"Exchange visit at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics … This is such a good opportunity, why didn't we mention it at the meeting?" Yuan Yuan looked at the email in his mailbox, as well as the attached announcement. He had a strange look on his face.
In the field of plasma physics, the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics was one of the top research institutes in the world, other than the PPPL Laboratory in Princeton.
Logically speaking, such an opportunity shouldn't be missed no matter what.
Zhuang Qingwei, who was sitting next to him, shook his head and said, "About that, don't even think about it."
Yuan Yuan frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
Zhuang Qingwei sighed and kindly said, "Look carefully at the organizer."
Yuan Yuan: "STAR Stellarator Research Institute … Is there a problem?"
Zhuang Qingwei: "Don't you know that Academician Zhou and Professor Lu don't get along?"
Yuan Yuan paused for a second and said, "Just because … of this?"
Zhuang Qingwei: "Of course not."
Yuan Yuan said angrily, "This … this is ridiculous!"
Zhuang Qingwei saw how angry Yuan Yuan was, so he shook his head and said, "There are still many opportunities for academic visits. You're about to be promoted to a senior official soon, so there's no need to offend Academician Zhou over something as small as this."
Yuan Yuan looked at the announcement on his computer screen and shook his head as he said, "How could this be a small matter?"
In the field of controllable nuclear fusion, there were many academic reports that one could attend, and there were also many international conferences that one could attend.
However, there were very few opportunities for him to come into contact with the core technology of the field.
As an engineer in this field, he knew how precious these opportunities were.
Take the water-cooled divertor on the WEGA as an example. If he could understand this technology, he could take it back and modify it. It could be used on the tokamak and the magnetized plasma interaction experiment.
Yuan Yuan shook his head reluctantly, but he couldn't muster up the courage to go against the head of the institute.
Also, it wasn't worth it.
He pushed the chair away and stood up, sighing to himself that it was a pity.
"I'm going out for a smoke."
Zhuang Qingwei: "Go ahead."
…
"We didn't make the deal with Southwest, sorry."
When he said this, Pan Changhong's old face was a little hot.
He had promised that as long as the Max Planck Institute agreed, he would take care of it.
In the end, Lu Zhou managed to negotiate with the Germans, and he even used his own things in exchange for this opportunity. On the other hand, Zhang Heng had dropped the ball on his own people.
He reported this matter to his superiors, but in fact, he also knew that it would not be of much use.
Zhou Chengfu was now the head of the Southwest Institute of Physics and the chief engineer of the China International Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Execution Center. He had billions of dollars in funding and hundreds of projects in his hands.
In the academic world, whoever had access to these resources was the father, or rather, the academic tycoon.
Especially the controllable nuclear fusion field. Most of the funding and projects for the four tokamaks and more than a dozen research institutes had to go through his hands.
Forget about the Southwest Institute of Physics, even the Institute of Matter of the Chinese Academy of Sciences had to respect him.
Even if the ministry came forward to get him, what could they do? So what if Academician Zhou was willing to let them go?
Even if they wanted to get the people back, the experts still had to "volunteer" to go.
Unless they were idiots who were not afraid of being punished by their superiors, or people who had already planned to resign, not many people in the government dared to step forward.
Even if the ministry knew about this, they would at most turn a blind eye and mediate from the side. They wouldn't be able to do anything to this old academician. Things in the academic world were not as easy to deal with as other places, especially when it came to academicians.
Honestly speaking, Academician Pan thought about it and realized that his thinking was too simple.
He thought that it was the same as it was ten years ago.
Back then, there weren't many "future engineering" experts in China, such as controllable nuclear fusion. There was a lack of talent to the point where even undergraduate students had to go to the frontlines. As for funding, the country didn't have that much money.
However, even though every step was difficult, with a wave of his arm, people still gathered from all over the world, relying on their passion to enter this industry.
Because of their hard work, the ITER program became the first "equal partner" in China's international scientific project.
Even though he had retired, he still remembered the excitement in their hearts. It was even more exciting than when they heard that Beijing had successfully bid for the Olympic Games.
After Lu Zhou heard the whole story from Academician Pan, he nodded and didn't say anything else about this matter.
"It's fine. I've considered this possibility as well. If the Southwest isn't willing, then there's no need to force them. We'll handle our own matters. "
Although he was eighty percent sure that he could solve this problem if he went to Shangjing.
However, his time was precious, and he did not have that much free time to waste on infighting with his own people.
In fact, even if he wasn't interested in power and authority, he knew that academia was never a pure place.
But even so, at the same time, he was also very clear.
At any time, results were more convincing than anything else.
When Academician Pan heard Lu Zhou's words, he sighed in relief.
Even though he was unhappy with Old Zhou's uncooperative attitude, he knew that it was better to focus on the bigger picture.
If they were to fight, neither side would benefit. Whether it was Old Zhou being kicked out of his current position or Lu Zhou leaving, it would ultimately hurt the future of China's controllable nuclear fusion project.
"You're right." Academician Pan nodded and said, "We can't count on Southwest anymore. I'll find a way to find someone else."
Lu Zhou thought for a bit and said, "I remember that Yuhua University has a research team of around thirty people. They have been researching stellarators for many years, and some of their engineers have received relevant training at the Australian National University. Sending them to Germany for an exchange should be better. "
Academician Pan frowned and said, "You're talking about Professor Gong's team? I'm afraid they don't have enough manpower. Also, even Yuhua University's controllable nuclear fusion project is funded by the China International Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Execution Center. "
Even if Zhou Chengfu didn't care about the stellarator project, he wouldn't even approve a stellarator project.
After all, even if he didn't agree with the stellarator technology, he didn't have a grudge against the stellarator.
However, if they got involved with Lu Zhou, then their future funding would be hard to say.
"Then just invite them all." Lu Zhou thought for a bit and said, "Anyway, they aren't that important right now. I'll cover all of their future funding."
When Academician Pan heard this, he smiled and shook his head.
"Okay then, I'll go tomorrow."
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