Into Unscientific

well known.

As the highest official scientific research organization in China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has a very large subordinate and even derivative system.

Up to now.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has 12 branches and 114 research institutes—the more famous ones are the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, the Institute of Lighting and so on.

In addition, many regions and academies of sciences have jointly established scientific research institutions to cooperate with each other in scientific research.

For example, the Institute of Microsystems of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Modu Advanced Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc.

And as the command center of this huge system.

The internal institutions of the Academy of Sciences, that is, the administrative department, seem to be much lower-key on weekdays.

How low-key is it?

for example.

That is, it is difficult for you to find the entrance photos of the office headquarters of the Academy of Sciences on the Internet.

If you search the headquarters of the University of Science and Technology on the Internet, although you can see a lot of pictures, almost all the faces are the names of "XXX Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences".

So much so that in the perception of many people, the Tiandi Science Park of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Beichen West Road, or the nearby Institute of Biophysics is the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences

Actually.

The administrative office of the Academy of Sciences is located at No. 52 Sanlihe Road, which is a senior official unit.

The office headquarters of the Academy of Sciences is a very old-fashioned six-story building with gray stones all over the body, and three poles standing at the door all the year round.

The entrance is an electronic retractable door with a height of Pandora, theoretically any adult can easily pass through it.

The appearance of the whole building looks similar to the government affairs hall of a county-level city.

Of course.

If you really think that the office headquarters of the Academy of Sciences is as simple as it looks, you are completely wrong.

Don't say anything else, just mention one detail:

Behind the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences is the Ordnance Industry Group and the National Defense Mobilization Committee

This moment.

The third floor of the office headquarters of the Academy of Sciences.

In the innermost office.

The current dean of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hou Xingyuan, is routinely reviewing a large stack of documents.

These documents are about 30 to 40 centimeters high, and the classification of items is very complicated.

Some are scientific research project declarations.

Some are personnel adjustments.

There are also some consultation and scheduling instructions for cooperation between units.

After all, at Hou Xingyuan's level, his work has long since broken away from pure scientific research and gradually covered all aspects.

But what's ridiculous is that there are still people who can't understand such a simple logic—for example, someone criticizes the Minister of Science and Technology for not engaging in scientific research, and goes out for meetings everywhere, but there are still a bunch of supporters below.

what a pity

Snapped!

After reading a project report in hand.

Hou Xingyuan slapped the document on the desk heavily, picked up the handset, and pressed the number 3:

"Xiao Gao, come in."

After a while.

A middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a white shirt and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses walked in with a notebook:

"Dean, are you looking for me?"

This person's name is Gao Hongwen, and he is Hou Xingyuan's exclusive assistant.

Hou Xingyuan beckoned to him, pointed to a stack of documents about fifteen or six centimeters thick on the right side of the table and said:

"Xiao Gao, go and deal with these documents and return them all."

Gao Hongwen was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and quickly glanced at another stack of documents that was two or three centimeters thick on the left, and confirmed:

"Dean, you mean to return all the stacks on the right?"

Hou Xingyuan lit a cigarette and took two puffs, exhaling the smoke along with the oppression in his chest:

"That's right, the stack on the right."

Gao Hongwen has been with Hou Xingyuan for some years, and he is more or less close to him. There are some things that ordinary assistants dare not say, but he has no problem saying them:

"Dean, is this... is the amount returned too much? I'm afraid the following opinions will not be small if so many are sent back."

When he said this, Gao Hongwen's eyelids twitched a little.

Now that the Spring Festival has just passed, the documents that can appear on Hou Xingyuan's desk are basically not small.

These applications may come from 985 or 211 universities.

It may come from a research institution under the Academy of Sciences.

It may also come from local cooperative units or even friendly departments.

The identities of the applicants are even more complicated. There are outstanding youths, Changjiang, and academicians.

If the stack of documents on the right is typed back, Hou Xingyuan will inevitably face enormous pressure from the industry.

Regardless of the fact that Hou Xingyuan is now the dean of the Academy of Sciences, he seems to have extraordinary power.

But once he provokes public anger, some things will be very troublesome.

Use the settings in some fantasy novels as a metaphor.

Hou Xingyuan is roughly equivalent to the leader of the martial arts alliance, with a high status, and no one has ever been soloed in one-on-one.

But if he encounters a group attack, then he can only fight one against two or three at most, and he cannot be as arbitrary as Huang Tiandi.

Looking at Gao Hongwen with a worried face, the anger on Hou Xingyuan's face did not diminish at all, his temper was as violent as the big front door he loved to slap:

"How many are returned? Just kidding, I still think there are too few returned!"

As he spoke, he casually picked up a project book, glanced at the title, and slammed it in front of Gao Hongwen:

"Look at this application form, the project collaboration letter sent by a unit under the Academy of Social Sciences. The funding is not high, but it takes up a valuable collaboration quota."

"If it's a valuable topic, then it's okay, but what about this one? The content is to study Hua Mulan's psychology, and the estimated length is 230,000 words."

Gao Hongwen:

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Then Hou Xingyuan picked up the other party's document, and instead of taking pictures on the table, he shook it in his hand:

"There is also this project book, which plans to let the mole salamanders bred in two different reproductive modes run on a treadmill, so as to study whether there is any difference in the physical fitness and endurance of the mole salamanders born in different reproductive modes."

"It's fine if it's a small research topic. This tender application is for a support fund project, and even the treadmill needs to be purchased—what the hell is this?"

Gao Hongwen continued:

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After the swearing.

Hou Xingyuan didn't have the slightest intention to stop, he picked up another document and said:

"As for this project. The research and development of a sequential wavelength chromatic heat dissipation tomography instrument applied by a university in the south."

"To be honest, there is no problem with the prospect and theoretical basis of this project, but the funding is 14 million, can you believe it?"

"Last year, the same project of Sichuan University together with the audit was only 6 million. If it hadn't been delayed because of too many projects applied by Sichuan University last year, I would be able to throw the finished instrument on the heads of the group of southern universities!"

A few seconds passed.

Hou Xingyuan slapped these documents heavily with his palm, and sighed:

"Xiao Gao, can I agree to these projects you mentioned?"

"If I open this kind of hole, our scientific research in Huaxia will really be hopeless."

Gao Hongwen was silent.

Since Academician Zhou Shan was killed as an example to others, the domestic recovery cycle for scientific research funds has been relaxed a lot.

Although it corresponds to a reduction in individual funds, projects with more than 2 million yuan are not common.

However, the general boundaries have been relaxed.

In addition, more and more people applied for the notebook these years, so many people turned their attention to the own projects of the Academy of Sciences.

Because unlike those national fund projects, the Academy of Sciences has a very high and flexible decision-making power for its own projects.

There are two words that explain everything.

Generally, if the projects of the Academy of Sciences can be approved, they basically start as surface projects, that is, the funds are more than one million.

So not to mention the applications from affiliated institutions, there are endless applications for cross-disciplinary coordination of the Academy of Social Sciences like Hua Mulan.

to be honest.

Hou Xing is far from the kind of unreasonable person, he can really understand some situations.

For example, if a project plan has a budget of 3 million, the project leader will often report an extra 500,000. In fact, there is a high probability that this money will not be embezzled, but a small spare treasury prepared out of hamster mentality, in case A rainy day.

Or some powerful bigwigs like material comforts. They have to stay in five-star hotels when they go out for meetings, pay their bills for meals, etc. Everyone knows the things in hotels, and a bottle of Coke can sell you 15 yuan.

So when they declare funds, they usually report more.

Although Hou Xingyuan was a little disgusted with this approach, it was undeniable that this situation did exist.

Therefore, if the project does have research value and the applicant is very capable, Hou Xingyuan will generally choose to default—only when the amount of additional applications is not high.

But the problem now is that many people don't want to declare a spare small treasury, but want to move a gold mountain directly.

For a project of 3 million, they dare to send you a project letter of 6 million or even 8 million.

How did you get Hou Xingyuan to agree to this?

Of course.

This can't say how dirty China's scientific research circle is. In the final analysis, it is a problem of population base-there are more people, and there will naturally be more project bids.

If you calculate the ratio of these wonderful applications to the total project proposal, the percentage value will not be very high.

For example, the SCI retraction mentioned earlier.

It was widely rumored that 1,564 SCI papers were withdrawn worldwide, and 536 domestic papers ranked first. Many people said, "Your country has serious fraud."

But in fact, among the 536 articles, 174 were withdrawn because the translation did not match the pictures, and many were republished after proofreading, and 41 were papers by the Seven Sons of National Defense.

After deducting these, the number of withdrawn journals in China is just over 300.

The number of withdrawn journals across the sea is 255, while the number of journals published in China is 3.4 times that of across the sea.

The number of counterfeiting seems to be more in China, but the proportion is only one-third of that on the other side of the sea.

There are 5 weirdos out of 100 people, which seems to be more than one out of 10 people, but the proportion of the former is lower than the latter.

Talking directly about the quantity without discussing the base number is often a hooligan.

It’s just that the concept of base number is aimed at the general public. As the main approver of the project, Hou Xingyuan often faces the specific ‘quantity’.

Then he thought of something again, spent some time flipping through the returned documents, and pulled out a bid from the bottom:

"There is also this letter of intent written by an organization in Guangdong Province, hoping to connect with the Wukong database, saying that it can discover dark matter."

"The entire project costs 1.8 million, huh?!"

Hou Xingyuan said that he was so angry that he laughed:

"The 1.8 million can detect dark matter, so I went to visit the Ordnance Industry Group next door on the spot, and ate the Zaku thermal ax in their laboratory!"

beep beep——

Hou Xingyuan had just finished speaking.

The phone beside him rang.

The area code for the call is 0551. As the former president of USTC, Hou Xingyuan is quite familiar with this area code.

So without much hesitation, he connected the phone:

"Hi, I'm Hou Xingyuan."

After a while.

Academician Pan's voice rang from the other end of the phone:

"Dean Hou, it's me, Xiao Pan, is it convenient for you now? I have something very important to report to you."

[Very important] [Report] Two words come out.

Hou Xingyuan realized the nature of Academician Pan's call.

So he hummed lightly, and looked up at Gao Hongwen who was across the table.

What the assistant needs most is to observe words and demeanor. In addition, Gao Hongwen has been with Hou Xingyuan for many years, so the degree of tacit understanding is basically at full value.

So he wisely put away the thick stack of documents on the table, poured a glass of water for Hou Xingyuan's empty teacup, and left the office voluntarily.

After Gao Hongwen slammed the door, Hou Xingyuan said:

"Okay, Xiao Pan, you can talk now."

The person on the phone paused. It seemed that Academician Pan was organizing his words, and he said after a while:

"Dean Hou, about a few hours ago, our laboratory just discovered a new particle."

"New particles?"

Hou Xingyuan blinked, his expression didn't change, but he still congratulated:

"Xiao Pan, this should be the first new particle discovered in the world this year, right? An article in the main journal of Science is gone."

at the same time.

He also quickly figured out the purpose of Academician Pan's call in his mind.

Nowadays, more than a few composite particles are discovered every year in the physics community. This kind of situation is not common, but it is not so rare.

Therefore, although the discovery of a new particle is worthy of celebration, it is obviously not so high that Academician Pan made a special call to announce the good news.

So if Hou Xingyuan expected well.

Academician Pan should just use this particle as an excuse, and he will probably talk about other things later.

Is it Xiaolu's academician selection?

Or have ideas for some projects this year?

Or fight for some benefits for HKUST?

And just as Hou Xingyuan's mind was spinning rapidly, Academician Pan's voice came out of the microphone again:

"Uh, Dean Hou, you may have misunderstood what I mean."

"The new particle I'm talking about is not a composite particle, but a fundamental particle"

Hou Xingyuan was taken aback for a moment.

I don't know if it was because of the bookishness of those weird projects before, but he didn't come back to his senses until half a minute later.

I saw him propping his left hand with the cigarette butt on the table, and the whole person stood up directly:

"Xiao Pan, is what you said true? Did you really discover an elementary particle?"

elementary particle.

Although it is only two words away from composite particles, the two are vastly different in concept and importance.

If what Academician Pan said is true, then this is not as simple as breaking the ground for the first time this year.

soon.

Academician Pan's determined tone sounded again:

"100% sure, this is the result of multiple re-examinations with Academician Zhao Zhengguo, it does not belong to any known basic particles, and in addition"

Hou Xingyuan hurriedly asked:

"What else?"

this time.

There was no reply from Hou Xingyuan's microphone, but a clear and long inhalation sound.

It was as if he was gathering courage for what he was going to say next.

After a few seconds.

Academician Pan's ethereal voice came from thousands of kilometers away:

"The other thing is... After our detection, this particle will not participate in strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions except for gravitational interactions."

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this time.

Hou Xingyuan's pupils shrank suddenly, and the expression on his face completely changed from surprise to

Horrified.

without any exaggeration.

This is the first time Hou Xing has shown this expression in the past twenty years.

It wasn't until the cigarette butt burned his fingers that the current president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences felt a pain in his heart and managed to recover.

Although Hou Xingyuan's main direction is nanomaterials, as a science student who graduated from the Department of Physics of HKUST majoring in crystals, his knowledge of the microscopic field is not too shallow.

At least

He could understand the meaning of Academician Pan's words.

Think here.

He threw the cigarette butt in his hand into the ashtray, and the left hand holding the cigarette also held the phone receiver, and the corners of his mouth were trembling slightly:

"Xiao Pan, you mean... you discovered... dark matter?"

Academician Pan keenly noticed the change in Hou Xingyuan's tone, but he still pretended not to notice, and obediently reported the situation:

"That's right, the name of this particle is called a solitary point particle - we even set up a project for it not long ago."

"According to our current detection, there is at least 80% certainty that it can be confirmed that this is a kind of dark matter."

"It's just the University of Science and Technology. Or Luzhou's equipment has limited accuracy. It is difficult to fully determine whether it is standard cold dark matter or hot dark matter similar to neutrinos."

Hou Xingyuan was silent for a long time before he completely digested the news.

Solitary particles.

After sinking his heart, Hou Xingyuan quickly thought of one thing:

About years ago, Academician Pan and the others submitted a project application.

The subject of research is this lone point particle.

Of course.

The reason why Hou Xingyuan remembered this incident was largely related to the fact that Academician Pan, Zhao Zhengguo, and Lu Chaoyang were involved in this project.

Also if he remembers correctly

Xu Yun, who later caused the public opinion incident, seems to be one of the team leaders of the project.

And the cost of the whole project at that time should be .

1.79 million?

Hou Xingyuan's expression became slightly subtle.

At that time, he complained to Gao Hongwen, saying that the quotation of HKUST was similar to the price of vegetables in the supermarket.

Then he looked out the door with some guilt, and found that the office door was tightly closed, coughed lightly, and said to Academician Pan:

"Xiao Pan, how do you want the Academy of Sciences to cooperate with you now?"

Academician Pan has been emphasizing the level of equipment in Luzhou before. If this does not understand what he means, Hou Xingyuan will not be the dean.

Academician Pan, who was on the other end of the phone, was silent for a moment, and said:

"Dean Hou, Mr. Zhao and I have the idea to go to Sichuan Province for verification, and at the same time conduct auxiliary inspections on the Wukong satellite."

"Wukong and Sichuan Province?"

Hou Xingyuan repeated Academician Pan's request in a low voice, and a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

The docking of the Wukong satellite is not a big problem, after all, it belongs to one of the scientific and technological projects of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' space science strategy.

Not to mention Hou Xingyuan, Academician Pan can negotiate the auxiliary verification of relevant data when he comes forward.

What really made Hou Xingyuan undecided was what Academician Pan said

Sichuan province.

As the current president of the Academy of Sciences, he naturally knew what Academician Pan was referring to.

So because of this, he was a little hesitant.

But soon.

Hou Xingyuan's hesitation turned into a decision. He took a deep breath and said to Academician Pan:

"No problem, Xiao Pan, you should make preparations now. I will complete the formalities before tonight, and I will contact you then."

Right on the phone.

Academician Pan was overjoyed when he heard the words, and was about to make a look at Zhao Zhengguo when he heard Hou Xingyuan say:

"By the way, Xiao Pan, I remember that the isolated point particle was able to be discovered. That little doctor named Xu Yun seems to have put a lot of effort into it, right?"

Academician Pan's raised eyebrows froze in mid-air. He glanced at the well-behaved Xu Yun in surprise, nodded and said:

"That's right, it was because of the orbit calculated by Xiao Xu that we were able to discover the solitary point particle—it's just that no one knew it would be so special at that time."

Hou Xingyuan nodded thoughtfully:

"okay, I get it."

After hanging up the phone.

Hou Xingyuan was silent for a moment, picked up the phone again, and dialed Gao Hongwen's number:

"Xiao Gao, you book two plane tickets, we will go to Sichuan Province tomorrow."