Shen Qi bought a Tesla out of his own pocket and gave it to Lao Yan to congratulate Lao Yan on his successful marriage.

Lao Yan got married on time, and after getting married, he went on a business trip to Nangang Obeqi Pharmaceutical.

Shen Qi personally reviews many resumes from all over the world, and the owners of these resumes are chemical researchers, including Chinese and foreigners.

One of the resumes surprised Shen Qi, and the owner of the resume was Charles Barton, a Nobel Prize nominee in chemistry and a professor at Stanford University.

Professor Patton was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last year, but sadly, he did not receive the prize.

Even if he did not win the award, being nominated for Nuohua is enough to prove Professor Barton's academic strength.

Shen Qi does not reject foreign scholars, and he himself has worked in the United States for many years as a foreign scholar.

The center's global reputation has spread, and Shen Qi will not be surprised by applicants who have Philippine prizes and promises in the fields of mathematics and physics. Mr. Witten holds the Filipino Award and the Promise, and he works as a consultant in the center.

In the field of chemistry, Shen Qi did not expect to attract Nominees to submit resumes.

Stanford University's chemistry program has long been ranked among the top five in the world and has trained many Nonotization winners.

Professor Barton is under the age of 50 and is in the prime of his academic career.

"This Professor Barton is a character. Shen Qi got in touch with Professor Barton by email, and the two agreed to have a video conference call.

At 9 a.m. China time, Shen Qi met Professor Patton on video.

"Professor Barton, it's a pleasure to have this chat. ”

"Professor Shen, I hope to go to China and work with you. ”

Shen Qi and Barton have never met, why did Professor Barton express such a strong will?

Is it because of my personal charm? Shen Qi asked, "I want to know what Professor Patton really thinks about you?"

"Regarding the research of macrocyclic compounds, I have not been able to apply for sufficient research funding in the United States, and I have learned that Professor Shen's research is very well funded, so I hope we can work together. ”

Oh, I see.

Shen Qi understood that Professor Patton couldn't get along in the United States, so he wanted to come to China.

After all, Professor Barton is a nominee, not a nodo.

If he is a Noorized winner, then he will be supported by various resources in any place.

In the field of organic chemistry, the research direction of macrocyclic compounds belongs to the nature of "no results in research for a lifetime, but once results are made, they are very good".

Shen Qi understands the scientific research system of the United States relatively well.

American professors need to get their own funding for their research, either from the U.S. government or from corporations.

The research direction of "research does not produce results in a lifetime, but once the results are produced, it is very awesome" is not easy to attract sponsorship for many years.

Shen Qi's understanding is that Professor Patton encountered a broken funding chain on the road to "once the results are awesome".

"Professor Patton, how much research funding do you need for the research of macrocyclic compounds?" asked Shen Qi.

Professor Barton: "Five million a year, I mean dollars. ”

Shen Qi showed a surprised expression: "Walter?"

Professor Barton on the other side of the ocean saw Shen Qi so shocked, and hurriedly said, "Four million is fine!"

Really, you can't do scientific research without money.

Shen Qi has more than 100 million US dollars in scientific research funds that can be mobilized, and he has also studied macrocyclic compounds, so he feels that investing 5 million US dollars a year in this research direction is too little, at least 8 million US dollars to start, otherwise he will not be able to produce results at all.

There are very few scholars who study macrocyclic compounds in China, and Shen Qi and his organic chemistry textbook at Yanda University clearly wrote: "One of the principles of organic synthesis is to avoid macrocyclic compounds as much as possible, because macrocyclic compounds above eight yuan are not easy to obtain, and chemical reactions in this area are rarely developed." Of course, with the improvement and development of the methodology for the synthesis of macrocyclic compounds, this principle will be gradually revised. ”

Anyway, after many years of research, no one has developed a new principle related to macrocyclic compounds.

It is not an order of magnitude difficult to fix a chemical principle and develop a new compound.

Shen Qi was eager to get his hands on macrocyclic compounds, which was one of the requirements for his chemistry to continue to upgrade.

Shen Qi said: "Professor Patton, I don't think it's enough to invest four or five million dollars a year in the study of macrocyclic compounds. China's scientific research system is different from that of the United States, and I don't have a lot of scientific research funds on hand, $8 million a year, do you think it's okay?"

Professor Barton's shock and delight crossed the vast Pacific Ocean, and the Canadian chemist working in the United States was eager to fly to China immediately: "Oh my God, when can I come to work with you?"

"Anytime. Shen Qi said, "But I would like to remind Professor Barton that the patent ownership of the scientific research results researched at Yan University belongs to Yan University, and the patent development right can be freely controlled by the original personnel, and can be converted into the material income of the original personnel after approval by the relevant Chinese departments." To put it bluntly, if we overcome the problem in the field of macrocyclic compounds, the honor belongs to us, and other things other than honor belong to Yanda. ”

"No problem, I just want to do what I think needs to be done. "Professor Barton said, I didn't come to China for money, but for dreams.

Inspired by his dream, Professor Barton set off for China.

Professor Barton has a team in the chemistry department at Stanford, and now, the boss has run away, and the team members are temporarily unemployed.

Team members have two options, either follow the boss or go to a new boss.

Not everyone who works in the U.S. wants to come to China.

In the end, only two PhDs in chemistry followed Professor Barton to China, one Iranian and one Bulgarian, both of whom were students of Professor Barton.

The Shen Qi Scientific Research Center is becoming more and more internationalized, and internationalization means that the confidentiality work needs to be improved.

"Professor Patton, Dr. Aziz, Dr. Kosonov, this is a confidentiality agreement, please sign it. Shen Qi handed over three confidentiality agreements to the three foreign scholars.

The confidentiality agreement stipulates that Professor Barton, Dr. Aziz, and Dr. Kosonov must abide by Chinese laws and the confidentiality rules of Yan University during their work at Yan University.

This is the case internationally, and when Shen Qi left Princeton, all the relevant academic materials from his time at Princeton were left to Princeton.

The three foreign scholars signed a confidentiality agreement and then went to work.

Shen Qi continued to recruit chemistry researchers to strengthen Professor Barton's team.