Chapter 286 Repeated investment offends people(1/2)
After hearing Lin Ping's imagination, the principal did not speak for seven or eight seconds.
"I heard it right? You really want to do this, it's a bottomless pit. When will it have results? Maybe when you want to use it, this thing will not even be half the progress of research and development." The principal was really surprised. Although he is not a professional in this major, as a principal, he knows a little about the world's top technology.
After all, when every department of the school wants to apply for funds, it requires the principal's signature and seal.
As the head of a school, if he didn't even carefully examine and inquire about such reports, wouldn't he have evolved into a puppet who can only sign and stamp it?
Although what you know is just a brief one, it is already sufficient for the position of principal.
Although the principal has not specifically learned about maglev trains, he has indeed applied for funds for high-speed trains.
In the report on the application for funding for high-speed trains, related technologies such as magnetic levitation trains were mentioned.
These technologies have not been widely studied by humans recently. As early as 1922, German engineers proposed ideas and complete planning and design.
However, due to the lack of R&D funds, this project only stays in a small-scale R&D.
Until 1972, Neon Kingdom successfully implemented a two-ton superconducting magnetic levitation train experiment.
This was only ten years ago, and at that time, the most basic railway network in China had not had time to build.
Even now, many areas still need railways to connect.
As for whether it is a high-speed railway or a magnetic levitation railway, it is not important. The important thing is that there is a railway connecting various regions. Only with roads can people travel more conveniently and the economy can be completely connected and revitalized.
But these ten years have passed, and the principal never expected that one day he would be able to participate in domestic magnetic levitation research.
"Wait a minute! I seem to remember that the National University of Defense Technology seemed to have started a magnetic levitation project some time ago." The president was too shocked when he heard the news from Lin Ping, and even forgot the rumor he heard some time ago.
Although the news comes from word of mouth, this is real and conclusive information.
The National University of Defense Technology has indeed joined forces with the Ministry of Railways, Southwest Jiaotong University and the Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to carry out research on magnetic levitation trains.
"Oh, is that right?" Lin Ping, the time traveler, seemed to have touched the blind spot of knowledge.
Unexpectedly, domestic research and development began in 1982.
But what Lin Ping didn't know was that the research started in 1982 and it was not until 1989 that a small model that was 1.2 meters long, 0.5 meters wide, 0.5 meters high, 0.5 meters.
In 1994, the research and development progress only came to four-seat, four-ton minibuses for testing.
For a full twelve years, the progress was extremely slow.
The biggest reason is not that it is difficult to break through scientific and technological barriers, but that there is no funding to make many experiments impossible to carry out.
Only theoretical verification can be carried out over and over again, it can be said that this is building a car on paper.
"Since that's the case, it's a good thing for us if someone takes the lead. Can the principal participate in the R&D team in the name of the North School? If possible, it's best to use the joint companies of the North School and the Qing University to participate. In this way, with the company as the background, the patent rights you have obtained can be auctioned or transferred in the future.
And I will set up a new company to invest in the research of this maglev train. With sufficient funds, I hope that everything will go smoothly in the project." There is a ready-made team and a national team that takes the lead, which saves Lin Ping a lot of effort to dig up those scientists.
Moreover, there are two famous schools in Tsinghua and Peking University as the leaders, and I believe more schools will participate.
At that time, in an environment where there is no shortage of R&D funds, I believe there will be a breakthrough soon.
Once the magnetic levitation technology is commercialized on a large scale in advance, it may save the technology tree along the high-speed rail.
Although it is called a railway for ordinary people, these are two completely different technologies.
"Okay, I'll call now. Ask if we can participate?" The principal has completely lost his mood to eat and does not care about Lin Ping eating and drinking on his desk. Instead, he pulled the phone aside, took out a address book, and began to call in detail to inquire about the progress of the project and the attitude of the superior department.
Although Lin Ping and the principal had just made an oral agreement and had not seen any real money, the principal trusted Lin Ping's words and believed that Lin Ping would not repent easily what Lin Ping said.
As long as Lin Ping talks about the projects he invested in, at least so far, there has been no precedent of repentance.
With such tacit understanding and trust, the principal naturally had a ease when making a phone call.
However, as the principal called more and more, Lin Ping found that the principal's face became more and more dull.
The principal made more than a dozen calls within an hour and a half.
Lin Ping did not participate in the whole process, but silently packed everything after dinner, sat on the sofa and took a newspaper and passed the time silently waiting for the news.
"What do you mean?" When Lin Ping found that the principal was silent for three or five minutes and did not call again, Lin Ping couldn't help but be curious, put down the newspaper in his hand and looked at the principal and asked.
"The superior leader responded that the project is still in the theoretical argumentation stage and is afraid that it will not enter substantial research and development within the next year.
The National University of Defense Technology rejected our commercial cooperation. If Tsinghua and Peking University want to participate, they are very welcome. However, if it is commercial, especially if it wants to occupy a certain proportion of patents, they cannot accept this.
And they made it clear that they are not short of funds now. It seems that someone particularly supports them and approved 10 million yuan in starting funds. With this 10 million yuan in R&D funds, they may not necessarily need external funds in the next two or even three years.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! And there are people above to support it, and they may have a steady stream of R&D funds in the future." The principal called and did not expect that this was the result.
He was rushing to give money to others, but he was rejected sharply.
This is really the first time for the principal who has never been generous to the market.
In the past, I went to various departments to cry and shouted for R&D funds, but when I had money, my superiors actually had the same face.
However, the principal can understand that the other party is not short of funds, and he also wants to firmly grasp all the patents of the magnetic levitation train in his own hands.
Whether it is a certain person or a superior leader’s intention, this may not be reversed in a short period of time.
Unless something happens suddenly, the R&D fund from the superior leader cannot be approved.
However, such things are extremely rare, especially when the environment is getting better and better.
"Since that's the case, then call the principal of Tsinghua University to see if Tsinghua University is interested in joint research and development with us. This time, it will be pure commercial research and development, and at the same time, it will send invitation letters to major universities across the country. As long as schools that are capable of participating, we will provide financial support.
This time our company will monopolize all patent rights. Perhaps they do not allow us to participate, which may not be a bad thing for us. At least it will save a lot of unnecessary noise in the future. Since the other party values whether the patent is concentrated in his own hands, I am afraid that when we collect results in the future, we may not get the desired results by investing in our company." Since we have money and the other party does not agree to participate, we might as well start a new job and play with our own.
What's more, with competition, I believe the other party will also feel the pressure clearly.
If the good news spreads frequently, as a superior leader, they naturally don’t want them to be unknown.
If you can't achieve success, you may end up in vain.
After all, as a leader, you cannot support those who cannot achieve success without limit. Once you are under too much pressure, your leader naturally does not want to take the blame in the end.
However, the principal was a little hesitant about Lin Ping's proposal, which was obviously somewhat inconsistent with it.
Moreover, no matter whether the result is good or bad, there will be unpredictable unknown results.
If the two prestigious universities in Tsinghua and Peking University form a joint R&D center together with other domestic universities and achieve very obvious achievements, then the projects of the National University of Defense Technology will inevitably be affected.
Whoever approves this project will be held accountable and will even investigate every call she makes today.
Because this is obviously a repeated investment, although Lin Ping's money is not calculated within the financial system, the projects that Lin Ping has invested in, even if Lin Ping invested in later projects.
Once repeated, the previous items will inevitably cause repeated trials.
Originally, the country's R&D funding was very tight, but this project actually caused repeated waste.
Obviously someone needs to take responsibility and explain the situation.
If Lin Ping's project progresses too smoothly, there will probably only be more and more people involved.
The principal was very hesitant and didn't know whether to stand up this time.
It is obvious that there is already a ready-made project, so it is better to convince Lin Ping to spend the money on other projects.
There is no need to make repeated investments to avoid waste.
During this period, many projects have begun to stagnate, and many of the capital chains have fallen into a state of exhaustion.
I'm afraid that in less than a year or two, important projects will begin to be dismantled.
When other projects are forced to dismount, they are investing repeatedly here, which will make those technicians who are dismounted feel heartbroken.
The leaders of the projects that were dismissed will inevitably focus on such repeated investments.
This scene is in line with the old saying, there are frozen bones on the road, and the rich and wine are smelly!
In many places, many people, and even the lights have not been connected.
Some people are wasting tens of millions of funds repeatedly investing. Such things can be big or small, and even the most serious responsibility may be held accountable.
Seeing the principal hesitation, Lin Ping also guessed the principal's difficulties.
"In fact, you don't have to make things difficult, let alone worry about the future. As a responsible intellectual, you should clearly know that there is a huge technological gap between us and the international one in terms of magnetic levitation train technology.
We are behind each other for ten years, and this number is even bigger!
Our opponents are not the R&D teams of the National University of Defense Technology, but our opponents are one R&D center after another abroad. We need the fastest speed, the most manpower and the most R&D funds to smooth the gap between the two sides.
At this time, hesitated. Do you have to wait for foreign technology to lead us for twenty or thirty years before we can catch up again?
We don’t waste so much time, because wasting an extra minute is wasting the responsibility given to us by history.
Later generations will poke our backbone. We obviously had the time, opportunity and ability to catch up with international advanced technology, but because we hesitated, we finally missed the best opportunity to catch up." Lin Ping knew that the principal was a responsible and responsible person, otherwise he would not have fully supported himself at the beginning and even took huge risks.
The principal's hesitation this time was nothing more than a dead end when considering the problem.
All Lin Ping had to do was point him in the direction of his progress.
Since the principal is not worried about personal honor and disgrace, just tell him that he is doing this to catch up with the time behind the international team, I believe the principal will wake up soon.
After Lin Ping finished speaking, the room was silent for more than a minute.
In the end, the principal picked up the phone and called the principal of Tsinghua University.
Seeing the principal's actions, Lin Ping smiled proudly.
Although I have not obtained the right to use this railway, it will be too late to develop magnetic levitation technology after obtaining the right to use.
To be continued...