Free Web NovelChapter 995: Chapter 498: Brother School! Brother Laboratory!_2
Those assignments that contain mathematical logic are also not very meaningful, they only serve at most to demonstrate that some students have a higher level of ability.
That’s all there is to it.
On the other hand.
Zhao Yi continued working in his office; his primary focus was still on the work written by undergraduate students. Undergraduates generally have insufficient math skills, making it almost impossible for them to produce assignments with a solid mathematical foundation, but they are all quite imaginative.
For example, a student named He Jing also proposed an idea similar to the ’new field’ concept, but what she talked about was not creating a ’new field,’ but rather creating a range that could block other fields.
Within this range, gravitational and electromagnetic forces would be weakened.
Additionally, another student named Zhu Li proposed a ’section theory,’ suggesting that ion lattices spontaneously generate sections that obstruct the transmission of spatial gravity.
The work Zhao Yi was currently undertaking involved finding ideas with a foundational mathematical framework that were ’flawless.’ These two ideas did not have discernible issues within their foundational mathematical framework.
In reality, what Zhao Yi was doing was akin to verifying whether an extremely large natural number was prime; because testing very large natural numbers for primality involves immense computational effort, and his mathematical framework could only support very simple verifications.
For instance, verifying the numbers 3, 5, 7.
If an idea could not be faulted with simple verification, then it could be used to attempt to construct a mathematical framework, which would then allow for subsequent reasoning, and finally, based on the framework, specific experimental methods could be identified.
After spending more than a day, Zhao Yi finished looking through all the ’assignments’ and ultimately selected these two ideas that had passed the ’basic verification.
He thought both were worth a try.
Next, he began conducting detailed mathematical proofs and derivations based on the two ideas, constructing the foundational logic for ’superconducting antigravity.’
Then it was time to prepare for the experiment.
When it was truly time to start the experiments, Zhao Yi already had sufficient conditions in place. He used a highly consumptive "Law of Cause and Effect" and immediately ruled out the idea of ’blocking other forces.’
"Section theory is the most likely," Zhao Yi said to Li Ning, "It’s the last idea left, and I have done the mathematical proof for it and proceeded to conduct a more detailed derivation."
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Li Ning, looking at the complex mathematical structures, felt a bit of a headache. He realized he hadn’t actually done anything, and in the end, he couldn’t even understand the work Zhao Yi had done, falling into self-doubt, ’Is the gap really that big? We’re both mathematicians, physicists, and yet he can quickly write something so complicated, while I...’
’This is my theory!’
In the end, Li Ning could only give a wry smile and said, "Academician Zhao, I’ll heed your advice."
"Hmm, good," Zhao Yi didn’t say much more, but went to the third floor of the School of Sciences’ physics laboratory to inquire about the project application.
As soon as Li Ning arrived at Yanhua University, he applied for a physics experiment project titled ’Verification of Superconducting Antigravity Theory,’ under the identity of a School of Sciences professor, requesting a grant of one million yuan.
Most of the grant would be spent on equipment; Yanhua University College of Science’s physics laboratory was quite modest, equipped with just the basic apparatus, and the superconducting antigravity experiment required more sophisticated equipment. Additionally, a portion of the costs would be needed for material procurement.
A million yuan should be just about enough.
The upper management’s approval process was also quite swift; upon discovering Zhao Yi was conducting a physical research project and had only requested a million yuan, they approved it without any discount.
At the same time, there were also many voices of discussion, mainly about Zhao Yi’s experimental physics project, which sounded incredibly high-end.
"Antigravity?"
"Such a project asks for a million yuan in funding? If it wasn’t Academician Zhao, I’d think it was a scam to swindle funds!"
"Yeah, antigravity!"
"I know about Li Ning’s superconducting antigravity theory. Indeed, verifying this theory doesn’t require too much funding; it’s just a superconductivity experiment. However, many physicists abroad believe his theory is incorrect."
"Because it can’t be verified!"
"Ever since the theory was first proposed, many laboratories have been trying to verify it; twenty years have passed and it has still not been confirmed."
"Can Academician Zhao really do it?"
"..."
No matter what others discussed, Zhao Yi and Li Ning simply waited together for the equipment to be complete.
Purchasing new equipment required a significant amount of time, so their choice was to buy ’second-hand equipment.’ As it happened, Shuimu University’s physics laboratory was upgrading, so they quickly bought the equipment from them.
Second-hand, cheap!
The person in charge of Shuimu University’s physics laboratory was Zhang Kai, who felt he had secured a great bargain because selling the equipment to other laboratories or some corporate research organizations definitely would not have fetched a high price. Selling it to Yanhua University College of Science, he got at least an extra hundred thousand yuan.
"This is equivalent to saving a hundred thousand in funds!" Zhang Kai thought about it and felt like he had made a killing, and he even bragged about it to others with pride.
After hearing this, Qiu Chengwen asked, "Why is your lab updating its equipment, anyway?"
"For a big project!"
Zhang Kai said as a matter of course, "We’re preparing to conduct several high-end studies. The old equipment just can’t keep up with the times, so we need to replace it with new ones. The project has already been approved, and we have received quite a bit of funding."
Qiu Chengwen frowned slightly, "So you sold the old equipment to Yanhua University College of Science? And for a high price, too?"
"Yes?" Zhang Kai replied, "It seems Academician Zhao wanted to buy it, and I definitely support Academician Zhao. But when it comes to selling equipment, naturally, the higher the price, the better."
"Do you know what research Academician Zhao is doing?" Qiu Chengwen continued to inquire.
Zhang Kai, not understanding his point, said with confusion, "Superconducting antigravity experiment?"
"Exactly!"
Qiu Chengwen said, "You know what a superconducting antigravity experiment signifies, right? Now that you’ve sold the equipment at a high price and are boasting everywhere that your lab is embarking on a major project, just think about it yourself... if Academician Zhao’s experiment succeeds."
Zhang Kai’s mouth suddenly fell open.
He was not the kind to be slow on the uptake. Once he gave it some thought, he realized the issue.
Shuimu University’s physics laboratory had obtained a large fund allocation, a sum so vast that they could dispose of old equipment and bring in a bunch of new equipment. Then they sold the old equipment at a high price to the Yanhua University physics laboratory.
If the Yanhua University physics laboratory used this old equipment to achieve groundbreaking results that shocked the international community, and they, after receiving such a large sum of funding and replacing their equipment with high-end models, ended up achieving...
No significant outcomes?
In comparison, it would be a blow!
What would the higher-ups think? What would the department responsible for allocating the funds think? They gave them a large amount of funding, and yet they produced no significant outcomes. Meanwhile, Yanhua University’s laboratory bought a bunch of old equipment and managed to secure top-tier international results.
Next year... they probably wouldn’t get any funding!
Zhang Kai suddenly came to his senses and quickly rushed to Yanhua University. Once he arrived at the College of Science, he directly demanded a ’refund,’ "We don’t need the money! All our equipment is a gift, a gift!"
"The purpose is to support Academician Zhao’s experiment!"
"Actually, talking about the price was just a joke, what’s our relationship? Brother schools! Brother labs! Talking about money? That’s going too far!"
Zhang Kai rambled on with a lot of fuss.
Yanhua University College of Science wasn’t having any of it. Zhao Yi, upon hearing this, said nonchalantly, "It doesn’t matter. If you’re in a hurry to buy something, you have to pay more. Anyway, the money has already been paid. If you want to donate the equipment, we can discuss it next time."
Zhao Yi had no idea what Zhang Kai’s intentions were, but he didn’t care about a few hundred thousand. Besides, their research project had funding from higher-ups. Even if the money wasn’t spent on the project, it wouldn’t end up in his own pocket.
So, it didn’t matter to him at all.
In the end, Zhang Kai had no choice but to return dejectedly. On the way back, he kept muttering to himself, "Don’t succeed, please don’t!"
"Superconducting antigravity? Impossible!"
"Right!"
"I shouldn’t be praying for it to fail, after all, it’s Academician Zhao’s research project. But superconducting antigravity is simply impossible, at least not for decades."
"What’s the use of Li Ning’s theory? It’s definitely false, it won’t succeed!"
Zhang Kai kept reassuring himself, and it did have a significant effect—at least he felt much better emotionally.
