Chapter 1111 New Academician Symposium (counting yesterday's)

At this time in 2003, on the one hand, society as a whole was still in its previous wild atmosphere, and on the other hand, there was a lack of various self-media outlets that were eager to hype up the situation. In short, the public was not very interested in academic affairs.

What's more, the news that Chang Haonan holds two academician titles had already passed when the results of the first round of selection were announced.

Therefore, the news about the results of the election of academicians of the two academies did not cause much waves in the outside world.

But for people in the academic circle, this is definitely a major event that happens once every two years and is big enough to cause a local earthquake.

Even if an academician has left the front-line scientific research work, the resources he can leverage behind him are worth tens of millions at least, or countless at most.

The prospects of some young academicians who are still in their prime and have the ability to shine are even more immeasurable.

At the same time, the limited size of the academician community also means that in every round of academician selection, there will be winners and losers.

The conflict of interests involved is enough to make many people let go of their pride...

Just then, Chang Haonan had just arrived at the office and hadn't even sat down when the phone on the desk started ringing.

It was Tang Lintian who called.

"Principal Tang."

Comrade Lao Tang is now nearly sixty years old. Two years ago, he handed over the research group to his chief disciple, completely bid farewell to scientific research and turned to administration.

Therefore, he definitely regarded Chang Haonan as a golden nugget:

"Academician Chang, we are old acquaintances. Saying too many words of congratulations would seem awkward."

Tang Lintian got straight to the point:

"After the official certificate is issued in a few days, remember to come back to school... If you really don't have time, you can ask someone to come. In any case, we will raise your salary to the standard of a first-class professor..."

In fact, for Chang Haonan now, the difference between a second-level professor and a first-level professor doesn’t matter anymore.

But after all, the other person had proposed it enthusiastically and proactively, and the two of them had indeed been in a relationship for many years, so he couldn't just give the other person the cold shoulder:

Moreover, Chang Haonan was certain that the other party had hidden demands.

Now it's just laying the groundwork.

Of course, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is his alma mater after all.

Some requirements must be met.

"Then I'll trouble you, Principal Tang. I'll ask Teacher Liu to go over there next Monday after we finish..."

Chang Haonan replied.

Although the Torch Laboratory has grown significantly in size, Liu Chenchen is still the administrative secretary of the group.

And it was just as he had guessed.

After this topic came to an end, Tang Lintian quickly changed the subject:

"There is one more thing, Academician Chang..."

"After the Chinese New Year, can you use our school as a base to develop some..."

Halfway through hearing the words, Chang Haonan felt his scalp tingling.

To be honest, he has a bit of a good-natured personality and is not very good at playing the villain.

Especially when facing someone like Tang Lintian, with whom he had helped in the past.

But at this time, there is really no other way.

It is one thing to provide assistance to schools when conditions allow.

Openly forming small groups to cause trouble is another matter.

Chang Haonan knew very well that if he couldn't even withstand this latest wave, this kind of thing would never end.

Therefore, he took a deep breath and interrupted Tang Lintian very decisively:

"Principal Tang, regarding the project, I will definitely consider the young teachers in our school, but I will directly use Jinghang as the base..."

Fortunately, during the entire selection process, Chang Haonan relied entirely on his hard power to get to the top, without requiring Beijing Airlines or Aviation Power Group to spend too many resources.

So it seems reasonable to refuse now.

Besides, he didn't completely refuse.

However, Chang Haonan regretted it the moment he said it.

Because he realized that with Tang Lintian's cautious character, his original purpose could not have been what he had just said.

I was afraid that I had fallen into the other party's trap of lifting the roof and opening the window.

Sure enough, after hearing Chang Haonan's answer, Tang Lintian didn't even hesitate for half a second, let alone bargaining. Instead, he answered at the speed of light, as if he was afraid that Chang Haonan would go back on his word:

"Then it's settled..."

"..."

In fact, Chang Haonan is very familiar with this routine.

But at this moment, he was still in the post-ecstasy stage, and his mind was not able to wrap around for a while...

Of course, this result is completely acceptable to him.

After all, it is just a rather ambiguous promise.

Following Tang Lintian, there were almost continuous phone calls one after another.

Finally, Chang Haonan had no choice but to retreat into seclusion, and then transferred all the calls on the outside landline to the office, which were transferred by Zhang Liangping.

And he himself began to prepare for the next symposium for new academicians...

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The two academies jointly "welcome the new year", and the scale is naturally extraordinary.

Although there are not many academicians each year, there are more than a hundred of them in total.

Therefore, the ceremony was held directly in the Great Hall.

Although it is not the main conference hall, it is still well attended.

As expected, Chang Haonan saw many familiar faces at the scene.

Yan Zhongcheng, who was also from the Aviation Power Group and was selected for the WP-14 and QC300 projects, needless to say. Song Wencong, who missed the opportunity in his previous life because the J-10 was put into service too late, now has caught the last train as the J-10A has been put into service in large quantities and has formed combat effectiveness, and the J-10E has been successfully exported to Siam.

In fact, in the original timeline, the latter also successfully entered the second round of selection in 2003.

But due to well-known reasons, the academician quota of the Department of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering was almost completely taken by the Department of Shipbuilding and Aerospace that year, and the candidates of the entire aviation industry system were completely wiped out...

Now, I have made up for the regrets of the past.

In addition, there is Gao Wen, who is from the Institute of Computing Technology of the Academy of Sciences and studies intelligent computers in the information field. He has communicated with Chang Haonan in the fields of video coding technology and machine vision, and Shen Junrong, who had just parted ways with Chang Haonan...

According to tradition, the ceremony should begin with the presidents of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering reporting on the year's selections.

But now that both sides are doing it together, the situation should be more delicate.

Fortunately, the current president of the Academy of Sciences, Lu Yongxiang, was one of the first batch of dual academicians when the Academy of Engineering was established.

So he just did it all for me.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Amid the sonorous march and the continuous applause, Academician Lu walked up to the podium on time, holding a big red folder in his hand.

It was not until he stretched out his hand and pressed down for the second time that the entire hall gradually returned to calm.

"Dear academicians and comrades, it is the coldest time of winter, but this hall is warm and cozy... Today, we gather together to welcome the newly elected academicians of this year!"

"..."

The first paragraph is, of course, a routine cliché.

But Academician Lu came from a technical background after all, so he quickly got to the point.

"After two rounds of selection lasting nearly four months, a total of 59 scientific and technological workers were elected as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and 63 workers were elected as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Also present today are representatives of the academicians' units, teams, and family members..."

"..."

"After this election, the total number of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is 688, with an average age of 72.1 years (67.5 years if senior academicians are not included), and the Academy of Engineering..."

"The average age of the newly elected members of the Academy of Sciences is only 57.86 years old, which is 2001 years younger than in 2.06. The average age of the members of the Academy of Engineering is 61 years old, which is 2001 years younger than in 1.55. This reflects the great achievements made by my country in the construction of a younger scientific research team..."

After speaking a long paragraph, Academician Lu realized that it was not yet time for the certificate awarding ceremony and he seemed to be being a bit too serious.

So, he put down the manuscript in his hand for a moment and made a little joke:

"Of course, the significant reduction in the average age is also due to the fact that several particularly young comrades have been admitted as academicians this year..."

The originally tense conference hall suddenly relaxed a lot.

There were even some areas where laughter broke out.

Chang Haonan was originally sitting in the front row, and since he lowered the ages of the two courtyards, he naturally received the most attention.

However, the young comrade just mentioned is not the only one.

There is also a 37-year-old Academician Zhang Yaping at the Academy of Sciences, who can also be regarded as a hero among men.

It also received a lot of applause.

After livening up the atmosphere a bit, Lu Yongxiang smiled and opened the folder again:

"Then, next, I would like to invite Comrade Chang Haonan, one of the young comrades I just mentioned and also a representative of the two academies, to give a speech!"