The frozen dormancy procedure was quite successful.
With the help of the Martian bacteria, Vera, who was lying in the dormancy chamber, successfully passed through the dangerous temperature zone and successfully reached the optimal temperature for frozen dormancy.
Even though it was a risky venture without a complete clinical trial approval process, it was indeed a success.
However, it was still too early to celebrate that everything was fine. Professor Liu Zuobing and his research team still had a lot of trouble waiting for them to deal with.
In fact, this was Lu Zhou's problem. After all, he was the real academic leader of this project, as well as the dean of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, which initiated this project.
It would be difficult for the public to accept this news at once. After all, even in the academic community, frozen dormancy technology was a very cutting-edge and controversial topic.
Regardless of whether or not a person could wake up in the future, whether or not a person whose heart stopped beating could still be considered alive was a matter of debate.
Not to mention, there were other moral, ethical, and various other issues involved.
According to the suggestions of Academician Zhao Zhongji and the dean of the 301 Hospital, Lu Zhou, after discussing with Professor Liu Zuobing, finally decided to disclose the controversial cryonics technology in batches and in order.
Whether it was for the 301 Hospital or Lu Zhou himself, public opinion was actually quite small. However, it was better to use a relatively gentle method when there was a choice.
…
Beijing Medical University.
According to the script that the group of people discussed, Professor Liu Zuobing held a lecture on cryobiology here.
Even though cryobiology and cryobiology were as unpopular as their names suggested, there were still a lot of people who signed up for this lecture.
Many foreign friends even flew from as far away as Europe and North America.
There were only two known research units in the world that were leading this research direction. One was the "cryogenic dormancy chamber" project funded by NASA and jointly developed by aerospace companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Space-X. The other was the cryobiology laboratory project of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.
Because these two projects were linked to the aerospace industry, China, which currently had the upper hand in the space race, was generally expected to be the first to master this technology.
The cryobiology laboratory of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study hadn't published a single thesis in a year. Now that they suddenly held a lecture in Beijing, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.
After all, according to the usual practice, when Academician Lu was involved in a project at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, it was usually a key or even a core research project of the institute. If it wasn't major research progress or outstanding stage results, they generally wouldn't say anything.
Now that the news had been released, many people could vaguely sense that something was amiss. Naturally, they wouldn't let it slip by …
In a cafe near the Medical University.
After ordering a cappuccino, Lu Zhou walked to a secluded corner and sat down.
Because he was dressed the same as the students nearby, no one noticed his identity from the moment he entered to the moment he ordered a cup of coffee and sat down. He didn't cause any commotion.
However, when Chen Yushan came in, her mature and gentle temperament and beautiful appearance attracted a lot of boys and even little girls who hadn't stepped out of the campus yet.
"I'm sorry I interrupted your lecture," Chen Yushan said apologetically as she sat across from Lu Zhou. "Are you okay?"
Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "It's fine, I don't really understand anyway. I've studied chemistry before, but cryobiology is far from my field of expertise … What's wrong?"
"Nothing?" She stared at Lu Zhou for a long time and took a sip of coffee with a straw in her mouth. She said helplessly, "I just feel like … your chemistry is okay, it's a bit … too humble."
Actually, what she really wanted to say was that she wanted to hit someone, but this was just a relatively euphemistic expression.
However, Lu Zhou obviously didn't understand what she meant.
He thought she was complimenting him, so he smiled a little embarrassedly.
This was probably one of the few times he smiled in the past few days.
"You're too kind … Oh yeah, is there a result on the thing I asked you to do?"
"There is a result, otherwise, I wouldn't have dared to ask a busy person like you out." Chen Yushan casually teased Lu Zhou. She took out a stack of documents from her bag and placed it on the table. She said, "According to the honorable Academician Lu's instructions, I have registered a 100 million yuan fund for you.
"The fund will be operated by professional managers, and the main investment areas will be focused on food production, mining production, consumer sectors, and other sectors with low risks that are suitable for long-term holding … as well as the medical industry. At the same time, 20% of the annual income will be used to pay for staff salaries, facility maintenance, and other necessary expenses. The rest will continue to be deposited into the fund pool to ensure that the funds can form a virtuous cycle.
"At the same time, after the agreement is unfrozen, the fund will pay the Awakener a lump sum of money with the same purchasing power as the capital to pay for treatment costs and basic living expenses.
"The purchase threshold is set at one million yuan. The assessor will assess whether the buyer's motivation meets the purchase criteria based on fixed assets, occupation, social relations, and current health status to ensure that the technology is used in the right place … That's the basic situation, the specific details can be modified."
To put it simply, it was equivalent to a pension insurance that could be paid in one lump sum for fifty years or even longer. Also, only those who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and did not intentionally harm themselves were qualified to buy it.
As for why this fund was established …
Because Lu Zhou knew very well what the consequences might be if he didn't do this.
The consequences of abusing this technology were, of course, terrible, but trying to prevent the birth of this technology or turning it into the power of a small number of people was, in a sense, more terrible than the former.
Of course, there were always pros and cons to logic. On the bright side, just like Academician Zhao Zhongji said, the birth of this technology could give people who could not survive because of the disease a chance to choose whether to start a new life in the new world. This was always a good thing.
"Thank you."
Chen Yushan gently tucked her hair behind her ear and said, "You're welcome. Speaking of which, how is Ms. Vera Pulyuy doing? You guys already … "
Lu Zhou nodded.
"Already dormant."
The air was quiet for about ten seconds.
Chen Yushan looked at the traffic outside the window and sighed.
"This trip may be a bit long, but … it should be the best choice for her."
Lu Zhou nodded silently and didn't say anything.
Chen Yushan didn't know how to comfort him. She went silent for a while and suddenly changed the topic.
"Speaking of which, what's next? Do you plan on going back to Jinling? "
Lu Zhou thought for a bit and said, "I'll go home for the summer and then go back to school."
The things in Beijing were almost done. After the lecture was over, he planned on going home. He would wait until August was completely over before going back to Jin Ling University for the new school year.
First of all, he really needed to rest for a while, spend some time with his family, and relax his tense nerves.
Second of all, it was to avoid the limelight.
It was almost foreseeable that once the news of frozen dormancy was released, the sensational effect would push him to the forefront of public opinion. If he stayed in Beijing or Jinling, he wouldn't be able to live a peaceful life.
Chen Yushan seemed to be amused by this sentence, and she joked, "You still have summer vacations?"
Lu Zhou: "Why not? Professors … are also teachers, why don't they have summer vacations? "
The corner of Chen Yushan's mouth curled up, and she said with a smile, "Alright, if you say there is, then there is. But since you solved the difficult Riemann's conjecture, you should really take a break. "
Lu Zhou looked at her and said, "You already know?"
Hearing the unexpected tone in this sentence, Chen Yushan couldn't help but roll her eyes and ridicule.
"Of course I know! I pay attention to the news every day, okay? Don't make me sound like a caveman. I also saw you on the cover of Everyone Daily. Speaking of which, I really want to interview you. How does it feel to be on the cover of Everyone Daily? "
I'm on the cover of Everyone Daily?
When Lu Zhou heard this, he suddenly showed a surprised expression on his face.
However, he was only a little surprised.
After all, places like Everyone Daily and Central TV Department 1, he did not even know how many times he had been on them.
Chen Yushan, who was sitting across from him, held a straw and fiddled with the ice cubes in the cup.
"Ah, I thought you were good at mathematics, but I didn't expect you to be this good …"
Lu Zhou said, "… You just realized it now?"
"It's not like I have to realize it now." Chen Yushan rolled her eyes at Lu Zhou. She suddenly thought of something and said, "Do you think a director will make your story into a movie? Like 'A Beautiful Mind'. Speaking of which, when I was shopping on Amazon, I saw someone selling your biography … "
The smile on Lu Zhou's face suddenly froze, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.
"… What biography?"
"It's not your biography, it's more like a memoir. I remember it's called 'Professor Lu in My Eyes'. The author is a Brazilian mathematics professor. Apparently, he's a famous mathematician at the University of Sao Paulo — "
When Lu Zhou heard that the guy was from Brazil, he nearly spat out his coffee.
"Is his name Hadi?!"
Chen Yushan looked at Lu Zhou, who was emotionally unstable. She hesitated for a second before she nodded and said, "What? You read it? When did you secretly buy it? "
Lu Zhou: "…"
MMP！
I knew it was that idiot!
Lu Zhou wanted to travel back to six or seven years ago, snatch the resume from his hands, and shove it into a shredder.
It was the greatest shame of his life to let this fellow become one of his eldest disciples.
"But he did say that he was your student at Princeton … Then, are the things he said true?" Chen Yushan looked at Lu Zhou curiously and asked in an uncertain tone.
Lu Zhou said with a straight face, "Don't believe a word written by that guy."
Chen Yushan sighed and said, "… Okay then. Actually, I think some of the things he wrote are quite interesting. "
Lu Zhou: "…"
Although he was curious about what Chen Yushan meant by "interesting", for the sake of his good mood, he felt that it was better not to know too much.
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