An eerie silence fell over the other end of the line.
It was as if the signal had been lost; for quite a while, not a single sound came through.
Just as Lu Zhou hesitated for a moment and was about to remind Director Li that he was still on the call, there came a Duang from the other end, as though something had been dropped onto a table.
The phone was quickly picked up from the coffee table.
"What are you doing, Old Liu—"
"What did you say? The problem of Topological Quantum Computing has been solved? What problem? How did you deal with decoherence? And the Hall Effect—"
Listening to the excited yet unfamiliar voice on the other end, Lu Zhou froze slightly, then frowned and asked.
"Who are you?"
The rapid-fire voice stalled slightly.
After a few deep breaths, it calmed down.
"I'm Liu Changqing from the Hua Academy of Sciences Semiconductor Research Institute! If it's convenient, I would appreciate it if Academician Lu could explain it to me."
Academician Liu.
Upon hearing that name, Lu Zhou thought for a moment before a look of realization appeared on his face.
Deputy director of the Hua Academy of Sciences Semiconductor Research Institute, director of the IC Design Center, head of the national key project on "Quantum Regulation and Quantum Information," and one of the participating experts behind the Longteng Series Chips.
Wu Tianqun had mentioned that name to him several times before. Though they had never met, Liu was said to be a leading figure in the domestic semiconductor industry. In that case, there seemed to be no problem telling him.
"...Simply put, through a special Mott Insulator material containing Majorana Fermions, I've more or less solved the instability of quantum-bit entangled states."
"Wait, explain that in more