Chapter 195 Xu You, I'm Afraid Someone Will Disobey You
"Professor Qiao, Xu You, please wait for a moment."
Qiao Sen and Xu You were both a little surprised when Xing Shuping suddenly called them.
"Academician Xing, is there anything else?"
"Yes, both of you please follow me."
As he spoke, Xing Shuping led Qiao Sen and Xu You into another room.
This room is much smaller than the previous conference room, but judging from the layout of the room, it is more exquisite.
"Please feel free to sit down. Xiao Liu, go make me a pot of hot tea."
At this moment, the atmosphere suddenly changed.
Originally, Xu You felt it was a bit unusual that Xu You and Qiao Sen were called here alone.
The fact that Xing Shuping even wanted to make tea not only showed that the atmosphere was beginning to change, but also that this conversation would probably not be short.
"Professor Qiao, Xu You, I am leaving you two here alone because I have something important to discuss with you."
Seeing Xing Shuping's serious look, Qiao Sen and Xu You's expressions also became more serious.
"Professor Qiao, you should understand. This time, the core of the entire project is Xu You."
Xing Shuping's words were indeed within Qiao Sen's expectations. From the establishment of the entire project to Xing Shuping's series of actions just now, Qiao Sen had already seen some clues.
Xu You did not have the experience that Qiao Sen had, and was very surprised by Xing Shuping's words.
It was clear that in the meeting just now, Xing Shuping did not even mention Xu You's name.
"Xu You, your talent is unquestionable. However, if you are made the nominal project leader, some people will inevitably be dissatisfied. You are indeed too young. Those professors in their sixties and seventies may not be willing to follow your instructions."
After Xing Shuping's explanation, Xu You immediately understood.
"It turns out that Academician Xing did not mention my name at the meeting just now. It was intentional." Xu Youxin said.
Xu You put himself in the other person's shoes and thought about it. It was indeed not appropriate to mention himself too much in the meeting.
Anyone would be embarrassed to have so many professors surrounding a 19-year-old young man.
Xing Shuping's approach can be said to be a kind of protection for Xu You.
"Xu You, we have found many experts to analyze your theory. But even so, we only understand part of it. I believe this is not because our experts are too incompetent, but because many of the contents of your theory are too brief."
Xu You nodded upon hearing this:
"Yes, Academician Xing, because the article in PRL has a very strict limit on the number of words, I can only write briefly about many contents. Otherwise, I might have to write tens of thousands of words to roughly explain the theory."
This feeling is like when you are solving a final problem and the analysis directly gives you a few formulas, and the intermediate processes are all expressed with words such as "obviously" and "easy to obtain".
This is also the reason why foreign experts cannot understand most of the contents of Xu You’s paper.
Of course, Xu You also deliberately wrote some parts in brief manner.
If possible , Xu You still hopes to express more things that cannot be expressed in the paper.
"Xu You, do you have any clear ideas about finding new high-temperature superconductors?"
Xu You shook his head when he heard this.
"There is no clear idea at the moment. To be honest, even I find it difficult to apply this theory well. This theory currently only explains the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity. But I believe that it won't be too far away to discover superconductors with higher critical temperatures."
Searching for high-temperature superconductors is as difficult as searching for a star in the vast universe.
Once you determine a target area, at least the search scope is greatly narrowed.
"Xu You, we all know that you are very capable, but for a major topic like this, the power of one person is definitely not as good as the power of a team. In the preliminary plan, we want you to share your thoughts on this theory with everyone. If more people can understand your theory, I believe it will provide greater help in finding new high-temperature superconductors."
"Of course, Academician Xing. But this process may take a long time. Many of the contents here may not be understood overnight."
Xu You also understands the importance of teamwork.
Just like when he was at the Suzhou Satellite Launch Center, Xu You only made some improvements to the engine's cooling system.
The success of the test run is still the credit of the entire team.
"Of course. Even a university course requires dozens of hours to complete, let alone your profound theory. We don't need to rush the time. We must take solid steps."
At this time, the man called "Xiao Liu" by Xing Shuping brought up a pot of hot tea and poured a cup of tea for each of the three people.
Remembering the last time he was scalded by Zhao Weijia's tea, Xu You drank it with extra caution this time.
Next, Xing Shuping discussed some details of the project with Xu You and made future plans.
"Xu You, nominally I am still the person in charge of this project. But you should know that you are the real core of the project. I am old, and my brains are definitely not as good as you young people. What I have left is experience and qualifications."
Xing Shuping's words were very humble. Xu You knew that when he reached Xing Shuping's age, he might not have the energy to be the head of an important scientific research project.
However, Xu You understood that Xing Shuping's main intention was to let him take on the heavy responsibility of the project.
"Academician Xing, I will do my best to make more contributions to the project." Xu You said solemnly.
"Xu You, have you decided on the direction of the next generation of superconducting materials? Is it rare earth system, bismuth system, thallium system, mercury system, or some other material system?"
These four high-temperature superconductors are the four mainstream high-temperature superconductors currently.
In addition, they also have a common property, which is that they all contain copper and oxygen.
Therefore, they are also called cuprate superconductors.
"At present, it is still not completely certain. But I have a feeling that new high-temperature superconducting materials may break through these four systems."
In fact, just like the metal atomic cluster high-temperature superconductor discovered by Xu You before, it is also not within the scope of these mainstream high-temperature superconductors.
Although there is no breakthrough in the critical temperature of superconductivity, it provides more ideas for the search for new high-temperature superconductors.
High-temperature superconductors under high pressure, such as hydrogen-based superconductors, are also within Xu You's consideration.
"It just so happens that our material experts not only study metal materials, but also basically cover all kinds of material directions. With such a team, I believe it will provide important help for your research."
