Chapter 617: A Story More Sorrowful Than Sorrow

"Professor."

Just as Xu Qingzhou and Zhu Qiqi were chatting idly, Li Yi walked in, holding a stack of A4 paper.

Xu Qingzhou nodded. He had already finished reviewing the data just now and said with a smile, "The latest batch of samples has reached a Jc of 4.5×10⁶ A/cm². Not bad, even faster than expected."

"It's all thanks to your technical plan."

Li Yi said with a hint of admiration.

He had conducted experiments for so many years and had truly rarely encountered such smooth trials, especially for large-scale experiments like this one.

The miraculous thing about Professor Xu was that he had already anticipated potential problems before the experiments even began and provided solutions for them.

This phenomenon wasn't exactly rare; for instance, his former teacher, relying on vast experience, had saved the lab from quite a bit of trouble.

He sat down at the desk next to Xu Qingzhou and said, "You came at just the right time; our latest experiment has just run into a few problems."

Li Yi pulled an electron microscope diagram from the data report and handed it to Xu Qingzhou.

Xu Qingzhou finished reading the pages and quickly identified the issue, saying, "The Hamiltonian needs to be corrected here to explain the anomalous critical magnetic field."

"Got it, I'll have it finished in the next few days."

Li Yi looked at the diagram, his eyes lighting up, and he noted down what Xu Qingzhou said in his notebook.

Next, Xu Qingzhou discussed several more issues with Li Yi in succession, while Zhu Qiqi listened from the side, noting everything down in her notebook regardless of whether she could understand it or not.

A quarter of an hour passed.

Gao Wenjin came out after checking the equipment, and Xu Qingzhou happened to pull her in for a small meeting.

"Li Yi, you don't have any other tasks here; just continue with Xiao Qi on the iterative experiments and collect the data we need as much as possible."

"No problem."

Xu Qingzhou's gaze turned to Gao Wenjin:

"You are responsible for perfecting the Density Functional Theory (DFT), iteratively solving the Kohn-Sham equations, and optimizing the convergence algorithm for the electron density functional. Additionally, optimize the Brillouin zone integration to reduce the supercell computational load and improve the efficiency of band structure analysis."

"Understood." Gao Wenjin nodded and noted down her work content in her notebook.

Xu Qingzhou continued, "I will extend the BCS theory, derive the non-phonon coupling mechanism for high-temperature superconductors, and then apply the Ising model to analyze the critical magnetic field divergence behavior of two-dimensional superconducting thin films. If nothing goes wrong, I'll have it all done within two days."

After arranging the work, Xu Qingzhou greeted everyone and returned to his office first.

"As expected of the Professor."

Watching Xu Qingzhou's departing back, Li Yi sighed with emotion.

Zhu Qiqi nodded in deep agreement; usually, problems that gave Brother Yi a headache for a long time were solved the moment the Professor took a few looks at them.

Ding~

At this moment, Li Yi's phone rang. He made a 'shush' gesture and answered the call.

"Hey~ Dad~ I'm off work, just came out of the lab. I'm planning to go eat with colleagues. Alright, let's leave it at that, hanging up."

Two minutes later, Li Yi let out a long sigh.

"Brother Yi, can't you just tell your uncle that Aunt Su has returned to the country?"

Zhu Qiqi asked curiously.

"Sigh, you don't understand; my parents have some deeply ingrained notions."

Li Yi shook his head and said helplessly, "I have to hit them with something big to make them give up completely. Otherwise, they'll call me every day to nag about how the environment abroad is top-notch, and how even if I return to the country in the future, my children will be one step away from getting into Jingda or Shuimu."

"..." ===== CHAPTER 618 =====