Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

Now that the reform and opening up have been going on for several years, the scientific research institutes in Beijing have experienced some things.

Everyone has an idea of ​​what kind of business tricks a multinational company like Coca-Cola has, or what habits scholars like to see.

In short, any foreign company that is qualified to enter China is not stingy when it comes to spending money.

Even if these experts and professors who study food have not benefited from Coca-Cola, at least they have benefited from COFCO.

Of course, the benefits of Coca-Cola are more delicious.

"I didn't realize that Yang Rui is so powerful at such a young age." Out of the meeting room, Chang Shihui laughed at himself, with some other meanings.

The friends around him instantly understood, and laughed and said, "You can't make so many things even if you're not very good. If you count the projects he has done, I don't know how much money he will spend..."

"One million is not enough." Chang Shihui had already calculated it. It's not that he couldn't figure out the exact answer, but he couldn't imagine any more.

Nowadays, the research institutes of state-owned enterprises have an advantage in terms of benefits, because the state-owned enterprises with research institutes under their banners are all large state-owned enterprises, such as COFCO. The wave of layoffs in the 1980s was not affected. Two years later, their real estate companies will be able to sweep the country.

However, the current specialized state-owned enterprises have a narrow scope of research after all, and they are willing to provide even less funding for experiments. In this regard, the research institutes of state-owned enterprises are not as good as ordinary research institutes, nor are they comparable to university research institutes.

Chang Shihui could not be unique in his own unit, so when he came out to compare funding and projects, he naturally fell behind. From the perspective of the 1980s, he might have spent less than one million yuan in experimental funding for his entire life.

Of course, the sum of his achievements in this life may not be comparable to a cell paper.

Therefore, Chang Shihui didn't want to let it go when it reached 1 million.

The colleagues who came with him have never seen more than 200,000 yuan in funding—it is a truth in the universe that people who make food are poorer than those who make biology—envy and hate: “I heard that Yang Rui has a very good relationship with the British company Zeneca. Well, didn’t Chinese Medicine Foreign Trade give him a sum of 200,000 yuan? I heard it was also because of Zeneca.”

"Now, the relationship between him and Coca-Cola has improved." Chang Shihui said with emotion.

The people in the same industry curled their lips: "The young people today,

I know what kind of skill it is to hug a foreigner's thigh. "

Chang Shihui listened with a smile, glanced to the side, quickly nudged him, and said: "Look at what you said, it will attract foreign investment now, you can ask the secretary of the municipal party committee, does he want to hug the thigh? Can he get in touch with foreigners?" , that's the thing."

Among this group of people, half were hugging foreigners' thighs, and the other half wanted to hug but hadn't. If Chang Shihui didn't make up for it, his colleagues would offend a few people.

The latter rolled his eyes and knew that he was Meng Lang. He coughed twice and stopped talking altogether.

"Let's take a break here first and taste the snacks produced by our Coca-Cola. Of course, these products are not produced in China at present, and can only be imported for the time being." Manager Xiao said, and asked someone to send a ticket of colorful snacks to the individual hand.

Two yuan per person, no more, no less.

The scholars present talked eloquently, and at most glanced at the snacks on the table, seemingly disdainful.

"Everyone take a break first." Manager Xiao smiled and went out.

"boom"

The door closed, and the atmosphere in the room seemed to become lively.

Chang Shihui put all the snacks into his pocket in handfuls, two handfuls, three or four handfuls, leaving only one piece of candy, opened the bag, and held it slowly, thinking involuntarily: Yang Rui, this time, I don’t know how much to take back. bag of sugar.

In the conference room, Yang Rui was also happily waiting for the price from Coca-Cola.

Blackmailing multinational companies, this kind of thing, his mentor used to drool when he talked about it. However, it was useless. No matter what time it was, only scholars at the top of the pyramid could blackmail companies at the top of the pyramid.

As far as the school Yang Rui attended and the geographical location, it is really difficult to blackmail a multinational company, and there are very few successful ones.

Now, thinking that he has the qualifications to let Coca-Cola speak, Yang Rui is also quite happy, with a sense of accomplishment of being able to escape from the shadows of the past.

The sum of the shadow area in the minds of Mr. Sherwood and Mr. Gibson is as much as 8 units, which is 2 times 2, plus the area of ​​2 times 2. The two exchanged eye contact for a moment, and it was Sherwood who spoke, saying: "Yang Rui Sir, the experimental question you have raised is very valuable, and we would like to invite you to cooperate with Coca-Cola to study this question in depth."

"How to study?" Yang Rui smiled all over his face, and there was a wretched Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara rubbing his hands in his heart while shouting: Make a price, make a price!

After confirming with Gibson again, Sherwood said, "We are willing to fund your project research. The amount of funding is tentatively set at 5,000 US dollars?"

This figure is 2.5 times the budget of 2,000 US dollars when Sherwood entered the door, which is equivalent to the income of an average American family for about three months. According to the calculation of the US Department of Labor, it is roughly equivalent to 11,484 US dollars in 2015.

It is not too much by American standards, but by Chinese standards, $5,000 is really too much, and this is not really a research grant for you, it is nothing more than a bribe.

If the same money is given to officials, I don't know how many people will be knocked out.

Just like how Americans consume in Vietnam and Myanmar, Sherwood believes that 5,000 yuan in "dollars" is enough to make Chinese Yang Rui kneel on one knee.

If it was another researcher, he might actually get down on one knee. If you don’t take 5,000 US dollars, don’t take it for nothing. If you are brave enough, you will swallow it all, and no one may trouble you. Reasonable and legal income is simply the easiest way to launder money.

It turned into 30,000 yuan households overnight. If the poor and lower-middle peasants saw this, I don’t know how much indignation and resentment it would cause.

However, Yang Rui was inevitably disappointed.

In the stories he had heard about blackmailing multinational companies, the unit of funding was at least ten thousand, or it could be millions. What the hell is the unit of thousands?

$5000? For Yang Rui, it can't be said that it is less, but it is far from the number he expected.

Yang Rui even felt that Coca-Cola looked down on people.

Take a look at Zeneca, the dividends of hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars, there is no one day in arrears, what a good person.

With such a comparison, Yang Rui's mood is in a state of falling on a roller coaster.

"Do you have any requirements for the project you want to research?" Yang Rui's voice was as cold as that of Avalokitesvara.

"There are no special requirements, food and biology are all fine." Sherwood replied indifferently.

The Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara in Yang Rui's heart took out the whetstone, rubbed it loudly, and said, "Then we can do a set of human experiments on young people."

"what?"

"Using mice as the research object is indeed prone to various experimental errors. In fact, there are so many young people drinking carbonated drinks. We can carry out scientific investigation and research, and directly carry out a long-term project. Learn about the impact of carbonated drinks on teenagers.” Yang Rui really didn’t want to scare them, this kind of research has been carried out by many research institutions in later generations, such as Harvard University and other old research institutions’ reports, which frequently appear in the news of various countries in the world.

Sherwood was really frightened, his white face became even paler, and he hurriedly said, "Wait, is it legal to use teenagers for human experiments?"

Yang Rui shrugged and said: "Human experiment is a general term. You are referring to experiments in a narrow sense... In fact, this kind of experiment is completely different from medical experiments. We don't need to make requirements for teenagers to drink carbonated drinks. We We only need to select a certain number of teenagers, such as 5,000, and then we will conduct regular physical examinations and follow-up visits to them, record their physical indicators, and record the amount of carbonated drinks they consume every day. After a period of time, we will analyze these data. Yes. The selected teenagers will not change because of our research, of course, we need the consent of the teenagers themselves and their parents."

If there is no problem with carbonated drinks, such an experiment is naturally no problem. However, it is already 1984, and Coca-Cola has long since lost its sense of security.

From Sherwood's point of view, even if Coca-Cola is beneficial to physical and mental health, they are unwilling to conduct such follow-up research on their own territory.

Gibson said with luck: "The cost of such an experiment is too high. I'm afraid we can't afford it. You know, our rights are limited... Besides, in China, it may be difficult to find suitable subjects for experiments." .”

“We don’t necessarily have to experiment in China, Coca-Cola is sold globally, and the population of carbonated drinks is also global. Well... I happened to be collaborating with a professor at the University of Tokyo in Japan, and we might discuss this project .Besides, the British may also be interested..."

Gibson and Sherwood's little hearts fluttered.

Gibson licked his lips and said: "Mr. Yang Rui, Japan and the UK are countries with extremely high consumption in the world. Doing follow-up research in these two places, the average annual funding for each student is at least 20 US dollars, and 5,000 people is 100,000. dollars."

The implication is that he does not believe that Yang Rui can come up with 100,000 US dollars.

Yang Rui also nodded naturally, and said: "There are other related expenses that have not been calculated. In this case, it is indeed a problem..."

The corners of Gibson and Sherwood's mouths were slightly raised. Are they going to make an offer?

Seeing that Yang Rui seemed to really think for a while, he said: "Maybe we can only reduce the scale. The first phase is in one country, choose 2,000 students, and do an 8-month follow-up survey first. In this case, 50,000 US dollars should be It is enough, and there is just such a sum of money left in my laboratory."

Gibson and Sherwood were utterly hopeless.

For multinational corporations, researchers with deep pockets are just as irresistible as lawyers with deep pockets.

Underfunded lawyers, although they sound like lawyers, any multinational company has the ability to kill you with countless documents and delaying tactics without looking at the evidence.

A researcher without money, even if he has the name of a scientist, is at most like a reporter, writing a few innocuous texts, which will not hurt the multinational corporations. However, once researchers have money, the offensive against multinational companies is like a wave turning into a tsunami, especially in the fields of food and biology. DuPont, which is as strong as DuPont, will fall down on the non-stick paint formula, Without a strong laboratory, it is difficult to fight and win with such a company.

Sherwood and Gibson didn't know if the experiment Yang Rui said would be successful, but just listening to it was scary enough.

"Mr. Yang Rui, I can prepare 12,000 US dollars to fund your research. If you are willing to wait a little longer, we may have an additional surprise." Sherwood showed his sincerity, and at most he could approve one Twelve thousand dollars.

Yang Rui shook his head regretfully, and said, "I didn't expect Coca-Cola to be so poor."

Sherwood blushed and said, "We will ask our superiors for instructions."

Yang Rui didn't know that two years later, CCTV made Coca-Cola a hit in the news just for an advertising fee of 200,000 US dollars, which melted the doubts about Coca-Cola in China.

For an organization like CCTV, $200,000 is a sky-high price, and the $12,000 proposed by Sherwood is indeed very high.

It's a pity that the living money in Yang Rui's hand is far from what 12,000 US dollars can compare.

After thinking for a while, Yang Rui patted Sherwood and Gibson on the shoulders respectively, and said, "Twelve thousand dollars is unnecessary. Since Coca-Cola has limited funds, it does not need to donate to my laboratory for the time being. We will meet later."

Sherwood and Gibson watched Yang Rui leave helplessly, wanting to push Yang Rui to the ground more than once in their hearts.

After a long time, Sherwood asked, "What is Yang Rui's final opinion?"

"I don't know." Gibson's eyes were full of bewilderment. Today's conversation contained too much information.

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