Shanghai.
A restaurant near the ILHCRC headquarters.
Witten was bored waiting for food to be served. Normally, he would find something to do. Sometimes he would read papers, sometimes he would read the latest physics news, or read some magazines or other hobbies.
He was flipping through the newspaper that he had brought from his office. Suddenly, he frowned and spoke.
"Whittle has gone crazy."
Upon hearing this, Frank Wilczek, who was sitting across from him, cast a questioning look at him.
Witten paused for a second and spoke.
"He's trying to use public sentiment to kidnap the Brookhaven Science Society, bringing in things that shouldn't have been brought into the academic community. He's trying to force some scholars to make a choice."
Frank Wilczek raised his eyebrows and said, "Then what's your choice?"
"If I had to make a choice, I would choose to stay here for the time being." Witten put down the newspaper in his hand and said, "No matter what experiment he's doing, this is the first experiment of the Lunar Hadron Collider. Don't you think it's memorable whether or not it can produce a satisfactory result? "
Witten paused for a second and spoke with a smile.
"Not to mention, the physics community hasn't been this lively in a long time."
Wilczek drank his lemonade and was speechless.
"I hope it won't be this lively."
Other than bringing a lot of trouble, there was no benefit to being lively. Theoretical physics was a subject that all humans could benefit from. In his opinion, whether it was Lu Zhou's approach or Whittle's and the Brookhaven Science Society's approach, it was a bit irrational.
Of course, he knew that.
There weren't that many rational things in this world.
If he could, of course, he hoped that the Lunar Hadron Collider could be used for more meaningful projects, such as the "time crystal" theory that he was recently researching.
Unfortunately, even if he wanted to, he would have to wait until next year.
…
Perhaps the warning from the United States Department of Energy didn't work, so the Brookhaven National Laboratory finally expressed their stance with practical actions.
As the center of theoretical physics in North America, the withdrawal of the Brookhaven National Laboratory was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the ILHCRC … At least in the eyes of others.
After all, in the entire ILHCRC, physicists and engineers from North America accounted for at least 23% of all positions. Researchers from the Brookhaven National Laboratory accounted for more than half of them.
This was only counting the fixed positions, not the visiting scholars who were more mobile. Regardless of whether they had a direct relationship with the Brookhaven National Laboratory, their decisions would more or less be affected by this incident.
The news of Brookhaven National Laboratory leaving the ILHCRC had spread throughout the ILHCRC.
Almost everyone was discussing this matter and how it might affect the cooperation between China and the United States in physics.
Especially the physicists from North America.
Although they were dissatisfied with Lu Zhou's arbitrary approach, Whittle's attempt to kidnap them to withdraw from the ILHCRC also aroused many people's disgust. Regardless of which side they drew a line with, it didn't seem to be a good thing for them personally.
In any case, this incident had a significant impact on the progress of the 750 GeV characteristic peak project.
Chairman's office.
Secretary-General Luo Wenxuan came here again and reported the latest situation to Lu Zhou.
"… The Brookhaven National Laboratory has formally submitted a written application to me, requesting to withdraw from all scientific research cooperation projects in 2023 and recalling their researchers and engineers in Shanghai."
Luo Wenxuan had a complicated expression on his face when he reported this matter.
He didn't expect the Brookhaven National Laboratory to react so strongly. They directly protested against the ILHCRC's "insistence".
Lu Zhou glanced at the document on the table. He signed his name on it and threw it back to Luo Wenxuan.
Seeing how Lu Zhou didn't say a word, Luo Wenxuan couldn't help but ask, "You don't seem to care at all?"
"What's there to care about?" Lu Zhou looked at him strangely and said, "They already paid anyway, I don't care if they signed the paper or not."
Luo Wenxuan: "…"
Lu Zhou's words made so much sense that he didn't know what to say.
After hesitating for a while, Luo Wenxuan finally spoke out of goodwill to remind his friend.
"Um, about the 750 GeV characteristic peak …"
Lu Zhou: "What?"
Luo Wenxuan tried to persuade him, "I read CERN's paper yesterday. Their experiment seems to be very detailed. There's really nothing there … If there's really nothing there, it'll be hard for us to get out of this."
When Lu Zhou heard this, he suddenly smiled. He put down the pen in his hand and looked up at him.
"You understand it?"
Luo Wenxuan sighed and said, "Ah, I know you look down on me, but I understand the paper."
Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "I've never looked down on anyone. Then tell me, how did you understand it?"
"How am I supposed to tell you, anyway …" Luo Wenxuan made a helpless expression and said, "Anyway, they've already done all the experiments."
Lu Zhou: "They've already done proton collisions?"
Luo Wenxuan: "Of course they have, the experiment records are still there."
Lu Zhou: "What about heavy ion collisions?"
Luo Wenxuan said, "Heavy … heavy ion collisions? Why would they need heavy ion collisions at the 750 GeV characteristic peak? "
Lu Zhou asked, "Then why did you build a collider?"
"…"
Luo Wenxuan opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word.
"If you have nothing better to do, read some useful papers. I didn't ask you to do administrative work for you to completely throw away your academic work. If you're curious about why I want to do heavy ion collisions, just do a few experiments with me and you'll understand. Here."
Luo Wenxuan subconsciously took the stack of A4 paper that Lu Zhou threw at him. He paused for a second and spoke.
He paused for a second and asked, "What is this?"
Lu Zhou said impatiently, "Take it and read it. If you don't understand, ask me. If you understand, come help me."
Luo Wenxuan: "…"
If you don't explain yourself, who the f * ck will understand?
Luo Wenxuan was about to ask Lu Zhou what kind of work he was going to do when Lu Zhou suddenly raised his right hand.
"Don't say anything."
Luo Wenxuan: "?"
Lu Zhou's eyes were locked on the blueprints on the table. He frowned and spoke in a deep voice.
"Coming."
Luo Wenxuan: "…"
Is this … the meaning of inspiration?
Do I still want to read this thesis?
Luo Wenxuan felt like this "small problem" would be solved in less than a year. He looked at the thick stack of theses in his hand and sighed in his heart.
Sigh.
Being an assistant to an awesome boss was so boring …
Lamp pen
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