Chapter 142: The Round Table in the Secret Room
"Even with the full efforts of this genius doctor, this experiment will require no less time and money than the Apollo moon landing, but I regret to tell you: "In a basement chamber, a middle-aged man with glasses and a grim face is giving a speech that may change the fate of mankind."
"This year's congressional military budget is only 800 billion yuan, and only 150 billion yuan can be diverted to secret research without notice, and there is still a lot of urgent investment in secret research that we are conducting. It is conceivable that once this project is relaunched, the total annual investment will only increase, and the special budget will not provide us with turnaround time. The middle-aged man paused for a moment and said, "This is already compressing and postponing other less important research projects, and we also have to see a reality, this research plan at hand, we can't seek the involvement of private funds and technical forces on a large scale like the moon landing program, nor can we apply for funding like other secret research, otherwise everyone here will be ruined and spend the second half of our lives in prison, if there is still the second half of our lives." ”
In front of the circular conference seat, eight people, including the middle-aged man who had just spoken, sat down scattered. They were silent one by one, and they could only see nervous thinking from the slight turn of their eyes.
"If it weren't for the sudden intervention of outside forces, we could continue to wait until they were more perfect, and now it would be a real headache for us to afford such a huge plan." After a long time, a person sitting across from him made a fuss.
No one heeded the remark, but again, no one raised any objection to the plan, or made any suggestion to abandon it. In fact, there have been some precedents for similar studies for the same purpose, but none of them have had many clear and meaningful results, so they have not received attention and continued investment in financial and human resources, and are now basically in a state of slow and semi-stagnant. Now let them see that someone can get phased results, of course, they can't give up easily, no matter what, the other party's only one attached experimental result has epoch-making medical significance, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no miracles if it continues. Although they are all sane, no one can guarantee the development of science, dare to guarantee that such research is meaningless. Whether this research is a "perpetual motion machine" fantasy can only be proven if it has been done.
"I'd love to throw the crumbs into the Persian Gulf to feed the fish, but so far intelligence shows that we can't find their exact den, and there's no way to do anything about them. The only people who are likely to have been in contact with them cannot be asked by conventional means, and everyone should understand what I mean. The middle-aged man lifted his glasses and looked at everyone present.
Of course, I understand that there are only two people who are eligible, one is a doctor who will rely on the core of research in the future, and the other is the crazy old man who controls a huge amount of wealth. Although the previous arrest may have caused some resistance to this doctor, judging from the fact that he dared to engage in this kind of research unscrupulously, he would definitely not care about those things, but this attitude shows that the other party values his own life very much, otherwise he would not have taken such a big risk to promote this kind of research. If you ask questions by conventional means, it is easy to make the other person feel physically threatened, and the impact of this is difficult to estimate. Because no one can be sure what a genius scientist can study and which ones are not within his ability. In this case, the threat seems meaningless, and it may seem to you that the threat has served its purpose, but in fact the scientist may have a better and more complete idea, but if he doesn't say it, you won't notice anything. This is the opponent's most powerful means of counterattack, which cannot be monitored or prevented. Just as no one can guarantee the life of another person. The other is easier to understand, the influence of the other party is there, and it is impossible for these people to arrest the other party without evidence that can be put in the open. The words of ordinary people can be concealed, and it is impossible for a rich man like him to hide the news of his arrest. He's certainly ready for that. The previous coursy could catch the other party off guard, but somehow managed to make him escape. Forget the accusations, the other party has a lawyer and money to fight a lawsuit. Once the interrogation is made public, everything that needs to be done now will be lost.
The same thought turned in everyone's minds, but they didn't say it, and some words could only be understood by themselves in their hearts, and if they said it, they would be in big trouble.
"So how about we work with him? Based on the results of previous discussions, it would be better for us to continue with him, albeit with more complex plans and secrecy. "One man leaned back, the meeting had been going on for a long time, and it had been arguing fiercely for five hours, and it made his back feel a little sore.
This "he", the other seven people all know who they refer to, except for the confused, stubborn and crazy old guy, there will be no second person's name within their scope of cooperation.
The middle-aged man took a sip of water from the paper cup, looked at the others, and looked thoughtful, all of them seemed to be a little excited, but it was still a problem to re-coordinate.
"This can be done, but there is still a problem, after our years of accounting, in order to achieve a truly meaningful effect, at least an additional 700 billion yuan of investment, because it involves the solution of many other related problems. And relying on the strength of both him and our current side, it is still a little insufficient. Although his independent research has solved some of the previous key problems and made a very practical medical technology, the more critical points have not yet been carried out, and they have been disrupted by those guys. "In today's discussion, the middle-aged man has repeatedly mentioned the biomedical technology that is currently being expanded for trial and impact, just to remind everyone here that this plan is not illusory and unrealistic.
"If you say so, you can secretly transfer the annual income of that biotechnology to the investment of this plan through cooperation with this old guy," sitting on his left hand, a slightly younger person made a solution suggestion, "According to the survey report of the people below me, the future market prospects of this biotechnology are very broad, the market share of the Americas and Europe is about 40 billion US dollars, which is still based on a very conservative basis, and as the society of various countries continues to develop towards an aging society, According to the welfare systems of various countries, there will be more elderly people, even if they are relatively healthy, and they will take organ transplants to prolong their lives. In this way, it will be used in a wider range of applications. Part of the patent right is in the hands of the other party, and there can be a fixed income every year, and some problems should be solved after cooperation. ”
"It's not going to be that simple, although your market analysis is correct, but obviously these countries are not going to give away these benefits in vain, and the government is not going to continue to defend their patent rights, at most five years, these markets will disappear, and we need much more than that." The middle-aged man wasn't particularly tempted, it was just a not-so-bad idea.
"Maybe we should enlist some more senior people to join the program and apply for more special budgets." A guy who hadn't spoken for a long time came out.
However, this attracted hostile eyes from others, and he was overwhelmed.
"This is absolutely not good, some of the projects we have carried out in the past have caused a lot of trouble, if it wasn't handled properly, everyone here should have retired a long time ago, you should know this." Of course, this can be done for the sake of the country's interests, but this plan will obviously not have any impact on the country's political situation for decades, nor will there be any direct benefits to speak of, and it is impossible to put research on the table that merely satisfies personal desires. The country's system determined that this plan could not be made public for a long time. The middle-aged man's brows couldn't help but furrow, damn it, too many people already knew about this plan, although it hadn't caused any trouble yet. But that's only because everyone understands that the results of this stage, while they can be described as miracles, are still far from turning fantasy into reality. And with such a huge plan, it is not easy to keep more people from knowing. In fact, there will always be many people who know about any research that is very troublesome to implement, but only a few core people can know the specific details. The reason is simple, troublesome research means more collaboration, and more collaboration means more people.