Chapter 360 How Awesome Are Academicians?

After preliminary optimization of the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material, Academician Zhang Pingxiang left Jinling with satisfaction.

It was almost the end of the year. After Xu Chuan had properly arranged things for the Sichuan-Hai Materials Research Institute and the Qixia Mountain Controlled Nuclear Fusion Project, he was also preparing to return to his hometown from Jinling.

Although his parents didn't urge him, they had called him several times to ask when he would come home.

As in previous years, Xu Chuan took the high-speed train from Jinling back to Star City. Although Zheng Hai said he could drive back, he refused.

Driving long distances is tiring and the speed is relatively slow.

If you take the high-speed rail, you can arrive in the afternoon if you leave in the morning. If you drive, it will take at least one day if you ensure safety.

As for using cars in my hometown, there is actually no shortage of them.

Anyway, every time he takes the high-speed rail to go somewhere else, Zheng Hai can always change his car after getting off the high-speed rail. He probably contacted the organization at the destination in advance or some department to dispatch him. It was just a car, which was nothing to an organization that was everywhere.

On the other side, just as Xu Chuan boarded the high-speed train and headed home, in the Baling government office building nearly a thousand kilometers away, Baling's top leader Han Kangping was sitting at his desk, meticulously looking at the documents in his hands. .

The New Year is approaching, which is a busy time for them, and all kinds of things, big and small, need to be arranged and handled properly.

At this moment, there were rapid and heavy footsteps outside the office, followed closely by the door being pushed open, and a male secretary who looked much younger trotted in.

Without taking a moment to catch his breath, the secretary who jogged over said hurriedly: "Boss, the traffic control department just received news that Mr. Zheng Hai, the driver of Academician Xu Chuan Xu, contacted us and applied for an Audi car."

Without saying anything, Han Kangping stood up suddenly and asked, "Academician Xu is back?"

After hearing the news, he had no intention of rushing in without knocking on his secretary's door and having some opinions to teach him.

The secretary quickly replied: "Well, I have confirmed with the transportation department here, and it is indeed Academician Xu who is back. He prefers to travel by high-speed rail, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so he should be back to celebrate the New Year."

Hearing this, Han Kangping put down the signature pen in his hand, grabbed the coat draped on the back of the chair, and said quickly: "Contact people from other departments, and we will go to the high-speed rail station to greet you."

For Baling City, throughout the entire history, there is only one academician-level figure who came out from here, and that dates back to nearly twenty years ago.

Academician Xu Chuan, who came out of the jurisdiction of Baling City, is the second academician-level figure in the past twenty years, not to mention that he is also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering.

This is the pride of Baling City.

Putting aside everything else, the administrative level attached to the academician title itself is already equivalent to deputy-level treatment.

For a small prefecture-level city like Baling, the presence of a deputy-level leader is a big deal.

On the other side, on the high-speed train, Xu Chuan rubbed his nose and resisted the urge to sneeze.

The business class carriage was very quiet. He and Zheng Hai were the only two people in the empty carriage.

It's not that he was special, but that no one bought a business class seat. There were several other passengers in the same carriage when we departed from Jinling, but after they got off one after another, the whole carriage became like a special train.

This is quite normal. After all, high-speed rail business seats are quite expensive. In some cases, they are even more expensive than airplane business seats at the same distance. Naturally, fewer people choose them.

For Xu Chuan, this is also good.

He enjoys the quiet environment of the carriage, which makes it easier for him to read journals, magazines, books and other information, and learn about the development of the outside world and the scientific research community.

After flipping through the journal in his hand, the phone on the small table vibrated. Xu Chuan picked up the phone and two prestige letters appeared on the interface.

It was a wedding invitation sent by Xu Hou, a boy from his village, asking him if he was back for the New Year and if he had time to attend the wedding.

Staring at the information on the prestige, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment.

Wedding invitation?

If he remembered correctly, Xu Hou seemed to be only a few months older than him.

He had just turned twenty-two and officially turned twenty-three during the Chinese New Year two days ago. In other words, this young man got married at the age of twenty-three?

Even in rural areas, isn't this a bit too early?

After all, Baling is not an inland or poor area in the far west. Although it is a rural area, the age of marriage does not seem to be that young, right?

After thinking for a moment, Xu Chuan turned his head and glanced at Zheng Hai.

Keenly noticing his gaze, Zheng Hai turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

After thinking about it, Xu Chuan said, "When did you get married?"

Hearing this, Zheng Hai was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "I'm not married yet, but I'm already engaged. Why do you suddenly ask this? Do you want to get married?"

If this person gets married, it will be a good thing for the country, and the country would even like him to have more children.

Xu Chuan shook his head and said, "No, I'm getting married. I just received an invitation."

Zheng Hai asked curiously: "You must have been your childhood friend since childhood, right? Are you twenty-three this year? So it's really early to get married."

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Well, he was born in March and I was born in December. By the way, how old are you?"

Zheng Hai: "I will be thirty-three years old next spring."

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Then I'm not in a hurry."

Zheng Hai: "????"

He always felt like he had said something wrong?

On the other side, Baling.

In the reception hall of Baling East Station, more than a dozen middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes stood in the empty hall, waiting in the cold wind.

On the side, the big red banner pulled open by the staff and the media reporters standing on the side with long guns and short guns attracted passers-by to look back frequently.

After receiving the news, the Baling Municipal Government organized people and media reporters to rush to Baling East Station as quickly as possible and waited in the reception hall.

Everyone waited anxiously until they saw the figure walking out of the gate, and their hearts fell.

Walking forward quickly with the team behind him, Mayor Han Kangping greeted enthusiastically from a distance: "Academician Xu, you have worked hard all the way! Welcome home!"

Looking at the crowd coming up, and then looking at the banner pulled behind the crowd and coming up, Xu Chuan sighed slightly in his heart.

He must know the government team of Baling City. They came to greet him when he went home for the New Year in the past two years. He just didn't expect that they would bring people to the high-speed railway station to greet him this year.

To be honest, he really didn't like this kind of reception, but since the other party was waiting here, he couldn't just turn around and leave.

After adjusting his mood, he went up to shake hands with Mayor Han Kangping of Baling City with a smile on his face, and then Xu Chuan smiled and said, "I'm just going home for the New Year. Mayor Han, you are too grand."

"No, this is what we should do." Han Kangping shook Xu Chuan's hand with both hands enthusiastically, and then said, "We have waited for nearly 20 years in Baling, and finally another academician has emerged. You are the pride of Baling and the pride of your hometown. I just express our gratitude to the elders and folks in my hometown."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled and said modestly, "I just did what I should do."

It must be said that these administrative leaders are really good at speaking. When they bring up the folks, they say a lot of polite words.

After a long exchange of greetings in the reception hall, Xu Chuan declined Mayor Han's invitation for dinner and agreed to talk again when he had time. Finally, he got rid of this group of enthusiastic leaders, followed Zheng Hai into the car, and headed for his hometown.

In fact, he knew why the leaders in Baling City were so enthusiastic.

After all, in his current position, sometimes a casual word can bring great changes to Baling.

Of course, Xu Chuan would not refuse to return to his hometown when he was rich and powerful and promote the development of his hometown when he had the ability, just like he funded the repair of the pond in the village when he had money in the early years.

Wait until the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute has some new products, and then communicate with Baling.

For people, hometown is always the destination of their hearts. The leaders in Jinling have mentioned it to him many times in a subtle way, wanting him to transfer his household registration there, but he has always declined, precisely because this is his hometown.

In the car, Xu Chuan twisted his body and breathed a sigh of relief, saying: "Today I know how much influence an academician has on the local area."

To be honest, although the leaders of Baling City would take the initiative to visit his home in the past two years, it was the first time that they directly blocked the high-speed rail station to welcome him like today.

He thought about it, and the biggest change in the past year was that he got the title of academician of the two academies in China.

In the driver's seat, Zheng Hai smiled and said: "This can only be said to be related to the limitations of what can be seen."

"For you, at the national level, it doesn't matter whether you have the title of academician of the two academies. But for most of these leaders in prefecture-level cities, the title of academician is almost the top scholar you can see."

"Especially for your hometown, Baling has only produced one academician since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and now it is almost a hundred years old. You are the only one in Baling, so they are naturally enthusiastic."

Xu Chuan thought about it and said: "That's right, academicians at least enjoy the treatment of deputy-level officials, which is quite high for prefecture-level cities."

Hearing this, Zheng Hai was a little He coughed unnaturally and said, "You may have some misunderstandings about your status and level?"

Xu Chuan: "?"

Zheng Hai looked at the rearview mirror facing the rear window glass and said softly, "For most academicians, what you said is fine."

"But for you, I'm afraid it's not the case."

"Whether it is the nuclear waste project in Qidong or the controlled nuclear fusion project in Qixia Mountain, they are all units directly under the jurisdiction of the State Council. There are guards drawn from the army to protect your safety in the place where you live. Your opinions can reach the highest level directly. I'm afraid that the deputy level can't do this."

After hearing this, Xu Chuan fell into thought.

In his impression, he only remembered that the academician seemed to be treated as a deputy level. As for himself, to be honest, he really didn't think about what level and position he was in after returning to China.

Now it seems that his status in China seems to be much more awesome than he thought?

PS: Second update, asking for monthly tickets