A genius? I just love studying.

Chapter 310 Qian Lao's Courage
"The National Energy Administration announced today that the cluster of ten controllable nuclear fusion power plants, codenamed Jinwu, has been fully completed and officially connected to the grid for power generation. This project marks my country's first breakthrough in the commercial application of nuclear fusion energy, making it the world's first country to achieve a full supply of fusion energy."

Fang Wen lay on the sofa, scrolling through short videos on his phone while listening to the news.

It's already June, and the temperature in Chengdu is soaring, but Fang Wen is lying comfortably on the sofa in a T-shirt.

The central air conditioning in my home has been running non-stop since the end of April. Back in February, after the completion of the Jinwu-1 satellite, the electricity price in Chengdu had already dropped from 50 cents per kilowatt-hour to 5 cents per kilowatt-hour.

It's not that Fang Wen is being wasteful; since the electricity is wasted anyway, he might as well pay some of the electricity bill to contribute to the country.

"The ten fusion power plants planned for the Jinwu project adhere to the principles of national layout and regional coordination. The site selection fully considers energy strategic security and regional supply and demand balance. The Northwest cluster is located in Yumen, Gansu and Hami, Xinjiang. Relying on the Gobi Desert terrain and low-temperature environment, it effectively solves the heat dissipation needs of fusion devices, while also taking into account the national strategy of transmitting electricity from the west to the east..."

Fang Wen looked up from the short video and at the news being broadcast, a hint of suspicion flashing in his eyes.

He hadn't heard from Chen Hui for more than half a year. Based on his understanding of Chen Hui, he should have made a big splash in half a year. Why has he disappeared recently?

It's not just Fang Wen; many people online are discussing this now. The hashtag #WhereDidChenShenGo has even been trending for almost half a month.

Some people have even started to speculate about conspiracy theories, believing that Chen Hui has been suppressed by certain forces and is now in a difficult situation.

Of course, there were also opportunists who started sending mass text messages, such as, "I am Chen Hui, and I am currently trapped in the park. I need one million to redeem myself. I hope everyone can help me. I will repay you handsomely once I am freed."

In the courtyard house of Beijing,
Mr. Qian was also watching the news. Mr. Zhao and Lin Zhengtian were sitting next to him, but they did not appear in the meeting room today. Instead, they were sitting in the courtyard, leisurely enjoying tea and chatting.

This is both his office and his home. This is the style of most of the older generation of leaders, and Lin Zhengtian and his group are no exception.

Nuclear fusion power generation!

"I never thought it would actually be accomplished in our generation!"

Mr. Qian sighed.

This is not just a major project; nuclear fusion power generation is just the beginning, the key to unlocking a prosperous era. This is an era of unprecedented change, a phrase that has been used for decades, but he believes that now is the real era of great change.

"Xiao Chen went to study cancer, what a joke! He's a mathematician, why is he going to do biology and medicine? Isn't that a waste of time?"

Old Zhao, as outspoken as a firecracker, said that while netizens might not know what Chen Hui was doing, he certainly did.

He certainly understood the significance of nuclear fusion power generation, but the more he understood, the angrier he became.

How could he not be angry that Chen Hui, the most important contributor to the successful controllable nuclear fusion, such a genius, was wasting his time in other fields?

"That's hard to say. When he wanted to develop nuclear fusion, wasn't that what everyone thought too?"

Lin Zhengtian chuckled and said, "But in the end, everyone knows how it turned out."

"And when he wanted to work on the Riemann Hypothesis? When he wanted to work on materials science? Wasn't it always like this?"

"I actually think he has a real chance of solving this problem!"

Old Zhao seemed somewhat persuaded by Lin Zhengtian, but in the end he shook his head. "Can that be the same? The others can be said to be related to mathematics, but biology and medicine, can they be solved with mathematics?"

"Alright, alright."

Old Qian looked at Old Zhao with a mixture of amusement and exasperation. It seemed that wherever Old Zhao was, there was bound to be an argument. His personality was truly one of fierce competition.

"Regardless of the final outcome, let him study it first. If it can really solve the problem, it will be good news for us old guys."

Even if we can't solve it, it will buy us some time.

"Otherwise, what about the planetary particle collider?"

The people in the courtyard fell silent. In fact, China was not confident enough to support Chen Hui in building a planetary particle collider. To them, it seemed that it was actually a good thing that Chen Hui was now focusing his energy on cancer research.

"But scientists only have a few golden years, are we just going to watch them waste them like this?"

It was Old Zhao who spoke again; he was so anxious that his mouth was dry.

Qian sighed deeply, "We have let him down, so we must quickly capitalize on the benefits of nuclear fusion power generation and strive to complete the construction of the particle collider as soon as possible. No matter what research Xiao Chen wants to do, we old folks will give him our full support."

"We are getting old, and we have to rely on the younger generation for scientific research. Although we don't know the significance of building a planetary particle collider now, we have to trust their vision."

He looked at Old Zhao and Lin Zhengtian.

He was the oldest of the three, and if that day ever came, he would surely be the first to pass away.

When the time comes, the successors will most likely be these two people around him, so his words can be considered as an endorsement of Chen Hui in advance.

"I have a bold idea!"

At this moment, Lin Zhengtian suddenly spoke.

"Since we cannot fully realize the benefits of nuclear fusion power generation in a short period of time, why not cooperate with other countries?"

"Haven't they contacted us many times already?"

The stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the courtyard fell completely silent.

Everyone understood Lin Zhengtian's meaning: China could indeed leverage its advantage in nuclear fusion power generation to carry out a comprehensive industrial revolution and dominate the world. At that time, let alone building a planetary particle collider, even reaching for the moon might not be impossible.

But this will take time, it could be five years, or it could be ten years.

Compared to that grand goal, this timeframe is not excessive.

But for a young scientist, a young man who had just turned twenty, it was too long!

They must save that genius as much time as possible.

Since they cannot fully realize the benefits of nuclear fusion power generation in a short period of time, they should cooperate with other countries to exchange technology for a large amount of resources. This way, they can shorten the time to build a planetary particle collider from five years to two years, or even one year!
The three or four years saved are enough for a genius scientist to change the world!
"I think it's feasible!"

Surprisingly, this absurd idea actually received Qian Xuesen's approval.

"That's right, Lao Lin's idea is great!"

Old Zhao also excitedly said, "With Xiao Chen around, we don't have to worry about their technology catching up with ours at all. Even if we share our technology, they can only follow behind us and eat what we leave behind forever."

"That's right!"

The three of them exchanged glances, showing a mutual respect among heroes. "However, there are nuances to who we share this technology with and who we don't. It's impossible to completely disclose it."

Old Qian became more and more excited as he spoke, and looked at Old Zhao, "Old Zhao, contact the others, we need to hold an emergency meeting."

……

Huaxia Academy of Medical Sciences, fourth floor of the library
Chen Hui's hands flew across the computer screen as he attempted to construct the three-dimensional structure of cancer cells, such as the three-dimensional structure of common mutants like EGFR/ALK, and to reverse-engineer a main-chain drug framework with a flexible binding domain.

The most critical reason why cancer is currently difficult to cure lies in the resistance to targeted therapies. A tumor is not composed of uniform cancer cells; just as there are different trees in a forest, there are also multiple subpopulations of cancer cells with different gene mutations within the same tumor.

A certain treatment, such as a targeted drug, may only effectively kill a subset of cancer cells with specific mutations, but be ineffective against other subsets.

These surviving subpopulations continue to grow, leading to disease relapse, or acquired drug resistance in cancer cells.

So cancer treatment is like playing whack-a-mole; you knock one down, and another pops up.

Therefore, Chen Hui envisioned a "smart drug," an adaptive molecule that can automatically adjust its attack target based on mutations in key driver genes of cancer cells.

In theory, this drug could act as a "master key" to deal with most known and even some unknown mutations.

The model is currently being built very smoothly, and with exclusive rights to Fuxi-1, its computing power is virtually limitless.

The model building is now nearing completion, and the next step is clinical trials. Chen Hui plans to find a tumor research lab at the university to conduct experiments on mice first.

“Using the theory of special orthogonal group SO(3) to handle molecular rotation means that no matter how the protein rotates in three-dimensional space, the model can recognize that it is the same molecule, thus ensuring the rotation invariance of the learning.”

Chen Hui, who was completely focused on his work, did not notice that two middle-aged men with flushed faces were standing behind him.

These were Liu Jishou and Song Chaoming, who had just had a few drinks and rushed over. Although they had drunk some alcohol, they were still sober. Song Chaoming looked at the formulas on Chen Hui's computer with a bright light in his eyes.

He understood what Chen Hui was doing. With just a few simple lines of formula, he could already feel Chen Hui's power, his imaginative thinking, and his solid mathematical theoretical knowledge.

This is definitely not an ordinary undergraduate student!
"Using spherical harmonics as rotationally equivariant basis functions transforms the spatial positions of atoms into a mathematical description that does not change their intrinsic relationships regardless of rotation..."

"wonderful!"

"That's wonderful!"

Song Chaoming became more and more excited as he read on.

Liu Jishou, standing to the side, felt somewhat embarrassed, realizing that he couldn't understand what Chen Hui was doing.

He's a professor, yet he can't understand undergraduate material.

Luckily, he had been drinking, so his face was already flushed; otherwise, he would have been mortified.

Song Chaoming was eager to communicate with Chen Hui immediately, but he knew that Chen Hui was engrossed in his research and did not want to interrupt him, so he stood quietly behind Chen Hui.

But soon, he frowned.

He found that he was starting to lose track of the little guy's train of thought.

Gradually, he stopped not only from falling behind, but from completely failing to understand anything.

However, he wasn't surprised, after all, he was just a professor of biomedicine, not a professor of mathematics, and everyone has their own area of ​​expertise.

But solid knowledge of biology, chemistry, and medicine, and superb mathematical skills—this is the person I've been looking for!
Song Chaoming began to get excited.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but as darkness fell, Chen Hui stretched and closed his laptop.

After spending more than a month, he finally completed the modeling. Now, it's time to reap the rewards!

Your math level has improved from 6 (90%) to 91.

Your creature level has increased from 67% to 68% (level 4).

Your Chemistry level has increased from 4 (53%) to 54%.

A series of comments lit up in Chen Hui's eyes. Chen Hui himself did not expect that studying cancer could improve his math skills. Sure enough, his teacher in junior high school said that if you master math, physics and chemistry, you can go anywhere in the world without fear.

Mathematics is the foundation of all sciences; even biology and medicine cannot function without it.

His strong mathematical foundation also allowed him to excel in studying biology and medicine.

"Hello, classmate, I am Song Chaoming from the Academy of Medical Sciences."

Chen Hui had just snapped out of his research when a sudden voice rang out behind him. A middle-aged stranger extended his hand to him, "I have a key national project that needs someone like you. Are you interested in joining our project team?"

Song Chaoming couldn't wait to extend an olive branch to Chen Hui. They had been waiting there all afternoon, and he was already quite impatient.

Unfortunately, Chen Hui had absolutely no interest in this so-called key national project.

"Hello."

Chen Hui reached out and shook hands with the professor. "I'm currently busy with my own research and don't have time to work on other projects. I'm sorry."

After saying that, he started packing his things, preparing to go to the cafeteria for a meal.

Food is essential for life, and after such a long period of intense mental work, he was starting to feel hungry.

Song Chaoming stood there dumbfounded. He was a well-known figure in the medical field, especially in the cancer research circle. Otherwise, he would not have been able to apply for a national key project. In the past, others would have been scrambling to join his project team.

I never expected that someone would refuse my invitation.

However, thinking about the work the little guy had just been doing, he felt relieved. With the little guy's abilities, he really didn't need to squeeze into his project team. If people from other project teams knew, they would probably scramble to get the little guy.

This is why talent is so important!
If such talent could join my project team, that problem would definitely be solved quickly.

pity……

A thousand thoughts raced through Song Chaoming's mind. The more excited he was just now, the more disappointed he was now.

Liu Jishou, however, became even more quick-witted. "I'm sorry to take up a few minutes of your time, but our research is encountering some problems. I wonder if you could help us take a look?"

He thought of his student Ge Xin's situation. Since Chen Hui could answer questions for Ge Xin, it seemed normal for him to answer questions for him as well.

As for the difficult problem of Song Chaoming's key national project, whether Chen Hui can solve it quickly is uncertain. After all, if you ask others a question and they don't know the answer either, then there's nothing you can do.

However, this was not within his consideration.

Furthermore, he was also somewhat hopeful; others might not be able to solve it, but this guy in front of him might be able to as well!

"Oh?"

"what is the problem?"

Chen Hui did indeed stop. If it was a problem that could be easily solved, Chen Hui wouldn't mind lending a hand.

(End of this chapter)