Chapter 622: I Really Hope You Stay This Tough

Late November, Xu Qingzhou's office.

"Old Zhao, Old Zheng, you two just push forward the experiments according to these two plans. If there are any problems, communicate with me."

Zhao Shengwen nodded, closed his notebook, and couldn't help but sigh: "Finally, we've come up with two plans that are passable."

"To be honest, both of these plans still have shortcomings."

Zheng Xu frowned, feeling a bit unreconciled.

Xu Qingzhou poured tea for the two professors and said with a smile: "The essence of scientific research experiments is to explore the unknown, not to execute established procedures. Iterative optimization to approach the truth and transforming problems into opportunities for innovation is, from a certain perspective, more interesting than a perfect plan."

"Hahaha, that makes sense. Old Zheng, there is no such thing as a truly perfect plan."

Zhao Shengwen echoed with a chuckle.

"Yeah, I was stubborn on this point."

Zheng Xu also smiled, paused, and shared his news: "I heard that the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US has developed a new suppression process, making the porosity of sulfide solid-state electrolytes approach 0% and increasing room-temperature conductivity by 1000 times."

"I also saw this news."

Zhao Shengwen said slowly: "This is a breakthrough for solid-state batteries, far exceeding current experiments in the same period."

"Domestically, there should also be quite a lot of progress in this area," Xu Qingzhou guessed. Scientific progress was accelerating all over the world, and the Xia Nation should have breakthroughs as well.

"BYD seems to have some movements." Zhao Shengwen had done battery experiments before and had quite extensive connections in this area.

"..."

"The competition in energy is very fierce; every country is increasing investment in this area."

"I have an old friend who has now gone to engage in controllable nuclear fusion."

"Our research institute's goal is energy, and we can't bypass nuclear fusion; it's only a matter of time."

"Haha, that's right."

Xu Qingzhou is ready to carry out three types of experiments: superconducting magnet verification, plasma AI control, and radiation-resistant material testing at the research institute first. The first step is to build the laboratory first.

The large office was left with only Xu Qingzhou.

"Phew~"

Xu Qingzhou held his tea and stood by the window to relax his mind.

He and Zhao Shengwen, the two people in charge, had been busy for three consecutive days and finally got both plans out. Just as Zheng Xu said, both plans still had many flaws, but as the helmsman of the research institute, one couldn't just keep grinding until one felt it was perfect before starting the experiment.

For the research institute, what was needed was to maximize scientific output with limited resources, rather than pursuing an illusory "perfection."

A night of autumn rain last night lowered the temperature by a few degrees, and cold air crept in through the window gaps.

"It might snow in a few days."

Xu Qingzhou's gaze fell on the lawn in the distance. After the wind and rain, the leaves of the ginkgo trees covered the lawn, and the bare branches could already be seen.

The autumn scenery was basically over, and they were about to enter early winter.

He felt a bit dazed. He and School Beauty Song returned to the country in the summer, and in the blink of an eye, it was already November, as if a few months had been stolen from the middle, transitioning directly from midsummer to late autumn.

Ding~

Ding~

A series of message notifications rang on the phone on the table.

He didn't even need to look to know it was from School Beauty Song; only this girl would bombard him with messages.

Xu Qingzhou took a sip of tea, turned around, and returned to his desk. Sure enough, it was Song Yao's message.

Today, Song Yao went to Jingda to find Li Daiyue to discuss a project, and now she was drinking coffee outside with Han Shiyi, sending him many photos of pastries.

Xu Qingzhou typed: "Aren't you losing weight?"

She was still eating 'grass' a few days ago. ===== CHAPTER 623 =====