At 7 o'clock in the evening, when many New Year's Eve parties were about to start, Sui Miao received a message from Zhou Xiao.

【Teacher Sui】

[With Li Zheng's application and the approval of our institute, the project "Theoretical Exploration of Superconductivity Phenomenon" jointly initiated by our two institutes will be stopped and cancelled today. 】

[Thanks to Mr. Sui and many teachers of the Institute of Physics for their continuous support, although they know that it is difficult to make achievements in this direction, they still approve the cooperation, although it is a pity to end the question in this way, but the students' gains are far greater than regrets. 】

[The relevant process documents have also been submitted in the system.] 】

[Once again, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to your support for our work and study. 】

[The following are the original words I conveyed on behalf of Li Zheng:]

[I received the intention of the teachers, this cooperative research has ended here, the original key has been placed in the doorman's office, thank you for your support, and there will be a period later.] 】

Sui Miao looked at this expression, looked left and right, looked up and down, broke it open, and crumpled it to see.

It seems that there are four big words written between the lines-

Enigmatical!

But the literal expression is in place.

What's more, this is also the result they wanted.

Sui Miao replied with something like "Welcome to continue cooperation at any time", and dialed Lu Dongsheng's phone.

Lu Dongsheng also received Zhou Xiao's message, and when he spoke, he felt a sense of relief that "the big stone in his heart has finally landed".

It's just that for Sui Miao, she doesn't want it to land like this, as a teacher, you must not only tell the student what not to do, but also tell him what to do.

Just walked away, Sui Miao finally felt that he owed something.

"Professor Lu, I think we should contact Li Zheng again. Sui Miao said calmly her thoughts, "Li Zheng, Lin Yujing, plus Guijianfeng who came in later, these three people are together, more than half a semester, how can they have some gains, our purpose should not be to simply stop this matter, but to guide them to produce some more practical thinking and invest in more feasible experimental research." ”

"I agree, yes, yes. Lu Dongsheng also responded.

"Otherwise, after the New Year's Day holiday, let's talk to Li Zheng again, talk about his gains, and you can also see if there is a suitable project for them at the Condensed Matter Research Institute. ”

"Hmm...... This one...... After the Spring Festival, at the end of the year, it is time to conclude the project, and there are too many reports to be made, so why should I apply for new topics next year. ”

"I know this, but the opportunity is rare, I feel that Li Zheng and the others already have some hatred for us...... At the very least, we should express it, understand their progress, and on this basis, if possible, you can guide it and propose a few cooperation topics, and it is their business to agree or not, and we can't lose this. ”

"Hmm...... That makes sense, but let's wait until after the Spring Festival. ”

"Professor Lu, with their active thinking, they don't need to go to the School of Mathematics next week to work on a project after the Spring Festival...... Isn't it better to fight for it?"

After Lu Dongsheng pondered for a moment, he sighed: "Sui Miao, you really don't know?"

"What?"

"Alas...... I also found out later. ”

After a few minutes of hard work, Lu Dongsheng told Li Zheng and Chu Youhua about the festival.

In the end, Lu Dongsheng himself was a little confused.

"There's a lot of in there...... You know that Wu Shu, right? Originally, I said that I would go to Director Chu's place, but I ended up going to Li Zheng and theirs...... It's like a fraternity...... This matter was ordered by someone else, and I'm scared when I think about it now. ”

Sui Miao frowned and said, "This kind of contradiction...... How is the effect on us?"

"Anyway, the last time I had a meeting with Director Chu, he came over to ask me how Li Zheng's superconductivity research was progressing, and if he needed the cooperation of their quantum institute......

"There are a lot of Master Chu, isn't it okay?"

"Sui Miao, you really don't understand......" Lu Dongsheng didn't want to say more, "Forget it...... That's it, I don't want to have anything to do with Li Zheng anymore, and as far as their statement is concerned, let's not talk about it academically, this is very crazy and has been studied for three or four minutes, and talking to them is not enough for me to delay time. This Yingpei is too, and Niu Gang is too used to him...... That's how it was spoiled back then......"

After chatting for three or two more sentences, Lu Dongsheng's mouth was full of hints that he wanted to end the call, and Sui Miao had no choice but to abandon this road.

But after thinking about it, he didn't think about it steadily, so he still sent a message to Li Zheng.

It is indeed difficult to make a breakthrough in theoretical research, but if there is an idea in the experiment, I can help communicate. 】

After waiting for a long time, Li Zheng didn't return, so he chased after another one.

[I understand your dissatisfaction and unwillingness, but believe me, all the considerations of our teachers are based on the students, you can think whatever you want, but as long as you have needs, generously mention them to me, and I will reply to you tonight. 】

This time, he didn't have to wait long.

[Li Zheng: A two-dimensional material angle research environment is required, including but not limited to graphene, molybdenum disulfide, black phosphorus, boron nitride, etc. 】

Sui Miao responded happily, and then chased Lu Dongsheng on the phone.

Lu Dongsheng only sighed, shirking that he was too busy at hand, and he couldn't help it, and by the way, he gave him a science popularization about how precious two-dimensional material research is.

Sui Miao was not reconciled, so she contacted her old classmates from the Institute of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials.

The students said that the only laboratory that meets the environment is occupied by international key projects, and the consumables are extremely expensive, and the experimental technical threshold is also extremely high, so it is unlikely that the topic will be improvised.

Sui Miao then reported Li Zheng's name.

When the old classmate heard this, he quickly persuaded him to die, not to look for trouble, and not to say that he had made this call.

Sui Miao was still unwilling, and this time he found the vice president, that is, the one who arranged to resolve his disputes and finally ordered to change the door lock.

When the vice president heard this, he was far less polite than the first two, and almost half-scolded the rejection of the idea, and his words revealed full of disappointment with Sui Miao's "can't understand things and can't be a person".

After Sui Miao was trained, it was already eight o'clock.

He leaned back in front of the TV in the living room, completely unable to hear the voices of his wife, children and elderly people, nor could he hear the noise on the TV.

In the end, it was the old classmate of the Quantum Institute who came back and chased a phone call back.

"Sui Miao, I thought about it carefully......"

"If the cause and effect are linked......"

"Maybe, I mean maybe......"

"Maybe this matter was killed by Chu Youhua at all......"

"He doesn't need to say that he will demolish Li Zheng's platform, and he doesn't need to say that he will be relieved......"

Just like Lu Dongsheng, just ask a few words casually, hint at it, and everyone will understand. ”

"Do you recall, have you seen Chu Youhua in the past few days, what did he say?"

"......," Sui Miao covered her forehead and muttered, "I seem to have met twice...... He asked me about Li Zheng's research progress, and said that he was very concerned and optimistic......"

"!!," the classmate exclaimed, "Didn't he order you, or twice!"

"Yes...... How do you know he's not sincere, is everyone misunderstood?"

"Misunderstanding? Big brother, use your brain, he is really so optimistic, won't he ask Li Zheng himself? If you feel embarrassed, you won't just let any of the professors below talk about it? Look at what he has done, and go around to express 'concern' and 'optimism' to relevant people, it's really tireless......"

“......”

"So, we're all mixed up to this age, don't listen to what people say, it depends on what people do, Lao Sui!" the old classmate couldn't bear to scold, but only reminded, "Anyway, don't mention this to the leaders of the hospital again...... Even if the previous matter has nothing to do with Chu Youhua, you now let Chu Youhua let the resources to Li Zheng do things...... This belongs to scolding, hate, and death......"

"Already mentioned......"

"...... Then ...... Good luck. ”

"Thank you for the reminder. Sui Miao sighed, "This makes sense, I just don't understand, Chu Youhua can have so much energy?"

"Why don't you understand, Dean Zhong's high-energy research funds can't keep up at all...... The whole academy pointed at Chu Youhua, he is our signboard, our Yang Zhenhua! In front of people of this level, do you think the dean is still the dean? Principal Jinghua had to bend down and bow when he saw Yang Zhenhua. ”

"Okay...... But I still think you're talking about conspiracy theories. ”

"Conspiracy is not conspiracy, it's up to you. I'll tell you, if Li Zheng's status is really reached, there is no need for you to contact him at all, Lu Dongsheng will pounce on himself like a dog, and before that, you don't have to do any more thankless things. ”

"It doesn't matter if it's not pleased. Sui Miao smiled bitterly, "The point is, it's useless." ”

At half past 8, in the underground activity room of Yingpei Academy, Li Zheng's mobile phone rang again.

After a glance, he walked towards Zhou Xiao.

"Alright, the Monogain gave up the last chance. Li Zheng patted the little brother on the shoulder and said, "In this way, our hearts are also clean." ”

Zhou Xiao nodded stiffly.

He was still in a bit of a trance.

An hour earlier, he had been at the "New Year's Eve Party for Single Teachers...... and the female teacher opposite was eating Japanese food and talking about meat jokes......

It would have been so wonderful.

Suddenly...... Pulled down this cold, gloomy basement full of all sorts of weird devices.

also did a lot of strange things under Li Zheng's deterrence.

At this time, he was patted by Li Zheng's big brother, and he became more and more aware of the seriousness of the matter.

Dean Niu also replied, about the cooperation with Jinghua...... Agree in principle......" Zhou Xiao swallowed and spat at the mouth, and looked at Li Zheng helplessly, "But this matter is too big...... I...... I don't know how to contact ......."

"Alas!" Li Zheng rubbed the little brother's shoulder and said, "Jinghua is too familiar to me, it's right to mention me, so it's good." ”

Zhou Xiao was forced to bow his head to the big guy: "Then I'll try it first......"

"Hmm!" Lin Yujing, who was frantically searching for the computer next to her, suddenly raised her hand: "Check it out, the Jinghua Department of Physics is completely different from us, giving up many fields, and almost all of them are betting on quantum materials." ”

"Well, it's very good, it's worthy of an engineering school. ”

Li Zheng grabbed the clothes on the back of the chair, flipped his hand, and picked up his coat in the arc of the big guy, and then pointed out-

"Betray Wudaokou, don't look back!"

......

At 10 a.m., a white car stopped in front of a courtyard in the old dormitory area of Jinghua.

It's actually a small yard, like an old mansion sunk in the garden.

There are about a dozen such houses in total, scattered in a quiet corner of the school.

On the surface, it looks like a courtyard house.

In fact.

It's really a courtyard house.

Once, the people who lived here were famous professors, veteran college students before liberation.

Until recent years, most of the old professors have passed away, and Jinghua has also made great efforts to recover this courtyard from their children and grandchildren, and after renovating it, it is specially allocated to the highest-ranking professors of the current generation.

It can be said that being able to live in this area and have one of these ten academies is the highest configuration of the country's current scholars.

In front of the courtyard gate, Fu Xuefeng got out of the driver's seat, trotted to the co-pilot, and carefully helped out his wife Tao Feifei, who was holding her stomach.

In the rear, Li Zheng got out of the car in a hurry, ran to the other side with a big move, and pulled out the twisted Lin Yujing.

Lin Yujing was pulled out, but she was still hunched over and wanted to run back: "Wait...... I'll prepare a little more...... Mental Construction!!"

"I'll sleep when I'm ready again!!" Li Zheng rudely hugged Lin Yujing's waist and scolded, "Besides, you haven't seen my parents like this." ”

"That'...... Can that compare to a professor? ”

"Hmm...... Not really. As soon as Li Zheng let go, Ren Lin Yujing planted himself in the car, "Then you prepare slowly, I'll go in first." ”

"Hmm......" Lin Yujing lay on the back seat, rubbed his nose and looked back fiercely, "No, you wait for me, let's go in together!"

"Hahaha. Tao Feifei in front of the door said with a big belly and a smile, "It's still the same as back then, you two." ”

"Teacher Tao smiled...... Li Zheng scratched his head and smirked, "Cheap is still so ignorant." ”

"Okay, stop talking...... Fu Xuefeng rang the doorbell and looked back nervously, "I'm also fighting to help you contact the professor...... The professor has a break at 10 o'clock at the latest, so he must make a long story short......"

"Thank you, Mr. Fu. ”

"Thank you, I just want to scold you!Who is playing this??" After Fu Xuefeng scolded, he protected Tao Feifei's stomach and said, "That is, you helped me find a wife...... Otherwise, neuropathy will help you with this kind of thing......"

"No, let's make it clear, Li Zheng. Tao Feifei grabbed Fu Xuefeng and said, "I forced him to help you, it's all my face." ”

"Haha, it's all family. Li Zheng laughed and said, "The teacher's family of three has helped me, and they all remember it." ”

As he was talking, the door opened, the nanny appeared, and Lin Yujing quickly got out of the car and escaped behind Li Zheng to peep in.

After confirming, the nanny led several people into the courtyard.

In the study, Yang Zhenhua was making a video with his family members who were far abroad, and when he heard these sounds, he hurriedly said goodbye.

At the same time as a few people came in, he also happened to hold the table and get up to greet the guests.

Everyone hurriedly greeted and helped the professor to sit down.

As Li Zheng submitted the thirteen-page draft of the paper that had just been sorted out.

The long wait began.

No one in the room spoke, except for the occasional sound of the professor turning the page.

About twenty minutes later, Fu Xuefeng exchanged a look with Li Zheng, and he didn't dare to disturb, so he helped Tao Feifei to leave quietly.

Ten minutes later, Lin Yujing, who was hiding behind Li Zheng, couldn't help but poke him.

"The professor is so serious......"

"yes. Li Zheng sighed, "I wish I could concentrate on such complex things when I'm so old......"

"You'll just concentrate more ......"

"Well, that's what I think too. ”

As he spoke, the professor, who had been reading carefully, suddenly made a hoarse voice.

"Water ......" he grabbed the paper in one hand and lifted it up in the other.

The nanny outside seemed to be familiar with this, and a moment later she brought a cup full of warm water to the professor.

After taking two sips, the professor finally put down the paper, rubbed his forehead, and leaned back in his chair with his eyes closed.

"Confused, confused...... I had a headache when I saw this......"

"You're not confused, you're just used to going to bed early. The nanny glanced at Li Zheng and the others and then persuaded, "Why don't you look at it tomorrow and rest today?"

"Yes. Li Zheng hurriedly got up, "You can find us at any time after you finish reading, and you can be on call." ”

"No, Li Zheng. The professor slowly opened his eyes and smiled, "I can't finish reading it, the only thing I can be sure of all these times is that I'm too old to read it." ”

"......" Li Zheng lowered his head, and suddenly felt a little sour.

"Hmm......" Lin Yujing also grabbed Li Zheng and lowered his head.

Of course, it's not that the professor can't read it...... 20 years earlier, no ...... 10 years earlier, it must have been able to read, and it can be read faster than the vast majority of people.

It's just that now, for an elderly man who is nearly 100 years old, it may be a kind of torture to follow the ideas of the paper in his brain to carry out these calculations.

"It's nothing, we all have this day. The professor looked up flatly, raised his hand, and said, "Although I can't read it, it doesn't prevent me from feeling it, and although I can't understand it, my experience and intuition are still there...... This paper, on the surface, discusses condensed matter, quantum materials, and superconductivity...... But I can feel that its soul is field theory......"

Li Zheng's eyes widened, and once again he couldn't help but pat Lin Yujing's thigh and shouted, "Wonderful!"

"I can feel the pleasure you feel when you find it, it's like ...... Just like the first time I used a nonlinear partial differential equation......" the professor said, turning around and gesturing vividly, "suddenly a whole new perspective, a world that I have never seen before, and I believe you feel ......"

Li Zheng and Lin Yujing nodded frantically.

"Ahh Yang Zhenhua saw Lin Yujing, but he was stunned, "You are so beautiful......

Li Zheng stopped in a panic: "General, general......"

"Sorry...... Sometimes I suddenly talk and act like a child......" Yang Zhenhua hurriedly waved his hand and picked up the paper again, "But I want to tell you cruelly, there have been countless people in physics who think they have discovered something, but in the end, even they can hardly justify themselves. The paper is valuable, but it is not necessarily right, or even likely to be wrong, but that doesn't stop it from being valuable. ”

"Of course, everything needs to be experimentally demonstrated. Li Zheng nodded, "Considering the complexity of the relevant experiments, we have to bother you." ”

"Do you want to start an experimental demonstration immediately?" Yang Zhenhua's eyebrows tightened, "There is no need to be in such a hurry, in most cases, theory precedes experiments, three or five years is considered fast, and thirty or fifty years are commonplace." ”

"I can afford to wait, but my teacher is 46 years old. Li Zheng said in a deep voice, "The teacher who guided us to do this is still just a lecturer, you know, for those who are engaged in theory, this age is already in the twilight of life...... But I'm 100% convinced that he has something dozens of times more powerful than this......"

"Who?"

"Explain the problem. ”

"I haven't heard of it. Yang Zhenhua slowly lowered his head and tried to understand this again, "But it's okay...... Let me think about ......"

After another ten minutes, he put down the paper again.

can see that there is a kind of unwillingness in his eyes, an unwillingness to the years.

All along, the professor seemed to be very relieved about everything, but this moment did reveal unwillingness.

Eventually, though, he laughed.

"Tell you the truth, Li Zheng. The professor patted the paper and said to Li Zheng, "I hope it's wrong, so I don't have to regret that I can't understand it." ”

Li Zheng and Lin Yujing both laughed.

This level of bland humor unconsciously smoothed out the ups and downs in their hearts.

"Alright, get me the phone. Yang Zhenhua raised his hand and said.

The nanny quickly brought the mobile phone, but still reminded her: "Professor, it's late......"

"Rest assured, anyone under the age of 60 must not have slept yet. The professor smiled and clicked on the address book as he said, "I'll help you get in touch, but I don't take a personal stand, I don't make judgments, and I don't guarantee that I can help, everything is handed over to the people in our low-dimensional quantum laboratory." ”

"Thank you, teacher, that's enough. ”

After a phone call, Yang Zhenhua handwrote an address for Li Zheng.

"Their director is still in the lab, you can just go over. The professor stuffed the address to Li Zheng, patted his hand and said, "Can this paper stay with me?"

"Of course, I also have an electronic version. ”

"Then let's go. Yang Zhenhua waved his hand, "You don't need to come back to thank me, if you have to thank me......"

He said with a smile and picked up the paper: "Such a paper...... Bring some more, and be sure to come with her. ”

“............”

"Hahahaha. Yang Zhenhua looked at the restless Li Zheng and the cramped Lin Yujing, and laughed rarely, "It's so good, you can invite me when you get married, if it's the two of you, I'll climb over, hahaha!"

“......”

Out of the professor's courtyard, Lin Yujing's face was still red.

"How's the professor...... It's a little flirtatious......" she said and shook her head frantically over her face, "No...... It must be back to basics...... That's right, haha......"

"What the fuck...... It's okay to be in your 90s...... I can't be a rival in love......" Li Zheng wiped his sweat and said, "If you are in your 20s...... I don't know if I can do it......"

"Oops, oops!" Lin Yujing jumped and covered his face and said, "You eat all this old vinegar?"

"......" Li Zheng shook his head, "Don't say it...... We are disrespectful. ”

"You can't really ......" Lin Yujing covered her face and laughed wildly, "Hmm...... The professor just said a fact frankly, and it scared you. ”

"Then why didn't he say I was handsome?"

"Gross!!"

......

At around half past ten, Li Zheng and Lin Yujing found the science building of the low-dimensional quantum laboratory.

They were greeted by a middle-aged scholar with a somewhat unruly hairstyle, like an academic version of Tu Yikou.

In this realm, dialogue can be rare, and everything is spoken in papers.

Only this time, the scholar is a little more "smart".

After a quick review of Li Zheng's notebook for about ten minutes, he picked up the phone......

I called three more people over......

After a while, three scholars, the old, middle and young, came, and it was amazing that their hair volume was inversely proportional to their age.

The reception location was also moved to the conference room, and several people each held the papers they had just printed, and discussed them at any time while reading them, occasionally asking Li Zheng and Lin Yujing a few questions.

This atmosphere lasted until one o'clock in the morning, and the god unknowingly crossed the year.

After the four of them looked at each other, the original middle-aged scholar nodded at Li Zheng.

"We're going to stop the project at hand and choose the three easiest to implement from the materials you mentioned for the corner test. ”

Li Zheng and Lin Yujing were about to fall asleep, but when they heard this, their expressions were shocked, and they were not sleepy in an instant.

"Big brother is so happy?!" Li Zheng subconsciously shouted.

The bald-headed young man with glasses on the opposite side laughed, "You're amusing me...... This is our Director Wang Yi...... This teacher is Academician Fang Zengtong, who studies quantum physics, and this is Academician Xie Wei, who is in the direction of condensed matter......"

“？！？？！”

"Hmm

The big guy on the other side, who was very old but had a thick beard, also laughed: "Little guy, do you know how many years the professor hasn't mentioned academic matters? Don't say that your thing is really valuable, even if it is not valuable, we have to break it and crumple it." ”

Next to him, the middle-aged boss who is relatively stable and has relatively conservative hair volume also nodded frequently.

"It's really valuable, but it takes a long time to go through your calculations again, and they usually have to be fully verified before experimenting, but since the professor speaks, this process can be made up later. ”

"Mr. Xie, I'll do this part of the work. The bald young man who spoke at the beginning said, "If I want speed, I will go to the mathematics department to find a few doctoral students?"

"No, no, no. Wang Yi raised his hand and said, "Although I don't dare to have too high expectations, if this theory is correct...... Even if it's just a little bit right, we have to protect it. ”

As he spoke, he got up and stretched out his right hand to Li Zheng: "Thank you for your trust in us, it stands to reason that you shouldn't show it to anyone before publishing, not to mention that you are ...... after all." Thistle ...... Hmmm......"

"Ji Da?" Li Zheng glared and shook hands, "Where is Ji Da? Who is Ji Da??"

"Hahahaha!" laughed the bald doctor, "it's over, you can't be beaten to death this time." ”

"Don't make a fuss. Wang Yi also laughed, "Jinghua Jida has in-depth cooperation in many fields, including the field we are going to do now, so I am very strange......"

Wang Yi held Li Zheng's hand and asked tentatively, "Didn't you try to find a professor at this school first?"

"That's too long......," Li Zheng shook his head and said, "And I've checked it myself, Jida's resources in this area are mainly in Chu Youhua's hands, and I don't deal with him......"

Moment.

"Oh......"

"Oh......"

"Oh......"

"Oh......"

There are four "ohs" in a row on the opposite side.

Then they all got up.

The old academician Fang Zengtong grabbed in front of everyone, stepped forward excitedly, grabbed Li Zheng's hand and didn't let go.

"That's right!"

"We don't have anything to do with him!!"

Li Zheng instantly returned his eyes with four glare.

Say it early, your own people!

Say nothing.

Wudaokou people!

Follow me into the customs!