Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 125 Conversation with the Teacher and Future Possibilities (First order plus 6)

The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and the teacher ended the lecture on time.

Universities rarely procrastinate, because the lecturers don't care much about the students' test scores.

Zhou Rui looked at the time and hurried to catch up with the teacher.

The teacher left after class so fast, as if the gas was not turned off at home, he was almost lost as a [Heir of Ancient Martial Arts].

"Teacher Wu, wait a minute."

Wu Huamin, about 40 years old, stopped and recognized the student.

Celebrities in the School of Chemistry and Materials, top scorers in the National College Entrance Examination.

Although his mind is not on teaching, if a student like Zhou Rui has any questions, he is still willing to answer them.

"Student Zhou, what's the matter?"

Zhou Ruidao: "It's like this. I have been studying professional courses at the undergraduate level by myself in my spare time recently. I feel a little confused at the moment, and I want to ask the teacher for advice."

"Which doubt?"

It is not new for Xueba to broadcast courses ahead of time in Fuda, because the people here are all former leaders.

"There are some doubts about the future direction."

Why is chemistry pitted, because it can make each branch extremely deep under the condition of extremely fine classification.

Inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry, nuclear chemistry, electrochemistry, etc.

Many bigwigs have learned a lot in their lifetime, and they only specialize in one material in one field. Although Zhou Rui has a problem, he still needs to clarify a direction first.

Usually this kind of thing needs to be considered in the senior year or even in the postgraduate entrance examination, but Zhou Rui wants to know in advance.

It is convenient for him to know where to hang it.

Although I think it's a bit early to talk about this with freshmen, but as I said before, Zhou Rui is a special one, so Wu Huamin is willing to spend more time.

"Then what is Zhou's plan for the future? Do you want to do scientific research, or enter the society after graduation?"

Zhou Rui thought for a while and said, "I may be interested in material development, but do scientific research and entering society conflict?"

"It's not completely conflicting, but it's not completely consistent. I can probably guess that freshmen are always full of confidence in the future, such as enjoying themselves discovering some kind of magical material, registering a patent, and then getting a double harvest of money and scientific research, etc. But there is one problem."

"Schools can only teach you how to enter the laboratory, but they cannot teach you to walk out of the laboratory. Even if there is some kind of discovery, it is still far away from being converted into money. Scientific research and money are not related. Not even a foot."

As if recalling something, Wu Huamin pointed to himself and said, "For example, the field of metalloenzymes that I focus on is a typical interdisciplinary subject. You probably haven't touched it yet. I have accumulated six patents over the years, but It's really useless."

"why?"

"Because these technologies only prove the theory, it's okay to publish papers, and it's still too early to have practical application value. Let me give another example, do you know about lithium iron phosphate batteries?"

Zhou Rui nodded.

"It was invented in 97, and a patent was applied for. At that time, Japan and the United States had filed a patent lawsuit, but even now, countless companies are still spending money on research, and countless companies have spent tens of millions. Hundreds of millions, Many of them lost their money.”

"From discovery to achievement, from achievement to finished product, from finished product to maturity, every step is far away."

Zhou Rui nodded in approval.

Wu Huamin was a little surprised. Zhou Rui didn't have the impatience of being poured cold water on him. In the past, when he told these things to young students, the students, especially the freshmen, were always unconvinced.

It wasn't until they entered the laboratory and worked for several years that they realized the reality and realized that developing new materials was not so easy.

However, Zhou Rui's appearance made Wu Huamin willing to say a few more words.

"Patent protection, financial support, industrial technology, user feedback, there are too many things that researchers can't handle. 99% of the laboratory technologies in the world have no realization value and opportunities, and you are only a freshman, and you are far away from scientific research. The result is still relatively far away, even if it is worthless
"Don't think too far now, otherwise you think there are so many professors and scholars in the university, and no one has any research results, why don't they all start companies? Do you not like money?"

At this point, Wu Huamin paused for a moment: "To improve a technology to the point where it can be put into the market, you may need to manage a company with hundreds or even thousands of people. If you really have the ability to manage a company with hundreds of people, you can do whatever you want without making money. ? Why don’t you buy technology?. There is only one situation where you can bypass all these things, which is a shortcut.”

"what?"

"Military industry."

"Military industry may not consider the market, or even large-scale manufacturing. This is especially true of our country's system, but these are too far away. You must at least reach the top level in a certain field, unless you are the kind of The Chosen One, full of luck, like the one who discovered penicillin."

Zhou Rui also smiled: "Such as sildenafil?"

Wu Huamin glanced at Zhou Rui, this champion man was more interesting than he imagined: "Yes, like sildenafil."

Zhou Ruidao: "However, these two examples seem to be in the field of medicine."

The field of medicine is obviously also a branch of chemistry, but it is a different matter from military industry.

Wu Huamin thought about it: "In a sense, both are driven by forces, but one is the country and the other is capital, but I don't recommend you to work hard in this direction."

"why?"

"Because the country does not have any right to speak in the field of medicine, and the research and development, licensing, and standard setting at the level of Western medicine are all in the hands of Western countries. Unless you go abroad and never come back, any of your research will not be taken seriously. Even domestic companies are not focused on research and development.
"And if the chosen ones generally get any results, they will be hindered in various ways. The domestic market is also their territory. They will either get your people or your results. It's as simple as that."

Wu Huamin himself had the experience of studying abroad. It is not difficult to see from his expression that Wu Huamin is not full of unrealistic praise for foreign countries like most people in this era.

However, currently going abroad is the mainstream idea of ​​scientific research. He didn't want to talk about it with Zhou Rui so early on. Wu Huamin himself was considered "not enough talent" because he returned to China.

Wu Huamin chatted for a few more words before leaving.

Zhou Rui also benefited a lot.

In his previous life, he had never done any scientific research work. Although his experience was collected in an orderly manner recently, the huge knowledge system made him need a direction.

Today's conversation gave him a clue, but it wasn't specific enough.

Of course, Wu Huamin is not a peerless expert. Being able to give lectures to undergraduates is only a relatively ordinary type among countless researchers, and his vision and opinions also have certain limitations.

But Zhou Rui still gained something.

After that, Zhou Rui continued to come to the library to brush up his experience with peace of mind.

[God of Learning] The skill tree entry gave him unlimited possibilities, but it didn't mean he didn't need to work hard.

(End of this chapter)