The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 155 Li Mu, it’s time for you to show your talents again
A special material starts at at least 7G, and the largest one is even 20G. This is a compressed package, and it will take some time to download it all.

"Wait, is there something wrong with this speed?" Li Mu's eyes suddenly narrowed as he watched the download speed change from 100KB/s to 10KB/s, his eyes full of astonishment.

Could it be that the energy has been used up, so the speed is getting slower and slower?

Just when he was wondering, a "ding~" sound suddenly rang in his mind, the sound of a message alert.

Ask: "Li, the fish here are so easy to catch. I've only been fishing for the whole morning and I've already caught several big fish weighing seven or eight kilograms! Picture Jpg."

"It's just that the road is a bit far. It takes several hours to drive here."

"But it doesn't matter. It's much better than the river near Oak Ridge Laboratory. Otherwise, those people would come looking for me every now and then and scare all my fish away!"

Looking at the news, Li Mu temporarily put aside his doubts and said:

"Asker, I guess those people are a little anxious because they saw you fishing leisurely."

"When you go back this time, you can make fish soup out of these fish and give it to them to try, but don't mention negotiations."

"Just wait for another two days, I think there should be some movement."

"Okay, I'll listen to you and go back right away. The water tank is full anyway and it won't be able to hold any more." Ask agreed immediately.

Li Mu replied with an emoticon pack of "Come on jpg" and continued to check the reason for the slowdown in download speed.

He soon discovered that the WIFI signal of Oak Ridge National Laboratory had dropped from 4 bars to 1 bar!
I hurriedly opened the WIFI list, and sure enough, the WIFI signals of the University of Tennessee Library had decreased to varying degrees.

"It can't be that I really don't have enough energy, but I don't feel like I'm getting hungrier." Li Mu couldn't help but frown.

Looking at the download bar moving forward at a snail's pace, he wished he could fill it up himself.

He knew that time was precious, so he picked up the information he thought was important and downloaded it first. He didn't expect that he still couldn't download all of it!

……

Arrived at the Agricultural College.

Li Mu calmed himself down and prepared to look for Chen Xiaxing.

I asked a student for directions, and he pointed to a wheat field in the distance and said, "Professor Chen, he is giving a lecture over there. You can see him if you go straight along this road."

Following the students' instructions, Li Mu came to a wheat field, stood on the ridge and looked into the distance.

Under the scorching afternoon sun, Chen Xiaxing was leading a group of students, holding a bunch of wheat ears in his hands and explaining seriously.

Without interrupting the class, Li Mu quietly walked over, made a hushing gesture to the students who were giving the lecture, and then followed to listen to the class.

Chen Xiaxing:
"Before the establishment of the New Xia Kingdom, our country's wheat cultivation methods were relatively backward. We used a hoe to break the soil in the original ridges, sowed the seeds with a gourd, covered the soil with a small puller, and used a gourd to press and draw moisture. There was a lack of field management after the seedlings were planted."

"It was not until after 55 that extensive farming was changed to intensive farming, with improved seeds and pesticides mixed with seeds, and flat sowing and mechanical drilling were implemented..."

……

Listening to the content of the lecture, Li Mu guessed that Chen Xiaxing was teaching the new students who had just enrolled this year.

Although the professor's knowledge was basic, he still benefited a lot from it.

In terms of agronomy, his previous experience was mostly in pesticide science, and he knew almost nothing about crop cultivation.

He originally planned to find an opportunity to ask Ask for information again, but after getting a WIFI signal, he changed his mind.

If the WiFi changes according to Ask's location, then he can look for the agricultural laboratory, where the information will be more complete.

But now there is a problem with the signal, so we have to reconsider how to ask Ask for help.

……

Just when Li Mu was a little distracted, Chen Xiaxing's lecture came to an end. Looking at this group of children who had just entered university and were listening attentively in the sunshine without a single complaint, he nodded with satisfaction.

Agronomy has never been an easy major. Working in the fields is a common thing. Without practice, no matter how good the theory is, it will be useless.

"Okay, everyone take a break and drink some water, we will continue talking later." Chen Xiaxing waved his hand and asked everyone to take a rest.

However, the students did not leave in a hurry, but stared at him curiously.

——No, I was staring behind him.

Chen Xiaxing turned his head and saw Li Mu standing there. He was stunned for a moment, then showed a happy expression and said:

"When did you come? Why did you stand there for so long without saying a word?"

"It just so happened that I happened to meet you, Professor Chen, teaching a class. It was a great opportunity for me to listen and benefit a lot from it!" Li Mu said with a smile.

The way the two talked aroused the curiosity of many students around them.

They originally thought that Li Mu was a late student, but looking at this attitude, why is their professor quite polite?
Chen Xiaxing smiled and said:
"No need. These are all very basic things. If you want to know, I recommend a few books. You will understand everything after reading them."

"I am confident in your learning ability, so I have made a targeted study plan for you. In the early stage, you will mainly read a lot of agricultural professional books to make up for the basics."

"When you reach the middle and late stages of learning, you can do cultivation experiments, but cultivation experiments are long-term research, and I'm afraid the results won't be as fast as pesticides."

At the end, he couldn't help but give a reminder.

Li Mu is indeed talented, but it takes time for crops to mature, which is far from being like pesticides, semiconductors, and steel metallurgy, where research can progress quickly if there is inspiration.

"Don't worry, Professor Chen, I'm ready!" Li Mu said solemnly.

……

Afterwards, after finishing the class, the two came to Chen Xiaxing’s teacher’s dormitory at the Agricultural College.

After entering the room, Chen Xiaxing first found seven or eight books from the study, stuffed them all at once to Li Mu, and said:
"Take these back and read them first. If you have any questions, come and ask me."

"Plant cultivation is not just about wheat. It also includes rice, soybeans and other crops. You should think carefully about your future research direction."

"By the way, I remember you've graduated, right? Are you planning to study for a master's degree? Our college can directly guarantee you a place in graduate school. Are you interested?"

As he was talking, he couldn't help but bring up the topic of postgraduate studies.

Hearing this, Li Mu said helplessly: "Professor Chen, I haven't even finished my graduation thesis and defense yet, so I haven't thought about it so much for now."

"It's okay, it's okay, take your time to think about it, but if you have any ideas, you must tell me as soon as possible." Chen Xiaxing said with a smile.

The fact that Li Muken came to study crop cultivation has proved that he has a great interest in agronomy.

As long as he guides Li Mu well, he will definitely be able to lure Li Mu to the Agricultural College.

Holding a pile of professional books, Li Mu said goodbye to Chen Xiaxing and left the Agricultural College.

Back in the dormitory, he sat at the table and pondered.

Since the download speed has slowed down, we can only delete some relatively unimportant data.

"But each one of them is very important!" Li Mu sighed in his heart.

Each one was carefully selected by him and he couldn't bear to part with them.

But no matter how reluctant you are, you have to delete it. There is no point in keeping the data that you can't download.

Thinking of this, he reluctantly prepared to start deleting.

However, after opening the chat page, Li Mu was suddenly stunned and rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

Download speed, 100KB/s!

WIFI signal, full bars!
He looked at the speed and signal of the restoration, and was filled with disbelief: "What's going on? It's back to normal. I'm not suddenly very hungry."

"Could it be that I am wrong, and the reduction in speed has nothing to do with energy?"

"But...it has something to do with distance?" He thought of another possibility.

The reason why he initially linked signals and energy together was because he regarded the chat page as a "system".

Maintaining the system requires energy, of course.

But after the WIFI signal appeared, his daily energy needs did not increase.

Then this energy reason is ruled out, and another somewhat outrageous possibility emerges.

Li Mu thought to himself:

"Has Ask become my humanoid WIFI signal receiver?"

"He went out fishing today and was far away from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, so the WiFi signal was weak."

"And now that he's back, everything is back to normal."

When I think about it this way, everything seems to make sense.

Originally, Ask's broken mobile phone made Li Mu think that the signal was received through the mobile phone.

I didn’t expect it to be tied to Ask!
"It seems that we need to find a way to let Ask stay in Oak Ridge National Laboratory for a few more days." Li Mu pondered for a moment.

Since the download speed is related to the distance, Ask has to stay at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory at least until he finishes downloading these 200G.

He was not worried about the time. After all, with Ask's level, it would not be easy to reach an agreement.

The only problem was how to stop Ask from traveling so far to fish.

Thinking of this, he immediately sent a message: "Aske, don't go too far to fish tomorrow, just fish right next to them."

"Ah, why?" Ask on the other end quickly sent a reply, his tone full of confusion.

Li Mu explained in a serious tone: "Let them see your leisurely appearance, and then they will be anxious."

……

Two days passed in a flash.

After stabilizing Ask, Li Mu increased the download task again, increasing the file size to 500G.

At a speed of 100KB/s, 6MB per minute, 360MB per hour, and 8.64G per day.

Of course, Ask couldn't stay in the room all day or go fishing nearby. He would occasionally go shopping or take a walk farther away.

But the data fluctuations are basically small, and it is stable at 8G per day.

But it will take 53 days to download all of them.

There is no way Ask will stay that long. If the negotiations fail, their research institute will definitely replace people.

Unless what Li Mu had guessed about that little day was true.

But this kind of thing is hard to say, he can only try his best to delay time.

……

On this day, when Li Mu was conducting a cypermethrin ratio experiment at the Agricultural Research Institute, a "good news" came from Ask:

"Li, your method is so useful. They really couldn't keep their composure. I followed the method you taught me and cut the price down to 500 million dollars!"

Cutting the price from 3000 million to 500 million can be said to be a direct blow to the aorta.

Although the offer might have been inflated, Li Mu had to admit that Ask was a genius at bargaining.

But this news was like a bolt from the blue for him.

"Actually, I think the price can be lowered further." Li Mu tried to retain him. If Ask left now, the additional 400G of data would be really huge.

Ask: "I feel it can't go any lower. When I said 500 million, the other party's reaction was the same as you taught me. It was obviously the limit they could accept."

"You've learned well. Congratulations. You are undoubtedly a great contributor to your research institute!" Li Mu forced a smile.

For the first time, he felt regretful for having taught Ask so well.

Ask said happily:

"Hey, Li, this is all thanks to you."

"When the research institute heard the news, they were all shocked."

"I can finally go back tomorrow!"

Seeing the joy overflowing between the lines of his words, Li Mu smiled helplessly and gave up the idea of ​​keeping Ask.

It is indeed possible to force myself to stay for a few more days, but the value of the downloaded information is not more important than maintaining a good relationship with Ask.

Fortunately, although the information on neutron calculation, energy and high-performance computing has not been downloaded completely, the information on hand is enough for him to digest for quite some time.

Let alone other things, even if it is special materials like carbon fiber, he has to think carefully before he can get them out smoothly.

……

Close the chat page.

Li Mu finished the cypermethrin ratio experiment at hand, recorded the data, said goodbye to Mi Shenghua and others, and left the Agricultural Research Institute.

Finding the ratio is not something that can be accomplished overnight. He came here mainly to understand the progress and accumulate experimental experience.

……

back to school.

Li Mu picked up the professional books on companion cultivation and began to read them one by one.

He could memorize the entire book very quickly, and then go to Chen Xiaxing to get another batch to continue memorizing.

Although such behavior is "genius" enough, the foundation it lays is very unreliable and will inevitably lead to endless troubles in the future.

Anyway, he doesn't have any pressure at the moment, so it's okay for him to learn and understand and digest at the same time.

……

The sun sets over the mountains, and the evening sun shines red.

Li Mu stretched, touched his empty stomach, and stood up to go to the cafeteria for dinner.

Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open and Guan Jianmin walked in hurriedly.

His face was full of joy and he said:

"Good news, good news!"

"The higher-ups intend to hold a national discussion on exporting industrial products to earn foreign exchange, which is expected to be held at the Great Hall of the People at the end of this month."

"Li Mu, now it's time for you to show your talents again."

Zhao Canjun, who was standing by, also smiled and said, "What a coincidence! Li Mu just proposed to make an electronic watch. This thing will definitely shine at the discussion meeting!"

"Who says it's not true? I think maybe this discussion might be because of electronic watches." Guan Jianmin said with a smile.

Facing the flattery of the two, Li Mu waved his hand with amusement and said, "That's enough, I've been flattered. If you flatter me again, I'll be proud."

"Please explain clearly first, why did the higher-ups suddenly think of holding this discussion meeting?"

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