After listening to Lu Zhou's words, Lu Kaimin went silent for a bit.
After a while, he spoke.
"Thank you for your valuable advice, we will consider it seriously."
Lu Zhou nodded and did not continue to speak.
He did not need to rely on gimmicks to get funding, so his words were more direct.
Out of responsibility, he gave his advice, but it was not up to him to decide whether to use it or not.
Also, Mr. Lu would not only listen to his side of the story, but also integrate the experience of many experts. When it came to specific production, performance, safety, and other aspects, battery engineers had more say.
The group of people continued to eat, and after that, they basically talked about life and family matters.
Other than Mr. Lu and Dean Li, the two old guys, who used the tone of an elder to tease the younger generation, they didn't talk about any serious topics.
After chatting with Old Lu, Lu Zhou suddenly realized that his originally difficult to calm down state of mind seemed to have unconsciously adjusted.
It was not because he had a sense of mission in academia.
It was because he suddenly realized that not only scholars in academia were listening to his reports, but his opinions were also outside of the academic circle.
The rise and fall of a company, the development strategy of a country, and even the future of the world were all subtly influenced by his theses.
He did not even need a thesis.
It was not an exaggeration to say that he only needed to move his finger and shout "lithium-air batteries are good" on Weibo, and a batch of research funding would immediately go in this direction. Maybe the company's stock price would go up by a lot … Of course, people would definitely criticize him for doing this.
For the entire world, what he did might only be a small amount of work, but the changes it brought could be seen with the naked eye.
In contrast, the shock brought by the 400 million yuan was not that exciting …
Emm …
Okay then.
Even if it did, it would only be a little bit.
…
The next day, the MRS conference continued. There were many interesting reports, and Lu Zhou paid attention to them.
This was a good opportunity to get in touch with the cutting-edge research field. Anyone who wanted to make a difference in this field would not miss this opportunity.
It was not just an exchange of academic issues.
At the conference, he also met many interesting people, especially an amazing person whose life was full of legends.
This person was the legendary David. When it came to computational chemistry, it was hard not to mention this name.
He became a professor at Columbia University before the age of 30, and as a top expert in large-scale parallel computing, he was already famous in the academic community.
However, Columbia University was located in New York, and it was full of business elites who made millions of dollars every minute. They lived a life of debauchery, luxury cars, and beautiful women.
If a normal man were to stay in such an environment, his mentality would definitely change.
David Shaw was no exception. After sitting on the bench as a professor for a few years, he finally couldn't sit still anymore and entered the big vat of Wall Street.
Everyone thought that he would end up like those professors who couldn't stand the loneliness, silently drowning in this big dye vat.
However, the final result shocked everyone. In less than ten years, his name became a legend on Wall Street.
Through his self-created large-scale parallel computing high-frequency trading model, David cut US $4.1 billion in the capital market and entered the top 500 of the global wealth list.
Obviously, at this time, he had everything he wanted but couldn't get.
If this was the case, his legend would at most stay on Wall Street and become one of the chicken soup for fund managers.
However, when he reached the peak of his life, he suddenly had an epiphany.
Yes, this guy suddenly realized that this wasn't the life he really wanted!
Also, his epiphany wasn't like a mountain village teacher.
When he was at the peak of his life, this nutty guy suddenly took off his suit and returned to academia.
For him, who didn't lack money anymore, he no longer had to beg NIH and NSF officials for some pitiful funding. He would spend money wherever he needed, and he didn't care about his business prospects outside of academia.
Can't someone in computational chemistry get a supercomputer?
Rent one? Buy one?
No, he built his own supercomputer!
Then, the "Star Destroyer" in the field of molecular dynamics, the famous supercomputer Anton, appeared out of nowhere.
Honestly, even a novel wouldn't dare to write this.
"… You're a genius in mathematics, and I'm a genius in large-scale parallel computing. We can work together to build a new framework for the entire computational chemistry field. Think about it, 100 years from now, when people talk about computational chemistry, they will think of us. We will be the founders of this field! "
David, who was sitting across from Lu Zhou, spoke to him at the official party hosted by MRS.
Although most people who called themselves geniuses would be regarded as a performance of narcissism, perhaps because he had been on Wall Street for a long time, when this man said this sentence, it was as natural as breathing, and it didn't make people feel uncomfortable.
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Then 100 years from now, a group of young people will complain to their textbooks, saying what the hell is this guy writing?"
"That's right, that's how it feels." David snapped his fingers and said, "How about it, are you interested?"
"I'm interested." Lu Zhou smiled and said, "If you have more specific ideas, you can find me in Princeton."
"No problem," David smiled and said, "If you find any interesting mathematical models that require a supercomputer, you can also find me in New York."
When Lu Zhou heard about a supercomputer, he said, "Actually, I've always been interested in supercomputers. I even plan on buying one."
"That's a good idea, but that thing costs a lot of money." David suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh yeah, did you sign the patent licensing agreement with Umicore?"
Lu Zhou: "I signed the letter of intent, why?"
David had an 'as expected' expression on his face as he poured himself a glass of red wine and slowly said, "If I were you, I would consider the tax issue at this time."
Lu Zhou frowned and said, "I still have to pay taxes?"
David said confidently, "Of course, as long as this money enters the United States, it won't escape the eyes or nose of the IRS … Honestly, their nose is better than dogs. Also, you're a professor at Princeton now, so I'm guessing you changed your visa. "
Lu Zhou nodded seriously.
Indeed, he had to pay taxes for his salary as a mathematics professor. However, the 400,000 yuan that Princeton gave him was an annual salary after taxes, so he never paid any attention to it.
Lu Zhou asked, "Is there any way to avoid it?"
David smiled confidently.
"That's easy, you can open an account on an island. Of course, my suggestion is that you can set up a patent management company in the Cayman Islands and hire a few accountants with the interest from your bank account. This is how Microsoft and IBM handle their intellectual property income. There are a lot of law firms on Wall Street that do this. "
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