"I'm more interested in the transportation field. I have nothing to do today, so I just wanted to come and have a listen!" Liang Jiangtao said vaguely.
"Oh, that's it!" Bai Zhining frowned.
In her impression, Liang Jiangtao is an on-the-job graduate student who entered economics from a law major. He should now focus his main efforts and energy on learning basic theoretical knowledge of economics, and should not spread too much. Otherwise, the further you go, the harder it will be to keep up.
It was not her turn to say anything since the conversation was superficial, so she kept silent and listened carefully to the lecture.
Of course Liang Jiangtao knew that Grand Duke Zuo was the core expert in the group, and Wu Ning also specifically asked him to listen to Grand Duke Zuo's opinions.
According to Wu Ning, Zuo Dagong's attainments in the field of economics are not inferior to his, and he is devoted to academics. He is more pure and can be called a national scholar!
Within the transportation strategic planning group, experts are divided into three levels.
They are core, important and ordinary.
There are less than ten core experts like Zuo Dagong, all of whom are at the academician level.
There aren't too many important ones, about twenty.
These are experts with high status in their respective fields.
The rest are ordinary experts, more than a hundred of them, basically the backbone teachers of various prestigious schools and rising stars in academics, like today's lecturer Lu Luo.
Since the team leader Liang Jiangtao is still in the research stage and the team has not yet held a plenary meeting, he only knows the experts through written resumes and has not met them in person.
I saw Lu Luo talking eloquently on the stage, with clear logical thinking and sharp words. He also asked questions from time to time, which made the students in the audience tense and focused.
While talking, Lu Luo talked about the construction of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway.
"Teacher, I am now specially hired as an expert by the Transportation Strategic Planning Group of the National Development and Reform Commission. The students should know the weight as soon as they hear it!" Lu Luo said proudly.
This title he takes very seriously and is now the most important of his many titles.
Being able to counsel on this matter, even if it is just an ordinary expert, is a huge bonus for him.
He is only an associate professor now. With this title, he may soon be qualified to be a professor.
Shuimu University has many academics, and associate professors can still rely on their abilities, but if you want to be promoted to professor, you need something other than academics.
Lu Luo's academic level is good, but unfortunately his tutor retired the year before last, and his influence in the college has declined rapidly since then.
Lu Luo has no backer and is currently in a period of drought.
In addition to doing academic work, I am looking for connections, ways, and backers, just like a headless fly.
The National Development and Reform Commission is a towering tree to him. If he can take root here, gain recognition from relevant leaders, get to know a group of great experts, and add to his abilities, he can even become a department chair or dean in the future, let alone a professor. , it’s not like there’s no chance.
Lu Luo's eyes flashed.
The students present were also in an uproar. They heard that this transportation planning strategy group was very powerful. This is a major national decision.
They all feel very honored to have such a teacher teaching them.
Lu Luo enjoyed the compliments from the audience and felt satisfied and continued his lecture.
According to his point of view, magnetic levitation technology is not a good choice, and it is conservatively estimated that it will not mature within thirty years.
Of course, he also provided a lot of evidence and arguments to prove that magnetic levitation technology is just a good wish.
Liang Jiangtao nodded frequently.
Lu Luo really has something to say, and what he says is easy to understand and well-founded. This is the level of experts from top universities.
But Lu Luo suddenly changed his mind and said that wheel-rail high-speed rail is also not a good choice because the upper limit is too low, with a maximum speed of 400 kilometers. Once completed, it will easily become a backward production capacity that will be eliminated by the times. Didn't it create a lonely place?
The best way now is to wait for new technologies to emerge and not to build blindly.
He is a typical slow-builder.
From an academic point of view, not rushing to build is indeed the safest approach.
Wait and see.
Nowadays, science and technology are advancing at a rapid pace, and there is no guarantee that disruptive technologies will appear next year and the year after that.
However, this is only from a technical perspective.
From an economic and especially political perspective, time waits for no one. The earlier we make decisions and start construction, the better.
Especially for reborn people like Liang Jiangtao, they clearly know that there will definitely be no breakthrough progress in magnetic levitation technology and other technologies in the next twenty years.
So the best choice is to build the wheel-track Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway as soon as possible!
Build early and benefit early.
Liang Jiangtao couldn't help but shook his head.
This scene was seen by Lu Luo.
He is an academic upstart, how can he allow his views to be questioned by a student?
He immediately frowned and said displeasedly: "Why is that classmate sitting in the back row shaking his head? You don't agree with what I said? What's your opinion?"
Liang Jiangtao was startled and realized that Lu Luo was talking about him.
He originally just wanted to come and listen, not to debate here, but Lu Nuo called him out, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Teacher Lu, I completely agree with your view that the current magnetic levitation technology is not yet mature. But I heard that the carrying capacity of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway has exceeded the upper limit, and the country’s economy and society are in rapid development, so there is an urgent need to build a high-speed railway. From this perspective, it seems that it should be built immediately!”
Liang Jiangtao picked up some macro-level remarks.
"These are all clichés! What's the point? Who said that the Beijing-Shanghai Railway's carrying capacity has exceeded the upper limit? Relevant experts from the Ministry of Railways have demonstrated that the current transport capacity is sufficient. Even if it is slightly insufficient, it can be accelerated through electrification. Meet the requirements! Building the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway now is tantamount to surrendering to the National Army in 1949! It is the most stupid thing to do!" Lu Luo criticized without mercy.
Scholars generally have an optimistic mood about the future, especially in the 21st century with the rapid development of science and technology.
It always feels like new technologies are waving ahead, and there is often an unconscious dwarfing of existing technologies.
"In that case, I have nothing to say!"
Liang Jiangtao didn't want to argue with Lu Nuo.
"Nothing to say?! What do you mean? You, a student, dare to question me?" Lu Luo showed off his teacher's airs and looked very angry.
He is the most arrogant, how can he be questioned by a student?
And after being educated, he was obviously dissatisfied!
Suddenly I was so angry!
