I am devoted to scientific research, but you want to trick me into having a love relationship?

Chapter 617 A Story Sadder Than Sadness

"professor."

Just as Xu Qingzhou and Zhu Qiqi were chatting casually, Li Yi came in carrying a stack of A4 papers.

Xu Qingzhou nodded. He had just finished reviewing the data and said with a smile, "The Jc of the latest batch of samples has reached 4.5×10A/cm. Not bad, even faster than expected."

"Thanks to your technical solution."

Li Yi said with some admiration.

In all his years of experimentation, he had rarely encountered such a smooth process, especially for a large-scale experiment like this.

Professor Xu's remarkable ability lies in anticipating potential problems and providing solutions even before conducting experiments.

This phenomenon is not uncommon. For example, his former teacher, with his vast experience, saved a lot of trouble in the experiments.

He sat down at the table next to Xu Qingzhou and said, "You've come at just the right time. Our latest experiment has run into a lot of problems."

Li Yi pulled out an electron microscope drawing from the data report and handed it to Xu Qingzhou.

Xu Qingzhou finished reading the few pages and quickly found the problem, saying, "We need to correct the Hamiltonian here to explain the anomalous critical magnetic field."

"Okay, I'll finish him in the next few days."

Li Yi looked at the blueprints, his eyes lit up, and he wrote down what Xu Qingzhou had said in his notebook.

Next, Xu Qingzhou asked Li Yi several more questions, while Zhu Qiqi listened attentively, writing them down in her notebook regardless of whether she understood them or not.

A quarter of an hour passed.

After Gao Wenjin finished checking the equipment, Xu Qingzhou happened to pull her aside for a short meeting.

"Li Yi, you have no other tasks. You can continue to conduct iterative experiments with Xiao Qi and collect as much data as we need."

"no problem."

Xu Qingzhou looked at Gao Wenjin:
"You are responsible for improving density functional theory (DFT), iteratively solving the Kohn-Sham equation, optimizing the convergence algorithm of electronic density functional theory, and optimizing the Brillouin zone integral to reduce the computational cost of the supercell and improve the efficiency of band structure analysis."

"Okay." Gao Wenjin nodded and wrote down her work in her notebook.

Xu Qingzhou continued, "I will extend the BCS theory to derive the non-phonon coupling mechanism of high-temperature superconductors, and then use the Ising model to analyze the critical magnetic field divergence behavior of two-dimensional superconducting thin films. If all goes well, I should be able to do it within two days."

After assigning tasks, Xu Qingzhou greeted everyone and went back to his office.

"As expected of a professor."

Watching Xu Qingzhou's departing figure, Li Yi sighed.

Zhu Qiqi nodded in deep agreement. The professor knew how to solve the problems that usually gave Yi Ge a lot of headaches after just a few glances.

Hey~
Just then, Li Yi's phone rang. He made a shushing gesture and answered the call.

"Hey Dad, I'm off work. I just came out of the lab and was about to go out to eat with my colleagues, so I'll hang up now."

Two minutes later, Li Yi let out a long sigh of relief.

"Brother Yi, can't you just tell Uncle and Aunt Su that they've returned to China?"

Zhu Qiqi asked curiously.

“Hey, you don’t know how deeply ingrained some of my parents’ beliefs are.”

Li Yi shook his head and said helplessly, "I have to give them a big push to make them give up completely. Otherwise, they'll definitely call me every day and nag me about how great the environment is abroad and how their children will be on the verge of getting into Tsinghua or Peking University even if they return to China in the future."

The office on the sixth floor.

"I have a ton of work to do."

Xu Qingzhou sipped the coffee her assistant brought her.

First, we need to set aside two days to work on the model of the superconducting thin film. As for the battery, we still need to find some new ways to improve its performance, especially the lithium-sulfur battery that Zheng Xu is in charge of. Although it is already at the forefront of the world, we still haven't been able to produce a decent battery.

"Lithium-sulfur batteries, indeed, are not something that can be achieved overnight; they require continuous experimentation."

He stretched, pulled up the experimental data on superconducting thin films from his computer, and thought about where to start.

Two days passed in a flash. Xu Qingzhou successfully got the superconducting thin film sorted out and sent it to Li Yi, while he himself focused on researching feasible cutting-edge technologies suitable for battery experiments.

Max Planck Institute in Munich, Europe.

At 6:30 p.m., night had fallen, and two middle-aged people were chatting while packing up their things.

"So, what's the higher-ups saying about the Xia Guo battery issue?"

"Who knows? They'll probably make us work overtime to come up with something that those hypocritical political officials can use to persuade the people to spend money, or they'll negotiate with Xia Guo to see if they can buy technology."

The thin, middle-aged man shrugged.

Carlton from the math group sighed, "Yeah, things are moving too fast."

He glanced at the middle-aged man hurrying past the door, his expression strange: "Have you noticed that Fleck hasn't been in a good mood these past few days? I just invited him to have a drink with me, but he refused."

“Because of the Kyoto Materials Research Institute in Xia Kingdom.” Freud knew the reason and said slowly.

Carlton nodded. The feeling of being far ahead and then being overtaken was indeed unpleasant. He had been depressed for a long time. Yesterday, when he passed by the office, he saw Professor Miles muttering things like "impossible".

He couldn't help but say, "But Fleck seemed especially sad."

“If it were you, you would probably be even more heartbroken than him.” Freud stopped what he was doing, sighed, and showed a look of sympathy.

"Huh?" Carlton asked, puzzled.

"Last year, he was working on superconducting thin films, but unfortunately, he ran into Xu Qingzhou, and 50% of his technology overlapped. Six months ago, he accepted Professor Harvey's invitation to join Professor Harvey's team, and now he's run into Xu Qingzhou again."

Carlton's lips twitched. He always ran into this freak from Xia Country, and even he felt a little sorry for him.

"Actually, if he had continued to work on superconducting thin films, things might have turned out differently."

Carlton sighed and said in a deep voice, "As far as I know, although they suffered a significant blow and many studies were scrapped, Maxwell's team at Princeton is still conducting research on superconducting thin films. The JC value of superconducting thin films has reached 3.8 × 10 A/cm."

"Oh? They're that fast?"

Freud looked surprised.

“Yes. GE has upgraded Xu Qingzhou’s patented technology, and the latest data is 3.8×10A/cm.” Carlton nodded, then said with a sigh, “Freud, don’t you feel like the world has become something we don’t recognize?”

"How could I possibly hear that from you?"

Freud laughed. Carlton had always been an arrogant man, who considered himself to be at the forefront of the world.

Carlton didn't know how to explain for a moment, and sighed, "It's just...the world is developing too fast."

"It's normal to have new breakthroughs every year."

"Maybe, let's go, let's have a good drink tonight!"

(End of this chapter)