You were told to build a tractor, but you're building a rocket? Chapter 523 - 512 External Hire1

So from certain angles, there is no problem with Frank Yang always having been in opposition. When he had worked in Arica before, he had witnessed how several large accelerators had created huge financial burdens, so they would rather support the LHC, since theoretical achievents are, indeed, shared by all of humanity.

However, perhaps it was the soaring achievents in dostic space exploration that gave him confidence. Frank Yang changed his stance and stood with Wu Yunfeng in support of the accelerator construction. His influence was not to be underestimated; many decision-making leaders were persuaded by this approach.

Lin Ju also got fired up because he claid that he would take out ten billion to support TEPA construction, and many dostic enterprises followed suit, announcing their intentions to donate funds over the coming period, with the dia-reported pledged amount nearing twenty billion yuan.

At first, local scientific research institutes and universities maintained a wait-and-see attitude, since such proposals were not unprecedented. But as the movent grew stronger and no clear opposition was voiced from above, they too joined in.

Continually, important figures from universities expressed their support for TEPA construction through the dia and started to promote the benefits of the accelerator. It was during this ti that the High Energy Physics Institute announced it would hold an expanded debate eting on September 27, addressing the entire scientific and academic communities, prompting local research institutes to imdiately send representatives.

Initially skeptical figures like Hawking and Penrose, seeing that TEPA really had a chance of becoming a reality, also began to leverage their influence to gather support from around the world.

When the Institute of High Energy announced the eting on the 23rd, scholars and scientists from renowned universities and research institutions around the world almost unanimously responded. They secured participation through the channels provided by the Institute of High Energy and prepared for their travels to China.

Although these were high-level personnel from cutting-edge disciplines, the majority encountered virtually no obstacles in traveling to China.

On one hand, scientists who needed an accelerator to break through the existing theoretical frawork were in inherently non-sensitive research areas, far less critical than applied scientists, and on the other, other nations had openly shown strong support for the TEPA plan, with various praises appearing in reports.

Everybody knew that building a giant accelerator involved a colossal investnt and was unlikely to generate imdiately applicable scientific value, but theoretical achievents were, after all, shared globally. What reason was there to impede the implentation of TEPA? The bigger they built such a thing, the better.

Among the supporters of TEPA, a small fraction were genuinely enthusiastic while the majority had ulterior motives, but TEPA had undoubtedly received widespread support from around the world.

The entire Chinese scientific community was extrely excited because the number of foreign scientists who had explicitly stated they would attend the eting was countless, including many Nobel laureates. One could imagine that in the coming days, the scientific prestige of China would rise to an unprecedented level—a single conference could be incredibly lucrative.

In the Capital, Ye Changsi and Cheng Nankai, other than constantly communicating with the High Energy Physics Institute, spent the rest of their ti welcoming the arrival of renowned scholars and scientists.

"Michael Kosterlitz."

"Hello, hello..."

Michael Kosterlitz, who had won the Nobel Prize in Physics last year along with two other laureates for "theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter," was the youngest of them, a vigorous Arican in his pri.

Though the general public could hardly comprehend their research field, it could generally be classified under condensed matter physics, a discipline highly reliant on the understanding of the microscopic world.

Previously, when the Institute of High Energy had planned to push forward the CEPC and SQCC, the outside world was actually not very optimistic, as they believed that even after these two projects were completed, they would not be able to break through the Standard Model. This was a substantial reason Frank Yang had given for his rebuttal.

TEPA was different, with a 300 trillion electron-volt energy level theoretically capable of easily breaking existing barriers, which is why it had so easily obtained the support of the global scientific community.

"Wu, I know you. If TEPA really gets established, I will do everything I can to help you, even working here. It’s an incredible project," he said.

Wu Yunfeng smiled as he shook hands with him; this was already the twelfth Nobel laureate he had received in three days, and there were more on the way.

After seeing off Michael, he pondered for a mont, then realized with a start that the total number of dostic and international researchers attending the eting had surpassed 2,000, all elite figures, an unprecedented grand occasion in the physics community.

Yet, what was even more gratifying was the attitude from above; when a maximum budget of 170 billion yuan was reported, there was no thunderous backlash but rather silence.

Furthermore, a day later the China Academy of Sciences received a request to summarize the weaknesses in China’s basic scientific fields and the gap with world-leading standards and to draft a report on the developnt prospects of several large dostic science projects.

This at least indicated that those above were carefully weighing the feasibility, imdiately starting preparations.

At the sa ti, he unexpectedly discovered that Ye Changsi, who ca to the Institute of High Energy under the pretense of academic exchange, was surprisingly familiar with the place. He quickly blended into the atmosphere of the institute, displaying nurous unique insights in the academic field. Even in these past few days, he had been able to offer many constructive suggestions regarding the affairs of the institute.

Despite being several years younger than himself, there was sothing about him that exuded the maturity and steadiness of an older generation.

"What’s wrong?"

Ye Changsi noticed his gaze and asked a question.

"Nothing much, I just think it’s a pity that you didn’t join the High Energy Institute, you would at least be an academician."

Ye Changsi smiled without answering and then said,

"...Did you finish reading that weak force control theory I gave you yesterday? Don’t show it to anyone else, it’s just my speculation, and I don’t want to be laughed at if word gets out."

"Oh! Your speculation on the weak force field, I’ve read it."

Wu Yunfeng imdiately entered an excited academic state:

"It’s brilliant, if it could actually be realized, the application prospects would be vast. The weak force inertial materials you ntioned might actually be feasible, and such devices could also be greatly useful in nucleon research, even particle colliders could make use of it...

Unfortunately, though, there is no theoretical support. Although we talk about having unified three forces, we still understand too little to derive it theoretically. Maybe in ten years, once TEPA is completed, we might find the pattern."

Ye Changsi nodded continually while sizing up Wu Yunfeng, whose thinking ability was excellent. He shouldn’t waste ti waiting; Ye decided to give developnt a try.

"Lao Wu, actually, I’ve made so progress in this area, too. You know Cheng Nankai is involved in nuclear research... At that ti, I ca across so discoveries that could practically solve the issues you ntioned."

Wu Yunfeng’s interest was piqued, but Ye Changsi shifted the topic:

"But these results belong to the company, I can’t..."

"Uh, no problem, I understand."

"No, what I an is I can’t just talk to you like this."

Ye Changsi crossed his fingers, giving away no sign of emotion:

"I hope you can beco a consultant for our company, doing research on an external basis. You don’t need to co into the office; it’s just to facilitate so academic exchanges when we have them. Of course, it will absolutely not conflict with the principles of confidentiality. You can co as you please, and there’s also an allowance, not much, but still quite decent."

Without any suspicion, Wu Yunfeng thought for a mont:

"Isn’t this a bit improper? Besides, my research is too broad, it’s like getting paid for being idle..."

"No, no, no. Actually, I’d like you to just hold a title, and it will also make our exchanges more convenient. The higher-ups would agree too."

Ye Changsi directly pulled up the contract template on his tablet, and the terms were quite few, indeed offering a very liberal consulting agreent.

"Well then... okay."