210: Focus

Xu Ning planned to return the items later, believing Yan Lu would understand.

He took a deep breath and began writing the long-brewing thesis title on the draft paper: "Research on the Integrated Layout of a Double-Module Chin Internal Intake and Conical Forebody."

This paper discussed a new research concept, the combination of a double-module chin internal intake and a conical forebody, aimed at optimizing the aerodynamic performance of aircraft.

Although the writing itself wasn't difficult, drawing the charts was a challenge.

Fortunately, Zhao Zhide had already prepared all the necessary charts in advance, which made Xu Ning's work much easier.

Relying on his familiarity with the subject, he only took about four hours to complete the first draft of the paper.

As the last ray of sunlight disappeared below the horizon, Xu Ning realized it was too late to see his mentor, Professor Du Yishan, today.

He decided to submit the paper the next day.

After finishing his work, a sense of accomplishment surged within him, and looking at the ten full pages of manuscript, he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

"It seems it's time to call my family," Xu Ning thought.

Since he arrived here, apart from the brief call on the day he arrived which ended abruptly due to emotional excitement, he hadn't contacted his family again.

Now that his mood was much calmer, he could have a good chat.

However, another problem bothered him: his wallet was getting increasingly thin.

After organizing his materials and paper, he quickly headed towards the cafeteria.

Even with the help of the bicycle, when he arrived at the cafeteria, he found it crowded with people and couldn't find a seat.

Helplessly, he bought a large potato shred wrap, planning to eat it on his way back to the dormitory.

At the same time, he also had to return Professor Yan Lu's bicycle along the way.

Just as he reached the entrance of the cafeteria, he saw a familiar figure.

Yao Meiling was preparing to leave, accompanied by two companions.

Yao Meiling clearly saw him too.

Thinking that he was now also one of Professor Du's team members, Xu Ning planned to go forward and greet her to build a connection.

"Yao..." He had just opened his mouth when he saw Yao Meiling quickly turn her head and walk away quickly in another direction.

This sudden coldness left Xu Ning confused, and for a while, he couldn't figure out what he had done to offend this future junior.

"We met normally before..." He scratched his head, muttering to himself that women were truly unpredictable, while taking a bite of the wrap in his hand.

It tasted good, but it was a pity there was too little meat.

Xu Ning didn't find Yan Lu in the office in the dormitory area, so he locked the bicycle downstairs, placed the key in a conspicuous spot on her desk, and left a note, pressing it under the key.

"Phew... Today was really good."

He put his hands in his pockets, humming an unreleased song to tell the world, to tell the future, and was planning to go back to the dormitory for a nap.

But just at the entrance of the dormitory building, he met an unexpected person.

"Old Wu?"

Zhao Zhide hadn't been back to the dormitory for over a year, seeing him was even rarer than bumping into Professor Du Yishan at the institute.

"Lao Xu, I was just looking for you in the dormitory."

"What's up?" Xu Ning was a little surprised.

They had a good relationship, but due to different interests, they rarely had deep conversations.

"I need your help with something."

Zhao Zhide looked left and right, confirming that no one was around, and whispered, "There's a newly established domestic air conditioning brand that wants to replace their axial fans with domestically produced ones.

I know a friend who makes air conditioning parts, and he wants to get this business, but although the samples he sent have good performance otherwise, the noise is too loud, so he wants someone to optimize it."

Although fans and airplanes seem unrelated, the principles of aerodynamics are connected, and this matter can definitely be handled.

Adding to that, when improving the J-7 model before, Xu Ning had already accumulated experience in using modern computer programming and simulation, so this time he might not need much additional help.

However, this work was quite tedious.

The main difficulty was that the current fluent software couldn't directly display the static pressure distribution map; it had to be calculated point by point and then manually drawn.

"Old Wu, it's not easy to handle this problem with fluent!"

"The Boss is willing to pay five thousand yuan, we'll split it two-eight, you take the bigger share, after tax," Zhao Zhide directly interrupted Xu Ning.

"It seems I really came to the right person by finding you, others probably can't handle it."

Xu Ning took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and asked, "Did you bring your materials and computer?"

Zhao Zhide smiled slightly, rubbing his hands together as he replied, "Don't worry, I just came to ask for your opinion.

After I go back, we still have to sign a contract before we can officially start.

Although I'm very familiar with this Boss, it's always good to be careful."

He then added, "If everything goes smoothly, I'll bring the materials, computer, and deposit tomorrow noon."

"Okay, it's settled then," Xu Ning responded concisely.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhide smiled with relief and teased, "I was really worried you would refuse, after all, there aren't many people like you who are dedicated to serving the country through technology."

"What you said is a bit one-sided," Xu Ning shook his head and said seriously, "Using my professional skills to help domestic enterprises develop and grow, while also getting the compensation I deserve, isn't this another form of technical contribution?

If none of us do it, wouldn't these opportunities be given away to others or foreign companies for nothing?"

In his past experiences, Xu Ning had seen many people who held prejudices against money and achievement, even occasionally enjoying the good things in life would be criticized, as if only complete selfless dedication was the true expression of patriotism.

However, such standards would actually only make more people feel confused and resistant.

As for Zhao Zhide, as the intermediary, he could get a thousand yuan in compensation just by facilitating this cooperation.

Although such a task required extremely strong social skills, Xu Ning understood that it wasn't his strength, so he didn't feel jealous.

When he returned to the dormitory, except for Zhao Zhide who had just left, the other roommates were all present.

"Xu Ning, I heard Professor Liu specifically talked to you this afternoon?"

The Boss of the dormitory, Liang Hao, who was also a member of the card playing group, asked.

At this moment, everyone was sitting around the table playing cards, but their eyes were all directed at Xu Ning.

"That's right, he did talk to me for a bit," another roommate couldn't wait to interrupt, "Did he already invite you to join his graduate student team?"

At this moment, Huang Hongzhang was pretending to read on the upper bunk, but was actually listening intently to the conversation below.

"Actually, I didn't talk much with Professor Liu this afternoon," Xu Ning put down his backpack and lay on his bed, "And I'm not planning to go there for graduate school."

This sentence made the three people playing cards at the table stunned, and one person's cards fell from his hand: "Why? Didn't Professor Liu want to take you as his student immediately this morning?"

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