Listening to the students' admiration, Liu Yanqiu was full of emotion: "Marie Curie is a giant in the scientific world. Not only did she donate her first gram of radium, but Marie Curie also gave up the patent right for radium extraction technology and gave up a fortune greater than one gram of radium! Marie Curie's great spirit is always worth learning from our students!"

There was another sigh in the lab.

Wang Mei found that Qu Guangquan didn't seem to be very moved. "Hey, Qu Guangquan, if you have an invention patent, will you donate it?"

"No, it won't. Qu Guangquan said very clearly.

"Are you too selfish!" Chen Yao immediately said.

"No, I'm not selfish. Times are different, not those of Marie Curie. As you have all seen, we can't do simple experiments without chromatographs, and those tall laboratories in the world are worth more than millions, they are all calculated in billions, and they are dollars. Without fees, you can't even do experiments, let alone inventions, let alone patents. ”

"Doesn't that person's laboratory at Madame Curie's time also cost money? You are just a strong argument!" Inspired by Marie Curie's great spirit, Wang Mei felt that Qu Guangquan's rhetoric was too ruinous of her three views.

"The story of three grams of radium, you should read it carefully. Marie Curie did not apply for a patent, but she ended up in such destitution that she could not even afford to buy a gram of radium for her research. The later two grams of radium were donated by the U.S. government and the public in the United States. Qu Guangquan said.

"Doesn't this just prove that Marie Curie's donation is great, and if not, why would everyone donate to her?" Wang Mei cross-examined.

"No, if she had applied for a patent and had the money, she would have been able to do better scientific research, and with the money, her laboratory would not have been so rudimentary, and her care for her health would have been improved, and leukemia due to radiation might have been delayed or not at all. ”

Gong Meimei still shook her head after hearing this: "I think Marie Curie did the right thing." ”

"Wang Mei, have you ever considered such a question?" Qu Guangquan asked: "How many years will a great scientist like Marie Curie make an experiment in this world for one more day, and he will be able to surpass those mediocre people?"

Chen Yao pulled Wang Mei: "Don't tell him, he means that he is high, he is equal to us for many years in one day, and he can top many of us!"

Qu Guangquan was too busy during this time, and he didn't pay attention to the change in Chen Yao's attitude towards him at all, how to figure out how to feel uncomfortable today.

"Old class, you have to allow me to express my opinion. ”

"Allowed, aren't you expressing a high opinion!" Chen Yao didn't raise his head and continued to experiment.

"And you're—" You sneer, it sounds uncomfortable.

"Then I am not allowed to talk about my feelings. I think Marie Curie is great, not as selfish as some people. ”

Wang Mei, who didn't know why, also sang along: "Marie Curie's mind is really not comparable to our ordinary people, tens of millions of people don't want it, one day if I have the same achievements as Marie Curie, I will follow suit." ”

The idealistic education in schools is often lofty, especially in the impassioned era of the eighties. But when they step into society and find that the idealism they were taught in school is simply not enough, they quickly become more utilitarian than their predecessors.

Qu Guangquan smiled, time has passed, after a certain Comrade Wang Mei got married, he held all his husband's salary in the palm of his hand, and he didn't leak a penny!

Marie Curie's heroic actions may no longer appear in the touching of the adult Wang Mei.

However, Chen Yao's reaction was a bit fierce today, and he had to find a way to clear up the misunderstanding and not let him see himself as a mercenary guy.

"Do you know why chromatography technology has developed so much in this century?" Qu Guangquan looked at Wang Mei.

"Isn't it what you said, you can't even measure a pesticide residue without the chromatograph? Wang Mei still disdains Qu Guangquan.

"It's just the effect, it's not the cause. ”

"What's the reason for that? It can't be money!" Wang Mei looked disdainful.

"You're right, it's money! Just now, Mr. Liu said that foreign brands of chromatographs are sold for 360,000 units, which is still ordinary, and there are even more expensive. I want to ask you, where is the chromatograph expensive?"

"It must be a rare material, otherwise it would be so expensive!"

Qu Guangquan shook his head: "The most expensive thing is rarity, exclusivity, technical confidentiality, patent fees, etc. ”

"Look, I said I have to learn from Marie Curie. If the technology is disclosed and no patents are required, then the chromatograph will develop faster. ”

Qu Guangquan shook his head again: "Without the drive of interests, no one will invest in this industry." The greater the drive for profit, the more people are willing to invest. ”

"Wang Mei, some people have fallen into the eyes of money!" Chen Yao finally interjected.

"Wang Mei, do you know what patent protection is?" Qu Guangquan pretended not to hear.

"It's to protect him and make money!"

In a word, the patentee is naturally willing to further engage in invention research when he receives a high patent fee, and the enterprise with a patent will naturally increase investment in scientific research because it has favorable economic benefits. This creates a virtuous circle. ”

Wang Mei did not refute this time, but listened quietly.

"Moreover, patents have time and regional boundaries, and when the patent time passes, it must be disclosed to the public, which will still promote science and technology. ”

Ten or twenty years of patents have already secretly learned. Another group of classmates, who were listening with interest, interjected.

Qu Guangquan smiled: "Let's talk about chromatographs, which can be divided according to the physical state of mobile phases: gas chromatographs, liquid chromatographs and supercritical fluid chromatographs. According to the separation principle, it can be divided into: adsorption chromatograph, partition chromatograph, ion chromatograph, gel chromatograph (size exclusion chromatograph) and biological affinity chromatograph. Do you know why there are so many types?"

"That's not easy, it's researched!" added another classmate.

"It's because of patents! Every chromatographic technique, there's a patent. As long as there is a slight direction for development, the patented enterprises will continue to develop in order to obtain greater benefits, while other enterprises without patents will focus on the original blank areas for development. In this way, today's chromatography technology has developed greatly. ”

"Qu Guangquan is right, who is stupid if there is no money, where is he studying and playing!"

Qu Guangquan thought that someone finally supported him openly, Chen Yao might be able to ease his complexion, and when he looked back, he was still so cold.

I didn't do anything wrong.