The Royal Academy has an internal evaluation every quarter, on the one hand, to summarize the work of the half-year, and on the other hand, to discuss the allocation of funds for the new quarter.

As the leader of the independent team, Allen, along with his colleagues in the team, Victor and Stanford, attended the first half of the summary meeting of the Institute of Medicinal Plants.

When they first entered the institute, they did not have anything to summarize, so the main purpose of attending the meeting was to familiarize themselves with the workflow of the institute.

Of course, we must also see the fierce grand occasion of "grabbing food" between departments!

That's right, the general meeting of each quarter is the time when the heads of various departments show their housekeeping skills. Everyone is harmonious on the surface, but things related to interests will still be compared.

Another student of the director, Baron Haysz, presided over the meeting, and Mr. Hubert called the other brother and "contacted" the relationship beforehand, and Mr. Hubert looked confident.

The team leader who was good friends with Allen secretly told Allen that their department received a lot of funding every year.

Half of it was because Mr. Hubert was a pupil of the director, Baron Hairs, and had a teacher-student friendship; Half of it is also because Mr. Hubert has always been good at dancing with long sleeves, and he is not a person who buries his head in research and does not listen to things outside the window......

Before Allen did his own project, he didn't know that it would cost so much to engage in a serious research!

Whether it is raw materials, instruments or manpower, everything costs money, and it cannot be saved—because cheap things are generally discounted in effect.

It's no wonder that the institute is supported by many parties, theoretically well-funded, and there are still fights in private - more than research, more than money!

At the meeting in the institute, Allen's department is naturally united and collectively external, but it can also be imagined that once the door is closed to discuss the internal problems of the department, everyone's earlier "intimacy" is bound to disappear.

Even the person in charge who has a good relationship with Allen is knocking on the side today, speculating about the amount of application submitted by Allen.

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Back at the Serentu Palace, Prince Salvin happened to be free and came over to have dinner with them.

Chirp and cub sit in their high chairs, holding their own small spoons in their hands, waiting for the home service machine to bring their meal.

The two little ones, a four-year-old and a three-year-old, have already started to eat normal food, only occasionally adding some complementary foods or special nutrients.

Poking the rice in the bowl with a spoon, the cub looked up and peeked at Prince Salvin and His Royal Highness Kyle, and turned his gaze to Allen.

The two looked at each other thoughtfully, and Alan immediately guessed what the little guy was thinking - the cub wanted Alan to feed him, but he was afraid that his father and brother would think he was squeamish, so he didn't dare to speak.

In fact, if you are really squeamish, you don't care about it, why do you still need to look at the face of the adult?

Prince Salvin also noticed the cub's small movements, he didn't say anything, but said to Allen: "Allen, come to my study after dinner, I have something to tell you." ”

Thinking that his father had "caught" Allen, the cub was so frightened that he quickly put the little spoon into the bowl, dug up a big lump of rice, and immediately stuffed it into his mouth, and peeked at Prince Salvin while agitating his cheeks.

- The cubs have a good meal! Don't catch Cub Ellen!

Probably because it was in a hurry, it was a little choked, and Alan patted it lightly on the back: "Eat slowly, don't panic." After saying that, he brought the soup in the bowl next to Vincent, and motioned for him to drink a little bit, and it was smooth.

Haiqiu's appetite and appetite have always been good, at this time, he holds a spoon, scoops a little rice, with a little dish, and knows how to match meat and vegetables, always eating spoon by spoon in an orderly and compact rhythm.

When it saw that its brother was choking, it hurriedly put its little spoon on the plate, and also stretched out a little fat hand, and caressed Vincent's back in the same way that Eren did.

While touching it, he muttered in a low voice: "Eat slowly, don't panic." ”

The tone and intonation of the little guy are imitating Alan, and they are imitating it vividly—it's just that the little milk voice that can't be concealed repeats this serious sentence very cutely.

The adults present were amused, but they didn't want to dampen the enthusiasm of the baby panda, so they didn't come out.

Alan had just started working at the institute and hadn't eaten dinner in Serentu for the last few days. Alan knew that this was the cub thinking about him, whether he wanted to feed him or second, most of them were just coquettish and wanted to be closer to him.

After giving the little one some soup, Alan took the cub's bowl and spoon and fed the rest of the food in the bowl to the little one.

The cub happily put his little hand on the handle of the chair, raised his little head slightly, and waited for Alan to feed.

Prince Salvin looked at the interaction between his "daughter-in-law" and his youngest son, and he didn't know what he thought, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly.

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Prince Salvin's study was not commonly used, as his office was in the residence of the Imperial Regiment or directly in the study of Emperor Beckwell the Great.

This time, Alan was solemnly summoned to his study, and there were several very important things to discuss with Alan.

"Sit down," Prince Salvin motioned for Alan to sit down on the sofa, and he himself walked over and sat down together: "There are two things I want to tell you, ask your own opinion, and I will give an answer to others." ”

Alan looked at Prince Salvin with some confusion - he couldn't guess what the other party was going to say next, so he could only prick up his ears and listen to him carefully.

"First of all, I would like to ask you about the research funding," Prince Sarwin asked straight to the point, "what do you have in mind, or do you have any plans?" ”

Alan thought for a moment and replied: "I participated in the meeting of the institute before, and now it is the turn of the department to evaluate ourselves, we have just joined the institute, and we have no other merits except for the project we did when we graduated, so we ......"

Alan was afraid that Prince Salvin would be worried, so he immediately added: "However, our research is still in the early stage, and there is not much room for money, and we will gradually deepen it in the future, and when we wait for the next quarter, we will be able to participate in a fair selection." ”

But only if they get enough funding now to see the results of their research, or to hold the next quarterly assessment.

In fact, Allen knows very well in his heart that compared with other teams, their team has few people, joins late, and the new topics are not yet known, so even if they want to go back, they may not be able to fight for anything.

"I've already asked Villanica," Prince Salvin patted him on the shoulder, "The most important thing in doing research is input, both labor and capital......

Seeing Allen's puzzled face, Prince Salvin smiled lightly and said, "What other ways can you get your research funds besides those allocated by the institute?" ”

- What other way can I get it besides what is allotted in the office? That's nothing more than going out to solicit sponsorship by yourself!

There are no restrictions on the commercial sponsorship that each team can find on its own.

Some teams with good benefits may be sponsored by several large groups successively, or even at the same time, and the research results obtained can be sold to these companies for a certain number of years in principle, so as to achieve a win-win situation.

However, such sponsorship is not something that can be found just by looking for it.

For a new team like Allen, it is generally difficult to convince others to invest, even if the other party wants to maintain a good relationship with the royal family because Allen is the face of the prince, this kind of cooperation is not close.

Seeing Prince Salvin talking about this matter, Allen, who knew this "mother-in-law" very well, guessed whether Prince Salvin had already helped their team find the "gold master", or someone had already contacted Prince Salvin and planned to get in touch with Allen.

Sure enough, Prince Salvin spoke: "Duke Tang has been discussing with me recently, because you are almost 20 years old, and you have long been in charge of yourself, and he wants to give you dividends from the family belonging to your mother, Lady Cynthia. ”

"Family dividends?" Alan had vaguely heard his grandfather talk about it before, but at that time he was participating in the Seven Schools United Championship and didn't have the energy to care, and then he completely forgot about it.

"All your mother's shares will be transferred to your name," said Prince Salvin, "and a large amount of money has been accumulated, and you can set up a foundation and ask someone to take care of and operate it, so that you can also invest in your own research projects, and when the time comes, it can be regarded as making money for yourself." ”

What Prince Salvin meant, Alan immediately understood.

If this money is directly used for research, it is equivalent to Allen paying for research himself.

However, if the guò fund is operated as an external "sponsorship", then after the research results of Allen and his team produce benefits, they can exchange the corresponding profits according to the amount of funds invested at the beginning.

In this way, with a certain amount of "sponsorship", Alan only needs to fight for the part of the research funding in the department that they deserve, and then he can continue his own project.

Under the condition of ensuring sufficient funds, there is less competition with other teams in the department, which is naturally conducive to their integration into the collective.

Wait for half a year or a year, their research results can be put into production and produce effects, and at that time, they will have a fair competition with other teams, and there will be much less gossip in the department.

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I didn't expect this matter to be resolved in such a good way, and Alan was very happy.

He couldn't describe his mood for a while, he could only express his gratitude to his grandfather, Duke Tang and Prince Salvin, and vowed to make achievements, not to embarrass them, and not to disgrace himself.

"You just said, there's a second thing, I don't know what it is?"

"The second thing is about whether you want to take the seventh-level pharmacist certification this year."