zhong Mingchu beside him.

Zhong Mingchu's face was full of sadness, and it took a long time before he pushed Gao Zhenming away forcefully, and said with a mournful face, "Congratulations!"

Gao Zhenming also realized that Zhong Mingchu should not be celebrating with him, so he simply comforted him, "It's okay, Professor Zhong, there will be opportunities in the future."

Zhong Mingchu also knew that he had a chance. He just felt a little regretful. In fact, he wanted to give up at first. Later, he was persuaded by other people to participate because he thought he had a chance this year.

The result was still unsatisfactory, and it was finally brushed down.

Wang Hao was also very happy.

Even though I have been mentally prepared for a long time, I still feel different when I am successfully elected as an academician.

From now on, other people can call him "Academician Wang".

Now many people came to congratulate Wang Hao, "Wang Hao, congratulations, you will be Academician Wang in the future!"

"A young academician who is not yet twenty-eight years old!"

"It's amazing, it's amazing!"

"Congratulations, congratulations, even though I knew you would be elected, it's still amazing."

"It's normal for Wang Hao to be evaluated. You didn't know it at the time. During the evaluation by the academic department, several academicians were embarrassed to hear it. It was the ns equation and Goldbach's conjecture. After completing this level of achievement, it was not yet possible to evaluate it. As an academician, when the time comes, the Faculty will lose face."

"That's right, how can Wang Hao be selected as an academician!"

A group of people surrounded Wang Hao in admiration.

Wang Hao responded with a smile. After exchanging pleasantries for a long time, he and Gao Zhenming went to the Faculty Committee to submit materials.

This is the last step.

After that, the Faculty Committee will submit the materials to the Bureau for review, and after passing the materials, you will officially become an academician.

After finishing the last step, Wang Hao came out with Gao Zhenming. They greeted each other politely, then parted and went to the hotel to rest.

Although he only participated in a meeting of a department, it was still very tiring at the end of the day. Wang Hao was in a good mood. The title of academician is the lifelong pursuit of many scholars, and he has already won the title of academician.

This is a lifetime honor and an affirmation from the country.

...

soon.

The Department of Mathematical Physics announced the final results of the academician co-election, and seven candidates were successfully elected as academicians of the department.

Among them, there are five academicians of physics and two academicians of mathematics.

In the announced list of elected academicians, Wang Hao's name was placed first, and the news actually spread, which also caused a burst of heated public opinion——

"The selection of academicians of the Department of Mathematical Physics is over, and Wang Hao was successfully elected as an academician!"

"The youngest academician in China is released, only 27 years old!"

"Academician Zeng Yiping: Wang Hao was unanimously elected as a new academician!"

"Introduction by the newly promoted academician, Wang Hao personally occupies half of the page..."

The news spread to Xihai University, and many people were very happy about it.

Wang Hao is a super heavyweight of Xihai University. After becoming an academician, he also made the Faculty of Science of Xihai University have an academician.

Domestic academicians are academic leaders, so their status is naturally different.

The school has made a big publicity, and people in the school have discussed it privately. Naturally, the Mason number laboratory is indispensable.

Luo Dayong, Zhang Zhiqiang, Zhu Ping and others also discussed together.

"So you've been elected as an academician? Wang Hao isn't even twenty-eight years old, is he?"

"He is already a first-level professor, he was also elected as an academician, and he won Fields last year...he is at the pinnacle of his life!"

Zhu Ping suddenly said, "I've been thinking about my job, and I feel that I must have no future in research."

The others nodded vigorously together.

Zhu Ping gritted her teeth, she said it was nothing, but being 'affirmed' by others would be very depressing.

She suppressed her depression and continued, "How about I write a book? The title of the book is "My Academician Colleague."

"It's not a good name."

Zhang Zhiqiang gave a negative answer, "Nowadays, many novels must have attractive names. Academicians and colleagues, what is attractive? How about this, it is called "My Scholar and My God"..."

Zhu Ping looked at Zhang Zhiqiang dumbly, "Isn't this kind of love story? I'm going to be realistic. Do you think it's suitable?"

Luo Dayong also looked over expressionlessly, but his eyes looked very dangerous.

"Haha~~"

Zhang Zhiqiang smiled awkwardly, quickly changed the subject and said, "It's actually quite a pity."

"how?"

"Really, it's a pity." Zhang Zhiqiang said seriously, "Think about it, we are only in our thirties or less than forties, and Dayong and I are already professors." After he finished speaking, he quickly added, "Zhu Ping, you will definitely be promoted to professor in the future."

Luo Dayong twitched the corner of his mouth.

Zhu Ping completely pretended not to see it, and the corners of her lips curled up. She knew that she wanted to be promoted to a professor, and it would take at least ten years to start, but she would definitely feel good when someone said, "I can become a professor in the future."

Zhang Zhiqiang continued, "In short, our life has just taken off, and there are still many pursuits in the future. But Wang Hao, look at him, Fields, a first-level professor, and academician. His life is complete. What else is there to pursue?"

"I'm depreesed……"

Zhang Zhiqiang's words sounded very philosophical.

Luo Dayong seemed to agree and nodded, and suddenly said, "How about you transfer your house to me for free?"

Zhang Zhiqiang was puzzled, "You think really well."

"Didn't you say that you have to pursue in life? You gave me the house, and you have more pursuits. Career, money, don't you become happier?" Luo Dayong said seriously.

Zhang Zhiqiang tugged at the corner of his mouth and said, "Why don't you say, let me give you my wife too? At that time, I can still pursue love?"

"...That's also...ahem."

Luo Dayong shook his head resolutely and said, "No, I already have a wife." He glanced at Zhu Ping and immediately said, "One is enough."

at the same time.

Wang Hao is participating in the demonstration meeting of the superconducting maglev train project held by the Science and Technology Department.

The superconducting maglev train project is a big project that has been discussed for several years. Academician Liao Guangyuan has been lobbying everywhere, hoping to finalize the project.

The probability of passing the project was not high before, and the approval of the Science and Technology Department was directly blocked by the owner, and the approval was only just started, and the demonstration and research would be formally entered after the approval.

It's different now.

The superconducting material experimental group has developed superconducting materials with a critical temperature exceeding 120K, and the review of superconducting-related project applications is relatively loose.

The Science and Technology Department approved the project application, and the project entered the stage of demonstration and research.

Although the project has entered a new stage, it does not mean that the project will definitely be carried out, and a very detailed demonstration is required, that is, to study how to implement it, how much money will be invested, when the formal construction will start, and so on.

In any case, it is good news that the project has passed the review of the Science and Technology Department.

Liao Guangyuan was naturally smiling.

The demonstration meeting of the superconducting maglev train project was chaired by Liao Guangyuan, and many officials, business representatives and scholars related to superconducting application research participated.

Wang Hao is also one of the participating scholars, and he is also one of the most concerned.

When Wang Hao entered the venue, he received countless congratulations. He has just been elected as an academician of the Department of Mathematical Physics, and the congratulations are naturally endless.

The sound of "Academician Wang" also made Wang Hao feel very good.

When officially entering the meeting, Wang Hao did not express any opinions on the superconducting maglev train project itself. He just came to participate in the project demonstration meeting in the application field because he was engaged in superconducting-related research.

Superconducting magnetic levitation technology sounds very lofty, but in fact, the core principle is also very simple, which is to use the characteristics of superconducting high current to create a super strong magnetic field.

Under the action of a super strong magnetic field, the train will be suspended above the track, without direct friction, the natural speed will be very fast.

If a closed track is made, the air in the track is pumped out, and the train runs in a vacuum throughout the entire process. Without the resistance of the air, the speed will naturally go further, and the fastest speed can even exceed 2,000 kilometers per hour.

Of course, the latter is still in a theoretical state, and the possibility of implementation is very small.

Even just superconducting maglev technology can increase the speed of the train to more than 600 to 800 kilometers per hour.

The main content discussed throughout the meeting was the technology of building superconducting maglev trains. Later, it also talked about the benefits of building lines, including accumulating experience in superconducting applications, supplementing domestic transportation, and showing high-end technologies to the world, etc. wait.

The scholars who came here cared about technology, and Wang Hao also cared about technology.

After listening to most of the technical content, Wang Hao discovered that the technology of superconducting magnetic levitation can be said to be not difficult at all.

This is also normal.

As early as fifty years ago, superconducting maglev technology was already available. It was Germany that first carried out the superconducting maglev train project, and later Japan also built a maglev train.

Due to the continuous high investment, Germany's superconducting maglev project was terminated, and they also sold related technologies to China.

In the current project demonstration meeting, most of the technologies mentioned are still the research results of the Germans, and some self-developed parts are only supplements to the core technologies.

Wang Hao listened patiently, and then thought of anti-gravity technology.

The current anti-gravity technology can already create a horizontal force field, which can directly reduce gravity.

"Can anti-gravity technology be directly used on maglev trains?" Wang Hao thought deeply, and found it very reasonable.

Superconducting maglev trains have many advantages. Even in terms of energy consumption, they are less than conventional high-speed trains, but they also have many disadvantages, including expensive construction and maintenance costs, and the most critical is technical problems.

'Superconducting magnetic levitation' is not the imagined 'complete levitation'.

The superconducting maglev solution proposed by Liao Guangyuan is to build the most high-end "superconducting repulsive maglev train", using superconducting magnets to realize the levitation operation between the train and the line, and the levitation gap is generally about 100 mm.

This kind of maglev train does not levitate at low speeds, and can only levitate when the speed exceeds 100 kilometers per hour.

At the same time, it can run at a top speed of one thousand kilometers per hour.

A large part of the reason why the maintenance cost is relatively high is that the train will not be suspended in the initial operation, which will cause continuous wear and tear on the contact part between the train and the track.

"If you use anti-gravity technology, that is, create an 'anti-gravity magnetic levitation' train, combining maglev and anti-gravity, or go further, create an 'anti-gravity superconducting magnetic levitation train', you can make the train in the initial stage, It can be directly suspended..."

"In this way, one is to reduce wear and tear, and the other is to make suspension easier. The magnetic field required by the track itself is greatly reduced, and the energy consumption will be correspondingly reduced."

"At the same time, experience can be accumulated for the application of anti-gravity technology..."