Chapter 234 No longer far away
At nine o'clock in the morning, Xiao Yi arrived at the office building of USTC School of Mathematical Sciences.
Xiao Yi's office is on the third floor. It is a single-person office, and its specifications are not much different from the dean's office.
After all, he is the winner of Fields Medal, and his treatment in the School of Mathematics is of course the best.
However, although the office is very nice, for a long time, Xiao Yi didn't come here much, mainly at Science Island Laboratory's place.
Of course, from about the beginning of this semester, Xiao Yi will be used more.
I simply tidied up the office. There is no need to worry about the hygiene. The school usually arranges people to come here for regular cleaning.
Finally, he sat at his desk, took out a pile of experimental materials from his briefcase and began to read them.
After more than a month of experiments, he has now gradually mastered the synthesis rules of MHT-7. Although the yield rate is still a little behind, for a material with such a complex synthesis method, a low yield rate is considered a normal phenomenon, and the yield rate is also a key factor that ultimately affects the cost.
In addition, it has also optimized on the basis of MHT-7. Now there are two improved models, MHT-8 and MHT-9. Compared with MHT-7, its performance is closer to the theoretical performance of Twisted Carbon.
However, the yield rate of these two improved models is even lower. Compared with the yield rate of MHT-7, it is completely reduced by a cliff.
He can already guarantee the yield rate of MHT-7 to 25%, but the yield rate of the other two generations is less than 10%.
So for now, he still tries to prioritize the optimization of the MHT-7 process, and then optimize the MHT-8 and MHT-9.
As for Twisted Carbon itself, it has not been perfectly synthesized yet.
However, at this time, he was no longer in a hurry.
When the yield rate of MHT-7 increases to 50%, he will officially launch the controllable nuclear fusion project.
I was thinking about my future plans when suddenly, there was a knock on the office door.
Xiao Yi came back to his senses, then began to pack up the experimental materials in his hands, and said at the same time, "Please come in."
The door was opened, and no one showed up, but the sound came first.
"Brother Xiao!"
As soon as he heard this voice, Xiao Yi knew who had arrived.
Turning around to look, I saw Chen Muhua walking in excitedly.
"Brother Xiao, finally I see you!"
Xiao Yi rolled his eyes, coughed twice, and said with a serious expression, "You must call yourself teacher when you go to school."
"Okay, okay, Teacher Xiao."
Chen Muhua shrugged, and then said, "Stop talking about it now, I want to take a photo with you first and show it to the guys in the group."
After saying that, he walked up, took out his mobile phone, took a photo with Xiao Yi, and then sent it to the original Joint Examination Group.
"Are you still using that group?"
Xiao Yi couldn't help but say.
He hasn't paid attention to this group for a long time.
"Isn't it?" Chen Muhua said, "Teacher Xiao, you haven't chatted in the group for a long time."
Xiao Yi said, "How else could I be your teacher?"
Chen Muhua's mouth suddenly twitched.
Okay, he couldn't reply to this, so he started a group chat with his cell phone.
Xiao Yi doesn't care, anyway, wait until everyone arrives.
At this time, the office door was knocked again, and another person walked in.
"Excuse me, this is Professor Xiao... Professor Xiao!"
Compared to Chen Muhua, this one was more reserved. He asked politely when he came in, but he quickly recognized Xiao Yi sitting over there and immediately shouted excitedly.
Xiao Yi looked over and said with a smile, "Is it Liang Qiushi? Come in."
Liang Qiushi nodded and walked in quickly.
"Hello, Professor Xiao!"
Xiao Yi nodded and said, "Just call me teacher from now on."
Professors in domestic universities are generally called teachers by their students, and calling them professors is a bit awkward.
Liang Qiushi Chongshan Ruliu: "Okay, Teacher Xiao."
Xiao Yi nodded with satisfaction, yes, so it's better not to ask someone you knew before when accepting students.
The original Sun Lina and Luo Mingya are very typical examples.
Look at Chen Muhua over there. He is still in the water, with a smile on his face from time to time.
It seems like I'll have to give this guy some tasks or something when the time comes.
At this time, he was looking at a group of Chen Muhua in the group who were yelling "I'm born". He just showed a proud smile on his face, and suddenly felt a chill on his back. He turned his head and saw that Xiao Yi's eyes had moved away without leaving a trace.
After scratching his head, Chen Muhua put away his phone and went up to get to know Liang Qiushi.
In any case, they are now considered the first generation disciples of Xiao Yi, and they still need to get to know each other first.
Moreover, these two people have actually met before. After all, one is from Beijing University and the other is from Qinghua University, both are from the Mathematics Department. There are quite a lot of opportunities for communication between the two sides.
It didn't take long for us to become familiar with each other, and we even started chatting about games.
"Have you got through Black Monkey?"
"Yeah, I had a lot of fun playing it, so I just speed-passed it first and booked some of the best games of the year first."
"Awesome, take me with you when the time comes."
"..."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Xiao Yi couldn't help but feel that he was old and had no idea what they were talking about.
At this time, his third student Sun Yuan finally arrived.
Sun Yuan looks tall and honest.
Compared with Liang Qiushi and Chen Muhua, it seems more boring.
As a physics student, he is obviously more in line with people's stereotypes than Chen Muhua and Liang Qiushi.
"Okay, everyone, come here."
When the three students arrived, Xiao Yi waved to the two people sitting on the sofa.
Soon, both people came over.
"Okay, now that you are all here, let me first tell you about your main goals for this semester and the past few years as a graduate student. Of course, there are also graduation requirements."
Xiao Yi said, "Let's talk about the graduation requirements first."
"As my students, I hope you can complete at least one top-level journal when you graduate."
Upon hearing this request, the three of them suddenly looked embarrassed.
For those of them who have published in SCI, the difficulty of top-level journals is all too clear.
Of course, although they found it very difficult, they did not feel flinched.
No matter what, they are more or less motivated to become mathematicians and physicists. Sooner or later, they will strive to be published in top journals. It would be a bit embarrassing if they backed down now.
Think about those top experts, which one didn't make top posts when they were students?
Not to mention the mentor in front of them.
Seeing the reactions of the three people, Xiao Yi nodded with satisfaction.
On the premise of ensuring that he is interested, he believes in an education method that turns pressure into motivation.
Of course, the pressure must be appropriate, and for these three talented students, the pressure required for graduation is completely enough.
Then he asked, "This is the graduation requirement, there is nothing else."
"After all, we are engaged in pure theory, and for most scholars, for most scholars, being able to develop a theory in their lifetime is considered to have made an important contribution to science and mankind."
"Of course, these are my graduation requirements for you. The school's graduation requirements for you also include exams. If you can't pass the exam, then don't blame me."
Xiao Yi shrugged.
Of course, postgraduate exams are just fun, and the invigilator will most likely not care.
"Then this semester, or your entire first-year graduate school goal, is to read books and papers."
Xiao Yi said, took out three pieces of paper from the side and handed them to them respectively.
"Here are some books and corresponding papers that I have listed based on your research directions. Your goal for this year is to read these books and papers and complete a short paper."
"The quality of the essay is related to my evaluation of you, so you should try to write it as well as possible."
"Of course." Xiao Yi smiled, "If you can write your graduation thesis within the first year, naturally there will be no need for a short thesis. I will also write you a very beautiful evaluation and apply for graduation directly."
The three people's eyes lit up, but soon they all shook their heads helplessly.
Are you kidding me? They publish a top journal in one year. They are not the teacher in front of them.
They knew that Xiao Yi, because his undergraduate thesis was so good, he didn't even study for a master's degree, so he graduated directly together and studied for a doctorate.
Better than those direct bloggers.
After all, there is no master's degree for a direct PhD.
"The end is your overall goal during your master's degree."
"Well, the overall goal is of course bigger than your graduation goal."
"Master's degree is the period when you officially enter real scientific research, so you also need to deal with this period well."
"I hope that after you have completed these three years, you will be able to be called a senior mathematician and physicist. At this time, you may not be a real mathematician or physicist, but you have already developed your own thinking model in your respective research, and having your own thinking model is the prerequisite for becoming a true 'scientist'."
"And then, as you continue to produce results and publish papers, you will become a real mathematician and physicist before you know it."
"Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't complete this overall goal during your master's degree. There are still a few years left for your doctorate. By that time, you will probably be able to better understand what I mean by what I am saying now. By that time, you will officially embark on the road to becoming a mathematician and physicist."
Listening to the description given to them by Xiao Yi, the faces of the three people showed a look of longing.
Mathematician!
physicist!
This is the dream goal for students like them when they decide to embark on such a scientific research path.
But obviously, this will definitely be a road that tests your patience.
However, when the three of them came to their senses, Chen Muhua suddenly asked, "Brother Xiao, how long did it take you to become a mathematician?"
Xiao Yi was stunned. "Me?"
He thought for a moment and said, "Maybe... just two years?"
After he successfully proved the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture, he probably became a mathematician, right?
Of course, now he is more commonly known as a master of mathematics.
But, there was no need to say this to the three young men in front of them who were confused.
So as not to hit them too hard.
That night, Xiao Yi treated the three of them to a meal, which strengthened their relationship, and then left time for the three of them.
On the second day, they officially entered the life of graduate students.
Compared with undergraduates, graduate students have more freedom. Of course, this only refers to mathematics graduate students and Theoretical Physics graduate students. If they switch to other majors...
That's hard to say.
Of course, the main focus of such a profession is to be led by a master and practice on an individual basis.
Xiao Yi can provide guidance for their research and help them complete the project easily, but it does not bring any improvement to them.
What Xiao Yi can do is to occasionally give them some questions, or recommend some papers that he thinks are good, assign some tasks, so that they can maintain the time they spend studying, etc.
If you want to get ahead in mathematics and Theoretical Physics, you must rely on your strength.
Among those famous mathematicians or Theoretical Physicist, there is absolutely no one who cannot achieve anything.
As for some other fields... well, such as the Silicon Valley female celebrity who claimed that a drop of blood can detect various diseases, or the original room temperature superconductivity, Alzheimer's disease, etc., there are too many to mention.
Life returned to normal, and Xiao Yi once again devoted his time to the research of MHT-7.
Probably the only difference is that you have to pay attention to what your students are doing occasionally.
Have you studied today?
Have you read the paper?
Have you thought about the problem?
That's it, until one day in mid-September.
The door of Plasma Institute.
Xiao Yi is here again.
"Hey, Professor Xiao, why are you free to come to our institute today?"
Zhao Zhanyou has come to the door to greet Xiao Yi.
"I heard that Professor Xiao has now started teaching at USTC and taking care of students? How do you feel?"
Xiao Yi said with a smile, "That's it. It's my first time to take care of students anyway. Apart from the occasional guidance, there's nothing different about it."
"It's true that taking care of students is troublesome and simple. The most important thing is to see how the students themselves are." Zhao Zhanyou nodded.
"Okay, Director Zhao, let's get down to business." Xiao Yi's expression became serious, "I came here today to tell you and Academician Li something very important."
"So please prepare a safe enough room. Only the three of us know about this matter."
Hearing what Xiao Yi said, Zhao Zhanyou was stunned for a moment, and then became serious, "I understand, let's go find Academician Li now."
It didn't take long for them to find Academician Li, and then came to a room that was confidential enough. By the way, Xiao Yi also asked Wang Li to check the room to make sure there was no monitoring equipment. After closing the door, only the three of them were left in the room.
"I'm ready to officially start the nuclear fusion reactor project."
Xiao Yi said this in the first sentence.
After hearing his words, Li Jiangan's eyes gradually became shocked.
At that time, Zhao Zhanyou had not yet reacted, and said, "So this is what happened! Isn't this already prepared..."
"Pa!" Li Jiangan next to him slapped Zhao Zhanyou on the head, "I shouldn't have recommended you to be this director in the first place."
Then he turned his head and said to Xiao Yi in disbelief, "Do you mean... a demonstration pile?"
Xiao Yi nodded.
"Did you get that material?"
Li Jiangan has not forgotten what Xiao Yi said at their Plasma Institute's induction ceremony.
Xiao Yi did not answer directly, but took out several documents from the bag he carried and handed them to Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou, who were covering their heads.
The two people took it and looked at it for a while, and Li Jiangan stood up in disbelief.
And Zhao Zhanyou immediately stopped covering his head and looked at the test results listed in the information in shock.
Such radiation resistance...
It was completely beyond their imagination.
Li Jiangan: "This... can actually create such a material!"
Zhao Zhanyou: "Fuck!"
After being shocked, Li Jiangan looked at Xiao Yi again and solemnly said, "What is your plan? We, Plasma Institute, will fully cooperate with you."
Zhao Zhanyou really wanted to say that he was the director, but when he thought of the slap he had just received, he gave up his struggle.
Xiao Yi said, "First apply for a project in another name, such as building a new experimental facility, and then I will contact the above to inform you of the relevant news."
"Director Liu, over there, you were angry with me before."
"The old leader will also provide me with support at any time."
"This time, nuclear fusion is no longer far away from us!"