Scholar's Advanced Technological System

Chapter 1503: Underprepared

The door soon opened.

An old man about 60 or 70 years old, with a red smile on his face, walked in from outside.

“Academician Lu, I have been looking forward to this! I wanted to visit you a long time ago, but unfortunately, I never had the opportunity. Now I finally get to see you.”

“Academician Zhang, you’re too kind, come on inside.”

After a polite greeting, Lu Zhou invited Academician Zhang from the hallway to the living room. He then ordered Xiao Ai to pour a cup of hot tea for the guest.

The two discussed the pulsed magnetic field in detail.

To be honest, although Lu Zhou had a general understanding of his academic ability before this, his level was still beyond his expectations.

In particular, what Lu Zhou didn’t expect was that after reading his own paper, he could actually come up with so many constructive academic viewpoints.

And these constructive academic views, to a certain extent, had inspired Lu Zhou himself.

It was precisely because of this that Lu Zhou slightly changed his impression of scholars of this era.

The case of East Asia Energy was just one example. Unfortunately, they heavily influenced the second-generation controllable fusion research.

Although the research on the second generation of controllable fusion in this century had indeed not made any major progress, not everyone was the same as Liu Sihai.

There were still people who worked hard and pursued academics.

After quietly listening to Academician Zhang’s theoretical analysis model on the study of plasma disturbances by high-powered pulsed magnetic fields and the idea of building this reactor on the moon, Lu Zhou couldn’t help but feel a sense of familiarity.

The construction of this reactor on the moon could be said to be a concept that had been brewing since he was still studying the first generation of controllable fusion technology.

“... I am very interested in what you said. I wonder if you are interested in joining my project team?”

Zhang Feiyue patted his knee and said excitedly, “I gladly accept!”

Seeing that he had agreed so quickly, Lu Zhou paused for a second. He then smiled and teased, “Are you not going to ask about the conditions and benefits?”

Zhang Feiyue said with a hearty smile, “When one can participate in this kind of project that is related to the future of human civilization, does the rest matter? Even if I don’t have a salary, I am willing to work on this project!”

“No salary? I can’t do such a stupid thing.” Lu Zhou said with a smile, “Don’t worry, do the experiment with me. The funds will definitely be enough!”

...

Research on the second generation of controllable fusion set aside, the financial circle had been turbulent.

On the second day after Song Yangwei was killed, the news of his death finally spread.

At first, someone saw an ambulance and a police car parked at his door. After that, someone who claimed to be a neighbor living near his home saw him lying on a stretcher and being carried into the ambulance.

Then, according to the hospital staff, he had already stopped breathing when he was carried into the hospital, so he was then directly carried into the morgue.

There were different opinions on the cause of his death.

Some people said that he had been persecuted because the short-selling East Asia Energy had offended people who should not be offended.

Some people said that it was the hidden illness left by his early years of life, which left him with the root of the disease a long time ago, and the blow of this short-selling failure became the last straw that crushed him mentally.

There were others who had come close to the truth, guessing whether the implanted prosthesis was malfunctioning. After all, a wealthy person like him would definitely use more durable organs.

However, no one thought of the possibility of a virus.

Because this sounded too ridiculous. Hacking into the memory of a bionic human or implanting the control chip of a prosthetic body in the 22nd century was countless times more difficult than hacking into servers in the 21st century.

The former was difficult in the procedural sense, while the latter was difficult in the physical sense.

All in all, Song Yangwei was dead.

Although his experience was not as legendary as Liu Zhengxing, the ex-chairman of East Asia Energy, he and Yangwei Capital were already well-known in the investment industry.

In particular, the short-selling report released some time ago and the more than 10 billion that had been smashed out attracted the attention of colleagues from all over the world.

But now, he died so unexplainably. No one expected this.

In addition, what made people even more enthusiastic was the huge legacy he left behind.

Especially Yangwei Capital.

In the eyes of countless people, especially in the eyes of his colleagues, it was a piece of meat.

His relatives, who had received his help in the past, had begun to fight for inheritance rights even before his funeral was held.

As for the outsiders, a business conspiracy to directly promote capital had become a plan on the table of countless investment companies.

“Lu Zhou... I won’t let you go!”

Inside the prison, hearing the bad news coming from outside, Liu Sihai, wearing a prison uniform, squeezed his fists tightly. His eyes were red.

His only partner was dead.

Although the hospital said it was a natural death, he didn’t believe it had nothing to do with Lu Zhou.

Ever since the man named Lu Zhou seized power on the board of directors, bad news came one after another.

First, he was sent to the bureau, then his father-in-law.

Now, Song Yangwei’s other children jumped out again and began to fight for their father’s properties. His wife even called him in prison, crying for help and asking him what to do.

Facing the dilemma, Liu Sihai did not know what to do.

If he were really so astute, he wouldn’t have become the way he was now or even be thrown into prison.

Taking advantage of the few times he got to visit relatives this month, he got permission to use the Internet and immediately called Yang Xiaofeng.

However, to his surprise, he didn’t receive comfort or help.

“Motherf*cker! F*cking messing around in the research institute all day long, making such a mess! Back then, do you know how much work I had to put in to get into the research institute! My father heard I was kicked out and almost broke my leg!”

Liu Sihai was completely muddled.

“You... Did you eat the wrong medicine?!”

“I ate your mom!”

As if to release all the pain of being abused in the past, Yang Xiaofeng unscrupulously cursed at his former boss, then hung up the call with a beep.

Liu Sihai looked at the empty holographic screen. His eyes changed from disbelief to hatred, then gradually turned from hatred to deep despair.

Maybe I was wrong...

If he had constrained himself a little bit, things wouldn’t develop to what it was today.

However, even then, his heart was full of grievances.

This grievance was not because of his own actions, but because of injustice.

He wasn’t the only one who did this, why did the blame fall on him?

All of the departments at East Asia Energy did the same...

...

East Asia Energy headquarters building.

Office of the research supervisor.

Looking at Lu Zhou standing in front of him, Director Wu’s face was full of embarrassment.

Before him was a resignation application.

Lu Zhou’s intention was obvious, and that was to let him go.

However, Wu Qing still didn’t expect such a thing to happen to him.

There was a trace of pleading tone in his voice as the old man asked, “Does it have to be like this?”

Without any pity on his face, Lu Zhou said indifferently, “Do you think there is still room for discussion?”

There was a plea in his eyes as the old man said, “I have worked hard for East Asia Energy for decades.”

This was the truth.

He was the scientific research director for ten years, but prior to that, he had been working in the company for 30 years.

It was not that he hadn’t used power for personal gain in the past 40 years, but compared to other people, he was one of the better ones.

During his ten years in office, East Asia Energy did not have any major problems, and the occasional minor problems were handled smoothly by him.

He thought that he was a good scientific research director.

Seeing that Director Wu still didn’t know what he did, Lu Zhou said calmly, “Doing nothing is also a sin, especially in your position.

“Your so-called hard work was to condone Song Yangwei and these people’s selfish behaviors and turn a blind eye to their nonsense. If this is what you call hard work, then you should leave and stop troubling other people.

“I don’t care about those scholars with moral flaws, as long as they work and come up with visible research results. However, during your ten years as a research director, you have hundreds of research units. Has East Asia Energy ever produced even one demonstrable result?”

A bit of bitterness appeared in the old man’s eyes.

10 years?

The last director didn’t produce any result either.

Good research is not easy to do...

Wu Qing hesitated for a while, but he finally sighed and signed his name on the resignation agreement in front of him.

He thought of Director Liu Sihai and figured out something.

Staring at the electronic contract in front of him, he muttered, “Thanks... for letting me leave with face.”

“You have half a day to pack things up.”

Lu Zhou didn’t say much. He put away the electronic contract and left.

The recruitment of new employees had been completed; more than two thousand fresh blood was waiting for training.

Now that the rotten flesh had been cut off, from this moment onward, East Asia Energy would go into battle and face new challenges with a new force. Thus, there were many things waiting for him to do.

Lu Zhou couldn’t help but smile. His footsteps were much lighter.

The next thing he needed to consider was the academic field...