At the end of October 2000, the National Science and Technology Work Conference was held in the capital. The conference deployed four key points of science and technology work during the "15th Five-Year Plan": First, strengthen technological innovation to provide a strong impetus for economic structural adjustment. Second, strengthen original innovation and enhance the ability of continuous scientific and technological innovation. Third, accelerate the innovation of the science and technology system and promote the construction of the national innovation system. Fourth, create a good environment and conditions to strengthen the construction of a high-quality scientific and technological talent team.
Since then, scientific and technological achievements in different disciplines have been released at the annual science and technology work conferences, and then the next ten or twenty years, as well as the previous poverty-stricken foundation period, together constituted a long and difficult journey for China to modernize.
During the break of the meeting, Professor Li Taihang met Professor Zhao Qiangguang from Tsinghua University who was also attending the meeting. As members of the "863 Plan", the two had some common topics, and their research fields overlapped. They would keep each other informed, and even at the competitive level, they would test each other's abilities.
This Zhao Qiangguang was the one who approached the admissions office of Tsinghua No. 10 Middle School to recruit Cheng Ran into Tsinghua University. He was also the professor who said the famous saying "Li Taihang is too cunning because he is close to the water tower" after learning that Cheng Ran entered Central South University of Science and Technology.
The two sides chatted about their opinions on related fields and industries for a while, and Zhao Qiangguang suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, how is the situation of Cheng Ran after he was recruited into your university? Is he used to the relevant fields?"
Li Taihang was stunned for a moment, half closing his eyelids, as if he was thinking about something.
Zhao Qiguang said unhappily, "It's Cheng Feiyang's son."
"Oh oh..." Li Taihang suddenly realized, squinting his eyes and said, "Oh, if you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten... Well, you said this child, after all, he is a child. After entering university, he can't concentrate, and gradually there is no movement. It seems that his grades are really ordinary..."
"Is it because of your major or something else? If you find that your major is not right, you should adjust it immediately..."
"It's not that he's not professional enough, it's that he's just too relaxed... I hope he can be more serious."
"That's such a pity. So, I should have come to Tsinghua University..."
"It's a pity, but it's the same. If I go to Tsinghua University, I will be expelled..."
The communication time during the meeting was short, and the two quickly separated. When Zhao Qiangguang carried Li Taihang on his back and walked forward, Li Taihang sneered.
You are still thinking about the kids in your circle... Don't you see who I am? How can I let you, Zhao Qiangguang, succeed
Professor Zhao walked into the conference room, and was also full of complaints: You are just pretending, you are all thousand-year-old foxes, who are you acting with? But this Li Taihang is really too cunning, not to mention that he poached people from Tsinghua University and Peking University, now he is keeping a tight lid on them, it is difficult to find an opportunity...
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However, the conversation with Zhao Qiangguang in the capital did give Li Taihang an idea. It was true that Cheng Ran had already been at Central South University of Science and Technology for two months so far, but no one knew what the situation was. On the one hand, he was indeed busy. On the other hand, although he was the director of the Academic Committee of the USTC Research Institute, he had basically not returned to school activities in the past two months. He was always running around outside. He stayed in the capital the longest. With various matters pressing down on him every day, he had unknowingly neglected many of USTC's work. Naturally, there were assistant researchers to help take care of it, and he had no time to ask about Cheng Ran's situation at USTC.
However, Cheng Ran was only a freshman after all, and this was only the first step in a long journey to the route that Li Taihang had expected and planned for him.
When he was thinking about this, Cheng Ran suddenly called him, which made Li Taihang feel that it was really a mysterious coincidence.
Maybe it was because the energy in his brain was too strong, similar to some quantum mechanism, which affected the young Cheng Ran from the University of Science and Technology, causing the situation to turn out to be unsolved
After answering the phone, Li Taihang smiled and asked Cheng Ran about his situation in college. Was the 100,000 yuan scholarship in place? The joke about the scholarship between him and Cheng Ran seemed to have become a special event between the two. Of course, he also knew that Cheng Ran didn't need 100,000 yuan at all.
"Old man, you are in a meeting at the Ministry of Science and Technology... It's amazing. Just thinking about it makes me feel like it's a huge mountain."
"When you look up at the mountain, don't forget that the people who became the mountain also did the same thing. Some people climbed up step by step for decades, and when they look back, they can see all the other mountains as small. This is how academic research works. How is your life at HKUST... How is it... Are you adapting well?"
"I'm still adapting to it for now..."
"temporary?"
“… I found a group of like-minded friends and after discussing it, we decided to form an academic group with internal competition. On the one hand, we can encourage each other to learn, and on the other hand, we hope to attract some outstanding people to come in and support and supplement the knowledge needed by each other.”
"Oh... This is a very good thing. If there was such a place for academic exchange when I was in college, I would definitely come here to absorb knowledge."
"But it's not just that... We are also planning to expand outward, using the talent advantage of USTC to more accurately connect with some external companies, introduce some equipment, and cooperate on technology. We can even become a university experimental point for some companies..."
"You want to do big things! This is a great thing." Li Taihang's mind was filled with lightning. He had seen the process that ignited his horizons. If anyone else said the same thing to him today, even if they were not undergraduates, but graduate students or doctoral students, he would doubt whether the other person was just bragging.
But when it comes to the person on the phone, Li Taihang knows that he won't do that. Just from his identity, it's definitely not just empty talk when he talks about connecting with external companies and jointly conducting experiments with companies.
In fact, this may not be the fundamental reason why Li Taihang wanted to get Cheng Ran into Central South University of Science and Technology. That is, students like Cheng Ran, who enter the university, can play a greater role than some university professors in monetizing academic resources and grabbing commercial and social resources from the outside world.
Now listening to Cheng Ran talking about the idea of the association he was going to establish, Li Taihang instinctively thought of Zhao Qiangguang from Tsinghua University whom he met at the science and technology work conference. He thought that it was a good thing that he intercepted it midway and did not let Cheng Ran pass it to Zhao Qiangguang and his colleagues at Tsinghua University. Otherwise, the one listening to Cheng Ran's report now would be that turtle-faced Zhao Qiangguang.
"This is great! College life should be meaningful. I think what you are doing is meaningful. Studying blindly is not enough. We should read books to their full potential. Not only should we read books to their full potential, but we should also keep up with the times and have a long-term vision. Cheng Ran, I am very pleased that you are doing this..."
"Now there's a little problem..."
"Hmm? What do you mean? Do you want people, technology or equipment? I can find people from the scientific research institute. If you want a professor to guide you, I can arrange it for you. I guarantee that you have the real skills..."
"no… "
"What is that!?"
"It was reported to the Youth League Committee... but it didn't pass."
"… "
"There's a ping pong ball in my fucking head!"