Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 190: Initial contact with senior experts and related research institutes
With the old expert's reminder, Wang Jiankun regained his confidence, because he completed the two papers alone, and only asked Zhizi to help with some calculations to speed up the research progress.

Wang Jiankun cleared his throat and stood on the podium of the small conference room of Tsinghua University's Department of Mathematics. His slightly immature face showed a calmness and confidence beyond his age. He glanced at the dozen or so experts and professors in fluid mechanics in their 6s and 70s below the stage, without any fear in his eyes.

He cleared his throat and began to explain his first paper on the application of the NS equation. His voice was crisp but firm, as if every word carried endless power. He skillfully used professional terms and explained the viewpoints and theories in the paper in a simple and easy-to-understand way. Those complex formulas and profound concepts became so clear and easy to understand when spoken from his mouth.

During the lecture, he wrote down key formulas and diagrams on the blackboard from time to time. The sound of chalk squeaking on the blackboard seemed to be the sound of knowledge flowing. His gestures danced with the rhythm of the lecture, as if he was conducting a symphony of knowledge.

Some of the experts and professors in the audience nodded slightly, some were lost in thought, and some were writing down their thoughts quickly in their notebooks. They were impressed by the talent and courage of this young man, and their eyes showed respect for knowledge and expectations for the future.

Then, Wang Jiankun began to explain the second paper. His tone was more passionate and his ideas were clearer. He analyzed the application of the NS equations in aerodynamics incisively and vividly, demonstrating its importance and innovation from different perspectives.

The whole conference room was filled with a strong academic atmosphere, and time seemed to stand still at this moment. Only Wang Jiankun's voice echoed, leading everyone to explore the mysterious world of NS equation application. When he finished his last sentence, the conference room was first silent, and then burst into warm applause. This applause was both an affirmation of Wang Jiankun and an infinite vision for the future development of science.

"Student Jiankun, I didn't expect that you have such an in-depth study of the NS equations and have so many innovations in its application to fluid mechanics. It's really amazing." The old professor who had comforted him at the beginning praised.

"Thank you. I still need to work harder. Do you have any questions about my explanation just now?"

Wang Jiankun expressed his gratitude and then asked the senior experts in the audience if they had any questions about the two papers.

"Jiankun, you have already answered several previous questions. I have no questions about these two papers. However, some of the calculations are of very large orders of magnitude. I don't know how you did it. If you did it manually, it would take several months and require a lot of help. But I heard from your Professor Zhang that you completed it independently in more than a month. I wonder if you can tell me how you did the calculations?" An old expert wearing reading glasses, thin and with a little goatee raised his doubts.

Afterwards, several other senior experts also asked Wang Jiankun how he calculated and confirmed the accuracy of the numbers so quickly, because according to the traditional method, or using a commercially available calculator, it would also be a huge workload. Wang Jiankun did not expect these senior experts to read the paper so carefully. In this regard, he did not rely entirely on his own calculations, but used the assistance of Zhizi. Of course, at this time he could not say that he used Zhizi, a super quantum artificial intelligence, to perform the calculations.

"Hello, experts and professors. I would like to explain that I used a workstation, a medium-sized computer, to help me calculate some of the calculations in the paper."

"Computer? What kind of computer are you using? One of those imported personal computers on the market? I heard that the fastest speed is only a million times per second. Even if you use one, it would be difficult to calculate it in such a short time, right?" An expert who obviously knew something about computers asked back.

"I'm not using the personal computer you mentioned that was imported from the United States. Instead, I'm using a small supercomputer made by a Hong Kong company called Star Group. It uses eight CPUs for parallel computing, and its peak computing speed can reach 8 million times per second."

"1 million operations per second? That's pretty fast. Can you tell me what kind of computer it is? I've never heard of this Xingyao Group."

When Wang Jiankun said that the workstation's transport speed reached 1 million times per second, the old expert was very excited and asked quickly. Because at this time, the domestic supercomputer with a computing speed of 1 million times per second was still under development, and this computing speed of million times per second was among the top few in China. Moreover, according to what Wang Jiankun said, this computer was small and not big in size, which was very good. The smaller the size, the smaller the power, and the less power consumption during use. If it was really as good as Wang Jiankun said, then he must convince the institute to buy one.

"The Star Group is a multinational company headquartered in Hong Kong with super strong R&D capabilities. It has a large number of overseas Chinese, many of whom graduated from prestigious British and American universities. Some have worked in well-known British and American technology companies such as Motorola, Bell, Intel and other companies. In the past two years, it has invested in the construction of some semiconductor and microelectronics manufacturing factories in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, and produced many products. Among them, the Star Computer and Star Workstation were just launched in the second half of this year."

Wang Jiankun took the opportunity to advertise the Xingyao Group and explained the performance of the Xingyao workstation to a group of senior experts.

"You talk so well, do you have the real thing to show us? And how did you get that workstation to calculate the data for your paper?" Some experts were obviously not going to be dismissed by Wang Jiankun's few words, and began to dig deep. The older generation of scientists are so serious and rigorous.

"I have something to explain to you. My uncle is a shareholder of this group's electronic manufacturing business in Guangzhou. I was also fortunate to participate in some research and development work, so I am very familiar with Xingyao Group and Xingyao's semiconductor development. I was also hired by them as a consultant, so it is natural to use the latest workstation to calculate the data for my thesis, right?"

"Mr. Zhang, your student is incredible. He is already a consultant for an international company at such a young age. Your intelligence work is not done well, so we are still wondering about it. We thought he hired someone to write for us. Now we have no doubts. But can you introduce us to the person in charge of this Xingyao Group?"

An old expert with heavy bags under his eyes spoke to Professor Zhang and then asked if Wang Jiankun could help with the referral.

Wang Jiankun had the same idea, so he replied, "Let me tell you, Xingyao Electronics, a subsidiary of Xingyao Group, has opened a sales point in Zhongguancun. There are workstations there, and there is also a computer room with 60 state-of-the-art computers for people to use. The person in charge is Xin Zhixuan. If necessary, I can take you there to have a look."

"Okay! How about we go now?" The old professor was obviously impatient. It was already 9 o'clock in the evening, but he still wanted to go see it overnight.

"Teacher, it's already 9 o'clock. Why don't you go tomorrow? I'll ask Jiankun to take you there early tomorrow morning. The exhibition point may be closed now." Professor Zhang quickly stopped the old professor who wanted to go now.

"Um, it's too late now, and the person in charge lives quite far away. How about I take you there at 8: tomorrow morning?"

"Okay, then take me there tomorrow morning."

"And we, too, will go and take a look. Jiankun, I wonder if the workstation you mentioned is expensive? If the price is right, our Institute of Mechanics would like to buy one or two." An expert from the Institute of Mechanics asked.

"Well, the specific price will have to be told to you by the person in charge of the exhibition point. I don't know much about this, but it should be cheaper than IBM or several other companies in the United States. The most important thing is that the computers and workstations of this company can be purchased with RMB, without the need for foreign exchange."

Although Wang Jiankun knew the approximate price, he was reluctant to say it out loud because he wanted to establish himself as a scientific research consultant rather than a general manager who knew everything. However, he was the one who made the final decision to purchase computers and workstations with RMB. At that time, although domestic universities and research institutes were short of funds, their foreign exchange quotas were even less. Unless it was some equipment that had to be purchased, it would be difficult to get approval.

In order to promote the development of domestic scientific research, Wang Jiankun must lower the threshold for purchasing computers. The first point is that it can be purchased directly in the country with RMB without using foreign exchange. This will greatly reduce the purchasing difficulty of various research institutes and universities, because some RMB can still be squeezed out, and applying for RMB funds to purchase computers is also very cost-effective. The country should strongly support it.

The CPU performance used in the Xingyao computer launched by Xingyao Group this year is 286% higher than the 50 chip launched by Intel last year. The peak computing speed of the chip launched by Intel last year was about 100 million times per second, while the chip that Wang Jiankun asked Zhizi to help design could reach 150 million times per second. The computing speed of the workstation composed of 8 CPUs reached 1 million times per second, which was much higher than the performance of products of many medium-sized computer manufacturers in the United States at that time.

When Wang Jiankun said that the computers of Xingyao Group could be purchased with RMB, without spending precious foreign exchange, all the experts were shocked. Some of them ran over to pull Wang Jiankun to confirm whether it was true. After hearing Wang Jiankun's affirmative answer, several old experts were very excited and kept saying "Great, great, the institute has been saved" and so on. Professor Zhang also ran over to ask Wang Jiankun not to talk nonsense and asked him how he knew the news.

"Professor Zhang, I am sure that it is true that workstations and personal computers can be purchased with RMB. My uncle is one of the shareholders of Xingyao Electronics. He also proposed to implement this policy at the time, hoping that Xingyao Computer could give domestic scientific research a boost."

"Okay, Jiankun, this is very good news. Why didn't you tell me earlier? It's too late today. I'll go and take a look tomorrow." Professor Zhang was obviously very happy. Although he was a professor in the Department of Mathematics, domestic mathematical research is still biased towards application, so there is a huge demand for computing power. Many engineering problems and scientific research analyses will eventually involve mathematical calculations. At this time, there are only a few old domestic computers in the department, and their computing performance is 2 to 30 times per second. Even these computers are fully scheduled for use every day. Except for maintenance and shutdowns due to failures, there are computing tasks at other times.

That evening, Wang Jiankun accompanied a group of senior experts and professors in a conversation that lasted until 10:. It was only after several of the senior experts' family members or health doctors urged them to stop, otherwise they would have pulled Wang Jiankun to continue chatting.

In addition to discussing some applications of computers in fluid mechanics, they also talked about the research on the general solution of the NS equation. Wang Jiankun also obtained a lot of first-hand information from these old experts who have extensive research and experience in fluid mechanics. These are rarely seen in ordinary papers or journals. Wang Jiankun felt that he benefited a lot.

After these people went back that night, some of them quickly reported to their superiors and asked them to help investigate the Xingyao Group, while others directly contacted their relatives and friends in the industrial and commercial sectors to ask them for information about the Xingyao Group.

However, there would be no immediate feedback in the middle of the night, so after making the call, these people went to bed one after another. What they didn't know was that after receiving several calls for assistance, their superiors attached great importance to this matter and eventually alerted the National Security Bureau and other intelligence departments. Then the intelligence machine began to work quickly, and information about Wang Jiankun, his uncles, as well as the Xingyao Group, Sihai Group, and Xingzhou Group began to converge to the capital from all directions, and finally formed intelligence with different confidentiality levels and gave it to relevant personnel.

When Wang Jiankun scored first in the country in the college entrance examination, it eventually alarmed the leader, so the intelligence agency had conducted some investigations into Wang Jiankun's background, but it was not particularly in-depth. It only checked some publicly registered and recorded information, and did not try to dig out deeper information because there were many other things to deal with at home and abroad at that time, and it was not worth spending so much time.

But this time it is obviously different, because the research institutes and several veteran experts who issued the joint investigation notice are very important in themselves, and the issues raised are also related to aerospace and submersible research in national defense projects, all of which involve research and projects with a very high degree of confidentiality, which forces the intelligence department to pay attention.

As more and more information was reported and became more and more in-depth, the intelligence department discovered that Wang Jiankun and his uncles had already controlled several large enterprises. For example, Xingyao Electronics, which currently has the largest output value, not only continues to produce electronic watches and game consoles, but also has launched high-tech products such as color TVs and personal computers this year. Its products are not only sold domestically, but also exported in large quantities abroad, earning hundreds of millions of foreign exchange for the country.

In addition, Xingzhou Power's investment in China is also increasing. The small county of Wuyuan seems to have been given wings to take off this year. Its GDP has doubled consecutively, and more and more motorcycle engines and related accessories are being produced. In addition, intelligence shows that they are also preparing to produce complete motorcycles.

Although the output value of some other companies, such as the shipping company and the fishery company, is not particularly large compared with the first two, they are already ranked among the top 100 compared with similar domestic companies.

We have a pretty good understanding of Wang Jiankun's personality. We know that he has been very smart since he was young. He was almost always among the top three in school. In high school, he always got the first place in the exams, and he was absolutely ahead. Because only a few points were deducted from the total score, he was often several tens of points higher than the second place.

In addition, Wang Jiankun has a super memory and strong hands-on ability, which can be seen from the fact that he used simple tools to manually rub a high-precision and long-range air gun in the blacksmith shop. He also frequently went to Guangzhou during high school, and there were even records of him going to Hong Kong and Macau. He should have gone there to help develop some products.

The situation of his uncle was also quickly summarized. It was known that he had just been rehabilitated a few years ago. He relied on his own efforts and the relationship with his father and classmates to get a job in the south. Later, he took up a position in Xingyao Electronics and used his status to help the company develop. There are no restrictions in China at the moment in this regard, and some places even encourage cadres to do so.

There is relatively little information about Wang Jiankun's uncle. What has been reported so far is that his uncle is the leader of an organization called the Southern Liberation Front in Myanmar. He is currently promoting cooperation between relevant companies and domestic military-industrial enterprises to let domestic military-industrial enterprises help manufacture some parts. Other information is sporadic and unsystematic, and its authenticity is questionable.

After summarizing the above information, Wang Jiankun is evaluated as a young genius who has deep feelings for the country and deserves to be cultivated vigorously. However, there are some problems with his family relationships, so some subsequent research related to national defense projects requires individual review, and confidential data cannot be disclosed to him. We must use his intelligence and talents to contribute to national defense and scientific research, but we must also take some precautions.

In addition, we must continue to conduct in-depth investigations into the intelligence on the Nanjiezhen and Wang Jiankun's uncle, and make sure we get to the bottom of it and have a clear idea of ​​the situation.

All this happened between that night and the early hours of the next morning, and Wang Jiankun had no idea about it. He had a good rest after returning home. Through three research papers on the NS equation, he not only established himself as a mathematical genius, but also established connections with several top experts and research institutes in the country.

The next morning, Wang Jiankun got up early for a morning run. He ran around Weiming Lake three times and then went to the cafeteria to have breakfast. After returning to the dormitory to change clothes, he slowly walked to the south gate of the school where he had an appointment last night.

"Jiankun, you're just here. I've been waiting for you for a long time." As soon as Professor Zhang saw him, he hurriedly told him to hurry up.

"Ah? Didn't we agree to meet at 8:8? It's only 20: now, I'm not late." Wang Jiankun didn't expect these people to be so anxious.

"Stop talking and take us to the Xingyao Group's sales point first. They can't wait any longer. They called me over to wait before 8 o'clock."

"Uh, it's too early to open. It's so cold in the morning, they won't open that early."

"Then it will open at 8:, right? It's a good time for us to go there. There will be fewer people in the morning, so we won't be disturbed. You have to give a good demonstration then."

"Okay, the computer systems of Xingyao Group are all in Chinese, and most of the software is also in Chinese, so it is easier to understand and use, which is in line with our habits. It is not like those computer companies in the United States, where people who are not good at English can't use them."

"Oh, a Chinese system and software written in Chinese? This is good news. Let's not talk too much about it for now. I'll explain it in detail when we get there. They have been waiting outside for a long time. Don't catch a cold."

"Student Wang, what are you whispering about with Old Zhang? Lead the way!" An old expert with a quick temper saw Wang Jiankun and Professor Zhang standing there talking in a low voice, and urged them.

"Yes, the wind is strong at the school gate. Since we are here, take us to broaden our horizons. This is the first time I have seen a computer with a computing speed of 1 million times per second."

Several other experts also began to urge.

So Wang Jiankun stopped talking and took Professor Zhang and several senior experts to the Xingyao Group computer showroom on Zhongguancun Street.

(End of this chapter)