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

Chapter 737 The Correct Way to Be a Cheater
Time flies like an arrow. On February 10th, Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao were busy until the 2th of the twelfth lunar month before they flew back to Chengdu to celebrate the Spring Festival.

Unlike previous years when we would travel back and forth between Wutong Community and Zizhu Garden Community, this year the family spent the Spring Festival in their new house by the Jinjiang River.

Wang Xiaping and Zhang Junli even bought a mahjong table, which they would put in the unused maid's room when not in use.

The Lunar New Year's Eve passed in a lively and bustling manner.

New Year's Day.

In the afternoon, Wang Xiaping and Zhang Junli went back to Wutong Community to get the copper pot, planning to have hot pot at home that evening.

We'll be visiting relatives in a few days, so we should only cook as much food as we can eat to avoid waste.

After they got their things and went inside, they found two middle-aged men who had just returned from their stroll outside and were playing chess in front of the French windows, while Song Yao was watching TV in the living room with her calico cat.

Wang Xiaping looked around and asked, "Where's Qingzhou?"

"Where's the study?" Song Yao stood up and took the dishes from the two middle-aged women.

"He's so busy even during the Spring Festival." Wang Xiaping said helplessly. She used to complain that this kid was lazy and idle, but now that he sits at his desk all day, she worries that he's too busy and his health can't take it.

After putting their things in the kitchen, everyone went back to the living room to sit and rest.

Zhang Junli asked in a deep voice, "Is your nuclear fusion project in such a hurry right now?"

"Yes, the installation will be completed in April, and we'll be working overtime for the next few months."

Song Yao nodded, anticipating that Xu Qingzhou would be either working overtime or on his way to work overtime before the device was ignited.

These past few days, Xu Qingzhou has been working on models for the computing center.

The quantum sensing magnetic field monitoring system has been developed. Xu Qingzhou plans to use a fracture prediction model similar to DeepMind, combined with femtotes-level magnetic field monitoring, to first achieve microsecond-level feedback suppression ELM.

Some models require him to design them personally.

"After all, it's an investment project worth hundreds of billions of yuan, and Qingzhou is the person directly in charge, so it's understandable," Zhang Junli said with a sigh.

For example, in her district, let alone investments of tens of billions, even investments of tens of millions require countless meetings.

These two young people spend hundreds of millions of yuan at a time.

The great man was right; science and technology are indeed the primary productive force, and a single patent can generate hundreds of millions in patent fees.

"I read in a report last time that the research institute already had more than a hundred people?"

"Yes, several more research and development centers were later established."

After chatting for a while, Wang Xiaping squinted and asked, "Let's not talk about work anymore. Have you two discussed when to have your wedding?"

We previously said we'd talk about it after Song Yao graduated.

"Xu Qingzhou and I want to hold our wedding after our careers are more stable," Song Yao said.

Xu Qingzhou is busy with the controlled nuclear fusion device, while on her side, Zero Point Technology is also in its initial stage, requiring the management of hundreds of patents and the handling of investments.

We'll consider having a wedding once we've finished our current work.

"We respect the opinions of you young people."

Wang Xiaping said with a smile that it was not surprising.

Although she often fantasizes about her retirement life taking care of her grandchildren, she knows it's not realistic right now. Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao are both in the prime of their careers and it's time for them to work hard.

Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao are both under 25 years old.

Getting married so early already puts them ahead of most young people, so there's no need to rush now.

Zhang Junli added from the side, "However, you still need to have a wedding. Nowadays, many young people like to have destination weddings, but you two must not have that kind of thinking. A wedding is an essential ceremony."

“Your mother is right. Weddings may be troublesome, but looking back at wedding photos decades later will still bring joy. If you take shortcuts now, you won’t even have any memories to cherish later.”

"We didn't plan on a destination wedding," Song Yao said helplessly.

She and Xu Qingzhou really enjoyed the sense of ceremony at their wedding.

"That's good." "Let's go, let's go cook first."

They chatted in the living room for a while, and then at four o'clock in the afternoon, the three women went to the kitchen to get busy.

At this moment, in the study.

Xu Qingzhou rubbed his temples, looked down at the manuscripts spread out in front of him, filled with calculations, and sighed, "The AI ​​model can be made in the next few days, but neutron irradiation damage is still a major problem."

Neutron irradiation damage can occur not only in plasma-facing materials, such as first walls and carbon-based materials (like graphite), but also in structural materials, such as transition supports and composite steel plates in supporting structures.

These things are like joints in the human body, providing rigid support while allowing thermal deformation to prevent structural cracking.

However, moderate radiation damage can destroy the structures in these areas.

"At this stage, divertors should also be considered."

As its name suggests, this device can capture impurity particles and dissipate heat, making it a rather important component. It had been put on hold previously because we needed to wait for Li Yi's nanoporous tungsten membrane.

Now that good news has come from Li Yi, the design upgrade of the divertor should be put on the agenda.

"Let's solve the problem of neutron irradiation damage first."

Xu Qingzhou picked up his pen and wrote down his proposed solution on the manuscript.

1 hours passed.

He looked at the densely written manuscript, pondered for a while, and crossed out the "gravitational field deflection shield" proposal.

Maxwell's equations revealed the relationship between the electromagnetic field and the speed of light, suggesting that the electromagnetic field can indirectly affect the motion of matter. General relativity proposes that "matter tells spacetime how it is curved."

These two factors make it possible to manipulate particle paths using artificial gravitational fields, and a few years later, scientists will discover graviton signals and begin researching techniques for actively controlling gravitational fields.

However, the gravitational field required to effectively deflect 14 MeV neutrons needs to be at the density of a neutron star, with an equivalent energy far exceeding the production capacity of a fusion reactor.

Simply put, the energy produced by nuclear fusion is not even enough to act as a gravitational field deflection shield.

"Perhaps, it will come true one day in the future."

He turned his attention to several other technologies.

Quantum dot self-healing alloy, neutron-to-light energy conversion shielding layer, dynamic magnetic field compensation shield, and gradient composite armor.
"This is the right way to be a cheater."

Xu Qingzhou couldn't help but laugh.

These are solutions he selected from a wide range of future technologies that can address the problem of neutron irradiation damage.

He tapped his pen a few times. "Currently, the research institute's workload is already saturated. If we want to verify all the solutions, it seems we should find some external help."

"Xu Qingzhou, dinner is ready."

At that moment, Song Yao's voice came through the door.

"Oh, okay, here we come."

In the evening, after finishing their hot pot dinner and cleaning up, four middle-aged men carried a mahjong table out of the storeroom and started playing mahjong in the living room.

Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao snuggled together, watching TV.

Er Miao lay on the sofa armrest, staring at Xu Shouyun and the others with wide eyes, looking calm and collected, like a referee.

As for why the two young people weren't allowed to sit at the table...
It's completely unplayable.

They had been playing mahjong for decades, but in front of Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao, in Wang Xiaping's words, they were "utterly incompetent."

These two had a clear understanding of what cards they held in their hands.

How can we play like this?

After being thoroughly defeated several times, they unanimously agreed to kick Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao off the mahjong table.

Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao were also innocent; their long-established way of thinking meant they could know the cards in other people's hands without even having to calculate.

(End of this chapter)