Chapter 184 Review of Chen Jianlin and Wang Hao: Either the report is false,
Or someone provides data
The work at the Natural Science Foundation is not over. Normally, the next day still has to go by, and in the following days, follow-up research will be discussed.
Wait until next week, and two other organizations will come to discuss the results of the project and conduct a formal meeting for subsequent research and development.
This process is still necessary, and a new study must undergo detailed demonstration.
Participants in the project must also understand the specific research content, and coupled with considerations related to confidentiality, the research will become more complicated.
However, Wang Hao has promised Wang Jiming to be the judge, and He Yi will be responsible for the next two days of work.
In fact, the physics laboratory is only a participant and does not have much say in confidentiality and follow-up research directions. At the same time, it does not have any suggestions. As long as the project can be applied for, it can continue to be researched.
Therefore, He Yi used to just make a record.
In the evening, Wang Hao talked about this matter with He Yi, Xiao Xinyu and Yan Jing. He Yi still felt very stressed. When he faced those experts, the academicians were not as calm as Wang Hao, and they could also put forward some suggestions and ideas.
, but most of the time I can only listen.
Wang Hao said nonchalantly, "Just write it down. The formal meeting won't start until next week."
"These days, going there every day is equivalent to going there and punching in. It doesn't matter what they discuss."
This sentence reassured He Yi.
At seven o'clock the next morning, the Wuhan Iron and Steel Research Institute sent a special car, and Wang Hao had breakfast and left.
The hotel is not too far from the institute, it takes about half an hour to get there.
When they arrived at the main entrance of the institute, Wang Jiming, Ding Zongquan, and others were already waiting there.
When Wang Hao got out of the car, he saw a group of people cheering.
A middle-aged man in his fifties with some baldness came to the front. He took the initiative to shake hands with Wang Hao and said, "Professor Wang, this is the first time we meet, and your name is already known to my ears!"
"I really didn't expect to see you here. When I heard Academician Wang talk about it, I was really surprised. This trip to the capital is not in vain!"
Wang Jiming introduced from the side, "This is the deputy general manager of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, Wu Linlong."
"Hello, you are so good!"
Wang Hao shook hands with Wu Linlong, and then shook hands with others. With each introduction, he understood why Wang Jiming had to come by himself.
This battle is probably stressful.
Wu Linlong is the deputy general manager of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group. His position is already very high. It can be said that he is one of the most powerful giants in Wuhan Iron and Steel Group. He can be ranked in the top ten or even the top five.
In addition, there is Zhang Xiaodi, the general manager of the Steel and Related Manufacturing Development Center, who is also one of the department heads of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group.
Others include Xia Rong, the former vice president of Donggang University, who concurrently serves as a senior technical advisor to Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, and is also a member of the Iron and Steel Association, a director of the International Steel Industry Federation, etc., which sounds like high-level positions.
Xie Kehua is a professor-level senior engineer and an independent director of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group. He also holds the position of director and deputy director of petrochemical and refining groups.
The four people who came here are all related to Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, three of them are very closely related, and the last one is only an independent director, but he is also quite influential personally.
A group of people enthusiastically welcomed Wang Hao into the institute. They welcomed Wang Hao's arrival and said that inviting Wang Hao to serve as a project reviewer would better reflect the fairness and authority of the review.
etc.
When a bunch of flattering words are said, it is difficult to judge how much is true and how much is false.
Wang Hao has always heard good things, but he can feel the conflict in the institute.
Wu Linlong, Xie Kehua and others are definitely not from the same group as Wang Jiming, otherwise they would not be able to intervene in projects that are originally under the responsibility of the institute.
In fact, this is also true.
"If you are the judge, they will have nothing to say."
In the reception room, Wang Jiming whispered to Wang Hao, "You are a top mathematician and have contributed to the research and development of the institute. You are here to serve as a specially invited external expert. What can they say?"
"If you are not allowed to join, there must be something wrong."
"When I talked about it yesterday, I could tell that Manager Zhang was very reluctant, but he couldn't say anything."
"Now this project seems to be divided. Our research institute has strong opinions on them, but it is impossible to fall out because of one project."
Wang Jiming said with a sigh.
This project is definitely very important to Peng Hui and Chen Jianlin, but to WISCO Research Institute, it is just one of the projects.
Wang Jiming continued, "Chen Jianlin has such a wide network of contacts. Before this incident happened, I really didn't know that he could recruit so many people."
"I have no problem with him, but the main thing is that this approach is very uncomfortable."
Wang Hao nodded in understanding. The research institute was originally responsible for the project, but one of the competitors hired foreign aid, resulting in the research institute losing its autonomy.
Therefore, most of the institute supports Peng Hui, but the institute is too big and there are many factions in it, and even Wang Jiming cannot control it with one hand.
Only a few of them tended to favor Chen Jianlin, and with the addition of the four others, Peng Hui's situation was also very bad.
Wang Hao stayed in the reception room for a short time. When he heard that Peng Hui had brought someone, he simply went out to meet his old friends.
Peng Hui was talking to people in the hall.
Wang Hao walked over to say hello and said with a smile, "Professor Peng, you are still so energetic!"
"Wang Hao?"
"Professor Wang?"
Peng Hui and Wan Yiming next to him spoke in surprise at the same time.
Peng Hui shook hands and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
Wang Hao smiled and said, "This is not for you to compete for the project, but for me to be a reviewer."
"Are you a judge?" Peng Hui seemed a little confused, but immediately said, "Haha, then our project is stable, you will definitely vote for me, right?"
"of course."
Wang Hao did not need to consider issues such as application reports, because the alloy laboratory might have problems, and even if he was impartial, he would vote for Peng Hui.
He then whispered, "You must be mentally prepared. I heard Academician Wang say that the institute will definitely prefer you, but..."
Peng Hui also knew the situation. When he came last time, he knew that someone from Wuhan Iron and Steel Group was involved in the project.
Today is the official bidding meeting of the project, which is the day when the final ownership of the project is decided.
Normally, the result would be available today.
Peng Hui still felt a little nervous, but with Wang Hao's vote, the situation seemed to have gotten better.
The two were chatting and laughing when a group of people came to the door.
The leader saw that Wang Hao was obviously stunned, and said in surprise, "Wang Hao?" He immediately realized his gaffe, took the initiative to come over and shook hands with Wang Hao, "Professor Wang? It's been a long time."
"Not seeing you for one day is like three autumns, and more than two years is like hundreds of years. I still see your news often, on TV and in the news. The achievements you have achieved are really amazing.
shocked."
"But I'm not surprised at all. You were a genius back then. I and others also said, Professor Wang, it's only natural that you can reach this point, because you are that kind of... extremely rare, extremely rare mathematical genius!"
After saying this routine, Wang Hao felt happy.
He shook hands with the other party and said, "Professor Chen, long time no see."
It is Chen Jianlin.
Chen Jianlin shook hands with Wang Hao and continued, "I really didn't expect to see you here. Professor Wang, why are you here...?"
"Be a reviewer." Wang Hao said, "I happened to be in the capital. Academician Wang and I are old friends, so he invited me to be a project reviewer."
"Okay, pretty good!"
Chen Jianlin smiled and nodded, "You will be the judge. Even if we don't win the project, we will still be convinced!"
He kept nodding as he spoke, then looked at Xu Baosheng and said, "Baosheng and you must have been familiar with each other for a long time."
"Baosheng, long time no see."
"Hello, Wang...Senior!"
"You're welcome." Wang Hao smiled at Xu Baosheng.
Chen Jianlin said, "Have you heard about Ma Wenjun? I really didn't expect that having such a person in the laboratory is tantamount to treason!"
"He was arrested, and there was no one to take care of the students. I thought of taking Baosheng with me as well. I am not a material computing major, but I just want to take him with me to experiment and successfully complete his doctoral thesis."
"I still hope to train Baosheng. He is still very talented in alloy research."
Chen Jianlin affirmed Xu Baosheng, and then said a few words to Wang Hao before turning to Peng Hui next to him.
Peng Hui ignored him, snorted lightly and turned around and walked away.
Wang Hao also went in.
Chen Jianlin shook his head with a smile on his face, but his brows wrinkled slightly. He did not expect that Wang Hao would appear here, and he also served as a reviewer for the project, so he thought about it carefully.
"Wang Hao doesn't know who he is leaning toward, but there is a high probability that he will lean toward Peng Hui."
"Even with one more vote from him, it will be difficult to make a comeback unless he can convince others."
"But, is it possible?"
He thought, and a confident smile appeared on his lips again.
This time it was a desperate move.
He almost used up most of his contacts to get this opportunity, which was not only related to the project and income, but also whether he could make a comeback.
As long as he can get this project, he can regain control of the alloy laboratory and have a say in Donggang University, and may even go one step further.
In a few years, when the project has achieved results, it may be possible to re-evaluate academicians.
These are the most important.
…
Ten o'clock in the morning.
The institute's bidding meeting officially begins.
The formal meeting was held in a hall, with dozens of people participating, including seven experts from the institute, four people from Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, plus the extra Wang Hao, the total number of reviewers was twelve.
The meeting was also attended by personnel from the institute in charge of specific projects, as well as some administrative personnel.
Of course, the two protagonists are indispensable, Peng Hui and Chen Jianlin.
Peng Hui brought Wan Yiming; Chen Jianlin brought not many people, only Xu Baosheng and another researcher Yu Yong.
At the beginning of the meeting, Wang Jiming made a summary, "Our bidding project is aimed at the research on common key technologies of super-strength steel for use in strong fatigue load environments."
"This is a national-level key project. The bidding units need to cooperate with the main research direction of the institute and have certain innovative directions."
"The horizontal funding has been determined to be 73 million yuan, and the participating institutions are the Metal Research Laboratory of Xijing Jiaotong University..."
Peng Hui stood up and waved.
"And the Alloy Engineering Technology Laboratory of Donggang University."
Chen Jianlin also waved to the others.
"Then the project meeting will officially begin. First, Professor Peng Hui from the Metal Research Laboratory will make a presentation."
Holding the information in his hand, Peng Hui stood up and introduced, "Our metal laboratory has completed a major national project and achieved major results in beta titanium alloy research last year."
"For the current project, we have experience in enhancing the strength of steel. In terms of research, we are mainly considering investing more energy in the development of fatigue steel..."
He spoke in detail.
Everyone in the conference room was listening, but Wang Hao did not listen carefully. He looked carefully at the two application reports in his hand.
Ding Zongquan helped explain, "The main advantage of the metal laboratory is that it has experience in enhancing the strength of steel."
"Actually, their experience is enough. The project is just in line with the institute's main research direction, and it only needs to be innovative."
"But the advantages of the report presented by Chen Jianlin are too obvious. They have experience in fatigue loading and are supported by certain basic experimental data."
"We have carefully demonstrated that those data are real. The main purpose of this research is to enhance the high-strength fatigue load of steel."
"The content of Chen Jianlin's application report is closer to the project needs. Normally, we would definitely cooperate with them."
"But it's mainly a problem with the alloy laboratory. It's hard to say what the data is. It's not clear whether it was an experiment they did."
Wang Hao came to understand after looking at the two application reports and Ding Zongquan's explanation.
Research on the common key technologies of super-strong steel for use in strong fatigue load environments is a national key project received by the Wuhan Iron and Steel Research Institute and is not exclusively owned by the Wuhan Iron and Steel Group.
Strong fatigue load, which is a very special environment.
For example, the inside of a fighter jet turbofan engine.
For example, the support structure of large aircraft.
Another example is the pressure-resistant mechanism of military ships such as aircraft carriers and submarines.
etc.
The steel structure of these parts needs to adapt to high-intensity fatigue loads. Many people say that domestic fighter jets can only support flight for a short time because the internal material structure has poor load resistance.
Including titanium alloys, steel and other materials.
If the ability to withstand fatigue loads is poor, material components will be damaged if they operate for a long time.
Therefore, the key to the project lies in ‘enhancing fatigue load’ rather than ‘enhancing steel strength’.
In terms of steel strength, the existing strength is sufficient and there is no need to continue to improve it.
Of course, R&D experience in improving the strength of steel is also helpful. For example, a certain type of steel has strong fatigue load resistance but relatively poor strength. It can also be enhanced by continuous improvement.
But compared with enhancing fatigue load, enhancing the strength of steel is not so important.
While Wang Hao was understanding the project and application report, Peng Hui had already finished his speech, and it was Chen Jianlin's turn next.
Chen Jianlin also introduced the alloy laboratory when he opened his mouth, and then said, "We are very experienced in research on fatigue load resistance."
"Some basic experiments are related to this research."
"Last year we participated in the research on the ultra-thin belt project. Although the results did not meet expectations, it was mainly because of problems with the direction, not because of problems with our research."
Now he also knows about it.
"Even so, we have made great progress in research. As for this project, we will cooperate with the research institute and continue to explore key technologies for resisting fatigue loads."
"Our advantage is..."
Chen Jianlin's words are sonorous and powerful, making people feel confident.
Wang Hao couldn't help but admire him. Not to mention the two application reports, Chen Jianlin's words were indeed more trustworthy.
In comparison, Peng Hui's voice is also very powerful, but it is just a loud voice.
After Chen Jianlin finished his statement, the formal external meeting ended.
Chen Jianlin and Peng Hui walked out together.
People in the conference room started a discussion, and each reviewer would make a speech.
Some people say they support Chen Jianlin because Chen Jianlin's report is closer to the project direction.
Some people are supporting Peng Hui, because Peng Hui's laboratory has just completed a large project, while Chen Jianlin's laboratory is completely opposite. Last year, it almost became the biggest scandal in materials research. There was even a researcher who wanted to fly abroad with experimental data.
The meeting seemed a bit chaotic.
Everyone who participated in the review expressed their opinions, including deputy general manager Wu Linlong.
Wu Linlong said, "We cannot affect this year's events just because of last year's events. After all, the Alloy Laboratory is still a national key laboratory."
"Just because one person has a problem in the laboratory doesn't mean that everyone else has the same problem."
"In terms of resume, Chen Jianlin is no worse than Peng Hui."
"Put aside other factors and just talk about project applications, the alloy laboratory has obvious advantages. What our project needs is to study the common key technologies of fatigue load resistance."
After Wu Linlong sat down, Wang Jiming, who was presiding over the meeting, looked at Wang Hao and said, "Professor Wang, would you like to say a few words?"
Wang Hao put down the application report in his hand, thought for a while and said, "I am here to be a temporary reviewer, so I will just give my opinion."
"As Manager Wu said just now, it is obvious that the alloy laboratory's application is more in line with the research direction of the project."
Everyone else was surprised when they heard what Wang Hao said, because everyone felt that he was leaning towards supporting Peng Hui.
Some people couldn't help but secretly wonder, "Are Wang Hao and Chen Jianlin still old friends?"
"impossible?"
"If Chen Jianlin had stood up to speak for him, he would not have been fired by Donggang University!"
Wang Hao ignored other people's thoughts and continued, "But I think that's the problem. Their application report is so perfect!"
"This report is so perfect that no problems can be found. It is completely in line with the research direction of the project, and it is also supported by the most basic experimental data."
"This thing is too coincidental, so coincidental that people can't believe it."
"Mathematically speaking—"
Wang Hao stood up, walked to a whiteboard on the side, picked up a pen and wrote a row of equations.
The others didn't know what he was going to do, so they all looked at him seriously.
Why do you start talking about mathematics while talking?
Wang Hao pointed to the column he just wrote and explained, "I don't know how many projects the Alloy Laboratory has done over the years, but we can assume a data, a data that is on the high side."
"We define this data as S, but its value must be within a range of one hundred."
"This range is not small. Assuming they have done a hundred projects in the past 20 years, I believe this is impossible."
The others couldn't help but nod their heads.
How is it possible to do a hundred projects in twenty years? Let alone a hundred, it would be good to have fifty, including some small projects, or even most of them are small projects.
"We can also know a data: How many of all alloy-related studies are related to fatigue load resistance?"
"In fact, this can be investigated, but now I just use data to illustrate it."
"You are all professionals. If I set the probability at 20%, I believe no one will refute it."
"This probability can only be high and not low."
The others continued to nod along.
Wang Hao continued, "How many experiments need to be done in a project? We can also set a data..."
After he defined several data in succession, he began detailed calculations.
Calculating and explaining at the same time.
Others couldn't understand some things, but Wang Hao explained it very carefully. Some things were easy to understand. Even if you couldn't understand them, just writing them down would not prevent you from continuing to listen.
Wang Hao continued to explain for about fifteen minutes.
His calculation speed is very fast and he spends most of his time explaining.
He then made a summary, "So according to this data, there is no more than a 5% probability that the Alloy Laboratory can produce so much experimental data and basic information."
"I think normality should be no more than 1%. I believe that no one can refute this judgment until now, right?"
As Wang Hao spoke, his eyes glanced at Wu Linlong, Zhang Xiaodi, Xia Rong, and Xie Kehua. None of them had any objections.
In fact, they also wanted to say something, but...
Faced with complex mathematics and well-founded analysis, they don’t know what to say if they want to refute it. How can they still say that they don’t understand?
At that time, the young people on the stage will most likely not mind telling it again, and at the same time, it will also be clear to everyone that their mathematics level is very poor.
That definitely won't work.
"Even the research done by the Alloy Laboratory happens to be within one percent."
Wang Hao continued, "We can synthesize the data just now and continue the analysis."
"The data is very huge, but the calculations are very simple."
He wrote a determinant on the whiteboard and quickly calculated the result, "Then they would need at least 12,810 hours to find so much experimental data that is accurate enough to be close to the direction of the project in past research."
"What is the concept of 12,810 hours? Even if there are 35 people engaged in this job, each person needs to work 366 hours."
"As far as I know, the data office of the Alloy Laboratory only has one researcher, two associate researchers, and a few doctoral students."
"In addition, the total number of people in the Alloy Laboratory, including doctoral students and graduate students, does not exceed fifty."
"So, it's obvious..."
Wang Hao showed his calculation results to the people in the conference room, "This application report is either fabricated data, or someone specially provided the data."