After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 246 The National Team Has Arrived
Dean Cheng Dechang studied in the United States in the 1980s.

I know some English, but not much.

He put on his reading glasses and leaned closer, asking, "Xiao Zhou, did you get someone to translate this?"

Zhou Haoran chuckled and said, "Dean, my thesis isn't so easy to translate."

Dean Cheng didn't quite understand, so he asked again, "Xiao Tan, what do you think?"

Tan Mingliang initially thought Zhou Haoran had someone else write it and then translate it, but after reading two paragraphs, he sensed something was wrong and said in a deep voice, "There are many cutting-edge computer terms. Even if it's a translation, it should be done by an industry expert."

Dean Cheng became happy and said with a smile, "Then it can't be wrong!"

So I simply took off my glasses and sat down to wait.

He is not good at programming languages, and his English is also average.

I can't understand it even if I look at it.

"Xiao Zhou, what's the research topic of your paper?" Dean Cheng asked with a smile, feeling quite proud. "Is it the theory you proposed last time when you helped out in the lab that all GUI operations must be executed in the system event thread?"

Zhou Haoran said, "No, that's just a small matter, not that important. If it's to be published in a world-class journal, it needs to have a world-class influence."

"Hmm?" Dean Cheng was slightly taken aback. "World-class influence?"

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "Yes, Java is touted as a new type of cross-platform programming language. It has been loved by developers around the world since its release and is widely used in various industries. But this is only version 1.0 of Java, and it still has too many flaws. If we are not careful, it could cause huge losses."

Dean Cheng felt that he was being too arrogant. "It would be good enough if you could offer some suggestions for improvement. If you can't publish in international journals, you can also get accepted by domestic computer magazines."

“No.” Tan Mingliang stared intently at the computer screen. “Dean, if this paper is flawless, it might actually be published in a top computer science journal.”

"Xiao Tan, are you serious?"

Dean Cheng was taken aback.

Tan Mingliang stared intently, took a deep breath, and said, "This paper aims to address the potential collapse of financial systems due to inherent flaws in Java's mechanisms. Normally, application-level papers are difficult to publish in top-tier journals, but exceptions are made when it comes to the financial field."

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "Actually, it's mainly aimed at the United States. Top computer publications are all run by Americans. They care about finance, so we cater to their interests."

"Xiao Tan, take a good look at him!" Dean Cheng became serious, his face solemn. "I'll make a phone call."

Zhou Haoran was a little confused.

"This is a discussion about the JVM garbage collector."

Tan Mingliang was so engrossed in reading academic papers that he became somewhat detached from the realities of the subject.

Zhou Haoran said, "Yes, the current garbage collector has many flaws. It will forcibly pause all threads to reclaim memory, which is not a big problem in low-load scenarios. But in high-concurrency trading systems, such as real-time financial clearing, it may have a fatal impact."

From a technical standpoint, this is what he excels at.

In the later years, China's internet industry has developed a technology that can be said to be the best in the world, even surpassing the giants of Silicon Valley in the United States.

That is high-concurrency processing.

With a large population in China, during the "Double Eleven" shopping frenzy, hundreds of millions of concurrent threads may be submitted within seconds... Any powerful system would be paralyzed by such an impact.

However, China has strong capabilities in this area, with thorough and detailed research and application results on high-concurrency events.

As a technical elite who came from that era, the current high-concurrency issues in Java are simply trivial.

"Zhou Haoran, come here and take a look. What does this passage mean? I don't quite understand these words."

Tan Mingliang no longer dared to underestimate him and humbly began to ask for his advice.

Zhou Haoran didn't hold back either, walking behind him and pointing at the computer screen, giving him some explanations.

Dean Cheng returned during this time.

Neither of them stopped.

Zhou Haoran spoke, and Tan Mingliang listened.

This left Cheng Dechang somewhat dazed.

Is this really going to be helpful?
He talked for half an hour and finished reading a paper.

It's actually not long, only a little over 1000 words.

Tan Mingliang asked, "Why is there no experimental data?"

Zhou Haoran chuckled and said, "I didn't do any experiments either."

Tan Mingliang pondered for a moment and said, "It would be best to use a laser interferometer to capture the frequency of JVM heap memory changes... Providing some concrete experimental data would make this paper more convincing. Right now, it's all arguments and lacks references, so it's not convincing enough."

Zhou Haoran was also helpless, "This is the first time this has been proposed in the world, and there were no reference documents to refer to."

“Hmm.” Tan Mingliang nodded and took a deep breath. “Dean, I’ve finished reading this paper, and I feel… highly likely… based on my experience, this paper is accurate! I can contact Professor Rivers of Stanford University and have him take a look.”

"No rush," Cheng Dechang said promptly. "The relevant departments are on their way; let's see what they have to say."

"what?"

Tan Mingliang and Zhou Haoran were both somewhat confused.

"When it comes to the military and financial sectors, there are no small matters!"

Dean Cheng Dechang is an academician who has had contact with core departments regarding technical specifications and has received training in confidentiality.

Tan Mingliang was dumbfounded.

Zhou Haoran exclaimed, "Damn it! Old Dean, what's wrong with you? I don't want to join the national team!"

……

Three people have arrived.

They didn't say which department it was from.

All we know is that the leader is named Dou Anguo, and he has the rank of senior colonel. Everyone calls him Director Dou.

He requested an office, and Director Dou spoke with him privately. The atmosphere was serious, but thankfully, he was very polite.

First, they explained the general principles: other industries are relatively easy to manage, but when it comes to finance and the military, extreme caution is required. New technologies and solutions are a good thing, but they must be reviewed before being publicly released.

We cannot allow domestic technological capabilities to aid foreign financial or military development.

Zhou Haoran provided an explanation.

It's said that Java is a relatively new language, and most real-time settlement financial systems overseas haven't adopted it yet, fearing potential problems. Only a few small-scale financial systems might use Java due to development and maintenance cost considerations, given its cross-platform advantages.

Therefore, even if this paper is not published.

Foreign financial systems are really in trouble.

It's just a small matter.

The impact is very narrow, and it can be resolved quickly.

In fact it is.

In the previous life, an American securities firm used Java to develop a financial settlement system. During the 98 Asian financial crisis, trading frequency increased dramatically, leading to high concurrency. Due to a flaw in the garbage collector, a 0.5-second delay occurred, resulting in losses of millions of dollars.

This loss is negligible and will not cause any damage to the US financial system.

They attach great importance to finance.

After the incident, they quickly investigated and the defect was quickly fixed. Zhou Haoran felt that Director Dou and his group were making a mountain out of a molehill.

But this is a matter of principle.

Director Dou Anguo was very cautious, saying that China is also developing a real-time financial settlement system.

While current remittance methods are stable and secure, they are extremely inefficient, taking several days to complete. To meet the demands of the capital market and ensure timely settlement and transaction security, China is developing related financial systems.

Finance is vital to the nation's survival; we can't rely on foreign sources, can we?

It can only be developed independently.

If Zhou Haoran's paper is fake, that's fine; you can publish it however you want. But if it's real, then it's very significant and can't be published casually.

It must first be used for our own purposes, serving our country's financial clearing system.

Zhou Haoran naturally had to consider the overall situation.

Accept their arrangements.

Director Dou persuaded him, and that's how he summoned Dean Cheng.

He showered them with praise.

He was truly an educator, having nurtured a computer genius.

Dean Cheng was also very perceptive. "Director Dou, our experts have judged this paper to be absolutely correct. However, since it relates to finance, we can't publish it. Young people are seeking fame, but other papers that don't involve finance should still be published."

"Of course, as long as it is not related to national strategy, we will not restrict any academic exchanges, whether domestic or foreign."

Director Dou, who was in his forties, was very polite.

Zhou Haoran was a little discouraged.

The paper I finally wrote was not allowed to be published.

Dou Anguo noticed that he was in low spirits, so he handed him a business card and said with a smile, "If you encounter any trouble, you can contact me."

Zhou Haoran then regained his composure.

After seeing the group off, Dean Cheng said in a low voice, "Don't think you've been taken advantage of. If you're registered as a technical expert with the country, as long as you don't commit murder or arson, no one can touch you. Aren't you going to do business? Doing business these days is so dangerous."

Zhou Haoran could only face reality and said, "As long as it doesn't affect my ability to pick up girls, it's fine."

Dean Cheng twitched the corner of his mouth and said angrily, "Don't worry."

Zhou Haoran laughed out loud.

After the two of them have spoken privately, Professor Tan Mingliang can be brought in.

Tan Mingliang's eyes shone even brighter as he said excitedly, "Zhou Haoran, I've just thought about it, and your paper is truly excellent! I'm now 99% confident that what you're saying is correct!"

Zhou Haoran said with a smile, "Professor Tan, just forget about that paper. Didn't Director Dou's people talk to you earlier?"

Tan Mingliang said nonchalantly, "Not publishing the paper doesn't prevent us from having academic exchanges in private."

"I'll write another paper on thread management implemented by developers, where uncaught exceptions cause threads to die silently... But never mind, I won't write this one. This might be used by NASA in the aerospace field."

Zhou Haoran's analysis in monologue.

If their paper had prevented a thread from crashing in a NASA ground control system in 1999, their space launch would have been a success.

That would be tantamount to aiding the enemy.

Professor Tan Mingliang and Dean Cheng Dechang exchanged a glance, both looking astonished.

Zhou Haoran changed his mind and said, "For my next paper, I'll write about how native code crashes can lead to the termination of the JVM process, thus compromising cross-platform stability."

Tan Mingliang didn't quite understand.

Dean Cheng chuckled, "Little Tan, what do you think?"

“Dean, how about…” Tan Mingliang thought of something and tentatively suggested, “Dean, I think Zhou Haoran’s level is really high. His understanding of the Java language, on a global scale… to be honest, is even better than my former colleagues at Stanford University.”

Dean Cheng was somewhat incredulous. "Really?"

Tan Mingliang said in a deep voice, "I have this feeling."

"Ugh!"

Dean Cheng sighed.

It's a real shame.

Such promising young talents, yet they show no interest in technological research and development, never attend school, and instead spend their time making money and chasing girls... But that's normal, young people all go through that.

It's a bit of a waste of talent.

Tan Mingliang said, "How about we let him join my group?"

"Hmm?" Dean Cheng was slightly taken aback. "You mean the book club?"

Tan Mingliang said seriously, "He's right. There are still many flaws in the current Java. I think it's most suitable for him to find and fill in the gaps. We want to compile a series of Java books for college students across the country. We must ensure the accuracy of these books and not mislead students."

He had just returned from the United States a few months ago.

He is considered one of the most proficient Java programmers in China. As an industry leader, he has the obligation and responsibility to compile a set of domestically produced Java teaching materials to train domestic IT engineers.

Zhou Haoran understood as well. "What do you mean? Professor Tan, you want me to co-write a book with you?"

Tan Mingliang laughed and said, "Yes, we will write a 'Java Programming Guide' as a basic textbook for university computer science courses."

"Isn't this too basic?" Zhou Haoran frowned. "Does such a basic instruction manual really need my oversight?"

Tan Mingliang said, "It's very necessary!"

Zhou Haoran pondered, weighing whether he had the time.

Tan Mingliang said, "The royalties are very high. If the book's quality is guaranteed and it is approved by the Ministry of Education as a standard textbook for universities nationwide, it will sell at least 10 copies every year. The royalties, amounting to several hundred thousand yuan annually, can be split equally among the three of us authors."

"The author's name must be credited in the author section."

Zhou Haoran felt it was acceptable.

Tan Mingliang smiled and said, "Of course."

"I'm only responsible for filling in the gaps; you can have your graduate students do the detailed writing."

Zhou Haoran certainly wouldn't have time to write about those trivial details.

"can."

Tan Mingliang doesn't write specific chapters himself; he delegates the task to his students.

Zhou Haoran nodded. "Since we're going to write books, why not write several? I'm very proficient in Java, but that's not my forte; I'm more skilled in big data. Dean Cheng, what book-writing groups does our college have?"

"what?"

Dean Cheng was stunned.

"Whether it's data structures, C, C++, operating systems, software engineering, or artificial intelligence, I have a broad knowledge base, and I'm definitely more advanced than the teachers at your university. If needed, I can provide guidance! I'm not doing this for the royalties; I just want to represent Fudan University in compiling a complete and top-quality set of computer science textbooks to cultivate talent for our country!"

Zhou Haoran started complaining again.

The computer textbooks used in China are all from foreign textbooks from several years ago and are seriously outdated. How can we cultivate high-level talents who are in line with the world?
The teaching materials are the first step!
(End of this chapter)