Free Web NovelChapter 973: Chapter 489 Absolutely not spending a penny on research institutes!_3
When the number one leader was giving out the awards, he only exchanged a few words with Zhou Yuming, which were essentially the usual congratulations and words of encouragement. Afterwards, he began talking with Zhao Yi, and they seemed to chat and laugh as if they were friends.
Zhou Yuming and the others felt very awkward, regretting their decision as they exchanged glances—
"If only we had known, we would have applied for the second-class Natural Science Award!"
"Now that we’ve got the first-class award and are listed alongside Academician Zhao, everyone is paying attention to him, and the reports will probably revolve around him..."
There was nothing they could do about it.
Not only because Zhao Yi was more famous but also because their achievements were of completely different magnitudes.
Research related to multi-photon entanglement certainly had some impact, but it was merely a small footnote in the field of fundamental physics; the NP problem was one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics, and solving it would leave a significant mark in the history of world mathematics.
There was simply no comparison between the two.
In fact, Zhao Yi didn’t feel much about it, as sharing the Natural Science Award with others actually felt quite nice to him.
Standing alone on the stage for the past three years, he finally had several ’comrades’, bringing a sense of camaraderie.
Therefore, during the ceremony, Zhao Yi spoke with Zhou Yuming, inquiring about the multi-photon entanglement research, casually giving a thumbs-up as encouragement, and expressing his great interest, hoping for a chance to cooperate on research and so on.
Zhou Yuming’s team listened with excitement, several of them being academicians in physics, but compared to Zhao Yi’s achievement, it really was ’nothing special’.
If they could collaborate with Zhao Yi in the future, they could certainly achieve great results, right?
...
The National Conference on Science and Technology came to an end.
Zhao Yi returned to his normal life, holding several positions that were actually quite easy because the work for each position was of the ’do it if you like’ kind.
For example, as a professor at the School of Sciences.
Zhao Yi finally remembered this duty, visited the office at the School of Sciences, checked the course schedule, and decided to give an open mathematical lecture for graduate students in half a month.
As a professor at the School of Sciences, giving a large mathematical lecture would count as fulfilling his duties, right?
Then there was the Medical Science Center.
After the Medical Science Center was completed, several laboratories from the Biomedical Research Institute moved there.
Zhao Yi had a separate large laboratory, while the original lab was also retained, effectively giving him two laboratories.
The Medical Science Center was a new large laboratory, with several researchers working inside, including Ai Lixin, Zhang Wei, Liu Chengjie, Yan Yi, and including Li Ming, Zhu Qi.
Zhu Qi was the latest to come over. After finishing his project, he decided to join Li Ming, Ai Lixin, and others in their research. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
With Zhao Yi often absent, his laboratory was managed by Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei, considering the lab was indeed large and lacking strong researchers, agreed to let Zhu Qi come. frёewebηovel.cѳm
After Zhu Qi joined, the lab had four researchers, plus Zhao Yi himself, totaling five researchers. The scale could be said to be ’massive’ and could compare with some medium-sized research institutions.
This scale was definitely suited for handling large projects.
When Zhao Yi came in, he saw Ai Lixin, Zhang Wei, and others studying the medical project supported by the National Scientific Research Fund.
The Scientific Research Fund would hold conferences for various disciplines, listing the supported basic research projects, which were generally the same each year.
For example, in the initiatives for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, research related to AIDS has always been a key focus.
Ai Lixin, Zhang Wei, and others had just attended the medical research conference at the beginning of the year and were now discussing the supported projects together.
When Zhao Yi approached the lab, they all looked up, "Academician Zhao is here!"
"Welcome, rare guest!"
"I thought you would never come here again, even though this is Zhao Yi’s lab..."
"Haha~~"
Familiar people teased him for a few lines before bringing up the topic of medical research projects.
Zhao Yi looked with interest at the list of medical research support projects published by the National Scientific Research Fund and was immediately attracted by one of the items.
"Neuronal transmission-related research?"
Zhao Yi read it out loud and asked, "This kind of project sounds very vague."
"It’s basic research." Li Ming explained, "Neuronal conduction has been studied for a hundred years; it was later believed to be electrical signals, but the human body can’t possibly operate on electrical signals alone."
"This is like microphysics; who knows exactly how it’s transmitted? It’s too difficult to research, and to this day, there’s no definite answer in the medical field."
Zhao Yi asked, "How much funding can such a project get?"
Li Ming said, "It would be difficult to even secure funding, wouldn’t it? There wouldn’t be much, because the fund is worried you might just be after the money."
"Right."
Ai Lixin also chimed in, "There are so many applications for these ’almost impossible’ projects that are just for the purpose of swindling money, and once they get the funds, they don’t do anything, because they can’t produce results."
"It’s the most fundamental theoretical research in medicine, and the more fundamental it is, the harder it gets."
After listening, Zhao Yi nodded and said, "In that case, our lab should be considered one of the strongest in the country, right?"
Ai Lixin laughed heartily and said, "Forget about the country, we’re number one in the world!" He added after finishing, "With you, we’re number one!"
The others also laughed along.
Zhao Yi shook his head and said, "Anyway, we’ll just apply and see how it goes. Research on neural conduction is still very meaningful and is key to the future development of medicine."
"With the strength of our lab and our Biomedical Research Institute, we should be able to secure some funding, right? If not, we’ll ask the institute to cover it."
"Anyway..."
"If the institute’s funds aren’t spent, consider it a favor."
Li Ming fell silent for a moment, then quickly nodded in agreement, "That makes sense!"
"Agree!"
"Support!"
"Unanimously approved~~~"
Just as everyone was about to applaud, having made the right decision, there came a forceful ’thump, thump, thump’ at the door.
Yan Xuelin stood at the door with a grim face, grinding his teeth, and exclaimed, "I heard everything just now."
The room instantly became awkward.
"Cough, cough!"
Zhao Yi coughed lightly, pretending not to see, and turned his head to Li Ming, saying, "Where were we? Right, applying for the neural signal conduction project. We’ll spend whatever amount the fund allocates, and not a penny of the institute’s money."
"That’s the principle, got it?"
"Right!" "That makes sense!" "Support!" "Academician Zhao is absolutely right!"
The group immediately offered their praises.
At the doorway.
Yan Xuelin felt his intelligence insulted, and his face grew even darker.
