Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1358 The Silly Pillar Who Couldn't Figure It Out (4k)

Although school is about to start, there is still a chance to attend a vocational school. Now, not only Jinchen, but factories from nearby provinces are also trying to get their hands on Jinchen, since the education here is the most reliable.

Gao Zhendong didn't say whether it was good or bad, but just smiled and said, "Teacher Yan, what do you think? What does Jiefang think? You should ask him about this, right?"

Yan Bugui was prepared: "I asked, and they said to listen to the adults. They said we've crossed more bridges than they've walked roads, so listening to the adults is the right thing to do." This wasn't entirely unreasonable, but Gao Zhendong felt that it probably wasn't Yan Lao Er who said it.

"What do you think? This is a lifelong matter, and it's not appropriate for outsiders to say anything casually." Gao Zhendong shook his head. Some things really are inconvenient to say casually, especially when he doesn't want to lend a hand.

Yan Bugui laughed and said, "I was also thinking about it, that's why I came to ask you." Yan Bugui hadn't forgotten those times when Chief Engineer Gao gave him opportunities, but he hadn't seized them.

Gao Zhendong thought about it for a while, but still didn't give a definite answer, mainly because the matter was a bit complicated.

“I don’t know what your family thinks, I can only tell you what opportunities you have if you don’t go to a vocational school,” Gao Zhendong said.

“Yes, please tell me,” Yan Bugui said.

Gao Zhendong laughed and said, "If you go to a regular high school, and you can't get into a university, you can go to a junior college. If you can't even get into a junior college, you can join the army. The army is a great school, the best place to train people."

These are the normal roads; Gao Zhendong's statement is essentially meaningless.

But for Yan Bugui, the important thing was the part that Gao Zhendong hadn't said directly.

Gao Zhendong wouldn't mind lending a hand if Yan Bugui and Yan Lao Er were willing. However, it was too early and there were too many variables, so Gao Zhendong couldn't give any definite answer.

Although I don't have a very good impression of Yan Bugui, at least the old man hasn't done anything too outrageous. As for Yan Lao Er, he's much better than the others in Liu Haizhong's family; he treats his father as his father and his son as his son.

Yan Bugui grinned: "Let me think about it some more, let me think about it some more."

Gao Zhendong nodded and smiled, "Okay, take your time thinking about it."

He didn't say much more; this matter was a bit complicated and couldn't be explained.

Not long after Yan Bugui entered the house, there was a "ding-a-ling" sound, and Sha Zhu rode back on his bicycle with a woman sitting on the back seat.

Gao Zhendong was about to greet her when he took a closer look and realized something was wrong; the woman had pigtails.

It's not Qin Huairu, it's Qin Jinru.

Upon seeing Gao Zhendong, Sha Zhu stopped his car with a smile, letting Qin Jinru go into the Intermediate People's Court by herself, and taking his bicycle and lunchbox with him. He himself stayed behind to chat with Gao Zhendong for a few minutes.

Well, that's exactly what I was thinking. Gao Zhendong thought to himself, "Perfect timing."

"What happened? Sister Qin didn't come back with you?" Gao Zhendong's words were loaded with meaning.

Sha Zhu was completely unaware: "I'm working overtime today. Jin Ru and I happen to be on the same shift, so we came back together."

"This kid's head's a bit off," Gao Zhendong shook his head.

"Qin Jinru is working the same shift as you?" Gao Zhendong didn't say anything directly, but asked with a smile. Qin Jinru had already gotten her wish and got a temporary job in the No. 3 Rolling Mill canteen, on Sha Zhu's turf.

"Yes, they're family, so I have to take care of them. They're in the same class as me, so I can keep an eye on them too."

Sha Zhu thought it made no problem. Although it was impossible for him to teach her as an apprentice, it was fine to take care of her and show her a few tricks. That would be enough.

"You're so stupid." Gao Zhendong slapped him on the forehead, and Sha Zhu was stunned.

He was stunned not because Gao Zhendong slapped him. Even if Gao Zhendong had slapped him hard, let alone the joking force, Sha Zhu would have known there must have been some reason.

He was stunned, wondering what mistake he had made again, but he couldn't figure it out.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Sha Zhu asked in a low voice.

Gao Zhendong didn't say anything else, but gave him an example: "Look at Deputy Factory Director Li's nephew, when has he ever worked under him for even half a day?"

Comrade Xiao Li calls Gao Zhendong "Teacher" so affectionately every day. Moreover, even before the Third Branch Factory was established, he was assigned to work under Gao Zhendong. The young man is observant and knows how to handle things, which Sha Zhu knows very well.

Gao Zhendong's words stunned Sha Zhu.

He recalled Qin Huairu's words: "When you don't know how to do something, listen to Chief Engineer Gao; when you know how to do it, still listen to Chief Engineer Gao. Only when Chief Engineer Gao doesn't interfere should you listen to yourself."

That's right. What kind of person is Deputy Factory Director Li? He doesn't even put his relatives under his nose to work. Who does he think he is? We should learn from Old Li when it comes to this kind of thing.

Moreover, Zhendong cited Deputy Factory Director Li as an example, which shows that his approach must be correct.

Gao Zhendong said, "I know you want to take good care of Sister Qin's relatives, but your approach is harmful in every way. You can be firm in sending someone in, but once they're in, don't keep them by your side every day, especially since she's a young woman."

Gao Zhendong didn't bring up the topic of men and women; at most, he touched on the fear of gossip. Sha Zhu himself clearly didn't have that intention. If Gao Zhendong insisted on saying it, it would be truly absurd if Sha Zhu "awakened" to something.

Sha Zhu thought about it and realized that it really was true; it was too conspicuous.

However, the issues behind this are far more complex than just being conspicuous, but that's all Sha Zhu could think of.

"What if someone bullies her?" He didn't understand this point.

"Then bully her. Can you protect her forever? Besides, with your connections, those shrewd people in the logistics and canteen won't go too far. If she really gets too bad, as long as it doesn't happen in front of you and you see it with your own eyes, she should tell Sister Qin and have Sister Qin find you before you can step in."

Aside from those like Sha Zhu who got in through a combination of favors, luck, and hard work, there are plenty of shrewd people in the logistics and canteen departments.

"Why go through all this trouble?" You leaders always overthink things.

Why? Because this girl is younger than Qin Huairu. You may think you have nothing to hide, but who knows what Qin Huairu is thinking?

"Why the hell are there so many questions? Just listen to me, you won't go wrong," Gao Zhendong laughed.

"I understand." Sha Zhu decided to stop thinking about it; someone had already thought it through for him.
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This was the day the journal *Nature* was published. A condensed matter physicist from Johns Hopkins University leisurely flipped through the newly acquired journal's table of contents.

Suddenly, his relaxed expression froze.

He rubbed his eyes, hurriedly grabbed the glasses cloth from his desk, wiped his glasses, put them back on his nose, and carefully looked at the journal catalog again.

I'm not seeing things!

Preparation of two-dimensional monolayer carbon atom materials and their electric field effect.

In addition to preparing graphene, Gao Zhendong also followed the path of his predecessors and did some research on the properties of graphene to make the paper more substantial. However, he did not do much more; this much was enough.

That's certainly enough, as can be seen from the performance of this condensed matter physicist.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" The physicist murmured, looking at the unfamiliar yet vaguely familiar name on the paper.

This is a paper from the East! They must have done something to gain publicity.

While Easterners have indeed made some small achievements in the fields of computer science and high-energy physics, condensed matter physics is not yet their domain.

Thinking of this, he saw the cover of the magazine, Nature.

Nature may also publish fabricated papers, but this is not common, and he calmed down a bit.

Plagiarism in such journals, once discovered, essentially means the complete destruction of one's entire academic career, and even previous honors will vanish. The cost is extremely high, and the risk is immense.

Let's take a look then; at least we should read it before we can refute it.

The physicist quickly flipped to that page in the journal, but a few lines in the abstract immediately made him doubt whether he had made a mistake; the paper was a complete fabrication.

This revolutionary material was actually made by tearing it out with super adhesive tape!
Absurd! Utterly absurd! The scientific literacy and academic ethics of people from the East are indeed not trustworthy!

This kind of argument, which could even cause strong physical discomfort to people in related fields, made him so angry that he threw the journal into the trash can.

After a long pause, he stood up and retrieved the journal from the trash can. He knew that he was completely overwhelmed by the psychological shock of his shattered beliefs, and once he calmed down, he had to look at this new achievement objectively.

Whether it's true or false, you need to understand it before you can speak. Science is objective, at least before the advent of quantum mechanics.

Not long after, his roar echoed through the office: "Get me a piece of highly oriented graphite! Highly oriented! Highly oriented!"

Similar situations have been playing out repeatedly around the world during this period, with the timing depending on when the latest issue of Nature is delivered.

In a certain oasis alliance school in the kingdom, a professor looked up from his test report at a dark object in front of him.

Before him lay a piece of pyrolytic graphite connected to the matrix.

"I originally thought that the discovery of two-dimensional materials by that Asian was already shocking, but I didn't expect that just obtaining the 'highly oriented graphite' mentioned in his paper was a difficult thing enough."

The paper only mentioned "high orientation," without mentioning "pyrolysis" at all. Fortunately, as a professor of condensed matter physics at Oasis College, he had sufficient knowledge of these things.

With the help of a military laboratory, he finally obtained the highly oriented pyrolytic graphite he needed. These days, advanced technology is all found in military-related laboratories.

Even if the technology isn't there, the right equipment is likely there. These days, military spending can be described as unlimited.

The professor handed the graphite to his assistant and instructed, "Have Doyle and Davis conduct experiments to verify the results as soon as possible, following the methods described in the Eastern paper!"

The assistant was taken aback: "Professor, isn't this a bit inappropriate? Doyle is from Dubolin on Green Island, while Davis's ancestral home is in Flower Skirt."

If we're talking about which country hates Green Island the most, then the people from Green Island would definitely be in the top three. After all, under Green Island's utterly incompetent rule, a famine could reduce Green Island's population by about a quarter. What's even more incompetent is that Green Island didn't actually lack the thing the people of Green Island desperately needed at the time—potatoes.

What does the starvation on Green Island have to do with my three islands in floral dresses?

In this context, the fact that Doyle didn't poke Davis twice is a testament to his good temper.

"What does that have to do with me? This is a kingdom, and it has nothing to do with where they come from. If they can't do their job, I don't mind replacing them." Graduate students at the Oasis Alliance don't graduate easily, and these students desperately need substantial achievements to enrich their resumes, and this is one of them.

Although the discovery was made and studied by people from the East, the act of reproducing it is itself a very important task, because it is new enough and shocking enough to the entire professional field.

In the process of reproduction, any research that is casually added can be considered a significant study.

This is why this condensed matter physics professor, even going so far as to curry favor with the military, wanted to get his hands on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite as quickly as possible; he had to get ahead of everyone else.

On this unconventional and even somewhat absurd topic, meat undoubtedly belongs to the East, but even the bones are enough to make others rich and satisfied.

Gao Zhendong's groundbreaking paper on the world's first two-dimensional material, published in Nature, shocked the entire condensed matter physics community, but even greater waves were brewing.

The key reason is that no one has yet replicated this achievement. For some researchers, highly oriented graphite is not too rare, but it is not very common either, and it takes time to prepare.

Gao Zhendong's paper was published not long ago. After all, other journals like Nature are not like their own laser journals. Although this groundbreaking achievement has made Nature's editors pay enough attention to it, the time and page arrangement still need to be followed.

For this professor, all he needed was time; otherwise, he wouldn't have forced the two—his best graduate students—to be experimented on together, knowing full well the conflict between the Green Islanders and the John Three Islanders.

He had many competitors. Although he was one of the people closest to the printing press of the journal and theoretically received it the earliest, don't forget that there was a group of people who were definitely ahead of him.

A reviewer for the journal *Nature*! This is ZhenDong.Gao's colleague, and also ZhenDong.Gao himself!

The only person he guessed wrong was Gao Zhendong. Gao Zhendong himself had absolutely no interest in continuing to research this stuff and just wanted to hand it over to someone else.

Thinking of his two students, the professor decided to let them be patient. A completely new field that had not yet been explored would bring them rich rewards, and at least if everything went smoothly, their graduation would not be a problem.

The nightmare of delayed graduation for graduate students is enough to suppress any dissent.

(End of this chapter)