Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 789: Chapter 425: You are well-experienced, but I trust Zhao Yi more.

Zhang Hongtao was whining about the disparity in allocation of research funding. A so-called ’shell company’ lab he made up somehow managed to secure twenty million for its R&D initial funding, while the state’s key lab only got five-million funding.

Obviously.

The difference in R&D funding is due to the names of the research personnel, rather than the lab itself.

Indeed, it’s just the case.

Studies on turbine blades is a national defense level major scientific research project. Whether it’s a state’s key lab or a regular one, none of them were qualified for such studies. freewebnσvel.cѳm

The higher authorities are more concerned about the likelihood of successful R&D, and Zhao Yi is exactly the man who can make miracles happen.

Zhang Hongtao is an expert in technology alloy materials, with quite a few past professional achievements. However, he is still just a regular researcher who doesn’t surprise anyone. All of his major research studies also bear Zhao Yi’s footprint.

If Zhang Hongtao were in the Science Academy’s Metal Research Institute, he would just be an ordinary researcher.

The Office of Science and Technology agreed to the application of the Metal Composite Materials Laboratory simply because their partner was Zhao Yi.

That’s all.

On the other hand, Zhao Yi felt a bit happy when he heard that the project application was approved, at least his effort in making up the lab and pushing Shen Binghe to write the application was not in vain.

As for the twenty million starting funding for the research they’d applied for, he didn’t feel anything special.

Only twenty million!

This is a national defense level key project, the twenty million funding is a mere drizzle. The Science Academy’s Metal Research Institute and the Capital’s Aerospace Materials Research Institute have thrown in so much money and only came out with half-done DD5 and DD6.

If they could produce high-end turbine blades, the funding wouldn’t matter if it were twenty million or ten times that. It would still save the country a substantial amount of money and improve our domestic high-end aero-engine manufacturing level significantly.

Twenty million really isn’t a lot.

And besides, he didn’t sell the technology to the country, but requested the funding for genuine research and development. Any extra funding would be refunded, and it has nothing to do with his personal gain.

Zhao Yi was very calm.

Shen Binghe, on the other hand, couldn’t stay calm anymore.

There were only two people in the ’Metal Materials Laboratory’, and it was Shen Binghe who reported the project. He had received the information that the Office of Science and Technology agreed to the project and couldn’t believe his own eyes.

The Office of Science and Technology approved it? Twenty million in research funding? And it’s just the initial funding?

Was this a dream!

Shen Binghe pinched his left cheek hard, only to believe the news he saw after wincing in pain. He suddenly stood up, eager to find Zhao Yi to discuss the project.

Since they were granted twenty million, they had to yield some results.

Moreover, twenty million funding wasn’t small at all, but it might not be enough for alloy materials research, especially high-end turbine blade research. They must use the money wisely, conduct a detailed theoretical demonstration on the possible elemental ratio and manufacturing process of the turbine blades, before wasting materials on the research.

"Theoretical demonstration?"

"Research the elemental ratio of turbine blades? How do you research that?" Shen Binghe’s talk made Zhao Yi a bit puzzled. When he asked, Shen Binghe didn’t know how to respond. He obviously didn’t know how to justify his thought with his level of knowledge, he merely had the thought. freewebnovel.cσ๓

He thought Zhao Yi would know what to do, but it seemed that even Zhao Yi didn’t know?

Could it be that they...

Were they "scamming" the scientific research funding?

Zhao Yi didn’t mind what Shen Binghe was thinking, but said, "You came to see me, that’s perfect, I was about to find you. Now that we have twenty million in funding, let’s firstly hang the name of Metal Materials Laboratory in the school, buy some equipment, and follow the procedures to build the lab."

He meant to make the lab ’real’, not just a ’shell company’ that was made up.

Shen Binghe was puzzled, "But we don’t even have a venue, do we?" He meant even if they bought the equipment, they wouldn’t have a place to put it, because the school didn’t have a plan for a ’Metal Materials Laboratory’.

"I have already spoken to the School of Mechanics, the operating room of the Metal Materials Laboratory is right next to the Power Engineering Laboratory. I also applied for two offices and a small conference room on the first floor of the Mechanical building."

"We already have a place for the lab and an operating room, what’s left is to buy the equipment and follow the procedures."

Zhao Yi spoke like a leader giving instructions, "So now, your job is to study what basic equipment a Metal Alloy Laboratory needs. Buy enough of the basic equipment, and consider large, high-end equipment later."

"First make a list. You can get help from the school’s logistics professional purchases, and be quick!"

"Also, recruit staff!"

"You can’t be the only one in the lab, we also need other auxiliary personnel. Moreover, talk to the school about recruiting another doctoral student in materials into the lab. They don’t need any results, as long as they have research capabilities."

Zhao Yi gave a long list of tasks.

Shen Binghe was listening attentively, then he simply found a notebook and started writing things down. He was even a little excited.

When he signed with Yanhua University last year, he knew that the Material Studies was just starting and there was only one associate professor which was him. At most, he could supervise some postgraduate students and didn’t even have a small lab, because the school offered attractive terms, so he decided to sign and join. He planned to do theoretical research, striving to get some results so that the school might consider investing in a small lab.