After the initial optimization of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, Academician Zhang Pingxiang also left Jinling with satisfaction.

The time is close to the new year, and after Xu Chuan properly arranged the affairs of the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute and the Qixia Mountain Controlled Nuclear Fusion Project, he was also ready to leave for Jinling to return to his hometown.

Although his parents did not urge, they had called several times to ask when he would be home.

As in previous years, Xu Chuan took the high-speed train from Jinling back to Star City, although Zheng Hai said that he could drive back, but he refused.

It's tiring to drive long distances, and it's relatively slow.

If you take the high-speed train, you can leave in the morning and arrive in the afternoon, and if you are safe by car, it will take at least a day or more.

As for using a car in my hometown or something, there is actually no shortage of it.

Anyway, every time I take the high-speed rail to other places, after getting off the high-speed rail, Zheng Hai can always change the car. Probably it was dispatched by the organization or department of the destination in advance, and a car is not a big deal for an organization that is everywhere.

On the other side, just as Xu Chuan boarded the high-speed rail and embarked on the way home, in the Baling Zhengfu office building nearly 1,000 kilometers away, Han Kangping, the leader of Baling, was sitting at his desk, meticulously looking at the documents in his hand.

The Chinese New Year is approaching, and it is the time when they are busy, and all kinds of things, big and small, must be arranged and dealt with properly.

At that moment, there was the sound of hurried and heavy footsteps outside the office, and immediately after, the door was pushed open, and a much younger male secretary trotted in.

Unable to take a breath, the secretary who trotted over all the way directly said urgently: "Boss, the traffic management has just received news that Mr. Zheng Hai, the driver of Academician Xu Chuanxu, contacted us and applied for an Audi car."

Without saying a word, Han Kangping stood up violently and asked, "Academician Xu is back?" ”

Hearing the news, he didn't have the mind to rush in without knocking on his secretary's door, and he still had some opinions and wanted to teach a few words.

The secretary quickly replied: "Well, I have already confirmed with the traffic side that it is indeed Academician Xu who has returned." The one who prefers to travel by high-speed rail, and now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, he should be back for the New Year. ”

Hearing this, Han Kangping put down the signature pen in his hand, grabbed the coat draped on the back of the chair, and said quickly: "Contact people from other departments, and we will go to the high-speed rail station to greet us together." ”

For Baling City, throughout history, there is only one academician-level figure who has walked out from here, and it dates back to nearly 20 years ago.

Academician Xu Chuan, who walked out from the jurisdiction of Baling City, is the second academician-level figure in the past 20 years, not to mention that he is also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

This is the pride of Baling City.

Aside from the rest, just the administrative rank attached to the title of academician itself is already the treatment of the deputy rank.

For a small prefecture-level city like Baling, the presence of a deputy leader is also a big deal.

On the other side, on the high-speed train, Xu Chuan rubbed his nose and held back the feeling that he wanted to sneeze.

The business class carriage was quiet, and the empty carriage was now only him and Zheng Hai.

It's not that he is specialized, but it is true that no one buys business seats, and there are several other guests in the same carriage when they depart from Jinling, but the whole carriage is like a special train after getting off one after another.

This is also quite normal, after all, the price of business seats on high-speed rail is quite expensive, and sometimes it is even more expensive than the business seats of planes of the same distance, and there are naturally fewer people to choose.

For Xu Chuan, this is also good.

He enjoys the quiet environment of the carriage, which is convenient for him to read some periodicals, magazines or books and other things, and learn about the development of the outside world and the scientific research community.

flipped through the periodicals in his hand, the mobile phone on the small table vibrated a little, Xu Chuan picked up the phone, and two prestige appeared on the interface.

It was a wedding invitation sent by Xu Hou, a young man from his village, and asked him if he was back for the New Year and whether he had time to attend the wedding.

Staring at the information on the prestige, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment.

Wedding invitations?

If he remembered correctly, Xu Hou seemed to be only a few months older than him.

He only turned twenty-two when he celebrated the New Year two days ago and officially entered the age of twenty-three, which means that this Fa was married at the age of twenty-three?

Even in the countryside, isn't this a little too early?

After all, Baling is not an inland and impoverished area in the far west, although it is a rural area, it seems that the marriage age is not so young, right?

After thinking for a while, Xu Chuan turned his head and glanced at Zheng Hai.

Keenly noticing his gaze, Zheng Hai turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

After thinking about it, Xu Chuan said, "When did you get married?" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Hai was stunned for a moment, and sneered: "I'm not married yet, but I'm already engaged, why did you suddenly ask this?" Want to get married? ”

If this person gets married, it will be a good thing for the country, and even the country will want him to have more children.

Xu Chuan shook his head and said, "No, I'm getting married, and I just sent me an invitation." ”

Zheng Hai said curiously: "You should be your childhood partner in the same year, right?" Twenty-three this year? That's really early. ”

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Well, he is from March, and I am from December." By the way, how old are you? ”

Zheng Hai: "I will be thirty-three years old after the beginning of spring next year. ”

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Then I'm not in a hurry." ”

Zheng Hai: "????? ”

He always felt as if he had said something wrong?

On the other side, Baling.

In the reception hall of Balingdong Station, more than a dozen middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes stood in the empty hall and waited in the cold wind.

On the side, the big red banner unfurled by the staff and the media reporters standing on the side carrying long guns and short cannons attracted passers-by to turn back frequently.

From the moment the news was received, Baling Municipal FU organized people and media reporters to rush to Baling East Station as quickly as possible and waited in the reception hall.

Everyone waited in fear, until they saw the figure walk out of the gate, and their hearts fell.

Walking forward quickly with the team behind him, Mayor Han Kangping greeted warmly from afar: "Academician Xu, it's been hard along the way!" Welcome home! ”

Looking at the crowd that greeted him, and then at the banner that was pulled behind the crowd and followed by him, Xu Chuan sighed slightly in his heart.

He must know the government team of Baling City, and he came to greet him when he went home for the New Year two years ago, but he didn't expect to bring people to the high-speed rail station to greet him directly this year.

To be honest, he really doesn't like this kind of reception plot very much, but since the other party is waiting here, he can't just turn around and leave.

After adjusting his mood, he went up with a smile on his face and shook hands with Mayor Han Kangping of Baling City, Xu Chuan said with a smile: "I'm just going home for the New Year, Mayor Han, you are too grand." ”

"Where, this is what we should do." Han Kangping enthusiastically shook Xu Chuan's hand with both hands, and then said: "We Baling have been waiting for almost twenty years, and finally another academician has come out. You are the pride of Baling and the pride of your hometown, and I just want to express our gratitude to the fathers and villagers in my hometown. ”

Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled and said modestly: "I just did what I had to do." ”

I have to say that these administrative leaders do have a hand in speaking, pulling the villagers and the people, and the scene is a set of words.

After greeting in the reception hall for a while, politely declining Mayor Han's invitation to dinner, and agreeing to talk again when he had time, Xu Chuan finally got rid of this group of enthusiastic leaders, followed Zheng Hai to board the car, and rushed towards his hometown.

In fact, he still knows in his heart why the leaders here in Baling City are so enthusiastic.

After all, in his current position, sometimes a casual sentence can bring great changes to Baling.

Of course, Xu Chuan will not refuse to return to his hometown and drive the development of his hometown when he has the ability, just like in the early years, when he had money, he invested in the village to repair the pond.

Wait until some new products come out of the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute later, and then come to communicate with Baling.

For people, hometown is always the destination of the heart, and the leaders of Jinling vaguely mentioned to him many times, wanting him to move his hukou over, but he has always refused, and it is precisely because this is his hometown.

In the car, Xu Chuan twisted his body and breathed a sigh of relief, "Today I know how much influence an academician has on the local area. ”

To be honest, although the leaders of Baling City would take the initiative to visit his home in the past two years, it was the first time that he was directly blocked at the high-speed rail station like today.

He thought about it, the biggest change in the past year is that he has won the title of academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In the driver's seat, Zheng Hai said with a smile: "This can only be said to be related to the limitations of what can be seen." ”

"For Ling, at the national level, it doesn't matter if you have the title of academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. But for most of the leaders of prefecture-level cities, the title of academician is almost the top scholar that can be seen. ”

"Especially for your hometown, since the founding of Baling, there has been an academician, and now they are almost 100 years old, you are the only seedling of Baling, they are naturally enthusiastic."

Xu Chuan thought for a while and said, "This is also true, academicians also enjoy the treatment of deputy level, which is quite high for prefecture-level cities." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Hai coughed a little unnaturally and said, "You may have some misunderstanding of your status and level?" ”

Xu Chuan: "? ”

Zheng Hai looked at the rearview mirror facing the rear window glass and said softly: "For most academicians, what you said is no problem. ”

"But for yourself, I'm afraid that's not the case."

"Whether it is the nuclear waste project in Qidong or the controllable nuclear fusion project in Qixia Mountain, they are all units under the direct jurisdiction of the National Wu Academy, and the place where you live has guards stationed from the army to protect the security, and your opinions can go directly to the highest level, the deputy level. I'm afraid it won't be possible. ”

After hearing this, Xu Chuan fell into thought.

In his impression, he only remembered that the academician seemed to be treated as a vice-president, and as for himself, to be honest, he really didn't think much about what kind of level and position he was in after returning to China.

Now it seems that his status in the country is much more awesome than he thought?

PS: The second is to ask for a monthly pass

(End of chapter)