Chapter 172: The Institute's Top-Secret Weapon
Della told Belinda yesterday that she got an independent office. Belinda didn't pay any attention to this news, but in fact, this office is of great significance.
There is no need to mention the low-key, luxurious and exquisite decoration, but there is one thing that will definitely surprise you: there is a computer inside, a modified computer specially used to calculate alchemical formulas.
I don't know when the alchemists in Country F introduced computers. Of course, they didn't install those high-tech things in the magical world. They just secretly installed converters in places where Muggle computer technology was mature, and then improved the programs here, using the computing power of Muggle supercomputers to develop alchemical technology.
Because it is stolen, the computing capacity is limited and currently only senior researchers can use it.
After her initial surprise, Della completely accepted the approach of these scholars from Country F and thought they were extremely smart.
Apart from Muggles, no other group in the world has developed technology so rapidly.
Moreover, computers and alchemy are a perfect match.
When drawing a phase diagram, you need to use runes to slowly increase the energy it can contain. After it increases to the point where it adapts to the material, you can then restrict it. That is, you guide the energy to flow to every place, so that you can get a stable work.
It's fine if it's small and uncomplicated, and you can use all kinds of fancy multiplication rules when making it, but if you make something larger, you should thank Merlin if the final result can be sustained.
Della was previously somewhat curious about how the researchers here could handle such a daunting amount of calculations, but now she has a complete answer.
Senior researchers use efficient computer experiments to come up with the temporarily optimal backbone, and then split the remaining parts up into the hands of researchers at each level. During weekly meetings, they exchange progress and provide guidance on calculated data. The researchers then calculate some new results, which are converted into data and eventually fed into the computer, and a new optimal solution emerges.
This is a very wise and open-minded approach, Della praised sincerely in her heart. No wonder Country F can produce most of the patents in the magical world every year.
Now Della had to do two things. She was assigned to a laboratory that studied transit parts, and needed to continue the production of transit parts with Livia and the others. Alonso Weiss stuffed a lot of new information and a bunch of partial phase diagrams into her office. He didn't say much about those phase diagrams, but Della could guess that these were probably skeletons that had been determined and could not be changed.
They wanted Della to come up with a completely smooth plan based on this framework. This was a lot of work, and she would have to learn a bunch of new things by herself. Della was eager to try it, but she also felt that her reputation as a genius, which had been spread out at some point, was a nuisance.
However, her current stipend as a senior researcher is quite good, 600 Galleons a month. Although she is not short of money, there is no reason for her to refuse this job with good pay and great growth potential.
"Just like I said, you went to attend the high-level meeting!" As soon as Della entered the laboratory on Tuesday afternoon, Livia looked at her with sparkling eyes.
"That's just apple juice replaced with dessert." Della signed a confidentiality agreement for the use of computers. In order to protect the results, Beauxbatons has a very advanced level of confidentiality agreement, in the sense of magic. "And I'm just an observer."
"Nothing can be more discouraging than your nonchalant attitude." Zhou Yushi said, without any jealousy in his eyes, just a slight sigh. He was wearing a protective mask and experimenting with metal materials.
"You are now the only junior researcher in our laboratory!" Livia said with a smile, and the smile on her face was as cheerful as usual. This person who had no airs at all was the little genius who was promoted to a mid-level researcher the fastest in the history of the institute.
Livia Cavani only took a year and a half, and Zhou Yushi had originally hoped to break this record - he was now only one step away from applying for a nearly completed patent to become someone who could be promoted within a year, but the appearance of Della made this exciting competition boring.
"So you should take better care of me, the junior." Zhou Yushi's words carried a hint of self-mockery. The word "junior" coming from the mouth of the tallest and strongest man in the laboratory made people want to laugh unconsciously. Anyway, Livia laughed without any scruples.
Della pursed her lips as well. She took out some information from her bag and placed it on the obsidian table for both of them. "I tried to disassemble the photo you gave me before and made some changes and annotations in it. We can discuss it after five o'clock."
"Have you finished reading our textbooks these two days?" Zhou Yushi picked up the materials, flipped through them, and couldn't take his eyes off them.
"After all, I've learned most of it before, and now I just need to look at the things that have changed a little." Della didn't think this was anything strange.
"Yes, [No matter how things change, they remain essentially the same]." Zhou Yushi raised his eyes and muttered something Della had never heard of.
"What?" Della asked.
"Uh..." Zhou Yushi realized that he had just spoken in Chinese. He paused and tried hard to think about how to translate this sentence.
"Let me speak for you!" Livia, who was also flipping through the information, interrupted at this time, "This is the wisdom of the distant East. It's good for Della to know this!"
"Tsk..." Zhou Yushi couldn't help laughing, because he had said this to fool Livia after he accidentally said something swearing. Well, okay, he had fooled a lot of other people as well.
"Okay." Della was still a little curious, but she felt that it was no longer appropriate to talk about this topic, so she cooperated with Livia to end the topic.
"Oh, by the way, why is it after five o'clock, Della?" Livia circled the information with a feather pen and noticed the time limit in Della's words.
"This is a personal habit that I need your consideration for," Della said with a bit of embarrassment, "When I have a lot of things to do, I like to make a schedule and do things according to the set plan."
"I understand very well," Zhou Yushi looked at Livia, "Nothing is more frustrating than interfering with the plan."
Livia blinked, as if she didn't understand why Zhou Yushi was looking at her. Then she vaguely remembered that she had used materials carelessly, which slowed down Zhou Yushi's experimental progress. But she was not polite at all, "You don't follow your inspiration. No wonder you are still a junior researcher now, Yushi."
"I can get promoted when school starts." Zhou Yushi was unmoved.
While they were bickering, Della walked to her obsidian table and started today's research. She had to go to the office in the morning to look up materials and calculate the feasibility of the plan on the computer, and come to the laboratory in the afternoon to do the work at hand. Fortunately, she didn't have any summer homework now, otherwise she would not even have free time in the evening.
When Della thought of summer homework, she thought of Hogwarts and Country Y. Then she remembered that she had not received a single letter since she came here, which seemed a little strange.
And if she thought about it carefully, she hadn't seen a single owl when she went to the cafeteria these past few days.
"I want to ask," Della looked at the two people in the laboratory, "Does Beauxbatons not allow owls in?"
"Don't you know?" Livia opened her eyes wide, revealing an expression as if her common sense was being questioned.
“No one has told me this yet.”
"Belinda didn't... oh, yes, she threw most of the letters into the fireplace after reading them in the letter room," Zhou Yushi said as he added something to the reaction hourglass. "The owl here can only deliver the letters to the school post office. We can take you after get off work. It's not far anyway."
"Thank you so much." Della smiled and then continued with the work at hand.