The top student must be diligent.

Chapter 216 Attention
Institute of Plasma Physics.

Zhao Zhanyou was holding a phone in his hand with a dazed expression, causing many people around him to look at him in confusion.

He was in a lounge of the Plasma Institute. Normally, the leaders of the institute would sit in this lounge and drink tea in their spare time.

This was mainly a habit brought by their previous director, because that director was from Shantou and felt uncomfortable if he didn't drink tea for a day, so the tea culture flourished among these leaders.

Just now they were drinking tea and chatting, and then Director Zhao received a call from Xiao Yi. He hadn't said a few words when it suddenly became like this?

Just when they were finally about to ask, Zhao Zhanyou uttered "Ah?"

At this moment, he was extremely shocked.

Was Xiao Yi serious about what he just said?
It was not until a long while later that he finally spoke: "No, buddy... Professor Xiao, are you sure you are not kidding? The Greenwald limit can be increased by another 35%?"

"Snapped!"

When a deputy director nearby heard this, he dropped the teacup in his hand to the ground and broke it.

"puff!"

There was another researcher who just took a sip of tea and spat it out.

As for the others, they were not much better.

But they didn't care about these little things. Soon, a group of people widened their eyes and looked at Zhao Zhanyou.

The only sound in the lounge was the phone.

Xiao Yi's voice came from the phone.

"Of course it's true. There's no need for me to lie to you about this."

He smiled cheerfully: "You also know that I proved the NS equation. When I was studying the Greenwald limit, I found that I had to prove the smoothness of the solution of the NS equation before I could continue. So I studied the NS equation. Fortunately, I succeeded in the end."

Zhao Zhanyou: “…”

He slapped himself on the forehead.

Oh my God, what is going on!
To be honest, he asked Xiao Yi to study this problem only because Xiao Yi said that he could help them solve a problem. And he happened to be studying this aspect during that time, so he thought of it temporarily and asked Xiao Yi to help study this problem.

As a result, Xiao Yi actually solved it now?
What the hell...

"Hmm? Director Zhao, is there any problem?" At this time, Xiao Yi on the other end of the phone heard that Zhao Zhanyou had no response for a long time, and couldn't help but ask.

"Oh, no, of course not... How should I put it, I... I..."

Zhao Zhanyou quickly responded, but as he spoke, he didn't know what to say.

Until the end, he said helplessly: "Professor Xiao, you really make me at a loss for words."

"I was just talking casually at the time... Well, forget it, I won't say much. Um, can I see your paper now?"

Xiao Yi smiled and said, "I am at Chaohu Mingyue right now. I just brought my model to them today and calculated the 35% result. It will probably take two days for the paper to be published. After I sort out the results, I will upload them to my personal website, and you can just download them then."

"Okay, it really is..." Zhao Zhanyou thought for a long time, and finally could only say: "You have worked so hard."

"It's not hard at all. It also inspired me to solve the NS equations."

Xiao Yi smiled, and then said: "Okay, then I won't bother Director Zhao anymore. I will tell you after the paper is sent out."

"Okay, okay."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Zhanyou wiped the sweat from his forehead.

When he came to his senses and looked around again, he was suddenly shocked to see that the group of leaders of the research institute had surrounded him at some point.

"Hey hey hey! What are you guys doing?"

He stood up immediately and looked at the group of people with caution.

"What's the Greenwald limit you mentioned to Xiao Yi just now? Can the limit be increased by another 35%?"

As soon as the voice sounded, Academician Li Jiangan asked the first question.

"Well, when Xiao Yi first came to visit us, he said he could help us solve a problem, so I said I hoped he could help study whether the Greenwald limit has really been reached." Zhao Zhanyou said, "Academician Li, you were also there at the time, so you should remember this incident."

Li Jiangan nodded. He did remember this incident.

When Xiao Yi came to visit them for the first time, they hoped to reach a cooperation with Xiao Yi, ask for funding from above, and build another tokamak device.

But Xiao Yi rejected it and changed it to this condition.

At that time, he didn't really care about this matter. Although Xiao Yi was indeed a genius, he didn't think that this genius could quickly understand nuclear physics and nuclear fusion, let alone help them solve any problems.

But now...

"So, you mean to say that he solved the problem directly?"

Li Jiangan widened his eyes.

"Anyway, that's what he said. We'll have to wait two days for the paper." Zhao Zhanyou shrugged.

At this time, someone asked: "But wasn't he studying the NS equation some time ago? How did he find the time to study the Greenwald limit?"

Upon hearing this question, everyone looked at Zhao Zhanyou.

"Uh, well..." Zhao Zhanyou said, "Don't be afraid after I tell you."

Li Jiangan said unhappily, "Who told you I was scared? Tell me now."

Zhao Zhanyou took a deep breath and leaned forward, as if he was going to tell a great secret, and said, "He studied the NS equation some time ago because when he was studying the Greenwald limit problem, he found that he had to prove the smoothness of the NS equation before he could continue. So the reason why he studied the NS equation some time ago was because of the Greenwald limit problem!"

Now, it was the turn of the plasma institute leaders around him to drop their jaws.

"what?!"

"Sigh~"

Amid the sounds of shock and gasps, the temperature in the lounge dropped several degrees.

Even Academician Li Jiangan opened his mouth in surprise and swore.

"What the hell..."

Just because of a Greenwald limit problem, the NS equations were solved?
"Isn't this just using a butcher knife to kill a chicken?"

"Is this for making dumplings for the sake of vinegar?"

"Isn't this just showing off your sword in front of Guan Gong?"

Zhao Zhanyou chuckled: "Does this count as me benefiting the academic community? Those who study fluid mechanics should thank me."

After Li Jiangan and the others looked at each other for a while, Academician Li glared at Zhao Zhanyou and said, "You are so old, and you are still trying to be clever. You are wasting God's gift!"

"Who told you to speak so carelessly in the first place? Wouldn't it be better if Xiao Yi could help solve other problems? For example, the problem of tritium breeding blankets, plasma conduction, energy extraction, and Greenwald limit are not as important as these problems."

Zhao Zhanyou: “???”
My goodness, no one cared about it at first, but now people are saying that he is wasting resources?

You are the director and I am the director?
But after taking a look at Li Jiangan's glaring eyes, Zhao Zhanyou finally shrank his neck and moved his mouth, indicating in his heart that he would not quarrel with the old man.

"You're right, you're right." Li Jiangan didn't argue with Zhao Zhanyou. After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's wait until Xiao Yi's paper is published, and then invite him over. Then we can ask him about his intention to cooperate."

Zhao Zhanyou asked, "Will he agree? That would cost a lot of money, right? I heard that he applied to expand the Science Island laboratory some time ago, and the higher-ups have approved a lot of money for him."

Li Jiangan shook his head and said, "The funding issue is not important now. The most important thing is to ask him what he thinks about achieving controlled nuclear fusion."

He let out a long breath and said, "I never thought that Xiao Yi could study nuclear physics to such an extent so quickly. Maybe he can really help us take a big step forward in achieving controlled nuclear fusion?"

……

Time passed quickly.

Two days later, Xiao Yi uploaded the paper to his personal website.

The Institute of Plasma Physics also received the news and downloaded the paper immediately.

Although this achievement does not have much practical significance at present, if the final conclusion is correct, they only need to conduct an experiment in the EAST to verify the result, and finally they will be able to publish an article in a top journal.

Of course, in addition to the Institute of Plasma Physics who were able to see this paper first, some self-media also browsed Xiao Yi’s personal website as usual in order to find some news, and then discovered this paper.

Suddenly these self-media became excited.

Wow, the paper on the NS equation was just published not long ago, and it is also a hot topic of discussion at the moment, but Xiao Yi actually completed another one.

Look at the title again: "A new model based on the NS equations and multi-fluid model can further increase the Greenwald limit by 35%"

That’s a long title, What is the Greenwald Limit?
It doesn't matter, it looks pretty cool.

Look at the abstract again.

I boil!

Nuclear fusion!
As we all know, in news in the scientific field, room-temperature superconductors and nuclear fusion are definitely the number one keywords. As long as there is relevant research news, it will inevitably trigger various discussions.

Not to mention, this was the result of Xiao Yi's work.

So these self-media began to rush to submit manuscripts. For the papers they discovered during the day, they would shoot videos and write articles on the same evening and upload them to various platforms.

Soon, Xiao Yi's paper spread.

"Controlled nuclear fusion is expected to be realized! Xiao Yi: Greenwald limit can be further improved by 35%!"

"Xiao Yi has started to study controlled nuclear fusion. Is it still far from achieving nuclear fusion?"

"Shock! Xiao Yi actually solved the problem of controlled nuclear fusion..."

……

In China, netizens are already going wild.

[Oh my god! Is this true?! God Xiao just solved the millennium problem, and now he has set his sights on controlled nuclear fusion? Will I be able to use fusion power within five years?]

[A very important point in controlled nuclear fusion is the control of plasma fluid. Maybe Xiao Shen studied the NS equation just to study controlled nuclear fusion? ]

【It makes sense! 】

[Okay, okay, now that God Xiao has begun researching nuclear fusion, how far is humanity from entering Level 1.0 civilization?]

[Every century brings forth a powerful person. I think the powerful person of this century is God Xiao.]

However, among the many cheers, there are naturally some sarcastic voices.

[Come on, why are you still talking about Xiao Shen? How embarrassing! Does anyone really think Xiao Yi can develop nuclear fusion? No way? Do you really think nuclear fusion is some kind of cabbage? ]

[Pringles' charming moment. Anyone with a little education knows how difficult it is to achieve controlled nuclear fusion. Why are you still imagining it? Let's not talk about other things for now. Let's just talk about the first wall material. Does anyone really think Xiao Yi can research it? ]

Faced with these mocking voices, other netizens certainly did not hold back.

[What are you comparing to? Do you have an extra piece of meat in your head? Do you think you have a high IQ? All you can do every day is say some discouraging words, and all you have in your head is history. ]

[Dian Zhongdian, are you going to ask what this has to do with your monthly salary of 3000 yuan? ]

……

For a while, all kinds of hostility filled the air.

However, after learning the news, foreign netizens were also filled with anger, but their anger was directed at their own scientists.

[Xiao Yi has started to study controlled nuclear fusion, what are our scientists doing? ]

【Our scientists are still supporting the diversity movement.】

[Instead of focusing on our scientists, we should focus on our children first. Musk’s son is already mentally dead! Maybe in a few years, everyone’s children will be mentally dead. ]

This must be a system problem.

……

What probably made most people unimaginable was that the news that Xiao Yi had begun researching nuclear fusion even reached the White House.

"Mr. President, wake up, wake up."

In the President's office, the Secretary of State was reporting some situations, but as he was reporting, he saw his own president closed his eyes.

He had to stop and report and shouted a few times.

The president opened his eyes again and after a moment's pause, he said, "Oh, excuse me, Mr. Secretary of State, where did you report to?"

The Secretary of State sighed and then said, "One last thing. The CIA just sent a message saying that the genius scientist in China has begun researching controlled nuclear fusion."

The president hesitated for a moment before asking, "Controlled nuclear fusion? What is that?"

Secretary of State: “… All in all, you can think of it as a more powerful energy source than oil.”

Upon hearing this, the president immediately sat up straight and asked, "Are they going to succeed in their research?"

"No, they just asked us to evaluate this matter. However, according to the simple assessment of the President's Science and Technology Advisory Committee, what Xiao Yi is researching is of little significance to the realization of controlled nuclear fusion. The only thing we need to pay attention to is that Xiao Yi has terrifying potential, and we cannot rule out the possibility that he will achieve a major breakthrough in this technology in the future."

"Xiao Yi? I seem to have heard of this name before." The president said, "But, has anyone ever tried to keep such a scientist in the United States?"

The Secretary of State shook his head and said, "According to the CIA's character profile of him, this man is very lazy, especially when it comes to traveling abroad, and..."

When he raised his head and looked at the president again, he shook his head helplessly. The president closed his eyes and distracted himself again.

Forget it. Anyway, according to the final evaluation, the realization of controlled nuclear fusion may not be very likely. Although the Science and Technology Advisory Committee has given a reminder to pay attention to the possibility that Xiao Yi may achieve a breakthrough in this technology in the future, this kind of vague reminder is at most a blank part left by these consultants to evade responsibility.

You can believe it, but you can't believe it completely.

Just keep paying attention to Xiao Yi.

Regardless, this is indeed a Chinese scientist who has influenced the American economy.

The Secretary of State was thinking about the information about Xiao Yi in his mind, and then he left the President's office without interrupting him.

……

(End of this chapter)