As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 142 Good fortune and misfortune depend on each other
"Luo, pay attention to the galaxies brighter than magnitude 13.5 in the Shapley and Ames galaxy catalogs today. At 2:45:32 yesterday morning, a transient abnormality occurred in the superpulse in that area."

"Okay, leave it to me." Luo Shu put his coat on the office chair and placed the latte in front of the display screen.

Hearing about the abnormal phenomenon, Luo Shu complained in his heart: Is there anything more abnormal than what I observed on Mount Mauna Kea?

The abnormal phenomenon observed that time completely changed the trajectory of his destiny.

If you lose your horse, you will know no blessings.

For the first twenty years of his life, Luo Shu had always been quite disdainful of ancient Chinese proverbs.

In his view, blessing is blessing, and misfortune is misfortune. "Misfortune is the foundation of blessing, and blessing is the root of misfortune" is just an outsider's consolation to those who encounter misfortune.

But after experiencing the miraculous operations over the past year or so, he has developed a sense of awe for the mystery of fate and has a new understanding of the interdependence of fortune and misfortune.

After the observatory on Mauna Kea received radio wave signals from Pluto, Roshu was first locked up for a few days.

After he was released, he was directly banned from going to the observatory, and his original project was completely out of the question.

Without data, you can’t write a paper and you can’t graduate.

His supervisor asked him to change his major. It was totally speechless that he had to change his major in his third year of doctoral study. He would have to study for eight years to finish this.

If things don’t go smoothly, you may even have to study for a PhD for ten years.

After much reflection, Luo Shu decided to transfer his PhD to a master's degree, and communicated with his supervisor to show leniency so that he could graduate quickly.

A master's degree is a master's degree.

I have only seen chatter online about undergraduate to associate degree programs, but I have friends around me who have experienced the same thing as PhD to master's programs, and such cases are not uncommon.

It's easy to lose interest in a PhD program.

Since he was the only one affected, it was completely an unprovoked disaster. His doctoral supervisor knew this very well, so he put a lot of effort into helping him transfer from a doctoral degree to a master's degree and graduate as soon as possible.

The result was a magical operation. First, Luo Shu graduated successfully and quickly.

Luo Shu originally planned to return to China to see if he could find a doctorate degree or a suitable job.

His family is such that they can support him for the rest of his life even if he doesn't work. If it weren't for this condition, he wouldn't have studied astronomy.

In addition, Luo Shu himself had made some money in the capital market during his years at American, so going back and lying down was an option.

Before he made up his mind, his doctoral supervisor came to him and said that his former student worked at Apple. He asked him what he thought and if he wanted to go, he could recommend him there.

Luo Shu was surprised and asked if he wanted to become a programmer.
Becoming a programmer is also an option. After all, all roads lead to IT.

Many people who go to American University for graduate studies, no matter what their major, have switched to being programmers.

When Shi Yigong was studying for his doctorate at American University, he got a master's degree in computer science as a way out.

It’s not that Luo Shu had never thought about this path, but he had little interest in computers.

Moreover, if you want to temporarily switch to being a programmer, you will need to spend about a year learning the relevant knowledge and practicing LeetCode.

The principle that Luo Shu has always believed in is not to force himself to do things he doesn't like.

So he gave up on the idea of ​​becoming a programmer after just thinking about it.

"No, I'm still doing astronomy-related work. You'll need to go there to find out the specific content. I have a general idea of ​​the details, but I can't reveal it to you now."

"You signed a confidentiality agreement before. I'm sure you can guess what it is."

Luo Shu then successfully joined Apple, and his job content was exactly as he expected, engaging in Magic coin mining.

Just because the American government doesn't use Chinese students, or even Chinese Americans, doesn't mean Apple won't use them.

The vast majority of science and engineering students in America are Asian, with Chinese and Indians being the majority.

If we don’t hire Chinese people, we won’t be able to find enough people to do the work.

Not only did he get a work visa, but his income at Apple was slightly higher than that of the programmers who were recruited from campus.

For Luo Shu, these are not important. What is important is that he can touch the magic coin and magic again.

Originally he thought magic was not for him, but now it seems there is some hope.

From Hawaii I came to Texas, the largest state in the southern America.

Apple has invested heavily in a new observatory near Fort Davis, Texas. But Roshu works in Austin and only visits the observatory occasionally.

The Internet makes data transmission too convenient.

After Luo Shu sat down, he browsed through the emails as usual and replied to those that needed to be replied in a timely manner.

After replying to emails, I check WeChat, chat for a while, and then start my day's work.

It is a necessary skill to slack off at work, let alone in America. The slacking skills of the Indians make Luo Shu feel inferior.

"It's so damn unlucky. It's just that bad luck opens the door to bad luck." Luo Shu's high school friend sent a message eight hours ago.
Luo Shu asked, "How do you say that?"

After graduating from university, both of them chose to pursue a doctorate. They had many common topics and often chatted online. They would also go out to eat together when they returned to their hometown during the Chinese New Year.

"Science Biotechnology has released a new lithium battery cathode material with an energy density of 700Wh/kg. I have to start all over again with my graduation project. I was almost graduating, but now I have to start over again. Science Biotechnology nmsl!"

Luo Shu couldn't help laughing at his workstation. His high school classmate was studying for a doctorate at Aurora University. He majored in chemistry under his undergraduate degree, and his research direction during his doctoral studies was the recently popular field of lithium batteries.

"It's nothing, actually. I also switched from a PhD to a master's and graduated early. Sometimes it's not shameful to downgrade from a PhD to a master's. It can be a way out when you have nowhere else to go." Luo Shu couldn't help but make a joke.

The other party said angrily: "Get lost!"

"If I can run for Apple after switching from a PhD to a master's degree, I would be willing to do so. I switched to a master's degree without hesitation!"

"It's a pity that if I switch from a PhD to a master's, I can only work as a screwdriver at BYD."

This is just his Versailles talk. With the popularity of new energy in recent years, it is not a problem for a bachelor's or master's degree in lithium battery from Aurora to get an offer for a general contracting job of more than 300,000 yuan.

"Stop being sarcastic here."

Luo Shu stopped joking and asked, "So what are you going to do?"

“Of course I have to change direction. I can’t publish a paper in my current direction. Ke Chuang Biotechnology has directly increased the energy density to such a high level that I can’t publish my paper in the first-tier SCI journal and I can’t graduate.

Emo."

The graduation requirements for doctoral students at Aurora University are still very high. Since everyone is very competitive in the materials science field, the graduation requirements are getting higher every year.

Luo Shu comforted him, "At worst, you can switch from a PhD to a master's degree and go out to work. It's really no big deal. After you graduate with a PhD, you plan to work in the industry instead of looking for a teaching position."

“The problem is that there is a big difference between having a master’s degree and a doctorate. If I had a doctorate and went to CATL or BYD, I would most likely be able to lead a research team directly.

If you have a master's degree, forget it.

Moreover, I have studied for three years and graduation is just around the corner. I really don’t want to switch to a master’s degree.

I'm going to struggle a little longer.

Kechuang Biotechnology has been able to achieve an energy density of 700Wh/kg for lithium batteries, which must be due to a breakthrough in materials.

Positive electrode material, negative electrode material, and electrolyte must be one of these three parts that has achieved a breakthrough.

Now I just hope there is no breakthrough in positive electrode materials.

If a breakthrough is achieved in the other two materials, I can revive it based on the foundation of scientific and technological innovation and biology. My focus is on optimizing the positive electrode materials.

If it is positive electrode material, send it directly. ”

Luo Shu had a vague feeling that Murphy's Law was about to take effect.

But he still comforted her in WeChat, "It should be so. You are not that unlucky. How can you encounter all the bad luck?"

Two days later, Luo Shu saw another message from his friend a few hours ago: "What time are you free? Let's chat by voice."

After get off work in the afternoon, Luo Shu called the other party while sitting in his Tesla. Before he could say anything, he heard a wailing sound coming from the phone:
"Sent!"

"Big mail, special mail!"

"Science Biotechnology is making cathode materials, and the most terrifying thing is that their technology can be industrialized and mass-produced!"

"It's not a laboratory product. It's too scary. What kind of black technology is this from Kechuang Biotechnology?"

"The capacity of lithium batteries on the market is at least twice as high as that of existing ones, and it can be further improved if optimized."

"I'm hurt. The lithium battery cathode material field has been ruined by Sinovation Biotechnology. All my work is in vain before I get Sinovation Biotechnology's design plan."

"Even if we get the design of the cathode material of Kechuang Biotechnology, it will be difficult to innovate. From 1 to 10 is easy, Kechuang Biotechnology has directly raised it to 100. It is too difficult to go further on the basis of 100."

“I’m ready to switch from PhD to master’s.”

Luo Shu had been waiting for his friend to vent his anger, but he finally felt relieved when he heard that he was planning to switch from a doctoral program to a master's program:
"In fact, I have long guessed that the lithium battery technology of Kechuang Biotechnology is the optimization of the positive electrode material, but I didn't tell you because I was afraid you couldn't bear it."

The other party was shocked: "My mentor got all this inside information from students at the battery factory. How did you know that?"

Luo Shu explained: "Recently, almost all stocks in the A-share new energy sector have been rising, except for the leader in cathode materials, which has already hit the limit down twice. Doesn't this clearly show that Kechuang Biotechnology's lithium battery is an innovation in cathode materials?"

"You are awesome. I only buy funds and ETFs and not individual stocks. I never thought of that."

"Oh, it's too difficult. I'm confused even after graduating from a master's degree."

Luo Shu joked: “In fact, you can continue in the same direction as before, just change the title and overview.

Perhaps the previous overview was that a new material achieved a breakthrough in the energy density of lithium batteries.

You have almost the same content, and then change the expression to: why this material doesn't work, and what are the defects compared with the positive electrode material of Ke Chuang Biotechnology.

Originally it was written as an advantage, now it is written as a disadvantage. Anyway, the data is the same, it’s just that the conclusion is reversed.”

The other party was speechless: "Or you will think, is Chunchun seriously ill? I guess it can only be published in the school magazine of Aurora University."

Thanks to the book friend 20201222095310546 for the reward

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