Chapter 761: Jiang Ge leads the team with a crushing score of 1

Jiang University’s graduate and doctoral training programs require published papers as a prerequisite for graduation.

These are not only important academic achievements for the students, representing their personal abilities, but also mediums for international academic exchanges, enhancing their academic competitiveness.

The project led by Zhou Wenqing wasn’t too difficult, but it had a long cycle, and the materials were very difficult to acquire.

After April, the experiment had made almost no progress.

On stage, Hu Yue broke from her usual leisurely demeanor, introducing their research to all the teachers and students present with great composure, “We’re continuously optimizing the material properties, increasing the critical temperature and critical magnetic field…”

Dean Huang sat in the front row, grasping his hands tightly. Finally, he relaxed and his tense body eased upon seeing the research results from Zhou Wenqing’s lab.

Next to him, however, Dean Lin was extremely puzzled.

As the head of the department, he knew better than anyone that Zhou Wenqing’s lab was out of experimental materials.

He stared intently at the content on the slides, and although everyone present had different research interests, they could understand what Hu Yue was talking about.

Nobody left during the one-and-a-half-hour presentation.

Zhou Wenqing didn’t sit down but stood to one side with his hands behind his back, watching Hu Yue present on the stage, occasionally turning his head to look back at Bai Lian and the other new students.

“Thank you, teachers and classmates,” Hu Yue said after finishing the presentation.

The lecture hall quieted for a moment, then the next second, it erupted into warm applause.

Before today, the university town’s forums had been buzzing with anticipation for this event. Before Hu Yue and Zhou Wenqing’s arrival, nobody could have imagined their lab would indeed achieve interim results ahead of schedule.

This was also a breakthrough research for Jiang University’s superconductivity project.

Dean Huang, looking at Zhou Wenqing and Hu Yue’s group, grabbed his coat and spoke with a calm and steady presence, “Professor Zhou, I will request to the president that you accompany me to the summit in G City.”

At G City’s academic summit, Jiang University’s leading participants each year were the deans of various colleges, who would bring outstanding students along.

Dean Huang’s statement at this moment represented his stance.

The position of vice dean of the Physics Department had been vacant for half a year, and this year they were ready to promote someone to step up.

The presidents and deans of Jiang University don’t come out of nowhere; most are graduates of the university itself. Zhou Wenqing met this criterion, and with Dean Huang’s statement, it was virtually decided.

Next to him, several professors who got along well with Zhou Wenqing congratulated him, “Professor Zhou, congratulations.”

The others, Zuo Jinhua and Sun Fu, couldn’t sit still anymore.

Department head Lin, who had been sitting, finally stood up and fixed his gaze on Zhou Wenqing, “Professor Zhou, how did you manage to obtain a large amount of palladium?”

Palladium gold separation technology is very difficult; even buying a few grams required a reservation half a month in advance.

Not to mention placing a large order. Even if one applied to the authorities, it would take months to get the materials.

Within just one month, how did Zhou Wenqing’s lab manage to gather enough palladium to carry out the project?

At Lin’s remark, most professors eagerly turned their gaze to the front, clearly indicating that most labs were in dire need of experimental materials.

It was the same for Sun Fu and Zuo Jinhua; for certain scarce materials, no amount of money could find them a source, and they had no choice but to wait for allocations from Jiang University or the central military logistics, just like for palladium.

“About that,” Zhou Wenqing involuntarily looked toward the back row and gave an apologetic smile to the professors, “it’s not convenient to say.”

Zhou Wenqing was on the brink of promotion and had completed such a significant project ahead of schedule, but despite the lack of sleep over the past few days, instead of resting, he invited the students out for a meal.

A stream of people filed out.

Zuo Jinhua and Sun Fu, however, seemed somewhat distracted.

“Dr. Zuo, are you alright?” Dr. Zuo’s team member waited outside the door, noticing that Zuo Jinhua seemed preoccupied.

The students nearby continued their enthusiastic discussion of Zhou Wenqing’s research, “I can’t believe they actually did it, Nature, huh? Bai Lian and the other newcomers must be the first ones to be second authors on a Nature paper, they’re so lucky.”

Dr. Zuo and Sun Fu both lowered their eyes.

While these students were marveling at how lucky Bai Lian and the others were, both knew that Zhou Wenqing’s “not convenient to say” and his look toward the back row were unmistakable indications…

The matter involved those newcomers.

It was not too hard to guess; due to material shortages, Zhou Wenqing’s lab had made little progress in recent years, but strangely enough, progress had surged ever since the new students were assigned to their lab.

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