Rewrite the Technological Landscape

On October 31, the China trip came to the fourth day.

Representatives of Huami Technology companies are still in Hangzhou. This morning, everyone went to Alibaba, Geely and other companies headquartered in Hangzhou, and at the same time went to the Science and Technology Innovation City in Hangzhou.

In the afternoon, everyone came to the last stop in Hangzhou, West Lake University.

For entrepreneurs, whether it is business research or talents, it is the reason that attracts them to go to Westlake University.

In the trip to West Lake University, in addition to representatives of American technology companies, delegations from American universities also came to Hangzhou.

Just after lunch, Meng Qian saw Isgrubb of Princeton University and several American university leaders have arrived in the hotel lobby.

"Mr. Meng!" Isgrubb stepped forward and hugged Meng Qian warmly. Although there was only a brief contact before, Isgrubb seemed to have a deep recognition of Meng Qian.

After the two greeted each other, Meng Qian shook hands with several other university leaders one by one.

"How do you feel in our college in Huaxia these two days?" Meng Qian asked with a smile.

Isgrub said from his own perspective, “The overall teaching quality of Huaxia universities still needs to be improved, but we have indeed seen many surprises.

And I heard that West Lake University is the pioneer of many ideas, so I must have a good experience this time. "

Meng Qian patted Isgrub on the shoulder, and then shook hands with other university leaders from the United States to say hello.

At 1:00 p.m., everyone set off for West Lake University together.

As soon as we arrived at the gate of the university, we saw the students waiting for us here.

The faces of college students are always full of youthfulness, but the biggest visual feature at the moment is no different from skin color.

At the gate of West Lake University, there were students of different skin colors and appearances, and everyone was here to welcome the arrival of the delegations from the two countries.

"Westlake University has attracted so many overseas students less than ten years after its official establishment." Isgrub stood beside Meng Qian and sighed.

"Because in addition to the students who directly apply for the exam, there are many exchange students every year." Meng Qian told the truth, and there is no need to let others have a wrong perception.

But even so, everyone still feels the attraction of Westlake University. If there is not enough attraction, others will not be willing to exchange it.

Going to the teaching building, you can see the introduction of the teachers here. The teachers of West Lake University are also very distinctive. There are a large number of business elites here, full-time or part-time.

For example, Meng Qian would attend at least five classes every month.

"Do these guys come here every month?" Nadella couldn't help asking when he saw a few names.

From the looks of everyone, many of the people he pointed to knew each other. They were high-level executives of several European companies, and there were many who could see the names of the CEOs of several European companies.

Meng Qian nodded with certainty, "Even part-time teachers have to sign an agreement and guarantee attendance. If you can see their names here, it means that they will find time to come every month."

Yisgrub suddenly glanced at Bill Gates and joked, "Mr. Bill owes us several lessons."

Bill Gates made an apologetic expression, Meng Qian took the lead and smiled, and everyone continued to walk forward.

Many classrooms in the teaching building are in class, and everyone can see AR glasses, 5G remote control equipment and other technological products from afar.

"West Lake University is a benchmark university and a pioneer in modern technology-assisted teaching." Meng Qian boasted.

No one refuted it. Everyone found a classroom with no one in and went in to take a closer look at what technologies were there.

"Each student is equipped with a personal intelligent teaching assistance system?" Bill Gates is most concerned about this thing.

Meng Qian nodded in confirmation, "Students will be bound to a personal intelligent learning assistance system when they enroll, and this intelligent system will always accompany them throughout their studies at school.

After graduation, all the data can be directly transmitted to the cloud or their own devices, and it is up to them to use them later. "

Everyone messed around with equipment in the classroom for a while, and then followed Meng Qian to the laboratory building.

The laboratory building is divided into public laboratories and special laboratories.

The public laboratory is provided free of charge for those in need, as long as you make an appointment in advance.

A special laboratory is a laboratory that has a clear goal and is used by the team for a long time.

"Most of the special laboratories cooperate with enterprises?" Krzanik understood after turning around for a while.

"Well, about 70% of the projects here are established by companies and students and jointly participate in research and development."

"This also means that the students of West Lake University have already started to have frequent contact with corporate projects during their school days."

"And the equipment here is also very advanced."

"After all, cooperating with so many giant companies, you can't be poor." Meng Qian said in a teasing tone, but everyone could hear more meaning behind it.

"The cooperation between Westlake University and enterprises is very close, and the difference from traditional universities is very obvious. No wonder Westlake University can make so many donations a year." Bill Gates whispered in Isgrub's ear.

Isgrub also whispered, "Universities and companies in the United States are more connected by talents, but Westlake University uses talents, teachers, and projects to connect in all aspects.

We can discuss this point when we go back. "

"This is the basic science research center of West Lake University." Moving forward, Isgrub pointed to an area and said, with a slightly different tone.

It can be seen that Isgrubb cares about this place very much, and the leaders of other colleges and universities in the same industry also care about this place, which makes the representatives of those technology companies a little confused, because they don't know why they care so much about this place. place.

It wasn't until they went in for a visit, and with Isgrub's explanation, that everyone finally realized the value of this place.

"There are so many majors here that ordinary colleges dare not touch." Bill Gates looked at Meng Qian in disbelief, "How did you spread the basic scientific research so widely?

Is Huaxia going to take the route of large and broad basic scientific research? No, it doesn't seem to be the case.

How do you build your project faculty team? What is the basis for the project? What is the financial support program? "

"This is probably the reason why you are confused." Meng Qian said with a smile, "You think too much. People nowadays seem to have a habit of doing things. Everything must have a purpose and a result. , and even have to pay for it.

The reason why I want to take you to the Pure Land Laboratory is to let everyone realize that there are a group of people in this world who don’t have so many reasons to do certain things. Maybe it’s because they like it, maybe it’s because they are curious. Perhaps it is an indescribable sense of mission, similar to the Chosen One.

What we are doing now is indeed not a broad and broad line of basic scientific research, but the construction of scientific research culture. "

"Construction of scientific research culture?"

"The vast majority of scientific research fields, especially basic scientific research fields, are actually a dangerous road full of invisible light and traps everywhere. You should be very clear that today's universities seem to have many majors and a wide range of interests, but in fact The fields that we haven't touched are far from knowing how many times our current professions are.

We don’t know what the future development needs, how far human science and technology can go, and how long it will take for the breakthrough of modern science and technology, but we should know what kind of attitude is the most correct when engaging in scientific research .

At least from our experience of more than ten years, in this field, don't think too much.

Just like many colleges and universities like to win the Nobel Prize, everyone should be aware of this.

The Nobel Prize has been developed for so many years, and many rules have begun to be understood by everyone. Which projects are more likely to be awarded the Nobel Prize, and which breakthroughs are areas with a high probability of winning the Nobel Prize in the near future. Universities hold meetings every year to address this issue. , and increase investment in corresponding fields to increase the probability of winning the Nobel Prize this year.

To be honest, many people use the Nobel Prize to ridicule our country's backwardness in technology. After all, the influence and gold content of the Nobel Prize are still there, just as the Nobel Prize in Neon Country saved the publishing industry.

But after some discussion, we decided to focus on the construction of scientific research culture.

It's not that we don't care about the Nobel Prize, let alone that we look down on the Nobel Prize, but at the moment when China's technology has just started to explode, we have to make a priority choice. After all, our energy and financial resources are limited, and our The choice is scientific research culture priority.

As for the Nobel Prize, if there is one later, there will be one, and if there is no one, there will be no more.

After all, the fact that Huaxia won fewer Nobel Prizes in the next ten years, or even if it won’t win Nobel Prizes in the next ten years, will not have such a big impact on us. Anyway, if we win a few, we will still be ridiculed.

However, if Chinese colleges and universities can comprehensively promote the construction of scientific research culture, it will take ten years to promote a group of people to actively enter more scientific research fields, thereby forming a snowball effect.

Then I believe that, twenty or thirty years from now, our current decision must be more meaningful to China and mankind than winning a few more Nobel Prizes. "

Meng Qian explained all this calmly, but some people around him felt a little turbulent in their hearts.