While Lu Zhou was reaching a consensus with Professor Green, there was a strange figure outside his office at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.
The man hesitated for a bit before he knocked on the door and walked into the office.
"Is this Professor Lu Zhou's office?"
Vera put down her pen and said, "Yes, why are you looking for Professor Lu?"
The old man looked at the office and said, "I'm looking for him … Did he take a day off today?"
"No." Vera shook her head and said, "But he went out this morning."
The old man asked, "Can you tell me where to find him?"
"He's been at the John Norman Supercomputer Research Center for the past few days. If you want to find him, go there."
"Supercomputer Center? Okay … Thank you. "The old man nodded and was about to leave the office.
However, the office door was suddenly pushed open.
Lu Zhou, who had just returned from the John Norman Supercomputer Research Center with data, walked in like a meteor.
When Lu Zhou saw Lazerson, he paused for a second.
At first, he thought he was mistaken.
Because at the end of last year, Professor Lazerson went to Germany's Wendelstein 7-X laboratory for an exchange. The two had been communicating by email.
Lu Zhou hadn't heard that Lu Zhou was coming back.
"Lazerson? My dear friend, you're back from Germany? When did you come back? "
Lazerson looked at his watch.
"I got off the plane about five hours ago …"
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Anyway, welcome back! Actually, I was about to send you some good news, but it looks like I don't have to. Come here, I'll show you something. "
Professor Lazerson looked at Lu Zhou's excited face and hesitated for a bit. However, he still followed Lu Zhou to the computer.
Lu Zhou opened the laptop and plugged in the USB. He then opened the simulation software.
Professor Lazerson looked at the circular image drawn by green, red, and yellow lines on the screen. He had a surprised look on his face.
"Amazing … You actually did it?"
"There's still one last step. I need to use the supercomputer to complete the verification of the model. It might take a few more days. But I've basically completed this mathematical model. "Lu Zhou smirked and said," Isn't it amazing? "
"Yes …" Lazerson hesitated and coughed. "Congratulations! This mathematical model alone was worthy of a physics award. Also, I came back this time mainly to tell you something. I hope you won't be too surprised after hearing it. "
Lu Zhou noticed Professor Lazerson's serious expression. He paused for a second and spoke in a serious tone.
"What is it?"
Lazerson: "I'm going to resign."
Although he was prepared for the shocking news he might say, Lu Zhou still didn't expect it to be this.
Lu Zhou looked at Lazerson and asked in disbelief, "Resign?"
"Yes." Professor Lazerson nodded and said, "The He-3 atom probe technology is an excellent plasma diagnostic technology. I have a feeling that it will become a standard for every plasma physics research institute in the future. If I have to bring a group of engineers to the site to design and construct every He-3 atom probe, it would be too troublesome. Therefore, I want to design a standardized device that can be directly disassembled or installed. It would be best if it was connected to a power source. "
This news sounds …
Lu Zhou didn't know what to say.
After five seconds of silence, Lu Zhou finally couldn't help but say, "You're already a project manager. Maybe in a few years, you can even become a PPPL laboratory director … Is it worth it?"
"It's not worth it. In my opinion, promoting the He-3 technology is more meaningful than being a PPPL project manager or research institute director. Not to mention, what's in it for me to be a PPPL laboratory director? I'd rather have a budget of a few million US dollars to do research that I like than to have hundreds of millions of US dollars in funding and not have a single dollar for myself. "
Lu Zhou: "But … My dear Professor Lazerson, how many plasma physics research institutes can afford your equipment? Or are they willing to order your equipment? "
"That's not a problem. I'm not worried about the order." Professor Lazerson smiled and said, "I know you don't care about the money. After all, you rejected the million-dollar Millennium Prize award."
Lu Zhou said, "I didn't reject it, I just postponed the award!"
"Okay, okay, postponing the award isn't the main point." Professor Lazerson waved his hand and said, "Back to the topic, even though my company has just started, I've already negotiated two deals worth more than ten million US dollars."
Whether it was in China or abroad, it wasn't uncommon to jump from academia to the business world.
Especially for a technical engineer like Professor Lazerson, he was far more efficient at transforming technology into products than a normal theorist.
Not just that, but with his connections in the academic circle, he could easily get orders from major plasma physics research institutes. His peers in the plasma physics community were willing to entrust their work to him as long as the price was acceptable.
However, this wasn't good news for Lu Zhou.
It wasn't because of the uneven distribution of profits.
He didn't plan on making money from the He-3 probe technology, and he planned on registering a patent. The main purpose of the He-3 probe technology was to facilitate his own experiments. He was also happy to see someone turn it into a product, it would save him a lot of trouble.
However, he didn't expect Lazerson to be the one to do this.
If Professor Lazerson chose to quit, he would undoubtedly lose an excellent partner.
Lu Zhou tried to persuade him, "You're already in your fifties, I suggest you think about it carefully before making a decision."
Professor Lazerson shook his head and said, "Fifty years old isn't that old, my heart is young. I've been thinking about it for a long time. I came here today mainly to say goodbye to you. "
Lu Zhou looked at Professor Lazerson's determined eyes, and he knew that there was no point in trying to persuade him.
He went silent for a while before he sighed and said, "I wish you good luck … If there's anything I can help with, please don't hesitate to ask."
Although Lu Zhou didn't want to leave, everyone had their own choices.
Professor Lazerson was his partner, not his employee. Lu Zhou didn't have the right to interfere with Professor Lazerson's decision.
When Professor Lazerson heard the second half of Lu Zhou's sentence, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Really? You're willing to help me? "
When Lu Zhou saw how happy Professor Lazerson was, he paused for a second and said, "Of course … But it depends on what it is."
"Ahem, here's the thing … Even though I've raised a certain amount of funds, there's still a funding gap. Of course, I've considered getting a bank loan, but it's not easy for a high-tech company to borrow money from a bank. "Professor Lazerson cleared his throat and said embarrassedly," Are you interested in investing? "
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