The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 166 Professor Qian: My level isn’t that far off, right?

"Technically, the first issues to be solved are rocket technology and high-speed flight technology, including the power system of the launch vehicle, the design and manufacturing process of the launch vehicle, and the flight trajectory of the launch vehicle-level interstellar spacecraft."

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Sitting next to the podium, Li Mu was a little reserved at first, but as he listened, he soon became absorbed in it.

Interstellar spacecraft, something that seems a bit outrageous in later generations, is now talked about extensively by Professor Qian Wu in university lecture halls.

It is not just talk that top scientists often have vision that is ahead of their time.

Just like the virtual reality technology that has been written about in many online novels in later generations, Mr. Qian brought it up in his later years and called it - spiritual realm.

Those who don’t know might really think that virtual reality is a product of the rapid development of computers in the 21st century.

"As expected of Mr. Qian!" Li Mu couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he listened.

Teacher Qian Wu’s explanation is easy to understand and almost meticulous. He can easily come up with various definitions and principles. His technological ideas may sound bold at first, but are very reasonable upon closer inspection.

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The class lasted the entire afternoon, with only a 10-minute break in the middle, but no student complained.

When the school bell rang, many students were still reluctant to leave and came forward to ask Teacher Qian for advice.

The latter was not at all arrogant and answered the students' questions one by one.

Li Mu stood aside and was not in a hurry to step forward. It was basically impossible for him to ask any valuable questions at his current level.

You shouldn’t ask questions because you don’t understand something. Instead, you should ask questions when you don’t understand something and you try hard to find a solution but fail in the end.

Otherwise, there is no difference between them and the freeloaders.

Just as Li Mu was listening carefully to the questions the students asked Mr. Qian Wushi and taking the opportunity to supplement his knowledge.

Qi Sanfen, who I met at noon, came over and said in disbelief, "No, brother, you know Professor Qian, so why would he let you sit next to him?"

"We've only met a few times. Professor Qian let me sit down when there were no seats left." Li Mu said with a smile.

Qi Sanfen became interested and asked, "I forgot to ask your name just now. You are from Beijing Institute of Technology and in the Department of Physics, right? What year are you in?"

"Li Mu, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has already graduated." Li Mu said.

When he heard that he was studying mechanical engineering and had already graduated, Qi Sanfen was even more surprised.

Why are students from the Mechanical Engineering Department coming to attend the Physics Department's classes? Shouldn't they be assigned other places after graduation?

He became even more curious, and the two began to chat casually.

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After a while, Qi Sanfen learned from Li Mu that he was graduating early and planned to study physics, so he couldn't help but remind him:

"You can graduate early, so you must be talented. If you study physics before graduation, you can play a greater role if you continue to study mechanical engineering."

“Only the genius among geniuses can succeed in physics.”

"And seeing that you are here to attend the class, you must want to study as Professor Qian's graduate student."

"I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible. It's not easy to be Professor Qian's disciple."

He kept reminding.

"This guy is not a bad guy." Li Mu smiled and saw that Master Qian Wu finished answering the question, waved to him, and turned to Qi Sanfen and said:

"Thank you for the reminder, I will remember it."

"Professor Qian called me over. We can talk again next time we have a chance."

After saying that, he walked towards Master Qian Wu.

Qi Sanfen followed a few steps subconsciously, and then he heard a sentence that made him dumbfounded.

Teacher Qian Wu said, "How is it? My level is not much different from that of the professors at Wudaokou and Peking University, right?"

Li Mu:!!!
……

Just as various universities were trying their best to compete for Li Mu as their student, a meeting between the leaders of the Ministry of Culture and Education, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the First Ministry of Machine Building was held.

At He Baiyi's invitation, Guo Mo and Qiu happily came to discuss Li Mu's further postgraduate studies.

In the conference room.

The leaders of the three departments first exchanged a few simple greetings and then got straight to the point.

Guo Mo spoke first: "I personally think that Li Mu should continue to develop in semiconductors. He has a very strong talent in this area."

"Xiaguo's semiconductors have gone from lagging behind the world to catching up with the world's top level, and now leading the world, all thanks to his achievements."

After he finished speaking, He Baiyi nodded slightly.

The importance of semiconductors has now begun to emerge. The large amount of foreign exchange earnings and the increase in industrial employment rate are all gratifying.

"Old Guo said it very well." Leader Qiu confirmed with a smile, and then said: "But he is also talented in chemical engineering and metallurgy."

“The breakthrough of top-blowing oxygen and the combined blowing method proposed at the subsequent national exchange conference have won praise from domestic experts and professors in the field of chemical industry and metallurgy.”

"Rather than adding fuel to the fire by developing semiconductors, increasing steel production and strengthening our country's industrial base is the most important thing."

"But I heard that he has shown great interest in physics recently." He Baiyi finally spoke.

This sentence made Guo Mo and Leader Qiu stunned at the same time, and they completely forgot the speech they were preparing in their minds.

They were about to argue here, but Li Mu chose neither and turned around to study physics?

Guo Mo was surprised and asked, "Why is he interested in physics? I haven't heard him mention it before."

"Yes, I remember that he was from the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Why did he want to study physics?" Leader Qiu was also very confused.

Hearing this, He Baiyi explained, "I heard that he met Mr. Qian Wu, the head of the Department of Mechanics at USTC, at a national academic exchange conference not long ago."

"The two chatted for quite some time, and Master Qian Wu found that Li Mu had a very good talent in physics, so he invited him."

"According to the dean of Beijing Institute of Technology, Li Mu is indeed interested in studying physics as a graduate student."

"Oh, yes, he feels that his talent is not enough and is worried that he can't keep up with Master Qian Wu's teaching, so he has been dragging it out and making up for the basics."

After hearing his explanation, Guo Mo and Leader Qiu looked at each other, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"If it's Master Qian Wu, then it's not surprising." Guo Mo sighed, and then said, "But it would be a pity to give up semiconductors and chemical metallurgy in order to study physics."

Leader Qiu nodded and continued, "That's right. The defense equipment that Director Qian and his team are researching is important, but semiconductors and chemical metallurgy are also good."

The two of them almost got into a fight just now, but now they are on the same front again.

"Of course it's impossible, that's why I asked you to discuss how to guide Li Mu's future study and research. After all, energy is a big problem when learning and researching so many things at the same time." He Baiyi said seriously.

The three of them did not doubt whether Li Mu's talent could learn physics, but they were worried about his health. With the lessons learned from the past, there was no room for error.

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The discussion between He Baiyi and others soon spread to a small courtyard somewhere.

The superior who was flipping through the documents rubbed his brows tiredly. Hearing a knock on the door, he stood up wearing his coat.
"Please come in."

The door was pushed open with a creaky sound, and Secretary Song walked in. Seeing the appearance of his superior, he could not help but complain, "Leader, you haven't slept all night again. What if you ruin your health?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Tell me, what's the matter?" The superior waved his hand.

Secretary Song sighed helplessly and said, "It's about Li Mu. Didn't he graduate early? Now he is considering further studies."

"I heard that Wudao University, Jingda University and other universities are trying all kinds of tricks to snatch him away, and they are just short of kidnapping him and taking him to their own schools."

"But according to the dean of Beijing Institute of Technology, he had actually planned to study physics a long time ago, and he was going to be a graduate student of Qian Wu."

In just a few words, he explained the whole story.

"This Li Mu is always unexpected!" After hearing the news, the superior leader couldn't help but smile and continued:

"As for his subsequent further studies, we must treat them with great caution."

"Judging from the results Li Mu has achieved, his talent is definitely not limited to semiconductors, chemical metallurgy and agronomy."

"For such talents, as long as they are willing to try, we should provide the greatest convenience."

"But I don't know much about science and technology. What you study is a lifelong thing. I think we should fully respect Li Mu's own ideas!"

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Here, Li Mu didn't know that a special meeting had been held for him to discuss the issue of further studies, and the matter had even reached the ears of his superiors.

He and Teacher Qian Wu strolled around the campus of USTC, communicating with each other as they walked.

"I heard that several universities such as Peking University and Peking University have sent people to invite you to participate in academic salons. Do you want to come to USTC to participate in one?" Teacher Qian Wu joked.

Li Mu couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Mr. Qian, please don't. I have participated in enough events recently and I haven't digested them all yet."

The Department of Physics covers areas such as mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, optics, atomic and molecular physics.

Although the lectures of those academic giants are simple and easy to understand, it is still a bit difficult to digest after listening to too much.

Teacher Qian Wu nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. Your foundation is still relatively weak. If you participate in more academic salons, you may gain unexpected benefits."

"But if you do it too often, it will be detrimental to your future studies."

“If you really want to study physics, you should first lay a solid foundation and then climb the mountain of science step by step.”

After listening to his words, Li Mu was silent for a while, and then asked: "Mr. Qian, can I come to listen to your classes more often in the future?"

"Of course." Master Qian Wu agreed with a smile without thinking, "But I won't give you any special lessons. How much you can learn depends on your personal efforts."

He could see that Li Mu actually intended to study for a master's degree with him, but for some reason, he had never spoken up.

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Leaving HKUST.

I returned to the school dormitory and said hello to General Zhao.

Li Mu sat back in his seat, took out his study materials and started studying seriously.

The enhancement of his brain power has enabled him to possess a learning ability far beyond that of ordinary people, but compared to geniuses like Mr. Qian, it still seems a little inferior.

On Big Brother's side there is a world-class scientist, Lev Davidovich Landau, who is known as the last all-round physicist in the world.

Later, he got into a car accident and his brain's logical processing ability was severely damaged. He became an ordinary person and couldn't even understand his own paper.

But he simply did not understand the density matrices and statistical physics in quantum mechanics, the theory of free electron diamagnetism, the magnetic domain theory of ferromagnetism and the theoretical explanation of antiferromagnetism, etc. that he had written about.

In terms of actual level, the average experts and professors in Xia Country are probably about the same.

There are also gaps between geniuses.

Li Mu knew this very well, so he had to study harder before he could become Qian's apprentice.

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The autumn wind is gradually getting cooler.

Invitations to academic salons and academic conferences from major universities in Kyoto continue, and a large number of presidents and deans have repeatedly visited me.

After going there several times, Li Mu became fed up with it and simply hid at home, studying physics and crop cultivation every day while continuing his research on distributed projection lithography machines and handheld game consoles.

In this way, half a month passed. Apart from occasionally going to the Semiconductor Research Institute and listening to Mr. Qian's lectures at the University of Science and Technology of China, he basically spent all his time on studying.

He memorized firmly all the professional knowledge that physics students need to learn in four years of college, and gradually understood and grasped it, laying an extremely solid foundation.

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HKUST.

After saying hello to the gatekeeper, Li Mu walked into the campus.

I walked quickly through the campus corridor and arrived in front of a teaching building.

Just as he was about to go in, he suddenly heard a voice behind him shouting: "Li Mu, Li Mu!"

Turning around, I saw Jiang Nanxiang, the president of China Europe International Business University, Lu Ping, the president of Peking University, and the academic leaders of the physics departments of both sides standing in the distance.

There was no way to hide, so he could only bite the bullet and step forward to greet them: "Dean Jiang, President Lu, and professors, why are you here?"

"Since you refuse to attend our academic exchange meeting, we have no choice but to come to you." Jiang Nanxiang said jokingly.

Li Mu looked a little embarrassed and said quickly: "I'm busy studying and researching, I really don't have time."

"So we discussed with USTC President Guo Mo and decided to move the academic salon to USTC," Lupin interrupted.

Hearing this, Li Mu was stunned. He didn't expect the two to be so persistent.

After thinking for a while, he simply said, "President Jiang, President Lu, I understand very well that you think highly of me, and I am deeply grateful, but I have decided to study as a graduate student under Professor Qian."

After saying this, I thought the two would be angry, but unexpectedly they just nodded with a smile.

Jiang Nanxiang smiled and said:
"USTC has strong teaching and research capabilities, and Professor Qian is very knowledgeable. He is a top scientist both at home and abroad. If you can learn from him, you will definitely achieve something."

Although Lupin didn't say anything, the smile in his eyes made his meaning clear.

This result was not unexpected to them.

But despite their disappointment, they were also happy that Xia's physics community would welcome another true genius.

(End of this chapter)