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Chapter 647 Listen to this, is this even human language?
On the third day after returning to Kyoto, the institute's experiments were in full swing and on track. Two more project applications were submitted, but Xu Qingzhou rejected one of them, "Research on the Transport Characteristics of Surface States of Topological Insulators".

It has innovative aspects, but the experiment is complex and requires the use of a cryogenic refrigeration system and a magnetic field testing platform similar to that of the Institute of Modern Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences to conduct quantum oscillation measurements. It is difficult to achieve this by relying solely on the data simulation in the plan.

At 10 a.m., Xu Qingzhou was working on the coupling of spin and orbit in quantum dots in his model when an acquaintance came to visit.

"I see several construction vehicles over there unloading equipment. It seems like there's some big operation going on recently."

Peking University President Du Changdao glanced around the office and asked with a smile.

Xu Qingzhou poured hot tea for Du Changdao, saying, "It's just that we bought a few pieces of equipment related to controlled nuclear fusion."

"Controlled nuclear fusion, that stuff isn't cheap, is it?"

Xu Qingzhou humbly replied, "Currently, it's less than one billion."

"Less than one billion"

Is this human language?
Du Changdao said with some envy, "It seems that GDirect has made a lot of money from its superconducting thin film and battery patents."

"My little bit of money is nothing compared to Peking University's annual budget of 20 billion yen, which is enough to cover the current experimental funding."

“It’s different. Your money is actually spent on equipment. Although the total amount of research funding at Peking University is huge, the actual amount allocated is not much. Yesterday, Lao Tao was complaining about being poor in my office and asking for more funding.”

Du Changdao said helplessly.

Kyoto University has an annual budget of around 200 billion yen, but when divided up, it's not much at all. Each college has very limited funds available, let alone those like Xu Qingzhou who spend hundreds of millions of yen on research equipment.

Xu Qingzhou joked, "You didn't come here specifically to avoid Dean Tao, did you?"

Old Tao, Tao Fangqi, the dean of the School of Mathematics.

The School of Mathematics has been poor for many years, which is unavoidable. Engineering is better able to obtain horizontal research funding, but it is quite difficult to produce results in mathematics.

"Haha, if I could hide, I'd like to stay here with you for the next few days. All you do is complain about being poor."

Du Changdao smiled and shook his head, then paused and continued, "Alright, enough of this nonsense. You're about to launch the controlled nuclear fusion project. How are the personnel? Are they enough?"

“We plan to recruit another batch,” Xu Qingzhou said frankly.

Du Changdao said, "There are quite a few scholars at Peking University who are working on controlled nuclear fusion. They can come over anytime if you need them."

"I originally had the idea of ​​poaching people from Peking University."

Xu Qingzhou said shyly.

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"It depends on what they think. If they're willing to come here, Peking University won't stop them."

It's no wonder that Principal Du Changdao was anxious.

National-level research institutes include the Institute of Plasma Physics, the Southwest Institute of Physics, and the Xia Guo Institute of Engineering Physics.

Among universities, there are USTC, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, and so on.

Kyoto University, on the other hand, hasn't made much progress in this area.

If Xu Qingzhou succeeds in his endeavors, Kyoto University will be the direct beneficiary. After all, the Kyoto Institute of Materials Science and Kyoto University have intricate connections.

The achievements of the research institute also bring honor to Kyoto University.

Du Changdao took a sip of tea and asked, "It's almost time for a new semester, are you still going to teach?" "Yes, teaching undergraduates is quite interesting."

Xu Qingzhou said with a smile.

"That's good. You're a very busy person now. I was worried that you wouldn't have time to teach undergraduates."

Du Changdao nodded.

He was naturally very happy that Xu Qingzhou was willing to continue teaching. Don't underestimate the role of top scholars. As a fundamental subject, mathematics requires the influence and intervention of top scholars to build students' thinking system and ultimately form a perfect ecosystem.

After staying with Xu Qingzhou for twenty minutes, Du Changdao took his leave.

Days passed by, and the research institute was working on the details of recruitment, while the university had not yet started classes, and the graduate students, who were half-working slaves, had already arrived at the school.

On February 7th, taking advantage of Friday, Xu Qingzhou had a small get-together with several of his roommates from the Moriguchi dormitory, and then quickly immersed himself in his calculations.

In addition to installing equipment, with approval from above, the institute decided to expand and planned to build several more research buildings on its reserved land in the southwest corner.

Xu Qingzhou didn't even need to worry about funding, as the construction costs were provided by special funds from Kyoto City.

When Xu Qingzhou first returned to establish the research institute, he needed to hold several rounds of meetings to discuss it, and many people thought it was unreliable. But now, it can be summed up in one word: fix it!

The Kyoto Materials Research Institute is currently a model unit in the city.

Xu Qingzhou certainly wouldn't refuse the opportunity to save a huge sum of money; it was a mutually beneficial arrangement.

As for General Electric in the United States, although they clearly expressed their intention to purchase superconducting thin film products to Xu Qingzhou, it is regrettable that the U.S. Department of Commerce rejected the cooperation application.

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"I'll leave the installation to you."

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on things over there, don't worry." Ji Yunshi nodded.

Xu Qingzhou said slowly, "The equipment is fine. The most pressing issue now is that even with the four scholars from Peking University, our current personnel are still insufficient for controlled nuclear fusion research. Would you like to hear your opinion on this?"

The experiments on superconducting thin films have ended, but the workload at the research institute has actually increased.

As Song Yao mentioned last time, while general encryption modules can be outsourced to professional security companies, core technologies such as ALD temperature control algorithms and graphene-niobium interface doping ratios still need to be developed by their own teams.

The algorithm design alone required one-third of the computing team's manpower.

We're really short-handed right now.

Although Ji Yunshi has an academic background, he has more than 20 years of administrative experience and is quite experienced in recruiting personnel.

Ji Yunshi thought for a moment and said, "Given our current conditions, there will definitely be many talented young people willing to come here, but it will be a bit difficult to find senior researchers. With stable research funding and their own teams, as long as they are not marginalized, these people will definitely not want to move."

"This is also a headache for me. Our broad approach is very attractive to researchers with less than ten years of research experience, but it has limited effect on established researchers."

Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao also noticed this problem. Of course, the two still came to a conclusion after discussion. He said in a deep voice, "We still need to take the initiative in this matter."

At a certain stage, salaries and funding no longer hold appeal for senior professors and academicians; if they wish, a large number of projects and funding will come their way.

But for senior researchers changing jobs, as a materials researcher at the Xia Academy of Sciences put it: "At this age, changing jobs is not a choice, but a life-or-death struggle for survival."

(End of this chapter)