It is a very good choice to cross the river by touching the old beauty, although from a higher perspective, it seems a waste of resources to engage in something that others have already made, such as having a Hubble telescope.

But that's just the ideal state, the reality is another thing, if you don't have it yourself, then you have to look at other people's faces, and people can only stare at you if they don't use it.

If you want to be self-reliant in science and technology, you must first have something that you can call the shots.

It is true that there is too much lag in basic scientific research, and the courses that should be made up must be made up after all.

When the old beauty is almost touched, you can explore it yourself, and realize that from catching up to surpassing, the meal always has to be eaten one bite at a time.

……

The next day, around 10:20 a.m. on Saturday.

Fang Hong came to Xincheng University, and the presidents of Xincheng University, Li Kang and Ning Xingqing, still went out to wait and greet them earlier than the agreed meeting time.

Under normal circumstances, it is not the turn of such a super-large project in front of Xincheng University, so naturally we dare not slack off.

However, when they saw that the person from the Natural Science Foundation was actually Fang Hong, Li Kang and the others didn't expect that they thought that their number one chairman would come over, but they didn't expect to send an assistant over.

“…… President Li, Professor Ning, and Chairman Yu are currently working on the planning of other scientific research projects, and they can't spare time, so let me come over to deal with this matter. Fang Hong smiled calmly and firmly.

"I see." Li Kang's face suddenly looked abrupt, he was also slightly surprised by the young man Fang Hong, and he wanted to use the authority of his alma mater and the president to suppress this young man, so that the initiative of the dialogue between the two sides would be on the side of Xincheng University.

But Li Kang soon found out that Fang Hong was very different from other young people, he didn't eat this set at all, it was useless.

"Fang Hong, let's talk while walking." Li Kang said with an easy-going smile, and made a gesture of please, although Fang Hong is young and graduated from NSU this year, his current identity is to represent the Natural Science Foundation of China.

Li Kang didn't put the principal in front of him, and after a few quick casual conversations, he realized that this young man was not simple, and his calmness alone was not comparable to ordinary young people.

Some students in the school not far away were also very surprised when they saw this scene, and they were curious about Fang Hong for a while, and they actually let the principal treat him so politely.

"Fang Hong, I just said that in addition to the 'Sky Mirror' project, the Natural Science Foundation will also carry out other project plans?" Li Kang asked tentatively as he walked.

"That's right." Fang Hong nodded neatly.

Li Kang asked again: "I wonder if you can reveal what kind of project it is?" ”

Hearing this, Fang Hong smiled and said: "To sum it up in one sentence, what Lao Mei has and what we don't have is within the scope of our engagement, and what Lao Mei doesn't have is also within the scope of our engagement." ”

The people who accompanied him were secretly surprised in their hearts, this kind of thing is not something ordinary people can do, it seems that the "Sky Mirror" project is only one of the scientific research projects to be invested in by the Natural Science Foundation.

After confirming that the fund has strong financial resources, Fang Hong's words are convincing.

A few minutes later, they arrived in a reception room in one of the campus buildings, and quickly got down to business, talking about the Sky Mirror project.

"The result of our theoretical argument is that the 'Sky Mirror' project is feasible." Ning Xingqing also threw out the conclusion first, and Fang Hong couldn't help but nod when he heard it: "It's okay to do it." ”

At this time, President Li Kang said: "However, to realize this project, it is a huge project, and our research has come to the conclusion that it will require the cooperation of thousands of scientists in dozens of fields. ”

Hearing this, Fang Hong knew what Li Kang really wanted to express, and the implication was that this project burned more money than you imagined, you have to be mentally prepared, you can't do it if you don't have enough funds.

Fang Hong couldn't help but Erlang's legs, and Li Kang was slightly surprised when he saw his action: This young man is really immodest, I, the new university principal, didn't even stilt Erlang's legs in front of you, but you lifted your legs first.

However, who made his current identity as a representative of the Natural Science Foundation, President Li didn't have too many ideas.

"I see." Fang Hong nodded to himself, then looked around at everyone and added, "How much funding is needed to complete this project?" Have you calculated it? ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Kang suddenly said: "According to the results of comprehensive demonstration, 5000000000000 am probably far from enough, and it is required to be able to run the network in 2015, and it has to consume more resources in order to seize the time window...... A conservative estimate of 11.3 billion is needed. ”

After speaking, Li Kang, Ning Xingqing, and the others all looked at Fang Hong's reaction, and found that he couldn't see any reaction when he heard this number, and he couldn't decipher any useful information from his face at all.

Fang Hong was very calm, when he heard the number of 11.3 billion, he thought in his heart that it must be more than this number, most of them are the most conservative numbers, once the project is started, it will definitely be overrun, and when it is about half of the process, it will definitely overrun and need additional funds.

This kind of thing, Fang Hong himself will do the same if he puts his position on their position, first trap you and then talk about it, and when you are trapped, you can only strengthen the replenishment.

This is the case with many scientific research projects around the world, when you are halfway through, you don't have enough money, and you have to add money.

Let's just say that the LIGO project device of the United States has been working for ten years, and this year it has received an additional 400 million US dollars.

Fang Hong estimated that the "Sky Mirror" project would be completed by 2015, and I am afraid that it would cost at least 15 billion yuan to go up.

It doesn't matter if you add money, just don't go into your personal pocket.

I don't worry about the money being smuggled up, behind the Natural Science Foundation is the support of Qunxing Capital, what does Qunxing do? Playing finance, the specialty is to deal with money, scientific research is not a specialty, but the control of the flow of funds and risk control is a profession.

To put it mildly, how to reasonably and compliantly get the project funds into private pockets, those who play finance are better at being more professional, and the routines are more and deeper.

Once the project is launched, the Natural Science Foundation will definitely manage the flow of every fund, and the flow of every penny must be clearly checked.

At the end, Fang Hong looked at everyone and said: "The over-budget is within the expectation of the Natural Science Foundation, everyone, on behalf of the Natural Science Foundation, I would like to give a clear attitude, the budget of 113 billion, there is no problem, as long as you ensure that the 'Sky Mirror' project is realized as scheduled, we will not be stingy with this money." ”

Such a clear statement made Ning Xingqing and the others present extremely excited, the budget exceeded more than double that given by the Natural Science Foundation before, and they were very worried that the other party would be scared away, but they didn't expect people to even blink their eyes when they heard 11.3 billion.

With sufficient financial support, it can be said that half the battle.

Next, Professor Ning Xingqing explained some technical problems to Fang Hong, and he said: "...... The LISA program in Europe and the United States is the earliest space gravitational wave detection project to begin to develop, although there is no shadow in sight, but relatively speaking, it is also the most mature space gravitational wave detection program in the world, we are starting from scratch, but we are short of time, and the LISA plan will definitely not be realized in 2015. ”

Ning Xingqing added: "Therefore, in order to gain time, it is best to introduce foreign technology, especially laser interference technology, inertial sensing technology, no-drag control technology, etc., the introduction of foreign technology can speed up the progress of the entire project." ”

Hearing this, Fang Hongyun said lightly: "Professor Ning, have you thought about it, do you want to buy them?" ”

Ning Xingqing wanted to speak and stopped: "This ......"

Fang Hong said: "We don't object to spending money to buy it, but this is just an expedient measure, in the final analysis, we still have to be able to figure it out, so even if there is a plan to buy foreign technology, the road of self-development must be promoted at the same time, and it is safest to walk on two legs." ”

Fang Hong, who looked around at everyone, added: "Have you thought about a question yet? Science has no borders, but scientists have borders, and scientific equipment has borders, even if you buy it, you have to prevent a foreigner from making a trick for you, such as talking about it at the beginning, your side of the project starts to roar forward, and he doesn't sell it or gives you a price when it's halfway through, are you dumbfounded? Therefore, self-research must be available, and if you can use your own, even if it is a little expensive, try not to use foreigners' things. ”

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(End of chapter)