novelraw Chapter 18 Big Dipper
Chapter 18 Big Dipper
Lin Yu walked out of the restaurant. It was only slightly bright at eight o'clock in the morning on a winter day, and because it had snowed for two days in a row, the air he breathed in was full of a sharp and penetrating chill.
The shops on both sides of the street opened early in the morning to welcome customers; Xidan is the earliest area for electronic goods.
Every household had a brand-new tape recorder with two large cassette compartments displayed at their doorstep to attract customers.
Half of the vendors played GG lyrics, while the other half played pop music.
There was a large poster on the door of the audio-visual store.
Jacky Cheung's latest album, "Legend of the Hungry Wolf," is now on sale!
After leaving the restaurant, Lin Yu didn't rush to hail a taxi. Instead, he strolled along the roadside, enjoying the cool breeze and listening to music.
As the New Year approached, Lin Yu walked around looking for music and video stores. In his previous life, they would play Andy Lau's "Gong Xi Fa Cai" at this time of year, and he wanted to see if they still had it.
Unfortunately, he couldn't find it after searching around, probably because it hadn't been released yet. Lin Yu was a little disappointed. He always wanted to find something that existed in both eras to alleviate his loneliness.
To this end, he specifically read the previous newspapers and learned that the term "Four Heavenly Kings" was only coined by the Oriental Daily in 92.
Now, just two years later, all four of them are still in the rising stage of their careers.
Jacky Cheung probably never imagined that 30 years later, his concert would become a place for arresting wanted criminals.
After browsing for about 10 minutes, Lin Yu declined the shopkeeper's offer to recommend a Walkman and hailed a taxi to Beihang University.
The car was in even worse condition this morning than it was last night; the melted snow had re-frozen, making the drive bumpy and difficult.
It took nearly two hours to get to Beihang University.
After getting off the bus, Lin Yu went back to his dormitory first.
In the dormitory, all three roommates were fast asleep.
Lin Yu was a little surprised to see Xu Haoxiang in the dormitory as well.
Didn't that female spy take Xu Haoxiang with her yesterday? Why did she send him back to his dorm?
Lin Yu didn't think much of it and took out his notebook for writing down inspiration from the cabinet.
Terahertz technology has never been developed to the stage of large-scale commercial use in the past.
His limited understanding of the technology came only from vague descriptions in books; he only had a general idea.
Now that we're actually using this thing to fish, we should still describe to our mentor what he knows about it.
Lin Yu couldn't remember when this technology was officially announced by various countries as something they would vigorously research.
But it will definitely be after the 21st century.
Although it was only 6 years before the year 2000, technological progress has been a leap forward every five years.
In this day and age, he dares to say that only those who are studying quantum mechanics and infrared spectroscopy have even touched the edge of terahertz.
Even academic giants may not have as deep an understanding of terahertz as he, an ordinary person from later generations, does.
The wave of information technology allows ordinary people to access the world's most cutting-edge technological advancements anytime, anywhere.
But such a transformation doesn't even take 30 years.
This is the new China.
After taking out his notes, Lin Yu went straight to the research group.
Kicking open the research group's door, Professor Song was already sitting there waiting for a long time, with a uniformed military officer sitting next to him.
"Xiaoyu, you're here? I guessed you must have something to say, so I called Minister Li here too."
Lin Yu recognized the man; he was the department head in charge of the troops stationed at Beihang University.
I silently gave Professor Song a thumbs up for their unspoken understanding.
Lin Yu recounted everything that had happened yesterday.
As Lin Yu recounted his story, Minister Li's brows furrowed and then relaxed, finally letting out a long sigh of relief.
"Well done, comrade!"
Minister Li underestimated Lin Yu just because he was young; Lin Yu had never heard anyone refer to him by those two words before.
Minister Li continued:
"We had noticed something unusual about the book borrowing at the library before, but we didn't expect it was targeting you."
"Next, we'll focus our investigation on Yang Jia, and I'll also have his parents give Xu Haoxiang a good beating."
"Now there's only one question, Lin Yu, are you sure this technology won't be leaked?"
Because the technology Lin Yu mentioned was unheard of and not covered by the confidentiality regulations he was familiar with, Minister Li couldn't determine whether Lin Yu had violated the confidentiality regulations.
They had no idea whether the technology was real or just something Lin Yu made up.
Lin Yu took out his notebook and flipped to the page where he had once written down his thoughts on optical module technology and terahertz communication.
His major is neither quantum mechanics nor physics.
He didn't understand what the technology of transitioning electrons to photons represented, but he knew that someone in the country would understand it.
Previously, he had no opportunity, was of low rank and had little influence, and domestic research in this area was heavily censored. Even if he spoke, no one would necessarily believe him, so he simply wrote everything down in his notebook.
It's just the right time to take it out now.
He may not find anyone in his social circle who understands this technology, but the country's talent pool must have some!
Professor Song took the notes and explained the technical terms on them, such as rare earth, optical communication, chip, indium phosphide, and gallium arsenide indium phosphide, to Minister Li, who only had a superficial understanding of them.
He then looked at Lin Yu with some astonishment. Lin Yu had become a completely different person three months ago, his talent overflowing to a level he had never seen before.
But he never expected that Lin Yu could come up with such a brilliant, imaginative yet practical theory.
"color!"
"This is brilliantly written!"
"Minister Li, this is indeed feasible to some extent, but I don't think it can be done right now."
"We don't have that capability, and neither do other countries."
"During my studies abroad, I was exposed to the most advanced research there, but they still couldn't produce the kind of optical module that Lin Yu described."
"This is less a technology and more a complete conjecture."
Professor Song became more and more satisfied with Lin Yu, nodding repeatedly, which made Lin Yu feel a little embarrassed.
He really didn't know how to make this thing; he just copied a concept from later generations.
Just like the various manuscripts that were copied before.
He had always been just a porter, and some of the things he was porting were even the professor's future achievements. He was too embarrassed to accept patent fees from his own people, and he was also too embarrassed to accept the professor's praise so directly.
He is very clear about his own capabilities.
In terms of wisdom, he won't be much better than people today, but in terms of information acquisition, he will be a thousand times or even a hundred times better than people of this era.
He comes from an era when the essence of an entire civilization was open to all.
Even if he were just an ordinary person who recognized a name among many technical terms, he would still be more knowledgeable than a highly educated professor today.
Seeing Professor Song say this, Minister Li felt much more at ease, and a smile forced onto his cold face:
"In that case, I'll feel more at ease working with the think tank to refine this fishing plan."
"I won't disturb you two any longer, I'll take my leave now."
After seeing Minister Li off with Professor Song, Lin Yu looked at Professor Song and sighed.
"Xiaoyu, compared to you, even the teacher seems incompetent."
"The previous factory explosion caused the satellite to explode. Although it wasn't our research group's fault, the funding allocated to us was reduced significantly."
"You have a dream of space exploration in your heart, Professor, I should help you."
"I learned yesterday that the country established a new BeiDou team at the beginning of the year to specialize in researching communication satellites."
"I'll introduce you to them. I believe in you, and I'm confident that you can build our own satellite communication network."
"But going it alone is too tiring, isn't it?"