"What are you going to do?" Professor Wenger asked cautiously, after all, this was a matter of personal importance to his laboratory, so he couldn't be careless.

"I intend to work with my lab and yours jointly. As you know, my lab has just been established, and at the same time, my lab is mainly working on problems related to the formation of quasicrystalline substances, which is similar to your lab in the general direction, but also different, so I thought that if the two of them cooperate accordingly, then we can solve quite a large part of the problem. ”

Professor Unger did not speak, but motioned for Junxin to continue. Seeing this, Junxin was not polite, and began to explain his reasons:

"First of all, the establishment of a joint laboratory can achieve the sharing of resources and information, you know, I am from the Department of Mathematics, even if I study chemistry, most of them are theoretical, but the theory needs a lot of experimental foundation support, and you are an experimental chemist, you have a high attainment in experimental design, but to be honest, your theoretical research is a little lacking, this and I just complement each other."

"Second, my laboratory studies the formation principle and formation law of quasicrystals, while your laboratory mainly studies the structure and microscopic properties of quasicrystals, which can be used to form data and experimental data sharing without conflict. In addition, it is also important to improve the research efficiency of each laboratory because of the complementarity of data. ”

But in the end, these three points are the most important, but in addition to these three reasons, there is another point that is more important. But that's a little bit of selfishness on my part. ”

"Oh? Let's talk about it. Professor Wenger said curiously.

Junxin nodded and said: "My laboratory is a laboratory that has just been established, don't think about the background or anything, although there is a paper in Nature to lay the foundation, but the new laboratory is the new laboratory, the lack of graduate students and doctoral students who are proficient in various experimental skills, etc., in addition, there is almost no contact with the outside world, and the lack of external communication can easily cause the repetition and uselessness of the experiment." In addition, there is a lack of high-end experimental equipment in the laboratory, and it takes a long time to replenish these instruments, and if I have some inspiration and ideas, if there is no channel to realize them, then it will be a great problem for me to complete, and it will inevitably cause unnecessary waste of time. ”

Professor Wenge didn't speak, but fell into deep thought, Junxin's reason was completely able to impress him, but after all, he hadn't seen Junxin's experiment with his own eyes, and he was more or less worried.

"Steve, what do you think about this?" Professor Unger turned to his most proud disciple.

"I have a question, sir." Steve had been following and listening to Junxin's explanation throughout the whole process, and naturally had a very good understanding of Junxin's thinking, "Can you answer me?" ”

"Excuse me!" Junxin had no reason to refuse, and said politely.

"It's the problem of funding, how did you solve it?" Steve asked curiously, "Our experimental research funds at Princeton University are generally approved by the university to allocate part or all of the funds after the laboratory applies for the project, and the other is to accept social donations to obtain relevant funds. I don't know much about China, how did you solve the problem of funding? You know, the biggest problem in the lab is whether the funds are sufficient. ”

Junxin had anticipated this question for a long time, and replied without thinking: "Because the laboratory has just been established, the allocated funds have reached about one million, although it is much worse than your Princeton, but as you said, the national conditions are different, and you can think that our first funding is equivalent to three million to four million dollars in research funds under the standard of living in the United States." ”

"The standard of living in the United States is relatively high, and the price level is much higher than that of China. On the contrary, in China, the price level is relatively low, and the money is more cost-effective. Since then, there will be a special allocation from the school for each year, so there is no problem with the funding for the time being. At least for a long time, there will be no problem. Junxin said with a smile.

"What about the question between the two labs? How did you divide it? Steve continued. It's not that he wants to embarrass Junxin, it's just that he has agreed to go to Professor Wenger's laboratory as the director of the laboratory, that is, the general manager of the laboratory, these things may not be cared about by Professor Wenger, but he must pay attention to them.

"The two laboratories are interconnected, and research things such as intelligence and resources and materials are shared, and the funding is independent. In addition, visiting scholars can be stationed in each other's laboratories, and the problem of funding is solved by the resident laboratory. In addition, it is possible to follow the method of sending exchange students to each other between Princeton and Mizuki University, and the laboratories can recommend graduate students to each other and determine issues such as joint training. Other than that, it's the essay question. Professor Unger, do you think it is better to publish papers separately or in a joint format? ”

As for Junxin's problem, Professor Weng Ge is also more concerned. After all, the most important thing for a scientist is fame and fortune. And often the fame and fortune of scientists are reflected together, and the bigger the tomorrow, the more money will be spent on the experiment, and then the more results will be obtained relatively speaking.

According to Professor Unger's idea, there is no problem with union. Even if the laboratory Junxin said is rotten, as long as Junxin is alone, it is nothing. For Professor Unger, the most important thing is never anything else, but only Junxin.

However, Professor Wenge still has a little concern about this, which is exactly the question raised by Junxin. After thinking about it, Professor Wenge knew it in his heart and said: "Regarding the issue of laboratory cooperation, I agree with it, and everything else is easy to say, only the question you just raised is worthy of my discussion." However, I thought about it carefully and felt that if it involved joint research, then I would publish the paper in the name of the joint agency; If it's a separate study, it's better to publish it in a separate format, what do you think? ”

"I don't have a problem!" Junxin shook his head and said. He really doesn't have any problems, after all, his laboratory is not only studying the laws of formation, but also about the application side. There is naturally no problem in basic research and mutual exchange, but when it comes to application, each country will adopt a confidential approach, and it is impossible to be generous to the point of publicizing it.

"It seems that we are on the same page." Professor Unger said lightly, "Well, I agree to the union between the two labs. ”

Jun was excited, but he also held back his excitement, nodded, and said very calmly, "Thank you, Professor Wenge." ”