I Have a Research Support System

The next day, at eight o'clock in the morning.

Wei Xingsi appeared at the door of 8304 in a plaid shirt and casual trousers, and said:

"Xu Qiu, today I'll take you to eat Jincheng's special breakfast, Maobuli Baozi, I've already found a good place, it's not far from the school, let's take a taxi there."

"Okay." Xu Qiu agreed. He has never eaten Maobuli steamed buns, but he has eaten the same famous Quanjude Roast Duck, which left a deep impression on him at that time. The roast duck is expensive, rare and unpalatable. It is not as good as a large bowl of 20 yuan in the streets The braised stew is delicious, but today is Mr. Wei's treat, so he has no reason not to go.

After more than ten minutes' drive, the two came to Maobuli's store. The plaque and the gate were decorated in a very grand style.

Xu Qiu glanced inside, the interior decoration of the store is relatively ordinary, but there are quite a lot of customers, judging from their appearance and accent, most of them should be tourists, who came here just for the fame.

The two found a seat and sat down. Wei Xingsi looked at the menu. A basket of steamed buns cost 128 yuan, a bowl of appetizing mullet egg soup cost 38 yuan, and a plate of peanuts cost 58 yuan.

Teacher Wei smashed his tongue and said: "It's quite expensive, let's order less, just come and taste something new, I have been to Jincheng once before, and I only stayed for a day, and I didn't taste the specialties here. Fill."

Xu Qiu nodded and had no objection. Seeing this, Wei Xingsi called the waiter and said, "One cage of pork buns with century-old sauce, one cage of beef buns, and two bowls of appetizing mullet egg soup."

Afterwards, he said to Xu Qiu: "By the way, how did you play last night?"

"It's okay, Cao Si, the big brother in Gong Yuanjiang's group, took us to play board games." Xu Qiu explained, and then asked, "Teacher Wei, what is our itinerary for today?"

"Today..." Wei Xing thought for a while, and said: "We have breakfast in the morning, and we need to meet Gong Yuanjiang, exchange ideas, and visit their laboratory. There should be nothing to do in the afternoon. You can go shopping around. In the evening we Let's talk about what to report tomorrow."

The food here is relatively fast. Not long after, the waitress came over with two steaming cages and two bowls of soup, and said: "One cage of century-old sauced meat, one cage of beef, and two bowls of fish Egg soup, please use it slowly."

Xu Qiu muttered to himself, the service attitude here is not as bad as the one uploaded on the Internet, but the buns are really small, only about 5 cm in diameter, so small buns, 8 pieces sell for 128, converted to 16 soft sister coins , is really expensive, let's taste it first.

Wei Xingsi had already started, he directly picked up a steamed stuffed bun, poked a small mouthful, drank the soup, swallowed the steamed stuffed bun in one gulp, and took a sip of the fish egg soup.

Xu Qiu also ate a steamed stuffed bun and took a sip of soup just like him.

"How does it taste?" Wei Xingsi asked casually.

"I ate too fast just now, I didn't taste it." Xu Qiu scratched his head.

"Haha, try another one." Wei Xingsi said with a smile.

Xu Qiu picked up another bun, this time he ate it slowly, tasted it carefully, and commented:

"The taste is a little weird. It's not the same as the Xiaolongbao here in Shanghai. It's not too delicious, and of course it's not too bad. It's not cost-effective."

Wei Xingsi gave a "hmm", nodded and said, "It's just for fun, no wonder that guy Gong Yuanjiang keeps persuading me not to come."

After finishing their breakfast, the two took a taxi back to Kainan University. Gong Yuanjiang sent Cao Nan to bring Wei Xingsi and Xu Qiu to his office building.

Gong Yuanjiang is a professor of the Chemistry Department of Kainan University. In addition, he is also named in Jincheng Chemical and Chemical Engineering Collaborative Innovation Center and other institutions, with many titles.

This is also normal. University professors like this "Yangtze River" level are already close to the ceiling of the academic circle. They are popular wherever they go. They can get a name in some institutions without doing anything, and they can do it every month. Receive tens of thousands of wages, of course, take other people's money, and if something happens, they have to bear joint and several liabilities, so they usually cherish their feathers and only name themselves in state-owned enterprises or state-owned institutions.

Gong Yuanjiang was originally in organic synthesis, but later found that the materials were easier to publish, so he switched to the past.

In fact, chemistry, materials, and polymers are basically not separated, and the things they do are not too different. Generally, they are developing in the direction of materials. After all, materials can be applied.

Why must there be applications? It is mainly because of the current academic background. Compared with the budding era of science hundreds of years ago, the speed of expanding the unknown field has become very slow. In other words, the things that can be explored are basically already When it comes to exploration, it is very difficult to find something completely new.

If you do pure chemistry and synthesize several molecules, there is a high probability that these molecules are not brand new molecules, but are improved based on the existing structure. In this case, only the molecular structure, without application, cannot be compared with each other. It is also difficult to define the value of work, and there may be various disputes, such as: "My job is similar to his, and there is no lack of one of the required tests, why can he issue JACS, I can only issue one RSC Adv. in SCI Region Three?"

If there is an application, just like in the field of organic photovoltaics, there are rigid indicators such as photoelectric conversion efficiency. Whose material is better and whose material is worse, the efficiency can be compared at a glance, and disputes can be easily resolved: "Yes, ours. The work is about the same, but my material efficiency is 10%, your material is only 1%, and the efficiency of 1% is published in the three districts, and the periodical company will look at you."

Cao Nan ushered Wei Xingsi and Xu Qiu into Gong Yuanjiang's office, then got up and left.

Xu Qiu looked at the interior of the office, but it was about the same size as Mr. Wei's, and the layout was also very similar. There were bookcases, desks, computers, sofas, coffee tables, etc., but there was no fish tank or projector. Colleges and universities usually have requirements on the size of teachers' offices. For example, Shanghai University, Xu Qiu learned that the professor's office is about 20 square meters, and the associate professor's office is about 10 square meters.

Xu Qiu sat down on the sofa, while Wei Xingsi chatted with Gong Yuanjiang.

Wei Xingsi took out a small tin can from his briefcase, and said, "This is the tea I bought when I passed by Hangzhou before, and this time I specially brought a can for you."

Gong Yuanjiang took it with a smile: "Xingsi, you are so polite with your own people."

Wei Xingsi also smiled heartily, and asked casually, "Didn't you say you were going to send a doctoral student to our place for an exchange?"

"Oh, this matter," Gong Yuanjiang responded, "This year our group has recruited two new doctoral students, one male and one female. I have already asked about them. Both of them intend to go to your side. Wait a minute You guys meet and chat, and then decide which one to choose."

"I envy you all," Wei Xingsi sighed, and then said, "Our material department has too few students. There is only one Ph.D. and one Master's degree at most each year, and it may not be fully recruited. By the way, how many students do you have now?"

"Including undergraduates, there should be more than 20 people in total. Our group can recruit three PhDs every year, but the number of places is often endless, and there are not so many people to recruit." Gong Yuanjiang paused, and suddenly said:

"Why don't you send a student here too, I think this classmate Xu Qiu is pretty good, I sent a doctoral student, you are a direct Ph. It’s okay for me to suffer a little.”

"Heh, where are you at a disadvantage?" Wei Xingsi chuckled lightly, and then said seriously, "I definitely wouldn't send Xu Qiu over to exchange ideas. If you change someone, you can still consider it."

"I was just joking. I have no shortage of students here. Now I think there are too many people and I can't handle it." Gong Yuanjiang smiled and said: "Speaking of it, according to Xu Qiu's current achievements, the doctoral graduation should be very fast, right? Have you considered the future development?"

Xu Qiu was stunned for a moment, 'Why did the topic suddenly turn to me? '

He really didn't think too much about the future, but since Mr. Gong asked, he couldn't keep silent.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Qiu replied: "I only want to do my job well, and I don't think about things so far away."

"That's right, with so many achievements, you can still be neither arrogant nor impetuous. If there are a few students in our group, they will probably go to the sky." Gong Yuanjiang praised.

What Xu Qiu said was also true. He believed that as long as the scientific research circle did a good job, other things would come naturally.

For example, according to the school's policy, as long as the number of articles is enough, direct Ph.D. students can apply for early graduation. Generally speaking, one more article and one area can be advanced one year. Even if Teacher Wei's requirements are higher, two articles and one area will be converted into one year. , Including ACSEL, which has a high probability of becoming a journal in the first district, he now has four papers and one district one. After that, ADA non-fullerene system will randomly publish a few papers in the first district. There is still a chance after graduation in two or three years.

Of course, there may also be situations where Mr. Wei will not let people go, and that would be a bit painful. Although the power of domestic tutors is not as great as that of foreign countries, it is still possible for card students to graduate, especially if this is an application for early graduation.

However, according to Xu Qiu's observation of Mr. Wei, he has PUSHed some of the PUSH, and he is quite good to the students, so he shouldn't be so unscrupulous...

After that, I still look for an opportunity to talk to him, to find out...

In other words, my Ph.D. has not been officially admitted yet, so why do I start thinking about graduation? (Currently, Xu Qiu has not yet obtained a bachelor's degree certificate, so although he has been admitted to graduate school, he is still in the state of admission. Only when he obtains dual certificates can he be officially admitted.)

Gong Yuanjiang chatted with Wei Xingsi for a while, looked at his watch, and said:

"It's getting late, I'll show you around the lab, and take a look at the two doctoral students, they should be here today."

PS: Ten thousand changes today.