Chapter 713: This isn't called hoodwinking; it's called win-win cooperation

At the hotel, Xu Qingzhou first went to find Academician Ren Nan to explain the cooperation with the Institute of Plasma Physics.

After the two discussed it, they decided to arrange for Li Yi and Gao Wenjin to lead a team over. These two were originally part of the superconducting thin-film experimental group and could be considered the researchers at the institute who had the earliest contact with the controllable nuclear fusion project.

Consequently, they called Li Yi and the other over as well.

Li Yi and Gao Wenjin had no issues; having them cooperate on the research of nanopore tungsten films was a sign of great trust.

With everything settled, Xu Qingzhou returned to his room, first took a hot shower, and then made a phone call to Song Yao.

Xu Qingzhou looked at the manuscript on the table and thought to himself: "Actually, the current plan for this nanopore tungsten film is still just an outline; it needs to have its details deepened."

You could call it hoodwinking, sure, but not by much; everything he said to Li Gang was truly based on mathematical calculations.

As for why Li Gang agreed to the cooperation.

One can only say that one was willing to strike and the other was willing to suffer.

Li Gang, having reached his current position, certainly wouldn't be swayed by just a few words; at the very least, he had indeed seen the theoretical feasibility in Xu Qingzhou's calculations and plans.

Of course, there was one more point: a triple winner of the Wolf Prize, the Fields Medal, and the Nobel Prize—the pie drawn by such a big shot was both big and round, which was still quite tempting.

Even if it were theoretically feasible, not even Xu Qingzhou himself could guarantee the experimental results.

His mathematical model was based on estimates from previous data.

Without conducting actual experiments, cognition has limitations; theory ignores real-world constraints to a certain extent. Subtle changes like reagent purity, non-linear reaction rates, and so on, would all have a decisive impact on the experiment.

"The superconducting magnet system and the plasma are both advancing; the research on the first wall really should be put on the agenda."

Xu Qingzhou gently twirled the signature pen in his hand.

The spherical tokamak they were building still needed to generate an initial plasma current through an ohmic transformer, and the physical nature of its magnetic flux decaying with time was consistent with traditional tokamaks.

According to Xu Qingzhou's expectations, the superconducting magnet must be able to generate a strong magnetic field greater than 20T.

There was also the brand-new negative triangularity plasma; the performance of the first-wall material was a matter that urgently needed to be solved.

The seminar passed in a flurry of busyness.

Very coincidentally, on the second to last day, the evening of the 11th, Xu Qingzhou received an email from the editorial department of the American journal *Inventiones Mathematicae*, inviting Xu Qingzhou to serve as an external reviewer for the latest IUT theory by the Japanese author Shinichi Mochizuki.

"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall."

"Why would they come looking for me? Could it be because I'm also working on innovative theories?"

Xu Qingzhou didn't struggle much; he politely declined again, stating that he was not an expert on the ABC conjecture and was not qualified for such an arduous task.

The supersymmetric Z-function theory was already enough to give him a headache; where would he find the time and energy to help this stubborn mathematician verify a new theory?

IUT theory has been described as "walking on an uninhabited planet," lacking a connection to traditional mathematical frameworks.

It's like this: according to common sense, only apple trees bear apples, but now someone tells you that you can also get apples from a pear tree. Generally speaking, hearing this would shock any normal person's worldview.

Furthermore, judging by the tug-of-war between Mochizuki and the rest of the mathematical community for seven or eight years, this paper probably wouldn't have much change either.

He hadn't even resolved his own controversies yet, and now he would have to get mired in another one. ===== CHAPTER 714 =====