in2ebook Chapter 57: The Story of a Protagonist Who Scored Perfectly on the College Entrance Exam and Saved t
Chapter 57: The Story of a Protagonist Who Scored Perfectly on the College Entrance Exam and Saved t
This person casually tosses away 5 billion yuan, why would they care about a few Weibo comments?
But some people care.
Two o'clock in the afternoon.
The official account of Jinghua University suddenly posted a Weibo post.
No reposts, no pictures, just a dry text:
Regarding the recent public provocation by a foreign researcher against a student of our university, the School of Physics of Jinghua University hereby issues the following statement: Lin Yu is currently involved in a major national scientific research project and has no time to respond to irrelevant remarks. Comparisons of academic achievements should be based on final data and peer review, not on performances on social media.
The statement sparked polarized reactions in the comments section.
Those in support say: That's impressive! This is the attitude a top university should have!
Those who disagree argue that, frankly, the problem is a lack of results, and the excuse of being too busy to respond is being used as a shield.
When Lin Yu saw the statement, he was leaning back on the sofa in the control center, resting with his eyes closed.
Who posted this?
"Academician Zhang Chengzhi."
Xia Zijin said, "He held a meeting with the college's Party Committee this morning and said that students should not be made to take the blame for the school."
Lin Yu hummed in response, without any further reaction.
Xia Zijin, however, unusually added, "You should thank him."
"I'll treat him to dinner another day."
"Are you treating?"
"The company will reimburse you."
"..."
Xia Zijin decided to stop discussing interpersonal relationships with him.
But what truly changed the situation was something that happened that evening.
Kevin Sterling uploaded a video to his YouTube channel.
In the video, he sits in an MIT lab, surrounded by top-of-the-line equipment worth tens of millions of dollars, and extends a formal invitation to the camera:
"The SC Conference, the world's largest supercomputing conference, will be held in Chicago at the end of this year. I will be giving a keynote speech at the conference, showcasing our team's latest achievements in energy recovery chips."
"I hereby publicly invite Mr. Lin Yu—or any research team from China—to come to Chicago with your proposal and compare it with mine face to face."
"If you really have a better material than bismuth telluride, and a higher recovery rate than 18%, then show it to the world."
"If you can't produce it..."
Kevin smiled slightly and spread his hands.
"Then please accept this fact: in this field, China is at least ten years behind."
The video ends.
It went viral worldwide.
#SCConference#
#LinYuVsKevin#
Both topics simultaneously made it onto the global trending list.
In the base's main control center, Li Jianbin slammed his tablet onto the table.
"Arrogant!"
The 61-year-old scientist was so angry that his face turned red, and he almost lost his composure after 38 years of self-control.
"Ten years behind? Ten years?! When I was doing research at Bell Labs, his dad was still in kindergarten!"
Several researchers nearby quickly pulled him back.
Lin Yu, on the other hand, remained lying on the sofa and watched the video from beginning to end.
Then he sat up.
Everyone was looking at him.
"SC Conference, end of the year, Chicago," Lin Yu muttered to himself, a subtle change appearing in his eyes.
That wasn't anger.
Xia Zijin recognized her.
That was something she only saw when Lin Yu was facing extremely difficult math problems.
interest.
"There are still five months until the end of the year."
Lin Yu looked at Li Jianbin, "Can you make the materials?"
Li Jianbin paused for a moment, then straightened his back.
"Samples can be produced in three months, and testing can be done in two months. That's perfect."
"it is good."
Lin Yu stood up and stretched.
He took out his phone and sent a message to Shen Yue.
Please buy me two plane tickets to Chicago. For the end of the year.
Shen Yue replied instantly: [How many people?]
Lin Yu glanced at Xia Zijin.
Two are enough.
On the day the material growth furnace was ignited, no one in the entire base slept.
This furnace was modified by Li Jianbin's team in two weeks. It was originally an old piece of equipment used for traditional semiconductor wafer growth, which they completely disassembled and reassembled according to the parameters provided by Lin Yu.
When the precision of the core components was insufficient, Li Jianbin personally took charge, working with three experienced craftsmen in the workshop for four days to refine them.
At sixty-one, his hands are as steady as a twenty-year-old's.
"How precise can the temperature control be?" Lin Yu asked, standing in front of the furnace.
"Plus or minus 0.3 degrees."
Li Jianbin's voice was hoarse, and his eyes were bloodshot, but there was an undeniable certainty in his tone: "That's enough."
Lin Yu nodded.
"Open the furnace."
Wang Lei pressed the start button on the control panel.
The growth furnace emitted a low hum, and the temperature inside the chamber began to rise.
Everyone stared at the data on the screen.
The indium antimonide substrate begins to grow atom by atom under a precisely controlled temperature gradient.
This process is extremely slow and extremely tedious.
But no one dared to leave.
Because they all know that what is growing in this furnace, if successful, will rewrite the rules of the game for the entire semiconductor industry.
If it fails...
Nobody wants to fail.
Lin Yu remained calm. He moved a chair to sit next to the stove, took out his phone, and started reading a novel.
Xia Zijing glanced at his screen.
"What are you looking at?"
"A web novel. The story of a protagonist who scores a perfect score on the college entrance exam and saves the world."
"Is it pretty?"
"It's so fake."
Lin Yu turned the page expressionlessly. "No one gets a perfect score on the college entrance exam."
"..."
Xia Zijin decided to pretend she hadn't asked.
The growth cycle for the first batch of samples was seventy-two hours.
Another seventy-two hours have passed.
It seems like Lin Yu has been at odds with 72 hours for the rest of his life.
Day 1 went smoothly. The temperature curve was stable, and the growth rate met expectations.
The next day, the zirconia-iron alloy in the intermediate layer began to deposit. This was the most critical step—the diffusion rate of the rare earth element zirconia is extremely difficult to control; too fast a rate would destroy the crystal structure, while too slow a rate would lead to uneven doping concentration.
Li Jianbin personally stood in front of the control panel, fine-tuning the gas flow rate every ten minutes.
His hands remained steady and did not tremble at all when operating the knobs.
Thirty-eight years of engineering experience demonstrated its true value at this moment.
Lin Yu stood aside and watched for a while before saying something.
"Professor Li, your hand is very steady."
Li Jianbin didn't turn around, but the corner of his mouth twitched. It was unclear whether he was smiling or cursing.
Day three.
The top layer of graphene encapsulation is complete.
The growth furnace automatically cools down, and the cavity slowly opens.
A thin film, almost invisible to the naked eye, lies on the substrate.
Li Jianbin carefully removed the sample with tweezers and placed it under an electron microscope.
On the screen, an image magnified 100,000 times appeared.
The three-layer structure is clearly visible. The thickness of each layer is precisely controlled within the design value.
"It's done."
Li Jianbin's voice trembled slightly, "The crystal lattice is intact, with no dislocations or defects."