The future of HKUST in its infancy is limitless.

In the near future, it will become the number one university in Asia.

After obtaining the consent of the Academic Committee of NB Laboratory, Cai Yangzhi and Chen Wushou, Guo Junru, director of the laboratory, announced that he would record the research diary of the discovery process of "carbon nanotubes" in detail, as well as copies of all the experimental data obtained by in-depth research after the discovery, and donate them to the School of Science and Technology, the organizer of the academic report.

The publication includes all the achievements that have entered the stage of technical application research, which has aroused great interest in quantum mechanics around the world, especially in the research community of materials physics.

It is precisely because of this that nearly 100 of the world's most senior physicists, including Dr. Harold, the discoverer of C60 and a professor at Florida State University, have put down their work to accept the invitation from the Hong Kong academic community.

For a time, members of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, academicians of the American Academy of Sciences, Max Planck scientists from Germany, and academicians of the Japanese Academy gathered, and there were even two Nobel laureates among them. Let the NB Laboratory Carbon Nanotube Academic Report be upgraded to the "Hong Kong Nanotechnology Academic Forum" at once!

There are too many guests, and it's too busy.

The committee of the forum, which was temporarily set up the morning before yesterday, had to divide the work between the universities and the NB labs, and whoever invited them received them, while HKUST was only responsible for providing the venue and accommodation.

As the discovery institution of carbon nanotubes, as one out of nine hosts, NB Lab also issued eighteen invitation letters. In order to make the guests feel at home from afar, the charter once again carried out a division of labor.

Guo Junru, director of the Basic Research Laboratory, was in charge of hosting four professors from King Saud University and Kuwait University, and Cai Yangzhi received his supervisor, Professor Qian from Ching H University. Sun Xiaoguang received NB Electric's partners, Professor Wang of Xiangjiang University and President Gao of Anton Institute of Technology.

As the other discoverer of carbon nanotubes, Chan Wu Shou, is not only a Hong Kong native. He also graduated from the University of Hong Kong. So to serve his alma mater, join the HKU reception team to welcome and accompany the dozen or so American, British and Australian guests invited by HKU.

For such a high-level academic conference, we naturally can't forget my colleagues at the NB Laboratory in Berlin.

Dr Klinsmann, Dr Marcus, Dr Christian and Dr Frederick, who came to Hong Kong for the first time, were accompanied by Lai Ann Wong, Director of the Technology Application Laboratory, and Ruby Shen, Deputy Director of the Basic Research Laboratory.

Everyone is busy, and the charter certainly can't be idle.

As soon as I finished attending the morning group meeting, I was with Xia Yao, who came in a hurry. Accompany Professor Achim from Humboldt University of Berlin on a tour of the newly completed university.

"Miss Xia, you are even more charming than I imagined." It seems to know that the fiancée of the petty capitalist does not speak English very well, and the mild-mannered Professor Achim speaks very slowly.

Seeing his sweetheart's red face, the charter quipped: "My dear, don't take the professor's words too seriously, in his eyes, Oriental people look the same, this is just a compliment." ”

"No, no, no," Professor Achim said, emphatically, "Miss Xia, please believe me. It's not a compliment, you're beautiful and charming. ”

Xia Yao was very embarrassed to be praised. Hurriedly said, "Thank you." ”

The three of them talked and laughed, from the escalator in the middle of the hall, through the long open-air and non-open-air corridors, and down to the end, the invincible sea view of HKUST was in front of them.

A very stylish seaside football field, a basketball court and even a small barbecue spot. Before the start of the school year, there were not many people on campus, and more than a dozen scientists from all over the world who participated in the meeting were talking about it in twos and threes.

Professor Achim looked around and exclaimed, "What a great discovery, a very beautiful university." ”

"If we can solve the problem of mass production of carbon nanotubes, then this discovery can really change the world. And given enough time, it will become one of the best universities in the world. ”

Professor Achim has always felt pity for the young man in front of him to do business, and pointed to the teaching building in the distance and said: "Zhang, have you ever thought about staying here to teach or do research, I have visited several laboratories, and the conditions are very good, even better than Humboldt." ”

The charter smiled and said slowly: "The conditions are indeed very good, and it is even called a 'Rolls-Royce' university, but it is a university after all, although it is positioned as a research type, but in my opinion, it is still too far from real research." That's why I prefer NB Labs and want to make it a 'Rolls-Royce' Lab. ”

Thinking of Humboldt University, which had just regained its academic freedom, Professor Achim sighed secretly and said meaningfully: "The giant magnetoresistive effect, carbon nanotubes, wide bandgap semiconductor materials gallium nitride and indium nitride, one after another remarkable discoveries and inventions, Zhang, your laboratory is already a 'Rolls-Royce'." ”

"The past can only represent the past, and I still want the future."

Pointing to the seaside in the distance, he said in high spirits, "Professor, how do you feel over there?" If I could, I would like to build the largest, most environmentally friendly, and most well-equipped physics laboratory in Asia. ”

He wants to start a big company like Edison, although there is a big gap between technology and scale and CE, but at the current speed of development, maybe there will be a day when it will catch up or even surpass.

Dr. Klinsmann wanted a research institute and wanted to help his friends regain their dignity. The world was eye-opening by retrofitting turboblast firefighting equipment to extinguish the Kuwaiti oil fires, which would have taken at least two to three years to extinguish, in a simple and efficient way.

It's only been a few years, and the doctor has really done it.

Even Angela went from a doctor of physics to a researcher to a vice president of the "CDU" and became a pivotal figure in German politics.

Dreams change the future!

Professor Achim was shocked to find that all the people around him, including Angra, had undergone earth-shaking changes, but he had not changed, and he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "Zhang, your dreams are gradually coming true, it seems that I have no dreams, nothing has changed." It was like this, it is like this now, and it will probably be like this in the future. ”

"It's sometimes harder to change than to change," he said with a smirk, "Professor, but you really need a little change, or more to be exact, you need to learn to get used to the changes around you." ”

"What do you mean?"

The charter and Xia Yao glanced at each other affectionately, and turned back and said: "We have a saying in the East that behind a successful man, there must be a woman who silently supports him. In other words, behind a successful woman, there must also be a man who silently supports her. I am very confident in the Ph.D., and at her current rate of promotion, the Prime Minister and the President are just around the corner. Therefore, I strongly recommend that you take this course to prepare for your future appointment as your first husband. ”

Xia Yao had only heard of the first lady, and had never heard of the first husband, so she couldn't help laughing.

Professor Achim was laughed at, shook his head again and again, and said: "Zhang, don't be kidding, Angra and I are not married, and I have never thought about getting married, she has her job, I have my life, I don't want to make things so complicated." ”

"Who knows what will come?" As he walked back with him, he smiled and said, "Maybe one day you'll change your mind, remember to let me know when the time comes." ”

As soon as I walked into the hall, I was greeted by a group of reporters.

As if they had made an appointment, Professor Achim and Xia Yao stepped aside, one left and one right, and the charter moved a little slowly, and they were suddenly surrounded by dozens of reporters with long guns and short guns.

I have never been interviewed, I have never appeared in the media, and I was about to pretend to be working to ask three questions, when a beautiful reporter raised the microphone and said happily: "Mr. Zhang, do you remember me?" Hong Kong Satellite TV reporter Zhang Shaoying, thanks to your care, we in Kuwait will not sleep on the streets. ”

Is there any mistake, this is too coincidental, right?

The charter complained bitterly, so he could only smile and say, "Remember, Miss Zhang, I am very happy to see you again." ”

This is the highest-level academic conference ever held in Hong Kong, but the tempers of those scientists are more and more eccentric, and they either refuse to be interviewed or say a few perfunctory words.

Finally caught a good talker, how could Zhang Shaoying miss it, and asked as if with a machine gun: "Mr. Zhang, we all know that you are the chief engineer of NB Electric Group and the founder of NB Laboratory, as a young scientist who is also academically accomplished, what do you think of this new discovery by Dr. Cai and Dr. Chen?" ”

It's really an idiot who can't be an idiot anymore, and another reporter was very disdainful, and immediately interjected: "Mr. Zhang, I'm Wang Bosheng, a reporter from Science and Technology Weekly, can you talk about the application prospects of carbon nanotubes?" ”

"Mr. Zhang, I am Gui Lin, a reporter from Hong Kong City Evening News, and I have disclosed research data to scientists from more than 30 countries and regions around the world, does this mean that your laboratory is very confident in the application of carbon nanotube technology, even if it is on the same starting line, it can also maintain its leading position?"

"Mr. Zhang, I'm a reporter from Taiwan's Dongsheng Satellite TV, may I ask ......?"

I couldn't finish talking to them all night, so I raised my arm and glanced at my watch, and said with a smile: "Friends from the media, time is limited, so I can only answer two questions." ”

Zhang Shaoying held the microphone closer, trying to imply that we were old friends and that we had to answer her question first anyway.

"First of all, carbon nanotubes are a very remarkable discovery, and their significance and application prospects are described in great detail in the information provided by the organizing committee. As for whether the data from the previous study will be able to stay ahead of the curve, I have a lot of confidence in my colleagues, and I believe they will be ahead for a thousand years. ”

Outside and upstairs are famous scientists, and there are even two Nobel Prize winners, and the reporters feel that they have gone too far. Looking at the way they looked at each other, the charter added: "However, you must not believe it, because I myself never believe the words of experts."

The crowd burst into laughter.

At this time, he nodded slightly to the reporters, and then squeezed into the cracks of the people, and greeted them in German, which they should not understand: "Professor, you have been waiting for a long time, let's go up." (To be continued......)