Back To The Age Of The '80s

Go back to two hours ago.

Li Zheng came out of the laboratory in a hurry. The establishment ceremony of the Huaqing Award was at two o'clock in the afternoon. Li Zheng talked on the phone with Mr. Watson yesterday through the time difference until midnight. He couldn't help squinting for a while at noon. It was past one o'clock in the afternoon.

The Ninth Laboratory is not far from the Great Hall of the People, and the traffic in the 80s is much better than 30 years later, so there is almost no need to worry about traffic jams. Li Zheng stepped on the accelerator all the way, but when he stopped the car and looked at his watch, it was already It's 01:30.

The parking lot is almost full of cars, and there are still cars coming in one after another.Li Zheng heard all kinds of accents from all corners of the country, and they were kind to his ears.

"I'm only a few years old, and I'm already driving a car, tsk tsk tsk, when I was with him, I was still moving bricks on the construction site."

"This is the skill of reincarnation, which cannot be learned."

Li Zheng glanced back, and saw two middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes getting off a red Xiali. Noticing Li Zheng's eyes, the two raised their chins slightly, obviously not paying attention to Li Zheng.

Li Zheng shrugged, closed the car door, and walked quickly towards the Great Hall of the People.

There is a long distance from the parking lot to the Great Hall of the People. He checked his watch, and he should still be in time.

The weather at the end of May has begun to heat up. The scorching sun is scorching the land of Huajing, and the heat in the concrete floor spreads along the soles of people's shoes and spreads all the way to the whole body.

When Li Zheng walked quickly to the entrance of the great hall, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and his breath was a little panting.

He smiled wryly, his life of staying up late every day, opening his eyes just to do experiments, and not going out of the laboratory for ten days and a half months may really have to be changed, otherwise the inventory in his brain has not been fully taken out, and his body has already First to collapse.

At the entrance of the great hall, two rows of long tables stood at the door, and behind the long tables were well-dressed etiquette personnel and armed, police, and officers and soldiers with straight backs.

"Please show the invitation letter." The hostess said with a smile.

Li Zheng froze for a moment, he touched his pocket, he seemed to have put the invitation letter in the car.

It is already 47:[-], and you must be late when you go back to get the invitation letter. This time, the Huaqing Award establishment ceremony was attended by the Vice Premier in charge of Huaguo's scientific research work. Li Zheng, the funder, must not have come later than the Prime Minister.

"I'm sorry, I left my invitation letter on the car..." Li Zheng scratched his head, he really didn't know how to deal with this situation.

There was a chuckle from behind.

It was the two middle-aged men who came from behind talking and laughing. While handing the invitation letter to the hostess, they turned their heads and said to Li Zheng: "Young man, money is not everything. You can’t get in with money.”

This person speaks earnestly and sincerely, and has a feeling that the elders are teaching the younger ones.

Li Zheng touched his nose, but didn't speak.

Seeing Li Zheng's "speechless" appearance, the two men felt even more complacent, and at the same time the expression on their faces became softer. Some people are like this. If you let him satisfy his vanity, he will change. It's good to talk.

"Miss, this young man indeed left the invitation letter on the car. Why don't you register his name and let him in. After all, it's not good to be late for such an occasion." The middle-aged man opened the mouth.

Li Zheng was surprised that this person would speak for him.No matter what kind of mentality he had, the help was the help, and Li Zheng nodded to express his gratitude to him.

"This..." The staff at the registration office seemed a little hesitant.

Seeing that the ceremony was about to begin, Li Zheng took out Huaqing's work card from his pocket and handed it to the staff, "I'll put this thing here first, and I'll ask you to come and get it after the ceremony is over."

The two men didn't see clearly what Li Zheng handed to the staff, but the hostess at the registration office was stunned when she saw the Huaqing work card and the word Li Zheng on it.

She quickly flipped through the roster of guests, and saw that Li Zheng, the head of the Ninth Biological Research Laboratory of Huaqing University, was written on the first page of the roster, and then looked at the job card in her hand, and said, "Okay...you can go in." .”

"Thank you." Li Zheng quickly walked into the venue.

Behind him, the smiles on the faces of the two middle-aged men grew wider.

"Old Wang, your face is getting bigger and bigger."

"Everywhere, it's just a coincidence. It's just that this young man is too rude, and he doesn't even know how to say thank you."

"Yes."

What follows is the scene in front of you.Li Zheng was led by Secretary Zhao Depei to the rostrum.

The appearance of Li Zheng aroused a lot of discussion among the audience. The establishment of the Huaqing Award this time has attracted widespread attention from all walks of life. Therefore, in addition to the specially invited scholars from the scientific research field, there are also people from all walks of life. The venue of the Great Hall of the People.

Li Zheng has not been on the domestic news once or twice, but after all, the media coverage in the 80s is not as good as it will be in 30 or [-] years, and scientific research is a niche, and life science is even a niche in the scientific research community.Many people here couldn't help but look at each other when they saw such a young man, who looked younger than their children, step up to the rostrum majestically and sit in a row with the Deputy Prime Minister.

"Who is this person? The host?"

"It doesn't look as old as my son."

"To be able to preside over this kind of ceremony at such a young age has a bright future." A few men in the back row were discussing in low voices. They were potbellied and held a black leather bag about the size of a brick in their hands. This is a typical image of a businessman in the 80s.

The faces of the two middle-aged men sitting in the back row were very exciting. Isn't this the young man they just met at the door?The host of the Huaqing Award inauguration ceremony?

On the rostrum, all the people were seated.

From the middle to the two sides are the vice premier, the head of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the head of the education department, Zhao Depei, Wu Zhaomeng, the leader of the propaganda department, and Li Zheng.

Li Zheng sat on the far left, his young face stood out among the crowd of five or sixty year olds.

"Today is very special for us. In Huaguo's scientific research community, the first award mainly in the form of private donations will be born in front of us! What does this show? It shows that our people recognize and value scientific research! Moreover, I learned that the main body of this private donation is the Ninth Laboratory of Huaqing University, and Mr. Li Zheng, the head of the laboratory, donated 1000 million U.S. dollars in patent money as a research fund, and at the same time, the investment income of the fund was used as an award reward.”

"From this, I saw a very good phenomenon that scientific research feeds back scientific research. The patent money earned from foreigners is used as a reward to stimulate the development of scientific research in the country. I admire Mr. Li Zheng's heart, and I am even more delighted , with such young people here, why should China not be able to recover!"

The Prime Minister's speech won a lot of applause.

After the Prime Minister delivered the opening speech, the heads of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the education department respectively explained the significance of the establishment of the Huaqing Award from their own perspectives.Then, Zhao Depei took over the microphone. As the principal of Huaqing, he is the main character today.

"The Prime Minister said very well, scientific research feeds scientific research! This is the significance of the establishment of the Huaqing Award! The Huaqing Award consists of four categories of awards: physics, chemistry, biomedicine and literature. There is one review each year. In addition to certificates and honors, each award winner They will also receive a reward of 200 million RMB provided by the Ninth Biological Research Laboratory of Huaqing University. And the winners of scientific research awards can first apply for the scientific research sponsorship of the foundation." Zhao Depei talked eloquently, Li Zheng has never seen such a The headmaster's eyes were so bright.

The first few rows of the audience are all scientific researchers from Huaguo.

In the 80s, Huaguo's scientific research environment was very harsh. Except for a few military research projects that were strongly supported by the state, the life of other scientific research projects could be described as tight.

It is a common phenomenon to spend one penny for two.

200 million rewards!In this era, many veteran scientific research leaders don't have that much research funding for a whole year!

200 million, exactly 200 million!Rao is the vice premier sitting on the stage, and these old scholars can't help but make low voices of discussion.

Before participating in the establishment ceremony of the Huaqing Award, they had heard rumors that the science award established in the name of Huaqing University this time has a very high reward.

The word 200 million is not unheard of, but everyone thinks he is just a joke.

You know, the highest national science awards are only 200, [-], and [-] million. This difference makes some older scholars' hearts beat faster.

Two days ago they said, "This award, established in the name of Huaqing University, must encourage the new generation of scholars to work hard. We old bones, we will not join in the fun."

But now, they can't wait to swallow what they said.There is no difference between seniors and juniors in scientific research. Just like the old chief said, a black cat and a white cat can catch mice is a good cat.

No matter how old or young, those who can produce results deserve to be awarded.

"Old Chen? Old Chen! Are you okay!" Suddenly an old scientist sitting in the front row suddenly fell off his seat.The person next to him quickly supported him and asked with concern.

"It's nothing..." Old Chen's voice seemed to come from between his teeth, his face was grim, and his right hand was tightly clutching his chest.

He regrets it!

A week ago, the Huaqing Prize Physics selection team notified him that he had won the first Huaqing Physics Prize.

Mr. Chen graduated from Yanda University and is an authoritative figure in physics in China.

Domestic and even international awards are no longer one or two.He was not very interested in this newly established award, not to mention that this newly established award was also called the Huaqing Award, which made Mr. Chen, who was now the honorary dean of the School of Physics of Yanda University, feel even more uncomfortable.

Therefore, when he received the team's invitation to win the award, he justly refused.

"The Huaqing Prize is very good. I am also very honored to be awarded the first Huaqing Physics Prize, but I am old. After all, the future of the scientific research community in Huaguo belongs to young people. I will not follow them with my old bones." Young people are fighting." Chen Lao said very openly.

"Are you sure?" The organizing committee's young and young voice of confirmation came from the other end of the phone.

"Sure!" Old Chen replied decisively, his quick answer made the young man want to explain, but he swallowed it back before he had time to say it.

"Okay...Okay, I'm sorry to bother you." The young man hung up the phone silently, admiring Mr. Chen's brilliance in his heart.

"That, that, who was the person who called me that day! Why didn't he explain to me!" Mr. Chen said viciously under the strange gazes of his colleagues.