Chapter 264 Standing on the shoulders of giants

"Guangshen, because of your frequent interviews, netizens think that your brain is different from that of ordinary people. Some netizens even think that you should be treated like Einstein. What do you think about this?"

Li Xiyin found the right balance in the questions, making them interesting yet not too difficult for Chen Yuanguang to answer.

"How was Einstein treated? Do you mean that his brain was sliced ​​and studied after his death?" Chen Yuanguang quickly realized what the other party meant.

"Yes."

"Well, I'm quite looking forward to it." Chen Yuanguang said that after listening to this question and thinking about it carefully, he was indeed looking forward to it. Future generations might be able to discover something magical from his brain.

The Matrix has drilled into his brain, and maybe it's just like the magic weapon in the fairy tale novels. After the skull is opened, the magic weapon will go with someone else.

With the fall of one God of Light, the next God of * will be born, perhaps the original God, Chen Yuanguang thought.

"Don't you find this offensive?" Li Xinyin was surprised. She thought Chen Yuanguang would make a joke to get around this question.

Avoid giving a direct answer by saying something like "I won't die."

"No, I am a complete materialist. Even if the soul exists, I don't think my body will have any impact on me as an individual after I die.

Then I think if studying my brain can help human scientific progress, that would be great." Chen Yuanguang's sudden realization made Li Xiyin a little jealous, wondering why she couldn't find such a perfect human being.

China's economy has stabilized in recent years, but the conflict between men and women on Chinese social media has not only not improved, but has in some sense become more serious.

As a powerful weapon that men are always successful in the field of public opinion, Chen Yuanguang has always been a bug in the narrative logic of the female boxing universe. Therefore, female boxers use a new term "perfect human" to describe Chen Yuanguang, meaning that he is a human being rather than a male.

Later, when Chen Yuanguang was interviewed by CCTV, he said, "I am also a human being," which further strengthened this narrative logic for them, attempting to elevate the definition of Chen Yuanguang and thus eliminate his attributes as a male.

“Guangshen, you have been in charge of the National Natural Science Foundation for two years. At the end of last year, Caixin summarized the projects you decided on and said that there were not many results. They questioned whether you wasted the funds of the National Natural Science Foundation.

Do you have anything to say about this?" Li Xiyin asked.

It is now the eve of the Spring Festival in 2026, so the end of last year was 2025.

Every year, Caixin will publish some relatively in-depth topics, which is actually a very difficult thing to do in today’s world where investigative journalists are on the decline.

Doing in-depth reporting nowadays is like walking on a tightrope. Many things cannot be published at all if you go into too much detail. The in-depth investigation that you have spent several months on cannot reflect any value at all.

Not to mention monetization, it’s even impossible to show it to the public.

This time, Caixin chose to do an in-depth review two years after Chen Yuanguang took over the Natural Science Foundation. In a sense, this is a safety line, and it can also take advantage of Chen Yuanguang's popularity.

“I haven’t read the report, but after hearing Lin Jia say it, I think two years is actually a very short time.

The scholars and topics that I have chosen are extremely difficult, and this difficulty is specifically reflected in their originality.

When I took over this part of the Natural Science Foundation, the goal I set was to sponsor some projects that would be valuable in the long run. Two years is at most the beginning of a new era, but it is still a long way from bearing fruit.

I think we should be more patient in this regard.

Could you please tell me the core point of Caixin's report on me? I'm afraid there is some ambiguity between what Lin Jia said and what I said. "

Chen Yuanguang asked Li Xiyin before responding, and Li Xiyin said: "Caixin believes that after you took over the high academic resources of 20 billion RMB per year from the Natural Science Foundation, the fields you invested in did not produce any output after two years, and the outside world cannot judge its real benefits.

Even though Guang Shen's status and academic achievements in the academic field are beyond doubt, is this principle of academic sponsorship based entirely on personal likes and dislikes really better than the principle of sponsorship that prioritizes papers?"

This Caixin report was read by many people and sparked a lot of discussion, but the general public opinion was that there were problems in the previous academic community and that Chen Yuanguang's effort was a pilot project, so he needed to be given time.

In short, the older Chinese are particularly tolerant of those who have achieved success. Take what Chairman Yao did. If he had a different name, he would have been cursed to death, but Chairman Yao still gains everyone's tolerance.

Not to mention Chen Yuanguang.

It seems like there is a problem, but if you look at it again, 20 billion yuan is spent no matter how it is spent every year. It is good to give it to Chen Yuanguang for a pilot trial, and it is not spent by him personally.

Some people even joked that even if Chen Yuanguang spent the 20 billion himself, netizens would say it was a good investment. How could he stimulate consumption if he didn't spend it?

“Whether it is better or not, I may not be so objective to judge, but this is the task given to me by the state, and I can only say that I believe in my academic taste and academic vision.

You can think about this issue from another perspective. That is, if the paper is used as the standard, it is still people who decide its value and whether it is worthy of being published in a journal.

I think my academic vision and taste are better than those of any editor of an academic journal.”

It is well-reasoned and convincing, and the results are there. Chen Yuanguang is not modest in this regard.

As a person who has received both modern and future academic training, he would not have been able to get to where he is today if he did not have this little confidence.

"The in-depth report by Caixin also shows one thing, that is, no matter what you do, there will be all kinds of voices from the outside world. Guangshen, will you be affected by these voices?

Because we run our own media, we pay more attention to the opinions of the outside world. I still care about the barrage of comments, the number of views of each episode of our program, and the related comments spread to other platforms.

If there are strong negative comments, it will affect my mood, so I am curious about how Guangshen views public opinion? "Li Xiyin continued to ask, this is a question she personally cares about.

Chen Yuanguang thought about it and felt that the only thing he was afraid of was that the love novels he had written in the past would be dug up. That would be socially disastrous, but other than that, there was really nothing to be afraid of.

“It depends on how you look at it.

If I need external public opinion as my motivation to move forward, then I will inevitably be affected by negative public opinion.

The underlying logic is that you need positive public opinion as fuel to stimulate you to move forward, while negative fuel will slow down your progress and make you doubt.

But compared with self-media and sports, scientific research has one advantage, that is, the truth will not deceive you.

The material world will give you positive feedback on what you do, and negative public opinion from the outside world will not actually affect you."

After Chen Yuanguang finished speaking, he pulled up a selfie on his phone of him standing in front of the electromagnetic transmission tower:
"There will be all kinds of opinions from the outside world. When I stood in front of the electromagnetic transmission tower and looked up at it, I knew very clearly what I had left for the world and what I was exploring for the living space of mankind.

Not to mention that the satellites we launched successfully entered orbit. Our rockets can help companies significantly reduce the cost of satellite launches. BYD, Huawei, Weilai and other car companies announced their own satellite launch plans last year because of the reduction in rocket costs. The achievements made in reality will make you ignore the public opinion on the Internet. "

Li Xiyin held up the photo on Chen Yuanguang's phone and placed it in front of the camera, "Guangshen, this photo is really well taken.

In front of the transmission tower in the Gobi Desert, there is endless Gobi Desert all around and stars can be seen in the sky.

The insignificance of human beings, the power of tools and the desire for space are all vividly reflected.

I'm curious who took this photo of you."

"This was taken by Chief Engineer Li from China Aerospace. It was the day before the official launch of the Shenzhou-Guangzhou A-class spacecraft, when we were doing the final inspection of the launch tower.

Then after we walked down, he asked me to take a photo for him as a souvenir, so I asked him to take one for me too.

There have been too many similar moments in the past few days, and it is easy for you to block out the outside voices.

In comparison, I feel that Lin Jia may care more about the outside world's voice, but I don't really care. "After Chen Yuanguang finished speaking, he saw Lin Jia sitting outside the camera and rolling his eyes, and he smiled.

"God of Light, what do you think of the outside world's voices that China should open up room-temperature superconducting technology?

After the success of China's room-temperature superconducting electromagnetic launch rocket, many foreign countries, individuals or institutions expressed that room-temperature superconductivity is the wealth of all mankind and China should open up this technology.

Their core point is that room-temperature superconducting technology can completely subvert the existing technological landscape in many fields and lead mankind into a new era.

The Huaguo family had to abide by strict confidentiality regulations when doing this, which made the whole process very slow and the results were far less than expected.

Opening it up to all mankind will be a blessing for the Earth, and the Earth's productivity will be greatly improved."

Foreigners don’t talk about the liberation of productivity, as liberation is a term unique to socialism.

Chen Yuanguang thought this statement was a bit funny. As soon as he heard this argument, he knew who was advocating it.

"This gives me a typical American style: if you are rich, you can take care of yourself; if you are poor, you can help the world.

Anyway, you don't need to use your own skills to help the world, just shout a few slogans.

At this point, patent protection is no longer an issue. Research requires huge investments, and intellectual property rights are no longer important. I think the biggest problem in the West is that there is no unified standard.

The standards are always changing, trying every possible way to benefit themselves.

Regarding room-temperature superconductivity, we have a paper that details the specific design ideas, and the paper is also published in an open academic journal. I can guarantee with my academic reputation that the technical route mentioned in the paper is absolutely feasible.

Chinese scientists have fulfilled their obligations and provided a solution.

I think there is nothing wrong with technology disclosure. We can set a standard, form a technology sharing alliance, put our own technologies of equal value into this basket, and then make them all public.

For example, America, England, France, etc., these countries have brought out their unique skills, shared them with everyone, and jointly promoted the progress of human society.

When the time comes, viewers who see this interview can help me give them my suggestions.”

It is easy to understand that Western countries will definitely not agree to this. If they dare to do so, they will be courting death. They can still reap the technological dividends of high value-added industries by relying on technological barriers.

If the technology were made public, they would indeed obtain room-temperature superconducting technology, but their own high value-added industries would definitely be sold at rock-bottom prices by China.

"So in fact, the God of Light believes in the principle of fairness."

“Of course, I think whether it’s technology openness or anything else, the principle of equality should be followed.

Musk mentioned this to me privately, saying that Tesla made all its patents public in order to promote the advancement of the electric vehicle industry.

It is said that we should also make our room-temperature superconducting technology public to promote technological progress of human society as a whole.

I didn't reply him at that time. I asked my assistant to find some information and then get back to him.

I said, buddy, you yourself publicly said in an interview in 2013 that SpaceX had no interest in registering patents, because SpaceX's main long-term competitor is in China. If SpaceX registers patents, it will be ridiculous, and the Chinese will quickly regard our patents as their technology roadmap. I am more generous than you, and I have already made the technology roadmap of room-temperature superconductivity public. "

Li Xiyin laughed after hearing this, and was obviously happy to see Musk being criticized. "And how did he answer you?"

This kind of celebrity anecdotes are what B-friends love to watch.

"He must have felt embarrassed, so he changed the subject and talked to me about how our new energy vehicle brand could shock the world.

You know, he's a smart guy who won't let himself get bogged down in a conversation he can't answer." Chen Yuanguang said: "So this request for patent development is very hypocritical.

We have told the Western world the technology roadmap, and they said that’s not enough, a treasure map is not enough, you have to give me the treasure directly.

It's not fair. "

Chen Yuanguang thought for a moment and said, "Also, it's a good thing that China is digging for room-temperature superconductors slowly. After they develop room-temperature superconductors, there will still be treasures to be dug."

"Yes, God of Light, in a previous interview you said that you were the key to the success of Light Armor Spaceflight, and netizens all thought you were absolutely right.

Then I want to ask, what do you think is the factor of your success? "Li Xinyin asked, "Let's take the question a step further. "

Chen Yuanguang looked at the camera seriously and said: "This is because I stand on the shoulders of giants."

And then he said nothing more. This was what he really thought from the bottom of his heart: four hundred years of technological accumulation, and these four hundred years were after the arrival of the artificial intelligence singularity.

If this is not considered a giant, then what else is a giant?

"I thought you would say hard work, clear goals, and persistence. This answer is almost the same as what Newton said. Maybe geniuses all think in the same way."

(End of this chapter)