When Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing were grinding their fists, recruiting troops, and preparing to do a big job, there were still people who were not idle.

On the far other side of the ocean, Jersey, Princeton University, Superconductivity Laboratory.

"Damn, failed again"

"I've tried all the formulations from 2 to 10 parts per thousand, and the superconductivity phenomenon is still unstable"

"Follow the notes of the old stuff, form a stable Cooper pair for sure in this range"

"TMD, there must be some trick in this that I don't know, the old guy must have left a hand"

Cheng Qian threw away a small piece of crystalline in his hand in annoyance.

"If we can't get a stable superconductor in the liquid nitrogen temperature region, it will be difficult for the scientific community to admit the results we have published before, and after publishing those few articles, cryogenic physics laboratories all over the world have started this race like crazy, maybe any one will get a stable formula by shit luck." Cheng Qian thought.

"Especially Wang Yinan, I once tested him at that time, whether it was possible to come to Princeton together, he heard the teacher's notes and jumped up like a cat with a tail, hey, it's really brain-dead."

"I heard that after he graduated, he set up his own laboratory in the imperial capital, and he is continuing related research, the old thing must have handed over things to him, what an eccentric guy, it was in vain for me to work before and after the saddle at that time" Cheng Qian thought.

"If Wang Yinan and the others get a breakthrough first, it will be troublesome"

Like all villains, Cheng Qian felt that the whole world had failed him, and Li Shiyao should honestly hand over the results to him, it was best to help him get on the horse and give him a ride, and it was best to help Cheng Qian sign his name when he turned around.

"Honey, let's get here today, let's go back and get some food, I've made a steak"

At this time, a blonde beauty hugged Cheng Qian from behind. Thomas, as you might expect, Professor Thomas's daughter, came to N University with her father to attend the Condensed Matter Physics Conference. When Cheng Qian found Professor Thomas, Lisa fell in love with this handsome and versatile Chinese young man at a glance.

Later, as everyone knows, Cheng Qian got rid of Li Wenjing and exchanged Li Shiyao's achievements for a scholarship from Princeton, becoming a close disciple of Professor Thomas and a son-in-law.

Of course, they agreed to get married when they could reproduce the results stably, and Thomas and Cheng Qian would jointly compete for the Nobel Prize. Weng and his son-in-law both won the Nobel Prize, which is also a good story, right.

It has been almost two years since they came to Princeton, and in more than half a year, according to their previous agreement, Thomas, as the first author and the second author of Cheng Qian, published a series of papers on improved Cooper pairs and copper-oxygen superconductivity, which immediately caused a great sensation, and many laboratories also reproduced Cheng Qian's experiments and obtained obvious signs of superconductivity.

But a year later, the relevant research is still at the stage of publication at that time, and stable superconducting materials are still so far away.

Cheng Qian was very anxious,

"I knew that I wouldn't be so anxious to have a showdown with the old thing at that time, and put up with him for another three or five months, and how good it would be to come back after getting all the things."

Cheng Qian thought hatefully.

The superconductivity laboratory in Princeton was sponsored by IBN, and not long after the paper was published, IBN immediately donated 30 million US dollars, and the only requirement was to obtain priority for commercial applications, that is, under the same conditions, Cheng Qian and they should choose IBN to cooperate.

A year later, the research did not make more progress, and the money was almost spent, Thomas and Cheng Qian proposed a second-phase sponsorship plan, preparing to apply for another 20 million US dollars in sponsorship. IBN needs to conduct a comprehensive evaluation and inspection of the project, and there will be a crucial review meeting the next day.

Originally, Cheng Qian felt that before the meeting, he could make some progress and increase the certainty of passing.

But he still failed.

As the chief expert in low-temperature physics at Princeton, Professor Thomas has an independent house next to the school (on the other side of the ocean, a house is a single-family cottage with its own small yard, and the kind of set of three sets of four that costs one or two million soft girls in our imperial capital is called an apartment!).

Cheng Qian sat down at the table, Professor Thomas put a large piece of T-bone steak in front of him, there was still blood on the knife and fork, he was already eating, Professor Thomas had just moved from England not long ago, and he especially liked to eat very raw steak.

"It's back, what stage of the experiment is going on today?"

"We have recently focused our research on yttrium-barium assemblages, and there are indications that this crystal is the most consistent with the improved Cooper theory."

"Still haven't made any progress?" The professor asked.

"No, I tried to change the barium content, from 2 to 10 parts per thousand, and the superconductivity phenomenon is still unstable"

"Could it be a problem with the preparation process, such as the control of crystallization temperature, etc.?"

"I also suspect that this is the reason, but there is no further information, so we can only explore slowly"

Both tacitly avoided Li Shiyao's original manuscript.

"The review will be led by Dr. Smith, who is a student of Professor Peter at Caltech, and I have already greeted him through Professor Peter, so the chances of passing the review are very high, you don't have to worry." Professor Thomas said.

"But when you introduce it, you must show enough confidence, otherwise, he will not be able to convince the rest of the jury"

"That's great, I'm still worried about this assessment, if we don't get the second phase of funding, everything we've done before will be in vain."

After eating a small piece of steak in a hurry, Cheng Qian rushed to the laboratory despite Lisa's repeated reservations.

"Honey, let's stay at home today"

"I'm going back to the lab to prepare for tomorrow's review meeting, this is too important, and when we're done for a while, we'll go to Las Vegas to be happy."

"Let him prepare, this IBN's review will be directly related to the donation of 20 million US dollars, and he can't be careless"

Cheng Qian hurriedly left Professor Thomas's house.

Only Lisa's father and daughter were left at the table.

"The recent experiment did fail, didn't it?"

"Yes, I carefully looked at the experimental records, and the prepared crystals showed signs of resistance loss in some tests, but they were unstable, and after changing the current, the resistance sometimes appeared."

"You have to hurry up to get the specific recipe, and of course, the more important process"

"I'll do my best, Cheng Qian's vigilance in this regard is particularly high, he never lets others interfere in the most critical preparation link, I inadvertently pretended to bump into it twice, he immediately stopped the experiment, I was afraid of arousing his vigilance, so I didn't try again."

"Well, you try not to arouse his suspicion as much as possible, this rabbit cub, who has secretly registered the patents for all the relevant compounds himself, and don't let him notice anything until we think of a way to avoid these patents."

"By the way, when will the private investigator you hired be in place?"

"I want someone to stare at this kid twenty-four hours a day, I always feel like he's aware of something,"

"Yes, it's a good idea to have monitoring equipment in the lab, well, especially in the work area, where we can replicate the process and prepare the material ourselves as a last resort."

The next day, an evaluation team led by Dr. smith from IBN visited the laboratory of Professor Thomas and Cheng Qian.

Cheng Qian demonstrated how yttrium-barium copper-oxygen materials show signs of superconductivity under the cooling of liquid nitrogen, and of course, he also admitted that the current signs of superconductivity are unstable, and further research and improvement are needed to obtain stable superconductors in the liquid nitrogen temperature region.

"I propose to stop contributing to this project at the current pace, which is a pure waste of time", and the most vehemently opposed is a white uncle.

"Who is he," Cheng Qian asked secretly when the guy was spitting on the stage.

Looking at the business card in her hand, Lisa said, "It's the CTO of IBN, he's a white supremacist and he's always been discriminatory against people of color.

"But it's a good thing that he jumped out, let's make other people think of your skin color as much as possible, and then put the big racist hat on to see if they dare to make trouble."

"In case IBN cancels the donation, we will find reporters to put out the report of "IBN suspected of racial discrimination", which is definitely enough for them to drink. ”

There was a heated discussion at the meeting, with several whites opposing continued donations, while Asians and other people of color largely supported continued donations.

However, at the end of the judging session, Professor Thomas gave an enthusiastic speech.

"This is the latest in a century of glory for Princeton, and it is an opportunity for IBN to add to history."

"And you, you, and you," Professor Thomas pointed at the naysayers, starting with the white uncle.

"And you, because of stupid skin color prejudice, want to give up this opportunity?"

"I came from old England on the other side of the Atlantic, because I felt that in the free and equal rice country, all races are God's people, all are equal, so I came, and what did I see?"

"Are you going to oppose me and his project just because of Cheng's skin color?"

"Yes, this project has huge risks, but how can science not have risks, it is precisely because of the existence of huge risks that there may be huge benefits, and it is precisely because of the existence of huge risks that there will be opportunities for everyone here to show your foresight"

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If Wang Yinan is present, he will definitely discover his ability to cheat money, that is weak, if he has half of Thomas's eloquence, will he still worry about the problem of funds?

In a round of warm applause, the committee members voted to pass the motion to continue to donate 20 million US dollars.

"Money, I got it for you, stable superconducting materials, you must get it out as soon as possible", Thomas said to Cheng Qian after the meeting.

"I've contacted NASA's supercomputing center, and they're going to give us the center's supercomputer to use in our free time."

"And your college classmates, yes, it's that Wang, you must keep an eye on it, take money to buy his employees, I don't believe that there are Chinese people who can't be defeated by American knives."

"We can't lose this race, and we won't lose!"

At the same time, in the laboratory led by Professor Joseph of Imperial College London on the other side of the Atlantic, as well as the cryogenic laboratory of Kyoto University in the Sun Country, a similar story is also being played, a fierce 100-meter race has begun, and at present, Thomas and Cheng Qian are slightly ahead because of the published paper, while Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing are in the lead in practice. Who will hit the line first?