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

Chapter 650 Don't you like the original flavor?
Standing at the coffee table, Liu Fanyang nodded and said with a smile, "You're half right. He's no longer at the Institute of Engineering Physics; he's retired and gone back to Southwest Jiaotong University to teach."

"Retirement? Academician Ren Nan is about the same age as you, retiring so early?" Xu Qingzhou asked in surprise.

"Yes, he resigned on his own initiative. That old guy has a very strange temper. He was unhappy staying there, so he just stepped down and went back to teaching at the school."

Liu Fanyang explained to Xu Qingzhou the reason why Academician Ren Nan stepped down.

Academician Ren Nan was originally in charge of maintaining plasma confinement for fusion generation at the Institute of Engineering Physics, but such large institutions always have various disputes.

Ren Nan simply handed over his work to his eldest apprentice and returned to the university.

Xu Qingzhou said in a deep voice, "If Academician Ren Nan is willing to come, that would be great. But we might need to trouble Academician Liu for help with that."

He didn't know much about Academician Ren Nan, but he had met Liu Fanyang several times and could still hear the admiration in Liu Fanyang's tone.

This shows that Academician Ren is indeed quite good.

“Okay, leave this to me. Although I don’t get along with this guy, to be honest, he’s technically skilled. And believe it or not, the atmosphere of your research institute seems to be a good fit for him.”

Liu Fanyang took a sip of tea and said with deep emotion, "To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that your institute is based at Southwest Jiaotong University, I would actually be interested in it."

"If you'd like to come over, I'd love to welcome you!"

"I'm just saying it."

Two days of exchange have passed.

The Kyoto Institute for Materials Science contributed its technology as equity, licensing the Max Planck Institute's technology to Liu Fanyang's team to participate in the construction of the stellarator, while Academician Liu Fanyang synchronized the stellarator's experimental data.

Southwest Jiaotong University, School of Physics.

Liu Fanyang knocked on the door and entered the house.

The office was small, and the desks and seats were covered with calculation manuscripts.

At the desk, an elderly man with graying temples was looking down at the blueprints in front of him. He looked up at the visitor and said, "Find a seat for yourself."

"Old man, not even a cup of tea?"

Liu Fanyang put away the manuscript on the side of the chair.

Ren Nan said irritably, "Pour it yourself, can't you see I'm busy?"

"He talks about retiring, but he spends all his time holding design blueprints."

Liu Fanyang didn't stand on ceremony. He went to the cabinet to get tea leaves, brewed them, and poured two cups of tea.

Ren Nan finally finished his calculations and looked up at Liu Fanyang: "Weren't you busy with the star-simulating device? How come you have time to come here?"

The two didn't really get along, or rather, they admired each other.

There has always been a technological debate between stellarators and tokamak.

More than a decade ago, Southwest Jiaotong University held a seminar on whether to conduct research on stellarators or tokamaks, and Liu Fanyang and Ren Nan submitted two proposals respectively.

As a result, the school chose Liu Fanyang's stellarator technology proposal.

Ren Nan went to the Institute of Engineering Physics.

"I was asked to do this; otherwise, do you think I would have come here willingly?"

Academician Liu Fanyang rolled his eyes.

"Tell me what's going on."

Ren Nan put down the blueprints, got up and walked over.

Liu Fanyang paused, then said seriously, "I think the Kyoto Materials Research Institute is quite good. Its management style is unique, it has been established for a short time, and its future is full of possibilities. Are you really not going to consider it?"

"It's rare to see you speak so highly of a research institute," Ren Nan said calmly, taking a sip of tea.

"I'm just telling the truth. If you go and see for yourself, you'll definitely have the same thoughts as me. How should I put it? The entire research institute exudes a certain atmosphere that reminds me of decades ago when we were conducting nuclear tests in the Gobi Desert. Everyone was single-minded and focused solely on the goal."

Liu Fanyang stopped, and seeing that his old friend didn't react, asked, "Are you really planning to live like this, taking all your skills to the grave? Are you content with that?"

"I'm teaching and nurturing students," Ren Nan said irritably.

Liu Fanyang paused for a moment. Yes, this could be considered a kind of inheritance. He could only say, "For some reason, I suddenly feel that if it were Professor Xu, we might actually be able to see the commercialization of controlled nuclear fusion in our lifetime."

To witness firsthand the operation and use of an artificial sun, benefiting the nation and society, is perhaps the greatest wish of this generation of researchers. However, even with the best-case scenario, it appears that full commercialization will take at least twenty years.

Liu Fanyang sighed, looked at Ren Nan who had walked over, sat down, and calmly served him tea, and said seriously, "Ren Nan, if you haven't given up yet, please reconsider."

Before he could finish speaking, Ren Nan interrupted, "I have already accepted Professor Xu's invitation."

The office fell into dead silence.

Liu Fanyang had a lot of words of advice to say, but they were all stuck in his throat.

His hand holding the teacup paused. He looked at his old friend across from him, momentarily stunned, and asked in astonishment, "You agreed?"

"Yes, we've been handling the handover procedures these past few days." Ren Nan sipped his tea and nodded slightly.

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"Well, you old man, you're quite the actor. I really thought you were planning to just let yourself go like this!"

Although Liu Fanyang was cursing, he was secretly very happy. The two had been rivals, colleagues, and friends for decades. If Ren Nan were to become so depressed, he would be very happy.

He asked, "When did you make that decision?"

"When Professor Xu called yesterday..."

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Goodness, isn't this just direct agreement?

"I will report to the research institute on February 24th."

"That's good. I was worrying for nothing. Professor Xu is only 23 years old, but his ability is beyond doubt. His name will definitely be on the Nobel Prize nomination list this year."

Liu Fanyang said with emotion.

As the saying goes, for the big shots, it's not that they need the Nobel Prize, but that the Nobel Prize needs them.

Xu Qingzhou is worthy of a nomination solely based on his revolutionary superconducting thin films. Moreover, this young man has made significant contributions to both the fields of batteries and particle physics.

Kyoto.

Xishan No. 1 Courtyard.

The two young men had just returned from their run.

Song Yao sat in a chair opposite Xu Qingzhou, who was using a massage gun to relax her calf muscles.

"It's still more comfortable to run outside."

Song Yao squinted, put her left foot down, and put her right foot into Xu Qingzhou's arms, saying with enjoyment, "Change your foot."

"They wouldn't let me touch it before."

Seeing the girl enjoying herself, Xu Qingzhou couldn't help but mutter a complaint under his breath.

"What are you talking about?"

"Nothing~"

Xu Qingzhou shook his head, lowered his head, and took Song Xiaohua's leg. Her legs were long and slender, and her toes were round. For some reason, he suddenly thought of the ice cream he used to eat often.

"you"

Seeing that the man was staring at her feet, Song Yao kicked him and tentatively said, "Want to spit?"

"What the hell!"

Xu Qingzhou pinched the girl's toes. "Teacher Song, don't be so perverted. I'm not used to it."

"You like the original flavor, don't you?"

Song Yao pouted and said that every time this guy stared at her feet, he was definitely thinking about something strange.

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Xu Qingzhou realized that Song Yao seemed to have been corrupted by him; she used to be such a pure person.

(End of this chapter)