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In ten months\' time, they had burnt through more than 30 million, yet the completion level of his project was only at 10%, and the subsequent investment needed for research development was even expected to be counted in billions!

This was why so many drugs sold in the world were so expensive. In fact, the manufacturing cost of the drugs was really low, but the selling price was, at the very least, dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of times higher— all because of the exceedingly high research costs incurred during the early stages.

"Professor Guo, I must support your project!" Zhang Menglong slapped his thigh, "How much funding do you need?"

"This..." Professor Guo suddenly found it difficult to speak. His research was carried out in stages, so he never considered securing all the funding at once, and besides, it was nearly an impossible feat.

Ordinarily, such research could only be carried out with the backing of large pharmaceutical companies or under the impetus of state machinery.

"For the current stage, I\'m afraid it will require around 50 million." Professor Guo tentatively said, afraid that saying too much might inadvertently offend Zhang Menglong.

"Professor Guo, we can\'t squeeze funding out like toothpaste in scientific research. If we can\'t even solve the money issue, what\'s the point of doing research!" Zhang Menglong said, "Give me a figure, and I\'ll support you all the way until you complete your project."

"This... Menglong, I fear the amount might be quite large."

"Just say it; we\'re not short of money!" Zhang Menglong couldn\'t wait for a larger figure. He had finally found a righteous method to spend money, and he intended to drop dozens or even hundreds of billions of US dollars today.

"Since you\'re so generous, then I\'ll just say it." Professor Guo spoke up, "To support the completion of all the project content, it will require at least 500 million in funds."

"Damn, Old Guo, what do you mean? There\'s a total of just 10 billion, and you want five billion for yourself? What are the rest of us supposed to do?" Teachers immediately started protesting in discontent.

"Exactly, your family has a large business, Old Guo, but you can\'t monopolize everything. Look at Old Han, he\'s Menglong\'s supervisor, and he only got one billion in scientific research funding. You\'re going too far!"

Han Jinyu almost laughed out loud watching their bickering. With a particle collider worth over two hundred billion attributed to their research group, what were a few billion to him, Han Jinyu?

"You\'ll all come begging to borrow equipment when the time comes!" Han Jinyu smiled slightly, thinking that this was the time to keep a low profile and amass wealth quietly.

"Professor Guo, I\'ll directly sponsor your scientific research with 10 billion!"

"10... 10 billion?" Professor Guo was so startled that his voice trembled. He never imagined he could get one billion, let alone the huge surprise Zhang Menglong just gave him.

"But there\'s one condition, once the drug is industrialized, I want a share of the technology stock!" Zhang Menglong proposed this to avoid treating the money as a donation, which would go against the rules and requirements of Super God Academy.

"Certainly, certainly!" Professor Guo nodded repeatedly. Even if he had approached a company for funds, they would have made a similar demand, along with many additional clauses, and they would even want a part of the academic results to be attributed to the company. However, Zhang Menglong only wanted shares, which was far better by many counts.

When Professor Guo saw that his account suddenly had an additional 10 billion, he bit his tongue hard, barely believing that all of this was true!

10 billion spent just like that? All the instructors instantly wore sorrowful expressions, and some even looked at Professor Guo as if he was their father\'s murderer.

"Fellow professors, when I mentioned the 10 billion just now, I was just speaking offhand," Zhang Menglong started, "As long as you have good projects, there\'s no upper limit to my total funding!"

"No upper limit! How rich is he?"

"Who cares how rich he is if he\'s willing to invest in me, I\'d even become his student!"

"Menglong, I have a project too!"

"Menglong, hear out my topic. My research also burns through money, I\'m working on astrophysics!"

"Oh!" Zhang Menglong\'s eyes lit up. He didn\'t expect there to be a teacher in his academy who researched in this field. But after thinking about it, since there wasn\'t an astrophysics major in their school, it must be affiliated somehow with the college of science.

Astrophysics is purely theoretical research, and as for the research tools, just the astronomical telescope alone is a huge money burner!

"Teacher, do you need an astronomical telescope?"

The teacher was instantly stunned. Manufacturing a large astronomical telescope could easily cost millions or even tens of millions of US dollars, and such an item had no practical return. Apart from the state and educational institutions, nobody would invest in such a project.

"If we could have one... that would certainly be the best."

Zhang Menglong immediately took out his phone and dialed Hong Yi\'s number, "Hong Yi, I want to build a large radio astronomical telescope at our university. How much will it cost?"

"If there\'s no issue with the location, several tens of millions of US dollars should suffice."

"Get me one!" Zhang Menglong said without a second thought, then turned to the teacher, "Teacher, about the location issue..."

"I\'ll go to the Dean to resolve it!" the teacher promised, slapping his chest,

A telescope costing tens of millions of dollars was comparable to a national-level scientific research project. If such a major project were to be realized, not just the university, but even the land bureau of Jiangnan City would be willing to allocate land for their telescope construction!

"Also, I will sponsor another hundred million dollars for your scientific research fund," Zhang Menglong added.

The teacher was ecstatic, but he also felt somewhat uneasy because he really couldn\'t give Zhang Menglong anything in return. He felt guilty accepting this scientific research funding!

"Of course, I do have a condition," Zhang Menglong added, "If during the exploration, you discover any unnamed asteroids or other celestial bodies, you must name them after me!"

"Haha, I\'m such a clever devil!" Zhang Menglong gloated in his heart. This was as if he had spent the money to buy the naming rights of a celestial body. This wasn\'t called a donation!n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Damn, even research on those crappy planets gets a hundred million!" Other teachers realized Zhang Menglong was just there to splash the cash, and whether it made money or not, he simply didn\'t care!

"Menglong, my research group has a project on postnatal care of alpacas. To better collect data, we need ten thousand alpacas for a two-year tracking observation. It\'s absolutely a money-burning project!"

"Damn, postnatal care for sows isn\'t enough for these professors in life sciences anymore?" Zhang Menglong scathingly criticized inwardly. But alpacas weren\'t cheap, and he even doubted whether it would be possible to get ten thousand alpacas.

"Then I\'ll sponsor you a hundred million first!"

"Menglong, I\'ve got a project for a sky diving device. Would you consider it?"

"Menglong, I have a project on land desertification control!"

"Hey, at this rate, it\'ll never end!" Zhang Menglong directly said to Teacher Han behind him, "Teacher Han, could you help me out, please? Compile a list of the projects and their total funding amount, the more the merrier. I\'ve prepared several tens of billions in scientific research funds, so count \'em up without hesitation!"

"Several tens of billions?" Han Jinyu took a cold breath; he had underestimated Zhang Menglong!

"Alright, leave these things to me. You go ahead with your work!" Knowing how wealthy Zhang Menglong was, Han Jinyu also knew he must be very busy.

"He... He\'s gone?" Seeing Zhang Menglong leave the office, all the teachers were full of confusion.

"Ahem, old fellows, Menglong has entrusted me to manage these funds, so you..."

"Hehehe!" Instantly, all the teachers became obsequiously flattering.

"Old Han, don\'t you have a daughter? It just so happens my boy is also of age. Here\'s how much I\'ll give as a betrothal gift!"

"Old Ding, you shameless thing, resorting to such methods!" another teacher accused righteously, "Old Han, you\'ve been divorced for so long without finding someone. I have a sister, still unmarried, young and pretty, and a professor at another school. How about dinner at my place tonight?"

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