"Country, looking forward to you."

When this sentence entered Li Mu's ears, Li Mu didn't know how to feel in his heart.

But perhaps, this sentence in this phone call, when the secret is revealed in the future, will make the people of the whole country have a strange feeling, what this feeling will be, it is impossible to describe it for the time being, but what can be simply described is that it will probably be a faint pride.

On the phone, Li Mu was silent for a moment.

Zhang Liangwei didn't make any sound, just quietly waited for Li Mu's response.

It wasn't until a moment later that Li Mu finally spoke: "The country's expectations, of course I will respond, of course, as we all know, I am just a theoretical scholar, probably not able to bring much help." ”

Zhang Liangwei smiled: "Mr. Li Mu doesn't need to care about such a thing, the theory of basic science is the foundation of all science, just like it is called 'basic science', we also attach great importance to the research of theoretical science." ”

"Of course, we also need the help of scholars like you as our leaders in theoretical research."

"As for the specific implementation plan, we have almost some plans here, and now we hope to be able to communicate with you further."

Li Mu thought for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Of course, I am very willing. ”

"That's great!" Zhang Liangwei's mood was obviously a little excited: "So when are you free?" Actually, I've booked a ticket to the UK and will be flying tomorrow. ”

Li Mu was stunned, but he didn't expect that Director Zhang was already ready to come over.

Of course, in fact, Zhang Liangwei prepared that if there was no good negotiation on the phone, he would come directly to Li Mu for a face-to-face interview, and if the conversation was done on the phone, then he would also come directly to talk to Li Mu about some follow-up details.

Obviously, the current result is very good, Li Mu directly agreed to him, and almost did not let him explain too much.

Immediately, Li Mu said: "When you arrive, let's discuss the time according to the situation, I will wait for your arrival here." ”

"Okay, of course, we'll arrange the exact place of conversation at the embassy, and we may need you to go to London."

"Naturally, there is no problem."

Li Mu replied.

Oxford and London are not far anyway, and if you drive a car, you can get there in more than an hour, so it's not a big problem.

After all, judging from the map, Britain and his hometown Qin Province are almost like twin brothers, and they are very similar in terms of area, and it won't take long for him to take a car to the next city, unless he has to cross the Qinling Mountains.

The time was set, and the call ended.

Putting down the phone, Li Mu sat in front of the window and looked at the scenery outside the window.

The window was not closed, it was wide open, and suddenly at this moment a gust of wind blew in from outside, bringing a slight chill, and at the same time a little gloomy.

He couldn't help but sigh, "Autumn has arrived." ”

Turning his head, he returned to his desk, his research was going to continue.

The research on superconductors is very difficult, and the research on the synthesis of materials is equally difficult, so in all probability, Li Mu's current topic will continue for a long time.

……

Suddenly, three days passed.

It's another morning.

Li Mu, who had changed into a black trench coat, walked out of the house worth a pound and came to the door.

At this time, a Hongqi car was already parked at the door.

Although it is not a Hongqi L5 car, it is also a very distinctive Hongqi H9 in Hongqi, with two colors of white and black on the bottom, which looks very atmospheric.

Of course, the British side is all right-hand drive cars, so the driver's seat is also designed to be on the right hand drive.

This Hongqi car, which was the car of the Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom, was arranged to pick him up and take him to the embassy.

After getting into the car, the driver nodded to him: "Mr. Li Mu, hello, I am Wei Genshen, according to Ambassador Ying's arrangement, I am responsible for picking you up to the embassy, you can call me Xiao Wei." ”

Li Mu smiled and nodded: "Hello, I think Ling should be older than me, let's call you Lao Wei." ”

Wei Genshen was stunned for a moment, and then smiled helplessly: "I almost forgot, you are younger than me." ”

Li Mu laughed.

In this way, while the two were talking, the vehicle also started and began to go to their destination.

On the way, Li Mu also learned about the specific situation of this Wei Genshen, 27 years old this year, a special forces soldier who retired from the Snow Leopard Commando.

In addition, he can speak English, and he will arrange work after retirement, so he will be arranged here.

Chatting and chatting, time passed quickly.

About two hours later, they finally arrived at the door of the Chinese Embassy in the UK.

With the confirmation of the guards, their car was also allowed in, and finally stopped at the entrance of the embassy.

At the door, several people were already waiting.

"Mr. Li, it's here, you can get out of the car."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Li Mu nodded slightly, and at this time, a person outside also opened the door for him.

"Thank you."

After thanking him, he also got out of the car and looked at the people in front of him.

"Hello Mr. Li, I finally met you." One of them first stretched out his hand to Li Mu, greeted him with a smile, and introduced himself at the same time: "I am the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ying Quansheng. ”

"Hello, Ambassador Ying." Li Mu smiled and nodded.

Ying Quan bowed, and then introduced the person next to him: "This is Director Zhang Liangwei who flew over from our country and invited you over." ”

Li Mu looked at the middle-aged man next to him and shook his hand: "Director Zhang, hello, hello." ”

Zhang Liangwei also smiled: "Hello Mr. Li, you in reality are younger than you look in the photos." ”

Li Mu smiled: "Probably, after all, I always have to look more mature in the photo." ”

There was a burst of laughter.

And then, they didn't stay at the gate any longer.

"Then let's go in first, there are still quite a few people at the gate."

Ying Quansheng said, and then several people didn't talk nonsense and entered the embassy together.

And the conversation between Li Mu and Zhang Liangwei was also arranged in a small room.

In a foreign country, conversations anywhere are not private enough, so there is only enough protection in the embassy.

"Mr. Li, then—" Zhang Liangwei put his hands on the table in the middle and said, "Let's start our conversation." ”

"As the director of the National Department of High-level Talent Introduction, my task is to select high-level talents overseas, provide corresponding support plans, and then bring them back to China to help our domestic science and technology development."

"Probably similar to the Thousand Talents Plan, of course, compared with some of these plans or something, our division will be more professional and more systematic, and there is no such situation as one team and two brands."

"At the same time, because our division has only been established for a long time, we are currently the only candidate for talent introduction, and our company now has 12 people, who will now serve you full-time."

"In addition, we have a lot of money, so you can also put forward enough conditions, as long as you can be satisfied."

Speaking of this, Zhang Liangwei also smiled, his words were no longer a hint, they were already a clear sign.

However, Li Mu's eyebrows were raised, but he was interested in Zhang Liangwei's last sentence: "Your company only chooses me now?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Liangwei nodded.

Li Mu asked with some curiosity: "Then I really want to know, how does your company define the category of this high-level talent?" ”

“呃……”张亮伟伸手捏了捏眉心，最后还是回答道：“暂时的话，我们的标准指的是获得了诺贝尔奖、菲尔兹奖、沃尔夫奖等这类奖项的人才。 ”

Li Mu: "......"

So if you say that, he's basically not alone?

"Okay, I'll be honest with you." Zhang Liangwei spread his hands and said: "The main reason for the establishment of our division is for you, of course, we will also develop in other directions according to the situation in the future, lower our standards, and the corresponding support standards, of course, no matter what, your standards will always be guaranteed to be the highest." ”

Li Mu nodded slightly.

"The country's value for me is really high."

He couldn't help but sigh.

Zhang Liangwei smiled: "Just like I told you at the beginning, the country is looking forward to you." ”

Li Mu nodded slightly.

The vast majority of people will have a sense of family and country in their hearts, and he is certainly no exception.

"So, today I mainly want to know from you, if you return to China, what do you want the country to provide you with?"

"A research institute? Advanced enough lab equipment? And the money or something, or whatever the other – you can mention it. Zhang Liangwei said: "Even if you want to build a research institute directly, even if it exceeds the limits of our company, we can also propose it with the above, and there is a high probability that it can be approved." ”

Or if you have any ideas of your own, you can say them. Of course, as long as you don't want to build another CAS. Zhang Liangwei smiled: "The resistance to this kind of thing will be great, and it is estimated that there will be too much more funds." ”

The Chinese Academy of Sciences can be called one of the largest scientific research institutions in the world, just like the Max Planck Society in Germany.

Rebuilding the Chinese Academy of Sciences is almost equivalent to setting up another system of scientific research institutions for the whole of China.

Li Mu smiled and said, "Of course I won't put forward such a condition. ”

He thought for a moment, rubbing his chin.

Zhang Liangwei didn't say anything more, quietly waiting for Li Mu's response.

Until the end, Li Mu said: "Scientific research needs a pure enough environment, and any idea is not as important as a pure environment." ”

"However, whether an environment can be pure enough depends ultimately on people."

"So what I want to know is, if I were to build a research institute, who would influence this research institute outside of the institute, or ...... Impede? ”

"Please rest assured of this." Zhang Liangwei said: "Regarding this, in our plan, as long as you decide to establish this research institute, only you will have the right to decide, and others will only have the right to ask or suggest, and the above will only have the right to cancel the research institute." ”

"Of course, the decision-making power I am talking about includes power in all senses, such as personnel power, financial power, and so on."

Hearing the conditions given by Zhang Liangwei, Li Mu showed a surprised expression.

How much power is that?

Li Mu didn't know how to describe it.

哪怕是当年在洛斯阿拉莫斯，身为曼哈顿计划领导者的奥本海默，也没有这样的权力，甚至奥本海默，也是被另外一名叫格罗夫斯的将军给选上，成为了曼哈顿计划的负责人的。

"This ...... Is it your plan? Can the above agree? ”

Li Mu asked in surprise.

"Haha, we can give such conditions, which naturally comes from the permission above." 张亮伟笑道：“所有预案中的方案，都已经经过了上面的授权。 ”

Li Mu bowed, "In that case, then I'm not welcome, let's talk about the details." ”

Subsequently, he discussed with Zhang Liangwei the details of the future of his research institute.

The conversation went on for a long time.

By the time they came out of it, it was already dark, and they were hungry in the same way.

After a brief meal in the embassy's cafeteria, Li Mu said: "I have to rush back, I should be able to get home before nine o'clock." ”

"Okay, Mr. Li go slowly, Xiao Wei will send you back." Ying Quansheng said.

Li Mu nodded, and then got into the Hongqi car that sent him over, and the person driving it was Wei Genshen.

"Goodbye."

Li Mu waved goodbye to Ying Quansheng and Zhang Liangwei.

Both of them waved at him.

Watching the car leave, Ying Quansheng and Zhang Liangwei also returned to the embassy.

"Director Zhang, what are you talking about, why have you been talking about it for so long?"

Ying Quansheng was very curious, Li Mu arrived in the morning, and as a result, they talked for a whole day, so he was naturally curious.

Of course, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Of course, if it involves confidentiality, you don't need to tell me." ”

Zhang Liangwei smiled, "There are no secrets. ”

"Maybe it won't be long before you find out."

"According to Mr. Li Mu's request, we will build a new research institute in China, a parallel research institute to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and even, to some extent, the level of this research institute is higher."

Ying Quansheng was a little surprised: "How much does it cost?" ”

"Many, but at least not more than the Chinese Academy of Sciences."

Ying Quansheng nodded: "However, the people from the Chinese Academy of Sciences should be opposed, right?" ”

"It doesn't make sense for them to oppose it or not, they have already made a decision, and they also want to see what kind of changes will be brought to us by handing over science to an unquestionable genius, which can be regarded as an attempt to take another path."

Ying Quansheng nodded, "I see." ”

The domestic scientific research environment has become a well-known ill, and this new path is estimated to be a new attempt.

And the leader of this road is still Li Mu.

"Hopefully it will make some difference."

Zhang Liangwei smiled: "I think it will." ”

This is also the main reason why the state will be willing to put such efforts on Li Mu, a theoretical scholar.

However, is Li Mu really just a theorist?

(End of chapter)