The long holiday is coming in anticipation of everyone.

Tian Lu, who was determined to have a leisurely vacation, pulled Tian Yong's family of nine to a hot spring resort in the suburbs, chartered a villa in Duli, and the mobile phone was only open for an hour at noon and evening every day, so as not to have any emergencies in the hospital.

Soak in the hot springs every day, take a walk, of course, you can't avoid playing mahjong with your mother, and you have a very comfortable life!

In fact, the family felt sorry for him and Ye Lan's busyness for a year, and encouraged the two of them to go out for a good vacation, and even arranged the itinerary for them, but in the end Tian Lu decided to stay. In the concept of Tianlu, the festival is the reunited riko, who can not be at home, but must be with the family.

When the body and strength have returned to a peak state, the seven-day long vacation is finally over.

On the first day after the long vacation, according to the custom, Tian Lu came to the hospital first. Departments like neurosurgery mostly perform elective surgeries, so except for some emergency patients on long vacations and three epilepsy patients who came from abroad, the ward was still quite empty, and after a turn, Tian Lu returned to his office.

"Jingle Bell ......"

Not long after he sat down, the phone on Tian Lu's desk rang. With a slight frown, Tian Lu quickly picked up the microphone: "Hey, hello, this is the neurosurgeon, and I'm Tian Lu." ”

"Hello Academician Tian!"

It was an unfamiliar voice, and the other party said very solemnly: "I am Li Ye from the Institute of Computing Technology of the Academy of Sciences. I take the liberty of interrupting, is it convenient for you to answer the phone now? ”。

Institute of Computing Technology?

After Tian Lu was slightly stunned, his heart suddenly beat violently, and he quickly nodded: "Hello, hello, I am in the office now, and it is convenient to speak." ”

The other party paused slightly, and immediately continued: "That's right, the superiors informed us before the holiday, saying that you seem to be very interested in supercomputers. So let me get in touch with you. ”

"Yes, yes. That is true. ”

Tian Lu hurriedly nodded again.

Li Ye groaned slightly, and then said: "Then let's do it, just these few days, you see when you are free." You can come to our institute. Let's talk about it in detail. ”

"Good. Is it okay for me to come over tomorrow morning? ”。

Tian Lu made the decision almost without hesitation!

Li Ye also replied immediately: "Okay, then tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, you can remember the address of our research institute......

Make a note of the address. After putting down the phone, Tian Lu was stunned for a while, and finally couldn't help but laugh happily!

On the day of the Science and Technology Awards Conference a year ago, Tian Lu did not say anything about the land requirements, but focused on the supercomputer that is urgently needed in the future.

Yes, although land is difficult to obtain, as long as you have money, you can buy it after all, but supercomputers are different.

Supercomputers are a strategic resource in any country, especially for developing countries like China. Tian Lu consulted IBM experts at last year's American Academician Conference, and after returning to China, he also asked Qian Lele to find two institutions in China to consult about customized purchases, but he was rejected without hesitation!

Where are the country's strategic resources so readily available?

But now, because of the intervention of the top, Tian Lu finally saw a glimmer of opportunity!

Of course, the other party's invitation to him to negotiate in the past does not mean that the biological laboratory will definitely be able to give an order in the future, but Tian Lu already has a preliminary plan in his heart, that is, to use the money to get the other party to agree!

Although there has been a substantial increase in domestic scientific research funding in recent years, it is still in a state of shortage, which can be seen from within Beijing Normal University, and several institutions responsible for the research and development and production of domestic supercomputers are no exception.

As long as it is guaranteed that the supercomputer will only be used for research work in China, I believe that the possibility of success is definitely not small!

Thinking of this, Tian Lu no longer hesitated, grabbed the phone and dialed out: "Lele, how much available funds are there in our laboratory's books now?" What is the total budget of our laboratory for the whole year? Also, the information on the new compounds has been sent to those pharmaceutical companies without ......"......

The next day, he was supposed to go to the Future Biology Building, but Tian Lu directly asked Tian Yong to drive the car to the Institute of Computer Technology of the Academy of Sciences.

After a lot of effort, Tian Lu finally arrived at the door of Li Ye's office before nine o'clock.

knocked on the door, and after hearing the response inside, Tian Lu pushed the door in, only to see a middle-aged man in his forties greeted him with a smile on his face: "Hello, you should be Professor Tian Lutian of Beijing Normal University, right?" ”

"Yes, I am."

Tian Lu hurriedly stretched out his right hand, nodded and smiled: "Hello Director Li!" ”

In essence, the two belong to the same generation, and the age gap is at most five or six years old, so at first sight, both of them feel that the other party is quite pleasing to the eye, so after shaking hands, Li Ye hurriedly smiled and said, "Professor Tian, please sit down, what do you drink?" ”

"Plain water is fine, thank you."

Tian Lu smiled and nodded, and sat down on the sofa.

After pouring a glass of water for Tian Lu, Li Ye sat down across from him, and then said with a smile: "First of all, congratulations, Professor Tian, you were elected as an academician of the Academy of Sciences last year, and won the first prize of the Natural Science Award and the Science and Technology Progress Award!" This is an extremely rare honor! ”

"Hehe, thank you!"

Tian Lu didn't want to be modest, but simply expressed his gratitude.

After a slight pause, Li Ye's face suddenly became solemn, and he said, "Professor Tian." Then let's get straight to the point, because it is a matter explained by the prime minister, so we want to understand a few things, and I hope you can answer truthfully. ”

"Of course, Director Li, may I ask."

Tian Lu straightened up instantly, and said solemnly.

Li Ye nodded, and after organizing the language, he said in a deep voice: "I want to know three things, first, you understand that you want to have a supercomputer. What exactly are the requirements? Second. What will your supercomputer be used for in the future? Third, are you sure you want to customize a supercomputer? ”。

For Li Ye's three questions, Tian Lu's heart moved, and after a slight groan, he replied with a smile: "About the first point." I do know a little bit about it. Want to have a supercomputer. First of all, it is necessary to have sufficient funds. Of course, the price of supercomputers varies depending on the grade, but I guess. Even if it's the most expensive one, I should have enough money to customize it. ”

"Oh?"

After hearing Tian Lu's words, Li Ye's eyebrows suddenly raised, and he was surprised and a little suspicious at the same time. Since it was the prime minister who said hello, of course he had the strength to buy it, but Tian Lu's words were so full that Li Ye felt a little too much.

But without waiting for Li Ye to think about it more, Tian Lu continued to smile and said: "As for the rest, there is also a large enough computer room, sufficient power supply, and a sufficient level of scientific and technological personnel to maintain and use it, etc., I think, in the final analysis, this is actually a money word, as long as there are sufficient funds, there should be no problem!" ”

After being silent for a long time, Li Ye nodded silently.

Yes, as long as you have money, you can buy a large enough computer room, you can buy enough electricity, you can hire a high enough level of relevant personnel, and you can naturally afford to pay the operation and maintenance costs of supercomputers that can easily cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Chinese dollars every year!

At the end of the day, it's all about money!

"As for the use of supercomputers, we mainly use them for large-scale research in the field of neurobiology."

Tian Lu smiled slightly, and continued: "In the next few years, our Future Biology Laboratory, including the Institute of Neurobiology of Beijing Normal University, will carry out many large-scale projects in various fields such as drug discovery, physiology, pathology, stem cells, and molecular biology, so we need strong data computing support!" ”

"Hmm."

Although he was a little surprised, with Tian Lu's current identity, Li Ye had no reason to question it.

"As for the last point......

Taking a deep breath, Tian Lu said, "I'm pretty sure we need a custom supercomputer!" In fact, I want to make it clear that in the next ten years, I will need not just one supercomputer, but at least three! In addition, I also need some powerful small and medium computers, and more importantly, I want your firm to help us develop a series of research applications, that is, I want to customize a full set of systematic services! ”

"What...... What the? ”

After listening to Tian Lu's words, Li Ye was stunned!

Three units were ordered, and Tian Lu was prepared for one for basic neurobiology research, one for cutting-edge research, and then one for drug development.

In addition, the development of application software may be more important than hardware.

In recent years, supercomputers have developed very rapidly in China, and they have occupied a very important position in the world, but unfortunately, the investment in applications is too little! For example, in the United States, the investment in hardware and software is 1:3 or even 1:4, but in China, the order is reversed, and the investment in applications is much less than the investment in hardware.

This is certainly not normal.

So when he participated in the American Academician Conference last year, Tian Lu had already made up his mind that his supercomputer would definitely use some of the shared applications, then purchase some of them, and finally develop some of them himself!

After a long while, Li Ye came back to his senses and stammered, "Professor Tian, you, do you know these things you just said...... How much does it cost? ”。

"I don't know."

Shaking his head indifferently, Tian Lu smiled and said, "So I hope you can give me a literacy today and tell me an approximate number, so that I can have a mental preparation, right?" ”

After speaking, Tian Lu picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and said softly: "Director Li, please don't worry too much, no matter how big the number is, I think I can accept it......" (to be continued......