Zhao Yi gathered the leaders of the research groups to discuss the insufficient conversion efficiency of solar panels. After the eting, the leaders shared the issue with the rest of the team.
At Yixing Technology’s research and developnt base, there were only a few dozen technical staff, and soon everyone was aware of the news.
The leaders cut to the chase and assigned a task. They asked anyone who wanted to win the prize money to submit an "inspiration report".
The prize of two hundred thousand yuan was still very attractive.
Actually, two hundred thousand yuan might sound like a lot, but for the technical staff at Yixing’s research base, it wasn’t an especially tempting figure.
Each mber of the Yixing research base was among the most elite international talents.
There were two managers who ca from the Aerospace Bureau’s technical developnt background, who signed on with annual salaries of millions, not to ntion internal stock options linked to years of service.
The ordinary technical staff’s salaries were generally more than twenty thousand yuan, and with benefits including the five insurances and one fund, project bonuses, and year-end bonuses, one could say they earned an annual salary of four to five hundred thousand.
But twenty thousand was still the equivalent of several months’ wages, and the main draw was the ability to provide just an idea, not necessarily to solve the problem. Besides, contributing ideas to so of the world’s top scientists was, in itself, quite an incredible feat.
So many were quite eager, treating this task as an actual job.
The third research group, internally known as the "Power Departnt", was primarily engaged in the developnt of technology for flight vehicles to take off, land, and turn.
There was an intern in group three who had just joined the company half a month ago nad Sun Jianxin. He graduated from the Mathematics Departnt of Shuimu University and then went on to study for his master’s at the California Institute of Technology. After graduating with excellent grades, he returned ho and was recruited into Yixing’s research departnt.
Sun Jianxin was not old; he was only twenty-four and was a native of Jiangcheng City.
Being able to obtain a master’s in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology at such an age definitely qualified him as a super genius. It was known that he was recomnded to pursue a PhD at Princeton, but he wanted to start working sooner and take care of his family back ho, so he did not continue with his doctorate.
In recruiting talent of this caliber, Yixing Technology had its eye on nurturing future technical prospects – a master of science from a prestigious university carried significant potential.
When Sun Jianxin first joined the company, he was a bit arrogant, but in just half a month, he found out that every mber of the research departnt could be considered top-tier talent.
The leaders of the various research groups all had doctoral degrees from prestigious universities. So were even specialists in the developnt of spacecraft and flight vehicles. In terms of theoretical foundation and technical developnt level, he still had much to learn.
Sun Jianxin was quite unassuming in his daily work, mostly dedicating his ti to learning and working.
When he heard about the research problem Zhao Yi faced, he did not dwell on it too deeply, because he thought that if Zhao Yi couldn’t solve the problem, he certainly couldn’t either. With so many talented people in the company, even contributing ideas would not be his turn.
So Sun Jianxin didn’t pay it much attention and even considered not submitting an inspiration report.
But by the next day, Sun Jianxin realized that everyone needed to write an "inspiration report". Although it wasn’t mandatory, not submitting one seed a bit antisocial.
He simply put his mind to it as well.
He was usually very low-key and was also the youngest in the departnt. Being new to the job, he was still being looked after by his seniors.
Sun Jianxin started asking others about their submissions.
He heard many "inspirations".
Everyone had different ideas; so were about expanding the solar panel area, others talked about proving the reduction of internal power loss in satellites, and so even proposed launching a specialized charging satellite.
Then Sun Jianxin regretted it.
If he had thought of sothing on his own, he might have co up with similar ideas, but after seeing what his colleagues had written, writing sothing similar would seem like "copying".
Sitting at his desk, after pondering hard for over an hour and nearly scratching his head raw, he just gave up, "Anyway, it’s not like I can win the prize money; just jotting sothing down will do, regardless of feasibility!".
Sun Jianxin looked at the blank page and typed out a few lines, "My idea is, since solar energy is insufficient, then increase solar energy!".
"For example, launch satellites around the sun specifically for absorbing energy!".
"The closer to the sun, the more abundant the solar energy."
"So—"
Sun Jianxin concentrated on writing a ’fantasy’ report, which is what his colleague standing behind him thought it was.
"Little Sun, isn’t this too funny? Satellites orbiting the sun to specifically absorb energy?"
"I rember reading a science fiction theory that said the most advanced civilizations in the universe could build energy-absorbing devices that would encompass the stars."
"Is that what you’re getting at?"
"Kind of interesting!"
The last remark was, of course, a tease.
Knowing that what he wrote was too fantastical, Sun Jianxin forced a wry smile and said helplessly, "Why don’t you give an idea, Brother Wang? I just can’t co up with anything. What can I do?"
"That’s true."
Brother Wang quickly walked away, leaving behind, "Just write this, I think it’s good. Maybe the 200,000 yuan promised by Academician Zhao will be yours."
He couldn’t help but laugh as he said it.
——
That morning, Zhao Yi received a pile of inspiration reports, thinking the leaders of the groups were making a fuss over nothing, but he acknowledged that they did their work very well.
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