When I came out of Professor Hu's place, it was almost time for dinner. However, Junxin was not in a hurry at all, and walked slowly in the direction of the dormitory, while thinking back to the conversation that Professor Yu Hu had just had.

As Jun Xin expected, Professor Hu really asked him to continue to study Fermat's theorem. However, Junxin is not interested in this, he still has a lot of doubts about the proof process of Fermat's theorem, and he cannot fully understand the entire 130-page proof process. And he also believes that the glory of the proof of Fermat's theorem belongs to his former mentor, Professor Andrew Wiles, after all, not everyone has the courage to risk everything to prove a proposition that is likely to fail.

However, through Junxin's greetings in advance, Professor Hu also knew that it would take time and energy to prove this problem, so he didn't push it too much, but just let him keep this matter in mind.

"It seems that it is necessary to systematically study the problems of elliptical lines and modular forms, and to make some research results on these two problems, I believe that Professor Hu should not force me, right?"

After letting go of one thing in his heart, Junxin thought about another thing, his senior in his previous life was physics, and his understanding of physics was even much deeper than mathematics. So he was not afraid of Professor Zhou's assessment of him.

But at the same time, the physics he studied mainly focused on high-energy particles and string theory, which were concentrated on the theoretical side, but now the country pays more attention to the application content, and he is a little unsure of what Professor Zhou has given him, which makes him hesitate.

"Jun, are you back?" When Junxin was thinking about the problem, a familiar voice came to his ears, Junxin looked back, it turned out to be Professor Chen from the Department of Chemistry, and hurriedly walked a few steps forward to say hello.

"Hello Professor Chen, I just came back at noon, I stayed at Professor Hu's side for a while, and I was about to go to dinner, do you want to go with you?" Junxin has become a researcher at the Institute of Applied Mathematics of Mizuki University, and his level is equivalent to the professor level in the teaching position, so he has the right to enter the faculty cafeteria to eat, but he usually accompanies Gu Mengxue to eat together, so he rarely goes there to open a small stove. However, when I met Professor Chen today, we were able to go to the faculty cafeteria to eat.

"Hehe, that's just right, Professor Cheng will also come to dinner in a while, by the way, let's talk about something, you can come along!"

"Is it appropriate for me to come over there?" Junxin asked a little hesitantly.

Professor Chen smiled: "It's okay, it happens to have something to do with you, you can also listen to it, after all, you have to ask for your opinion on this matter." ”

Jun Xin said: "It's a matter of the laboratory, right?" ”

Professor Chen nodded and explained: "Your paper was affirmed by Professor Cheng a few years ago, and then published in Nature, but Professor Cheng did not announce this matter to the public, so your laboratory application has not been approved for a while and a half. ”

"It's okay, I haven't seen Professor Cheng for a long time, and I miss it a little." While the two were talking, they had already come to the outside of the faculty cafeteria.

"Xiaojun, I remember that you are also a faculty member, but I don't seem to have seen you come here for dinner, are you accompanying Xiao Mengxue?"

Jun Xin was a little speechless for a moment, and he clearly saw a trace of narrowness in Professor Chen's eyes. In his image, Professor Chen is not the kind of person who is disrespectful to the elderly.

Junxin could only not speak, and let the old and disrespectful Professor Chen laugh at him. The two found a private room, Professor Chen ordered a few side dishes, and then handed the menu to Junxin. Junxin also casually ordered two or three side dishes, and then stopped.

The two chatted casually, but after a while, the dusty Professor Cheng came. After the three of them exchanged pleasantries, Junxin took the initiative to introduce the topic: "Professor, there is no news about my article yet, is it really okay to give me a laboratory like this?" ”

Professor Cheng shook his head and said, "That's not what I said, I have read your article, this article has almost opened up a new branch of chemistry, and I can't overstate it." Not to mention a university-level laboratory, even if it is to apply for a national-level laboratory for you, it is not too much. ”

"I have discussed with Lao Liang, and some of this year's funds will be used to focus on the construction of this laboratory, although the money is not much, only more than 300,000 yuan, but it is enough to establish a laboratory prototype."

The Lao Liang in Professor Cheng's mouth is another Dinghai Shenshen Needle-level figure in the School of Chemistry, and he is also a member of the Division. He is an older generation of scientists in charge of chemical applications.

After listening to Professor Cheng's introduction and explanation, Junxin felt that Professor Cheng was too modest. Maybe 300,000 is not a big amount in the future, but in this era, 300,000 is already a very large expense. From Professor Cheng's words, Junxin knew that this was only the first batch of funds.

"Professor, you're humble!" Junxin secretly exhaled and said, "Actually, my requirements for the laboratory are not very high. If I can, I would prefer to apply for a batch of funding first, after all, the research on quasicrystals is only the end of the process, and if we pull it down, we can't guarantee that we can maintain a technological lead over international laboratories on the existing basis. ”

"I also considered this problem, and so did Lao Liang, but in order to start the work as soon as possible, we joined forces to put pressure on Vice President Che, who is in charge of the university's scientific research funds, and we have already obtained some funding from there, but we also promised that we must come up with a CNS-level article."

"How much is the money?" Junxin doesn't care about the paper, but more about the funding. After all, chemical experiments, especially material experiments, are no less expensive than biological laboratories, and even because of their special status, the funds are often much higher than those of biological laboratories.

"All of them add up to about one million, but we can only get 200,000 of them now, and the rest will not be available until the paper comes out." The corners of Professor Cheng's mouth curled up and he said with a smile.

"So much?" Junxin admits that he was indeed intimidated by the huge amount of money.

"That's because Lao Che also started from the grassroots level, he is a manager who came out of the laboratory, and the reason why the school asked him to do the management of funds related to scientific research projects is also because he is very familiar with the various processes of the laboratory."

"That's right." Junxin sighed with emotion. In the future, there will always be some incidents of embezzlement of scientific research funds, or good projects are cut because of insufficient funds, at this time, it is particularly important to have a good person who reviews and manages project funds. Obviously, in Professor Cheng's eyes, Vice President Che is such a person.

"Then I've been under Professor Chen's lab recently, so that I can start the next step of the experiment as soon as possible."

"Hehe, I'm more than welcome." Professor Chen said happily.

"However, I will continue to work the application of your laboratory, and I have a hunch that this laboratory will become one of the most important laboratories in our School of Chemistry."

Professor Cheng's comments underestimated the importance of the laboratory, which is still under construction decades later, has become a chemistry laboratory at the same peak as the cold spring harbor of biology and the mathematics department of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the world of mathematics. However, at that time, the laboratory was only an important laboratory in the Institute of Natural Sciences of Mizuki University.