Conference Hall of the University of the Academy of Sciences.

Listening to the speech of Michael Higgins, Dean of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester, Chu Hao couldn't help yawning, he was about to fall asleep.

After this, who wants to say that there is a lot of nonsense only when there is a meeting in China, Chu Hao promised to kill him with one punch, and the sixty-year-old man on the stage can also speak very much, and it is estimated that he has been talking for almost two hours on stage.

From the history and fine traditions of the University of Manchester, to the establishment and development of their School of Physics and Astronomy, there are two interesting but actually boring stories interspersed from time to time.

Then he talked about the future prospects for the academic and physical circles, and now they are talking about their friendship between the University of Manchester and Huaxia, and they can still tout the University of Science and Technology from time to time.

Chu Hao didn't expect that the University of Manchester would organize a delegation to come to China for an academic visit, and he was really invited by the University of Academy of Sciences.

It's just that this time the University of Manchester is only the dean of the School of Physics and Astronomy, which makes Huaxia so boiling, no matter which university it goes to, it is a big speech, and all the school leaders of the major schools are present, even Yan University and Mizuki are no exception, this treatment is really too high.

But there is no way, who makes the various universities in China lack their own confidence.

The University of Manchester is a century-old school with a history of more than 170 years, is located in Manchester, the second most prosperous city in the United Kingdom, one of the world's top 30 universities, one of the six famous red brick universities in the United Kingdom, one of the founding members of the Russell University Group of the Ivy League in the United Kingdom, and the largest single-site university in the United Kingdom.

As one of the world's top research and teaching institutions, the University of Manchester has made remarkable contributions to the development of human society and enjoys a high reputation in the international community. There are 23 Nobel laureates among current and past staff and students at the University of Manchester, and three Nobel laureates among current full-time staff, the highest in the UK.

In the past 20 years, the University of Manchester has basically ranked around 30 in the world university rankings, no matter how it is ranked, and Yan University, Shuimu, who is the highest-ranked in China at this time, does not even have a specific ranking, but is ranked in the range of 201 to 300.

As for Shencheng Jiaotong University, which is also considered a top 10 university in China, it can only be listed within 500.

This difference is not the difference between heaven and earth, but it is also the difference between a three-story building and a thirty-three-story building.

In this case, can these universities in Huaxia have enough confidence, so people have to receive a high-standard reception when they come to a dean.

However, this status quo will change rapidly with the development of the economy and the progress of Huaxia University, Chu Hao remembers that it seems that around 2010, Yan University has successfully entered the top 50 of the world university rankings.

The speech was finally over, and Chu Hao was about to get up and leave, when Shi Lao grabbed Chu Hao, "I have communicated with the people of their academic delegation before, and they agree that the people from their graphene research institute will communicate with you." ”

Chu Hao said with some surprise: "Old Shi, I really want to communicate with them." ”

He thought that Shi Lao was saying that, but he really didn't expect Shi Lao to really discuss with others.

Hearing this, Shi Lao almost didn't catch his breath, he was really angry, he took so much effort to discuss it with others, and they agreed to communicate with Chu Hao about graphene, who knew that Chu Hao, a stinky boy, was still unwilling to appreciate it, and he was really willing to communicate with him.

Glaring at Chu Hao fiercely, Shi Lao said: "Communicate! Why don't you communicate! After all, their graphene research is at the forefront of the world, and they are one of the few schools that have established a graphene research institute. ”

Chu Hao rubbed his nose helplessly, he really didn't know what to communicate with, what was called making himself take a lot of detours, what were you kidding, what he walked was the road to heaven, and what they took was a detour.

But looking at Shi Lao's eyes were about to pop out, Chu Hao agreed slightly, didn't he just sit there and chat a few words, he endured it.

Sending Shi Lao Gong away, Chu Hao couldn't help but show a playful smile at the corner of his mouth, it seemed that his Li ghost was going to see Li Kui again, and he didn't know if the two Russian scientists who had studied graphene decomposition technology were still at the University of Manchester.

According to his own understanding of the world, he should not be there, but even if he is, this graphene decomposition technology will definitely fall into his own hands.

And without the research of graphene decomposition technology, the graphene research institute of the University of Manchester in this life may not be the grand occasion of the previous life.

Chu Hao remembers that when the Graphene Research Institute of the University of Manchester was upgraded to the British National Graphene Research Institute, the British government alone supported the Graphene Research Institute with 40 million pounds of scientific research funds, and as for other channels, the Graphene Research Institute gathered nearly 200 million pounds of research funds, which is more than 2 billion if it is counted as Huaxia currency, how much research can be done.

I am afraid that the funds of this research institute are more than the research funds of the current three universities of Yan University, Mizuki, and the University of Academy of Sciences, and hundreds of research institutes combined.

Chu Hao remembered that the previous generation of Dazai Zhi also visited the Graphene Research Institute of the University of Manchester in 2015 to express their contribution to the world.

This also illustrates the importance of graphene from the other side.

Back in the office, Chu Hao told them that he was going to communicate with people from the Graphene Research Institute of the University of Manchester, and that Meng Mao and Yin Yulian would also attend the exchange meeting.

Meng Mao and Yin Yulian jumped up happily in an instant.

They had already found out that there was a special graphene research institute at the University of Manchester, and they were just unhappy that they couldn't go to the University of Manchester.

But this is also a helpless thing, after all, let alone them, even a lot of senior brothers and sisters who are in the third year of research and one in the first year of study are not qualified to participate in the lecture, and only some of the senior brothers and sisters who are about to graduate from the doctoral degree can be taken by their own mentors to see the market, and the two of them should not think about it.

But who knew that Chu Hao actually turned his head and brought them such good news, and he was able to sit with the people of the Graphene Research Institute of the University of Manchester for an exchange meeting, which was really good, they never dreamed of it.

Although they were a little too excited, but there was nothing they could do, they recently flipped through their papers, and they don't know how many times they saw the name of the Graphene Institute of the University of Manchester on the paper.

Since they are interested in studying graphene, the graphene research institute at the University of Manchester is almost like a halo on the wheel for them, can they not be excited.

"Thank you, Mr. Chu. Meng Mao and Yin Yulian said excitedly.

Chu Hao waved his hand and motioned for them to make preparations.

Looking at the two of them who were jumping and excited, Chu Hao suddenly felt that he seemed to be a little old, although his age was four or five years younger than Meng Mao and Yin Yulian, but Chu Hao felt that he was really old compared to them.

After thinking about it, Chu Hao smiled, shook his head, and pushed out the messy thoughts in his heart, not to mention the two lives, even in the previous life, he was thirty-four or five years old, more than ten years older than the current Meng Mao and Yin Yulian, can he not be old.

After eating in the afternoon, Chu Hao took Meng Mao and Yin Yulian directly to the small conference room of the research institute.

It didn't take long for Shi Lao to come, but to Chu Hao's surprise, Professor Lei also came over, it seems that graphene has nothing to do with him.

But it's all here, Chu Hao nodded at Professor Lei, anyway, Professor Lei helped him in the previous matter, he has to remember.

Professor Lei was hesitant for two or three seconds, then nodded at Chu Hao, and then sat down directly, although he supported Chu Hao's research, it didn't mean that he had to like Chu Hao, until now he still felt that Chu Hao should not float on it.

Even, he felt that Chu Hao had not carried out any research experiments recently, because the whole person had floated, so he couldn't do research honestly and down-to-earth.

Touching a soft nail without light or weight, Chu Hao rubbed his nose helplessly and sat down.

The five of them came to do academic exchanges with the graphene research institute of the University of Manchester as research members of the graphene project of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

However, as time passed minute by minute, seeing that it was about to be the time for the appointment, but the people from the Graphene Research Institute at the University of Manchester had not arrived for a long time, and Chu Hao's brows couldn't help frowning.

And Meng Mao and Yin Yulian even felt that there was a nail sitting on their buttocks, swaying left and right, although Shi Lao and Professor Lei's faces were as usual, but looking at their fingers on the table also showed that their mood was not as calm as it appeared to be.

The time pointed to two o'clock in the afternoon, that is, the agreed time, Shi Lao beckoned to the staff on the side, "Call and ask, where are Professor Brooke and Professor Dickey of the Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester now?"

The staff nodded, then stepped back.

After a while, the staff walked in and said, "The delegation from the University of Manchester said that Professor Brooke and Professor Dickey were not at the hotel, and that they should have departed. ”

Hearing this, Shi Lao's complexion suddenly eased a little, and he said to Chu Hao and Professor Lei, "Wait a while, people should be coming soon." ”

Chu Hao was a little helpless, but he still nodded.

However, Chu Hao's heart was a little angry, he didn't have any desire to participate in this kind of broken exchange meeting, just for the sake of Shi Lao's face.

And now, he was so late, and he didn't know how long he was going to be late, and it would be strange if he didn't get angry.

"Wait, we're used to this kind of thing. ”

Professor Lei said with a frown, his tone revealing a sense of helplessness and anger.

Meng Mao and Yin Yulian's faces also became a little ugly, although they had heard of this kind of thing, but if it really happened to them, they really had to be angry.

"Professor Lei, what do you mean?" Chu Hao said in some surprise.

How did he feel that Professor Lei had something to say, and it seemed that not to mention Shi Lao, even Meng Mao and Yin Yulian knew the meaning of Professor Lei's words, but he still had a feeling of being kept in the dark.

"Deputy Director Chu, don't you know that this is the usual method of those foreign colleagues?" Professor Lei said with a sneer, he was about to ridicule Chu Hao twice, but seeing that Chu Hao really didn't seem to know, he didn't say anything.

"Habitual means?" Chu Hao was even more strange now.

This late arrival can only show that these two people are not punctual, and the meaning of Professor Lei's words seems to be that foreign researchers often do such things.

"It's better now, twenty or thirty years ago, not to mention being late, sometimes we wanted to communicate with them, but they avoided them, and they couldn't see anyone for a day. It seemed that he remembered those difficult years a few decades ago, and Shi Lao's tone was also a little low.

Professor Lei's expression was also a little gloomy, and he glanced at Chu Hao, whose face was not quite right, and said slowly: "You are still young, I don't know very well, people think that the scientific level of our academic community is low, there is no technology, no equipment, and even no funds. ”

"The master's degree is relatively better, at most, it involves credits, credits are not recognized, credits cannot be transferred, subjects need to be retaken, and the time to graduate from the doctorate will be longer. ”

"As for academic exchanges, they are basically similar to the attitude of charity, not only with discrimination, but also because we even feel that our level is not enough to discuss academics with them, almost like taking domestic researchers as students, and it is very faceless when communicating. ”

Professor Lei said everything about this, if Chu Hao still didn't understand, he would be really stupid, his face instantly turned a little blue, he was really angry and helpless.

He also knows about the discrimination of domestic researchers abroad, and he has even experienced it.

Back then, he took a paper on low-cost titanium alloy and followed Lawrence everywhere to ask for support, but those professors and scholars did not support it, which must be because he was Chinese.

They feel that China was a scientific and technological desert a hundred years ago, and the existence of a group of barbarians, even if it is developed now, it is also plagiarism, copycats, all science and technology are donated by their western developed countries, what new science and technology can be, let alone get involved in low-cost titanium alloys, so they don't even look at the papers, so they directly refuse.

But when Chu Hao heard it now, the discrimination against Huaxia scientific researchers was even more serious than he imagined.

This kind of deliberate tardiness is simply contempt and great disrespect for the Chinese scientific researchers, and it can even be said to be a silent protest, the reason has been said before, but it is just that they feel that the Chinese people are not qualified to communicate with them.