Chapter 455: Manned Spaceflight and Lunar Exploration Project Exchange Meeting
After finishing his usual math class, Xu Chuan packed up his desk and textbooks and left the classroom.
Although there are still no seats in the lecture theater, as he has been attending classes steadily during this period, he has no longer been frantically chased by students like before.
After all, mystery has an expiration date.
Or through the screen, you will be very interested in your favorite celebrities and idols, and you will be crazy about them. But after you eat and live together for a while, you will also find that the so-called celebrities and idols are actually nothing more than that.
Celebrities are people too and have their own daily lives.
With the teaching materials in hand, Xu Chuan did not go back to his office, but found the principal Tan Shaoyuan.
"Hey, how come Academician Xu has time to come to my place today?"
In the administration building, Tan Shaoyuan, who was handling official duties, saw Xu Chuan walking in and stood up with a smile to greet him.
Xu Chuan smiled and said, "I came here today because I have something to discuss with the principal."
"Academician Xu, please speak."
"Well, actually it's not a big deal. I just want to trouble the school to help find an administrative assistant." Xu Chuan coughed slightly and said.
Normally, for scholars or researchers of his level, assistants have long been provided.
However, due to some reasons, and the fact that the position of assistant was often replaced by people assigned by the state, for example, during the controllable nuclear fusion project, Gao Hongming was equivalent to his assistant.
And sometimes his driver and bodyguard Zheng Hai could also serve as an assistant to deliver some work, but Xu Chuan never considered it.
However, with the manned space and lunar exploration project, the construction of the Large Strong Particle Collider, and teaching at Nanjing University being crowded together, it was time for him to arrange one or two assistants for himself.
After all, you can't just go there in person whenever you have something to do.
In addition, before class today, it was still a lesson that his students reminded him of, which reminded him that this kind of thing should be done by the assistant, so he went to find the principal after class.
"That's it, no problem. I'll help you take a look here." Hearing this, Tan Shaoyuan agreed with a smile.
There are actually many types of assistants to university professors.
There are actually various aspects including administration, finance, teaching, foreign affairs, industry-university research, team building, etc.
But generally speaking, they are generally divided into two types. One is administrative and life-related, dealing with daily work matters. Such as course arrangements, administrative incident handling, etc.
The other is a scientific research assistant.
Scientific research assistants in colleges and universities are generally held by students led by professors. Many postgraduate and doctoral students will basically hold the position of scientific research assistant.
You can not only earn some extra income, but also participate in experiments conducted by professors and tutors.
For professors, it is also beneficial for students to serve as assistants. The close relationship makes it easier to keep confidentiality, and they also understand each other better, etc.
Of course, in addition, the wages paid by students as assistants are relatively cheap.
As for Xu Chuan, since he returned to NTU, he didn't have much time to take classes at NTU in the first two years, let alone do research at NTU, so he didn't do it either as an administrative assistant or a scientific research assistant.
However, as the teaching time becomes more frequent now, it is still necessary to hire one.
Nodding, Xu Chuan said with a smile: "That's troublesome for the principal, but when it comes to selecting assistants, the background must be clean, and confidentiality is also more important."
Much of his work here is linked to key national projects.
Although he usually pays more attention not to bring these things to school, sometimes these things are unavoidable.
Of course, his assistant will not only find out the details at NTU, but also the team responsible for his security.
He said it in advance. He was mainly worried that Nanda accidentally found a problematic assistant, and it would be very troublesome if the security team found out later, so he said it in advance.
"Academician Xu, please rest assured that the assistant I will find for you will definitely be clean." Tan Shaoyuan replied with a serious face.
This person's security level is very high.
After all, there is only one national-level scholar in the entire country, and whoever tries will know about his security and protection.
Not to mention other things, anyway, the security scope and level of NTU have been upgraded several levels following him.
In the past, NTU students and outsiders could enter and leave the NTU campus at will.
After all, domestic universities can also be regarded as tourist attractions. Except for a few special universities, most of them can be visited by ordinary people, including Shuimu Peking University.
Now, NTU has implemented a swipe card entry and exit system. Strangers are basically no longer allowed in except for the first two days of school when parents can register and enter or exit, or other times with legitimate reasons.
No takeaways can be delivered, so they can only be piled up in the security room and students can pick them up themselves.
In addition, there is surveillance in various places on campus, especially in places where this person often goes, such as teaching buildings. It can be said that there is 360-degree coverage without blind spots.
These are all brought by the person in front of me.
If he found an assistant for this person today who was not clean, he might not be able to be asked to cooperate with the investigation tomorrow.
Even though the rank of a university president is deputy director, it is already very high, but in front of this person, it is really not enough.
...
Finding an assistant is a trivial matter to others, and may be done in a day or two. But when it comes to Xu Chuan, it will take only a few days, and it is estimated that he will not be able to choose a candidate.
Xu Chuan is not in a hurry. Anyway, at present, he does not have a great need for assistants.
In addition to his daily research work, there is nothing that requires him to run errands.
Generally, when it comes to matters related to him, even if it involves giving him benefits or something, others will take the initiative to come to him.
The days passed like this, and five days passed quickly.
After careful selection by NTU and thorough research by the security team, the two assistants were finally selected.
But by now Xu Chuan had already left for the capital.
In one day's time, that is, December 25th, an exchange meeting on manned spaceflight and lunar exploration projects will be held at Shuimu University.
Although he didn't know why this kind of thing was placed in Shuimu University instead of Aerospace University, Xu Chuan didn't pay much attention.
On the contrary, compared to Aerospace University, which he had never been to, Shuimu University was quite familiar to him.
The 25th is Christmas morning.
A big red banner was hung at the entrance of Shuimu University to celebrate the convening of the seminar on manned spaceflight and lunar exploration projects.
For Shuimu University, this exchange meeting was personally named by the principal to take the lead in attaching importance to security work.
In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the school also specially applied for a security team from the police and carried out strict security work on the auditorium where the exchange meeting was held and the campus roads leading to the meeting.
Naturally, Xu Chuan didn't know about this. He couldn't walk there now anyway. Before the exchange meeting started, he was driven directly to the entrance of the auditorium by Zheng Hai, without paying attention to the tight security outside.
As the Hongqi car drove in, the invited participants who were communicating on the roadside near the entrance of the auditorium cast surprised and curious glances.
Who is this boss? He actually drove his car here?
You must know that people who come to the exchange meeting, whether they are visitors from academia or industry, or even people from the government, basically walk over after passing the security check.
This kind of driving the car directly to the entrance of the auditorium is undoubtedly a bright light in the dark night, which is too eye-catching.
"Red flag car? Could it be the leader of the Science and Technology Group?"
Some people from the business and industrial circles were thinking about it and were ready to come up and say hello.
However, when they saw the figures coming out of the car, they all stopped again.
"Who is this? So young?" someone in the crowd asked curiously after seeing the figure getting out of the car.
The colleague next to him glanced at him and said, "You don't know this guy?"
"It feels a bit familiar, but for a moment I can't help but wonder... wait, who is this?"
"Well, besides him, who else is qualified to drive here directly? Didn't you see that the deputy director of the Science and Technology Department came here with us before?" The colleague beside him nodded and replied.
.
"Let me go, this big boss actually came to participate in the exchange meeting! Is it possible that this manned spaceflight and lunar exploration project is serious? Is the country really planning to engage in this?"
"Who knows? But since you are here, this exchange meeting may yield something."
As he said that, from the corner of his eye, he saw his colleague beside him eager to step forward and quickly grabbed him with his hand: "What are you going to do?"
"Of course I want to go up and say hello and make myself familiar!" The colleague said excitedly: "If I can add this person's contact information, then..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by his colleague: "Well, I advise you to give up this idea. Didn't you see that the other big guys didn't make any move?"
"If you really want to get to know this guy, see if he will attend the party tonight. If he does, you can go say hello. If you go up now, you might be pushed to the ground by the security guard next to him."
Although what the colleague said was a bit exaggerated, considering the current environment, the man who wanted to go up to say hello finally stepped back.
Xu Chuan didn't pay much attention to this. He smiled and nodded to the people who looked at him, then walked towards the auditorium.
After all, everyone who can participate in this meeting is a respectable person. How could he come to say hello and be directly pushed to the ground?
In the auditorium, when Xu Chuan was looking for his seat and preparing to sit down, someone suddenly called his name from behind.
"Professor Xu, long time no see."
Hearing the sound, Xu Chuan stopped and looked back, only to see an old man, accompanied by another middle-aged man, leaning towards him.
When he saw the person coming, he put a smile on his face, walked over quickly, and said hello with a smile: "Long time no see, Mr. Pan."
The visitor was none other than Mr. Pan Deming, a mathematician from Peking University whom I had met before.
"It's been more than three years since 18 years." Mr. Pan looked Xu Chuan up and down with a smile, and then said: "I haven't seen you for more than three years. You still look high-spirited, but I am already old.
I don’t even have the energy to go to Star City anymore.”
Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled and said: "Mr. Pan, don't say that. I am your past and you are my future. How can you say you are old?"
Smiling and comforting him, he also looked at the old man in front of him.
Eighteen years to now, more than three years later, he could clearly feel that this person was much older than when he first met at the Swedish Crafford Prize.
At that time, the old academician still had the energy to fly abroad to Sweden to find him to mediate the conflict between him and the School of Mathematics at Peking University. But now, he probably doesn't even have the energy to go to Star City.
Hearing this, Pan Deming laughed and said: "Time is not forgiving. I got sick last year and almost didn't survive it, but fortunately it's over now."
Hearing this, Xu Chuan quickly found a seat and helped the old man in front of him sit down.
At the age of an old man, to be honest, a common cold and wind chill may take him away.
And it is undoubtedly the most sad and regretful thing for these respected old people and veterans to grow old with the passage of time.
It's just that time flies by and never stops for anyone, and Xu Chuan has no choice.
But the old man looked at him with a smile and didn't care at all. "When we first met in 2018, I knew that you would make great achievements in the future. I didn't expect that just over three years have passed.
Not only did you win the Nobel Prize and the Philippine Prize, but you also solved the controllable nuclear fusion technology that has troubled the world for decades."
"These are all inseparable from the state's support and help." Xu Chuan smiled, changed the topic and continued: "Why is Mr. Pan here today?"
Pan Deming said with a smile: "I heard that you were coming to attend the exchange meeting this time, so I shamelessly asked for an invitation letter from the Science and Technology Group, and came to meet you and talk."
Xu Chuan smiled sheepishly and said, "Hey, Mr. Pan wants to see me, just call me and say hello. I'll go to Peking University. How can I bother you to come here in person?"
Pan Deming smiled, glanced at the auditorium that was gradually filled with people, and said with a smile: "Okay, this is what you said, go to Peking University after the meeting today?"
Xu Chuan smiled and nodded: "No problem. I will go to Peking University to see you tomorrow and have a chat with you."
After the exchange meeting on manned spaceflight and lunar exploration projects, he will have a discussion on the Large Strong Particle Collider in Beijing a week later. The time in between is enough for him to go to Peking University to see it.
Academician Pan patted his hand with a smile and said: "Then it's settled, I won't disturb your meeting today."
...
PS: There should be another chapter later, but it won’t be released before twelve o’clock. You can just get up and read it in the morning.