I started by setting up a studio, which is the kind of research that is very broad in archaeology and culture. The initial start-up capital was a lot of headaches for me. It's fine for my savings to support me for a while, but for archaeological research on a large scale, it's not enough.

I first asked my parents for help, and they went back to their hometown in the south to start a toy export business and have a toy factory. I rarely met them when I was in college, and the most important thing was that I had archaeological projects during my college years, which was subsidized, and I never asked them for living expenses and pocket money. Except for having to go back to see them every Chinese New Year, I only go to see them during work breaks or when I pass through my hometown. The people who do business really don't take care of their families, and they rarely call me, until I have an accident this time, they come to see me. Seeing that I had all four limbs and my body was as strong as a calf, not only did I not worry, but I also said happily: It's okay if you don't have that job, come and help us, these will be yours sooner or later, and it will be easier for you to take over the two of us as soon as possible.

However, when I proposed the idea of setting up an archaeology studio to my parents, the second elder rejected on the spot and firmly opposed my further involvement in archaeology. As soon as this road is broken, it will hit me hard. I never thought that money would stump me like this.

But I've been in the archaeological community for a while, and I'm a bit well-known. I decided to rely on my connections to find financial support.

I'm casting a wide net. I bound up the materials of the studio I established and the research direction of the studio into a book, and added a personal introduction to it (this is to be blown). Send it to the funders I know and others who have introduced them to potential funders. Then I'll wait for the news to come back.

Maybe it's because I'm really famous, and I get a quick reply from a funder, or it's a funder from abroad, an American non-governmental Asian culture research institution. I worked with them on an archaeological project in the Minjiang River Valley, and I was the leader of the archaeological team, and although my English was terrible and I didn't communicate fluently, I was deeply impressed by my rich practical experience. In the letter, they replied that they could provide some funds to my studio, but they had the right to approve the flow of funds and the details of their use. Another point is that if there are archaeological results, they have the right to receive information and the right to sign the archaeological report, and they have the right to send personnel to monitor the use of funds. I was driven crazy by the money at the time, so I agreed to their request, and later I saw that this reply was a bit sloppy, and I should at least give them some restrictions on the details, so that my side would have more autonomy.

The second letter of reply with investment intention was from a European cultural institution based in Sweden from abroad, which was introduced by a friend. They have higher requirements for the use of funds, archaeological results. With my first start-up capital, my mentality was much better, and I negotiated with them for a long time to gain the most initiative in the use of funds. The use of US funds must be approved by the other side before it can be used, and the European funds can be used at the same time as the report is handed over, which is equivalent to cutting the funds first and then playing, and the gap in time and freedom is too large. As for the archaeological results, I don't think anyone can take them, because when they enter the substantive stage, they must be intervened by domestic official institutions, which is by no means something that a studio can carry out.

However, the amount of funds from Europe is far inferior to that of the United States. Perhaps that's why they made compromises.

The third tranche of money came from an adventurous real estate tycoon in China, which is an old acquaintance of mine. He and I met him at Meili Snow Mountain, and I took an expedition team to do an archaeological and geological survey, and our camp was already above the snow line. He and a few mountaineers passed by our camp and thought we were a mountaineering team, so they came to greet us and learned that we were engaged in archaeology. However, this did not affect our communication, and I was even more familiar with the geological structure of Meili Snow Mountain than his guide, and I could give him some useful advice. Of course, I recognized his iconic slightly vicissitudes of face at a glance, and he did not hide his identity, and the photo of the two of us is still in my photo album.

It wasn't the most funded, but it was the most free, and he got my studio through the first and toughest period.

The studio has done several things in the past few years, the larger one is to participate in an archaeological excavation of a certain river valley in Lop Nur, and the other is a complete exploration of the Yadan landform group where the No. 1 bunker is located.

That exploration of the Yadan landform group cost me all my funds, not only did the funding for that year run out, but I also applied for an additional amount of money to barely complete this matter. After that, I spent a year on the sand table in the studio, restoring the whole picture of the Yadan landform. Only I know why I did this, and I think Xiao Guolin would understand my thoughts if he saw it.

The work of these years, from an economic point of view, has not yielded anything, not even a decent archaeological report. However, the three parties did not withdraw their funds tacitly, and they all maintained enough patience.

My mind drifted for a moment, and then I returned to the letter. The last sentence of the letter is: Don't forget your promise!

How can you forget? I said silently. But my heart is cold, not because of this promise, but because of the background of this promise.

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We went down through that crack. Like I said, while climbing the crack, the arm injury severely restricted squad leader Liu's movements. Not to mention carrying a gun on his back, he gave me all the weight and could not walk an inch in the steep crevices.

The others followed Platoon Commander Zhao down in front, and they had to follow the lighting, Xiao Guolin and Cao Mingzhe's physical strength did not allow them to wait on the cliff. I put the penlight in my mouth, climbed the rock above my head with one hand, and grabbed the armed belt of squad leader Liu with the other. Squad Leader Liu's left arm hanging from his chest was useless, he couldn't use his strength at all, and he couldn't even move, he was completely moved here with his right hand and my help. Not being able to change hands became his fatal wound.

I looked at his pale face and muttered, "Hold on." He let go of his grip on his belt, took out a morphine from his bosom and said, "If you can't hold on, I'll have one." ”

You can imagine how muffled and weird my voice was with a flashlight in my mouth.

Squad Leader Liu's eyes lit up, and he immediately returned to his normal expression and said, "It's useless, it's not the main problem." My left arm didn't react except for pain, and it was really hard to go down with one hand, and I overestimated my ability. ”

He said this very calmly, very rationally, and very logically. I think if I were in this situation, I would probably collapse.

"Now, are you going to tell me what Company Commander Li said? Or do you want to tell me something? I stared at him.

PS: First of all, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. There is also good news, two more tomorrow. Today, I will try to finish revising the article I sent out earlier, and I will concentrate on writing in the future. The habit of not checking the manuscript is a hard injury, and now I can really see it. Please alert the author when you find any omissions or errors in your work. Thank you. Also, please promote this book, and if you don't have a collection, collect it quickly.