NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 27: When do you plan to graduate?
As the news of Xia Country was broadcast, the Weibo hot - search list was updated rapidly!
"Shocking! A sophomore student from Sandaokou University actually..."
"The controlled nuclear fusion experiment was a complete success, and the chief engineer is actually him!"
At around eight or nine o'clock in the evening, it was the prime time for most ordinary people to surf the Internet.
Such eye - catching titles naturally attracted the attention of many people.
Within a few minutes of the news being released, the comment section was completely flooded!
"Wait? Am I seeing this right? A sophomore student as the chief engineer of the controlled nuclear fusion project? Is it April Fool's Day today?"
"Upstairs, this is reported by the news of Xia Country. It should be true!"
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! What the hell?!"
"Alas, I'm not well - educated. A 'damn it' sums up my feelings!"
"Look at other people's sophomore year, and then look at mine.JPG"
"Damn it! Isn't this my classmate?!"
"??! Upstairs, tell us your story!"
"..."
...
At this moment.
The Sandaokou Nuclear Physics Laboratory was brightly lit.
In the office, Lü Yongchang put down his phone, a hint of complex emotions in his eyes.
He had just finished a phone call with his parents.
Thinking of his mother's last words of advice, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Although in his previous life, his parents had lived well under the protection of Xia Country and the Human Union, as the chief scientist, he was destined not to have time to accompany them.
Should he... take some time to go back and visit them?
An idea slowly emerged in the depths of his mind.
But the next moment, he shook his head and threw this thought out.
The Sword of Damocles still hung high above all of humanity. He couldn't stop his steps!
"Knock, knock, knock!"
A rhythmic knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.
Lü Yongchang composed himself and said softly, "Come in. The door isn't locked."
The office door slowly opened, and Fang Xu's figure appeared at the door of the office.
His face was full of smiles. "Congratulations, Chief Engineer Lü. You've become famous overnight!"
Lü Yongchang rolled his eyes in annoyance and capped the pen in his hand. "Brother Xu, you're not coming to me for this trivial matter like those ordinary people, are you?"
Fang Xu quickly shook his head and denied it. "Of course not!"
"Dean Jiang asked me to convey a message to you."
"嗯?Dean Jiang? What does Dean Jiang want from me?" Lü Yongchang became interested instantly.
Fang Xu looked at Lü Yongchang in front of him with a somewhat strange expression and said softly, "Dean Jiang asked when you plan to graduate?"
Lü Yongchang: "...???"
"Ah? Graduate?"
Lü Yongchang's expression also gradually became strange.
Come to think of it, he seemed to be just a sophomore undergraduate!
"This... Can I graduate? Speaking of which, I haven't written my graduation thesis yet!"
Lü Yongchang touched the tip of his nose with a bit of guilt.
Not to mention the graduation thesis, how long had it been since he last attended class?
Estimates were that the teachers in his major had almost forgotten about him!
Fang Xu also looked at Lü Yongchang with a strange expression.
To be honest, this was the most peculiar undergraduate student he had ever seen.
He hadn't even completed his undergraduate graduation thesis yet, but he was able to lead academicians to complete the research and development of controlled nuclear fusion.
Fang Xu's brows furrowed instantly, and he murmured to himself, "Dean Jiang didn't mention this either..."
Lü Yongchang looked at Fang Xu, sweating profusely. "What should we do?"
"Should I go back to class now? Can I still make up for my GPA?"
Fang Xu shook his head repeatedly. "No, no, no! That's not possible!"
Go back to class?
Are you kidding?
Controlled nuclear fusion is just one step away from completion, and the chief engineer is going back to attend sophomore courses in college?
Does that even sound right?
Fang Xu pondered for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "I've got an idea!"
"You don't need to worry about the GPA issue. I believe the leaders in the college won't hold up your graduation procedures because of this."
"The focus now is on the graduation thesis."
After saying that, a hint of nervousness appeared in Fang Xu's eyes.
He thought that the leaders in the college shouldn't, and wouldn't, hold up Lü Yongchang's graduation procedures because of the graduation thesis.
This was the chief engineer of the controlled nuclear fusion project!
If it got out that an academician - level scientist hadn't even graduated from college... Surely the faces of those leaders in the college wouldn't look good!
However... Fang Xu also considered one problem.
Not having a proper graduation thesis would ultimately be a blemish on the resume.
"How about this... You integrate the data from our laboratory and publish a paper in "science"?"
"Just consider this as your graduation thesis!"
"What do you think?"
The corners of Lü Yongchang's mouth twitched slightly, and he nodded reluctantly. "Well... I guess that's the only way."
Great!
His undergraduate graduation thesis was a paper in "science". Then when he applied for the title of academician in the future, would he have to submit papers to aliens?
Lü Yongchang complained in his heart.
"Should I start organizing the data now?"
Fang Xu shook his head repeatedly. "No rush, no rush!"
"Such simple work doesn't need to be done by you. How about this, I'll ask one of my doctoral students to help you complete this paper!"
"You just continue with your work."
The corners of Lü Yongchang's mouth twitched again.
Good grief!
Asking a doctoral student to help him with his undergraduate thesis.
Wasn't this a bit of overkill?
"By the way."
Fang Xu said casually, "Minister Hong might come to see you in a few days."
Lü Yongchang's expression became slightly solemn, and the matter of the graduation thesis was immediately forgotten.
"Minister Hong? What's going on?"
Fang Xu pondered for a moment and continued, "I guess he's probably going to take you to meet Councillor - in - Chief Li."
"After all, we've been able to achieve long - term controlled nuclear fusion in the laboratory. Anyway, Xia Country should start preparing to build a demonstration reactor, right?"
Lü Yongchang's heart skipped a beat.
Demonstration reactor!
This wasn't like the small - scale stellarator in the laboratory!
This was a large - scale device that was going to be used for the power grid of Xia Country!
However, this raised a question.
A demonstration reactor wasn't just about igniting nuclear fusion!
At the very least, it needed to generate electricity, right?
Surely they couldn't spend a large amount of funds to build something that could only ignite nuclear fusion but not generate electricity?
"So, should we start considering the choice of generator?"
Hearing Lü Yongchang's question, Fang Xu was slightly taken aback and subconsciously asked, "Generator?"
"Other than the steam - generation method, what else can we choose?"
Lü Yongchang shook his head with a bitter smile.
Indeed, that was the case.
Throughout the history of human development, from the steam age to the information age, it seemed that humanity could never escape the fate of relying on steam - generation.
Even the most advanced controlled nuclear fission power plants currently relied on steam - generation to generate electricity!
Even in his previous life, all the nuclear fusion power plants on Earth used this simple and crude steam - generation method.
While sighing, his eyes flickered slightly, and a memory fragment flashed through his mind.
Perhaps, they could try a magnetohydrodynamic generator?