Chapter 140: Go through the motions
A group of more than a dozen people entered the research room.
Librarians, clerks, and staff such as materials and clerical staff all stopped what they were doing.
Good guys, the director of the Social Science Division of the Ministry of Culture personally led the team, and looking back, there are all famous scholars in the field of culture, there are as many as 12.
Why, the National Museum was bombed?
Oh, the judges...... That's fine!
There will inevitably be such a time when a project is established, although the specifications are a little higher this time, but it is not surprising.
After all, Mongolian porcelain is the first time to come out, and it is a very representative new technology and new discovery of national crafts, and it is normal for the ministry to attach importance to some.
The librarians also thought that the He Pavilion and the Lu Yuan had already submitted the relevant materials, so they were only slightly surprised, and then what should they do.
Ma Xianming and Yang Lichuan are not in a hurry, but some of the second monks are confused: I have never heard that the scientific research unit has not yet applied for the project, but the higher-level competent department first set up an expert group and took the initiative to review?
Of course, that is, muttering in my heart, everyone is here, can I still drive it out?
The two are enthusiastic but reserved, and they are polite with neither humility nor arrogance: the meaning is very clear, you can judge how you want, and you can judge how you want.
If you say you don't drink tea, then you don't drink tea, and if you say go to the lab, then go to the lab.
I was amused by a group of jury members: the first time I saw the project unit so horizontal?
It can also be seen that the research project of the National Museum is extremely valuable, and I am not afraid that I will not pass the review, let alone find a cooperative unit.
Wang Yongqian didn't care, let alone rushed, and took a turn after entering the research room.
That's right, the research experiments of each group are indeed the "Mongolian porcelain" that was discussed with the committee members only yesterday, and this is it......
He exhaled: "What about the proposal to apply for the project?" ”
Ma Xianming was stunned: How can there be this thing?
I didn't prepare for the project so early, so I didn't prepare at all.
The commissioners were happy again......
As soon as he saw his expression, he knew what was going on, and Wang Yongqian sighed: "Then you always have an internal research plan, right?" ”
There must be this, otherwise the groups would have been in a mess.
But not here, no one is okay and will not run to the laboratory all day with a plan, at most at this stage.
But Li Dingan definitely has ......
Ma Xianming thought for a while and stretched out his hand: "Xiao Shu!" ”
Shu Jing took a good look at Li Ding'an, and when she saw him nodding, she picked up her briefcase and pulled out a document.
It's not much, just three or four pages, which is roughly the approximate steps, time nodes, research objectives, resource and funding allocation, and so on.
Ma Xianming didn't even look at it, so he handed it to Wang Yongqian, Wang Yongqian flipped it twice, frowned, and handed it to Xiang Yongqing: "Professor Xiang, Professor Chen, please take a look!" ”
Xiang Zhiqing nodded, glanced at it and was happy, and then called the one next to him: "Lao Chen, come to live ......"
This is the former director of the "Institute of Ancient Cultural Relics", and previously served as the director of the Palace Museum Cultural Protection Institute and the deputy director of the Palace Museum.
So, this judging was quite interesting.
Although Professor Chen is the deputy leader of the review team, he specializes in porcelain and naturally deserves to be the leader. He took the plan, glanced at it, and couldn't stop pouting.
Fooling things......
After a pause, Professor Chen pointed to the timetable: "According to the plan, this week, you can roughly cut off the porcelain pieces?" ”
Dating?
When did this happen, last week, right?
I remember that it was the second day when the list of members of the research group was determined, that is, the day when Beijing University was officially enrolled, it only took one morning for Li Ding'an to complete the initial practice, and in the afternoon, the three groups re-tested synchronously, and all the data analysis and summary were completed on the same day.
But the plan was postponed for two weeks?
Many researchers were a little confused, but Ma Xianming's face was not red and his heart was not beating: "Yes, Professor Chen!" ”
"Oh? The next step is to analyze the fetal quality and enamel of the porcelain tiles and look at the schedule, which will take one to two months...... After that, there is the fusion of national culture and traditional porcelain, which will take another one to two months...... The next step is the preliminary exploration of the fusion technology of tire engraving and enamel color......
This is another one to two months, after which the specific soil analysis is ...... That is to say, according to the plan, it will be possible for you to carry out field work until October at the earliest, to survey the exact location of the kiln mouth, and to study the approximate distribution area...... So at that time, you will apply for the project, apply for funding, right? ”
Isn't that right?
The intuition was not good, Ma Xianming kept an eye on it: "According to the plan, it is indeed like this......"
On a schedule?
Professor Chen was laughed at angrily, how much heart does this student have, he doesn't know better than anyone?
He lifted his glasses: "Okay, let me ask you, since it has just begun to break the dynasty, according to the plan, it will be nearly half a year before the field survey, so how do you judge that the kiln mouth is roughly in the area of Qinglongshan Town, NMQ, TL City?" ”
"No?" Ma Xianming was really a little confused, "This must be fieldwork, but we haven't even gone out to the capital?" ”
"How did the paper come out?"
I......
Ma Xianming was directly dumbfounded.
His duty is only to help Li Ding'an co-ordinate, only manage the experimental groups in the laboratory, who has managed Li Ding'an's research to which step?
To be honest, he still has to report to Li Dingan at every turn, and as for what papers Li Dingan has published, he is even less clear......
So, how does this make him explain?
Professor Chen glared at him: "Go to the side!" ”
Ma Xianming rubbed his nose and took two steps back.
He Guan, it's not that the old horse is useless, it's really that the enemy army is too cunning......
Turning his mind, he looked at Li Ding'an again, meaning: It's up to you!
Li Dingan also sighed: It wasn't a leak at all, but something wrong with the paper...... Well, it's not that there was a problem, but that the experts and scholars in charge of reviewing the paper found the problem.
What, did the NMG also burn porcelain, or is it a fusion process of embossed porcelain and enamel?
New discoveries, big issues?
Well, the National Museum is only a cooperating unit, not the main body of paper publication?
Are you kidding?
Therefore, regardless of whether the experimental data in the paper is correct, whether the summary and induction are reasonable, and whether the index data are standardized, we must first understand the "first author" Li Ding'an.
Therefore, today's judging team is definitely prepared.
Therefore, Professor Xiang will have such a look when he sees him, and when Director Wang hears that it is him, he will look like "it turns out that you are Li Ding'an"?
Thinking about it again, it is not surprising that the Department of Education and Science did not even see the application materials, but sent a review team first.
Because there is no more review, the project is finished......
Professor Chen changed his smile again, and his tone was much kinder: "When I mentioned you yesterday, Professor Xiang was full of praise for you, saying that he has taught students for most of his life, and none of them can compare to you...... After that, we watched the videos you posted, so you're all familiar with you...... And today, we're just going through the motions, so you don't have to be nervous......"
Li Dingan nodded calmly: "Thank you, Professor Chen, I'm not nervous!" ”
The committee members nodded secretly: Yes, just look at this psychological quality, you can know that it is not an ordinary person......
Ma Xianming pouted: This difference is too obvious......
"Okay, then let's make a long story short......" Professor Chen paused, "The specific research has come to that point, I mean the experimental groups." ”
Li Ding'an thought for a while: "The fusion of national culture and traditional porcelain!" ”
Even though they had expected it, the committee members couldn't help but be shocked: This was three to four months faster than the written research plan?
If the plan is fake...... This is an internal plan, and it is not needed at all, otherwise it is used to deceive yourself?
In other words, it took half a month for the research group to complete the planned task in four months......
"Why so fast?"
Li Dingan didn't speak, and looked at Ma Xianming.
Ma Xianming leaned back, his face full of horror.
Look at what I'm doing, let me make it up?
The problem is that if I make it up, someone has to believe it?
He shook his head vigorously......
Li Dingan was a little helpless, so he had to tell the truth: "My progress is faster, so the speed of each group will be faster......"
And sure enough, it was!
This means that each group is just a retest, just a causal inference, and of course it is fast...... To use an analogy: it's like walking in a fog, but someone is opening the way in front of them, and the direction is not the slightest deviation, they just need to follow the footprints......
Professor Chen nodded secretly: "What about you, where have you go...... I mean, it's done, there's a preliminary conclusion! ”
How do you answer this?
The papers are there, and you can't lie there......
Li Ding'an sighed: "Porcelain pigment composition and soil research!" ”
Well, that's right...... Otherwise, how did he publish those papers?
Including the aforementioned "fetal quality, enamel", "national culture and traditional painting and traditional porcelain", "embossed porcelain and enamel color process fusion", as well as the general range of kiln mouth deduced according to the composition of pigment and porcelain clay, etc., all have been concluded and published in the Journal of Archaeology.
It is equivalent to saying that Li Ding'an's research progress is more than half faster than that of each group, and half a year faster than the research plan, and these researchers in the research room are just repeating his steps.
In other words, if it weren't for the fact that the Journal of Archaeology is a core journal and it takes half a year for the paper to be submitted to publication, Li Ding'an would have taken the experimental team to the NMQ field inspection in TL City, so why would he still need to grind foreign workers here?
And this is not just a matter of speed, the key is that after the establishment of the review team, it focused on the in-depth study of several papers published by him. Whether it is experimental data or argumentation summary, it is impeccable.
To put it simply, from the director to Director Wang, and then to these committee members on the scene, none of them are not curious: how did he complete so many sets of experiments in half a month, but there was no deviation in the research direction, and there was no error in the experimental data?
In academia, in the field of research, this is an extremely incredible thing......
Having been engaged in research for most of his life, it was the first time he had seen such a situation, Professor Chen was puzzled, and finally asked directly: "Why is it so fast...... Am I referring to your personal progress? ”
Li Ding'an also sighed: he knew that this problem was inevitable.
But there is no way to explain it, and it cannot be explained. How else to tell them they have cheats?
He held back for a long time: "Maybe it's luck!" ”
Ma Xianming's cheeks puffed out, and he almost laughed: You are too perfunctory, and he doesn't believe fools?
Sure enough, both the review team and the researchers in each group all looked at Li Ding'an directly. As if to say: You fool the ghost?
Li Dingan sighed again: "Professor Chen, there are detailed experimental records, and there are also video ......."
Well, right, documented?
So, there's no need to lie......
But there's no way to explain it?
It's possible once, it's possible to do it twice, three times, but dozens or hundreds of experiments have been done without mistakes because of good luck...... What nonsense?
With this luck, what kind of antique research are you doing?
Isn't it fragrant to engage in scientific research and military industry and scientific inventions?
The crowd was stunned again......
Director Wang, Xiang Zhiqing, and Professor Chen glanced at each other, and the meaning was very clear and unified: there was no need to dwell on this, what should be focused on was the project itself.
After thinking for a while, Director Wang said again: "The general process still needs to be followed...... Lao Ma, compile a copy of Li Ding'an's experimental data and demonstration materials at each stage, and ask the experts to sign it, don't wait, this will be ......signed."
Ha...... Sign?
Is it really just going through the motions?
But on second thought: what can I do if I don't sign it?
The papers are about to be published, which means that the project is more than half completed, and then you have to pick out the words for review, what is the point?
"Good leadership...... Director Liu, open conference room...... Xiao Shu, hurry up and sort out the information......"
Ma Xianming took two quick steps, his face was full of smiles, and he still owed his waist: "Director Wang, Professor Xiang, Professor Chen, experts, please ...... here."
The members were speechless.
What about your recklessness just now, and your untaminess just now?
Everyone walked out, and as soon as they raised their feet, Wang Yongqian turned his head again: "Li Dingan, what are you doing standing, don't you make a progress report?" ”
A progress report?
Li Dingan hadn't figured out what it meant, Ma Xianming was secretly happy in his heart, and he was busy with his eyes. Yang Lichuan also reacted and stabbed him: "Implement the review, and the phased feedback ......"
Ha...... Isn't this the same as mentioned earlier: the follow-up and supervision and management of the research unit by the higher authorities in the research process?
This means that today's expert group is not only a jury but also an inspection team, and the final result is that the higher-level authorities and the expert group are very satisfied with the research progress of the project and are very recognized by the research results.
In the same way, he also expressed his affirmation as the person in charge of the project......
So easy?
I still remember what He Anbang, Lu Benzhi, and Professor Wu mentioned half a month ago: scientific research projects are not a master, not to mention a large project involving two ministries and commissions and university projects.
There has never been a precedent for a natural person without any academic achievements to be put in charge of a subject......
But the truth is: is it really a formality?
What went wrong?
(End of chapter)