Author: September Sauce

I have to say that although Isaac looks unreliable, he is absolutely impeccable academically.

I chatted with him for two hours. Although no specific parameters and details were involved, Chen Nian benefited a lot from the ideas he provided.

When saying goodbye, Isaac also earnestly asked Chen Niandao:

"Dr. Chen, you are one of the few geniuses I have ever seen. Your ideas are very advanced and very forward-looking."

"Of course, your theoretical foundation is still too weak now."

"We must cooperate well - I believe that after our joint efforts, we will definitely promote the further development of high-pressure physics and eventually win the crown."

After hearing his words, Chen Nian also nodded solemnly.

But in his heart, he secretly felt funny.

Cooperate well? Work together?

It doesn't seem to be particularly necessary.

As a sheep, I just need to grow wool and let me collect it. Has anyone ever seen a sheep eating at the same table as its owner?

Of course, he would never say such words in front of Isaac.

He also hopes that the other party will work hard and bring more inspiration to him.

Although "inspiration" cannot directly reduce the source points required for technical analysis, it can provide Chen Nian with a strong enough reference direction.

Using this direction, Chen Nian can constantly use the system analysis function to trial and error, and through the "bugs" he finds, he can develop a set of technical routes that are most reliable and consume the least source points.

When the time comes to analyze this route, the overall source point consumption will be greatly reduced.

If you can save, save - although I now have more than 390 source points in my hand, which exceeds the demand of 340 points for the metallic hydrogen laboratory production method in the system, but in fact, from the laboratory to industrialization, it can be said that

A never-ending pit, no matter how many sources are used, it is not enough.

Therefore, every time Isaac saves a little more for Chen Nian, he will have more resources to invest in various technical fields.

From this perspective, although his original intention was not this, in fact, he can be regarded as contributing to the unity of the world.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian couldn't help but reveal a smile.

For the first time, he felt the charm of "employing people".

A character who looks very bad and has high risks can also produce excellent results as long as he is used properly.

It’s no wonder that throughout the ages there have been so many emperors’ tricks of the mind, thick black science, mind-reading and other things that specifically talk about how to control people.

Those people probably tasted the sweetness, so their thoughts gradually shifted to this.

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Of course, although Chen Nian found this somewhat interesting, he had absolutely no intention of going down this path.

Because he knows very well that the so-called "fighting with others" will only have one result in the end:

That is endless internal friction and significant loss of efficiency.

Therefore, not only does he not intend to take this path himself, he also does not allow others within his sphere of influence to take it.

The transformation of NPU is a typical example, and facts show that after the transformation of the Spark Group, the school has significantly improved in terms of academic style, academic atmosphere and academic results.

The so-called "weakening of the level of ideological education" has not reduced students' patriotic enthusiasm.

On the contrary, looking at the emerging scientific research results, they become more confident in their alma mater and their motherland.

In the final analysis, practicing "rule by man" and using tricks to control people will not go far.

Doing practical things is the only way out.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian took a deep breath.

It has to be said that China has also taken detours for a long time, but the situation is slowly getting better now.

He believes that it will get better and better in the future.

After returning to his office, he immediately opened the system and began to import the ideas he had obtained previously into the system, trial and error one by one.

Compared with the specific technologies we have done before, such as hot isostatic presses and single crystal furnaces, the difficulty of this trial and error work can be said to be exponentially higher.

For example, the number of analytical source points required to separately set up the "metallic hydrogen large-scale mass production process" is 1690 points.

Although the number of source points required to set up the "metal hydrogen large-scale mass production process under electrochemical-physical fusion technology" has changed, it has only been reduced from 1690 to 1660.

A 30-point decrease really cannot bring about any substantial changes.

It must be further refined to the extent of "using triatomic hydrogen as an intermediate product and using electrochemical-physical fusion technology to produce large-scale mass production of metallic hydrogen." Only then will the number of source points decrease significantly.

But this "significant" is actually only 120 points.

Chen Nian is still far from his goal, and he still has a lot to do.

The next step is to form a team first.

Chen Nian glanced at the time. It was exactly 11:50, and there were still ten minutes left before get off work. So he ran to Chen Guo's office and found Chen Guo who was sorting out the Spark quarterly budget report.

"Professor Chen, are you busy?"

Chen Guo looked up and saw Chen Nian, smiled and shook her head and said:

"You are really good at picking the time. It's almost 12 o'clock. You'll be late and you won't be able to eat the healthy meal prepared for you by the cafeteria."

"What, you did it on purpose, right? Is a healthy meal so unpalatable?"

Chen Nian chuckled. He really didn't have this idea this time, but he usually did the same thing as Chen Guo said, using various methods to avoid so-called "healthy meals", and then running out to eat random snacks.

Regarding this, both Chen Guo and the staff of the logistics team felt helpless, but after all, it was not mandatory, and they had nothing to do with Chen Nian.

"No, no, something really happened this time. Didn't you talk to Isaac today? I plan to build a metallic hydrogen team."

Hearing this, Chen Guo nodded slightly, then asked Chen Nian to sit down, took out the information from the cabinet and handed it to Chen Nian.

"The personnel are ready for you and can be started at any time."

"Also coincidentally, there is some redundancy in the budget I made, which was taken out from other projects, and the amount is about 13 billion."

"This money can be used as funding for the metallic hydrogen project."

"But no matter how much it is, there will be nothing - you did not set a budget plan for the metallic hydrogen project at the beginning of this year, and we have no way to temporarily change the budget."

"If we really need more money, we can only make budget changes."

"That's not necessary."

Chen Nian quickly answered.

He was not unhappy at all with Chen Guo's answer.

If an organization wants to operate for a long time, it must have a complete set of rules and abide by the rules.

If Chen Guo said something to herself, Chen Guo would immediately allocate a large amount of resources to herself, which would be really dangerous.

"13 billion is enough - we won't use that much this year, 3 billion is enough. I just want to do a small amount of pre-research work."

"Then there will be no problem. You are familiar with the staff. I will arrange an executive secretary and the union can start tomorrow."

"no problem."

Chen Nian nodded with satisfaction, but after a moment, he suddenly spoke again:

"Is there still 10 billion left? Can we add more projects?"

"Okay, where can I use it?"

Chen Guo didn't even ask what the project was, because he knew that as long as Chen Nian wanted to do it, it must be necessary.

A mysterious smile appeared on Chen Nian's face, and then he replied:

"The aircraft carrier is about to be launched, and it's time for our big black fish to be updated."

On the other side, across the ocean.

It can be said that life in Houston is not easy.

Because in fact, he planned to use this matter as a bargaining chip to achieve his "negotiation" purpose through cooperation with the Revolutionary Front organization.

But no one expected that the opponent actually solved the problem on his own.

Although this result is not enough to affect the overall situation, it is indeed an extremely bad sign.

Houston is very doubtful. If our country really captures Khartoum this time, and if Sudan really changes, will our plan in Africa really be implemented smoothly?

This question kept lingering in his mind, but he did not dare to communicate with anyone.

Because, in front of everyone else, he always maintained a confident attitude.

And the reason is very simple:

As long as you have confidence, even if the mission fails, you can blame it on the execution, force majeure, or even the Chinese people.

But if I have any hesitation or lack of confidence, then it will definitely be me who will be in trouble.

Under such pressure, Houston became increasingly anxious.
To be continued...