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Chapter 456: Look forward again

Time soon came to June 28th.

Although there were only two days of preparation time, the National University of Defense Technology put all its efforts into this lecture.

At first, President Yuan only wanted Kang Chi to give guidance to the teachers and students of the National University of Defense Technology, but the neighboring Yanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics got the news from somewhere and insisted on sending their professors to come over.
As a result, the incident became more and more serious, and soon the Ministry of Science and Technology also intervened and became one of the organizers. By the way, it also invited many academic leaders from scientific research institutions to come and attend the lectures...

As a result, the National University of Defense Technology, which used to have a solemn atmosphere, suddenly became lively, with banners saying "Welcome Academician Kang and scholars from all walks of life to visit and guide our school" hung everywhere on the campus.

"If I remember correctly, Academician Kang gave a lecture on controlled nuclear fusion at Su Province University. My childhood friend from Su Province University was so proud that he almost didn't recognize me."

"It can't be helped. Academician Wu has been very kind to Mr. Kang."

"That's true, but I really didn't expect that there are many universities that are better than ours. Why did Mr. Kang suddenly come to our place to give a lecture?"

"I heard that it was Academician Bi who invited us."

"Really? I didn't expect Academician Bi to be so prestigious."

"Of course, he's a missile engineer, so how can he not be awesome?"

"..."

When the students of the National University of Defense Technology learned that Kang Chi was coming, they were naturally excited and looked forward to it. Even those students majoring in theoretical knowledge applied to attend the lectures.

When the students arrived at the auditorium, they saw the dense crowds and noisy conversations in the venue, and they all consciously stood aside.

Those who have seats today are all well-known scientific research giants and university scholars. These students who have managed to get the qualification to audit the class will naturally squeeze in wherever there is a seat.

If they were not students of the National University of Defense Technology, they would not even be qualified to audit the class.

Kang Chi had already arrived at the lounge next to the venue. Hearing the noisy voices in front of him, he couldn't help but ask President Yuan and Academician Bi, "There are so many people here, should we be careful when we speak?"

President Yuan immediately understood what he meant and answered first, "Don't worry, this is the National University of Defense Technology, not an ordinary university. Every student has gone through a strict political review, not to mention the professors and scholars on site. If you feel that the content of your speech is not convenient to be made public, not a single word will be leaked."

"Hmm..." Kang Chi thought about his speech again, "It's actually okay. I only talked about general things, so it's okay to make it public."

"Well, actually what we need now is this kind of general direction guidance."

Kang Chi nodded, looked at the time and saw that it was almost time, then he and the leaders stood up and walked into the auditorium.

When Kang Chi appeared, there was warm applause at the scene.
Then, Principal Yuan went up to give a few opening remarks, introduced Kang Chi to everyone, and recalled his scientific research achievements in the past five years...

Looking at those god-like achievements, the atmosphere gradually boiled to its peak.

And many people know that there are many achievements that have not been made public due to confidentiality.

If all of this were made public, it would probably shock even more people.

His achievements can be said to be unprecedented and unparalleled.

After all, he is only 33 years old this year, and he still has a long way to go in the future...

In this boiling atmosphere, Kang Chi finally stepped onto the stage.

Standing in front of the microphone, he glanced at the people present and slowly said, "Thank you all for taking the time to attend today's seminar."

“The reason why I call it a seminar instead of a lecture is that I am in a tight time schedule and I haven’t done much preparation. I will just say whatever comes to my mind. If there is anything I said wrong, please feel free to correct me. If you have any ideas, please feel free to speak out.”

After finishing his opening remarks, Kang Chi took a breath and continued:
"Maybe many people would think that I am always doing research and development in a haphazard way..."

"In fact, everyone's guess was correct."

"I am a casual person, and I often do whatever I want. But overall, my goal is to use technology to strengthen our country and improve the happiness of our people. I believe this is also the goal of everyone present here."

"It's just that when I'm hammering here and there, innocent people are often affected..."

Kang Chi turned his gaze to Academician Bi, "Just like Academician Bi said, he had just launched the project not long ago, but I suddenly took it away. I believe that anyone would feel uncomfortable in this situation..."

"But I hope you will believe that I definitely didn't do this on purpose, and I'm not targeting anyone. In fact, if no one had mentioned these things, I wouldn't have known about them at all..."

Kang Chi spread his hands and joked: "If you want to blame someone, blame my damn talent, don't blame me."

Although the professors of the older generation were all very strong,

But the students couldn't help laughing and started to make a noise, "It wouldn't be strange if you shared some of your damn talent with us."

"Agree!"

"Mr. Kang, please sign an autograph later to show your talent."

"..."

"Signatures are fine, but I don't think I can give you talent. You can only rely on your own efforts." Kang Chi answered with a smile and immediately brought the topic back.

"But no matter what, I still want to apologize to Academician Bi and other scholars whose ideas I have intercepted. For the sake of our common struggle for the rise of China, please don't bother with such a small matter."

After saying this, he bowed sincerely to the audience.

This almost made Academician Bi and others unable to sit still, and they quickly said, "Academician Kang, you are worrying too much. We are depressed, but we will never blame you. On the contrary, we should be happy for you."

"That's it."

Although Kang Chi's public apology felt a bit like putting them on the spot, his attitude was there after all, and the resentment and depression of those scholars whose opinions were intercepted by Kang Chi were somewhat alleviated.

"Next, let's get straight to the point of today—"

[What posture can most comfortably lead us into future technology]

Looking at the large characters on the big screen, everyone immediately sat up straight and pricked up their ears.

“Before discussing this topic, I would like to analyze our previous main R&D method: splitting.”

"The so-called splitting is to split some key, large-scale backbone technologies into countless small projects and assign them to one or more R&D personnel or teams. This is also in line with the development logic of modern science. As our technology tree becomes larger and larger, this approach will become more and more important."

"But everyone knows that I like to tinker with core technologies, so there are frequent scientific research conflicts. If you don't want to collide with me, the wisest choice is to avoid some core technologies, of course, except for theoretical research."

After hearing Kang Chi's words, the scholars below immediately looked a little ugly.

Although they also admitted that Kang Chi was indeed good at applied research, but from what Kang Chi said, did he want to be responsible for all the core technology research and development by himself?

He does everything, so what do they do?

Researching scraps?

"Isn't Academician Kang too arrogant? Machinery, electronics, medicine, agriculture, information, communications, aerospace, military industry, energy, materials, genetics, etc. There are so many fields, even if you are a god, it is impossible for you to take on all of them by yourself."

"That's right."

"I know. So what I just said was 'some' core technologies. I can't say what they are specifically."

Kang Chi simply explained in a calm tone, “But I can clearly tell you whether my research overlaps when reviewing major projects.”

This explanation made everyone feel a little relieved.

But this information alone is obviously not enough to make people feel comfortable walking into future technology.

However, Kang Chi then directly gave his key advice:
“Perhaps everyone will think, if we can’t even research key core technologies, what else can we research?”

“In fact, I think everyone can look further ahead and think more about what kind of derivative auxiliary technologies may emerge once a certain important core technology is broken through, rather than just focusing on the side branches that are split off from the current core technology.”

"For example, in the energy sector, we have already achieved preliminary controlled nuclear fusion, but the first generation of controlled nuclear fusion has only been achieved from scratch, proving the feasibility of this energy route. In terms of efficiency and cost, it can only serve as a supplement and alternative to energy at present."

"But if the second generation of controlled nuclear fusion is achieved, fusion energy will not be a supplement or a substitute, but the optimal solution."

“By then, our society and technology will inevitably enter the next round of rapid development.”

"So I suggest that you don't wait until the second generation of controlled nuclear fusion technology breaks through before doing research that will allow us to make rapid progress, but start now and think about what research and development can take advantage of the cheap energy of controlled nuclear fusion."

"In this way, when the second generation of controlled nuclear fusion arrives, we will be able to promote social development at a faster pace and save a lot of time required for technological change."

"Don't underestimate these derivative auxiliary technologies. Our technology tree is constantly expanding and upgrading. After the core technology level jumps to a higher level, the value of these derivative auxiliary technologies is no less than that of the lower-level core technology."

"Following this line of thought, are you still worried about not having good research directions and significant research results?"

(End of this chapter)