In the evening, after eating at home, Canglong and Uncle Jia went to the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. The two academicians in charge of this Institute of Botany are China's Taishan Beidou in the plant world and have obtained many research results. , the most famous of which is the results of the plant evolution project.
What Hamlet needs is this result, but no one knows whether this result is real. After all, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has not used this result to carry out any major projects, so the outside world has always suspected that this so-called result is just It's just gold plating on a certain academician's resume.
However, Uncle Jia told Canglong that the Institute of Botany under the Chinese Academy of Sciences is indeed studying this project. Although there is progress, it is not a result released to the outside world. Although the Chinese Academy of Sciences is the Taishan Beidou in the Chinese scientific community, it also has Classification of departments.
For example, for popular research, the funding focus within the academy will be much higher, while for unpopular research, the funding focus within the academy will be much lower. For a heavyweight department like the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the annual expenditure is huge, but in this huge Almost two-thirds of the expenses are spent on research of specific requirements, while the rest is just for window dressing.
In today's economy-based world, plant research has always been unpopular in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. There are only two academicians in the entire Institute of Botany. Due to the lack of funds, the process is naturally slow.
"Then we have money, why are they not willing to work for us?" Canglong asked strangely. It is well known that Oriental International has strong funds.
"Because there are people behind them." Uncle Jia explained while driving, "The two major groups, the Institute of Botany and COFCO, are in a strategic cooperative relationship. The project that Oriental International wants to carry out will have conflicts of interest with the two major groups in the future. You Do you think these two academicians will easily hand over their research results to you? Even if Mr. Lin gets the approval from above to transfer the results to Oriental International and let the two academicians fully assist, they still have to agree. , not to mention that it was basically a gold-plated project, and so far it’s just words on the document.”
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Canglong frowned.
His plan must have been spread among the major interest groups in Beijing, but now he has not really had an interest dispute with these two major groups. But if it were him, he would definitely kill any factors that are not beneficial to him. In infancy.
"At first, Mr. Lin thought that the two major interest groups would not take action so quickly. After all, there was no real contest of interests yet, and there was nothing wrong with the information we obtained. It was not until I went there today that I realized something was wrong. But then The two academicians obviously didn't want to offend us, so they had the opportunity at night." Uncle Jia explained.
"There is someone behind the scenes." Canglong guessed something and thought, "Could it be the Japanese?"
"This is impossible. According to Ri's personal habits, they are not absolutely sure that they will not expose themselves, so there must be something wrong. However, your plan is not a secret, so the people behind the two major interest groups of COFCO It’s not strange to start early.” Uncle Jia said, “The important thing is how you get these so-called results that are still in their infancy.”
Canglong was a little disappointed, but he was still going to take a look. After all, he still had to explain to Hamlet.
Ten minutes later, the car successfully arrived at the Institute of Botany, which is also the headquarters of all research institutes under the Chinese Academy of Sciences across the country.
But what Canglong and the others didn't know was that more than ten minutes ago, two academicians who were in the institute received a call at the same time. This call came from the largest partner of the Institute of Botany. After weighing the pros and cons, the two academicians simultaneously A decision was made.
So, after Uncle Jia and Canglong arrived at the Institute of Botany, the staff began to take them to visit the Institute of Botany. At first, Uncle Jia was still interested, but later he lost patience and asked the staff member: " Didn't you say you'd be out in half an hour? Why haven't you come out yet?"
The little girl in charge of entertaining them was obviously in a bit of trouble, because this was the situation that happened to Uncle Jia when he came during the day, and it was she who entertained Uncle Jia.
"This experiment is very important, and the two academicians must do it in person." The little girl in charge of the reception found an excuse, but she herself found that this excuse was a bit high-sounding.
Under the look in Uncle Jia's eyes, she couldn't continue talking and just lowered her head. At this moment, Canglong said, "Can you show me the project about plant evolution? I'm very curious."
The "this" staff member was originally in a dilemma, but suddenly she remembered that the academician once said that as long as she could drag out these two people, she could use any method, so she didn't care about the so-called confidentiality or not, and after talking about this research It has been shelved before any results have been achieved.
"Okay, come with me." said the little girl who was hosting.
But Uncle Jia shook his head: "You go and see him, I'll wait here. I still can't believe that I can't see these two guys today. I really take myself seriously."
Seeing Uncle Jia's angry face, the receptionist quickly took Canglong to a plant cultivation greenhouse. There was an all-weather weather simulation here, and there were professional staff taking care of the plants 24 hours a day. According to the receptionist, they , there are hundreds of instruments for monitoring this plant cultivation greenhouse alone, and they are observing changes in plants every moment, and of course this is also during research.
"By the way, isn't this research suspended?" Canglong suddenly thought of something. If it was suspended, then he probably wouldn't be able to see anything if he wanted to see it.
"It's been suspended on paper, but some people are still continuing research in this area in the greenhouse. Although most of the equipment has been moved to other greenhouses, some are still retained." The little receptionist said, "How about you suggest , I won’t bring you over to see it either.”
"What's going on?" Canglong asked strangely.
"Originally, the institute decided to give up on this research. After all, funds are tight. Almost all the instruments are used here. It costs a lot of manpower and material resources. Money is burned every moment, but the results are mediocre. In such an institution that only pays attention to results, not How could it be possible to spend so much money on such research in an era that focuses on future value? So the institute found an excuse to say that the research had produced results, but in fact it was terminated. It was just a better excuse to step down. "The girl in charge said. It was obvious that she was a loud-mouthed girl. I don't know if she saw Cang Long's handsome appearance or something, but she accidentally told all the details.
But when she finished speaking, she realized that she had said the wrong thing, and said with an uneasy look on her face: "You won't tell the academicians this."
"Of course not." Canglong shook his head, "You haven't gotten to the point yet."
"What's the point?" The little girl looked confused, and suddenly thought of something, so she said, "Oh, I forgot, it was two doctoral students and three master's students who asked to continue the research. The institute did not agree. But the five of them said they did not want subsidies and were willing to continue research, so the institute agreed. Of course, most of the equipment was allocated. So what I can show you is only their research, not the institute's. Original research here.”
"That's it." Canglong nodded. Although he didn't understand this so-called biology, he also wanted to see if these people could create any miracles. Maybe the two academicians also hoped to create miracles with the students. The idea is to support their research. After all, it doesn’t cost much, and it’s less than five people’s subsidies, so why not do it.
"By the way, there is one more thing." The little girl suddenly thought of something, "After I show you the greenhouse later, can you do me a favor?"
"What's the business?" Canglong asked strangely.
"There will be no results at all if you stay here. The two academicians will not agree to you at all, even if the salary you are willing to pay is high." said the little girl who was hosting.
"Didn't the two academicians agree when Uncle Jia came during the day?" Canglong asked.
Hearing this, the little girl looked around and saw no one, then whispered to him: "The academician was indeed in the laboratory during the day, and he agreed to see you in the evening, but at night the two academicians answered a phone call. It is said that he is some kind of deputy general manager of China National Grain Reserves, a very high-ranking one anyway, and then the academician is not willing to see you, and even ordered me to use any method to get rid of you, just get you away, even if I beg you to help Can you help me? If you stay here, it will make things very difficult for us."
After listening to the end, Canglong understood why the little girl told her such a confidential matter. It turned out that it was just to excuse himself. Thinking about it, if he continues to stay here, it will really embarrass the little girl, and Uncle Jia's temper is probably not This little girl can afford it.
"Okay, I'll leave after the visit." Canglong said calmly, but deep down he was thinking, "Who is this deputy general manager of China National Grain Reserves?"
Soon they came to the greenhouse. There was no grand scene as they imagined. There were dozens of hotbeds in the whole greenhouse, but only one hotbed was open. Two people in work clothes stood on one side of the hotbed, and one of them was observing plant samples. , reporting some professional terms in his mouth, while the other recorded something meticulously.
"This is the greenhouse. Those two people are two doctoral students among the five people. One is named Jiang Yue and the other is Kawashima Yoshiko." The little girl who hosted them introduced them from a distance.
However, Soryu was slightly shocked by the name of the other girl: "They are all women, Yoshiko Kawashima, are there any Japanese in this research institute?"
"Don't be surprised if you are a Japanese student. The Chinese Academy of Sciences also has academicians of Japanese descent. A few Japanese students are nothing," said the little girl who was hosting.
"Oh." Canglong nodded.
But at this moment, an angry voice suddenly came from the only hotbed with the light on: "Secretary Liu, I would like to ask you to wear work clothes next time."