(PS: The first draft, I haven't corrected the typos yet, I will revise it later, you can wait for half an hour to read it!)

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In atomic and molecular physics, it is quite difficult to study the atoms and molecules of gases. Because even at room temperature, they move in all directions at speeds of up to 100 kilometers, and the only feasible way is cooling.

But the general cooling method will cause the gas to condense into a liquid and freeze, thus changing many of the original properties! Therefore, I want to use a special method to cool the atoms! For example, by using a laser to create an environment very close to absolute zero, once the atoms are trapped in it, the speed will become very slow, and it will become easy to trap!"

The man who talks eloquently is wearing a cyan suit and a pair of large-framed glasses, and his appearance is very similar to the image of the eldest son Jia Zhiguo in the famous domestic sitcom "I Love My Home" in the nineties.

"Professor Zhu, in what ways can the laser refrigeration capture technology you research be applied in practical terms?" Although Li Xuan was very difficult to listen to the large number of professional terms in the other party's long discourse, he still asked the question he was most interested in.

"If we can capture atoms, we can measure them accurately, especially 'gravity measurements'! It has a wide range of applications, such as exploring minerals on the seabed or in formations, and observing the inner layers of oil fields, thus greatly reducing the cost of oil exploration! It can also be used in the biological field to help us decipher the DNA code!"

As Zhu Diwen spoke, he quietly paid attention to Li Xuan's expression. But he found that the smile on Li Xuan's face had been faint, and it was not because of his description. And reveal a special look. In this way, Zhu Diwen's heart couldn't help but secretly smile bitterly, and he was ambitious to prepare for the field of study. The largest applications are in the field of oil exploration and biotechnology, but neither of these has anything to do with the main business of the Eastern Group.

"Of course. Our research on 'atomic lasers' will also be of great help in the manufacture of sophisticated electronic components!" said Zhu Diwen as best he could, "RCA, a subsidiary of the Oriental Group, has deep attainments in the field of satellite manufacturing. This technology can also be used to measure gravitational force for more accurate satellite positioning on the ground!"

Scientists are not a group of people who do not eat the fireworks of the world, especially for researchers like Zhu Diwen, who have not yet become famous, and their ability to obtain funding even largely determines their subsequent scientific research achievements.

After receiving her Ph.D. in physics from the University of Berkeley, Judiwen stayed on for two years as a postdoctoral researcher before joining AT&T to conduct research in quantum electronics. Quantum electronics is a new discipline that only began to emerge in the fifties. It is best known for its representative of lasers.

After joining AT&T's Bell Labs in 1978, it took only five years for Judiwen to become director of the Division of Quantum Electronics. But this time, he resigned from AT&T and accepted the invitation of the Chinese University of Hong Kong to teach in Hong Kong.

One of the main reasons why Judiwen chose to leave AT&T is that Bell Labs' investment in basic research has been gradually decreasing in recent years. Labs are more willing to invest money in R&D in the field of applied technology, encouraging researchers to work on projects that are more likely to bring a profitable return!

And Zhu Diwen's atomic refrigeration technology is obviously not favored by AT&T, so he simply chose to find another way. In addition to coming to Hong Kong. Judiwen actually has another choice, and Stanford University has also extended an olive branch to him before.

If Zhu Diwen stays in the United States, he will become the first Chinese-American professor in the history of Stanford University. But Hong Kong Chinese University offered better terms, not only willing to hire Zhu Diwen as the head of the physics department. He is also willing to build a high-level quantum electronics laboratory for him and fully support his research in atomic refrigeration technology.

The journey from Los Angeles to Hong Kong lasted more than a dozen hours, and Li Xuan was on a Boeing 747 special plane. There were only two passengers, him and Judiwen. Zhu Diwen took advantage of this rare opportunity to naturally try his best to get closer to the richest man in the world. If he can become friends with Li Xuan. Then it will be much easier for him to turn to the Eastern Bloc in the future!

It's just that Zhu Diwen, who was talking about all kinds of interesting stories in the scientific research community, didn't know that Li Xuan was like a thunderous voice about his name! When Li Xuan went to study in the United States, it was the highlight moment of Judy Literature and Youzeshi, he was appointed as the Secretary of Energy by O'Hei, becoming the most outstanding representative of Chinese Americans in the United States!

Of course, another important achievement of Zhu Diwen is the atomic refrigeration capture technology that he explained to Li Xuan in detail, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997, becoming the fifth Chinese American to win the Nobel Prize in Natural Sciences in history.

Of course, although the current Judiwen cannot be said to be unknown, there are really few people who know him outside his field of study. The reason why Chi Man University in Hong Kong is willing to offer the head of the physics department and a high-level laboratory is because his attainments in the field of quantum electronics are indeed very high. With the addition of Zhu Diwen, we will be able to create a world-class quantum electronics discipline for the Department of Physics at CUHK.

In fact, CUHK's poaching of Zhu Diwen also has factors promoted by Li Xuan. Last year, Chinese chemist Li Yuanxue won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which detonated the entire Chinese science and technology circle. This Li Yuanxue has a very low reputation in China, at least a person like Li Xuan, who grew up with an orthodox education in China, he has no impression of this person in his memory in his previous life.

Li Xuan once thought that it was his own crossing, which had an increasing impact on history. In fact, this Li Yuanxue was an out-and-out pan-green person, and later renounced his American citizenship and returned to Taiwan to engage in politics. Naturally, there will be no propaganda for such people in China.

However, Li Xuan was reminded of the character of Zhu Diwen because of last year's Nobel Prize. The Nobel Prize is awarded in the field of basic research, and in fact, it is difficult to bring direct benefits to the Eastern Bloc. This is also an important reason why laboratories like Bell Labs and IBM Labs have begun to gradually reduce funding in the field of basic research.

Driven by the tide of economic globalization, market competition is becoming more and more fierce, which requires AT&T, IBM and other companies to put forward higher requirements for the profit conversion efficiency of scientific research funds! Of course. Basic research is not without meaning, in fact all practical research and development. It's all built on the foundation of breakthroughs in basic technology.

Since the establishment of Dongfang Electronics Company, Li Xuan has unswervingly taken the road of technical research-oriented enterprises. Oriental Group's investment in scientific research. Historically, it has been cost-free. But the Eastern Bloc also has the trade-off between practical and basic research, and the Eastern Bloc approach is to separate the two.

The Oriental Research Institute, a subsidiary of the Oriental Group, mainly focuses on research and development in the field of practicality. The public relations projects of the institute are basically terminal products and technologies with clear realistic application prospects, such as mobile communication technology, liquid crystal technology, etc.

For investments in basic research and development, the Eastern Group has chosen to cooperate with universities. Under the impetus of the Oriental Group, the Hong Kong government set up the Hong Kong Science and Technology Fund last year, and will allocate 1 billion Hong Kong dollars from the budget every year as a special fund to support Hong Kong's scientific research and development.

In the 86-87 financial year. The total fiscal revenue of the Hong Kong government is about 50 billion Hong Kong dollars, which means that the Hong Kong government's investment in special scientific and technological research and development funds accounts for 2% of the annual fiscal revenue.

This is entirely the result of the joint promotion of the Eastern Bloc and Hong Kong's academic and political circles. The Eastern Bloc is expanding its influence on Hong Kong society as a whole, and the academic community has historically been the most closely associated with the Eastern Bloc.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Oriental Group, Li Xuan began to donate to Hong Kong's education industry on a large scale, although CUHK, as Li Xuan's alma mater, got the fattest piece of the cake.

But other higher education institutions in Hong Kong, and even a large number of secondary schools, have reaped a lot of benefits from the donations of the Oriental Group and the Oceanpower Foundation. For example, all secondary schools in Hong Kong have at least one room. A computer classroom donated by Oceanpower Foundation.

Li Xuan's money has naturally been rewarded a lot, and the results of scientific research are only one of them, and the more important ones are the Hong Kong academic community. It has been very tacit in cooperating with the Oriental Bloc to put pressure on the Hong Kong government to increase investment in scientific research and higher education.

As the saying goes, there is no separation between politics and business, and the Oriental Bloc has also been actively infiltrating Hong Kong's political circles in recent years. The dust has long since settled on the issue of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. But the wrestling between China and Britain has never stopped. In particular, in recent years, the Hong Kong government has begun to accelerate the promotion of direct elections for members of the two bureaus, which has met with strong resistance from the domestic side.

But after all, the time for Hong Kong's return to the motherland is approaching day by day. As a result, the authority of the Hong Kong government is no longer so unquestionable. The Eastern Bloc began to support people of insight led by Zhong Siyuan and others, and began to make their voices heard from a centrist standpoint. We hope to seek long-term sustainable prosperity and stability for Hong Kong!

In addition, the ability of the Oriental Group to guide Hong Kong's public opinion should not be underestimated; Asia Satellite TV, the television station with the highest ratings in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post, the English-language newspaper with the largest circulation in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the financial newspaper with the largest circulation in Hong Kong, the Ming Pao, Hong Kong's long-established and serious newspaper, and the popular newspaper "Tian Tian Daily", which has grown the fastest in circulation in recent years and has squeezed into the top three newspapers in Hong Kong in terms of sales, are either wholly owned or partially controlled by Li Xuan.

So don't look at Li Xuan, it has been a long time since he has expressed a public opinion on any affairs in Hong Kong, but in fact, everyone knows that his influence is definitely more than a few years ago!

In view of the shortage of places at the University of Hong Kong, I was planning to establish a third university. In another time and space, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, known as the "Rolls-Royce University", was established in 1986. By the time it was completed in 1991, the entire university had cost 3.5 billion Hong Kong dollars, causing an uproar in Hong Kong!

In this life, as soon as the preparatory plan for the establishment of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology was proposed, it was met with strong opposition from Hong Kong's academic and political circles. Rather than building a new university from scratch, it is better to integrate and optimize existing resources.

Under the pressure of almost one-sided public opinion, the former Governor, Sir Youde, had no choice but to compromise and abandon the plan to establish the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and instead expand the scale of the University of Hong Kong and CUHK, and at the same time upgrade the Hong Kong Polytechnic to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

The protagonist who obstructed the establishment of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology behind the scenes was actually Li Xuan. The previous preparation for the establishment of the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong has made him clearly understand the gap between Hong Kong's speed and deep-sea speed.

If you choose to build a new university from scratch, it will take four or five years to build a new university, even if it is fast, and it will be at least seven or eight years before you can really train talents. And this is not in the interests of the Eastern Bloc, you must know that the further time passes, the smaller the role that Li Xuan's rebirth golden finger can play.

Therefore, while Li Xuan's rebirth advantage is still useful, the Eastern Bloc must race against time for development! Therefore, for Li Xuan, instead of building a new university inefficiently, it is better to spend money on the heads of these current universities, so that the results can be achieved more immediately.

For HKU, CUHK and Polytechnic, adding a new university means that there will be one more competitor to apply for funding from the Hong Kong government in the future. Therefore, at the instigation and tandem of the Eastern Bloc, it was natural for the top leaders of several universities to come together and propose an alternative that would be more beneficial to themselves, that is, to jointly divide all the resources for the construction of the new university.

If it is only the Hong Kong academic circles that are in tandem, the Hong Kong government can still forcibly suppress it. However, there is also strong opposition in the Legislative Council and the Executive Council of Hong Kong! This makes it somewhat difficult to rush there, because the British side has always planned to strengthen the powers of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council so that the new SAR government can be forced in the future.

What's more, there is a large amount of popular sentiment behind these politicians, because according to an analysis by an education expert quoted by Ming Pao, if the funds needed to build new universities are invested in expanding the scale of existing universities. HKU and CUHK will be able to increase their number of degrees by 10% next year, and if the Hong Kong Polytechnic can be upgraded to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, it will be able to double the number of degrees it can offer in three years!

This has sparked the enthusiasm of the fresh candidates and their parents, as well as the enthusiasm of the students of the Hong Kong Polytechnic. The former saw more opportunities to get into university, while the latter saw hope of having their Higher Honours Diploma promoted to an undergraduate diploma. Therefore, under the organization of some opinionated people, a large number of petitioners immediately appeared in front of the Governor's Office!

The British government in Hong Kong is naturally a dictatorial colonial-civilian government, and the Hong Kong governor never needs to take into account the wishes of the Hong Kong people in his decision! However, since the British want to play a game of democracy before they pat themselves on their butts and leave, Li Xuan naturally did as he wished!

Downing Street hopes to throw the instigated free public opinion to the future SAR government. And Li Xuan took the opportunity to let the British themselves taste the taste first, so as to let themselves get more benefits! )