"Mr. Gu, what are your orders?"

Not long after Qiu Shiming left Gu Cheng's office, he was called back again.

The two of them are now sitting on the sofa in the office, Gu Cheng covered his mouth with one hand and lowered his head in thought, and after a while, he looked up at Lao Qiu and said: "I have been thinking about this money recently, and I have to find a way to consume it, otherwise it will be four or five hundred billion yuan a year, and 1.5 trillion yuan in three years. ”

Qiu Shiming: "......"

Look at this one......

Especially seeing Gu Cheng's deep and melancholy and tangled face, Lao Qiu was a little unbearable, if it was spread out, the rhythm of being swiped every minute.

Not only is Gu Cheng's current wealth skyrocketing at an incredible speed, Lao Qiu, with 7% of the equity share, is now worth a huge wealth of 105 billion net assets, even according to the amount of cash reserves, Lao Qiu can share 29.7 billion from it, with a cash flow of 29.7 billion.

And 7% of the equity share of Tianqing Technology under his name is still in the stage of rapid appreciation.

When the wealth has reached hundreds of billions, whether it is Gu Cheng or Qiu Shiming, it is just a string of numbers for them.

The pursuit of material things can reach the point of extreme luxury at any time, and it is more of a spiritual pursuit.

Lao Qiu couldn't help but be curious: "What are you going to do with it?" Do you do charity? ”

Gu Cheng said: "Paying taxes according to law is the greatest charity, and I sell weapons and equipment to do charity......

Speaking of this, Gu Cheng took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, the cigarette holder tapped on the palm of his hand, shook his head and smiled, lit the cigarette, and continued: "Didn't you see how the series of nicknames given to me by some Western media describe me?" No, I'm not going to do charity in my life. ”

Seeing Gu Cheng's resolute attitude, Qiu Shiming asked curiously, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Gu Cheng poured out a wisp of smoke and said in a deep voice: "I decided to set up a natural science basic research foundation, the goal is to use the resources available in my hands to improve the level of basic research in our country, this is to make a strategic layout for the future, after all, it is to look up to the stars, and breakthroughs in basic science are particularly important." ”

In recent years, the development of science and technology has indeed been very fast, which is obvious to all, especially in the field of applied science.

However, it is also undeniable that basic scientific research is still inferior to developed countries in Europe and the United States, although the birth of a world-leading technology giant such as Tianqing Technology Group, but Gu Cheng knows that this is an accidental nature, and does not represent the fact that the overall basic science level of the country and the nation is still backward.

This idea is not to spend money and spend money, but to have a larger layout, that is, to lay a talent foundation for the future to the sea of stars, and to really go to the sea of stars, not to cultivate talents in one or two fields, but to develop as a whole, aerospace, new materials, physics, astronomy, etc., especially the improvement of basic science is very important.

Qiu Shiming said: "How much do you plan to invest in this foundation?" ”

Gu Cheng said without thinking: "200 billion a year." ”

"What? 200 billion? Or is it every year?? Lao Qiu's eyes widened when he heard this number, and he exclaimed, "Are you sure you didn't say a zero?" ”

Gu Cheng nodded affirmatively: "That's right, it's 200 billion per year, just a little more!" ”

Qiu Shiming put away his emotions, heard Gu Cheng's words again, and knew that he was not joking, but really wanted to do this.

"Mr. Gu, what are you...... The state's funding for basic scientific research is not so ruthless, it is really unusual not to make a move, if this news is announced, the academic community will not be able to blow up! ”

Compared with last year's total R&D expenditure of 1.96 trillion yuan, it still maintained a double-digit growth rate of 11.6%, but among the total scientific research funds of nearly 2 trillion yuan, basic research funds were only 111.8 billion, accounting for only 5.68%.

It is no wonder that many college graduates are reluctant to enter the field of basic scientific research, no wonder that basic scientific research funding is tight, and no wonder that the progress of basic science is lagging behind.

Gu Cheng wants to spend an additional 200 billion here, and it is this intensity every year, and it is only a lot more, and it is more than the country, if this news is announced, the academic community will definitely be so excited that it will fry.

Gu Cheng thought for a while and said: "It's called 'Tianqing Science Foundation', positioned as a paid research institution, I am in charge of the science foundation in name, our Tianqing Technology only wants all the right to know about research breakthroughs in the field of cutting-edge science and technology, not only can not snatch the achievements of scientific researchers, but also protect the scientific research achievements of scientists and help them on patent issues." Of course, on this basis, there is a good transformation of results, as long as the project is funded by Tianqing Science Foundation, our company must have the right to know and the right of priority investment, as a financial investor. ”

It was determined that he wanted to build this science foundation, so he would not drag his feet, and in the next week, Gu Cheng discussed with Lao Qiu and other senior managers to draft this science foundation.

The three core points of "Tianqing Science Foundation" were preliminarily determined, including the management structure, the evaluation system and the task plan for scientific research project funding.

The programs are divided into four categories: basic research programs, science education programs, applied research programs, and international cooperation programs, and these programs carry out various functions.

The entire foundation is fully operational, and it is estimated that about 80,000 people will be needed, of which the management staff will be the smallest, and the jury will be the largest, accounting for more than 90%, mainly by senior scientists in the same industry, full-time or invited university professors as consultants, etc.

There are so many people on the jury because the science foundation that Gu Cheng has engaged in is not specifically for a certain scientific field, but has been enlarged to the scope of basic research in the entire natural sciences, and the fields involved can be described as dazzling.

In the drafting of this week's meeting, ten basic science fields such as chemistry, geoscience, mathematics, and physics have been established, among which the fields of basic physics such as high-temperature superconductivity, multiphoton entanglement and interference metrics, neutrino oscillations, quantum anomalous Hall effect, etc., in addition, in the fields of quantum, nano, stem cells, brain map imaging, artificial biosynthesis, proteins, etc., there are also topological insulated quantum states, neuroscience, brain imaging and other fields.

Hundreds of fields have been officially included in the Foundation's key R&D funding projects, including the construction of many basic physics laboratories and even space laboratories.

At present, in the last week before the military parade celebration, the homepage of the official website of Tianqing Technology quietly announced the "Tianqing Science Foundation", and used a whole page to introduce the foundation and its related detailed disclosure.

Gu Cheng set the basic tone of the foundation and there was nothing else to do, the electromagnetic orbital weapon project was still preparing personnel, and then he had a good rest for two days, did nothing, raised a life or something, and flew to the capital at the end of September.

However, as soon as the news of his science foundation was announced, it struck a wave of presence at the end of September, and as the major media reprinted the report, the media and the entire academic community set off an uproar for a while.

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