You said you failed your college entrance exam and are now crowdfunding to build a university?

The other teachers whispered among themselves, equally uneasy, fearing that Wei Ying would assign them some new teaching tasks.

That afternoon.

Teachers from all disciplines gathered at the small auditorium on the Qinglong campus after their classes.

According to their positions, Lu Jianhua, who served as the dean of the School of Architecture, sat in the first row, next to Hu Zhengchu, Yu Guangchu and others who were vice deans, as well as other ordinary teachers.

Everyone looked up at the podium at the front, both curious and apprehensive about the content of the meeting.

Finally, at five o'clock sharp, Wei Ying appeared in the small auditorium on time and walked to the front of the stage.

"Today is the second faculty and staff meeting of Haichuan University," Wei Ying said with a smile, looking down at the 1,500 faculty and staff members below.

"Over this period of time, everyone's teaching has achieved remarkable results, and as the principal, I am very satisfied."

At this point, he changed the subject and said in a deep voice, "However, Haichuan University still has many shortcomings, such as research projects."

"Whenever I think about this, I, as the principal, cannot eat or sleep peacefully."

"Even my gray hairs have increased by two."

Below, Lu Jianhua and the others listened to Wei Ying's words with somewhat strange expressions.

I really wanted to get up and remind Wei Ying that Haichuan University has only been established for a few months, so it's normal for it to have shortcomings.

If there are no weaknesses, where will other universities in the world put their faces?

However, Wei Ying's next words caused an uproar in the entire hall.

"Therefore, after much painful reflection, I decided to launch Haichuan University's first research project, to conduct independent research and development!"

The 1,500 teachers stared wide-eyed at the podium, momentarily doubting whether they had misheard.

Research project!

Independently developed!

Is this something a university that has only been established for a few months should be thinking about?

To be precise, Haichuan University has only been established for less than four months, and everything is still in the development stage.

But their principal actually said they wanted to launch a research project and conduct independent research and development?

"What's the big deal!" Lu Jianhua glanced around and snorted. "The principal didn't say anything about developing any major projects. It's probably just about developing new products like game chips."

Upon hearing what the academician said, everyone was stunned for a moment before their expressions softened slightly.

Indeed, with the faculty and team at Haichuan University, developing a product of this caliber would be a piece of cake; perhaps they are being too sensitive.

"That's right. After repeatedly assessing the strength of our school's existing faculty team, I have finalized a research project that matches it, namely, a comprehensive technological breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion."

On the podium, Wei Ying looked at the crowd below and announced the direction of Haichuan University's first research project.

The words are not surprising and die endlessly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire hall suddenly fell into complete silence.

Everyone seemed to be processing the news released by Wei Ying, and everyone's face was full of question marks.

Even Lu Jianhua sat there blankly, his face full of confusion. The words "controlled nuclear fusion" kept echoing in his mind.

What the hell did they use to assess the strength of their faculty team?! They themselves didn't even know they were that amazing, qualified to be on par with controlled nuclear fusion research projects!

"As we all know, controlled nuclear fusion has always been a world-class challenge." While everyone was stunned, Wei Ying's voice slowly rang out, echoing in everyone's ears.

"This problem has plagued the world for decades and has yet to be solved."

"Our Haichuan University currently has 1,500 teachers from various academic fields, including nuclear energy, materials science, thermodynamics, and physics."

"I believe it."

"As long as we work together, we can definitely overcome this top problem in the history of modern science and technology!" In their seats, Lu Jianhua and the others gradually came to their senses and finally confirmed that Wei Ying was not joking.

The first research project approved by Haichuan University is focused on controlled nuclear fusion! Everyone's feelings became even more complicated.

Finally, many teachers couldn't help but stand up and gently persuade them.

"Principal, isn't our project proposal a bit too difficult to get approved?"

"Yes, the only way to utilize nuclear energy that the world currently possesses is nuclear fission. Nuclear fusion has always existed in theory, and there are too many technological barriers. It's probably impossible for our university alone to achieve it."

"How about we change our research direction? I remember that Tsinghua and Peking Universities once formed a team to conduct related research, but they all failed."

"It's not just Tsinghua and Peking University; top nuclear energy research institutes abroad have tried, and none have succeeded!"

In their view, this research direction is basically impossible to achieve, and there is no need to initiate a project. It would be time-consuming, laborious, and expensive. It would be better to switch to another more reliable research direction.

Teachers from the nuclear energy and new energy disciplines also stepped forward to explain the difficulties of controlled nuclear fusion.

First, nuclear fusion produces hundreds of times more energy than nuclear fission, but to achieve nuclear fusion, an equivalent level of heat must be used to drive it.

This temperature, roughly estimated, would require at least 100 million degrees! With current technology, it is impossible to artificially create such a high temperature to drive nuclear fusion.

Secondly, even if such high temperatures could be generated to drive nuclear fusion, the instantaneous temperature and pressure generated inside would be extremely high.

Temperatures reach hundreds of millions of degrees and pressures reach millions! Currently, no container can withstand its temperature and pressure without being damaged!

Furthermore, even if a suitable container is found,

However, how to quickly preserve this energy, how to use this energy, and how to transport and transfer energy are all huge problems.

It's impossible to create such terrifying energy and then let it explode out of thin air, right?

This is why global controlled nuclear fusion technology has stagnated for decades and has been unable to develop.

For decades, countless top research teams have failed and retreated silently in the face of adversity.

It's like knowing there's a treasure mountain somewhere, but not being able to find the treasure map, so you can't get or use those treasures.

"Everyone's concerns are not without merit." On the podium, Wei Ying listened to everyone's advice and nodded slightly. "The breakthrough of controlled nuclear fusion is extremely difficult. Therefore, I have specifically listed its technical difficulties, which are divided into fourteen categories."

"We will select members from those who participated in this research project and divide them into fourteen groups to tackle their respective technical challenges."

Everyone was stunned again. It turned out that Wei Ying hadn't listened to a single word of their advice.

Immediately afterwards, Wei Ying, who was standing on the podium, took out a list from behind him.

"The following individuals, whose names are read aloud, will participate in this controlled nuclear fusion research project: Qi Limin, Yu Guangchu, Zhao Zuomin, Wang Yang..."