Interior of the conference room of the national organization department.

An old man is here to host the candidate meeting for the national "Ten Thousand Talents Plan".

"It's this time of year again. I believe you have received a lot of recommendation letters. You can say anything if you have any ideas." The old man is a leader of the State Council.

Because the national "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" was jointly launched and implemented by 11 national departments, there must be a leader who is enough to make a decision.

Otherwise, it is really hard to say whether the selected personnel meet the planning standards.

Hearing the old leader's words, Tian Ligeng, the leader of the national organization department who was responsible for the meeting, said: "Then let's talk about the preliminary review first."

As he said that, Tian Ligeng turned the manuscript in his hand to a new page and continued: "The number of places selected each year is about 1,000, of which there are about 10 outstanding talents, about 800 leading talents, and about 200 young top talents,

That is our average annual goal of 10 years.”

"Of course, according to the original plan, the annual quota is not limited. If there are too many outstanding talents, the quota can naturally be expanded."

"During this period, our departments have also received a lot of recommendation letters. After the preliminary review and screening of our 11 departments, there are still 1,748 people left."

"It can be said that these 1,748 people are fully in line with the national '10,000-teacher plan' selection criteria. For our meeting today, let's first batch of 263 people. The following is the detailed screening of personnel will be started according to the meeting process."

After Tian Ligeng finished speaking, he nodded to the leader of the national science and technology department. The other party understood and took Tian Ligeng's words and said, "Then let's sort it according to the list and discuss the first batch of 263 people."

The leader of the national science and technology department was named Li Zhenbang. He took out the list of the first batch of candidates and started chanting: "First, it is the list of three outstanding talents to screen the first batch of three people."

"The first one is Wang Yifang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. On November 9 this year, the 2015 "Breakthrough Award for Basic Physics" award ceremony was held in San Jose, California, USA."

"As the chief scientist of the Daya Bay Neutrino Project, Wang Yifang won this honor, which is also the first time that a scientist in my country has won the award."

"So, Wang Yifang's selection can be said to be a popular choice. The old leader, our joint opinions from 11 departments also rank her first among outstanding talents."

The old leader of the State Council nodded slightly and expressed his agreement.

Seeing the old leader nodding his head to agree, the special leaders of Tian Ligeng, Li Zhenbang and other 11 departments breathed a sigh of relief.

As the saying goes, everything is difficult to start with.

Putting Wang Yifang first is to ensure that the first one is passed unanimously.

With the first one passing smoothly, it will be much smoother later.

Li Zhenbang picked up the pen and recorded it, and then continued, "Comrade Wang Yifang is confirmed to be the first among the first outstanding talents this year."

"Next, the second one..."

The first three outstanding talents this year were soon finalized.

Almost all of them are big shots in various fields and play an important role in China.

It can be said that those who can be of outstanding talents are no longer ordinary people. They are those who are at the forefront of world science and technology in research, have achieved major results in scientific research, and have the potential to grow into world-class scientists.

This is also the reason why the country's "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" has the least outstanding talents.

Next, the selection of the national "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" leading talents in scientific and technological innovation was discussed.

If outstanding talents are big shots in the field, then the leading talents in scientific and technological innovation are people who have the hope of becoming real big shots in the field.

Of course, compared with outstanding talents who are basically scientific research fields, leading talents in scientific and technological innovation are not just scientific research fields.

This is also the reason why the number of leading talents in scientific and technological innovation in the national "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" is the largest.

Because this number of people is the largest, even if it is discussed in batches, according to the meeting process of the organization department, the discussion meeting of the first batch of personnel was scheduled for two days.

"Then let's start the discussion of the first batch of leading scientific and technological innovation talents this year. This number is the largest, so there may be a lot of controversy at the meeting. We are all patient and give more worries to the old leaders." Li Zhenbang smiled

said.

The special leaders of other departments all smiled and said, "No problem, this is what we should do. I believe we can unify our opinions."

However, when they said this, their eyes accidentally passed by the old leader.

After all, the person who can make the decision is this old man.

However, what they didn't expect was that the person who would really cause great controversy was still behind.

Li Zhenbang took out the shortlist of the first batch of leading scientific and technological innovation talents and continued to chant: "The first one is Fang Zhong. Deputy Director and Researcher of the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences."

"This year, Fang Zhong's team discovered Weilfermions for the first time in an experiment. Scientists believe that this discovery is of great significance to breakthroughs in disruptive technologies such as topological electronics and quantum computers."

"Also, this research result was selected as the 'Top Ten Breakthroughs of 2015' in the UK's Physical World."

"According to the screening opinions of the preliminary review, I propose to place Comrade Fang Zhong first among the first 200 leading talents in scientific and technological innovation. What do you think?"

Tian Ligeng glanced at the old leader and was the first to express his opinion: "I agree with Director Li's proposal. Although the scope of leading talents in scientific and technological innovation is relatively wide, the first priority should be talents in the field of scientific research."

"On the one hand, it is consistent with our country's policies, and on the other hand, it is also in line with the field of outstanding talents, presenting a situation of successive talents."

Following Tian Ligeng, the special leaders of the other departments also expressed their opinions.

Except for the only two people who said they would look at the other candidates, the rest basically agreed to put Fang Zhong in the first place.

China has always had a hard-to-speaking hidden talent, especially in basic science.

What else can I hesitate about now?

What should be said, Tian Ligeng said, and the levels they can consider are also in these two reasons.

"Old leader, what about your opinion?" Li Zhenbang asked.

The list of primary elections has been reported long ago, and the old leaders have basically read it, not to mention that they know everyone's situation.

But the information of a few people can be said to be richer than that of the others present.

Nodding gently, the old leader made a decision: "No need to look at other people anymore. Comrade Fang Zhong can be put first. Our country's basic scientific research requires such talents."

As soon as this sentence was said, it basically set the tone and no one had any objections.

At the same time, with such a tone of certainty, the subsequent discussion will also give a direction.

This also makes Li Zhenbang's proposal more confident.

When discussing before the meeting, everyone wanted people from the organization department to come to choose who would chant the name, that is, Tian Ligeng.

How to say it, the reason is that you organized a meeting chaired by the department and reported the candidates' proposal, but asked people from other departments to come. Isn't this appropriate?

In fact, after all, it is still a matter of responsibility for joint selection by multiple departments.

However, Tian Ligeng himself had different views, just like the two aspects he just mentioned, he thought it would be better to be a person from the science and technology department.

After all, each candidate is in charge of scientific research projects, the allocation of scientific research funds, the research progress of scientific research projects, and the degree of understanding of each candidate is higher than that of him, the special person in charge of the organization department.

Reporting to the old leader is more direct and more "convincing".

Li Zhenbang wanted to refuse at first, but after the top leader of the science and technology department talked to him once.

He found Tian Ligeng "inadvertently" and used a method of wandering around for a long time, and was eventually "persuaded" by Tian Ligeng.

However, Tian Ligeng paid for a drink before he "finally convinced" Li Zhenbang.

As the meeting progressed, Li Zhenbang inadvertently glanced at Tian Ligeng and thought to himself: "Anyway, I have earned a drink. When he sees it through later, I will see through it. It's nothing."

At the end of the first day of the meeting, all three candidates from the first batch of outstanding talents were determined. Only 143 candidates from the first batch of leading talents in scientific and technological innovation were finalized, and 57 were left unfinished.

As for the 60 candidates for the first batch of young top talents who are the backbone of the future, they are all still in the process of brewing.

This speed is not slow, but it is not fast either.

Of course, this is also based on the situation after the old leader sets the tone.

After the meeting, Tian Ligeng found Li Zhenbang and said with a smile: "Old Li, is what I said right? It's better for people from your science and technology department to report on the candidate situation."

Li Zhenbang looked at Tian Ligeng and replied with a smile: "Yes, Lao Tian, ​​you can see correctly. Thank you for your help at the meeting."

After all, Li Zhenbang drank a meal of wine. The so-called "eating people with short mouths" should naturally be quick to speak.

In addition, it was because of the advance instructions from the top leader of the science and technology department that he took the initiative to take on this job.

It is already an unexpected surprise to be able to drink wine.

Hearing Li Zhenbang's words, Tian Ligen shook his head: "I'm not talking to you, you know, I'm doing business. What I'm talking about is the issues I really consider. The basic national policy of our country is there.

The formulation of the national 'Ten Thousand People's Plan' is also following the national policy."

"Now when it's the turn to implement the specific implementation, can we still put aside the fundamentals and follow some people?"

Li Zhenbang nodded slightly but said nothing.

He naturally knew who some of the people Tian Ligeng said were referring to, but it would be better not to discuss them without discussing them.

After thinking about it, I don’t know if it was because of the guilt or because of the others, Li Zhenbang turned to say, “Let’s go, Lao Tian, ​​the work on hand is basically over. Let’s go drink?”

Tian Ligeng looked at Li Zhenbang in confusion: "Please do you want?"

Li Zhenbang smiled: "I'll treat you!"

Tian Ligeng immediately looked happy: "What are you waiting for? Let's go, leave quickly!"

Li Zhenbang said while packing his things: "Wait until I'm packing!"

The next day, the meeting on the implementation of the first batch of candidates continued.

The old leaders attended as usual, and the special leaders of other 11 departments were all present.

Tian Ligeng presided over the meeting and Li Zhenbang reported on the list of candidates.
To be continued...