You Couldn't Possibly Please Everyone

To date, the development of new technologies in human society has mainly been based on the application of various crystalline materials (metals, semiconductors, etc.). The properties of crystalline materials can be controlled by changing their microscopic defect structure or microscopic chemical structure, but this is difficult to achieve for current Amorphous Materials.

Therefore, Nanostructure Amorphous Materials are of great significance. Theoretically, by introducing a large number of amorphous/amorphous interfaces, the microscopic defect structure or microscopic chemical structure of Amorphous Materials can be changed, thereby achieving the regulation of their properties.

The sample in front of Shen Qi was a ScFeNMG sample prepared under different pressures.

Since the observation area of electron microscopy is very limited, more convincing evidence comes from the results of synchrotron X-ray scattering experiments.

Shen Qi intently studied the experimental results. "The SAXS (small-angle X-ray scattering) data of NMG (Nanostructure Amorphous Alloy material) consolidated under three different pressures are quite impressive."

Experimental results show that the power-law component is caused by the irregular electron density fluctuations and surface roughness inside the NMG sample, but the superimposed hump is consistent with the structural model of NMG having two different density regions. The PAS (positron annihilation spectrum) test results are also consistent with this structural model.

"At this point, we can start working on the paper. We'll finish the PAS study on free volume in NMG in the next phase," Shen Qi instructed. He then learned about the contributions of the 11 members of the FASTER Project Team to this specific project.

The greatest contribution was undoubtedly made by Shen Qi; this was the consensus reached by all 11 members.

Shen Qi felt guilty. He hadn't actually put much effort into the ScFeNMG project. Last year, he had focused his main energy on NS Equation, childbirth support, and other related businesses.

But the will of the people cannot be defied. Everyone says that Shen Qi made great contributions, so what can we do but respect public opinion?

The ScFeNMG project has a wealth of experimental data, and although this paper has not yet been drafted, it is basically half-finished.

The FASTER project has already yielded several reported results, and everyone has benefited from them.

This project has become a veritable treasure trove, or rather, an incubator.

Conducting experiments - producing papers - applying for patents - continuing with the next new experiment, and so on, is a very positive cycle, and one that is very welcome to see.

In such a favorable environment, every member of the FASTER Project Team naturally wanted to be listed as an author on the paper.

In authoritative international journals, the author name slots under the paper title are generally limited to a maximum of six.

Including Shen Qi, the FASTER Project Team has 12 people. How should the authorship slots for papers be allocated?

Shen Qi's principles are twofold: first, to assess contributions; and second, to rotate staff.

As expected, Shen Qi has secured a co-authorship spot on the upcoming ScFe NMG paper.

Tang Yuan was the Deputy Leader. He worked hard and made great contributions. He was the one who relieved Shen Qi of the most academic pressure.

Furthermore, Tang Yuan had already made a name for himself in the Condensed Matter Physics community, so Shen Qi gave the second author slot to Tang Yuan and designated him as the corresponding author.

After a while, when the paper is finalized, a special mark will be added after Tang Yuan's name, and his personal work email address will be left in the paper.

Yang Ding Tian is the Chief Experimentalist of the project team appointed by Shen Qi. He has already graduated with a doctorate and has a designated position.

The remaining three slots were given to three other researchers, leaving six researchers who will not be listed as authors this time. Their names will appear in the "Acknowledgements" section of the paper to prove their participation in the project.

The new project following ScFeNMG is tentatively titled "Study on Free Volume in NMG using PAS".

In new projects, the names in the acknowledgments list will be rotated.

Of course, those who show up but don't put in the effort will never be listed as authors on the paper.

There are no charlatans in the FASTER Project Team. If there were, Shen Qi would have kicked them out long ago.

Shen Qi left the lab to eat, and after returning to the center, went up to the third floor for coffee.

The door to the smoking room on the third floor was half open, which caught Shen Qi's attention.

Shen Qi doesn't smoke, but he set up a smoking room for smokers in the center, which is quite considerate.

Perhaps the smoking room was too stuffy, so the smokers left the door half-open to let in some fresh air.

As Shen Qi approached the smoking room, he overheard someone inside say, "Yang Ding Tian is just like his cat; he acts indifferent to everyone. With his aloof personality and the least seniority, why is he always on the list of names to be signed?"

The other person replied, "You don't understand. Yang Ding Tian was the first student Director Shen took on after returning to China, and also the only doctoral student Director Shen mentored in China."

The man who spoke earlier was quite unconvinced, "I didn't realize that Yang Ding Tian, who seems aloof on the surface, is actually good at networking and currying favor behind the scenes."

Shen Qi quickly recognized the two voices as those of two Condensed Matter Physics researchers from the FASTER Project Team.

Shen Qi listened quietly outside the door, growing angrier with each word. "You two are just stirring up trouble and escalating internal conflicts!"

Admittedly, no organization can be without internal conflicts.

In particular, as the organization grows larger and its resources and interests become more abundant, internal conflicts inevitably arise.

Conflicts will always exist, and if they reach an irreconcilable point, problems will arise.

Shen Qi was heartbroken. "The resource allocation rules I set are already scientific and reasonable. What are you two arguing about?"

Yang Ding Tian is my student. This guy's personality is really strange. He was the last in the project group to get his doctorate and had the least seniority. I trained him for three and a half years before he graduated with his doctorate. I didn't take care of him at all, and he never took the initiative to try to build a relationship with me... Shen Qi is not usually an emotional person, but at this moment he suddenly exploded.

Pushing open the door to the smoking room, Shen Qi walked in with a cold face. "What are you two whispering about?"

The two researchers who were smoking were taken aback. "Director Shen!"

There's a legend at the Shen Qi Mathematical and Physical Research Center and Yenching University that Shen Qi's father and father-in-law were both war gods in the army, and that Shen Qi practiced a secret light-body skill passed down in the military, allowing him to walk silently and control his breathing.

Sure enough, Director Shen appeared out of nowhere, like a bolt from the blue... The two researchers quickly waved their hands. "We didn't say anything, just chatting."

"Have I been bad to you?" Shen Qi asked.

"Okay, that's good!"

Shen Qi then asked, "Did you two have any thoughts about not being listed as authors this time?"

"No ideas, I'll follow the organization's arrangements!"

"If you feel it's unfair, you can raise this issue through official channels, step by step," Shen Qi reminded them seriously, then added, "Alright, you two go back to your work."

The two researchers stubbed out their cigarettes and left dejectedly.

It's heartbreaking, truly heartbreaking. Shen Qi returned to the Director's Office in a low mood.

Looking back at the early days of the center, it was short of staff and had not produced any scientific research results. Shen Qi went to the Yanjing University Physics Department to borrow people. He finally managed to borrow 10 physics researchers, which led to the establishment of the FASTER Project Team.

The FASTER Project Team had a very harmonious atmosphere in the early days. No one cared that Yang Ding Tian was aloof and had the least seniority. Everyone worked together to do scientific research and rolled up their sleeves to work hard.

As the center has developed smoothly to its current stage, several millionaires have emerged in the FASTER Project Team. Clearly, class contradictions have arisen, and the internal power struggles are showing signs of intensifying.

The reason for this can be summed up in two words: selfishness.

Everyone has selfish desires; who wouldn't want to get ahead as soon as possible? If there's a legal and legitimate way to earn more money, why wouldn't they?

Is the concern not about scarcity but about inequality? If this approach is taken, the FASTER Project Team will be in even greater danger.

Winning people's hearts may be more difficult than mastering science.

In short, Shen Qi was in a bad mood today, which may be a growing pain during the period of rapid development of the center.

"Big shots, teach me how to become an excellent manager?" Shen Qi went to the bookshelf, took out documents such as "Zeng Guofan's Family Letter" and "Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong," and began to study them.

The system provides contemporary reference templates for the other nine subjects, but for politics, it only provides historical reference templates, perhaps because the system is afraid of being censored.

In the system's settings, Zeng Guofan is a level 14 reference template in the political field, a figure of great stature.

The big shot traveled through time and told Shen Qi, "Young man, you can't please everyone. If you do, you're just being a fool."

This is a form of spiritual communion, something Shen Qi figured out on his own.

Shen Qi decided to maintain the existing system of the FASTER Project Team, which rewards hard work based on contribution and allows for rotating authorship. Yes, I can't please everyone; they need to resolve their own inner demons.

At that moment, the chief secretary delivered a stack of documents and an express delivery envelope.

Shen Qi glanced at it; that literary-minded fan had sent another letter.

Upon opening the envelope, Shen Qi found a pink greeting card with a sweet design.

Momo wrote on the greeting card, "Shen Qi..." It started with "Shen Qi," this time directly naming him.

"Shen Qi, I don't know if you will receive my letter."

I simply wanted to write you a letter.

Words written by hand leave marks on the paper, unlike the coldness of electronic symbols.

I'm way past the age of having a crush.

I am an optimist when it comes to life.

I am a pessimist when it comes to love.

For you...

Happy birthday."

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Shen Qi felt a pang of emotion; tomorrow was his 29th birthday.

Shen Qi is now more than 80% certain that Momo is a woman.

If Momo is a man, then the nature of this incident is quite egregious. A man repeatedly writing such tender messages to Shen Qi and sending him sweet pink greeting cards is essentially a form of threatening letter.