My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 123 The truly amazing papers are the ones that can't be published.
Upon seeing this, Li Quanyuan exclaimed, "?!"

Almost instantly, the call was answered. A voice that sounded incredibly familiar to Li Quanyuan came through the phone—it was Zhao Shao!

However, compared to the calm, organized, and intelligent tone he used when chatting with Zhao Shao, Li Quanyuan could still feel Zhao Shao's excitement and exhilaration even if he tried to suppress it.

"Ah Zhu, did you call me this time to discuss the remaining algorithms?"

"...I'm writing, I'm writing!" Chu Zhu paused in her eating, her expression unnatural, her voice almost squeezed out from between her teeth...

That's why he doesn't want to contact Lao Zhao!
With a sigh, Chu Zhu looked at Li Quanyuan across from her and said, "Senior Zhao, I'm having dinner with Principal Li of our school right now!"

President's Office, Company Z

“…Oh?” Zhao Shao paused in his eating, his mind racing, his expression turning serious. “Did the principal need to see me? No, if it really was that person, then it must have been the principal who called me! In other words…”

"Principal Li." After sorting out his thoughts, Zhao Shao coughed lightly and changed his tone, "Although I don't quite understand what A-Zhu was talking about with you, A-Zhu is really a very talented and gifted guy."

Zhao Shao praised him lavishly: "His expertise in artificial intelligence and algorithms is no less than mine! He might even be more powerful than me! I previously communicated with Junior Brother Chu, and he gave me tremendous inspiration! This has helped our Z Company..."

Even though Zhao Shao hadn't actually discussed AI with Chu Zhu, he still chose to brag about it on Chu Zhu's behalf...

In any case, based on his understanding, Principal Li is not a researcher of artificial intelligence programs.

Even if Chu Zhu is really bad at this, and the algorithm was copied from somewhere... well, the other side still can't verify it!
“Zhao Shao,” Li Quanyuan interrupted Zhao Shao’s boasting with a dark face, “If we were really talking about artificial intelligence, your explanation would put me at ease! But the key issue is…”

"He wrote a paper on materials science!" After hesitating for a moment, Li Quanyuan's gaze drifted towards Chu Zhu's direction. "It should be on materials science, right?"

Zhao Shao's actions have made him lose confidence.

Zhao Shao: "...Huh?!"

Oh no, did he make a mistake in his boasting?!

"So, Chu, just say it! What do you want to prove?" Li Quanyuan took a deep breath and stared intently at Chu Zhu.

"You think I only have talent in music and sports because you've only seen my talent in those two areas! Like now, I can easily communicate with Senior Zhao about artificial intelligence." Chu Zhu gently patted the table, her words filled with pride and confidence.

He looked directly into Li Quanyuan's eyes. "Then why do you think I haven't made any achievements in materials?"

"To put it bluntly, materials science is probably the industry that relies most on luck, right? Even an amateur scientist, if they're lucky enough, might create materials that have a transformative impact on society as a whole!"

“My reason tells me I’d like to question you!” Li Quanyuan said expressionlessly, “but my reason also tells me you’re not stupid enough to deliberately play me for a fool! And to deliberately bring Zhao Shao along…”

Li Quanyuan tapped his fingers lightly on the table, his mind racing with countless thoughts. He said, "I talked to Xiao Zhao. He's a very smart guy, very good at protecting himself. I knew from his brief conversation that this kid not only has some tricks up his sleeve, but he's also very good at swindling and cheating!"

"That's precisely why! I'm certain he'll achieve great things in the future," Li Quanyuan declared decisively. "So I immediately decided to support him!"

"..." Chu Zhu's expression became intriguing, hesitant to speak. In the initial timeline, Principal Li seemed to have been right after all; Zhao Shao was indeed both capable and a liar... but the problem was, he hadn't really achieved anything great... However, the main reason was his untimely death!
From this perspective, Principal Li's eye for talent is actually quite astounding...

Zhao Shao: "..."

No, you can just chat! Why bring him up and criticize him? And what does it even mean to say he's good at swindling and cheating...?

Although he was inwardly screaming, Zhao Shao remained outwardly obedient. At the same time, he was deeply shocked…

What big commotion has his junior classmate Chu stirred up this time?
Judging from the snippets of their conversation… materials? What materials? Why are they making such a big deal out of it? What kind of reform, what important thing… military-grade?
"Um, should I hang up the phone?" Zhao Shao finally couldn't hold back and asked, feeling cold sweat all over his body.

If it really involves military matters, he's heard about it a lot now. He won't just wait for some guy in military uniform to pop up out of nowhere and make him sign a confidentiality agreement, will he?
Li Quanyuan ignored Zhao Shao, stuffed a stack of papers on the table into his briefcase, and said, "I'll take a look at them this afternoon... And, kid!"

Li Quanyuan stared at Chu Zhu with a complicated expression, opened his mouth, and finally sighed, "Sometimes I really can't figure out if you're naive or something else!"

"If it's really as you say, and there are such significant materials science findings here, why didn't you just tell me?" Li Quanyuan's voice became stern. "Did you keep any records of this? Aren't you afraid I'll swallow your findings?"

As an academician, and also the teacher and principal of the person in front of him, Li Quanyuan would certainly not do something so unscrupulous.

But he knew all too well what the academic environment was really like now!

Chu Zhu clearly hasn't experienced a beating. If it's fake, then there's nothing to say; just scold her afterwards!

But if this material is real, and Chu Zhu is indeed exceptionally talented in this area... Li Quanyuan has no doubt that Chu Zhu will inevitably learn a big lesson in the future.

"I kept it!" Chu Zhu said matter-of-factly. "When I came to school this morning, I copied the paper and sent it to China Post."

Li Quanyuan was taken aback. Fine, this evidence was just too authoritative. China Post has its own postal law! This could definitely be used as evidence in court.

But the problem is...

"You haven't applied for a patent, have you? Or even if you wanted to, it's not something that can be done in a short time!" Li Quanyuan rubbed his temples and said earnestly, "Moreover, if what you have here is really genuine, I also suggest that you blur it out and just record the material formula in the paper!"

"It's alright," Chu Zhu said lightly, but his thoughts were becoming increasingly complex. He realized even more clearly why the release of the Star Sea Explanation had caused such a stir in the world—

It's just a minor, peripheral paper! Yet Li Quanyuan emphasizes it so highly. It's truly unimaginable how valuable the entire book is!
Li Quanyuan didn't know what to say, and sighed, "You really don't want to make money, do you?"

"How can you be so sure that this is all there is?" Chu Zhu countered.

A thesis is just a thesis after all!
Chu Zhu's real killer is the Alisu battery, whose energy density is one-sixth that of gasoline...

As for the materials involved, and the structural calculation methods...

Even if word gets out, even if battery manufacturers around the world find out and start adjusting their designs to make rapid progress in their battery technology, so what?

Once Alisu batteries are produced, all competitors in the same field will be completely outmatched.

Faced with such unimaginably high technical barriers... a paper that directly elucidates the structure of materials is ultimately just a paper!
Li Quanyuan's pupils contracted as he understood Chu Zhu's implication. After a brief silence, he said in a low voice, "I'll find professors from the Materials Science and Engineering department, as well as those specializing in batteries, to take a look at your paper later."

"Don't worry, if it really turns out well, the credit will be yours alone!" Li Quanyuan assured Chu Zhu.

Even if the verification proves true and a professor wants to leave their name on it as a second author, he would never agree to it once it's in his hands.

"Moreover, if such revolutionary results can truly be achieved! Just like you said before, it could optimize all batteries, improving their energy storage performance by 1.5 times..."

After a brief pause, Li Quanyuan narrowed his eyes, scrutinized Chu Zhu for a moment, and then spoke with a meaningful tone.

"This paper may not be able to be published in a prestigious academic journal."

"Of course, if you actually produce even more revolutionary results afterward, this paper won't really be of much help to foreign countries in terms of military applications! Then you can publish it."

Truly outstanding papers cannot be published.

In fact, China still has a bunch of papers from decades ago that are still being suppressed—because if these papers were actually published, hostile countries might break through the paper and produce advanced weapons.

The most typical example is a paper that was helpful to the research on the white elephant hydrogen bomb, but it was shelved for decades and never published.

Originally, the academician who wrote the paper was planning to publish it once the white elephant hydrogen bomb research was successful... but who could have imagined that this delay would last for decades?

And as things stand, it's still unclear... when White Elephant will take that step and publish the paper...

"Then I'll leave it to you!" Chu Zhu clasped her hands together. "By the way, if the thesis comes to fruition, should the school... consider applying to my company?"

“…Huh?!” Li Quanyuan paused.

"Please believe me," Chu Zhu said with a smile, but her words carried an unspoken confidence: "This may be the most profitable investment Jinling University has ever made since its founding!"

Thirteen percent of the shares doesn't seem like a big deal, does it?
But the key issue is that this company is poised to become a top 3 global giant in the future!
Only Z, which was also interfered with by Chu Zhu, and Skynet, which was on a cheat-like level with the White Eagle, could be compared to it!

What an astronomical figure this is!
Even based on the current shareholdings of Apple, Oracle, and Intel overseas, this is a massive fortune worth trillions!
Needless to say, the market capitalization of the three future giants will inevitably far surpass that of the current conglomerates.

Because Z and C companies are not publicly listed in the future, their future is unclear. However, Nuwa commented that their market capitalization, comparable to that of Skynet, is significantly higher than that of other listed companies, creating a huge gap! Their stock market capitalization has reached the highest level in human history.

"I'll consider it." Li Quanyuan gave Chu Zhu a deep look, then stopped eating the rest of his food, picked up his plate, and headed back to begin the verification process, carrying his briefcase.

"Oh, right..." Chu Zhu suddenly remembered something, and after stopping Li Quanyuan, she said with a little shyness, "Principal Li, if I want to go to Jinling No. 3 High School to find a student, could you provide me with some assistance?"

"?" Li Quanyuan was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Chu Zhu. He felt that there were too many things to complain about in Chu Zhu's words, so much so that he didn't know where to start.

No, is this the same topic we discussed earlier?
How come we've suddenly jumped to high school?!

“…Let me give you the phone number! Write it down.” Li Quanyuan fluently recited a string of numbers. “This is Principal Yang’s number at the Third High School! I’ll call him later and you can speak with him directly this afternoon!”

"besides……"

Li Quanyuan glared at Chu Zhu with a hint of warning, "You brat, if you're going to date, you'd better do it within our school! Don't go looking for high school students! You can afford to lose face, but I can't afford to lose face like this."

"???" Chu Zhu stared dumbfounded at Li Quanyuan's departing figure. He was indeed looking for high school students, but what did that have to do with dating?
Oh, right... Chu Zhu realized belatedly that this was probably the most reasonable explanation under the current circumstances?

Oh no! Lu Keke seems to actually be a girl... Ouch!

"Tsk tsk!" Chu Zhu pouted. "So why does anything related to women always involve these kinds of things! Can't I just value her talent? That's going too far..."

Principal Li Quanyuan, who hadn't truly left yet: "..."

His face darkened, and he forcibly suppressed the urge to go back and yell at them. But he quickened his pace to leave!

(End of this chapter)