Chapter 64

John fell into the same fog as Chen Jingrun, not knowing which side was Lin Ran's true side.

He hesitated: "Professor Lin, are you working for Huaguo?"

Lin Ran shook his head: "Of course not.

Huaguo is my motherland; I hope to help them develop in this way.

I know that you once helped Chinese scientists transport experimental equipment for nuclear physics back to Huaguo, so I guessed that you would be willing to do me this favor.

You know, with the sponsorship of the Rockefeller Foundation and the salary Columbia University pays me, I am not short of money. I hope to help Chinese scientific researchers in this way.

I hope to help Huaguo make progress in science and technology, and let the people of Huaguo have a better life through the progress of science and technology.

I don't know if you have heard of the concept of Cultural Huaguo I proposed."

Lin Ran briefly talked about this concept he proposed, and then continued: "Chinese people have the same skin color as me, and the same culture is in our minds."

For John George Trump's help to Huaguo's nuclear physics, the simplified Chinese internet not only did not exaggerate it, but might have even deleted some of it.

During his time at MIT, Zhao Zhongyao's goal was to learn the power generation and acceleration tube manufacturing technology of electrostatic accelerators. He needed to access core data, experimental equipment, and find ways to purchase key components.

John not only allowed Zhao Zhongyao to freely use the laboratory's data and equipment, but also provided assistance in many aspects, including opening all the laboratory's resources to Zhao Zhongyao and personally answering technical problems for him.

The one that should be most talked about by the simplified Chinese internet in later generations is that an old atmospheric proton electrostatic accelerator in the laboratory was about to be retired, and he listed it as "waste" and provided it to Zhao Zhongyao for testing and research free of charge.

Not only that, he also used his connections and relationships to help Zhao Zhongyao contact factories that could produce accelerator parts, solving the difficulties in procurement.

Later, when Zhao Zhongyao brought equipment, key parts, and books back to Huaguo, he was detained in Yokohama, Nihon, and even briefly imprisoned in Sugamo Prison. The other party also provided support.

You have to know that that point in time was 1950, which belonged to a sensitive time point. It was not easy for John to make such a stance.

Of course, this was the other party's attitude problem. John showed his friendliness to Huaguo and his willingness to help Huaguo from his attitude.

Lin Ran chose him, and there was another very important point: ability.

John did this step, and in the five years from 1950 to 1955 when McCarthyism was prevalent, he was not investigated. In 1964, after Huaguo's atomic bomb was successful, he was also not investigated.

You have to know that even without direct evidence, Dean Qian just because of suspected sympathy, encountered various investigations.

And John directly participated in helping Chinese physicists, from learning theoretical knowledge to manufacturing equipment and then transporting equipment back, participating in the whole process, and actually did not receive any investigation or difficulty.

He safely and steadily worked as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until retirement. This fully shows John George Trump's ability and connections.

Willingness, ability, and connections—this is the most important reason why Lin Ran found the other party and hoped he could help.

Seeing that John George was still thinking, Lin Ran continued: "Professor, the academic journals needed are only limited to the academic field. I fully trust you on this point; you will be the one to gatekeep.

If the money from Fred's side is not enough, you tell me, and I will find a way to make up for it for you later."

Lin Ran meant that he didn't want a penny of the proceeds from the cooperation with Fred. These funds were fully handed over to John to handle, and John was responsible for purchasing academic journals on his behalf. As for how much to buy, how to transport them back to Huaguo, and how much money to spend, John was responsible for it all.

This is absolute trust in the other party's character.

John thought for a while, looking directly at the other party with glowing eyes, "Lin, you trust me a bit too much. Why do you think I can do it?"

Lin Ran smiled bitterly: "Maybe it's a mathematician's intuition.

My intuition tells me that you are trustworthy."

He couldn't say that I know history.

On the contrary, this kind of answer was convincing enough. At least on the surface, John believed it.

"Alright, alright.

Regarding sending academic journals to Huaguo, there are bright-side methods, there are also some gray-area methods, and of course there is a very special method.

Let me explain the bright-side methods first.

The first is to communicate with the Huaguo side, let the NAS establish a communication channel with Huaguo's scientific organizations, and send Western academic journals to Huaguo through the communication channel."

This NAS is not that NAS; this NAS here is the National Academy of Sciences of America.

Lin Ran asked suspiciously: "Is this feasible?"

John explained: "Whether this is feasible depends on Huaguo. I believe America would be very happy to sign a similar cooperation agreement, but I am not sure if Huaguo would be willing to sign it.

In 1956, the NAS established the American-Soviet Scientific and Technical Cooperation Committee, and two years later, the two sides signed a scientific and technical exchange agreement named the Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, used to exchange scientific publications.

If the Huaguo side is willing to sign, I have the confidence to help you push the American side.

Considering that Huaguo and America have not yet established diplomatic relations, this will also be a problem, but it can be tried.

The second is to find the Rockefeller Foundation for sponsorship, establish an American-Huaguo Academic Exchange Committee, and then send academic journals to the Huaguo side through this academic exchange committee.

The bright-side methods are all about the same; the journals that can be sent are very limited, and there will be many restrictions.

The gray area is to transship through Xiangjiang, Yokohama, and other places, and find ways to transport the journals there.

If you choose the bright-side road, the risk of you wanting to walk the gray area will rise sharply.

At least I am no longer suitable to help you handle this matter."

The methods John proposed made Lin Ran realize: could it be that the other party is specifically doing this kind of thing? How is he so clear?

Like the scientific and technical cooperation agreement signed between the Russians and America, on the surface they were fighting to the death with the old Americans, but you still need academic journals, right? You don't talk about it yourself, and you even want to stop supplying the second-hand goods chewed by the Americans to Huaguo.

Lin Ran felt that the Russians were a bit too despicable when he thought about it.

"Didn't you just say there is a third kind?"

John said with a serious face at this time: "The third kind has the best effect, but if you intend to adopt the third kind, you have to think clearly.

A certain IA has a so-called Mockingbird Project, aiming to buy off global reporters and institutions to collect intelligence, and even manufacture fake intelligence to mislead hostile countries.

You know, America has always wanted to interfere with Huaguo's nuclear bomb research process.

Telling them to mail journals containing wrong data to Huaguo's scientific researchers can effectively interfere with Huaguo's nuclear test process."