"Gao Fan, I feel a little discouraged after hearing what you said."
After being silent for a while, Wu Zixian whispered. The previous excitement on his face was no longer there, replaced by a feeling of deep loneliness. Gao Fan could even feel that his body was a little weaker than before.
"There's no need to feel discouraged..."
Gao Fan regretted a little. What he just said was too negative. As a senior brother, shouldn't he encourage his junior brothers to be inspirational? Just like Yang Kai did to himself.
But, inspirational, what does it mean to be inspirational?
"Baby, actually things are not that pessimistic." Gao Fan searched hard for a reason, "You want to go to graduate school, which is actually very good. Although in the short term, our country's investment in scientific research cannot increase too much.
, but sooner or later there will be a day when things turn around.
"By that time, you will already be a big star in a certain field. You can apply for tens of millions of funds casually. You will be picked up and dropped off wherever you go, and you will stay in a five-star hotel..."
"When are you talking about?"
"After the new millennium..."
"That is to say, after realizing the four modernizations..."
"..."
Gao Fan was speechless.
Realizing the four modernizations in 2000 is the most popular slogan nowadays. The words "realizing the four modernizations" can be seen everywhere in newspapers, leaders' speeches, college entrance examination essays, and primary school students' sentences.
However, among the "Kochi" people, this slogan is quite disdainful. Some scholars or officials who had the opportunity to study abroad shook their heads and sighed when they came back, saying that the gap between China and others was too big, let alone 20 years.
Even if it takes 200 years, it may not be possible to catch up.
Of course, such remarks will not appear in the public media, but they are widely spread in private. Beijing is a well-informed place, and universities are places where "high intellectuals" gather together, so Gao Fan, Wu Zixian and others
As soon as these freshmen entered the school, they were bombarded with this argument, so much so that when they mentioned the phrase "realizing the four modernizations" in private, they were most likely to be sarcastic and sarcastic.
Just now, Gao Fan encouraged Wu Zixian, saying that in the future, he could apply for a project worth tens of millions. Gao Fan meant what he said, but Wu Zixian thought that Gao Fan was trying to comfort him.
Wu Zixian asked Gao Fan when such a goal could be achieved. Gao Fan casually answered "New Millennium", but he was actually serious. Because after the New Millennium, the country's investment in science and technology really suddenly increased. For big names in the industry,
It is said that tens of millions of projects are indeed nothing unusual.
But when Wu Zixian heard this, it became a joke. Isn’t the new millennium the time when the legendary four modernizations were achieved? In other words, Gao Fan directly used a joke that no one believed in to deal with him.
inquiry.
Gao Fan didn't know how to explain it to Wu Zixian. He couldn't say that this was his experience as a time traveler, nor could he say that it was a reasonable speculation.
Standing at the time point of 1982, if you say that China's GDP can surpass Japan's in 2010 and that it can surpass the combined GDP of the EU countries in 2020, everyone will definitely say that you are crazy.
Even the most optimistic scholars dare not predict this.
Even the most yy internet writers would not dare to write it like this.
But this kind of thing really happened. How else can we say that reality is always more fantasy than fiction?
"Gao Fan, do you think it's okay for me to go abroad?"
Wu Zixian didn't expect Gao Fan to give him an answer and turned directly to another question.
In Wu Zixian's view, Gao Fan's previous words were just a routine, equivalent to saying "a happy couple" when someone gets married. In fact, no one knows whether the couple can get along.
However, Wu Zixian still felt that he could ask Gao Fan for advice on his graduation destination. He believed that Gao Fan had more knowledge than other students.
"Going abroad? Are you planning to go abroad?" Gao Fan was a little surprised, "Can your family afford it?"
"There is no need for family support." Wu Zixian said, "If you go abroad and get a full scholarship, it will be enough for living expenses. You can also work in a restaurant. I heard you can earn more than ten dollars a day."
"Oh." Gao Fan then realized that this was the 1980s, and it was true that his family did not need to pay for going abroad. He might even be able to send some US dollars back to his family.
Of course, the premise is that you can apply for the full scholarship.
"How do you know this?" Gao Fan asked curiously.
Wu Zixian smiled slightly and said: "Gao Fan, don't you know, Wang Yan has been secretly memorizing TOEFL vocabulary words, and he didn't tell anyone else. It was only when I saw his book once that he told me this.
"
"You mean, Wang Yan wants to go abroad?"
"Yes, he has a middle school alumnus who is a few years ahead of us and went abroad this year, and he also wants to go abroad."
"Are you influenced by him?"
"No, I suddenly came up with this idea. Didn't you say that my research cannot be done at home? If I go abroad, wouldn't I have a chance to do it?"
"Abroad..."
Gao Fan recalled the situation in his previous life, shook his head and said: "There is no shortage of funds abroad, but they may not have the motivation to do this subject? Think about it, the land area of the United States is about the same as ours, and the cultivated land area is larger than ours.
There are still more, but with a population of just over 200 million, there is no shortage of food.
"Moreover, American farmers are very powerful, and they will not allow anyone to conduct such research. You should be able to imagine that artificial starch is almost stealing agricultural jobs. How can American farmers accept it?"
"What about other countries? Europe, or Japan?"
"It's hard to say about the situation in Europe, but Japan... is somewhat possible."
"What about if I go to Japan?"
Gao Fan was speechless again. The kid in front of him was really stubborn and would never change the things he liked. Perhaps it was his paranoia that allowed him to pass the exam from Liu'an to Beijing.
.
"If you go to Japan, you may not be able to do what you want to do, so why should people invest in you? By the way, there is another problem, which may be more serious than this."
Gao Fan suddenly thought of something and said seriously.
"what is the problem?"
"If you make this achievement in Japan, who does it belong to?"
"Calculate……"
Wu Zixian was a little confused for a moment. He only wanted to come up with such a research that could benefit all mankind. When had he ever thought about who would get the results?
"Abroad, the one who can support such a large project must be a certain consortium. Then your research results must also belong to this consortium. Think about it, if a Japanese consortium masters this technology, they will be willing to
Can you use it to help the farmers in Liu'an fill their bellies?" Gao Fan asked.
Wu Zixian was dumbfounded. He looked at Gao Fan and was speechless for a long time.