Xueba's life simulator

Chapter 175: Planning for the Future

"Didn't you meet that guy when he visited the University of Science and Technology before? When you met and talked alone, you told him something about your thoughts on China's future technological development.

Later, not long after that person returned to the capital, he summoned the rest of us to have a small meeting, mainly to talk about what you told him at that time.

He asked us at that meeting how long it would take to complete the research on artificially synthesized grains in China. At that time, we all thought that it would still take some years to complete, but who would have thought that you would complete it so quickly.

In addition, he also asked us what you said to him, how long it will take for our country to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and how long it will take to build a base on the moon and land on Mars, and expressed your thoughts.

We all said it was impossible at the time, but after you completed a series of experiments on artificial starch and glucose so quickly, we also felt that you might have some basis for thinking so, but we don’t know your specifics. idea.

So, what I want to ask you now is why on earth do you think we can reach the carbon peak before 2020, and within five years after reaching the carbon peak, we can achieve carbon neutrality before 2025?

Also, do you think we will build the first base on the moon by 2030 and be able to live on Mars by 2050?

According to the current development of science and technology, even if our country's science and technology development becomes the first in the world in more than ten or decades, it will be a long time later, but it is impossible to live on Mars in 2050. .

Can you talk about the basis for your ideas? "

Zhou Chunli first explained to Zhou Ming that he knew what Zhou Ming talked about when he talked with that person alone before, and then asked Zhou Ming about his doubts.

"I'm sorry Dean Zhou, this involves our company's development plan, so I can't disclose too much information to you.

I can only say that Huaguo can achieve carbon neutrality before 2020 and carbon peak before 2025, which is related to the future development of our company.

Our company is planning to conduct research on desert greening, plant solar power generation, etc. If you are interested in this, you can always pay attention to the latest announcements of future biotechnology companies.

As for building the first base on the moon before 2030, you will know this later. "

Zhou Ming replied to Zhou Chunli and other people at the scene who were paying attention to this issue. Carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Zhou Ming can also use the company to explain the matter of building a base on the moon. He can never say that he will join the plan in the future. , and serve as the chief engineer of the project, right?
Therefore, regarding space, Zhou Ming simply did not answer the situation in this regard.

"By the way, when I just mentioned this, I thought of the plan for space synthetic biology research that you asked me about." After answering Zhou Chunli's question, Zhou Ming said again.

His words immediately focused the attention of everyone present on the space synthetic biology research project.

"I think the first thing to study is resource utilization. Whether it is in the space station or in the future to establish a base on the moon, if you want to survive for a long time in such an extreme environment, the first thing is to achieve resource recycling as much as possible. .

However, the challenges facing synthetic biology in space are not just biological.

How do we operate a bioreactor when gravity is 0?What effect does space radiation have on microorganisms?What's the harm?These are all issues that need to be studied.

We need to ensure that organisms still have corresponding functions in extreme environments, which is a prerequisite for research.

As for the research on resource utilization, in space and on non-earth planets, we need to be able to provide them with the ability to process at least three kinds of resources, that is, waste, gas and minerals.

For example, the solid components in urine are used to produce various substances, fatty compounds are converted into dimethylamine for cleaning, and sugars are converted into gluconic acid, galactose, etc. for food.

In addition, air and some solid waste can also be recycled.

In fact, all of these can be realized through genetic technology by utilizing the self-replicating function of organisms and the ability to flexibly produce food, materials and special compounds. "

Zhou Ming began to briefly explain some of the ideas he had just thought of, and asked others to give their opinions.

"So what should we study first? Is it air? Or water? Or some solid waste?" someone asked.

"We can study at the same time." Zhou Ming looked at them and said, "Some of these studies have achieved some results internationally and domestically, while others are still blank.

If we do this one by one, it will be too slow..."

The meeting didn't last long, anyway, it must have been much shorter than the national 'Ten Thousand Talents Program' outstanding talent symposium just now.

Because there is no need for the leaders to speak here, there is no need to speak some official language, and there is no "Scientist Studio" awarding ceremony, Zhou Ming is talking most of the time.

After having lunch with them at noon, Zhou Ming did not stay here for long. Shen Qingqiu was still waiting for him at the hotel.

After dinner and returning to the hotel they had booked, Zhou Ming and Shen Qingqiu boarded the high-speed train back to Jinling. As for the two meetings, Zhou Ming naturally said some things that could be said.

"How do you plan to spend this summer vacation? Or go back to Yundian to take care of grandma?" Zhou Ming asked Shen Qingqiu who was sitting on the window seat on the high-speed train, watching the scenery speeding by outside the window.

And the grandma that Zhou Ming was talking about was naturally not the grandma in his hometown, but Shen Qingqiu's grandma.

"Well, grandma is getting old now, and I can go back during the winter and summer vacations when I am studying abroad. If I don't go during the longer summer vacations, grandma will be sad."

After hearing Zhou Ming's inquiry, Shen Qingqiu turned to look at him, then turned his eyes to the scenery outside the window and said to Zhou Ming.

"Qingqiu, have you thought about what you are going to do after graduating with a master's degree?
Do you want to continue your studies, get a Ph. D., or come out and do what you want to do?
We have been together for more than a year, and I still don't know what you want to do most in the future. "

Zhou Ming asked Shen Qingqiu again.

Hearing the question raised by Zhou Ming, Shen Qingqiu did not answer so quickly this time. She really didn't know what she wanted to do in the future.

Shen Qingqiu studied hard since he was a child, the purpose is to find a good job in the future, and change the lives of her and grandma after earning money.

After going to college, she sent most of the scholarship money back to her grandma, thinking it would change her grandma's life to a great extent, but her grandma never kept the money.

It was after Zhou Ming started a company and made money that he built roads in her hometown in Yundian, built a house for her grandma, and bought some simple and practical furniture. This changed her grandma's life to a great extent.

"What do I plan to do in the future... I don't know, my only thought since I was a child is to study hard and change the lives of grandma and me in the future.

If you are still able, you can change the situation of children studying in your hometown. "After a moment of silence, Shen Qingqiu spoke out his true thoughts.

"As for whether you should continue to study for a Ph.D. after a master's degree, do you think everyone is like you? Studying for a master's degree or a Ph.D. is like drinking water? The titles of tutors and professors in prestigious schools are like cabbage on the ground. You can do it casually. Got it?"

Having said this, Shen Qingqiu playfully rolled his eyes at Zhou Ming, and then continued, "I am very self-aware of my own abilities. After I graduate with my master's degree, I don't want to study for a Ph.D. again.

I think……"

After dragging out his thoughts for a long time, Shen Qingqiu changed the topic and asked Zhou Ming: "You still said that I don't know what you want to do in the future after we have been together for so long.

However, it seems that there is no need for the future, you are already doing it now.

Then let me ask another question, is what you are doing now what you wanted to do before? "

"Actually, I was the same as you before, I didn't know what to do in the future, and I was quite confused.

However, now I can say that what I am doing now is what I want to do. "

After briefly talking about himself, Zhou Ming turned the topic to Shen Qingqiu again.

As for what Zhou Ming said, ordinary people would definitely react. It turns out that Zhou Ming's changes in the past year are really the result of his learning during this year, rather than accumulation.

After all, if you had accumulated a lot of experience, you wouldn't have said that you were confused about the future before.

However, as Zhou Ming's girlfriend, Shen Qingqiu has known this for a long time, and she has never wanted to find out how Zhou Ming changed so much in one year.

"Qingqiu, since you don't know what to do in the future, why not wait for you to come and help me after you graduate from graduate school."

Zhou Ming's words stunned Shen Qingqiu, she looked at Zhou Ming, and asked him: "I graduated as a master's degree graduate, and you are now a second-level professor, and you are still a professor in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Science and Technology of China. and professors of the School of Life Sciences.

What's more, you have just been selected as an outstanding talent in the national "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" and have a scientist studio.

Aren't the people around you better than me?what can I do for you?I don't want to go over and drag you down. "

“It’s not about research, it’s about other things.

By the end of this year or the beginning of next year, I plan to create a poverty-stricken area development plan and a poverty-stricken area development foundation, and write down clearly on the website the whereabouts of the money received by the foundation.

Since you haven't figured out what you want to do after graduation, before you figure it out, after you graduate, help me deal with this matter, okay? "

When this matter was mentioned, Zhou Ming also looked into Shen Qingqiu's eyes.

"Development plan for poor areas? Why did you suddenly think of this?" Shen Qingqiu asked again.

"It's not a sudden thought. You know I was born in a rural area. The county where my hometown is is also one of the many poor counties in China. I have always wanted to do something for my hometown and the country.

Now that the company is making money, the reinvested money should be removed from the profits and a part of it should be used to do something for national development. This is what we people should do. "

When Zhou Ming said this, Shen Qingqiu's eyes gradually changed from confusion at the beginning to admiration.

As for her feelings for Zhou Ming, before Zhou Ming became a professor at HKUST, she only had admiration for Zhou Ming.

But after Zhou Ming first published papers in top international journals and then became a professor at the University of Science and Technology, Shen Qingqiu's feelings for Zhou Ming grew even more.

However, that kind of worship is the worship of Zhou Ming's talent.

And the admiration that Shen Qingqiu is showing now is a kind of admiration for Zhou Ming's character.

"Since you had an idea before, do you have a rough development plan?" Shen Qingqiu asked Zhou Ming impatiently.

"There are ideas, but when the time comes, the specific situation needs to be analyzed in detail, and I can only make a general plan for this kind of thing.

I think so, there are many reasons why a region is poor.

Some are because the place where they are located is not good, some are because there is no development direction in the local area, there is no energy, and there is no scenery, and some are because they have not received attention from above, there is no capital investment, etc.

However, most of them have one thing in common, that is, because the local area is too poor, so that the population has lost a lot and the education is not enough.

If education is not good, there will be few people who can come out through education.

Even if a few people came out because of their talents or hard work, most of them will not come back because their hometown is too poor and there is no future for development.

They will only go to those places that are richer and they think have more prospects for development.

In this way, it is caught in a vicious circle.

Poor places are becoming poorer because of brain drain and no inflow of talent and capital.

But rich places not only absorb local people who have received good education and become talented, but also absorb talents from other places, making rich places richer and richer.

The poverty-stricken area development plan that I want to prepare is also impossible to directly send money to them. After all, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish. I want to break this vicious circle.

I want to invest in education and development in these places at the same time. Future biotechnology companies and future artificial intelligence companies will produce a lot of results every year. To form an industrial chain, it is necessary to build a large number of factories that produce related materials and employ many people.

And the labor in those impoverished areas is cheaper than other developed cities. I plan to build roads in those places first, then build factories or other developments, and build schools at the same time.

This will not only retain the local people, but also increase the chances of education for the children there.

However, in the early stage of this kind of plan, the investment will definitely be far greater than the return on output. However, my plan is not originally for profit, so there is a poverty-stricken area development foundation.

When all the poverty-stricken areas identified by the state are cleared, the poverty-stricken area development foundation will be dissolved.

Of course, what I am saying now are just my general ideas, and I will leave it to professionals to implement it in detail later. "

Zhou Ming told Shen Qingqiu what he was thinking.

Just like the five-year plans one after another, there is a general direction and target, and then human and material resources are invested in the development. It does not mean that everything should be written in every detail when formulating the plan.

After listening to what Zhou Ming said, Shen Qingqiu felt a little unconfident.

"But, I haven't learned any knowledge in this area, and I don't know anything about it. How can I help you?" Shen Qingqiu asked Zhou Ming.

"There are many ways to help me. When the time comes, you can see which aspect you are interested in and do whatever you want," Zhou Ming said.

As for asking Shen Qingqiu to do nothing and play every day, Zhou Ming didn't care. However, after getting along with Shen Qingqiu for more than a year, he knew that Shen Qingqiu would not accept this idea.

People are different, but Zhou Ming before he had no life simulator, if you told him not to work, but to eat, drink and play every day, he would definitely wish for it.

(End of this chapter)