For scientific research, the state support is indeed unambiguous.

Whether it was really to not delay Lu Zhou's time, or to let the leaders see that he was working hard, the day after the meeting with Lu Lao, Lu Zhou received a call from Secretary Liu.

It's also quite interesting, the number of times Lu Zhou and this Secretary Liu have met can be counted on one hand, but every time they meet, this Secretary Liu can easily create the illusion that the two are very familiar.

After a few polite greetings, Secretary Liu made an appointment with him on the phone.

That afternoon, Lu Zhou met Secretary Liu's secretary, Zhao Zhengye, a man with glasses and a gentlemanly look.

"Hello, Professor Lu, I am Secretary Liu's secretary Zhao Zhengye, you can call me Xiao Zhao." shook hands with Lu Zhou, and Secretary Zhao said politely.

Letting go of his hand, Lu Zhou smiled and said, "You are older than me, how can I call you Xiao Zhao, let's call Secretary Zhao." ”

"Then do as you say," Secretary Zhao smiled and made a gesture of please, "Please here." ”

The car took Lu Zhou to the side of the high-tech development park.

After finding a place to stop the car, Secretary Zhao took out a map with circles drawn, pointed to the marked place on it, and said to Lu Zhou.

"This is the conceptual map of the Xianlin University Town High-tech Development Zone, the first phase of the project has been completed, and the second phase of the project will be completed within a year. Because the policy has just come out, only 13 research units in the entire development zone have completed their occupancy, and on the whole, there is still a lot of idle space. ”

"There are a couple of nice office buildings not far from the metro station, which are still vacant, so if you like somewhere, you can let me know."

Lu Zhou shook his head and said: "The nanomaterial experiment I did has high requirements for precision, and the construction standards of ordinary office buildings are difficult to meet the experimental requirements. ”

After listening to Lu Zhou's words, Secretary Zhao nodded: "No problem, there is a lot of land here that has not yet been sold, you can tell me where you like, and I will reflect it to the secretary for you." ”

After studying the map for a while, Lu Zhou finally chose a piece of land that looked good on the map, covering an area of 10.1 acres, as the site of the R&D center.

And as it turned out, his instincts were quite accurate.

Secretary Zhao drove him to the site to take a look, whether it was the nearby traffic or the environment, it was quite good, and it was a good place for research.

As for the specific construction plan, he will entrust White, the manager of Star Technology, to bid for the project and hire experts to evaluate the engineering standards, which is not to worry about Lu Zhou.

On the other hand, according to the state subsidy policy, land boats on land have enjoyed a great degree of preferential treatment.

In the university town, the housing prices in the vicinity are generally more than 30,000 yuan, and the price of land acquired by developers is often more than 7 million per acre.

According to Lu Lao's promise, if Lu Zhou only needs to ensure the investment amount of 200 million RMB, the state will subsidize 30% of the land, and if the investment exceeds 400 million RMB, the subsidy will also be doubled. Lu Zhou's original plan was to invest 100 million US dollars, and the subsidy was naturally based on the maximum standard.

The price given to Lu Zhou by the city bureau itself is the floor price of 5 million acres, plus the state subsidy, he actually only needs to spend about 2 million per acre.

In this way, he can invest more money in the equipment and experimental budget.

After the site selection of the institute came to an end,

Lu Zhou called White, and the rest of the matter will be contacted by Star Technology and the Jinling Municipal Government and the construction party, and he does not need to worry about these trivial matters personally.

As for the period before the institute was built, Lu Zhou could only borrow the site of Jinda first. Fortunately, in the new campus, there are many experimental buildings that have just been built and have not yet moved equipment, and Jin Da is willing to help him with this.

For this matter, Dean Li of the Institute of Chemistry and Technology even personally took Lu Zhou to select an experimental site on the campus of Jinda.

The two walked around the campus and chatted casually.

Dean Li smiled and asked, "It is said that Princeton gathers the world's brightest minds, Professor Lu has been working at Princeton for almost a year, do you have any feelings about what you have seen and heard over there?" ”

After thinking for a moment, Lu Zhou said, "My biggest feeling is pity. ”

Dean Li said unexpectedly: "Oh? Where is the pity? ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said: "Just to say my personal feelings, in terms of undergraduate education, the minds of freshmen at Princeton University are actually not much stronger than those who have just gone through the college entrance examination and are more than 100 points higher than the first line." At least in terms of education at the high school level, we are not lagging behind, and we can even say that we have our own advantages. ”

After a pause, Lu Zhou continued.

"However, from the undergraduate level, the gap between the two widens. And it's not just amplification at the individual level, it's on the whole. At the master's level, it is difficult to be comparable. ”

Dean Li said helplessly: "Professor Lu, this comparison is too unfair. Princeton's undergraduate education is among the best in the world, not to mention us, even Harvard and MIT, which are difficult to compare with in terms of undergraduate education. ”

Lu Zhou smiled: "yes, so I just think it's a pity." ”

After a pause, he ended the slightly heavy topic and continued.

"Actually, I've always had the idea of building a Institute for Advanced Study next to Jinling University, following Princeton's model."

Dean Li hesitated: "This is a good idea, but I am afraid it will not be easy to implement." ”

Lu Zhou nodded: "You're right. ”

Replicating the success of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton is not so easy to do.

If you just build a building next to it, hire some researchers to do research, and then hang up a teaching position in the nearby Kim University, it is very likely that it will only be a mere imitation of form.

The final outcome of such an institute for advanced study is at best to develop into a postdoctoral site or a second graduate school at Kimdae, which has no meaning and will waste a lot of resources.

Dean Li: "From the very beginning of its establishment, the Institute was a platonic research institution. To be honest, it is very difficult for such idealized research institutions to survive in China. And even if they survive, it's hard to make a difference. ”

"Let's try it slowly, maybe because I'm relatively young, I'm still quite optimistic about my ability," Lu Zhou smiled and continued in a joking tone, "Otherwise, this research institute that hasn't opened yet can be called Jinling Institute of Computational Materials Science." ”

Academician Li laughed and said: "Yes, you don't mind letting us dip this light, we naturally welcome it with both hands!" We are studying to open a department of computational materials, why don't you become the head of the department part-time? How many top students can I pick for you to cultivate? ”

Lu Zhou also said with a smile: "The head of the department still doesn't have to, I'm afraid that one of you will not be able to hold back and fool all the talents of your chemical institute to engage in mathematics." ”

"That's not good, I won't do it at a loss!"

Both of them were bragging in a joking tone, and neither of them took these words seriously.

However, although he said the previous words in a joking tone, after hearing Dean Li's proposal, Lu Zhou couldn't help but think about this issue seriously.

The battlefield is the best training ground, and the country's big move in the field of new energy is not only a major battle to overcome photovoltaic materials, lithium-sulfur batteries and other technologies, but also an opportunity to cultivate research-oriented talents.

He does not have to completely copy the model of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, but can find a model suitable for the domestic academic environment by himself.

If this model proves to be feasible, he will try to generalize it to fields such as mathematics and physics.

Whether it succeeds or not, it's a rewarding thing.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou said in a half-joking tone: "Then I have to make some requests,"

Dean Li said generously: "What do you want, say it!" ”

Lu Zhou only said one word.

"People!"