Chapter 071, Filibuster
In the evening, after eating at home, Canglong and Uncle Jia went to the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, where the two academicians in charge of this botanical institute are China's Taishan Beidou in the plant world, and have obtained many research results, the most famous of which is the results of the plant evolution project.
What Hammulette needs is this achievement, but no one knows whether this achievement is real, after all, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has not taken this achievement to carry out any major projects, so the outside world has always suspected that this so-called achievement is just the gold plating on the resume of an academician.
However, Uncle Jia told Canglong that the Institute of Botany under the Chinese Academy of Sciences is indeed studying this project, although there is progress, but it is not the result of being released to the outside world.
For example, for popular research, the funding focus of the institute will be much higher, and the funding of the institute will be much lower for non-popular research, and a heavyweight department like the Chinese Academy of Sciences will spend huge amounts of money every year, but in this huge expenditure, almost two-thirds of it is spent on research with specific requirements, and the rest are just for faΓ§ade.
In today's economic premise, plant research has always been unpopular in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and there are only two academicians in the entire botanical research institute, because of the lack of funds, so the process is naturally slow.
"Then we have money, why don't they want to work for us?" Canglong said strangely, Orient International has strong funds, which is already well known.
"Because they have people behind them." Uncle Jia explained while driving, "The two groups of the Institute of Botany and COFCO China Grain Storage are in a strategic cooperative relationship, and the projects to be carried out by Orient International will have a conflict of interest with the two groups in the future, do you think these two academicians will easily hand over their research results to you?" Even if Mr. Lin got the approval from above, transferred the results to Orient International, and asked the two academicians to fully assist, they had to agree to it, not to mention that it was a gold-plated project at all, and it was only the words on the document until now. β
"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Canglong frowned.
His plan must have been disseminated by the major interest groups in Beijing, but now he has not really had a conflict of interests with these two groups, but if he were to replace himself, he would definitely stifle any unfavorable factors in his infancy.
"At first, Mr. Lin thought that the two major interest groups would not do it so quickly, after all, there was no real competition of interests, and there was nothing wrong with the news we obtained, until I went today, I realized that something was wrong, but those two academicians obviously did not want to offend us, so there was a chance at night." Uncle Jia explained.
"Someone's behind it?" Canglong guessed something, and thought, "Could it be that the Japanese can't do it?" β
"This is impossible, according to the habits of the Japanese, they are not absolutely sure, they will not expose themselves, so something must be wrong, but your plan is not a secret, so it is not strange that the people behind the two major interest groups of COFCO will act in advance." Uncle Jia said, "The important thing is how you get these so-called results that are still in their infancy. β
Canglong was a little disappointed, but he was still ready to take a look, after all, he still had to explain to Hamulet.
Ten minutes later, the car successfully arrived at the Institute of Botany, which is also the headquarters of all research institutes under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the country.
But what Canglong didn't know was that ten minutes ago, the two academicians who were in the research institute received a call at the same time, this call came from the largest partner of the Botanical Research Institute, and after weighing the pros and cons, the two academicians made a decision at the same time.
So, after Uncle Jia and Canglong came to the Institute of Botany, the staff began to take them to visit the Institute of Botany, and Uncle Jia was still interested at first, but then Uncle Jia was impatient and asked the staff member: "Didn't you say that you would come out in half an hour?" Why hasn't it come out yet? β
The little girl who was in charge of entertaining them was obviously a little embarrassed, because when Uncle Jia came during the day, she encountered this situation, and she was the same one who entertained Uncle Jia.
"This experiment is very important, and it must be done by the two academicians themselves" The little girl in charge of the reception made an excuse, but she herself found that this excuse was really a bit high-sounding.
Under Uncle Jia's eyes, she couldn't say any more, she just lowered her head, and at this moment, Canglong spoke: "Can you take me to visit the project on plant evolution?" I'm curious. β
The staff of "this" was originally very embarrassed, but suddenly it occurred to the academician that as long as these two people could be dragged out, they could use any method, so she didn't care about the so-called confidentiality or not, and after saying that the research had not yet achieved results, it had been shelved.
"Okay, you come with me." The little girl who entertained said.
But Uncle Jia shook his head: "You go and see him, I'm waiting here, I don't believe I can't see these two guys today, I really take myself seriously!" β
Seeing Uncle Jia's angry face, the hospitality staff hurriedly took Canglong to a plant cultivation greenhouse, where there is an all-weather weather simulation, and there are professional personnel watching over the plants twenty-four hours a day, according to the person who entertained them, there are hundreds of instruments to monitor this plant cultivation greenhouse alone, and they are observing the changes of plants all the time, of course, this is also the time of research.
"By the way, isn't this research suspended?" Canglong suddenly thought of something, if he paused, then he wanted to see it, and he probably couldn't see anything.
"There was a pause on the paper, but there were people who continued to work on this in the greenhouse, and although most of the equipment was taken to other greenhouses, some of it was retained." The little girl said, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought you over to see it, would you?" β
"What's going on?" Canglong said strangely.
"Originally, the institute decided to give up this research, after all, the funds are tight, almost all the instruments are used here, the manpower and material resources are spent hugely, and the money is burned all the time, but the results are mediocre, in such an era that only focuses on results, and does not pay attention to the future value, how can it be possible to spend so much money into such research, so the institute found an excuse that the research has already achieved results, but in fact, it has been terminated, but it is just to find a better excuse to step down." The little girl in charge said, obviously she is a big-mouthed girl, I don't know if she saw Canglong handsome or what, and accidentally said all the joints.
But after she finished speaking, she realized that she had said the wrong thing, and said with a worried face: "You won't tell the academicians about this, right?" β
"Of course not." Canglong shook his head, "You haven't gotten to the point yet. β
"What's the point?" The little girl looked dazed, and suddenly thought of something, so she said, "Oh, I forgot, it was two doctoral students and three master's students who asked to continue research, and the institute did not agree, but the five of them said that they would not subsidize and were willing to continue research, so the institute agreed, of course, in the case of transferring most of the equipment, so what I can take you to see is only their research, not the original research of the institute." β
"That's right." Canglong nodded, although he didn't understand the so-called biology, but he also wanted to see if these people would create any miracles, maybe the two academicians probably also held the idea of students creating miracles, and were supporting their research, after all, it didn't cost much, and there was a subsidy for five people missing, so why not?
"By the way, there's one more thing." The little girl suddenly thought of something again, "After I show you around the greenhouse, can you do me a favor?" β
"What's the busy?" Canglong said strangely.
"You will not achieve anything from staying here, and the two academicians will not agree to you at all, even if the salary you are willing to pay is high." The little girl who entertained said.
"Didn't the two academicians agree when Uncle Jia came during the day?" Canglong asked.
Hearing this, the little girl looked around, and after seeing that there was no one, she whispered to him: "The academician was indeed in the laboratory during the day, and promised to see you at night, but at night the two academicians answered a phone call, it is said that it is the deputy general manager of the grain reserve, anyway, the kind with a very big level, and then the academician is unwilling to see you, and also told me, whatever method is used to send you, as long as you get rid of you, even if I beg you to help me, okay, you stay here, it will make us very embarrassed." β
Hearing the end, Canglong understood why the little girl would tell her such a confidential thing, it turned out that it was just to exonerate herself, thinking about it, continuing to stay here would indeed make this little girl embarrassed, and Uncle Jia's temper is probably not something that this little girl can bear.
"Okay, I'll leave after the tour." Canglong said calmly, but he was thinking in his heart, "What is this deputy general manager of China Grain Storage?" β
Soon they came to the greenhouse, there was no big scene in it, there were dozens of hotbeds in the whole greenhouse, but only one hotbed was open, two people in overalls stood on one side of the hotbed, one of them was observing the plant samples, reporting some technical terms in his mouth, while the other was meticulously recording something.
"This is the greenhouse, and those two people are two doctoral students among the five people, one is named Jiang Yue, and the other is Yoshiko Kawashima." The little girl who entertained her was introduced from afar.
However, Canglong was slightly shocked by the name of another girl: "All women? Yoshiko Kawashima? Are there any Japanese in this institute? β
"A Japanese student, don't be surprised, the Chinese Academy of Sciences still has academicians of Japanese descent, what is a few Japanese students." The little girl who entertained said.
"Oh." Canglong nodded.
But at this moment, an angry voice suddenly came from the only hotbed where the light was on: "Secretary Liu, can I ask you to come in in in your work clothes next time?" β