The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 535 Going All Out

"This is incredible. I have a feeling."

"What does it feel like?"

The head of the carbon nanotube research project said in surprise, "I feel that our boss has been researching carbon nanotubes for a long time, and his research is quite in-depth, much more advanced than ours."

One researcher said in bewilderment, "That's impossible. If the boss had research to do, he wouldn't have asked us to initiate the research project."

Another researcher chimed in, "That's right. If the boss were to do it himself, it would probably be much faster and cheaper than us."

"How do we explain the information the boss sent over?" The team leader pointed at the computer screen and said, "Although the information the boss gave us can't directly help us find a way to mass-produce, his thinking is exactly the same as our research approach."

Everyone was puzzled. After a while, someone said, "I thought of a possibility. In fact, we have been reporting our research progress to him all along, which means that our boss has indeed read our research reports carefully. In addition, our boss has also given us a lot of guidance during our research process. I think this might be the reason."

"That's the only explanation. You see, the boss has thought much deeper than we have." The person in charge said admiringly, "To put it bluntly, with this information, we can come up with a qualified mass production plan within six months."

This is the effect of subtle influence. Liu Hua would only casually reveal a few words at a crucial point, which would give them great inspiration. Looking back, they wouldn't think it was all the boss's credit. Most importantly, talent was cultivated.

This year, Liu Guodong brought his whole family back for the Spring Festival, carrying a lot of things in large and small bags.

"Dad, after the New Year, I won't go to Qiongya?"

Liu Hua asked, puzzled, "Why? Are you planning to part ways with Lao Yuan?"

"My teacher said I can now work independently and asked me to take charge of a project on my own."

Liu Hua frowned, then smiled: "Are you sure Lao Yuan is saying you can handle things on your own, not that he's annoyed with you bunch of monkeys? You know, professors always have a lot of headaches dealing with their graduate students."

"I don't think so. My teacher still values ​​me a lot."

Liu Hua shook his head: "I've also taken a liking to my students, but when I have a headache, it's a real headache. Sometimes I really want to kick them far away."

Liu Guodong's face fell. He was married with children, yet his teacher disliked him so much, and his father did too. He felt quite embarrassed.

"But I really do have to take charge of a new project," Liu Guodong argued. "I'm planning to organize a team in Qingdao to study the seawater rice project."

"Seawater rice, wouldn't it be salty and bitter after it's grown?"

"Dad, if you don't understand, don't give your opinions." Liu Guodong said helplessly, "Seawater is seawater, and seawater rice is seawater rice. Just because you think seawater is salty and astringent doesn't mean seawater rice is salty and astringent. But sea fish are delicious."

"It's like being in a completely different field." Liu Hua waved his hand with a smile: "I won't interfere with your research. What you've researched is destined to be inedible anyway. You might as well research raising fish and shrimp in the desert."

"Dad, you're just daydreaming. How can you raise fish and shrimp in the desert?"

"If rice can be grown in seawater, why can't fish and shrimp be raised in the desert?"

Liu Guodong laughed and said, "Dad, stop being so unreasonable." "You still don't believe me?"

"Of course I don't believe it," Liu Guodong said with a smile. "I reckon my seawater rice will have a bumper harvest, but your shrimp won't survive either."

Liu Hua slammed his fist on the table: "Kid, you're challenging me, aren't you? I'm going to take you on. After the New Year, I'll invest in a company to farm seafood in Xinjiang. Let's see who succeeds first!"

This year's Spring Festival was exceptionally lively. They had moved to a villa in the Asian Games Village, making it more convenient for them to travel. A large group of people came to wish Liu Hua a Happy New Year.

The heads of various companies, Liu Hua's students, and some government officials came and went like a revolving door, drinking several kilograms of Liu Hua's fine tea over the New Year.

After the New Year, Liu Hua had his company register a seafood farming company in Hami.

The staff member in charge rubbed his eyes and asked incredulously, "Are you sure you're not mistaken? The seafood company is in Hami, the westernmost part of the country. Is there a sea there?"

The staff of Taiyi Group replied dejectedly, "Don't worry about whether there's a sea or not, just help me register. Anyway, the company gave me this task, and it's clearly written in black and white. If I can't do it, it's because I'm incompetent."

As the saying goes, something unusual must be amiss. The staff of the Industry and Commerce Bureau reported the matter up the chain of command, layer by layer, all the way to the highest level.

Even the top leaders were puzzled. Going to Xinjiang to buy farmed seafood seemed like a fantasy.

So he carried two boxes of Daohuacun pastries and personally visited Liu: "Academician Liu, your company has just registered a branch to farm seafood in the western Xinjiang region."

Liu Hua nodded: "Yes, I personally instructed them to handle it."

"I thought your subordinates were doing this behind your back. That's ridiculous!" the leader said with a smile. "I would believe you if you said you were raising shrimp in the river. Xinjiang is a place that is very short of water."

Liu Hua shook his head: "Where is there a water shortage? The water that melts from the snow-capped mountains is of very good quality. That area is also a famous fruit-producing region. How can you grow fruit if there is a water shortage?"

"That's true, but it just sounds like a fantasy." The leader shook his head: "I can't believe you can farm seafood in that place, which is thousands of miles away from the sea."

"Where there's a will, there's a way. Once I've successfully farmed shrimp over there, I'll send you a few kilograms of big shrimp." Liu Hua said with a smile, "Science is about turning the impossible into the possible."

Although Taiyi Group was completely baffled by the boss's arrangement, they still carried out his instructions immediately.

They started recruiting talents specializing in aquaculture and aquatic environment right after the New Year, and the minimum requirement is a master's degree.

Students majoring in related fields in Beijing were ecstatic. Taiyi Group offered top-notch salaries and benefits, but unfortunately, they had only ever recruited students majoring in mechanical engineering, physics, chemistry, and chemical engineering. This favor had never been extended to students majoring in aquaculture.

Now that Taiyi Group is recruiting students in these related majors, they also want to enjoy the benefits. They must seize this enormous wealth and hold onto it firmly.

More than a hundred master's and doctoral students in related majors, recruited from universities across the country, gathered in Beijing to prepare for new challenges.

(End of this chapter)