Hammer of Technology

"Long admiration, long admiration!"

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450 Strengths of March

After a simple greeting, everyone followed Ning Wei to pick up Jiang from the plane, and then set off for the hotel.Probably because the time and place were really not very good, so the whole reception process did not have too much red tape.

Basically, everyone said hello and got acquainted.

There were also gentlemen who praised Ning Wei's talent and classmate Jiang's beauty.

Thanks also to this simple reception process, Ning Wei was able to pat his chest and say seriously that he knew what the streets of Geneva looked like at four o'clock in the morning.

It is very quiet, there are no cars or people on the road, the street looks quite clean, of course it may be that the street lights are not very bright...

The hotel arranged by CERN is the Ibis Saint Genis Pouilly Geneva Hotel, which is located in the Merlin area of ​​Geneva. It is only about 1 kilometer away from the CERN headquarters in a straight line. Of course, if you drive, it will take about 2.2 kilometers, but in the words of Edwin George In other words, if you take a car from the entrance of the hotel to the CERN headquarters, generally speaking, you can definitely arrive within 10 minutes. If there is no traffic jam, this time can even be compressed to 3 minutes.

How should I put it, this is probably the best arrangement.Basically, this is the closest high-end hotel to the CERN headquarters, and the quality of hotels that are closer will drop directly.Obviously, although the director of CERN showed a very friendly attitude towards Ning Wei's arrival, he obviously did not intend to let Ning Wei live in the CERN headquarters.

Probably because Ning Wei gave enough this time, or to express respect or apology, CERN reserved an entire floor of the hotel to receive the security personnel who followed Ning Wei and Jiang.

Yes, it is not necessary to come to CERN this time without supporting scientific researchers.

Not to mention anything else, at least half of the world's particle and high-energy physicists are based here. Among the more than 1 physicists, there are also many Chinese physicists. They must be more familiar with the operations here than domestic scholars The rules and assistants have already been contacted early.

When they arrived at the hotel, everyone left politely, only Edwin George sent Ning Wei to the room.

It is not clear whether the luxurious three-room suite is the presidential suite or not. Anyway, the interior is decorated in standard European style. If you have to say how it feels, it is probably better than the hotels he has stayed in abroad in his life. There is even a special study room, which can You can also work while talking.

After the waiter took the tip and left, Edwin George did not follow him. Instead, after classmate Jiang politely said that she would go to the bedroom to pack her luggage first, she glanced at Liu Wei, and then politely pointed in the direction of the study. , said: "Dr. Ning, if you still have energy, why don't we go to the study to talk?"

"Of course no problem, please." Ning Wei made a gesture of invitation.

Following Edwin George into the study, Ning Wei looked at the showcase in the study, pointed to the drinks inside and asked, "Do you need a drink?"

"No, this time is not the right time to have a drink. I'm going to make preparations for a brief chat." Edwin George quickly refused.

"That's fine." Ning Wei shrugged and took the master's seat behind the desk. He stretched out his hands and held the edge of the desk, which seemed to feel good.

Edwin George first asked politely: "How is it? Dr. Ning, is the room satisfactory?"

Ning Wei nodded, and replied: "It's pretty good, I have a heart. But we are friends, and the tradition of our Chinese people is that there is no need to be polite between friends, Mr. George. So if you have any questions, just speak up Alright, as long as it doesn’t affect my experiment, I’m free to talk about anything.”

Edwin George smiled and nodded, then sat upright, hesitated for a moment, probably after finishing his language, and then spoke slowly: "That's it, Dr. Ning, because your experiment plan requires When using the LHC, generally speaking, the LHC will last for six to seven months after it starts running, and we will determine this time according to the operating status of the LHC. The time for the experiments before and after is about one year, and then there is the maintenance period.”

"Especially since the year before last to prepare for higher energy, the LHC has also entered the stage of overhaul, and now there are still some finishing touches that have not been completed. And you also know that the cost of shutting down or restarting the LHC is very high, So in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the engineering department gave me feedback that it will take at least half a month before the trial start."

"However, I have already coordinated. Before the start of the LHC, other equipment can be opened to you. The only problem is that at this stage, everyone still has doubts about directly connecting to the March data analysis system, because we have previously cooperated with NASA. The AMS project is also in a relatively critical period now. You should know about the AMS project. They are only one step away from being able to prove that there is dark matter in this world. Now the data is in our Atlas control room... "

Hearing this, Ning Wei frowned, looked at Edwin George and said: "Mr. George, I can accept that the LHC will start up in half a month. This is a long experiment process, I can understand. But the pre-experiment It doesn't make sense to me if we can't use our own data collection system. This is what we said before, are you going to go back on it?"

Edwin George quickly said: "No, no, Dr. Ning, you misunderstood. In fact, it is the opposite. In fact, we hope to resolve our doubts through sufficient communication, and then use the processing power of the March Intelligent Data Platform to try to Analyze the data collected by the AMS project. As you know, this project plans to rely on the magnetic spectrometer on the International Space Station to collect various information, but now the International Space Station is about to enter the countdown to scrapping. Of course, these data can be sealed, and then slowly Analyze, but what if... After all, a lot has been invested."

Listening to Edwin George's narration, Ning Wei's expression became more and more strange, and then he asked in a self-doubting tone: "Well, let me figure it out, Mr. George, you mean that this AMS project wants to use our March data processing system for data processing, hoping to find evidence of the existence of dark matter through our intelligent system, but the premise is that I need to prove to them that our March data processing system will not cause any damage to their data security Influence?"

Ning Wei's tone obviously made Edwin George a little embarrassed, and he replied with a wry smile: "Dr. Ning, please understand, after all, this project has been planned since the last century. With great effort and a lot of historical data, it is normal to have worries, right?"

Ning Wei shrugged, and said in a nonchalant tone: "Of course I can understand this. In fact, I have no problem. But we also have confidentiality requirements for the database and calculation mechanism of March, so if we really want to integrate the AMS project into our I can only guarantee that the data will never be leaked from us. This can be signed a contract, but if we are required to disclose the calculation mechanism or open the database, it is absolutely impossible.”

Edwin George continued to smile wryly. In fact, he could have imagined this result.

How would you rate this young man opposite?

People are very generous, and it can be said that they have no scruples when it comes to spending money.But in fact, looking at Ning Wei's clothes, compared with him spending a billion dollars in one breath just to conduct an experiment, it can only be described as a simple life.

Yes, although Edwin George is the director of a scientific research institution, in addition to dealing with scientists, he also has many opportunities to sit and have lunch with those rich people. His eyes are naturally venomous. He is even sure that Ning Wei is wearing this suit bundle, there is a high probability that it will not exceed 200 francs.

What is the concept of 200 francs?Probably Ning Wei's whole body is worth only one-tenth of the value of a bow tie of those rich people.But Edwin George knew that asking the rich to put up a billion dollars to sponsor a project that was still in theory was absolutely nonsense.

It is normal that such people are not easy to deal with, and it is impossible to use the thinking that ordinary people can understand to try to figure out the thoughts of such a person.

Edwin George also knew people like this, but most of them were academic experts, and they didn't prefer being so young for being rich.

"Okay, I'll tell them what you think. Well, it's getting late today, you should have a good rest, you can go shopping in Merlin today, and I'll pick you up on time at nine o'clock tomorrow morning to go to CERN How about fulfilling our contract?"

"Wait, can't it be today?"

"Uh...Dr. Ning, do you really not need to rest? After all, it's more than 1 kilometers."

"I actually slept really well on the plane and I feel refreshed now."

"Dr. Ning, let's start tomorrow. As we have communicated before, we still have some scheduled plans to deal with before the official start of the experiment. Of course, if you have time at noon, I think Mr. Peter from Asmer will definitely take it Time to join you for lunch. Of course, I'll be over in the evening when I've settled everything."

"Okay then, Huaxia has a saying that customers do as they please."

"Thank you!"

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Edwin George bid farewell politely and left the hotel.

Then Ning Wei and classmate Jiang, under Liu Wei's arrangement, changed to the opposite room that had passed the strict security check, and they settled down completely.

Ning Wei felt that this level of caution was a little too much, but Liu Wei revealed the safety guidelines designated by March, leaving him speechless.

Fortunately, the newly changed room is not bad, but there is one missing room, the living room, master bedroom, and study are all available.

The time was a bit embarrassing. It was already five o'clock when Edwin George left, and it took another half an hour to change the room and settle down. Ning Wei's spirit was fine, but Jiang was obviously not used to resting on the plane, so because he was with Jiang The classmate stayed tenderly for a while, until he heard the woman breathing evenly beside him, he got up lightly, left the bedroom, went to the study and turned on the computer.

It wasn't for his own experimental project, but he became interested in the AMS project that Edwin George said.

The full name of the AMS project is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Project. Simply put, it is to use a magnetic spectrometer to search for various substances and rays in the universe, measure the composition of various elements in the universe, and use it to analyze the origin and development of the universe...

It has been nearly 20 years since the project was launched, and there are naturally many achievements. For example, the collected data proves that the proton current intensity cannot be simply described as a single power-law spectrum, and the proton energy spectrum index changes with energy. This discovery It has also changed the general understanding of human beings on cosmic rays for decades.

It was even rumored about ten years ago that the excess positrons generated by dark matter collisions have a total of six characteristics, among which five characteristics, including the starting point, rising rate, and the highest point, have been measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, but the last piece of the puzzle is still missing The existence of dark matter can be confirmed sideways, and even a theoretical model about dark matter can be made.

But as Edwin George said just now, ten years have passed, and whether dark matter really exists has not been fully proved in academia, and it is still only observational evidence on paper.

To put it bluntly, the theory of the existence of dark matter is based on the inability to explain the existing theories in the observation of the universe.At first, astronomers observed that the travel speed of stars at the edge of the galaxy was abnormal, which exceeded expectations. Neither Newtonian mechanics F=ma nor Einstein's general theory of relativity could explain this situation theoretically, because the mass can be predicted.

Unless there is a substance that humans have not discovered through various observation methods, it is possible to explain this situation, and after verification, if this kind of substance really exists in the galaxy, this speed can be compared with the observation. Hence the theory of dark matter.

But the theory is just a theory after all. From a physical point of view, if you want to confirm the real existence of dark matter, you need to find dark matter particles.The current mainstream thinking is that dark matter is a subatomic particle that does not interact through electromagnetic interactions, nor does it have strong or weak nuclear forces.

Unfortunately, neither the AMS project nor the LHC collider has collected evidence of the existence of new particles with this property.Therefore, we can only rely on the side to confirm the existence of dark matter, which is also the most important mission of the AMS project.

This kind of anxiety may be difficult for ordinary people to understand, but as a colleague, I would rather be able to empathize with this kind of anxiety.

After all, human life is limited. How many people spend their youth on this project just to understand the logic of the universe. If they can’t prove this point by the time they die, that kind of regret is definitely worse than people who have no money and no money. It's even more painful when it's over.

It just so happened that at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the computing power demonstrated by March once again shocked the world, and even shocked the entire academic world, and naturally more people were attracted.

Of course, what attracted Ningwei was the nearly [-] billion cosmic ray data collected by the AMS experiment, which captured tens of millions of electrons and positrons. These data can be said to be the precipitation of time...

How to describe it, some people call the ancient company code "ancestral shit mountain", if you move it a little, it may collapse, so there is a saying that if the ancestral code can run, it must not be moved.

And these data of AMS also seem to be such an "ancestral shit mountain". Can separate gold from mountains of shit...

Exactly... this is March's forte!

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451 An Invitation to Open Your Mind

In the morning, at eight o'clock, in the original room.

The three-bedroom suite has been converted into Liu Wei's living room, which also serves as a part of the dining room.

Breakfast has been prepared, which are the things that several people are used to eating in the capital, fried dough sticks, buns, soy milk and boiled eggs.Of course, the hotel does not provide these, and the accompanying staff borrowed the hotel's kitchen to do it themselves.

This was also communicated before coming here. Basically, the meal problems during this itinerary were all solved by the accompanying chef.

Foreigners may understand it as money to burn, but in Liu Wei's view, this is the basic requirement in the safety manual for this trip.Of course, it can also be understood as money to burn. This time, the accompanying chefs are all chefs with extremely exquisite craftsmanship, and the salary is naturally high.

As for the materials, I brought a batch myself, and the other materials were purchased locally by the accompanying security personnel with the cooperation of the military attache arranged by the embassy.As Liu Wei said, the security work has been designed redundantly, and even six sets of emergency evacuation records have been prepared for emergencies.

Ning Wei did not refuse these cumbersome arrangements that even affected the fun of the trip, mainly because he was not alone this time, and classmate Jiang was there.

There is still a bit of aggrieved feeling, even though he has worked very hard, there will always be people in this world who will be prejudiced against him.

"By the way, Edwin George stayed here yesterday to discuss the next experiment with you?" Liu Wei asked.

Liu Wei is mainly responsible for the itinerary of Ning Wei's external communication, including when he will go to CERN to host the experiment and meet the scientists involved in the experiment. In addition to verbally notifying him, the other party must also send Liu Wei a formal letter. Then Liu Wei communicated with the other party about the official itinerary. In combination, Liu Wei is not a talkative and curious person, so this question is a task...

The family still takes him very seriously, probably because they are afraid that the CERN director will brainwash him when he meets with Edwin George in private?

"No, those are just a simple sentence. As long as the AMS project that CERN cooperates with NASA hopes to use our March data analysis system to serve them, but they are not worried about data security. Their reasons are also very good , AMS is not only a project of CERN and NASA, but also a project of the whole world, which carries the expectations of scientists all over the world for breakthroughs in basic physics, and even has an impact on the improvement of global basic science."

Ning Wei answered casually.

Of course, these were not the original words of Edwin George, but that was probably the meaning.

"AMS? U.S. Customs Anti-Terrorism Manifest?" The abbreviation of professional vocabulary made Liu Wei, who didn't know the specific scientific research plan, confused.

"Um... Customs anti-terrorism manifest? What is this?" This term can't even make Ning Wei up...

"Automated Manifest System."

"Oh, I'm talking about Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which should be translated as Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Project or Space Magnetic Spectrometer Project"

After Ning Wei finished explaining, the two looked at each other, Liu Wei shrugged and said, "Why don't we use English abbreviations when we chat in the future?"

Ning Wei nodded approvingly, and echoed: "Well, it should be, it doesn't feel very serious to chat like this."

"Well, why don't you two eat first, the steamed stuffed buns are getting cold, it's not good for your stomach. Ning Wei, Mom told me to supervise you to eat well outside." Jiang, who was next to him Pointing to the sumptuous breakfast on the dining table, he urged.

"Haha, okay, let's eat first!"

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After dinner, Ning Wei, who couldn't stay idle, took Jiang to start their trip to Switzerland.Although work is the most important thing in Switzerland this time, for Ning Wei, it is equally important to relax and travel with classmate Jiang.

Especially Switzerland.

This country with a particularly developed tertiary industry, especially the financial industry, already has a delicate aesthetic.

Even if you just wander around in the small town, you can experience a completely different scenery from Huaxia.

Of course, to put it bluntly, this kind of exquisite beauty is still based on the country's extremely wealthy foundation, which can be shown in people's living conditions.It is very close to CERN, but there are hardly any hurried pedestrians on the road. There are many people leisurely drinking coffee and eating snacks in the chic small coffee shop on the roadside, enjoying the smell of mud and grass in the early morning air. the fragrance of...

But then again, this probably belongs to the unique personality of the small town.For individual human beings, there is actually no contradiction between pursuing a better life and spending one’s life peacefully. It is nothing more than a matter of choice, and there is no right or wrong. Of course, the premise is that this choice can be provided.

Of course, these things are nothing to do with Ning Wei. For him and Jiang, the biggest gain is probably the morning, there are many more photos in the phone, there are people, and there are scenes.

A meal was arranged at noon, and it was not easy to push.

After all, the CEO of ASML came to Switzerland from the Netherlands, and he just hoped to have a meal with Ning Wei. On his land, he had to give him face.

And Ning Wei was actually curious about what this Mr. Peter wanted to talk to him about.

In addition, the time was arranged very well, and I was hungry after shopping all morning.

The dinner was arranged in the restaurant of the hotel. It was a very private atmosphere. Only three people participated, Ning Wei, classmate Jiang, and Wen Peter, the president of ASML.

In fact, student Jiang doesn't really want to participate in this kind of dinner that will definitely be half-official. According to general etiquette, if you want to bring a female companion, the other party will also bring a female companion. Obviously, if you don't do this, you still hope to be with Ning Meet alone.But Ning Wei obviously doesn't care about these rules.For him, he should go out of the house with great difficulty, of course he should follow his own mind.

The plane has to fly and sit, how can we eat separately on the rest day?Of course, the biggest reason for making this choice is that Ning Wei thought about it all morning, and he didn't think of anything that needs to be asked of Asmail. Why didn't even send invitations to the management of this company.

The main reason is that the company's business is too single and can only produce lithography machines.

In the era of silicon-dominated semiconductors, that alone is enough to make this company one of the greatest technology companies in the world's semiconductor market.Of course, it can actually be described as the greatest now, but it needs to be prefixed - in history.

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"Mr. Peter, today's lunch is a well-known cuisine in southern China, and its style is light. Especially this steamed fish, it is delicious." At the dinner table, Ning Wei still showed a very gentlemanly demeanor and spared no effort He recommended to Wen Peter the delicacies from Chinese chefs.

That's right, Chinese food was chosen for this meal, but Western-style tableware was specially prepared for the CEO of ASML opposite.

"Well, it's really delicious." After taking a bite of the fish that Ningwei strongly recommended, Wen Peter picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth, then gave Ningwei a thumbs up.

"This kind of cuisine eats the original taste of the ingredients. In fact, there are many other cuisines in Huaxia. If you have the opportunity to go to Huaxia, I will treat you to Sichuan cuisine. It is also fish, but it is another completely different taste. Trust me , you will definitely like it very much." Ning Wei also said enthusiastically.

"Maybe there is really a chance recently." Hearing Ning Wei's words, Wen Peter put down the tableware and said meaningfully.

Ning Wei asked with interest: "Oh? Mr. Peter is planning to go to China soon?"

"I do have such an idea. In fact, I made a special trip to Switzerland this time to meet you, academician Ning. After the unanimous decision of our board of directors, we hope to hire you as the company's chief scientist and chief engineer to be in charge of the company's product development. Various matters related to cutting-edge research on transformation." Probably feeling that the atmosphere in the early stage has been paved, Wen Peter seriously stated the purpose of his meeting with Ning Wei this time.

Ning Wei subconsciously turned his head to look at Jiang, who was beside him, and Jiang also looked at Ning Wei blankly. Obviously, neither of them expected to hear such words from the CEO of ASML.

It was probably because the expressions of the two of them looking at each other made Wen Peter feel that he might not have spoken clearly, so he quickly added: "That's right, Dr. Ning, actually we don't want you to work in our headquarters, our idea is to serve in our headquarters. After successfully hiring you to be our chief scientist, ASML will invest in the construction of the world's largest R&D center in China to research and promote the upgrading and improvement of the next-generation semiconductor chip manufacturing process."

"So you can still work directly in Huaxia. Everyone knows that ASML has accumulated decades of experience in semiconductor manufacturing. We have the world's most advanced lithography manufacturing technology. A large part of these technologies can also be used for Next-generation semiconductor technology. If we can cooperate, it will represent the birth of the strongest technology alliance in the world. And given the composition of the company’s board of directors, you should also know that the board’s ability to reach this consensus is enough to represent our sincerity.”