Chapter 4149

Yes, science has no borders, but scientists have a motherland. If scientists all left their motherland and went to foreign countries with better environments to engage in scientific research, what would their motherland become?

Especially China. For a long time, China has been very backward, poor, and weak, especially backward in science and technology. When it was just liberated, China's science and technology were at least a hundred years behind developed countries in the world.

Afterwards, China experienced a period of development, but also experienced a period of turmoil, which caused China's science and technology to start falling behind again after just getting started. Not only did it not catch up, but it fell even further behind.

In the ten years of reform and opening up, China has indeed been developing at a high speed, but in terms of science and technology, it is currently at least several decades behind those developed countries. If we want to catch up with those developed countries, we need more people with lofty ideals to contribute their lifelong energy to work hard.

However, for so many years, China does not know how many top talents have been lost overseas. There have been, are, and will be Chinese scientists who have acquired foreign citizenship. Some are for better scientific research environments abroad than at home, and some are for better living conditions abroad.

Actually, just as the female host said, now is a diversified society, and no matter what choice is made, it should not be criticized.

However, there are also many overseas students who chose to return to the motherland after finishing their studies to contribute their strength to the construction of the motherland.

Most of the academicians at the scene had experiences of studying abroad. They went abroad to study in order to learn more advanced scientific knowledge from abroad and return to serve the motherland. This belief, they have never wavered.

After returning to China, they relied on scientific research environments and conditions that were much worse than those abroad, but they made many major achievements and made outstanding contributions to China's scientific and technological progress. They truly interpreted the sentence "Science has no borders, but scientists have a motherland."

Although the actions of these Chinese scientists who acquired foreign citizenship are understandable, compared with these academicians who returned from overseas, their faces still felt a bit hot.

Fan Jianxun's face showed a look of shame. His name was given to him by his grandfather because his grandfather was once a veteran of the War of Resistance Against Japan and had made repeated meritorious services on the battlefield of the War of Resistance Against Japan. He also had high hopes for this grandson of his, hoping that he could make meritorious services for the country, so he gave him such a name.

Fan Jianxun's grades had always been very good since he was a child, and he was smart and clever. The whole family was very happy, thinking that he would definitely grow up to be a pillar of the country, making the name his grandfather gave him a reality. But who knew that after Fan Jianxun went abroad to study, he actually stayed in the United States and acquired American citizenship, which made his whole family very unable to understand.

And Fan Jianxun's grandfather, because of this matter, refused to acknowledge Fan Jianxun. Fan Jianxun returned to China several times, but he never met with Fan Jianxun. It was not until his grandfather died in depression that Fan Jianxun returned home and cried loudly in front of his grandfather's spirit.

However, Fan Jianxun had always felt that he had not done anything wrong because his scientific research environment in the United States was better, and he had made many major achievements there, which also made him successful. He felt that his grandfather's and parents' lack of understanding of him was just a generation gap.

But today, here, Fan Jianxun still felt a bit ashamed. He began to reflect on whether his actions were really beyond reproach?

Next, the host began to interview Fan Jianxun on the spot. However, they were very understanding and did not start a discussion on the topic of Fan Jianxun going abroad, but only interviewed Fan Jianxun about the process of completing his award-winning achievements, not making Fan Jianxun embarrassed.

Subsequently, the two hosts announced that two highly respected academicians of the two academies would come on stage to present awards to the two winners. Amidst the warm applause of the whole audience, the two gray-haired academicians walked onto the stage, took the trophies and checks from the staff, and presented them to Zhang Xueliang and Fan Jianxun.

These two academicians both had experiences of studying abroad, but they did not stay in the foreign countries with superior conditions, but resolutely returned to China, using the knowledge they learned from studying abroad to make huge contributions to China's scientific and technological development and national defense construction. In any aspect, they could be called the predecessors and models for Zhang Xueliang and Fan Jianxun.

These two academicians did not say anything on this topic. They highly praised the achievements of Zhang Xueliang and Fan Jianxun, called them the light of the Chinese people, praised them for winning glory for Chinese people all over the world, and hoped that they could continue to work hard as always, make more and better scientific research achievements, and make contributions to all mankind.

The encouragement of the two academicians made Fan Jianxun feel even more ashamed. These two academicians were fully qualified to criticize his behavior of staying abroad, but they were incomparably generous and did not mention this matter at all, but only praised their achievements and called them the light of the Chinese people.

Perhaps only those who have had the experience of studying abroad know how difficult it is to refuse the generous conditions of foreign countries and return to China?

When Zhang Xueliang and Fan Jianxun took the trophies and checks from the two academicians, the whole audience once again sent them the warmest applause. They also bowed deeply to the two academicians and the whole audience to express their gratitude.

The two also successively delivered award acceptance speeches, expressing their wish to work harder in the future, and also thanked Hanhai Science and Technology, thanked the academicians who voted for them, and thanked all the guests present.

After the Physics Award was presented, the other awards were also presented one by one. The six awards finally had ten winners, which also made the whole audience marvel. For this first Hanhai Science and Technology Award, Hanhai Science and Technology had to pay out 100 million in prize money. This money might not count for much to Hanhai Science and Technology, but in this era, it was still a huge figure that was very eye-catching.

After all the winners went on stage to receive their awards, the relevant leaders from the State Science and Technology Commission and the province and city all went on stage to deliver speeches. Their speeches were all very short. They also knew that today's occasion was not the time for them to give long speeches. They all highly praised the award established by Hanhai Science and Technology Group and also highly praised the major achievements made by these winners.

Finally, Hou Chang, as the host, also went on stage to deliver a speech. He said that he had always had a dream, which was to be the best technology enterprise in the world, to let China stand in the forest of nations in the world, to become a powerful country in science and technology, and to make greater contributions to all mankind.

This was his original intention for establishing the Hanhai Science and Technology Award, and he was also very happy to see so many outstanding Chinese scientists win the first Hanhai Science and Technology Award. The achievements they made were all very major, the glory of Chinese people all over the world. They proved that Chinese people could also have excellent scientists and could also make huge contributions to human science and technology...

After Hou Chang's speech ended, everyone in the audience stood up and sent him the warmest applause. This was them expressing their respect to Hou Chang. Hou Chang had now made Hanhai Science and Technology one of the most successful technology enterprises in the world, and his establishment of the Hanhai Science and Technology Award made people admire him even more.

He had to take out nearly 100 million in prize money every year just to reward those Chinese scientists who had major achievements in scientific research. This move was undoubtedly positive and had a positive stimulating effect on China's scientific and technological development. This was an entrepreneur with a strong sense of social responsibility.

And countless netizens who watched this award ceremony on the Internet were now also expressing their respect for Hanhai Science and Technology and Hou Chang on the Internet. They said that from now on, they would only buy Hanhai when buying, and only go to Hanhai Net when surfing the Internet. For netizens, this was the highest respect and greatest support they could express.

It can be said that in terms of pattern and demeanor, Hou Chang had already left other entrepreneurs several blocks behind.

After the award ceremony ended, Hou Chang had another meal with Su Xinghui. During the meal, he happily told Su Xinghui that Fan Jianxun and several other foreign national scientists of Chinese descent had already expressed their willingness to join Hanhai Science and Technology just as the award ceremony ended.

Hou Chang's words made Su Xinghui exceptionally happy. For a scientist of Fan Jianxun's level to be able to return to China to work, even if he was still an American citizen, it was already a major positive news for the development of China's science and technology. As long as he worked for Hanhai Science and Technology, the achievements he made would all belong to Hanhai Science and Technology, and of course, they would also belong to China.

This time, it was not just Fan Jianxun who returned to China; several other scientists of the same level as him were also going to return to China to work. This was a major victory for China's scientific and technological community, and one of Hou Chang's purposes for establishing the Hanhai Science and Technology Award could be considered achieved.

Su Xinghui raised his wine glass and said, "Chang, this is good news. It's worth you and me having a big drink!"

Hou Chang also laughed and said, "Yes, come, let's have a toast!"

After finishing the glass, Hou Chang said again that Fan Jianxun's wife was a female student who went to the United States at the same time as him. She had the same major as him and also worked in the laboratory led by Fan Jianxun. She was also an outstanding scientist. This time, Fan Jianxun's award-winning achievement also had a great contribution from his wife.

Fan Jianxun said that he and his wife had reached a consensus that he and his wife, as well as their two children, would all return to China together this time and would settle down in China from now on.