CHAPTER 504: CHAPTER 160: SENIOR BROTHER, LET’S DO SOMETHING BIG THIS TIME_2

But now Qiao Yu felt that he was past the stage of needing to spend his own time earning hard-earned money. So, after thinking for a moment, he simply called Liu Hao.

"Qiao Yu, you finally called me. Is there any progress on what I asked you to do?"

There was a strong sense of anticipation in his tone, indicating that things in the laboratory hadn’t been going well this week, and there were definitely no particularly good results.

This is actually good news.

Because if there was good news from the lab, his role wouldn’t seem so important anymore.

"Not yet, but I have a very strong idea. The problem now is that I can’t continue on my own, so I need someone to help me.

This person needs to have a deep understanding of my Generalized Modal Number Theory System and various concepts within the framework, and be proficient in functional analysis. Do you have anyone to recommend?"

Qiao Yu asked directly.

It was obvious that this question didn’t trouble Brother Liu on the other end at all, and he answered quickly.

"Well... if I had a good recommendation, I wouldn’t be stuck in the lab. Let’s put it this way, the math skills of the project team members are generally mediocre.

If it’s Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Statistics, everyone can handle it. But when it comes to functional analysis and your number theory stuff... let’s not kid ourselves.

I don’t know about others, but if I could master all that, I would have gone for a Mathematics graduate degree instead of staying in the Chemistry department. I definitely wouldn’t be here."

Well, it was not beyond Qiao Yu’s expectations.

After all, Chemistry indeed doesn’t require exceptionally high math skills. Usually, what’s needed is calculations related to molecular structure and reaction rates. No need for advanced math knowledge.

After all, Chemistry is already considered one of the four major challenging fields. If the math requirement was also high, it would probably deter the last batch of enthusiasts from this field.

Qiao Yu followed up with a suggestion, "I see, I might be able to find a good candidate, but that would require you to also share your lab’s data with him. Is that okay?"

"Ah? Is he from our school or another?"

Qiao Yu replied, "He’s a senior brother of mine, do you know him? Chen Zhuoyang, also a student of Director Tian. He just graduated at the beginning of the year and went to Jinda, but recently he’s preparing to move to the neighboring Nanjin University."

"Oh, he’s the first author of another paper, right? That should be fine. Actually, if you think about it, there’s nothing really confidential about our data anyway, not that it’s of much use.

However, there’s no choice; you know these collaborative projects, where contracts stipulate that the lab data theoretically belongs to Party A. So it’s best to sign a confidentiality agreement."

Qiao Yu could hear that Liu Hao felt quite embarrassed about it.

But he could understand.

He had previously heard from Director Tian that in such enterprise-school lab collaborative projects, the responsibilities of Party A and Party B are very clear.

And since it’s usually Party A that fully funds the project, there are clear stipulations regarding rights and responsibilities and data ownership.

This is also the reason why many results of horizontal experiments cannot be casually published, but on the other hand, this answer is pretty good.

So, Qiao Yu simply said, "No problem, do you want to sign an electronic contract or should Senior Brother Chen come to the school?"

"An electronic contract for record purposes is all we need. There’s no need for him to come, it’s already kind of you to have him help our lab."

Qiao Yu replied immediately, "Then there’s no problem at all. However, Brother Liu, the method I’m using this time is a bit new, so my method may also need to be kept confidential initially. I hope you understand?"

"Uh... of course, I can definitely understand that."

Qiao Yu continued, "Also, after Senior Brother Chen processes the existing data, your lab will need to completely follow my requirements for the project experiments and provide all the data to us. Is that okay on your side?"

"Don’t worry, as long as it helps us find some clues faster, these are minor things. By the way, we have some new data this week. Do you need us to send it over?"

Qiao Yu replied, "Not needed for now. I estimate that the data we have on hand is sufficient for now. Let’s wait until the preliminary results are calculated. Later, we might need some more specific data and might need to supplement some experimental conditions."

Liu Hao asked, "Um... Qiao Yu, roughly how long will this new method take to show results?"

"That depends on Senior Brother Chen’s work efficiency. If he’s quick, I think at the beginning of next month, I might need you to provide some new data for validation.

If everything goes smoothly, probably in one or two months, we can provide effective operational guidance. But during this time, some computational power support will be needed."

Qiao Yu gave an estimated timeline.

"Computational power is no issue. Party A has provided us with a dedicated computational power system. Should I give you the address and account information?"

"No need, I’ll send Chen Zhuoyang’s WeChat contact to you later. You can give it to Senior Brother Chen directly. He’ll mainly be in charge of the computational aspect from our side.

Let’s say this for now. I’ll inform Senior Brother Chen first and then send you his WeChat contact so you can communicate with him."

"Alright, alright, then I won’t take up more of your time."

...

Qiao Yu hung up the phone and immediately called Chen Zhuoyang.