It turns out that Ka'an is not an ordinary person. He studied at MIT in the United States in his early years and was considered a leader in that school with many talented people. He is known for his solid academic foundation and active thinking. After graduating from Ph.D., he returned to
He went to Brazil and was hired as a professor by the Brazilian Institute of Aeronautical Technology. He engaged in a series of research work including superconductivity and achieved many outstanding results.
An accidental reason made Kaan pay attention to the problem of lightning collection, and he immediately became addicted to it and could not extricate himself. In fact, lightning collection is a partial and unsolvable problem. Superconducting materials and supercapacitors are the challenges faced by this technology.
Two major problems, no one can see the way out to solve these two problems. For other scholars, when encountering this kind of problem, they must take a detour, and there is no need to bury their good years and future in this
In the bottomless pit. But Ka'an is different. He is an extremely conceited person. He always feels that problems that others cannot solve are the problems that need to be solved by him. So the more others persuade him not to fall into it, the more he will do it without hesitation.
Rush inward.
With his own intelligence, Kaan discovered the obstacles that existed in superconducting research at that time, and prophetically proposed that iron-based superconductivity was the way out for superconducting material research, and copper-based materials had no future. He also figured out the solution
He developed a method of manufacturing supercapacitors, and his ideas were also original. He applied for a huge amount of funds from the Brazilian government to study iron-based superconducting materials and supercapacitors, and claimed that once these two technologies were solved, lightning collection
The problem will be solved. He also made a cost-benefit calculation and believed that the money invested by the government can be recovered a hundred times in the future through lightning collection, so this investment is completely worth it.
As expected, his application report was rejected. In this matter, we really cannot say how bureaucratic or short-sighted the Brazilian government is. It can be said that 99% of scientists in the world will not support investing heavily in such a project.
The remaining 1% are expected to abstain from voting. Kaan can be paranoid about his own abilities. But the government and the expert committee will not accompany him crazy. The United States, Russia, and Japan do not dare to engage in lightning collection. Brazil has
Why do we want to engage in such a high-end project? Brazil is not a rich country. With all this money, it is better to build universal health insurance, affordable housing, Project Hope, etc. than throwing it into the water?
The leader of the Institute of Aviation Technology had a serious talk with Ka'an. The general idea was to tell him to wake up quickly and stop wasting time on this kind of project. The party and the country have countless important projects that need his wisdom. He is now like this
Wasting time is a crime against the people.
There is no doubt that this kind of exhortation is invalid here. Although he is a professional scientist, he is no different from a civilian scientist in terms of self-esteem. He believes that bureaucrats from top to bottom are stupid. He cannot see
He firmly believes that if the government can support him in developing a lightning collection system, Brazil will rise to the forefront of the world, surpassing the United Kingdom and catching up with the United States.
Ka'an and the school took it upon themselves. The school refused to let him continue his research, so he insisted on continuing his research. Without funds, he first did theoretical research and came up with a lot of theoretical models. Then he submitted articles to international journals and asked people to do so.
Annoyingly, the well-known international journals are not interested in such obscure things. A few less influential journals have published his articles, but the citation rate has always been zero, and there has been no splash at all.
Because he did not do the tasks assigned by the school, all the rights he originally had were gradually withdrawn, and he became an outlier in the school. Unable to get support from the school, Kaan began to lobby outside.
He went to government officials in various states and big entrepreneurs in Brazil, hoping that these people would support his idea. Unfortunately, everyone flatly rejected his request before hearing his story, and made him repeat it again and again.
Returned in vain.
Then, Kaan did a "no_zuo_no_die" thing. He got a paint spray gun and sprayed "Thunder and lightning collection for the benefit of the country" on street light poles, overpasses and other places in Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and other places.
I hope someone will start to pay attention to this matter after seeing the slogan. It is impossible to advertise without leaving contact information. The police stations in various places followed the lead and pinned him directly at the door of his house and issued him a huge amount of money.
fine.
In this way, he was fined and confiscated all his property for graffiti in public places. His wife divorced him and returned to her parents' home with their children. He himself was fired from his teaching position at the school and ended up living on the streets.
"Well……"
After listening to Ka'an's self-narration, Jing Jing gritted his teeth desperately, fearing that he would laugh out loud. This guy is really too crazy. He just sticks to his academic thoughts, and he actually has so much imagination to do something.
Advertisement, I don’t know if I am stupid because of reading, or I am too conceited. Thinking about it carefully, Jing Jing was inexplicably moved. Indeed, if Kaan was willing to give up his own ideas, he would probably still be a well-known professor now and go out.
There were five people and six people. But he chose to persevere. He was really in a state where he would never regret it as his clothes got wider and wider.
"But, what do you want to say when you come to me?" Ning Jing returned to the original question. She was just a tourist in Brazil. What did Ka'an want to do with her?
Ka'an was silent for a while and said: "At first, I thought you were Japanese, and I wanted to ask you to go back to Japan to help me find out if any company is willing to fund my research. Since you are Chinese..."
"What's wrong with the Chinese?" Ning Jing's eyes widened. You've become such a mess, and you still discriminate against the Chinese. Do you believe that I will call my husband over and take care of you?
Ka'an knew he had made a mistake and quickly explained: "No, no, I don't mean to discriminate against China at all. I just think that there may not be too many large companies in China, and it is even harder to find companies that can fund this project.
"
Jing Jing asked with a cold face: "How much support do you need?"
"At the very least, 50 million reals are needed," Ka'an said.
The real is Brazil's new currency. Before the devaluation, it had a one-to-one price comparison with the U.S. dollar. Caan said that 50 million reals are needed, which is equivalent to 50 million U.S. dollars. This is indeed a very large amount of money.
It's no wonder that the Brazilian government doesn't give Ka'an face. Ka'an said this with red lips and white teeth, hoping that a company could spend so much money to support him, but no one would agree to it.
"What do you want so much money for?" Jing Jing said, "Are you using the money to build a lightning collection power station?"
"No, this money is used to overcome the two major obstacles to lightning collection, namely superconducting materials and supercapacitors. I have mature ideas for both of them, but I just need financial support. If any company is willing to fund,
I can transfer 50% of the proceeds from the research results to this company..." Ka'an said.
Jing Jing smiled. What Ka'an said was quite similar to Qin Hai's usual practice. It's just that Qin Hai was the one who paid the money. He usually found a scientist and then paid for it himself, while the other party provided his wisdom.
Overcome a difficulty together, and then divide the final result into two and a half. If it weren't for the fact that these two technologies Ka'an said were too outrageous, Ning Jing would have really wanted to connect him with Qin Hai.
"Not to mention supercapacitors, iron-based room-temperature superconducting materials alone can be developed with US$50 million?" Ning Jing asked with a somewhat sarcastic tone.
Ka'an shook his head and said: "It should not be enough, but as long as I prove the existence of iron-based superconductivity, it will be a great breakthrough. Then there will be companies willing to continue investing."
Jing Jing laughed silently. Ka'an no longer needed to prove the existence of iron-based superconductivity. Ka'an had left his research position for several years and was out of touch with the times. Of course, without the incredible existence of Qin Hai, iron-based superconductivity would
The breakthrough of superconductivity will not be realized so soon. Ka'an did not know that iron-based superconducting materials have already appeared in the world, which is in line with the general rules of scientific research.
At this time, Su Ze and several ladies came towards them. Jing Jing didn't want them to see him chatting with a homeless man, so he stood up and said to Ka'an: "Mr. Ka'an, your ideas are very serious."
It’s interesting, I will introduce it to others. I would like to ask, if someone is interested in your research, how should he contact you?”
Ka'an handed Jing Jing a business card and said, "This is my business card. This phone number will not change in the short term. As for the address... I can't guarantee it."
When he said the last sentence, he felt a little embarrassed again. His current living situation is that he has no fixed abode, which is really not like the lifestyle of a decent person.
Jing Jing accepted the business card, hesitated, took out a few Brazilian banknotes from his pocket, and said, "Mr. Ka'an, maybe you need this..."
"No, no!" Ka'an seemed to have been burned by fire. He quickly took a few steps back and stammered: "Thank you, Miss, but I am not a beggar. I also have a job now...I mean,
I may have some temporary jobs, enough to make ends meet."
"That's it, that's presumptuous." Jing Jing smiled lightly, put away the money, nodded goodbye to Ka'an, and walked towards Su Ze and others. She knew that Ka'an was still maintaining his self-esteem, maybe just like him
She said that he could find some temporary jobs and earn money for food. It was a bit abrupt for her to give alms to Ka'an like this.
"Mrs. Qin, how did you meet him, and what did he say to you?" Su Ze walked over quickly, met Jing Jing, then looked sideways at Ka'an who had just walked away, and asked Jing Jing.
"What, you know him too?" Jing Jing asked strangely.
"Of course I do. He is a lunatic. Everyone in St. Paul knows him." Su Ze said in a contemptuous tone. (To be continued.)
ps: By the way, using a spray gun to put advertisements on telephone poles and overpasses to promote your own ideas was not made up by Chengzi. This was something done by a civil servant in the imperial capital in the late 1990s. At that time, many overpasses had this
The phrase "XX code, unify the world"... made me laugh out loud