Technology invades the modern world

Chapter 230 Even Stronger Support

Asking him to send money is absolutely impossible.

Having been tricked by Hanxin once, no one wants to be fooled a second time.

Even though Lin Ran has the aura of a great mathematician, he seems much more reliable than Chen Jin.

But that's how bureaucrats are; they can't take responsibility. If they have to take responsibility, then the matter should be put on hold for further discussion. Academic bureaucrats are still bureaucrats.

Other resources are easy to discuss.

Especially for free laborers like students, there are as many as you can get.

"The NASA employee situation I just mentioned was in the 60s; their size is probably much larger now."

As you've heard, what we lack most right now are people and suppliers.

I just returned to China, and I really need to rely on the school in this regard.

On the one hand, there are nearly 20,000 undergraduate students at Jiaotong University, especially the third and fourth-year students, many of whom have a certain foundation in science and engineering and have a lot of free time, so they can come and help me.

I would like to trouble the school to help promote my project.

After all, it's quite a distance from Jiaotong University to Kunshan.

I hope the school can provide some transportation subsidies, and later, when I have more funds, I will provide accommodation subsidies for the students.

I welcome both graduate and doctoral students.

On the other hand, the current economic environment is not good, and so many people lose their jobs by the age of 35. They can't be called old, but they are not accepted by mainstream companies in today's society if they are young. They are in an awkward position.

Perfect timing, we're offering a re-employment opportunity.

I hope the counselors at Jiaotong University can help promote this in the Jiaotong University graduate group.

For these people, this is legitimate work, and they get paid!

Ever since witnessing Lin Ran's claim that he could extort Aldrin's entire fortune and then act as if it were his due to Aldrin being grateful, Lin Zhongqing has no respect for Lin Ran's so-called salary.

"Really?" Lin Zhongqing interrupted.

Lin Ran said decisively, "Definitely."

Lin Zhongqing: "What about the five social insurances and one housing fund?"

Lin Ran murmured, "That depends on the bottom line of the labor dispatch company."

"No, a labor dispatch agency?" Lin Zhongqing thought to himself that he hadn't misjudged the person.

Lin Ran said, "Of course, big companies like Huawei, Tencent, and Baidu all use outsourcing, so if I want to reduce costs, I definitely have to use outsourcing too."

This is what I call the wolf pack mode. Do you understand what a wolf pack is? Except for the alpha wolf, which can't be replaced, all the other wolves can be replaced at any time.

Lin Zhongqing said loudly, "No, our graduates are all from Jiaotong University! Would they go to do outsourcing?"

I was even too embarrassed to ask the counselor to post the notice in the graduating students' group.

Lin Ran shook his head: "Is this just work? This is a great undertaking in human history."

Moreover, in the current job market, just having any work is a blessing. It's not uncommon for even a Jiaotong University master's graduate to be doing outsourcing work, let alone a Jiaotong University graduate.

Lin Ran's words proved prophetic; several years later, it was no longer news that graduates from top-tier universities were going to Huawei's OD department.

"In short, we'll have to trouble our administrative colleagues to figure out how to make this publicity compelling enough to attract Jiaotong University students to dedicate themselves to this great cause."

I believe that many Jiaotong University students cherish the desire to contribute to the aerospace industry of our motherland during their university years, but the pull of reality is too strong for them to realize their dreams.

But now the opportunity to realize my dream has presented itself, and I hope the school can do a good job.

After Lin Ran finished speaking, Lin Zhongqing felt extremely angry.

How can you make such a convincing claim?

But on second thought, it doesn't seem to make no mistake.

After all, Lin Ran's target group is the unemployed.

Thinking about Lin Ran's actions from a higher perspective, Lin Zhongqing understood very well that whether it was a seasoned NASA employee, a current student at National Chiao Tung University, or someone who had lost their job due to the pandemic, these people all shared one thing in common:
That is, the price is far lower than the value.

For college students, an internship can be completed for one or two thousand yuan a month. If the work is interesting enough or the experience is helpful for finding a job in the future, some students will even pay out of their own pocket to find an internship.

The same applies to NASA veterans and the unemployed.

The unemployed should receive the lowest discount among these three groups. The other two groups may have received a 90% discount, while the unemployed group may receive a 50% discount at most.

In terms of human resource costs, Lin Ran has done his best.

This style, encompassing the old, middle-aged, and young generations, coupled with the fact that they are all in a special phase, results in the lowest management costs and difficulties.

Interns are supervised by the school, while outsourced employees can simply tell the labor dispatch company they signed a contract with and not come to work if they don't perform well.

The only potentially difficult-to-manage staff is NASA's Old Deng, who has only 27 employees.

Lin Zhongqing was deeply impressed after hearing this; Lin Ran's calculations were incredibly precise.

"What happened next?" Lin Zhongqing asked.

Lin Ran countered, "You mean what happens after the moon landing?"

Lin Zhongqing nodded: "Of course, after all, the story after the Apollo moon landing is not exactly beautiful."

Similarly, what do you want to do after the moon landing is complete?

Lin Ran sighed, "There's still so much to do. We haven't built a lunar base yet, and we haven't developed reusable rockets like the Falcon. We can also build Starlink, and we can go to Mars."

There's so much work to do.

Principal, don't worry, by then it won't be outsourcing, it will be full-time employees.

I will provide a formal contract to any outsourced personnel or students from Jiaotong University who perform well during this lunar mission.

Our journey is to the stars and the sea!

"Okay." Lin Zhongqing looked directly at Lin Ran. "I'll take care of hiring for you."

Lin Ran continued, "Then there's the last request, which is simple: I need Jiaotong University to help me find suppliers. This involves many suppliers, which may be quite sensitive."

Without the endorsement of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, establishing mutual trust would be extremely difficult.

Lin Ran only mentioned the suppliers.

But in reality, the whole process is far more complex than just suppliers. You need to use a rocket launch site, Jiuquan, Wenchang, or Xichang?
These are all resources.

Even if you pay money, if you don't have the resources, you can only wait in line.

The launch window is calculated well, but if someone is ahead of you, why should they give way to you?
These are all resources, and we need Jiaotong University's help in negotiating with them.

"Time is cost. Aldrin only invested 30 million US dollars in the early stage, and I need Jiaotong University to help save this part of the cost."

When it came to this last condition, Lin Zhongqing seemed a little hesitant.

To put it bluntly, this requires the credibility of Jiaotong University.

"I need to think about that," Lin Zhongqing said.

This time it was Lin Ran's turn to glare at the other party angrily: "Principal, you need to understand one thing."

We don't even need to go to the moon; every step we take is making history.

Jiaotong University became the first university in China and even the world to successfully complete a manned spaceflight mission.

Jiaotong University became the first university in the world to successfully land a lunar probe on the moon.

All the way up to the final moon landing.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University has established an unprecedented position. From now on, the top 3 will no longer be a competition between Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology; when it comes to the top 3, only Shanghai Jiao Tong University will be mentioned.

Even in my lifetime, I could still contend for the top spot.

This is considered a famous university meme.

Graduates from Tsinghua and Peking Universities are only mentioned as being from the Top 2 universities. Graduates from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology are only mentioned as being from the Top 3 universities. The "Top 5 Universities" are exclusively associated with Nanjing University, and the C9 League belongs to Xi'an Jiaotong University and Harbin Institute of Technology.

Domestic universities have such a strict hierarchy in this regard.

"Life offers few opportunities to take a gamble," Lin Ran roared in a low voice. "What are you hesitating for at a time like this?"

Lin Zhongqing thought for a moment and said, "Okay, don't worry, I'll take care of all of this for you."

申海
Landing on the moon is never a trivial matter.

This was determined by the space race between America and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

This matter has extremely strong political significance.

Lin Ran's approach has even more obvious political implications.

From the moment Lin Ran helped Aldrin and others apply for work visas, a mysterious organization began to intervene.

The hotel was under strict security during the stay of the former NASA employee.

The hotel, which was supposed to be a temporary 14-day accommodation for foreigners, only housed these 27 foreigners.

Therefore, Lin Zhongqing could only meet the first two of Lin Ran's requests; he had to report the third one.

If you don't want to take responsibility, just leave it to the gods above to decide.

Li had to report to Lin Ran and the Apollo moon landing about everything, and Lin Ran also had to report to others.

“Great! We thought Lin Ran was unaware of the political implications, but it turns out he is very clear about them.”

The legacy of NASA is in China. NASA engineers from the 60s, together with young Chinese people, completed the moon landing in 2020.

The flame was transferred from the Americans to the Chinese.

"As expected of someone who publicly expresses their commitment to creating an environment, their political awareness is quite high."

"Yes, we originally thought he was just trying to make up for the regrets he had when he finished his college graduation project and wanted to go all out. We didn't expect that he had thought of almost all the implications we could think of."

This shows that he is very clear-headed.

"Yes, a clear mind is all that's left is ability."

If he really succeeds in landing on the moon, what's wrong with giving him resources?
If he fails to land on the moon, as he himself said, Fields and Aldrin will both provide him with an initial investment of five million dollars.

Can't we afford it?

One Fields, five million dollars, and it's not like he spent it, so this indirectly boosted employment.

Even if he spent it himself, it still stimulates consumption.

Let Shenhai prepare and standardize the whole matter.

In the name of Shenhai Venture Capital, they added 50 million RMB to his investment.

Following the model of science and technology investment, whatever amount Aldrin sends, we will send him a slightly higher amount.

The total amount involved is close to 10 billion RMB.

We don't need him to be exceptionally good; as long as he can accomplish manned spaceflight and lunar landings, then just like NASA supports SpaceX, it wouldn't be a problem for us to support a space company outside the original system.

Since you want to prove yourself this way, we'll help you build a better stage. If you can't do it yourself, then don't blame us for not supporting your space dream.

The bigwigs have completely different ideas.

From a national perspective, 50 million RMB is nothing at all.

The government's support for scientists has always been unwavering, to some extent.

In 2008, SMTH spent a huge sum of money to buy Shi Yigong a state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscope, the Titan Krios.

The huge sum of money here is $140 million, but we have to consider that this was in 2008. At that time, the one that Tsinghua University bought was the first in Asia, and there were no more than 10 in the world.

It's hard to say that QuantumCTek's successful listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board was unrelated to Academician Pan Jianwei.

Including Wu Yiling of Yiling Pharmaceutical, there's no need to say more about these academicians in the pharmaceutical field.

All sorts of bizarre and outrageous tactics are emerging one after another.

Therefore, the support provided by the state was by no means much for China's first Fields Medal.

To be more precise, the strategy of spending a fortune to buy horse bones worked.

You convinced Aldrin, and the Chinese side also believed that you were indeed capable in the aerospace field, after all, Aldrin had invested real money in it.

Then we will give you the same level of support.

Not to mention, given the current environment, China itself wants to loosen monetary policy to protect employment, safeguard the economy, and promote technological innovation.

So the next day, Lin Ran saw not only Lin Zhongqing in the principal's office, but also another middle-aged man.

"Professor, let me introduce you. This is Song Nanping, the person in charge of investment business at Shenhai Technology Investment Co., Ltd."

Minister Song, this one.

Before he could finish speaking, Song Nanping stood up and reached out to Lin Ran: "I know, Professor Lin, I've heard so much about you. Ever since we learned that you would be returning to China, we've been looking forward to this day."

Welcome back home.

Even if the other person doesn't speak, just by sitting on the sofa pretending to be relaxed but actually being tense, Lin Ran knows what this person does.

He had seen too much of that at Redstone Base.

It's fair to say that the most elite members of this group are those who appear before him every few days, each with a different person.

You can smell these people just by their scent.

Lin Ran shook hands with the other party, not at all surprised that he didn't feel any calluses on the other party's hand. China couldn't possibly be bad at such details.

"Minister Song, hello."

"Professor Lin, it's like this, we heard from Principal Lin that you have financing needs, and I think we have plenty of opportunities to cooperate."

In order to accelerate the construction of a globally influential science and technology innovation hub, Shenhai Science and Technology Investment Group is very willing to invest in companies founded by highly skilled talents like Professor Lin.

In addition, there were figures like Aldrin, who were renowned in the field of aerospace.

We are eager to help your company grow, including fulfilling the third point you raised with Principal Lin. Shenhai Science & Technology Investment will do its best to help you achieve this.

Lin Zhongqing immediately added, "Professor, Minister Song is an alumnus of our Jiaotong University and also my former student. When I heard your request, he immediately came to mind."

"Whether they're real students or not is still uncertain," Lin Ran thought to himself.

"Oh, welcome, welcome," Lin Ran nodded.

Then Lin Zhongqing opportunely suggested, "I'm going outside for a smoke, so I won't disturb your conversation any longer," thus giving up his office for the two of them.

An hour later, Lin Zhongqing returned to the office where only Song Nanping remained.

"How about it?"

"The talks went well, and the cooperation agreement was reached." Song Nanping nodded with a smile, then added, "Principal Lin, does Professor Lin prefer to be called 'Professor'?"

　There will be more at night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)