The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 515 Climbing the Technology Tree

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A bold student raised his hand to speak. She was also desperate. She had told them about the topic beforehand, and they had discussed it together for several days, but they still couldn't come up with any clues.

Now that his boss is telling him that he only increased the intensity a little, he's starting to doubt his life. Is it because I didn't learn well enough, or is the teacher too advanced?

Liu Hua nodded and said with a smile, "Just ask if you have any questions. The worst thing in research is not asking questions when you don't understand. I really like your attitude of asking questions when you don't understand."

"Teacher, we discussed the hydrogen-oxygen engine. We think the first thing to do is to determine the fuel. After all, it has a thrust of 200 tons, and only the right fuel can achieve a certain power."

"Not bad, not bad," Liu Hua praised. "It seems you have your own thoughts on the project."

"But teacher, we've been discussing Hall effect engines but we're still clueless."

Liu Hua waved his hand: "It's normal. What you learn in school is only theory. Although you have participated in some practice, it was all because your mentors paved the way for you. Now, you need to think independently and develop your own research methods. That's the most important thing."

"Teacher, how can we conduct research if we don't even have a direction?"

"Don't rush. This isn't like doing homework at school, where you can cram and maybe finish it in one night. This is scientific research. Sometimes, eight or ten years of work may seem useless, but that doesn't mean your research is pointless. Every bit of technological progress can pave the way for future success."

Having laid the groundwork, Liu Hua changed the subject, saying, "Although our company is newly established and we don't have any famous experts or professors to guide you, I am confident that I still have the ability to provide you with some inspiration."

"The boss is a bit cunning. He made us anxious at first, and now he's saying this to put our minds at ease."

"It felt like they were teasing us."

"My former teacher was like that too. It's said that it was because of the great pressure of scientific research. He would make small jokes to relieve his depression."

The researchers below were buzzing with discussion. They felt that Liu Hua's quirky sense of humor had offended them, but since he was their boss and their breadwinner, they figured they might as well let him be.

Liu Hua smiled and said, "I can hear what you're saying. If you dare to criticize the boss, you'll have your wages docked."

The room immediately fell silent. "Having learned both literary and martial arts skills, one might as well sell them to the emperor. What's the point of going against anyone but a good salary, especially since their major already makes finding a job difficult? Basically, graduation means entering a government agency, where the salary is low, and you'll likely have to wait your turn based on seniority."

Now that I have this opportunity to take on a major role right from the start, and with a decent salary and even more attractive benefits promised by the boss, I must cherish it.

These recent graduates are really a bit too timid. Seeing how cautious they all are, Liu Hua can't help but laugh.

"Later, someone will group you up. It's not mandatory; you can form groups freely based on your interests. Since the Starry Sky Aerospace laboratory is still under construction, you can start some theoretical research for now. Of course, you can also choose to help out in the earthquake laboratory and assist your seniors with experiments."

Almost everyone chose to help with experiments. Theoretical research was something only geniuses could do; truly outstanding theoretical physicists were always the fewest in the world, with the majority being experimental talents. As these people helped their senior colleagues with experiments, they discovered just how amazing Emperor Corporation truly was.

When their senior classmates first led them to do simulations on the supercomputer, they were completely stunned.

"Senior brother, what is this thing?"

"What, you guys haven't encountered this in school?" the senior asked, trying to sound sophisticated. "It's nothing special, just a supercomputer. It's already quite outdated. In the national ranking of supercomputers, this thing wouldn't even rank in the top five."

"Supercomputers. Aren't these things only available to state-owned enterprises, and especially to very important ones? Tsinghua University used to have one, but we never had any contact with it. I heard that its daily schedule was very tight, and apart from maintenance time, other units applied to use it at all other times."

The senior student smiled and said, "After all, we are a private institution. Our supercomputers are not as busy as those at Tsinghua University, so we also let other institutions use them in our spare time. The most frequent users are some military laboratories and Yuan Longping's hybrid rice laboratory."

"A military lab? A hybrid rice lab?" someone wondered. "These two labs don't seem to go together. Why would they come to our company to apply for access to a supercomputer?"

"Our teacher's son is a graduate student of Professor Yuan and is now a researcher in Professor Yuan's laboratory. It is said that he has already reached a very high level."

"Oh, is that so? No wonder Professor Yuan can use our company's supercomputer. Why doesn't your son follow in his footsteps? Why is he thinking of researching hybrid rice?"

My senior brother laughed and said, "You're asking me? How would I know? But I heard it's because he felt that our teacher's achievements were too great, and he could never surpass his father in his lifetime, so he simply took a different path, and then no one would say he was a tiger father and a dog son."

"If I had a father like that, I would follow him around. It's good to have a big tree to shelter under."

My senior colleague chuckled and said, "Don't try to take advantage of the situation. It's already quite remarkable that they were able to get into Professor Yuan's graduate program. Over the years, we've met many highly educated people, and many of their children couldn't even get into high school. If it weren't for the deputy director's connections, the son of our lab's deputy director would probably only be able to go to a junior college. You know, both he and his wife are full professors."

"From a genetic point of view, this shouldn't be the case."

My senior colleague chuckled and said, "You're someone who researches engines, and you're talking about genetics? The deputy director's wife is a professor of biology. Even she doesn't understand it, so what are you marveling at?"

Following in the footsteps of my senior colleagues to conduct experiments proved to be very enlightening for them; the detonation engine also uses hydrogen as fuel.

Although this hydrogen is slightly different from the hydrogen in their hydrogen-oxygen engine, drawing parallels between the two always brings them some inspiration.

Liu Hua worked through the night and finally finished organizing the information on exchanging cheat codes. He now only regretted that his energy was limited and that he had too many points to use.

Sometimes, when Liu Hua looked at the information about the spaceships in the Hanoi Galaxy in the cheat program, he would drool and want to exchange for them, but the current processing technology simply couldn't produce them. He still had to climb the technology tree step by step.

(End of this chapter)