He Baoguo wanted to find an expert to learn more about this. Zhou Yongfu could not refuse or stop. Not only could he not refuse or stop, but he also had to participate in such an event. On the one hand, he said that he actually attached importance to it, and on the other hand, he could only take measures if he had a deep understanding.

When Chen Kangjie learned that the Xichuan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government were going to invite scientists from the National Geophysical Research Center to go to Tianfu to give a scientific report, he knew what was going on.

He was worried that the National Geophysical Research Center would not pay enough attention to it, and it was just a formal task to deal with the work, so he took Liu Deyi to the capital.

Director Hou of the Center for Geophysics Research attaches importance to and welcomes Chen Kangjie and Liu Deyi's arrival.

The development, personnel training, improvement of scientific research conditions and living conditions in the past years have all been thanks to the unremitting support and sponsorship of the Huatang Foundation. If it were not for the large-scale annual funding of the Huatang Foundation, this research center might still be a deserted place.

In recent years, with the opening up of society and the development of the economy, our basic research has entered a somewhat unpopular environment, and applied research is much hotter, and many talented talents will choose industries such as finance, computers, and economic management.

It is difficult to make money by doing basic research, and it is still boring, which is a bit in proportion to the booming development of this society. The government is sometimes struggling to allocate research funds, and there are too many places to spend money, especially if it likes to invest money in places and fields where benefits can be seen quickly. Basic research obviously does not meet such standards.

In Beijing, there are many research centers, but there are very few who can do not worry about funding like the National Geophysical Research Center. Some research units even have problems with paying wages, and they do not need to reorganize, merge, or even lay off.

Now the state allocates funds to the National Geophysical Research Center only account for less than 20% of their funding needs. Therefore, although it is still a national scientific research institution, in fact, the one that has the greatest influence on them has become the Huatang Foundation.

Director Hou was previously a professor at the University of Geosciences. He was transferred to the position of director of the National Center for Geophysics Research four years ago. However, he is not the chief scientist of this research center. The chief scientist is an academician. Although Director Hou is also a geological expert, he is now more like a manager.

Director Hou’s job is to actively provide logistics support services to all teams in the research center, and collecting funds has become his most important work content.

"Director Hou, how is the satellite remote sensing monitoring system project of our research center going on?" After sitting down for a cup of tea, Liu Deyi asked with concern.

"Thank you Mr. Liu for your concern. The progress is very smooth. This is thanks to your generous support. If you have to wait for the country to pay attention to this project, it may take more than two years to complete the procedure. Now we have reached a cooperation agreement with the Aviation Industry Corporation to jointly develop this system. Once this satellite system is built, it will greatly improve our ability to prevent earth disasters, improve our ability to prevent and mitigate disasters and methods. Since we have made a certain amount of technical accumulation before, we will be able to launch the first remote sensing monitoring satellite at the end of the year and the beginning of the year. Within five years, the entire system will be built and operated." Director Hou introduced.

"It will take five years to build the network?" Chen Kangjie was a little surprised.

If the network can be formed in five years, wouldn’t it be impossible to catch up with the earthquake in 2008?

"According to our progress, it takes such time, because whether it is the development and launch of satellites and the establishment of monitoring stations, it takes time," Director Hou replied.

"Can't you just get a little bit ahead? It's okay to have two years in advance, or one and a half years in advance." Chen Kangjie's question was calculated by counting the time.

"Haha, Mr. Chen, it's not that it cannot be advanced at all. However, scientific research has its regularity, and our funds are allocated according to the expenses at each stage. There is also a connection problem between departments below." Director Hou had dealt with Chen Kangjie several times. Not only did he know that he was filming a movie about earthquakes and receiving technical assistance from them, the National Geophysics Research Center will also be the filming site. Moreover, he also knew that Chen Kangjie had extraordinary influence on the Huatang Foundation, so he spoke very politely.

Just because Liu Deyi was Chen Kangjie's assistant, he already knew Chen Kangjie's influence.

"Then, can't several departments carry out work at the same time and then perform system assembly in the end? Large companies like Boeing in the United States do their operations in this way." Chen Kangjie has an airplane company, so he has some understanding of the operations of his foreign colleagues.

"Of course, it can be done in the manufacturing process, but the development process is not easy and is not conducive to saving R&D funds." Although Director Hou is not the chief scientist of the research center, as a top domestic expert, he cannot be completely unaware of the fields he engages in management and research.

"Director Hou, try to advance as much as possible. You don't have to worry about the funds. If it is not enough, we will help raise it." Liu Deyi, as Chen Kangjie's assistant, could understand what Chen Kangjie meant.

"That's so thankful. Mr. Liu. All our researchers are diligent and conscientious. This year we have trained more than 30 masters and doctoral students. Except for some of them who will send them to study abroad, the rest will stay and add to the various teams. Mr. Chen, aren't you filming movies in Xichuan? Did you encounter any scientific difficulties this time and need our assistance?" As the director, Director Hou is very social.

"It's good that you have compiled a lot of information for me. There are no problems at the moment. During post-production, you need your experts to help me check. I'm here this time to discuss something with Director Hou."

"Mr. Chen, you said, if there is anything wrong, as long as we can play a role, we will definitely help." Director Hou was quite pleased.

"That's right. First of all, I hope you can complete the construction of the testing center in Tianfu as soon as possible, and also complete it as soon as possible in the construction of the Xichuan earthquake monitoring network. On the other hand, have you not published a forecast report on a major earthquake disaster in Xichuan before? This report has attracted the attention of the provincial party committee and government. They plan to invite your experts to give an academic explanation. I hope that our center and Director Hou can increase their attention." Chen Kangjie said it directly in the first half, and the second half seems to be more obscure.

Director Hou looked at Chen Kangjie, then looked at Liu Deyi, "This...the degree of attention is increased? Our evaluation report has already attached great importance to it. How can we improve it? We can't tell the Xichuan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government what kind of earthquake will happen in one year, right? We can't do this at present, and the whole world can't do it."

"Director Hou, of course you don't need to do that, but you can emphasize the severity more, or you can appropriately increase the possibility. The importance of local governments on this work is a great thing for you, which shows that your scientific research is of full value. Don't think that this will mislead local governments and let local governments prepare for disaster prevention and mitigation in the future. This is a good thing. Although we don't know which day and year it will happen, at least there will be no mistakes in these preparations. If you make a correct prediction, then you will become famous all over the world. Maybe you will give you a Nobel Prize in Physics. I know you have an earthquake brigade in Tianfu..."

"Although we can use the data of that earthquake brigade, it does not belong to us, but to the National Earthquake Bureau." Director Hou corrected Chen Kangjie's not very rigorous statement.

"Although this is the case, after your research and development center is established, the earthquake brigade can be included in your field, isn't it? Well, let's get back to the point. First of all, I have no bad intentions. You are studying geology. You should be very clear about the horror and harm of earthquakes. I am shooting earthquake-related movies. I also know that kind of misery. We cannot prevent earthquakes from happening, but we can reduce the impact of disasters. Think about it, the personnel losses caused by a major earthquake in Kanto, Japan are much smaller than those caused by our major earthquake in the 1970s. Why is this? At least it has something to do with their importance to this matter.

The earthquake resistance level of the building has increased significantly, and people's scientific understanding of earthquakes has increased significantly. Do the Japanese know that there will be earthquakes next year or the year after? They don't know either, but one thing they know is that they cannot completely avoid earthquakes. As your assessment report says, Xichuan belongs to a geological active zone, and the chance of earthquakes is very high. This is not wrong, right? In this case, why don't we let the local government pay attention to this matter? Do we have to wait for the bloody lesson to happen before reflecting? I don't think this does not seem to be in line with the spirit of scientists." In order to convince Director Hou, Chen Kangjie really racked his brains.

It is quite difficult for a liberal arts student to convince a rational scientist.

"Then do you think we should give them a conclusion?" Director Hou asked after pondering for a while.

"There will be a major earthquake within four years. The earthquake magnitude is not less than magnitude 8. The location is in the mountainous areas of the geologically active zone." Chen Kangjie instinctively replied immediately.
Chapter completed!