Just turned over a new leaf and became a wise and intelligent student

Chapter 279 Give up fantasy and prepare to break through

"The young man is quite energetic."

It was Leader Deng who presented the award to Xu Qingshan. She smiled and praised Xu Qingshan in a place where the microphone could not pick up her sound.

Xu Qingshan could only respond with a bright and sunny smile.

But just when Xu Qingshan finished taking the photo and was about to leave the stage, the leader on the stage asked him to stand behind the podium and signaled him to give a brief acceptance speech as a representative of the award winners.

This was not communicated in advance.

Xu Qingshan glanced at the leaders on the stage with a little surprise, only to find that they were all looking at him expectantly.

"Can it be done if it's a temporary arrangement?"

A kind-looking leader asked Leader Deng beside him with some concern.

"Yes, he has a talent for impromptu speaking."

Leader Deng naturally had a deep understanding of Xu Qingshan's past information. Her identity naturally allowed her to more keenly perceive Xu Qingshan's qualities other than scientific research.

If Xu Qingshan didn't do scientific research, she wouldn't mind becoming his guide on the political path.

Seeing that the leaders did not seem to have any ill intentions, Xu Qingshan nodded and looked at the many scholars in the audience.

The audience had different opinions.

But everyone envied Xu Qingshan's treatment, which was something they had never had and would most likely not have in the future.

Xu Qingshan is now standing on the stage at the age of 19.

Some more sensitive people may feel that this is a slap in the face.

"Are our contributions not as great as his? Are our reputations not as high as his?"

This idea is shared by more than one person.

Because they don't understand mathematics, they may roughly know the contributions made by Xu Qingshan, but they can pretend not to understand.

"Basic disciplines are things that require huge investment but yield little return. They are more symbolic than practical. In my opinion, the focus should be on engineering. The future of the country lies in engineering."

After the award ceremony, the atmosphere in the venue will become more relaxed.

Everyone was communicating and discussing, but the voices were still low.

But before Xu Qingshan stepped onto the stage, some voices became a little louder.

Xu Qingshan was not stage-frightened.

He reached out and adjusted the height of the microphone in front of him, keeping an eagle eye on the entire audience.

The suit he wore was formal and cool, and he looked full of energy and ambition, as if he had achieved success at a young age.

"First of all, congratulations to all of you for winning the Huaxia Youth Science and Technology Award. I would also like to congratulate myself for receiving the special commendation. I would like to thank the leaders for their support and recognition, and thank the country for providing us with the platform and opportunities."

Xu Qingshan concluded simply that his focus was not on official thanks.

Since the leaders dared to give him this stage and were ambiguous about some of his views and opinions, it proved that although he was still young and immature at this time, he was capable of expressing his own voice in the science and technology community and would be heard and valued.

The stage is here. If he doesn't perform, can he still be Xu Qingshan?
"I believe everyone should know me now. It doesn't matter if you don't know me, you will get to know me eventually."

Xu Qingshan had a smile on his face, but he was not friendly. Instead, he had a kind of aura.

Generally, this kind of aura can only be released by those who are extremely confident in themselves and their ideas, such as some highly respected academicians and academic masters, and some hawkish military figures, such as Ai Gong.

At this moment, this kind of aura was displayed on a 19-year-old boy, and just one sentence was undoubtedly enough to make everyone in the venue calm down temporarily and take it seriously.

"Whether it's basic science, engineering technology, economics and finance, medicine and agronomy, as long as it's a discipline, each has its own merits and strengths. If we want to build the beautiful society that we Chinese people envision, then none of them can be missing."

Xu Qingshan responded to the most popular words just now with another sentence.

Then he put his hands on the table, his posture upright, looking like a model soldier.

Coupled with his tough face and tall and strong stature, he looks more like a hawkish spokesperson for the military.

"But today I want to talk about my feelings about science and technology, or about the development of Chinese science and technology."

Xu Qingshan paused.

"First of all, I would like to ask all the young scientific research elites present here, regarding the development of scientific research and technological breakthroughs, do you think it is more important to learn from foreign technology or to strengthen our basic disciplines and enhance our independent research and development capabilities?"

Xu Qingshan's question made several leaders of the Science and Technology Association on the stage stunned for a moment, and then they nodded.

This is also a topic they often discuss and research, but because different factions have different ideas, there is still no conclusion.

"Is there anyone interested and would like to speak?"

Xu Qingshan asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone raised his hand.

"Come here, the gentleman who is sixth from the left in the third row."

Xu Qingshan nodded.

The middle-aged man with Mediterranean-looking eyes stood up, adjusted his glasses, and spoke slowly.

"I am in the medical field, and I think we should focus on learning foreign technology."

"why?"

"It's very simple. It's normal for you to not understand since you're a math major. For example, whether it's our hospital, school, or research institute, 80 to 90 percent of all our precision medical instruments and all our advanced professional and technical equipment are imported from abroad. Six or seven years ago, this proportion was even more than 95 percent!"

"You studied mathematics, so you should know what this ratio means, right? It's okay if you don't know. I'll tell you, if we don't import medical equipment from abroad, our large-scale surgeries will be almost impossible to perform, and our medical system will be paralyzed and highly degraded. We won't even be able to do a CT scan!"

There was a hint of sarcasm in the medical man's voice, but I didn't know what the sarcasm in his tone was about.

"China is such a big country with more than one billion people and so many people doing scientific research, but we can't even produce a ballpoint pen tip. Isn't this a great tragedy? Now there are so many advanced technologies and advanced manufacturing methods abroad that we can learn from. Shouldn't we learn from them?"

The medical man might have wanted to talk about the system, but he was pulled back by his colleagues. He realized that it was not appropriate to make such remarks in this occasion, so he immediately changed his words.

"To know shame leads to courage, to learn from foreigners to defeat them, these are what we have learned from history."

The medical man looked at Xu Qingshan and spoke loudly.

“This is what we can do and what our predecessors have done. It is the only way to quickly learn the latest technology and promote the fastest development of our country!”

Perhaps his original intention was not bad, and his words were nodded by some people in the audience.

Even the leaders on the stage who were more supportive of this opinion leaned back slightly in their chairs and their expressions softened.

Xu Qingshan waited patiently for him to finish speaking and smiled.

He did not rush to answer the medical man's words, but turned to look at the leaders on the stage, especially Leader Deng.

"My dear leaders and colleagues, my next words may be rather sharp. I hope you will not be angry about this. If you are, I will give up my speech."

Although Xu Qingshan said this, anyone could tell from his posture that he was ready to strike.

Leader Deng and the senior leader beside him looked at each other, nodded, and signaled Xu Qingshan to continue. "Okay."

"Then I will briefly talk about my views as a young scientific researcher."

Xu Qingshan put his hands on the table.

Those who are familiar with him know that he is about to start outputing crazily.

"Everyone!"

Xu Qingshan's tone rose a notch, and the thickness of his voice also increased significantly. He did not sound like he was having a casual conversation, nor did he sound like he was arguing with others. Instead, he sounded like a proud leader, announcing the coming of war on a high platform.

"Give up your fantasies!"

"Prepare to break out!"

Xu Qingshan's voice echoed in the conference hall.

The hall was very quiet.

In this situation, Xu Qingshan's two sentences will naturally be seen as having more meaning.

“It’s already 2010.”

Xu Qingshan said in a deep voice.

"It has been 115 years since the Sino-Japanese War of ."

"It has been 1921 years since 89."

"We have spent nearly a hundred years rapidly catching up with other countries. We have transformed from an agricultural country into an industrial country. Those of you who are familiar with our industry and economy should also understand that the gap between China and the United States is now very close."

"Industrial added value surpasses that of the United States, today!"

Xu Qingshan's gestures were powerful and his words were eloquent.

No one in the audience dared to object.

But this is also because what Xu Qingshan said was not wrong. At this time, Chinese manufacturing is rapidly occupying the whole world.

"From the time we focused on developing the steel industry, to the rapid development of heavy industry in the three northeastern provinces, to now we are about to become the world's largest manufacturing country and the world's factory."

"We have learned the Western open technology to a critical point."

Xu Qingshan said this heavily.

"Do you think that, with the West's evil ambitions, they will continue to open up deeper and more advanced technologies to us for free?"

"As the gentleman just said, if World War III breaks out one day and we can't import medical equipment from the West, what will happen to our medical system?"

Xu Qingshan's words made some people present start sweating after thinking about it.

It’s not that they don’t know what will happen.

Instead, China's attitude towards the world at this time is more about seeking peaceful coexistence, and the conflicts between international capital represented by the West and China have not yet intensified.

Whether it is China-Japan, China-US, or China-Europe, this can now be considered the end of the honeymoon period of cooperation, and the afterglow is still there.

But it is still rare for someone to boldly express such radical views on such a grand occasion.

“There is nothing wrong with learning, and there is nothing wrong with learning from foreigners in order to defeat them.”

Xu Qingshan's voice became softer and his pace slower, allowing his sharp views to be addressed.

"But as part of China, as Chinese, we need to consider this more."

“History moves forward in a spiral, and there is never a fixed truth.”

“The importance of reform is never the law, but the change!”

"Change, innovation, and finding the path that best suits our China, this is the meaning of reform."

Xu Qingshan’s words were not difficult to understand, and some scholars in the audience already understood what he meant.

"As you all know, the Western landscape has changed a lot recently. The hegemony of the United States has become more and more arrogant, and the attitudes of European countries have been ambiguous. Some restrictions on our scientific community have become more and more obvious. This is not so evident in basic disciplines, but in engineering and applied sciences, you should have felt it deeply, right?"

"Whether it's the semiconductor industry, the chip industry, or any other strictly scientific and technical field, foreign countries are guarding against us like thieves. Only in the consumer field, they want to make money from us, so they will simply open up a part of it."

What Xu Qingshan said is reality.

Nowadays, many engineers who go out to study have no access to the core technology of the other party.

Rather than going out for exchange and study, it is more like going there to be worked like a slave for a while before returning home.

Someone in the stands nodded in agreement, and Xu Qingshan continued.

"Looking at the history of China's contacts with the West and Japan and South Korea, we should be very clear that we should not have illusions about these wolves and tigers who always have evil ambitions for China. The more illusions we have about them, the more we will put our throats under their claws."

"The international situation will change rapidly in the future, and there will be more and more attempts by the great powers to test my country's bottom line."

"If we don't want the tragedy of Yugoslavia to happen again, then we should focus on the present, on China. When science and technology prosper, the country prospers. When science and technology progress, the country progresses!"

"We cannot wait for the Western technological chain to take shape and then seek temporary solutions. We must prepare to break through before the blockade."

"Basic disciplines and basic industries are the foundation for our breakthrough!"

Xu Qingshan’s discussion completes the loop.

This is also a positive response to the country's policy of attaching importance to basic disciplines, and an answer to the misunderstanding of talents in other disciplines.

"I know that many people feel that basic sciences are expensive, slow to produce results, and have a low cost-effectiveness ratio. This has been the case since the debate between theory and practice in the 80s."

"But as I just said, we are about to become the world's largest manufacturing country. We now have the confidence to boldly develop basic disciplines, consolidate our scientific and technological foundation, and improve our scientific and technological system."

"Just like what the medical colleague said just now, medical equipment, precision equipment."

“Instrument production and manufacturing require industry, but don’t design and technological breakthroughs require cutting-edge theoretical support?”

"A top-level precision instrument requires comprehensive theoretical knowledge of mathematics, physics, materials science and other disciplines to support design and development, so as to find the best production and manufacturing route at the lowest cost."

"I think you all can understand my point of view."

Xu Qingshan said softly.

"We should not gamble that the West will raise the knife of sanctions against us one day."

"We should not put our heads under their guillotines and beg for their tolerance and mercy."

“What we should believe in more is the hammer and sickle that we hold in our hands!”

After he finished speaking, Xu Qingshan said nothing more.

There was a moment of silence in the audience and silence on the stage.

(End of this chapter)