When it came to scientific research, the state's support was unambiguous.
Whether it was to not waste Lu Zhou's time or to let the higher-ups see that he was working hard, the day after the meeting with Old Lu, Lu Zhou received a call from Secretary Liu.
It was quite interesting that the number of times Lu Zhou and Secretary Liu had met could be counted on one hand. However, every time they met, Secretary Liu could easily create the illusion that the two were very familiar.
After a few polite words, Secretary Liu made an appointment with him on the phone.
In the afternoon, Lu Zhou met Secretary Liu's secretary, Zhao Zhengye. He was a man with glasses and looked very gentle.
"Hello, Professor Lu, I am Secretary Liu's secretary, Zhao Zhengye. You can call me Little Zhao," Secretary Zhao shook hands with Lu Zhou and spoke politely.
Lu Zhou let go of his hand and said with a smile, "You're older than me, it's not appropriate for me to call you Little Zhao, just call me Secretary Zhao."
"Then we'll do as you say," Secretary Zhao smiled and said, "This way please."
He drove Lu Zhou to the high-tech development zone.
After they found a place to park the car, Secretary Zhao took out a map with a circle drawn on it. He pointed at the marked places and spoke to Lu Zhou.
"This is the concept map of the Xianlin University High-Tech Development Zone. The first phase of the project has been completed, and the second phase of the project will be completed within a year. Because the policy has just come out, only 13 research units have moved into the entire development zone. Overall, there is still a lot of idle space.
"There are a few good office buildings not far from the subway station. They are still idle. If you like any of them, you can tell me."
Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "The nanomaterials experiment I'm doing requires a high degree of precision. It's difficult to meet the requirements of an ordinary office building. I hope you can help me find an empty space. I'll contact the construction company myself."
After listening to Lu Zhou's words, Secretary Zhao nodded. "No problem. There are many pieces of land here that haven't been sold yet. You can let me know if you're interested in one, and I'll help you report it to the secretary."
After studying the map for a while, Lu Zhou finally chose a piece of land that looked good on the map. It was the location of the research and development center.
As it turned out, his intuition was quite accurate.
Secretary Zhao drove him around the site. Whether it was the traffic or the environment, they were all quite good. It was a good place for research.
As for the specific construction plan, he would entrust Star Sky Technology's manager, White, to bid for the project and hire experts to evaluate the project standards. Lu Zhou didn't have to worry about these troublesome things.
On the other hand, according to the national subsidy policy, Lu Zhou enjoyed a great deal of preferential treatment in Canada.
In the university town, the price of a house was generally more than 30,000 yuan, and developers often paid more than 7 million yuan for an acre of land.
According to Old Lu's promise, if Lu Zhou invested 200 million yuan, the state would subsidize 30% of the land. If the investment exceeded 400 million yuan, the subsidy would be doubled. Lu Zhou's original plan was to invest 100 million US dollars, so the subsidy was obviously the highest standard.
The price given to Lu Zhou by the city bureau was 5 million yuan per acre. With the state's subsidy, he actually only needed to spend around 2 million yuan per acre.
This way, he would be able to invest more money in the equipment and experiment budget.
After the location of the research institute was completed.
Lu Zhou called White. The rest of the matter would be handled by Star Sky Technology, the Jinling City Government, and the construction company. He didn't have to worry about these trivial matters.
Before the research institute was built, Lu Zhou could only borrow the Jin Ling University's site. Fortunately, in the new campus, there were many experimental buildings that had just been built, and Jin Ling University was willing to help him.
Dean Li from the chemistry department even personally brought Lu Zhou to Jin Ling University's campus to choose an experimental site.
The two walked around the campus and chatted.
Dean Li smiled and said, "They say that Princeton has the smartest brains in the world. Professor Lu has been working at Princeton for almost a year, do you have any thoughts about it?"
Lu Zhou thought for a second and said, "My biggest thought is that it's a pity."
Dean Li said, "Oh? Why is it a pity? "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "In terms of undergraduate education, the brains of Princeton's freshmen are actually not much better than those geniuses who just finished their college entrance exams. At least in terms of high school education, we're not behind. In fact, we have our own advantages. "
Lu Zhou paused for a second and spoke.
"However, starting from the undergraduate level, the gap between the two will continue to increase. Not only is the gap limited to the individual level, but it's also the overall level. When it comes to the master's level, it's very difficult to compare. "
Dean Li said, "Professor Lu, this is too unfair. Princeton's undergraduate education is top-notch in the world. Forget about us, even Harvard and MIT can't compete with Princeton in terms of undergraduate education. "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Yeah, that's why I think it's a pity."
After a pause, he ended this slightly heavy topic and continued.
"Actually, I've always wanted to follow Princeton's model and build an Institute for Advanced Study next to Jin Ling University."
Dean Li hesitated and said, "This is a good idea, but I'm afraid it won't be easy to implement."
Lu Zhou nodded and said, "You're right."
It wasn't easy to replicate the success of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.
If they just built a building next to Jin Ling University, hired some researchers to do research, and then had a teaching position at Jin Ling University, it would just be an imitation.
The end result of such an advanced research institute would at most be a postdoctoral station at Jin Ling University, or a second graduate school. There was no point in doing so, and it would waste a lot of resources.
Dean Li: "The original intention of the Princeton Institute of Advanced Study was to be a platonic research institution. To be honest, this kind of idealistic research institution will have a hard time surviving in China. Even if it survives, it will be difficult to produce results. "
"I'll try it slowly. Maybe it's because I'm young, but I'm quite optimistic about my abilities." Lu Zhou smiled and said in a joking tone, "How about we call this research institute the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials Science?"
Academician Li smiled and said, "Sure, if you don't mind, we'll welcome you with open arms! Jin Ling University is planning to open a computational materials science department, how about you become a part-time department head? I'll pick a few top students for you to train? "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "There's no need to be a department head. I'm afraid I might trick all of the chemistry department's talents into doing mathematics."
"No way, I don't want to lose money!"
Both of them were bragging in a joking tone. Neither of them took their words seriously.
However, even though Lu Zhou said those words in a joking tone, after hearing Dean Li's proposal, he couldn't help but think about this problem seriously.
The battlefield was the best training ground. This time, the country's big move in the field of new energy was not only a battle to conquer photovoltaic materials and lithium-sulfur batteries, but it was also an opportunity to train research talents.
He didn't have to completely copy the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study model. He could completely explore a model that was suitable for the Chinese academic environment.
If this model proved to be feasible, he would try to promote it to mathematics and physics.
Regardless of whether it was successful or not, this was a meaningful thing.
Lu Zhou said in a half-joking tone, "Then I have to make a request."
Dean Li said, "What do you want? Tell me!"
Lu Zhou only said one word.
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