Qin Ke was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the reporter would lead the topic to the direction of controllable nuclear fusion.

Controlled nuclear fusion is a process that uses high temperature, high pressure and other conditions to combine two light nuclei into one heavy nucleus. In this process, a large amount of energy will be released without any emissions, so controllable nuclear fusion

It has always been considered the crown jewel of energy technology, and countless experts have touted it as representing the ultimate solution to future energy.

However, Qin Ke has not really studied this direction in depth, even though he does not lack relevant knowledge of high-energy atoms in his mind.

The reason is very simple. This technology is currently very technically difficult. It requires a huge amount of money, time, and manpower. The money alone costs tens of billions of yuan. What’s more, this work takes too long. Even if

Qin Ke devoted himself wholeheartedly to it. Whether he could see the dawn of success within ten years was a big question mark.

There are only three to five years before the Danshui crisis. How can Qin Ke spend so much time on controllable nuclear fusion?

So Qin Ke replied without hesitation: "We have not considered researching the topic of controllable nuclear fusion for the time being. We are more focused on the topic of seawater dewatering and purification. The research in the field of new energy during this process is just

In order to provide stable, reliable, sustainable and safe energy for our seawater purification. Therefore, we will use the more mature and popular photovoltaic, hydropower and wind power technologies on the market to integrate them to achieve this goal."

This reporter had obviously done his homework in advance and had a deep understanding of controllable nuclear fusion. He continued: "But Academician Qin, our country is now at the forefront of the world in controllable nuclear fusion, but it still faces challenges.

There are many dilemmas, especially in terms of magnetic confinement and materials. Last month I interviewed Academician He Zhixian of the Academy of Sciences. He mentioned you two and thought that you two had made great achievements in magnetohydrodynamics and computational materials science.

It has produced extremely dazzling results. If it can be added to the research topic of controllable nuclear fusion, it may be able to accelerate its research and development process, and it can also help your energy supply in the direction of seawater decontamination and purification..."

Qin Ke burst out laughing. He probably understood the reporter's attitude. Obviously, the reporter didn't take the Danshui crisis too seriously. Instead, he was a little keen on the sophisticated controllable nuclear fusion technology, or he just felt that reporting on "Academician Qin Ke"

"Academician Qin Ke and Academician Ning Qingjun plan to enter the direction of controlled nuclear fusion" is far more eye-catching than the report "Academician Qin Ke and Academician Ning Qingjun are focusing on seawater purification technology."

Qin Ke smiled and shook his head and said: "Mr. reporter, do you really think that we are omnipotent? We have never been exposed to controllable nuclear fusion, and it will take two or three years just to learn and study the preliminary knowledge.

What's more, our seawater decontamination and purification plan is to be low-cost, highly applicable, and can be quickly implemented and promoted. The time and money costs of controllable nuclear fusion are too high, and our plan cannot afford it."

"Understood, Academician Qin, I want to ask another question. In fact, this is an opportunity for me to raise the question just now." The reporter kept a professional smile and asked politely:

"Many netizens on the Internet are currently discussing your research on seawater denaturation and purification technology. They may think that research on this is a bit low-end and does not fit in with your reputation as the 'most outstanding scientific researchers in Xia State' at this time. They

It is more likely that you will study some high-tech fields, such as controllable nuclear fusion, such as cosmic detectors and other 'powerful instruments'. What do you two think about this?"

In this kind of reporter interview, Ning Qingyun rarely speaks, Qin Ke talks eloquently, and this time is no exception.

"First of all, we dare not accept the title of 'the most outstanding scientific researcher in Xia Kingdom'. There are countless outstanding scientific researchers in Xia Kingdom who are doing research silently. They may not be famous for various reasons, but they can definitely be called the pillars of the country.

, the title of the foundation pillar of the country. They are the backbone of our Xia Kingdom standing in the world. Qingyun and I just did some more conspicuous things, and netizens paid more attention to them."

Qin Ke paused and continued: "We are deeply grateful to netizens for their concern, recognition and encouragement. Similar discussions actually started when we were studying seeds, but we never think that scientific research work has a distinction between high and low.

Not only does it mean that looking up at the stars is noble, but bowing one's head and focusing on research on basic necessities, food, housing and transportation is low-end. Compared with those who are sophisticated, we pay more attention to basic areas related to the national economy and people's livelihood, such as food crises, water shortages, etc. As for

In terms of new energy technologies, whether it is photovoltaics or wind power and hydropower, our country is actually at the forefront of the world, and there is no need for us to rush in and contribute."

"Of course we are also interested in cutting-edge technology, so we are also studying quantum computing and hydrogen energy batteries. In the future, we may really study the direction of controllable nuclear fusion, but not now."

"Now we are more concerned about the shortage of Dan water resources. We live in a big city, and when we turn on the faucet, clear water flows out, so we don't know much about the shortage of Dan water resources, but in our daily life Being temporarily unaware of it does not mean that it does not exist. On the contrary, as our survey in early August showed, water resources are becoming increasingly tense, especially in the northwest region of my country, where many people have to drink water. Save your drink. When water is scarce, it’s not surprising that you only take a bath once a month on average.”

"So at present we have only one goal, which is to achieve a major breakthrough in seawater dewatering and purification technology within three years, in order to make our contribution to the problem of water resources. Thank you."

"Yuanzhou Daily" published almost word for word the entire interview process and Qin Ke's answers, which once again aroused heated discussion on the Internet.

The vast majority of people have a favorable attitude, believing that Academician Qin Ke and Academician Ning Qingjun are truly practicing the academic attitude of "scientific research is close to the people at the bottom and important people's livelihood", which echoes the long article on the scarf before.

Of course, there are also those who lament, such as Academician He Zhixian of the Academy of Sciences, who has made many public statements and privately invited Qin Ke and Qin Ke to join his "controllable nuclear fusion" research project via email.

Amid this heated discussion, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun quietly flew back to the capital with Qin Xiaoke.

The entire August was almost full of busy work. With about five days left before the start of school, Qin Ke put aside all research work and took his wife and sister to relax and play around.

No matter how busy you are at work, no matter how important scientific research is, you cannot ignore life itself. This is Qin Ke’s outlook on life.

But it’s not so much a game as it is the process of choosing new family members.

Yes, in the first three days, Ning Qingyun and Qin Xiaoke enthusiastically ran around the pet market, looking for "destined" dogs.

This was their decision. They no longer had the headache of choosing a variety, just for the sake of a happy marriage.

Finally, on August 31, in the garden villa of Qingmu University, the Qin family welcomed a new family member, a little golden retriever named "Coco".

The little golden retriever is only one and a half months old. It is round and fleshy and very cute. It is still small in size and has clear and innocent eyes. Moreover, it is the first little dog to take the initiative to follow Ning Qingyun and refuse to leave.

Ning Qingyun and Qin Xiaoke quickly fell in love with it, so this little golden retriever who knew how to choose its owner was honored to stand out and became the "Academician's Dog", oh no, the "Academician's Pet Dog".

As for the name "Keke", it was also decided by the two girls. Qin Ke was speechless about this. He complained that in our family it was related to the pinyin of "KE"? It made the two girls giggle.

non-stop.

There is a new child in the family, and the daily care work is taken care of by Qin Xiaoke and the seven-year-old daughter of the nanny Qing Sao.

So in the villa area of ​​Qingmu University, you can often see Qin Xiaoke walking with a little girl in one hand and a little golden retriever in the other. Occasionally, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun hold hands, holding the little golden retriever.

Take a walk around campus.

…

On September 2, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun sent Qin Xiaoke to Central America to register. Qin Xiaoke’s college entrance examination scores were almost the highest in Central America, and Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun personally

After seeing each other off, the dean of CAFA naturally greeted him with a smile throughout the whole process, and did not let Qin Xiaoke go through the formalities on his own. Everyone just drank tea in the dean's office, and all the procedures were completed. Because Qin Xiaoke did not live on campus, even

The steps of moving into the dormitory are saved.

On the night when Qin Xiaoke's admission procedures were completed, Qin Ke took Ning Qingyun and Qin Xiaoke to Yang Chengke's Uncle Yang's house for dinner. Uncle Chen Jixue and Chen Jixue also came with their families. It was another family dinner.

Uncle Yang and Uncle Chen were the officiants and witnesses of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Qin Ke respectively, and they treated them like relatives and younger generations. Even though Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun are now world-famous top scholars, the two uncles treat them

Same as before.

The three families also get along very well, especially Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Chen, who helped arrange the wedding of Luo Qinke and his wife in Beijing together, and it felt like they were even closer to each other.

After the lively dinner, Qin Xiaoke, Mrs. Yang and others watched TV and chatted. Uncle Yang and Uncle Chen took Qin Ke and Ning Qingjun to the study as usual, closed the heavy door and talked about things.

Uncle Yang's face turned pale, and he said gently: "Qin Ke, I have to criticize you for something. You really dared to take Xiao Ning and Xiao Ke to the desert for investigation. I heard that the highest temperature at that time was over 40 degrees Celsius.

, Lao Chen and I are not worried about you. You are as strong as a cow. We are just worried about Xiao Ning and Xiao Ke. What should we do if they are too weak to survive and fall ill? Especially Xiao Ning, if she is pregnant, participating in such a

Field research in severe weather is simply fatal. You must be careful before making such a decision next time, you know?"

The words made Ning Qingyun's face heat up, and Qin Ke also promised with a bit of embarrassment: "Uncle Yang, you are right, I will pay attention next time."

In fact, it was not that he had not considered this issue. He made such a decision after seeing that Ning Qingyun had just come to visit relatives and was not pregnant. But Qin Ke still wanted to express his gratitude for the concern in Uncle Yang's words.

Uncle Chen chuckled and said, "Speaking of which, are you planning to have children? Last time I heard from your parents that they hope to see their grandson or granddaughter as soon as possible."

"We have this plan, but let everything take its course. Qingyun and I don't have any strong plans in this regard. We still have a lot of things on our hands now. Having children is certainly a good thing, but it doesn't matter if we don't have them for the time being.

." Qin Ke told him frankly.

Uncle Yang nodded: "It's good if you can have such a sunny attitude. I heard that the seawater purification and purification industry is very lively recently. Many research institutes, laboratories, and large companies are working overtime on research. They are in the middle of the game and want to

It’s hard to quit, and I’m afraid that you guys will really take the lead. It’s really a dilemma, and I’m exhausted. You two, these two catfish, have played your best role.”

Uncle Chen took the tea that Qin Ke had brewed and handed it to him, and said with a smile: "Lao Yang, it's not that I look down on those so-called industry elites. Together, they are probably not as powerful as the research results achieved by Qin Ke and Xiaoning's research center.

"

"Uncle Chen, you are putting pressure on me and Qingyun."

"It's not pressure, it's confidence. I am full of confidence in you and Xiao Ning now. You have never missed a move."

Uncle Yang suddenly interjected: "Qin Ke, don't you have a lot of research topics at hand now? I heard that in mathematics there is the Millennium Problem of the 'Yang-Mills' equation, and in physics there is the optimization and improvement of topological quantum computing.

, there is a project on analyzing the causes of abnormal weather, and various research groups in the fluid mechanics laboratory also need your guidance. There is a project on plant breeding in biology, and now there is also a project on seawater denaturation. I am afraid that the burden on your shoulders will be too heavy. Xiao

Ning, you have an honest personality, would you feel tired if you tell me?"

Ning Qingyun said softly: "Actually, it's okay. We now study the 'Yang-Mills' equation for about two hours a day, topological quantum computing, and analysis of the causes of abnormal weather. We are both responsible for reviewing and optimizing the experimental plan, and doing mathematics

Modeling guidance can be solved by spending about an hour a day on email; as for other topics undertaken in the fluid mechanics laboratory, it can be dealt with basically by holding a meeting every week and looking through the materials. The team members themselves are very knowledgeable.

Level. As for plant breeding, Qin Ke and I will basically not follow up personally. We will just set a research direction and let the team research along this direction. We will only help when the team encounters problems that are really difficult to solve. The workload is

It’s not big.”

Qin Ke said with a smile while refilling tea for the two uncles: "The subject that spent more energy on the sea water denaturation in the past few days has been sorted out and on track. It only takes two hours a day to deal with it. That's it.

A rough calculation shows that I can work up to six or seven hours a day, and the rest is free time. There is pressure but not too much. But I will soon have to teach graduate students and doctoral students, which is quite stressful. How to train these excellent students well?

Students, Qingjun and I both have a headache. Our chats these days basically revolve around this topic, and we talked about it in detail with Mr. Qiu last night."

Uncle Chen took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "No one dares to question your level of scientific research and academics. Now that you are a tutor, many people want to see your level of teaching students, especially this time.

The recruitment work is so popular that it has attracted huge attention. I originally thought about arranging some old academicians and professors to communicate with you, but Lao Yang suggested that you might prefer Mr. Qiu’s approach, so I

Once I thought it was right, I gave up the idea.”

Lao Chen looked at Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun: "You two can follow your own ideas and don't worry about all resistance and criticism. Lao Yang and I will block it for you. Lao Yang and I are the two of us now.

There are relatively big expectations. One is that you will win the Nobel Prize in Physics this year, and the other is to see how high you can take the mathematics and physics circles of Xia State to!"

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun listened quietly, and then said seriously: "I will definitely live up to the ardent expectations of my two uncles."

…

After the family dinner with Uncle Yang and Uncle Chen, we also ushered in the start of Qingmu University.

Qingmu University, which was originally a little deserted, is full of freshmen who look curious and full of longing for the future, and graduate students are also coming to register one after another.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun's 16 master's degree students and eight doctoral students completed the procedures on the first morning of school and handed in their "assignments" to the two supervisors.
Chapter completed!