Chapter 35 35 chapters Do you have any friends who lack scientific research funding?
Yet the money from Zhang Menglong could not only solve his immediate crisis but even smoothly handle his research work for the coming years. He had never thought that he would accidentally end up with such a wealthy student this year.
Being able to get into Jiangnan University of Science and Technology was proof enough of Zhang Menglong\'s excellent learning capabilities. Coupled with his profound family background, even if he truly married his daughter to him, his daughter wouldn\'t be at a loss, and perhaps there would even be a steady flow of research funding, making becoming an academician just a matter of time.
"Menglong, I definitely won\'t let you be disappointed with this investment. If we later reach industrialization, you\'ll be the largest shareholder!" promised Han Jinyu. His project wasn\'t just theoretical research; otherwise, no company would be interested. Of course, the timeline would be at least three to five years, but now, aside from this, he had nothing else to impress Zhang Menglong with.
"Mr. Han, please wait a moment, I\'ll make a call to order some lab equipment," said Zhang Menglong as he took out his phone.
"There\'s no need, Menglong, we can handle the equipment issue ourselves," Han Jinyu hastily said, knowing best what type of equipment delivers the best value for money.
"Mr. Han, this money is simply for purchasing raw materials as well as for the routine operation of the lab. The money for the equipment isn\'t included," Zhang Menglong said with a smile, "The senior brothers and sisters are also working quite hard. You should issue them more for their labor fees!"
"What? The money doesn\'t even include the cost of the equipment!" Han Jinyu felt like he\'d been struck by lightning. Was Zhang Menglong saying he\'d need to take out extra for the equipment? Exactly how wealthy was he? Had Han Jinyu not known Zhang Menglong before, he might have really suspected that Zhang had ulterior motives regarding him.
"Our school\'s equipment must be the best if we are to use it. I plan to spend money to equip our research group with a batch of top-level experimental equipment. Just give me the list, and I\'ll arrange it right away!" Zhang Menglong said, "I might not know much about this stuff, but we definitely need the best and most expensive.
You don\'t need to worry about how difficult they are to purchase, as long as any country on Earth manufactures them, I can get them!"
"Great, great, great!" Han Jinyu was so excited he almost knocked over his chair. What kind of miraculous student was this? If every student was this wealthy and generous, why would he worry about not producing results? He could simply buy his way to academician-level achievements with money!
"Mr. Han, your tea is here," Zhu Mengchao said as he entered the office with a tea set.
"Meng Chao," Han Jinyu frantically searched the literature for the best equipment, his head too busy to even look up, "Tell the younger brothers and sisters, starting today, the graduate students in our research group will receive a labor fee of 10,000 per month, doctoral students 15,000 per month, and since you are the senior brother, you get 20,000 per month.
As long as there are results, I will also award you a bonus at the end of the year!"
Zhu Mengchao\'s hands trembled as he held the tea set, nearly spilling it on the floor. In just a few minutes, what on Earth had Zhang Menglong done to make Han Jinyu offer such high labor fees?n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Even at their research group\'s wealthiest periods, as the senior brother, he had only received a monthly labor fee of 5,000 yuan.
For usual graduate students, a salary of 8,000 yuan after graduation was quite high. As for doctoral students, they made only about a couple hundred thousand yuan a year, yet now they were earning this much while still in school!
At that moment, Zhu Mengchao saw Zhang Menglong gesture an OK sign to him.
"Little brother, I love you to death!" Zhu Mengchao whispered as he walked past Zhang Menglong. This kind of treatment would definitely make members of other research groups green with envy. If this got out, his research group\'s enrollment numbers for the next term would surely max out!
"Alright, Menglong, look at this, these are the most advanced instruments internationally, but many are restricted from export by other countries, some are proprietary developments which might be difficult to obtain. If really necessary, you could consider other models I\'ve listed."
"Okay, I\'ll speak to my assistant right away," said Zhang Menglong as he directly sent the spreadsheet to Hong Yi.
Less than five minutes later, Hong Yi called back, and though the office wasn\'t very large, Han Jinyu could clearly hear the voice on the phone.
"Mr. Zhang, I have already looked at the list of equipment you gave me. There are a total of 17 machines, of which 11 can be directly purchased with a total price of 32.56 million Huaxia currency. The remaining five machines are foreign and are prohibited from being sold abroad; they are specialized equipment even within their own countries."
"Can you acquire them?" Zhang Menglong asked.
"Yes," Hong Yi simply replied, "Three of the machines are manufactured by companies we control. For the remaining two, I will just need to \'knock on a few doors\' with the management families from the continent."
"Who exactly is he?" Upon hearing this, Han Jinyu couldn\'t help but show astonishment in his eyes. Zhang Menglong actually had the capability to communicate with the upper echelons of those countries and even used the term \'knock on,\' which seemed utterly unthinkable.
"But the last item is a bit of a challenge," Hong Yi said.
"Is it the Particle Collider?" Zhang Menglong asked, "Sorry to be presumptuous, but when you say it\'s difficult, does that mean it\'s still possible?"
Zhang Menglong remembered his father saying that on Earth, there was nothing their family couldn\'t accomplish, and if there was, he must be dreaming without having woken up yet.
"Yes, Mr. Zhang, you own a large number of research institutes, and the largest Particle Collider in Europe was partly developed by those institutes. In other words, you control the technology for building the Particle Collider, and the only issue is the time cost."
"He can even build a Particle Collider?" Han Jinyu\'s eyes lit up at hearing this news. Having a Particle Collider would open up possibilities for many projects he previously wouldn\'t even dare to think about!
"It\'s good if it can be built," Zhang Menglong breathed a sigh of relief, "How much?"
"The cost is approximately 25 billion Huaxia currency, but it will take a relatively long time."
"That\'s not expensive at all!" Zhang Menglong pursed his lips. How wonderful it would be if it were 25 billion US Dollars?
As for how much earlier it would be ready, Zhang Menglong didn\'t care about that at all; spending money was all that mattered to him.
"25 billion? That\'s not expensive?" Han Jinyu was utterly dumbfounded. Was this even a human language? Across the entire Huaxia, aside from large research institutions, which organization could pull together such a massive amount of money to purchase such an instrument?
The most crucial part was that Zhang Menglong was buying this Particle Collider for their research group! He could already imagine that in a couple of years, Jiangnan University of Science and Technology, his research group, would become the scientific research hub for the entire Eastern China region!
"Okay, go ahead and make the arrangements. Remember, it has to be the most expensive, the best quality!"
"Understood, Mr. Zhang, I\'ll handle it. However, your school might not have enough space for this instrument..."
"I\'ll talk to the principal!" Han Jinyu shouted thoughtlessly. He was confident the principal would willingly clear a substantial amount of space for their use, and might even revere him, Han Jinyu, since he was the one who secured this investment!
"Professor Han, I need to discuss another matter with you."
"Go ahead, if there\'s anything I can help you with, I\'ll do my best, whether it\'s helping you secure a position for graduate study or even direct admission to a doctoral program," Han Jinyu said.
"That won\'t be necessary," Zhang Menglong glanced around and lowered his voice, "Professor Han, do you have friends who work in scientific research, those who are terribly poor and can\'t secure funding?"