Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 978: Chapter 491: We’re Here for the Experiment, Not for Eating_3

"Phew~~"

Deng Bingcheng took a deep breath, calming the frustration in his heart, and then said in the chat group, "One hundred thousand really isn’t enough for anything. But I just want to do a few simple experiments, and for that, it’s enough."

Others in the group followed up, saying, "If it’s just a few experiments, then there shouldn’t be a problem."

"After all, having some funding is better than none!"

"It’s good enough if you can get it approved!"

"Don’t compare with Academician Zhao, that’s an abnormality, we’re all normal people."

"Actually, I have an idea, Old Deng the Third, if you really want to do brain nerve research, you could go to Academician Zhao. You’re both in the capital anyway. What Academician Zhao does is animal nerve research, which is essentially basic research on neural signal transmission."

"You’re a professional neuroscientist, you could definitely offer a lot of help. You could also join Academician Zhao’s team, and then you’d have plenty of funding and materials. Now everyone knows that the Biomedical Research Institute has a lot of support from big pharma companies, and a substantial budget."

"Plus, Academician Zhao is quite wealthy..."

Upon hearing a familiar person in the group mention this, Deng Bingcheng thought it over and suddenly felt tempted.

...

The Foundation for Scientific Research had distributed the funds, and the laboratory had already started preparing.

Recently, Zhao Yi’s laboratory had been discussing research proposals on ’neural signal transmission,’ sticking mainly to the original direction.

Their application was for ’animal nerve research,’ which did not yet involve human subjects, so the consumption of experimental materials was not very high.

Several researchers had each presented their proposals. Li Ming suggested starting with nerve cells and studying the substances and chemical reactions inside the cells during nerve responses.

This was research from a biological perspective.

No matter how mysterious neural signal transmission was, it relied on the function of nerve cells. By directly studying the reactions that occur in nerve cells, it might be possible to unlock the secrets of signal transmission.

However, Li Ming’s proposal, which seemed reasonable, wasn’t accepted by the others, because many researchers had already approached the subject from this angle, and what could be found had already been discovered long ago.

Ai Lixin and Zhu Qi were in agreement; they believed that a combination of physics and biology should be used. They suggested conducting tests on various animal neural responses and collecting a substantial amount of data for analysis.

This direction aimed to find commonalities in the neural responses of various animals, hoping to deduce something significant from the mass of data.

Zhang Wei’s suggestion was somewhat ’basic.’ She said, "We rarely do research related to the nerves; what we have is just theory. I think we could consider replicating famous experiments in nerve research to deepen our understanding of neural responses, and we might even make new discoveries."

"Replicate experiments?"

"Isn’t that equivalent to having no innovation?"

The others shook their heads as they listened.

What was the point of replicating experiments that had already been done? The observations from those experiments were public knowledge; they knew what results they would get.

Zhao Yi listened to the discussion among his peers, thought carefully for a while, and then said, "I think what Zhang Wei said makes sense!"

"None of us has specifically conducted neural research; we lack experience; so we can start with replicating experiments. There’s a different Hamlet in everyone’s eyes; we might uncover something new. Moreover, most experiments don’t require expensive materials..."

He meant that since it wouldn’t cost much, starting with some replicating experiments to see what happens couldn’t be a bad idea.

Ai Lixin and Zhu Qi exchanged glances.

The main difference between their proposals and Zhang Wei’s was that they needed to conduct many neural response experiments on animals, while Zhang Wei suggested replicating existing experiments, which would require only a few animals and fewer experiments, thus costing less.

Zhao Yi’s support for Zhang Wei’s idea was definitely not because of the budget; their funding could be described as very, very plentiful.

Could it be because Zhang Wei was a woman?

Possible!

Suddenly.

Both turned to glance at Zhao Yi, then at Zhang Wei, their expressions somewhat strange.

At this moment, they heard Zhao Yi say, "I did some research the other day, and it seems there’s a famous experiment that drew conclusions from testing crab leg nerves. Let’s do more research on crabs."

"Isn’t it almost crab season now? Right, let’s buy more crabs, big ones, female ones, tasty ones, and take good care of them..."

As he spoke, he even swallowed his saliva.

The others stood there stunned for quite some time, thinking about using their funds to buy a bunch of big crabs, frying them in oil after testing their leg nerve reactions, adding soy sauce, light soy, sugar for a braised dish...

That actually sounded pretty good! freēwēbηovel.c૦m

"This experiment is great; I can’t wait already!"

"Let’s do it!"

"Support!"

"Zhao Yi is really clever!"

"..."

As Yan Xuelin was about to come in, he paused for a moment, then stepped forward and said, "How many crabs will you need for your experiment?"

"I’ll have Fan Lei buy them, along with the breeding tanks. I heard that in a while, the river crabs will be at their fattest..."

Zhu Qi looked over and asked with a grin, "Director Yan, is it with the institute’s money?"

"If you’re doing an experiment, of course it’s with your funding!" Yan Xuelin said matter-of-factly. freёwebnovel.com

"That won’t do."

Everyone in the lab shook their heads in unison, and Ai Lixin added, "We can’t waste the country’s money. We’re doing this for the experiment, not for food."

"Exactly."

"That’s right!"

"Our talk of eating crabs is just about not wasting resources; it’s no different from picking food out of the garbage bin."

"..."

Yan Xuelin was momentarily at a loss for words, realizing that the institute’s researchers were getting harder and harder to manage.