The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 277, Let’s Wait and See

February 1, 1985, Beijing, Wenjin Street Compound.

Today, Wang Duoyu, Liu Deben and Lu Gongliang came to Beijing to attend a meeting organized by the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building.

It’s not a big meeting, but a small meeting.

As we all know, the general meeting is for notification, and the small meeting is for real discussion.

In addition to Wang Duoyu and the other three, several familiar leaders including Fang Lihe and Li Rui also attended the meeting, making a total of eight people.

There wasn't even a meeting recorder because that job was done by Li Rui.

At the beginning of the meeting, Fang Lihe smiled and said congratulations, because the First Department of Harbin Institute of Technology had obtained foreign exchange revenue of 17.9 billion US dollars in the past 1984, which was worth celebrating.

"Your Harbin Institute of Technology is currently the best university in our country and also the most profitable university. The products you develop and produce are sold well overseas and occupy a very important position in the global market."

The leader’s speech is not entirely nonsense. After all, it may seem useless to listen to, but if you consider the context, you will know that the one or two sentences the leader says afterwards are the most important.

In other words, the reason why Wang Duoyu and others were called to Beijing for a meeting was probably to hear the leader say the following key sentence or two.

All the preparation is for the one or two sentences that follow, which is the real purpose.

After the big hat was thrown out, it was not up to Wang Duoyu and the other three to decide whether to wear it or not.

You have to wear it even if you don’t want to.

After hearing Fang Lihe's words, Wang Duoyu looked at Liu Deben and gave him a look.

The latter had his eyelids drooped and showed no expression, but his heart was already in turmoil.

Lu Gongliang, who was next to Liu Deben, felt the same way and had mixed feelings.

On January 28th, Harbin Institute of Technology concluded its annual summary meeting and had basically planned the use of funds.

If you make so much money, you definitely need to spend it all.

It is certain that part of the funds will be handed over. In addition, Harbin Institute of Technology itself needs to make a comprehensive plan and allocate funds to build laboratories.

For example, planning to build a large wind tunnel laboratory.

There was no need to build a wind tunnel laboratory in the past, not only because of poverty, but also because there was no need.

But now it is very necessary to build such a laboratory.

Who makes Harbin Institute of Technology a school?
Even if Harbin Institute of Technology is not a university but a large multinational group, it still needs to build more laboratories and invest more money in product research and development.

Otherwise, how can we win in the highly competitive market?
You don’t think that a product like a computing card can be taken out casually, right?
Just developing computing cards requires a large amount of high-performance computer hardware, professional software, experimental equipment, testing equipment, data analysis tools, and collaboration tools.

Without mentioning anything else, just talk about professional software.

The programming languages ​​and related data analysis tools in this area, as well as mechanical design software, circuit design software, etc., all require a large number of high-end software engineers, right?
Harbin Institute of Technology can indeed cultivate such talents, but how long will it take? And how many such talents can it cultivate?

So the reality is that Harbin Institute of Technology needs help from other schools and institutions, otherwise it really won’t work.

Just like last year’s Nebula supercomputer production task, if it weren’t for the help of the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other units, to be honest, even if we got so many big orders, we would not have been able to complete it.

Therefore, the tone of win-win cooperation has been basically set.

Liu Deben, Lu Gongliang and Han Jue had no problem with the construction of large wind tunnel laboratories and other projects. The problem was Wang Duoyu's suggestion to invest 010 billion US dollars in the project.

The so-called 010 project is actually the Lotte Group.

At that time, Wang Duoyu stated his own views and reasons. Although it was a cliché, Liu Deben and others still thought it was too risky.

Finally, Wang Duoyu said that if we don’t invest an additional 2 billion US dollars in Lotte Group, then the higher-ups will also ask Harbin Institute of Technology to invest part of the funds in other projects.

why?

Because everyone is envious of Harbin Institute of Technology's income, and everyone also has a lot of projects that require money.

Don’t mention the Y-10 project, nor the J-7 improvement project, nor the missile project, aerospace project, etc., just talk about the Three Gorges Hydropower Station project.

Even though Harbin Institute of Technology will participate in this project, it will only play a supporting role and will not be the real project leader.

In other words, the leading organization of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station project will definitely discuss the funding issue with Harbin Institute of Technology.

After all, the electric bicycles and other products produced by Harbin Institute of Technology have a huge demand for electricity, and supercomputers are also big power consumers.

Although Harbin Institute of Technology is far away in the Ice City, even if the Three Gorges Hydropower Station is built, it is estimated that the electricity generated by it will not be used because it is too far away.

But we are all one, so it’s normal to help each other, right?

At that time, when Liu Deben and the other three heard Wang Duoyu's words, they only half agreed. After all, they didn't think that the higher-ups would ask them for so much money.

The foreign exchange income is 17.9 billion US dollars, and the profit is definitely more than 10 billion US dollars.

Because there is an exchange rate difference between the RMB and the US dollar, the US dollar is more valuable and the RMB is not that valuable.

In addition, most of the products exported by Harbin Institute of Technology, such as electric bicycles and Nebula supercomputers, are produced and developed domestically. Only some products such as Azure require payment of foreign exchange and other labor costs.

This part of the cost is actually not high.

Therefore, the profit level must be more than 10 billion US dollars.

But it won’t exceed too much.

After all, Harbin Institute of Technology also needs to exchange with other units and import some advanced equipment from overseas.

For example, in the field of high-end machine tools, Harbin Institute of Technology is currently unable to develop such high-precision equipment, because this thing is not like other things, and there is no way to overtake directly.

This is how industrial development works; it is impossible to overtake others on a curve.

When Wang Duoyu heard that Liu Deben and the others didn't believe it, he said, "Let's wait and see."

Just look, at the end of January, they received a call from Fang Lihe, informing them to go to Beijing for a meeting.

In today's meeting, it was obvious that although it had just begun, Fang Lihe started by flattering others, so we can probably guess what will happen next.

Liu Deben and Lu Gongliang both felt a little uneasy at the moment, but they still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that Wang Duoyu was wrong.

Wang Duoyu also hoped that he guessed wrong, but unfortunately, he was not wrong at all.

After Fang Lihe’s long speech, he ended with a question: What are your plans for Harbin Institute of Technology next year?

After hearing this, Liu Deben and the others became more alert.

At this time, Wang Duoyu spoke first:
"Leader, we have planned to build three large laboratory projects, including a large wind tunnel laboratory, a national key laboratory of superconductivity, and a comprehensive extreme conditions laboratory."

"In addition, Harbin Institute of Technology will continue to increase its investment, totaling US$5 billion, into Lotte Group for the following reasons."

As Wang Duoyu spoke, the expressions of Fang Lihe and other leaders seemed calm, but Wang Duoyu's eyes were sharp and he had already noticed their subtle changes.

Especially when he explained that he would invest 5 billion US dollars in Lotte Group, the expressions of Fang Li and several of their leaders were quite interesting.

Although it was only a momentary change in expression, it did not escape Wang Duoyu's eyes.

In fact, Liu Deben and Lu Gongliang also saw it, and they were even more surprised than Fang Lihe and the others.

It was agreed that there would be 3 billion US dollars, but with a flick of Wang Duoyu's lips, it became 5 billion US dollars.

Could this be wrong?
Or did they hear wrong?

But Wang Duoyu mentioned 5 billion US dollars twice, so it was impossible for him to be wrong, and it was impossible for them to have heard it wrong.

Lotte Group had invested US$6.7 billion in Japan before 1984.

In the past 84 years, another 2.8 billion US dollars have been invested, and the current investment in Lotte Group has reached 9.5 billion US dollars.

This is a huge amount of funds. As a result, Wang Duoyu also said that by 2015, the revenue needs to be increased to 5 billion US dollars?

Crazy?
However, after Wang Duoyu stated his reasons, Fang Li and the others fell silent.

My goodness, they couldn’t convince Wang Duoyu. If this money was really spent on Lotte Group, then their meeting today would be in vain.

Fang Li and the others also knew the current situation of Lotte Group. Japan and the United States had already announced two situations in the past 1984.

Even if they don't publish it, Fang Li and they can still get the specific data.

Because some things cannot be hidden, not to mention American companies like Nielsen Business Research, who love to do such things.

When it comes to business data, business research companies like Nielsen are already quite proactive.

Even if there were no such commercial investigation companies, those involved in the domestic automotive industry would definitely make a fuss.

Looking through the phenomenon to the essence, it is actually very easy to see clearly why these American insiders are making such a fuss.

Just like last year, when the Nebula supercomputer was all the rage, many American newspapers cried wolf.

Cray also fanned the flames in the newspapers, especially IBM, who did a lot of things behind the scenes.

But it's useless. The price and product quality are here. Anyone who is not a fool knows how to choose.

So after stirring up trouble for a while, companies like Cray saw that there was no fire, so they could only calm down and focus on research and development, trying to defeat the Nebula supercomputer from a technical perspective.

Fang Li and they naturally have channels to obtain these data, so after knowing these data, they now listen to Wang Duoyu's analysis.

Then the Plaza Accord would inevitably be signed and the devaluation of the US dollar would be inevitable.

Because the US dollar is tied to oil trade in the Middle East, this was determined more than ten years ago, before the United States withdrew from the Bretton Woods system.

On the other hand, why have there been two oil crises in the past few years?
Ordinary people don’t know or understand the reasons behind this, but after Fang Li and the others got the relevant data and listened to Wang Duoyu’s analysis, they immediately understood it.

So the matter is very simple and there is no need to further discuss and analyze it.

After the devaluation of the US dollar, there is no need to worry about the negative impact it will have on the United States.

On the contrary, they need a weaker dollar to ensure the competitiveness of their American exports in the international market.

These economic analyses sounded complicated, but with Wang Duoyu's explanation, Fang Li and other outsiders to international trade and finance were able to understand them.

After all, Wang Duoyu would not elaborate on these data analyses with them, but would simply give them a general overview, stating the relationships and the basic logic behind them in an easy-to-understand manner. That was enough.

It was precisely because they understood that Fang Li and the others knew they could not convince Wang Duo.

On the contrary, they have all been persuaded by Wang Duoyu.

Therefore, today's meeting can almost be declared a waste of time.

But a leader is a leader. It is impossible for him to let Wang Duoyu and others escape this disaster so easily?

"Professor Wang, I understand. It seems your Harbin Institute of Technology's spending plan for the coming year is quite substantial. However, I did a quick calculation and I think you still have approximately $1.5 billion to spend."

As soon as Fang Lihe opened his mouth, Liu Deben and Lu Gongliang immediately felt that something bad was going to happen.

Because this money is Harbin Institute of Technology's reserve fund, it cannot be touched most of the time.

For example, Wang Duoyu suddenly proposed a large optical telescope project, which immediately secured a lot of funding.

It is clear that the telescope project will continue to incur expenses over the next eight to five years.

In short, reserve funds are a must, otherwise they will definitely not be enough.

Harbin Institute of Technology spends money in too many places. Even though it has a large family and a large business, the landlords don’t have any surplus food.

The construction of the new campus in Weizigou, three major projects including the large wind tunnel laboratory, the Mach 5 fighter jet project, the Dawn supercomputer project, the large optical telescope project, the Pioneer Technology aerospace engine project, the 20-nanometer-level lithography machine project, the computing card project, the mobile phone project, etc.

These are the big ones, and there are many smaller items that are not included.

To be honest, the 1.5 billion US dollar reserve fund is just a comfort to people.

"Leader, this is a reserve fund, it cannot be touched!" Wang Duoyu said softly, and Fang Lihe said with a smile:

"It shouldn't be a problem to take out some of it, right? You have so many profitable enterprises at Harbin Institute of Technology."

Before the other party could finish, Wang Duoyu interrupted:
"Leader, if Harbin Institute of Technology's revenue falls below 10 billion US dollars next year, who will bear the responsibility? Will it be you?"

The smile on Fang Lihe's face froze instantly, but Wang Duoyu still said bluntly:

"To be frank, the reserve fund is the core of Harbin Institute of Technology's current confidence. We can't just rob Peter to pay Paul. If we suffer a loss in revenue, it will be just a minor incident at best, but it will also have a huge impact on the entire company."

"Besides, you know, Leader, that schools like Peking University and Tsinghua University can easily secure substantial research funding, but what about Harbin Institute of Technology? We used to only have funding of less than 10 million RMB."

"Now, Harbin Institute of Technology has finally thrived. Thanks to this virtuous cycle and the integration of production and research, we have grown stronger. Last year, we also paid at least 10 to 20 billion RMB in taxes and foreign exchange to the country."

"Honestly, we at Harbin Institute of Technology don't care about our contributions at all. I also know that the purpose of your meeting today is nothing more than to fleece Harbin Institute of Technology. But we handed over nearly 2 billion RMB and nearly 3 billion US dollars in foreign exchange last year, which is already quite good."

"But even so, can't we have a say in the money we earn?"

There was silence in the conference room.

Although Fang Lihe knew that Wang Duoyu was only targeting this incident and not him, his expression was still very ugly.

But no matter how ugly it was, he didn't dare to be angry with Wang Duoyu. He even had to explain the situation to Wang Duoyu. He definitely couldn't really make Wang Duoyu angry.

It's very simple. Harbin Institute of Technology cannot do without Wang Duoyu, and the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building cannot do without Harbin Institute of Technology with Wang Duoyu.

However, just as Fang Lihe was about to speak, Wang Duoyu stopped and said:

"Leader, please don't lecture me on those big principles. I'm not angry. Let's just talk about the facts. If Harbin Institute of Technology hadn't been good at utilizing these funds, how could money be made from them?"

"We've invested $9.5 billion in Lotte Group, but over the years, the group's total value must be over $13 billion, right? And its strategic position is even greater than this investment."

"If it were someone else, haha, would they be able to do this?"

Ask yourself, no one else can do this.

It’s not that we look down on the heroes of the world, but everyone starts out similarly, such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, USTC, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In 1978, the scale of scientific research talents in these units was definitely stronger than that of Harbin Institute of Technology.

But after 1979, the gears of fate began to turn, and everything became very different.

So as far as the current situation is concerned, Harbin Institute of Technology has been able to turn the tide and grow to its current level, and has handed over so much money to the country. Why can't it have more autonomy?
If you give your funds to someone else to manage, haha, are you sure they can do a better job?
However, if we simply invest in scientific research projects, haha, among the projects currently invested by Harbin Institute of Technology, which one is not crucial? At this moment, an expert leader sitting next to Fang Lihe, who was of quite high status, suddenly spoke up:

"Professor Wang, we all know that Harbin Institute of Technology is very strong and excellent, and has made great contributions. But didn't we use up much of the reserve fund from last year?"

"According to the actual situation, last year's reserve fund was 1.2 billion US dollars, and in the end there was still 130 to 150 million US dollars left unspent."

"Besides, it seems the Dawn supercomputer project didn't immediately cost 8 billion RMB, did it? And the Large Optical Telescope Project, honestly, I don't understand the point of spending 1 billion RMB and 20 million US dollars to build such an observatory in the ALD region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau."

"Our country currently does not need to build a five-meter diameter optical telescope. Two meters is almost enough."

"There are so many telescope observatories abroad with diameters exceeding three meters. If we need one, we can definitely apply for one. This way, we can save a lot of money."

"Why do we need to develop the economy? Isn't it because we are very poor now? Since this is a fact, we have to face it, so we should not spend money lavishly and save money where possible."

This statement makes a lot of sense, because money is not earned, but saved.

Our family fortune was also accumulated bit by bit, otherwise we wouldn’t be where we are today.

In the past, all our exported products were low-value-added agricultural products, such as the famous canned pork, canned fruit, canned fish, etc.

We exported these products to Eastern Europe, earning foreign exchange to purchase technology, buses, trucks, accelerators for nuclear bomb development, and so on.

To be honest, the accelerators shipped from the Polar Bear Empire were sold at very high prices, and they were all old and worn out from the 1930s and 1940s.

But if there were no accelerators, scientists like Zhao Zhongyao would not have been able to improve and develop more advanced accelerators at the time.

For example, the Institute of Atomic Research, led by Professor Zhao Zhongyao, built my country's first 700,000-electron-volt proton electrostatic accelerator by referring to parts pieced together and collected from the United States.

Then in 1958, our country's first 2.5 million volt accelerator was manufactured.

Can we collect these parts without foreign exchange?
Those who understand know that our family wealth at that time was almost completely spent on the battlefield on the peninsula.

We simply didn’t have the money to do anything else, and even five years later, we still owed others a lot of money.

It is precisely because of these low-value-added agricultural products and frugality that we have developed a certain military-industrial foundation.

Otherwise, you can refer to the next door.

Japan also began to rise in the 1950s because of the Korean War.

In the 1960s, China caught up with the wave of economic globalization and took over many low- and medium-end manufacturing industries transferred from the United States.

After the 1970s, it took off and even became the world's second largest economy.

There are traces of this.

If we hadn't developed nuclear weapons, we wouldn't have been as powerful as Japan in the past 30 years, but we definitely wouldn't be as poor as we are now.

Of course, it is impossible for us not to develop nuclear weapons. After all, our situation is different from that of Japan.

"Oh, then Director Zheng, how much reserve fund do you think Harbin Institute of Technology should keep?"

Wang Duoyu's expression didn't change at all, and his tone was no different from before.

Director Zheng was greatly encouraged upon hearing this and said:
"You have $1.5 billion in reserve funds. I think $900 million is more than enough. After all, although you'll need to spend a lot of money in the coming year, these projects have basically already been invested in. Even if you need to spend money in the meantime, it won't be much."

After the other party finished speaking, Wang Duoyu continued:

"Oh, then, what does Director Zheng plan to do with the extra $600 million?"

"I don't need to tell you about this. The Seventh Ministry of Machine Building has many areas where it spends money, and they must all be related to aerospace."

Wang Duoyu immediately said:

"That's definitely not possible. We worked so hard to earn the money for Harbin Institute of Technology, so handing it over to the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building is no problem. But if we don't know where to spend $600 million, which is such a huge amount of money, then it's definitely not possible."

"Professor Wang, didn't I tell you that this money will be spent on aerospace?" Director Zheng's tone was a little stiff, but Wang Duoyu didn't notice and continued to ask:

"Professor Zheng, or Director Zheng, our Harbin Institute of Technology has spent so much money. Where is it going? Don't we have the right to know?"

The so-called Director Zheng is actually Professor Zheng or Director Zheng. He is not only the deputy director of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, but also a technical expert and person in charge of important units under the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building.

His position is actually somewhat similar to Qian Xuesen's, but Director Zheng does not have the same fame and strength as Qian Xuesen.

"Professor Wang, we are from the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, the higher-level leadership department of your Harbin Institute of Technology. It's inappropriate for you to question us like this, isn't it?"

After hearing Director Zheng's words, Fang Lihe and others quickly stood up and spoke.

We can’t let Director Zheng continue saying this. If Wang Duoyu is really pissed off, we’ll be in big trouble.

Liu Deben and Lu Gongliang were dumbfounded. Wang Duoyu was really tough.

So they hurriedly pulled Wang Duoyu's clothes and asked him to say less and stop.

However, Wang Duoyu pretended not to hear. When Fang Li and the others stopped talking, he continued:

"Professor Zheng, you think you can take away Harbin Institute of Technology's $600 million reserve fund with just a few words? That's absolutely impossible."

"I know there are quite a few experimental projects at the aerospace level, and I also know that the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building needs money, but these can be applied for from higher-ups instead of bullying us at Harbin Institute of Technology."

"Honestly, we at Harbin Institute of Technology don't have much money. We saved every penny of this money ourselves. We've already handed over so much money, so why are they still targeting us?"

"A large optical telescope is unnecessary? Ask foreigners to apply? If you follow Professor Zheng's theory, then why don't you ask foreigners to apply?"

"At the time, two teachers, Shen Jiannan and Xing Yongfu, from Peking University's admissions office, came to our Qingshan Township production brigade office and tried to persuade me to go to Peking University. But I didn't want to go because I didn't want to have the final say on my own project. I didn't want anyone to dictate what happened to my project."

"If you're really that awesome, then go earn foreign exchange on your own and don't ask Harbin Institute of Technology for money. It's fine if you want money, but you don't have the attitude to ask for it. I just want to ask where you're spending the $600 million. Is that a hard question?"

After finishing his speech in one breath, Wang Duoyu paused and took a sip of water.

Everyone was silent in the conference room. Although Professor Zheng was very angry, he was also frightened by Wang Duoyu at this time.

In addition, he was also angry with Wang Duoyu.

If his unit could earn foreign exchange, why would he join forces with Fang Lihe and others to ask Harbin Institute of Technology for money?
The annual allocation from above is limited, so there is no way there will be any surplus funds.

Everyone is very poor now, and every project needs funds to be implemented.

How could there be extra funds?
"Now, I don't care what you guys are doing, but if you don't have the money, you can't take it!"

Wang Duoyu's voice sounded again, his expression very calm:
"We at Harbin Institute of Technology have the final say over our own funding. If others continue to dictate our decisions, I'll go talk to the head of the department next door."

"Also, my time is very tight, and I don't want to waste any more time talking to you. If you call me over again for something like this, don't blame me for getting angry. I will then apply to the head of the department to have Harbin Institute of Technology no longer directly under the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building."

Grass!
If this really happens, Fang Lihe and others will definitely be furious.

There must be many units that are happy to accept a subordinate institution like Harbin Institute of Technology. It is a laying hen and everyone has to take good care of it. How could they possibly anger Harbin Institute of Technology?
Fang Li and the others' faces had changed drastically at this point. Even Deputy Director Zheng's expression had become very ugly.

Today's incident really backfired. I didn't gain anything, but instead made Wang Duoyu angry.

Director Zheng felt even more complicated when he saw Fang Lihe and others rushing to comfort Wang Duoyu and constantly saying nice things to him.

The meeting ended in such a whimper. Deputy Director Zheng was very unwilling and angry. He also couldn't understand why Wang Duoyu was so nervous.
On the other side, in a small private room in the canteen of the compound, Fang Lihe, Li Rui, Liu Deben, Lu Gongliang and others were having dinner with Wang Duoyu.

The one who was speaking at this time was Fang Lihe:
"Duoyu, don't be angry. Although what Lao Zheng did was not authentic, he had no selfish motives."

"Leader, I'm not angry!"

Wang Duoyu shook his head, picked up a piece of beef, put it in his mouth and ate it slowly, while whispering:

"There's nothing to be angry about, and it's not worth getting angry about."

"Okay, okay, just don't be angry."

Fang Lihe and others immediately breathed a sigh of relief. They were sure that Wang Duoyu was really not angry, so of course they were happy.

If Wang Duoyu really wants to cause trouble, then Harbin Institute of Technology may really change.

Of course, it is very likely that something will happen to Professor Zheng instead of the situation at Harbin Institute of Technology.

The reality is that Wang Duoyu's status is higher, far surpassing Professor Zheng.

Not to mention Wang Duoyu's status in the global mathematics community, just the influence of Wang Duoyu on Harbin Institute of Technology and its many affiliated companies is beyond the reach of Professor Zheng.

The Ice City Institute for Advanced Study seems to be an independent unit, with Wang Duoyu as its dean. It is not under the management of Harbin Institute of Technology, and Fields Medal winners such as John Milnor are not subject to any constraints.

But who doesn’t know that all of these people stayed in Ice City because of Wang Duoyu?

And isn’t the help these people provide to Harbin Institute of Technology small?

If they were asked to move to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai or other places, how could they be willing?

Unless Wang Duoyu wants to move away, they will definitely not leave.

Harbin Institute of Technology, Ice City Advanced Research Institute, Huaxin Company and other subordinate enterprises, Dawn Supercomputing and other series of scientific research projects, Institute of Materials Science and other series of subordinate scientific research units, large wind tunnel laboratories and other subordinate laboratory units, etc. These units seem to have ordinary relationships or even no big connection, but they are actually a whole.

If we have to pick out the person with the greatest influence from such a huge group, it would undoubtedly be Wang Duoyu.

A production, education and research complex that can generate US$17.9 billion in foreign exchange income, and Wang Duoyu is the most influential person in this complex. How can Professor Zheng compare with him?
"Duoyu, we've known each other for so many years. Don't call me leader anymore. Call me Lao Fang, or just call me by my name."

Fang Lihe softened his tone and spoke in an attempt to bring the two closer.

Wang Duoyu smiled and said nothing.

Li Rui and the others also agreed, and then Lu Gongliang suddenly asked curiously about why Wang Duoyu chose Harbin Institute of Technology and refused to go to Peking University.

"Old Lu, do you still need to ask this?"

Liu Deben immediately said with a smile:
"I know about this, and Lao Li is also very clear about it."

"You also know that the leaders of Peking University once said: The temple is small, the evil spirits are strong; the pond is shallow, the turtles are many."

"So he didn't want to go to Peking University at the time, but our Harbin Institute of Technology was closest to his hometown, so we got such a great deal."

There was nothing much to talk about this topic, so Lu Gongliang was just changing the subject.

At this time, Fang Lihe asked Wang Duoyu about the large optical telescope project, some details, and why it had to be five meters in diameter.

This project has already started. Fang Lihe has also read relevant information and knows that this project is closely related to many disciplines such as physics, mechanical engineering, and astronomy.

But to be honest, Professor Zheng’s intentions may not be so good, but they do make sense.

Astronomical research is too cutting-edge, and there is no need to argue with foreigners in this field.

Wouldn't it be better to save this money and use it for research in other areas?
"Leader." As soon as Wang Duoyu opened his mouth, Fang Lihe glared at him. He then said helplessly:
"Okay, Lao Fang, I know what you want to ask. I'm not afraid to tell you that this project does involve a theoretical physics problem I'm currently researching."

"I've already discussed the topic of the components of cosmic matter with Professors Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao."

In order to make it easier for everyone to understand, Wang Duoyu tries to use very simple language to describe it.

After all, Fang Li and the others are not research scholars, and they don't really understand things about cosmic matter.

Lu Gongliang might be able to understand some of it, but not much.

However, Lu Gongliang was a professor of mechanics at Peking University, so of course he knew some knowledge in this area.

So when he heard Wang Duoyu mention that the cosmological constant Λ mentioned by Einstein existed, he was shocked.

Of course, he had no intention of debating with Wang Duoyu, because there was nothing to debate about.

Besides, he is not a researcher in this field, and debating this topic with Wang Duoyu is purely asking for trouble.

“So one of the reasons why I asked the leaders of Harbin Institute of Technology to invest in the large optical telescope observatory project was because of this.”

After a pause, Wang Duoyu continued:

"I know Professor Zheng mentioned that we can apply for an observatory with a diameter of more than three meters abroad. Putting aside whether I'll be harassed or rewarded, am I still suitable to go abroad given my current status?"

There have been incidents of researchers leaking information and an office fire before.

Wang Duoyu even believed that Liu Xiaoli's previous miscarriage was related to these things.

Otherwise, why is he so unlucky?
There will be no waves without wind. If this matter can be investigated in depth, the secret may be revealed one day, but Wang Duoyu knows better that being cautious is the serious matter.

"Of course not!" Fang Lihe and the others nodded gravely, and Wang Duoyu continued:

"I can't go abroad, and I need this kind of equipment for research and development. Besides, once this equipment is built, it will also be a good thing for other researchers in China."

"Also, if I had money, I would have wanted to build a particle collider."

When Liu Deben and the others heard what Wang Duoyu said, they were stunned.

Liu Deben and his team couldn't possibly be unaware of the high-energy physics collider, because there was such a project in Beijing, and the groundbreaking ceremony took place last October.

The construction of the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider began in October 1984. The total investment in the project was 240 million yuan, including 25 million US dollars in foreign exchange.

The entire project was planned in the 1970s, but construction only started in October last year.

It is conceivable how difficult it is to establish and promote this project.

Of course, we can also know from here that Wang Duoyu said that if he wanted to take 8 billion RMB, he should invest 8 billion RMB directly in Sugon supercomputer.

Although the high-energy physics particle collider is aimed at basic science and theoretical research, and is not an application-level R&D project, it certainly cannot be compared with the Dawning supercomputer.

You should know that the number of integrated circuit transistors involved in Dawn's supercomputer is as high as millions, or even hundreds of millions. The engineering workload and technical difficulty are of course very high.

As we all know, integrating millions or even tens of millions of transistors on a chip the size of a fingernail is crazy just to think about it.

There are so many technologies that need to be overcome and it will take a lot of researchers to complete them, which is why this project requires so much investment.

However, because of this, Professor Zheng had some ideas and hoped that Harbin Institute of Technology could leak out a little information, so that their other scientific research projects could be quickly advanced.

I just never expected that Wang Duoyu would be so excited.

"Duoyu, no, you can't do the particle collider project. It's too expensive, and the research and development results will only have an impact in the future. One in Beijing is enough."

Liu Deben immediately persuaded, and Lü Gongliang also echoed his agreement:
"That's right, Duoyu. Research in high-energy physics isn't for you. Most of your energy is currently focused on basic mathematical research. Besides, you're so busy, so forget about this particle collider."

PS: Today is a special day, please give me a red envelope!

(End of this chapter)