Stock up in space to survive and save civilization in the end of the world

What lies before Lin Qian now is an unknown road.

This road may be a broad road, or it may be a thorny road.

There is also a very practical question: does this direction have research value?

Not every time you get the results you want in scientific research experiments, the probability of achieving a successful research directly at one time is close to 0.

The experience summarized by countless scientific researchers is: you must first have the courage to try, treat each experimental result as a kind of feedback for pathfinding, review it repeatedly, and continuously optimize.

Repeated review and optimization until the day of success.

Why do scientific researchers have to endure loneliness? Because no one can predict whether the experimental period will be long or short.

It is possible to study for several years only to discover that you are going in the wrong direction.

Or maybe after more than ten years of research, when you finally see the light, someone gets the experimental results and publishes a paper a few months before you do.

Lin Qian vaguely felt that once the research on female sterile rice strains was successful, it would be another major technological breakthrough in hybrid rice cultivation.

However, she is very careful. She has only started working for a year and a half. She is still in the stage of crossing the river by feeling the stones when it comes to hybrid rice, and is unable to make correct predictions and judgments.

She needs someone to guide her, someone to guide her in the right direction when she is lost, and a scientific research team to move forward together.

Thinking of this, Lin Qian took out her mobile phone, called the counselor, and made an appointment to go to the dean's office.

Anyway, she is still a student now, so when she encounters difficulties, she will of course ask the teacher for help.

When Dean Qin heard about her intention, he first recognized her spirit of careful observation and courage to explore. However, Dean Qin didn't know much about hybrid rice research.

So he checked on the computer for a while, wrote an email address on a piece of paper, and told her that this was the private email address of Ping Lao, the "father of hybrid rice in China."

Dean Qin asked Lin Qian to write a report and send it to Mr. Ping.

Let top experts on hybrid rice evaluate her research direction to see if it is necessary to continue the research.

Lin Qian immediately started typing on the keyboard when she got back. After writing the report with pictures and texts, she anxiously sent the report to Mr. Ping.

She received a call from Mr. Ping that day.

At that time, she was continuing to check the growth of the spikelets in the paddy field, and her cell phone suddenly rang.

After the call was connected, a person with a Hunan accent said: "Are you the classmate Xu Xiaoxi who sent me the report?"

"I am!"

This phone call took a long time, and Mr. Ping didn't have any airs. First, he answered the questions she raised in the report - female sterile strains have high research value.

Then Ping Lao asked her why she discovered the rice plant. When he learned that she was in the paddy field, Ping Lao asked her in detail about the current condition and characteristics of the rice plant.

The next afternoon, Lin Qian was called to the office by Dean Qin, and Mr. Ping actually came to the Agricultural University in person.

He first went to the small laboratory and saw Lin Qian's experiments on Xiao Suizi. He praised: "The little girl has learned the basic knowledge very solidly."

Then he went to the paddy field and inspected each rice plant. Finally, he confirmed that this was the only female sterile plant in the experimental field.

"Little girl, do you want to study hybrid rice with me?"

"Of course!"

Just when the Grain Rain clears up, the spring returns again in a blink of an eye.

China Hybrid Rice Research Center.

A girl wearing a lab coat smiled and said: "Xiaoxi, congratulations on the successful publication of the paper. When can we celebrate together?"

The corner of Lin Qian's mouth raised: "I will fly to Beijing this afternoon for my graduation thesis defense. Let's celebrate when I come back!"

Waving to everyone, she picked up a magazine on the table - the cutting-edge international scientific journal "Cell Research".

After she left the laboratory, the topics inside continued to revolve around her.

"Xiaoxi just graduated this year, and her paper has been published in international journals. It's really scary."

"She is smart and talented. This time she returned to Agricultural University for a formality. She enrolled in graduate school early in the morning and became a student of Ping Lao."

"I really admire her, even though it makes us seem like we have been here in vain for so many years."

"Otherwise, she would be valued by Mr. Ping. She works hard and is a good person. When she came in at first, some people were not convinced. They thought she was just lucky and found a rare female sterile strain. A sophomore student understands What, you still wanted to squeeze her out, but she was so angry that you couldn’t get off the stage.”

"She also has a high emotional intelligence. When did we work overtime and didn't we have the milk tea and fried skewers she ordered in the break room?"

"Have you got a boyfriend?"

"Believe me, even if she doesn't have it, she won't look down on what you introduced her to."

.........

After Lin Qian went out, she called her assistant and asked her to bring dozens of cups of milk tea and fried skewers to the research center for afternoon tea for the team.

Over the past two years, she has lived a fulfilling and satisfying life.

Since Ping Lao came to the Hybrid Rice Research Center, Lin Qian has been taught by him.

She watched Mr. Ping methodically submit a report to the superiors to apply for funding, and at the same time began to recruit people to form a research team.

When I first started doing scientific research with graduate students and Ph.D. students, I was certainly under a lot of pressure.

But Lin Qian persevered. If she didn't know how, she would stay up late and fight at night. She could never let others reach the finish line first on her own path.

This idea supported her, and behind her back there was Mr. Ping who was optimistic about her. Within half a year, she had gained a firm foothold in the laboratory with her unyielding drive.

Ping Lao is the main person in charge of this project, but he has more than just this research project at hand.

More often than not, he acts as a guiding force, pulling everyone back on the right track when the research team is confused and can't find the direction.

What makes Lin Qian even more impressed is that in addition to his scientific research, Mr. Ping is also equally capable in management. As a parent, he has a team of hundreds of people.

And seeing that Lin Qian pushed herself too hard for a while, Mr. Ping took her for a walk downstairs and asked her to pay attention to the balance between work and rest. He said that the inspiration for scientific research comes from life, and he also played a violin piece for her.

After that time, she calmed down her impetuous heart. If she failed, she would try again. If she had time to be sad and depressed, it would be better to face the difficulties.

The work is in vain, and the land is not in vain.

Three months ago, research on female sterility technology in hybrid rice finally achieved stable results in the experimental field.

The team calls this gene mutation spontaneous thermosensitive female sterility. Under normal or high temperatures, this gene mutation will cause female sterility in rice, but restore partial fertility at low temperatures.

The experimental field in Qiong Province has also been successfully planted. Compared with the three-line method using male sterile rice varieties as pollen recipients, the emergence of female sterile lines will reduce the cost of seeds.

This is because the male and female lines of hybrid rice can be planted together and finally harvested mechanically without worrying about the purity of the seeds.

This research will create conditions for comprehensive mechanization of hybrid rice seed production and has huge commercial potential.

On the day she got this amazing and exciting result, Lin Qian started writing the paper under the careful guidance of Mr. Ping. When the manuscript was signed, Mr. Ping gave her the first work, saying that opportunities should be left to young people.

The second and third games also gave two other partners to overcome difficulties together.

Lin Qian continued to tell her assistant: "Be low-key when delivering it. Use a separate bag to cover it."

To avoid causing unnecessary trouble, I didn’t know who made the sarcastic remarks before, suspecting her of misappropriating research funds to benefit the team.

After knowing this, Lin Qian took several cups of milk tea to the cleaning aunts and chatted with them for an hour.

After chatting, she knew what was going on, and by the way, she borrowed the words of these aunties to tell them that she was the major shareholder of these two chain fried skewers and milk tea shops.

Then I treated people from the other team to a cup of milk tea for free.

These are smart people, and gossip quickly fades away.

Afterwards, Mr. Ping praised her for her magnanimity and general style.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Qian was very satisfied with this assistant. Although the salary was high, the assistant was capable.

The assistant she recruited is named Wu Mingyue, who mainly helps her manage some industries, such as the dividends of energy bars, the chain of fried skewers restaurants she opened with Zhenmei, and the milk tea franchise store she opened alone.