Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

"Reduce funding? That's not what our original agreement said." Richard's nose was about to touch Principal Pang's face.

Principal Pang said very annoyed: "I explained to you that the school's policy has changed. It's not that I want to go back on my word, and I have no choice. It's not that I don't want to help you, but that I have no other choice."

"You can choose to abide by the agreement." Richard snorted and said, "We have a contract, and we have news that your funding should last for more than one year. During this period, you can't withdraw if you want to."

"The school's funding has been stopped, and it's useless if you force me." Principal Pang said extremely displeased.

"The school is the main body of the contract. If you break the contract, I will sue." Richard had no choice but to hold up the final lawsuit.

As Richard expected, Principal Pang really hesitated, but after thinking for about two minutes, Principal Pang slowly shook his head and said: "This is not my decision, I can only express regret, although I don't want to appear Such a dispute, but as you Europeans and Americans say, don’t punish the messenger, I’m just a messenger.”

Richard didn't believe it: "You are the principal of the school, and you have great power, so why can't you make a decision."

"Vice-principal, I'm the vice-principal." Principal Pang emphasized in English, which was a rare title he used to describe himself.

Threats of lawsuits could not solve the problem, and Richard suddenly lost his way.

In fact, he does not want to litigate, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive and costly. Although there are lawyers who can complete most of the work, the participation of litigants is still required. In addition, the fees of lawyers are also very high.

Although Richard is a well-known professor at the University of California, his salary is only tens of thousands of dollars because he teaches in a public school. He is naturally richer than the Chinese in the 1980s, but in American society, he is just a good middle class. class.

Of course, if Richard is willing to abandon his teaching position and work in a pharmaceutical company or other similar private companies, his annual salary can easily reach hundreds of thousands of dollars, or even exceed one million dollars, just like Trapp of Zeneca.

But before that, Richard's private income was not high, and he didn't have the soil to engage in academic careers.

At this point, Richard isn't even as moist as a returnee working in China.

However, Richard was backed by the University of California. After sending off Principal Pang in annoyance, Richard immediately notified the University of California about the matter.

The two schools talked back and forth for a few days,

Richard received a call from the University of California: "Peking University will sponsor you according to 30% of the agreement, and the University of California will increase the funding equivalent to 20% of the agreement, but you have to rely on yourself for the remaining 50%."

Richard started scratching his hair involuntarily. The budget was reduced by 50%, which is not as simple as in the language description. The budget is reduced by half, the experiment cannot be reduced by half, the equipment cannot be reduced by half, and the reagents purchased cannot be reduced by half...

Half of the funding, for a new laboratory, almost means that it cannot continue.

Richard said angrily: "They signed an agreement, you should let them implement the agreement."

"You can pursue their legal responsibilities, but you should understand that the reason for China's reduction of expenditures is that you have not produced any output in the past six months." Pushed to Richard.

Richard was speechless, and he wasn't a particularly good talker.

The tone on the other side of the phone was a little better, and he said: "The only support we can give you is to give you funding in advance, so that you can maintain your research for the next period of time. For the remaining gaps, I suggest you find new ones. investors, or seek support from public funds.”

Tell the bad news first, then the good news, and then give a possible solution, which can indeed solve the severe heart block.

Richard regained his spirits and decided to follow the other party's advice.

In the United States, finding support from investors or public funds has always been the main job of laboratory leaders, and some laboratory managers will spend a quarter or even a third of their time and energy on fundraising.

Richard also tried to seek help from individuals or institutions more than once. In most cases, the individuals and institutions that invested in him lost their money, while in a few cases, the investors or investment institutions got corresponding compensation. Returns, as wild as it may sound, Richard's track record is actually pretty good.

Biotechnology from the 1970s to the 1980s, like the Internet in 2000, received crazy investment in the United States and even the world. Most of the investments were losses, and the losses were extremely serious. However, the reason why venture capital is Venture capital lies in their ability to take risks and focus on the proportion of success.

Even the Chinese side has also been affected. The smooth construction of Richard's laboratory is also due to his excellent record.

So far, Richard's excellent record has not changed. He was indeed defeated by Yang Rui's scientific research competition, but Richard's laboratory at Peking University has not been revoked, so it is not a record of failure, let alone the current In terms of status, he has one more failure record, and it won't have much impact.

The only problem is that you will get more stares, more flattery, and more time wasted.

After careful consideration and discussion with his old friends in the United States, Richard decided not to return to China, but to make something and then look for new funds. However, the risk of doing so is even greater. If it takes two months to find money, then he has to make something meaningful within three months, and the relevant research is up to now, and the error tolerance rate is very low in three months for experiments.

Richard was determined.

He approached Principal Pang again, put forward his request, and said: "If you hand over the remaining funds to me in one go, I will give up the lawsuit and find a way to maintain the results of Richard's laboratory. It will also be signed with Peking University’s name in accordance with the original agreement.”

Principal Pang naturally dared not agree.

Richard added weight, threatening to evacuate directly, and expose his behavior at the next International Medical Bioengineering Conference, and directly named Principal Pang.

At this moment, Principal Pang felt a sharp pain and hesitated.

After several days of struggling, Richard finally got the payment for the next few months, which was also the last payment from Peking University.

Richard used the money to order new equipment and reagents. Most of the materials used in biological experiments are not made by himself. Some small biological companies provide them professionally, which is also the foundation of small biological companies.

Ordinary university professors, if they can produce one or two competitive biomaterials and use them to start a company, it is very easy to make millions of dollars in annual profits.

In the 21st century, this trend has also spread to China. The research goals of many professors, researchers, and even graduate students are to apply for patents and open small biological companies, ranging from accurate pH test strips, bacterial culture media, immune cells, to mice, rabbits, and even Chimpanzees can create huge profits.

In the 1980s, there were fewer such biological companies, and the price of the biological materials sold was more expensive, but no matter how expensive it was, it was still cheaper and less expensive than the laboratory itself.

Richard put his heart and soul into it.

It is not easy to make something for investors to see before the funds are exhausted.

Richard became busier than before, which also meant that Xu Anqing, Zhu Jiahao and others were busier.

If it is said that these two scientific research dogs were only squeezed out of blood before, now they are about to be squeezed out of bone marrow, not to mention that they still need to take final exams from time to time.

After only three days of hard work, Zhu Jiahao couldn't take it anymore, and Xu Anqing persisted for half a day longer.

I only sleep for four hours a day, and I do high-intensity precise experiments, and I have to read literature and review exams when I have a little spare time. Think about it, it’s too painful to do it, and human body functions can’t do it. To unlimited overdraft.

After falling asleep during the next day's exam, Xu Anqing couldn't bear it anymore and found Richard asking for a vacation.

Richard was furious: "You are freshmen in the same school, Yang Rui can persist, why can't you persist."

Xu Anqing's veins twitched when he heard it, and said: "When it comes to working hours, Yang Rui is not as persistent as us."

Zhu Jiahao also nodded repeatedly, and said, "Yang Rui is going back to celebrate the New Year, so what are you insisting on?"

Richard's eyelids twitched: "What do you mean?"

Xu Anqing said angrily: "Yang Rui's daily working hours..."

"It's not you." Richard interrupted Xu Anqing, and asked Zhu Jiahao, "You said Yang Rui went back to celebrate the New Year, what do you mean?"

"Chinese New Year is like Christmas for you..."

"I know Chinese New Year, I mean, has he gone back to celebrate Chinese New Year? Has he left?"

"I haven't left yet, but I'm preparing for it. I heard from his fellow villagers that Yang Rui bought train tickets for them all." Zhu Jiahao was quite envious, and asked, "The Spring Festival is only a few days away. When are we going to have a holiday?"

"We don't have a holiday!" Richard said with his eyes shining, "Yang Rui is too naive. Now that he's going back to celebrate the New Year, do you expect me to let him go? Well...he may be setting off smoke bombs, let us relax our vigilance, Don't worry about him, the more this is the case, the more we should work hard..."

"He has announced that he is on vacation. Anyone in Huarui's laboratory who wants to go home can go home. Those who are local or don't go home will stay, and they will be paid overtime." Zhu Jiahao almost spoke with his tongue out.

"We can't decide our actions because of the opponent's movements." Unexpectedly, Richard began to describe Sinovel Labs as opponents.

Xu Anqing frowned, and asked Zhu Jiahao in a low voice in Chinese: "How do you know the situation of Huarui Laboratory so well?"

"I'll just ask someone." Zhu Jiahao felt guilty.

Clap clap!

Richard's clapping interrupted Xu Anqing's questioning. He called in all the people in the laboratory and started the speech before the "victory", with the focus on making persistent efforts to defeat Huarui.

Zhu Jiahao let out a mournful cry, thinking: If I had known earlier, I would not have come to Richard's laboratory.

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