Cutting-edge Technology: I Provide the Brains, the State Provides Everything

47: Want to use academic platitudes? Then let me show you the difference! (Draft Naming)When Lu Chen’s ”humble” and ”reverent” ”inquiry” clearly echoed in the extremely strange atmosphere of the reception room.

Professor Hans Schmidt’s face, which had been stiff from extreme shock, finally slowly regained a bit of color.

He looked at the youth in front of him, whose face wore a ”pure” smile, and a deep trace of apprehension and... suspicion flashed in the depths of his sharp eyes.

Chief Director?

Chief Scientist?

What kind of international joke is this!

How could a mere greenhorn, a child whose fuzz hasn’t even grown in, possibly shoulder such a heavy responsibility?!

This must be a smokescreen created by the Huaxia people!

They deliberately pushed him forward to confuse me... a puppet!

Right!

It must be so!

Thinking this, Professor Hans’s heart, which had been scattered by shock, finally settled down again.

He picked up the cup of steaming Goji berry health tea in front of him, took a small sip, and his face once again displayed the composure and... arrogance befitting a world-class scholar.

”Oh?”

He looked at Lu Chen and smiled faintly.

”Young man, you are quite good.”

”To be able to participate in such an important project at such a young age.”

”Your future is limitless.”

His tone was full of the ”encouragement” and ”patronage” of an elder toward a junior.

As if he didn’t take Lu Chen, the ”Chief Scientist,” seriously at all.

”Go on.”

”If there are any academic questions you can’t figure out.”

”As long as I know the answer, I will certainly tell you everything without reservation.”

He spoke these words with magnanimity and confidence!

Full of the absolute... control a top scientist has over the knowledge in their specialized field!

Long Weiguo, and Academician Li Zhenbang and Academician Zhang Jingtong, who were sitting nearby, all sneered inwardly upon seeing this scene.

Old fox!

Still pretending!

Still probing!

It’s just that I wonder... in a little while, when you realize exactly what kind of ”monster” you are facing.

Will you still be able to smile!

Meanwhile, Lu Chen seemed completely oblivious to the condescending superiority in Professor Hans’s words.

He still maintained a look of ”humility” and ”adoration” as he pulled a small USB drive from his pocket.

Then, he inserted it into the reception room’s holographic projection equipment.

The next second!

A complex, three-dimensional structural diagram, filled with various molecular formulas and data models, was instantly projected into the air of the reception room!

That was precisely Professor Hans’s proud, groundbreaking paper model concerning ”Solid-State Electrolytes”!

”Professor, please look.”

Lu Chen pointed to the perfect model, displaying a ”just right” look of confusion on his face.

”The idea you put forth in this paper, regarding the use of ’Sulfides’ as the main material for Solid-State Electrolytes, is simply a brilliant concept!”

”It perfectly solves the global problem of low conductivity in traditional Oxide Electrolytes!”

He first launched into a round of generous, fervent praise!

He praised Professor Hans so much that the professor was ecstatic, almost smiling so hard his face looked like a blooming chrysanthemum!

Then... he abruptly changed the subject!

A perfectly timed hint of ”stupidity” flashed in his pure eyes!

”But...”

”While studying your great paper, I found one small problem that I just couldn’t figure out.”

He stretched out his finger and lightly tapped the perfect three-dimensional model!

”Look here.”

”To increase the stability of the Sulfide Electrolyte, you doped it with a ’Phosphorus-Sulfur Compound’.”

”This approach is correct.”

”But my question is...”

He looked at Professor Hans’s still ”confident” smiling face and asked clearly, word by word:

”Why...”

”Did you insist on using ’P2S5’ (Diphosphorus Pentasulfide)?”

”Why...”

”Couldn’t you switch to something with a more stable structure, lower cost, and a wider electrochemical window...”

”The ’PS4’ Tetrahedral Anion Cluster?”

Boom!!!

The moment the chemical term, ”PS4 Tetrahedral Anion Cluster,” filled with demonic implications, left Lu Chen’s mouth!

Professor Hans Schmidt’s face, which had maintained ”composure” and ”arrogance,” instantly... froze!

The smile on his face was like a clown mask instantly frozen solid!

Appearing incredibly ridiculous and... laughable!

For the first time, his sharp eyes, which seemed capable of seeing through everything, showed a ghost-like horror!