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Chapter 162 Gravity Manufacturing Technology! Support people, not projects!

Certificates were issued, handshakes were made, group photos were taken...

The whole process didn't take long, but Zhang Shuo felt it took a long time. After it was all over, he walked off the stage with a faint smile on his face, and didn't let out a long sigh until he returned to his seat.

Sitting next to Zhang Shuo is Academician Ying Zhaohua.

Ying Zhaohua nodded towards him and whispered, "You performed very well just now, so calm. Look at Academician Meng and Academician Zhou, they were both crying with excitement..."

"I was nervous just now, too."

Zhang Shuo said frankly, "I was nervous when I got on stage. I looked around and saw that I was the only one on stage. Two senior academicians were on stage together, and there was a companion."

"Ha ha……"

Ying Zhaohua thought about it and it made sense. If he were the only one to win such a big award, he would definitely be very nervous. The feeling of going up there alone is different from going up there with someone else.

From this perspective, it is even more amazing that Zhang Shuo could remain so calm on his own.

The awards ceremony was held in the morning.

The first awards announced were those with significant influence, followed by awards for a large number of projects and large teams. Because there were so many winning projects and so many people, it was impossible to award them all one by one.

So the awards will just be announced and you can collect the certificates after the conference is over.

After the award ceremony, the leader came to the stage to make a summary speech, and then it was lunch time.

The scholars were treated to a meal.

The atmosphere was much more relaxed at this time, everyone was eating, drinking, talking and laughing.

Many people came to chat with Zhang Shuo, talk about research issues, admire his research results, and just come to get to know him.

Du Yuansheng from the Science and Technology Department also came.

Du Yuansheng came with the leader of the Science and Technology Department, which meant he was also the representative of the department. He sat directly next to Zhang Shuo and asked, "Professor Zhang Shuo, do you remember the last time we met at the Physics Center? The Science and Technology Department supports your research, but it would be best if it could be linked to applications."

"You mean the application project?"

"correct."

Du Yuansheng said, "NS numerical simulation is similar. The Science and Technology Department will support this type of application-related projects. It would be even better if you can lead a team to conduct large-scale research."

"Uh~~~"

Zhang Shuo has never thought about this issue.

"What are you doing?"

"NS equations."

"Or is it the NS equation proof?" Du Yuansheng shook his head helplessly, "This kind of pure mathematics project can only apply for scientific funds."

He felt a little regretful.

The Science and Technology Department’s desire to support Zhang Shuo’s project is not just talk. Du Yuansheng really hopes that Zhang Shuo will do an applied research project.

The funding of the Science and Technology Department is to support scientific research.

If the projects specially supported by the Science and Technology Department have great results, then it is also equivalent to his political achievement. On the contrary, if he supports several projects but all of them fail without any results, isn't it equivalent to wasting national property?

Therefore, the efficiency of funding allocation and technology transformation is also very important, and genius scholars like Zhang Shuo will naturally receive special attention from the Science and Technology Department.

Zhang Shuo thought for a moment and said, "Actually, if it's related to applications, I do have an idea."

"Tell me about it?" Du Yuansheng suddenly became excited.

"I am preparing to conduct a physical theory study, or mathematical study, to explore the transformation relationship between electromagnetic force and gravity."

He explained, “The experimental direction of the CP group is based on the Source Point Theory, and the underlying foundation of this theory is the relationship between the four major forces.”

"I'm going to study this connection, specifically the relationship between electromagnetism and gravity."

"I have completed the weakening expression equation for the relationship between electromagnetic force and gravity, and I will continue to study the weakening expression equation."

He explained it carefully.

Du Yuansheng was a little confused. "The connection between electromagnetic force and gravity? Is there any connection? And what does it have to do with applications?"

“Isn’t this easy to understand?”

Zhang Shuo said, "If we can connect electromagnetic force and gravitational force, the two can be transformed into each other. Think about it, converting electromagnetic force into gravitational force... doesn't it have application prospects?"

“…That’s really promising!”

Du Yuansheng was shocked when he heard this.

Electromagnetic force and gravitational force transform into each other? Gravitational manufacturing technology? Of course he knew that it had great application prospects, but it sounded a bit unreliable!
……

Du Yuansheng talked with Zhang Shuo for a few words, then returned to the leader of the Science and Technology Department and told him what had just happened.

The leader was surprised, "Is that what he said? Electromagnetic force converted into gravity? Why does it feel like a sci-fi technology..."

“That’s what I think.”

The leader shook his head. "But we have to think about this kind of technology research..."

He wanted to say it was unreliable, but in the end he didn't say it.

Du Yuansheng suggested, "I think we can support this research."

"support?"

The leader glared at him, thinking that what he said was a bit ridiculous.

Du Yuansheng explained, "I think it doesn't matter what research we support. We support Zhang Shuo. I remember when I was at the Physics Center, Cao Mengbo, director of the Computing Center of the Institute of High Energy Physics, said something that made a lot of sense. He said that we don't believe in theories, we believe in people."

“While doing the same scientific research, some teams can talk about their research in a grandiose way, but in the end they can’t produce anything.”

"Some teams don't say anything and just focus on research and they can get results. There are too many teams that are good at making PPTs, but talented scholars like Zhang Shuo are very rare." "Now he has won the first prize in natural sciences and is likely to win the Fields next year. We provide funds to support his research. So what if there is no return? Moreover, there may be no return. He is Zhang Shuo. Look at the past year..."

The leader nodded after hearing this. He gave Du Yuansheng a thumbs up and said, "Your point of view really makes sense!"

"How about this? He doesn't need to apply for it. We can just give him funding. That's it. We can explain that his research is an extension of the CP group's experimental direction. That's enough!"

The two discussed and made a decision.

This leader is the first person in the Science and Technology Department and naturally has the right to decide on the allocation of funds. It is just supporting a research project, and the target is the winner of the first prize in natural sciences. It is really too simple.

When it comes to making money, some people chase money while others are chased by money.

The same goes for funding.

When scholars reach a certain level, they don’t have to worry about funding at all, as the funding will come naturally.

The Department of Science and Technology was not the only institution chasing Zhang Shuo for funding.

Soochow University is also discussing this issue.

They were ready to issue an announcement congratulating Zhang Shuo on winning the first prize in natural sciences. At the same time, the school leadership and the provincial science and technology department's leaders were also discussing Zhang Shuo's issue together.

Zhang Shuo won the first prize in natural sciences and can be said to have become the top mathematician in the country.

Such scholars must be given the best scientific research conditions.

So they are discussing building a new mathematics center, called the Sudong Mathematics Center.

Shuimu University can build a mathematics center around Qiu Chengwen, and Donggang University has also discussed building an international mathematics center.

Su Dong is naturally also possible.

If Zhang Shuo could serve as the director of the Sudong Mathematics Center, the mathematics center would definitely develop.

at the same time.

The Science and Technology Awards Conference has entered the free phase. The leadership group has left the conference hall and the scholars feel relaxed.

Outside reporters can also enter for free interviews.

Wang Qiang was standing with Zhang Shuo when they saw a large group of reporters rushing towards them.

After entering the Great Hall, many reporters looked for Zhang Shuo first. Even big media outlets hope that the content they publish will attract more people to watch, and Zhang Shuo meets all the attractive qualities.

He is an academic star and a hot topic himself, and his online accounts have over a million followers.

He also won the first prize in natural sciences and was the most popular figure in this science and technology conference.

When Wang Qiang saw the reporters rushing over, he suddenly felt a little nervous. He waved his hand subconsciously, and then he found that the reporters didn't even look at him and directly surrounded Zhang Shuo.

He could only put down his hands awkwardly and turned around to watch Zhang Shuo being interviewed.

A reporter asked, "Professor Zhang Shuo, you just won the first prize in natural sciences, which is the most important scientific award in China. How do you feel?"

“Very exciting, right?”

Zhang Shuo said, "I was very excited when I found out I won the award, and I was also very excited when the award was presented this morning."

Another reporter asked, "In the past year, you have done a lot of research and published many top journal papers, and the award-winning paper is "Numerical Simulation of NS Equations". Do you think this research is your best research?"

Zhang Shuo smiled and said, "To borrow the eight words my leader gave me, surpass yourself and climb to greater heights!"

“The best research is always the research in the future. I think the research I am doing is the best, and I hope to surpass myself in the latest research.”

The reporter immediately asked, "Can you tell us what your latest research is?"

"There's nothing to hide. Many people know that I'm studying the singularity problem of the NS equations."

Zhang Shuo said, "In fact, it is to prove the smoothness of the solution set of the NS equation. The most difficult part of this kind of proof is to find the singularity. If there is a singularity, then the solution set is not smooth."

"There has been a lot of discussion in the mathematical physics community about this issue, so I won't go into details."

He changed the subject and continued, "I am also continuing my research on the Origin Theory, hoping to explore the relationship between the four great powers."

"To explore from a theoretical perspective, we must study some very complex basic mechanical models and equations. I plan to demonstrate the relationship between electromagnetic force and gravity."

"By weakening the correlation equation, we can study its internal correlation from a mathematical perspective..."

Zhang Shuo said a lot of things in a row, and the reporter couldn't understand him anymore.

He just gave a general introduction and did not mention any detailed related issues. The reason why he mentioned these in the interview was because he still hoped to get support for the research, one is funding, and the other is experimental basis.

The relationship between electromagnetic force and gravity is not just a pure mathematical study, it also requires some experiments to explore. Some experimental data can also continue to improve the weakening model and expression equations.

Zhang Shuo said that he really wanted to surpass himself because this was a field he had never studied before.

Most of the previous research on the "Source Point Theory" was to construct theories, or to verify the theories through experiments. However, it was impossible to design experiments to verify the direction of electromagnetic force and gravity.

Therefore, we must first solve the problem from a mathematical perspective, that is, study the singularity problem of the solution set of the weakening equation, before we can start the experiment.

A large group of reporters listened to Zhang Shuo's explanation, but of course they didn't listen carefully and just recorded it.

The reporters behind couldn’t hear anything at all, so they could only interview other scholars regretfully.

Most of the scholars present were obviously not very popular, and it was difficult for both their research projects and themselves to attract public attention.

A reporter who was "idle" noticed Wang Qiang standing next to him and symbolically handed the microphone to him.

Wang Qiang was suddenly delighted. Finally, a reporter wanted to interview him.

Their research results in quantum optics are also very significant and have a certain influence in related fields. As the head of the project team, it is normal for them to be recognized and interviewed by reporters.

He was about to say something when he heard the reporter ask, "Professor, what kind of research do you do? What awards have you won?"

(End of this chapter)