Jing Yulan brought news that the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University and Waseda University participated in the research on G-protein-coupled receptors, but Yang Rui looked unsurprising.

This made Jing Yulan anxious and said, "These three schools are all very powerful schools. The funds and talents are not weaker than Peking University. Together with the three schools, you have to be more careful."

What she said was tactful. With the level of 1986, Dongda University is a world-class school, and Peking University has no ranking at all, which is worse than Cairo University in Egypt or Covennius University in Hungary.

However, this kind of external cognition problem has never been considered by Yang Rui.

He smiled slightly, hugged Jing Yulan and said, "I know, I'm not going to compete with Dongda and others."

"They want to grab your honor and achievements." Jing Yulan warned Yang Rui as tactfully as possible. She works in school and knows many scientific research tricks. It is the same field. If the achievements in this field will win important awards, then will the winners definitely be the ones who contribute the most?

Of course it is impossible.

Even if the public's "public" thinking is the one who gets the most honors, it may be the one who makes the final result, and this is exactly what the so-called results are.

However, compared to those who pick fruits, shouldn’t it be important to provide the credit of those who provide seeds, plant trees, cuttings and maintenance?

However, such things are hard to explain even in the scientific research community. If various interest factors and political entanglements are added, it will be even more difficult to describe.

There are three quotas for a Nobel Prize. If it is shared by the three who provide seeds, plant trees and maintains them, and picking fruits, it is the most perfect situation. However, in the history of the Nobel Prize, the probability of such perfection is really small. The most common situation is that the last person who picks the fruit can get two quotas. The person who provides seeds, plant trees and maintains them, choose one and give it to them.

Taking the G-protein coupled receptor field as an example, making a conformation is equivalent to providing seeds and is already qualified to win the Nobel Prize. However, if Yang Rui makes no achievements in the next two stages of crystal structure and three-dimensional structure, he is likely to lose the opportunity to win the prize.

Yang Rui was not worried about this and said, "When Songdao Heng came, I knew his plan. Don't worry, no matter how powerful Dongda is, it's still a step slower than us. If they want to make crystal structures, it's not me that I'm bragging, they're delusional."

Jing Yulan laughed when she was said and said coquettishly: "I'm not bragging in the end."

With soft words in his ears, Yang Rui felt his heart softened. He used the way he spoke in later generations and said relaxedly: "Give some confidence."

Jing Yulan pouted and said, "Tong University is so famous... By the way, don't you have a professor who graduated from Dong University in your school? Can you ask him to ask about the situation?"

"What's the use of asking about the situation?" Yang Rui said, and immediately woke up and said with a serene sound: "That's right, I'll go and ask."

He is now trying to appease Jing Yulan. After all, he can't say that I am not afraid of Dongda University. With the current situation in China, no one believes this statement.

"You must be careful. The three universities are supported by the consortium, which is even worse than the subordinate universities of our school." Jing Yulan reminded Yang Rui as much as possible.

Yang Rui just kept agreeing. In fact, he faced more than three Japanese universities. There were so many universities around the world that were interested in participating in the field of G protein-coupled receptors, especially some universities in third world countries. Inspired by Yang Rui, he couldn't help but make trouble.

And those who are more famous than the University of Tokyo, such as the famous four brothers, Harvard, Oxford, Yale, and Cambridge, are also indispensable for people doing scientific research in this area, which is nothing more than whether they are strong or not.

This is because Yang Rui's strength is not enough, so everyone thinks it is profitable. If it were so much ahead of the top lab, most of the medium and large labs would have to withdraw. It's like Bolt started and ran 10 meters away in the 100-meter race. It wouldn't be so meaningful to spend a lot of money to participate in the competition.

But if it were Jin Sipang on the track, he would lead by 20 meters, and some people would still think he could take advantage.

Back at the laboratory, Yang Rui briefly informed the possible participation of three Japanese universities, and the researchers did not look surprised.

Xu Zhengping also said calmly: "This is how the Japanese are. They are very polite when they can talk to you. They can't follow his request when they turn around. The knife is handed out without saying a word."

"After the negotiations are reached, there is no guarantee that they will not hand over the knife." Yang Rui said: "Behind Dongda University is the Mitsui Consortium. According to what Matsushima said, he has at least $20 million in funding. If it is more, it is possible to increase it to $30 million. The situation of Kyoto University and Waseda University is not clear, but they also have the support of the consortium behind them. I estimate that the startup funding of the two companies will definitely exceed $10 million. If not, they will not be able to add it."

Even Yang Rui’s ion channel laboratory used $6 million in startup funds. Japanese laboratories wanted to conduct research of this scale, and without spending $10 million, there would be no meaning to participate.

"There is one with one of two million or three million, and it doesn't matter if the others have ten million." Fan Zhenlong laughed loudly, which attracted a lot of echoes in the laboratory.

Several researchers started chatting even more easily.

Yang Rui frowned slightly as he looked.

In the ion channel laboratory today, it is quite commendable, but Fan Zhenlong's words have attracted a little too much lightness and infectiousness. It is like a person with inferiority suddenly achieved unexpected success and became too proud.

Yang Rui thought for a while, then looked at the table and said, "Everyone, I'll say a few words."

The laboratory became quiet in an instant.

"Just as Fan Zhenlong said just now, there is a lab with a 20 million and 30 million lab participating in the competition. We don't seem to have to care about the lab with a 10 million US dollars, just like our opponent has only one laboratory." Yang Rui looked around and pointed to his brain, saying, "What do you think is the lab with a 10 million US dollars funding for participating in the competition? Is it to lose?"

Everyone's smiles gradually became calm.

Yang Rui said: "Under what circumstances did we participate in this competition, other laboratories will also have similar judgment criteria. We can say it more clearly. If we don't have three or three, we dare not go to Liangshan. Now, those who dare to join this scientific research competition are either a lot of funds, a lot of talents, accumulating, or a unique skill. No one is stupid, and no one dares to throw tens of millions of dollars into the water to hear the sound."

"Director Yang is right, everyone cannot underestimate the enemy." Xu Zhengping knew what Yang Rui wanted to express.

"But, it's all like this, what are their means?" A young scientific research dog shouted out on the spot.

"There are many means." Yang Rui said: "Let me give you a simple example. Suppose I am the head of the Kyoto University Laboratory. I now know that the research and development of Peking University Ion Channel Laboratory has the fastest progress, Tokyo University has the strongest reserve of funds and talents, and I, Kyoto University, have not accumulated enough technology. What should I do? I will pre-research on the next stage of projects."

With a "boom" in the laboratory, everyone seemed to have something to say.

"It's too dangerous to do this, they may not dare to do it."

"Who knows when the second stage can be done? Their pre-research will be subject to others."

"This is a gamble with $10 million. If you find that there is a dead end in front, isn't the research afterwards meaningless?"

Among the various questions, Yang Rui remained motionless. After a while, he waited for everyone to be quiet and said, "How long do you think we can complete the second phase of research?"

No one speaks because no one can make a tangible judgment.

Yang Rui didn't know, he just shrugged and said, "We at least believe that we can complete the second phase of research in a short time, so we are so committed, right? Is it difficult for the other party to make this judgment?"

Looking at the people below, Yang Rui said again: "We are now working towards the crystal structure of G protein-coupled receptors. Our enemy may be Songdo Heng Laboratory or the University of California. Our current advantage is that we have first-mover advantage, while the enemy has richer resources and manpower advantages. In terms of resources and manpower, laboratories that do not have the advantage of us may skip the research on crystal structure and go straight to the ultimate goal of high-resolution three-dimensional structure. Then, if we can win in the second stage, we may face other laboratories with first-mover advantages. Therefore, we must not take any laboratory participating in the competition lightly."

The laboratory became silent.

Yang Rui actually proposed a possibility that skipping the second stage and directly doing the third stage research and development is not an easy task. Otherwise, a laboratory would have done this long ago.

However, this is indeed a feasible idea, and in the scientific research world, the most important thing to be underestimated is the researcher's brains.

If there is no way to go, you will find a unique way. Foreigners have no idioms and have IQ. Especially after Yang Rui completed the conformation of G-protein-coupled receptor at an extremely fast speed, more people may do this.

Whether it is the "one-pot stir-frying" pretreatment method or the academic help brought by the clear conformation itself, it means that the research on G protein-coupled receptors has accelerated.

The air of relaxation that was gained in the laboratory was accumulated for many days, and was swept away by Yang Rui in a few minutes.

"Director Xu, you have someone make a form in the laboratory." Yang Rui pointed to the white wall behind him and said, "We now have to arrange a special person to track the trends of foreign laboratories at any time, and calculate the progress of other laboratories. Well... Wu Qi, you can do this."

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Chapter completed!