Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1326 Retreat! Retreat is the only option (4k)

The previous post was about astronomy, and this one is about two-dimensional crystals... This guy's leap is a bit too big!
This doesn't even include what he published in his own journal, "Laser".

But regardless of how big or small the leap is, just ask yourself whether they made it across and whether they were able to stand firm!
Science doesn't believe in tears, but it does believe in vision.

If you stand firm, you are learned, versatile, and resourceful; if you fail to stand firm, you are unrealistic, impetuous, and reckless.

It is clear that this committee member has stood his ground.

“Alright, leave this to our department.” He knew very well that this was how it was done in the last article, and this one would be no exception. Comrade Gao Zhendong had no interest or time to bother with these things, which was the main reason he sent the article to the department.

Regardless of its size, when a memorable event occurs and comes to a close, it always brings a sense of relief, perhaps tinged with a little sadness.

And right now, the comrades are enjoying this relaxed feeling.

They were just chatting casually. Don't underestimate these casual conversations between top figures; many new ideas and new research topics may arise from such conversations.

Of course, there is another type of expert who doesn't need this process; he can come up with all sorts of fancy tricks on his own. If they could write down the proof process as well, that would be even more perfect.

At this moment, their casual conversation was naturally inseparable from graphene, but it wasn't so rigorous or formal; it was more like discussing their own child being naughty and refusing to eat in the morning.

"Committee Member Gao, what use do you think this thing could be?" a comrade asked.

This question isn't necessarily about getting an answer. The main issue is that this thing has just been invented, but its various physical and chemical properties haven't been studied at all. Even Gao Zhendong, the inventor himself, doesn't know much more about it than others.

So it's too early to say what it can actually be used for.

Gao Zhendong himself knew that it was nonsense to say that this thing was of any use in the short term, which was why he didn't care if it was made public.

He had absolutely no interest in it if it were just for that award.

He published it directly so that everyone could study it together; breaking the glory of the theory was just a side benefit.

In his previous life, aside from those who swindled old men and women out of their retirement pensions, this thing was in a state of being praised but not popular for a long time in terms of serious applications, because the conditions for specific research, application technology, and environment were not met.

An example that sounds impressive to laymen but is utter nonsense to experts is that the European Union launched a graphene-related program in 2013, planning to invest 10 billion European currency units over 10 years to promote the application of graphene.

10 billion euro units sounds like a lot, but in reality, it's not much compared to truly important technologies, let alone investing it over 10 years—it's practically a joke.

Therefore, Gao Zhendong doesn't care about the specific applications right now. Once the research is in-depth enough, everyone will naturally know what it can be used for.

As for whether others would keep their research secret, Gao Zhendong was even less worried. Due to the pursuit of profit, the patent system dictates that no one will keep their research results hidden. The little bit revealed in the patent documents is enough for some necessary applications, since these applications are not public and there is no need to worry about patent issues.

Even if they can't replicate it, being able to buy it is still better than having nothing at all.

If there are things that you simply don't have the capacity to handle yourself, then you might as well outsource them and let others help you with them.

So what he cares about is something else.

"Well, it's hard to say. According to my preliminary research, two-dimensional materials have very different properties from ordinary materials. So my advice is not to worry about what it can do, but to worry about what it is like."

"What kind of thing is it?"

"Yes, allocate some resources to study what characteristics this thing has."

Several colleagues from the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry shared Gao Zhendong's words and naturally agreed with him wholeheartedly.

"Then in which direction do you think research would be more suitable?"

Hey, this thing is really promising! Don't be fooled by the fact that it might not be used in large quantities, it's a goldmine when it comes to winning awards!
Both the integer quantum Hall effect and the fractional quantum Hall effect are examples.

However, Gao Zhendong couldn't say this directly because the quantum Hall effect doesn't exist yet! This "doesn't exist" refers to the fact that the quantum Hall effect itself hasn't even been proposed yet.

Gao Zhendong himself had no interest in dealing with such high-level things, not even in copying them.

Whether or not it can be copied is a minor issue. Sometimes, the higher the level of something, the easier it is to copy, because it doesn't even require actual verification.

The main problem is that it's too extravagant to copy something that's far removed from practical applications and has no real use in the short term.

So it would be fine to leave it to interested comrades to work on.

"I think there are two directions worth exploring besides ordinary research: low temperature and strong magnetism. We know that under these two conditions, matter always undergoes some strange changes, or exhibits some special properties. Combining the two can also be quite interesting."

Another reason why Gao Zhendong himself wasn't interested in this was that he was too lazy to bother with low-temperature and strong magnetic field test environments. High-temperature tests were easy to do at the 17th Ministry of Machinery Industry, but low-temperature tests were a bit like trying to catch fish in a tree.

Moreover, considering the low temperature and magnetic field strength required for the quantum Hall effect, achieving such an environment is already a huge breakthrough, which is unnecessary and too extravagant for Gao Zhendong.

Everyone knows about superconductivity and superfluidity at low temperatures, so I think Gao Zhendong's suggestion is good.

"Hmm... the direction you mentioned is interesting. We'll work on it carefully later."

Thirty years later, two of the comrades present, standing on the podium in Northern Europe, said this about the incident.

"...I want to thank our country's Committee Member Gao Zhendong. First, as the discoverer of graphene, he provided the most fundamental research object for my research. Second, at the very beginning of the birth of graphene, he pointed out the direction of our research with the keen insight of the father of graphene..." Similar remarks appeared twice, once because of the integer quantum Hall effect and once because of the fractional quantum Hall effect.

Unlike Gao Zhendong's previous life, the relationship between these two proposals of the quantum Hall effect and graphene is reversed.
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In the capital, several leaders looked at the report on the "646 River Valley Ambush Incident" sent from the snowy plateau, their expressions a mixture of emotion and disdain.

"Imperialism is still determined to destroy us, but it's not a big deal. The more frantic they are, the more afraid they are," a leader laughed.

"But this is still a very serious matter. They are using a neighboring country's base to achieve their ulterior motives, and they remain a constant threat to our soldiers."

"Well, there's no such thing as guarding against thieves for a thousand days. But let's leave this matter to the comrades in the relevant departments. As long as we don't cause any problems ourselves, they can't change the overall situation. As for the specifics, I believe the comrades can handle it well."

This matter didn't even make it into our official newspapers; it was only mentioned briefly in our internal reference newspaper.

When Gao Zhendong saw it, he couldn't help but slap his thigh and shout "Good!"
This actually happened. Gao Zhendong originally thought that with the changing situation on the Tibetan Plateau, this matter would be blown away by the butterfly effect.

Unexpectedly, the American and John Bull are still so persistent, while the Gaoshan Kingdom is still so reckless.

When Gao Zhendong first saw the first few words of the internal report, the time and place made his heart skip a beat. He thought the matter would continue as it was, and if that happened, he would feel terrible.

But when he saw that the ambushers were 6 dead and 2 captured, and that John's crew, who were trying to take pictures, were also killed, wounded, or captured, he couldn't help but shout "Good!"

Originally, we were at a disadvantage because the enemy was caught off guard and had an extremely advantageous terrain. However, after the enemy's initial attack, the remaining comrades managed to retreat successfully thanks to their excellent individual combat skills.

But here, things are completely different.

With coordinated air and ground operations, they bombed what needed to be bombed and captured what needed to be captured, achieving such impressive results that Gao Zhendong naturally couldn't contain his excitement.

In reality, Gao Zhendong's concern led him astray. Under the cover of bulletproof vests, vehicle body armor, and front windshield armor plates, even if the beginning of the matter were the same as before, the outcome would not be the same.

Gao Zhendong's happiness means that someone must be unhappy, or even panicked.

On the very day Gao Zhendong saw this internal report, a formation consisting of 8 J-6s and 16 Z-7s flew to the edge of the world's roof on the snowy plateau, flying along our border with the mountainous country.

Moreover, one of them dropped several bombs on our own territory, slightly west of the central part of our border with the country of Gaoshan, and accurately hit its intended target.

These are routine drills and are not directed against any third party.

However, this startled the Sindhu (North) authorities, who assumed the planes were coming for them, since they were flying at a very high altitude and wanted to be seen by everyone.

Although we adhere to the peace agreement very well, it's inevitable that someone like Zhang San, who has never taken agreements seriously, will judge us with a cynical mind.

Once their radar could clearly see the plane's flight path, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, it wasn't aimed at them; rather, it seemed like Takayama Kuni next to them had somehow offended the East.

While they were relieved, they even started to have wicked thoughts. If the people of Dongda attacked Takayama, could they gain some advantage from it?

All I can say is that their inherent vices—most of whom are adept at "eating, drinking, gambling, smoking, cheating, swindling, and stealing"—are truly outrageous.

They were destined to be disappointed, and we never really intended to fight anywhere.

At the Langley Center, several senior employees sat together, their brows furrowed.

"The Kingdom of Gaoshan has notified us that we must close all our training camps there and withdraw all personnel and equipment related to this operation." The speaker was the person in charge of all operations in the East.

"Withdraw? They're scared by a few planes from the East? They overestimate themselves. The East has no interest in attacking them." The ones who understand you best are your enemies, like the one speaking right now.

"Even so, they are afraid that if they continue to provoke the other side, those bombs might actually land in their country. The landing point of those bombs, across the border, is the location of the training camp for the personnel participating in this ambush operation. Clearly, the Easterners have a lot of intelligence."

A senior employee chuckled dismissively: "When those Mishima reporters were captured, it was all destined. The Easterners don't even need to use any tricks; they'll be willing to reveal every little detail about their wives and lovers just to save their lives."

"Easterners don't have that habit." As the person in charge of Eastern affairs, this person was very clear about our style.

"That's not important. What's important is that people from John Bull have this habit." It's clear that this person has a very poor opinion of people from John Bull and is doing everything he can to mock them.

"Alright, mocking our allies won't solve our current problem. The question now is, what should we do?"

"What else can we do? Withdraw. That's the only thing I can do," said the person in charge of Eastern affairs.

“Could we do something within the High Mountain Country, for example…” Someone couldn’t help but think of the Langley Center’s traditional skills, which they were masters at.

The person in charge of Eastern affairs flatly refused: "No! That place borders the Easterners, and their power can be effectively projected there! Although it's somewhat difficult, it's easier than our large-scale projection of power. If we completely force the High Mountain Kingdom into their clutches, the consequences will be more serious than if we withdraw our training camps! It will leave all the people we've trained with no place to stand. As long as we withdraw, no one will exterminate them."

As the saying goes, the one who understands you best is your enemy.

"Don't Easterners not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries? The possibility you're talking about is untenable."

"But what if they were invited? Don't forget, they were once invited to fight south of Caiyun Province to eliminate the remaining rebels they had driven to a neighboring country."

Who will invite them?

"Not now, but if we make any rash moves there, perhaps we will," the person in charge of Eastern affairs said, sounding somewhat dejected.

(End of this chapter)