Lu Zhou rested at home until the 15th of January. He then accompanied Xiao Tong on the journey back to school.
After a few hours of traveling, the Harmony finally arrived at Jinling station.
After Lu Zhou got off the high-speed train, he planned on taking the subway to school. However, before he could leave the station, he received a call from Old Tang.
"Where are you?"
Lu Zhou: "At the station, I'm about to transfer to the subway. Why?"
Old Tang smiled and said, "Don't transfer to the subway, just come out."
Lu Zhou said, "You're not coming to pick me up, right? It's only a few steps to transfer to the subway, I'm so embarrassed. "
"Ha, you're embarrassed?" Old Tang smiled and said, "Okay, I'm not going to talk to you anymore. Don't worry about being embarrassed. Tell that to Academician Xu, I'm not that embarrassed."
When Lu Zhou heard Academician Xu, he was a little surprised.
There was only one Academician Xu at Jin Ling University, which was the principal of Jin Ling University. Although he was not flattered that the principal of Jin Ling University personally came to pick him up, he was still surprised.
Lu Zhou thought for a long time and could not remember what big news he had recently.
The lithium dendrites thesis that was published in Nature was half a year ago.
It seemed like the principal really wanted to find him.
…
Lu Zhou did not make the two professors wait for long. He took Xiao Tong out of the high-speed train station.
At the main entrance, two black commercial cars were parked one after the other. Even if they did not match the license plate number, they would definitely recognize it.
Xiao Tong was a little muddled by the reception. He nervously poked his brother's arm and asked, "Brother, who are these people?"
Lu Zhou simply replied, "You're the principal, you don't know anyone else."
Xiao Tong: "Oh oh … What?!"
While the two were talking, the car door opened. Academician Xu and Professor Tang got out of the car and greeted Lu Zhou with a smile.
"Professor Lu, you're finally here."
Lu Zhou shook Academician Xu's hand and said with a smile, "Sorry to keep you waiting, how have you been?"
"How have you been?" Academician Xu smiled and paused for a second. He then looked at Xiao Tong, who was hiding behind Lu Zhou, and said, "Xiao Tong, I have something to discuss with your brother. How about I ask Teacher Hou to take you to school?"
Mr. Hou was probably the driver of the car behind them. He was probably not a professor, but an administrative instructor. His rank was unknown.
Apparently, the school knew that apart from Lu Zhou, his sister was also coming back to school, so they specially sent two cars. His attentive attitude made Lu Zhou even more certain that his alma mater needed his help.
As for Xiao Tong, he was a little dumbfounded at this moment.
Although she knew that her brother was amazing, she did not expect that the principal would remember the name of one of her students.
She looked at Lu Zhou and saw that her brother nodded. Xiao Tong then dragged her suitcase and walked to the car behind them.
Lu Zhou and Academician Xu sat in the back seat of the car. When the car started, Lu Zhou asked.
After the car started, Academician Xu asked, "Academician Xu, can you tell me what's going on? What is it? "
"Actually, it's not a big deal." Academician Xu paused for a second and said, "Just a month ago, China's Ministry of Science and Technology, together with several ministries, issued a new energy technology research and development program. It established a series of development directions from photovoltaic technology to a new generation of battery technology. In response to the call of the country's energy development strategy and the outline of the 13th Five-Year Plan, Jin Ling University also took up the responsibility.
"The city bureau also supports Beijing's decision. They plan to build a high-tech development zone along the Jin Ling University City subway line to integrate the talent resources of major universities in Jin Ling. The leaders of Beijing attached great importance to this matter, and they specially sent a task force here.
"The leader of the task force is the head of the Energy Bureau. He heard that you are going back to Princeton after Chinese New Year, so he specifically arranged for you to be the first stop on his schedule."
Academician Xu looked at Lu Zhou and smiled.
After Lu Zhou heard this, he only had one reaction.
This is not a f * cking big deal?
After cursing in his heart, he continued, "Did he say why he wanted to see me?"
Academician Xu smiled and said, "I don't know the specifics. But I promise you, it's definitely something good. "
…
Lu Zhou obviously believed Academician Xu's words.
After the group of people returned to school, Lu Zhou met Academician Li and someone else in an office in the chemistry teaching and research building.
They had met before in Boston.
"Professor Lu, we meet again." Lu Kaimin smiled at Lu Zhou and reached out his right hand.
Lu Zhou smiled and shook hands with him as he said, "Hello, Director Lu."
When Lu Zhou was in Boston, Professor Lu personally visited him and asked for his opinion on the development of lithium battery technology.
Although Professor Lu was visiting as a government official, and he was still in China, he did not show much of an official's prestige.
Whether it was because he was really kind or out of respect for an internationally renowned scholar, the fact that he was able to treat a young man in his twenties with an equal attitude was enough to prove that he was not an ordinary person.
"Don't call me director, just call me Mr. Lu." Professor Lu let go of Lu Zhou's hand and said, "I originally planned to visit you in Jinling, but the task force has a lot of arrangements, so I can't leave. Therefore, I have to trouble you to come to Jinling. I hope Professor Lu doesn't mind. "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Of course not, I also wanted to visit my alma mater."
Professor Lu nodded and paused for a second. He put on a serious expression and looked at Lu Zhou as he said, "After talking to you in Boston last time, I went back to Beijing and told the higher-ups about your opinion. After the discussion of the expert group, we finally determined that lithium-sulfur batteries are indeed the most suitable choice. "
Lu Zhou was not surprised by China's decision.
Compared to lithium-air batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries were undoubtedly more practical. Since the country set the general direction, it meant that more funding could be put into this field. Instead of wasting money on research that had no practical significance other than being published in Nature and Science.
Of course, Lu Zhou was not naive enough to think that his opinion could really influence the country's decision. The only thing that had an impact was that what he said in Boston was at most a vote for lithium-sulfur batteries.
And he was also very happy to see that his vote had worked.
Lu Zhou said, "Lithium-sulfur batteries are a very promising direction, I'm happy to see the country make the right choice."
"Thanks to Professor Lu's guidance," Old Lu said with a smile. He paused for a moment and said, "Actually, I came to visit you this time mainly to ask for your help."
Lu Zhou: "Help?"
"Yes." Professor Lu nodded seriously and said, "Energy development is the top priority of China's industrial production. In order to implement the Made in China 2025 plan, we need batteries with higher energy storage performance. This kind of battery should be low-cost, simple, and highly recyclable.
"However, the general feedback from the industry is that there are many theoretical problems that need to be solved in order to produce this kind of battery. Otherwise, the safety and recyclability can't be effectively guaranteed.
"Although we don't want to dominate, we can't allow others to build patent barriers on the international trade platform and set up a bridgehead to snipe our new energy strategy."
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