From top student in college to scientific research powerhouse

Chapter 19 People can lie, but capital cannot!

"He really wants to sell!"

Li Jiaxin was stunned for a moment. He stared at Zhang Minghao, making sure the other party wasn't joking, but he still felt strange.

Normally, the answer would be a direct refusal!

Collaborative research and development is definitely the best option. For individuals, collaborating with companies on research and development can secure substantial funding.

Although most of the funding is invested in research, individuals can also receive a considerable amount of money. A portion of the funding is used to pay labor costs, and project leaders can also give themselves bonuses.

Moreover, the collaborative research and development model is not fixed; everything is negotiable.

In addition, results are also important.

When research yields results, individuals become more famous and authoritative, which is highly beneficial for their future development.

Buyout...

"Yup!"

Li Jiaxin suddenly realized, "The other party is just a doctoral student."

"On the one hand, he doesn't understand; on the other hand, money may be more important to him."

Li Jiaxin glanced at Xue Kun thoughtfully, giving him a special look that seemed to say, 'It's not that we're bullying you, it's that your doctoral student really wants to sell himself.'

He hesitated for a moment, then offered, "Five hundred thousand!"

Zhang Minghao stood up abruptly, turned to leave, and said, "You just want to take the research methods for free, don't you?"

Half a million?
How important is research on the correlation between devices and substrates for semiconductor companies!

Five hundred thousand isn't even enough to cover system upgrades; it's better to keep the research in our own hands.

Du Cheng quickly went over and pulled Zhang Minghao away.

After they sat down again, Li Jiaxin and Wang Changjiang discussed it for a few minutes and then offered another price, "One million!"

Zhang Minghao frowned and said seriously, "You should all be very clear about the importance of the model."

"As I said yesterday, as long as there is enough data to fill the gaps, the model can continue to be improved."

“The current range of calculations is already very meaningful. Further narrowing the parameter range can even be used to calculate the substrates required for cutting-edge semiconductor devices.”

"How much time will you save? How much less money will you need to invest in research and development?"

"Ten times? A hundred times?"

Li Jiaxin knew that Zhang Minghao was right, and he discussed it with Wang Changjiang and Du Cheng.

Wang Changjiang added, "One million three hundred thousand!"

"Still too few."

Zhang Minghao refused decisively, saying, "The top researchers at your R&D base earn more than that a year."

"That's different!"

Du Cheng immediately retorted, "Whether this model can be perfected and to what extent it can be perfected are both uncertain."

"Moreover, it will require a lot of investment in the future, which is both difficult and costly."

Zhang Minghao said, "You bought out the research methods. Now that you have the methods, I can't continue the research, right?"

He sighed and said mournfully, "This might be the only good idea I have in my entire life..."

A single sigh resonated deeply with everyone else.

Those who do scientific research know how rare good ideas are.

Most of the winners of those international academic awards only complete one major research project in their lifetime, and their subsequent lives become uneventful with no noteworthy achievements.

Xue Kun, Zhu Bingkun, and Chen Shuai all gave each other unfriendly looks.

Li Jiaxin shuddered and had no choice but to raise the stakes further, "One and a half million..."

"Two million!"

Zhang Minghao immediately quoted a price.

"Two million is too high," Wang Changjiang said, sounding somewhat anxious. "We could probably come up with a research method ourselves..."

"really?"

Zhang Minghao scoffed, "If it were that simple to come up with, you wouldn't be buying the research methods, would you?"

of course.

After validating the model, they organized a team to conduct a special study, but they could not find any correlation between the model and the experimental data.

If you can't even find the correlation, there's no way to study the methods.

Next, the two sides began a tug-of-war, just like haggling at a market, exchanging words and engaging in a heated debate.

Three middle-aged men against one young man, but the young man was not at a disadvantage at all.

The others could only watch quietly, unable to get a word in edgewise.

Ultimately, the price was set at 185 million.

"make a deal!"

Li Jiaxin breathed a sigh of relief; he was quite satisfied with the result.

Yesterday we talked about buying the research methodology for the model and also discussed the bidding issue. Shi Yaokun said that we could decide directly if the price was below 200 million.

185 million, the mission can be considered successfully completed.

Zhang Minghao was also very satisfied; the amount was 185 million, which was more than one million after tax.

The wealth requirements for system upgrades are directly met.

Moreover, even if the other party obtains the research methods, can they really conduct the research?

This isn't him trying to scam people!
The research methodology is definitely sound, but the other party's R&D capabilities are limited. If they have the method but can't do it, they can only blame themselves!

……

Li Jiaxin and the other two left.

Even if the buyout price is agreed upon, the transaction does not proceed immediately.

The other party will send a dedicated team over later to sign transfer contracts and agreements.

The others haven't left yet.

They surrounded Zhang Minghao, asking him a barrage of questions, especially Xue Kun, who seemed utterly disappointed. "The research method, just like that, was it sold off?"

"Have you really thought about it?"

"It's still possible to change the mind now, since there's no signed contract, just a verbal agreement..."

He still felt it was such a pity.

Just like Zhang Minghao said, you might only have one good idea in your entire life.

Zhu Bingkun, Chen Shuai, and even Zhou Qi all felt it was a great pity.

Zhou Qi had a different idea; he considered it from the school's perspective, and having collaborative projects was of course the best option.

From a personal perspective... "185 million! If it were me, I would sell it too!" Zhou Qi felt a pang of envy.

He can earn 7,000 yuan a month, and even with bonuses at the end of the year, it's not enough to make 100,000 yuan.

The other party sold a research method and received twenty years' worth of income in return.

hey~~~
Zhang Minghao laughed nonchalantly, "If they want to do their own research, let them."

"Besides, they might not be able to succeed..."

What do you mean?
Zhu Bingkun and the others were somewhat puzzled, but they did not continue to persuade him.

After all, it's 185 million!
This is a lifetime's income for an average person, how can you persuade them otherwise?
Zhou Qi returned to his office in the administration building.

Wang Guiyuan was leisurely sipping his tea when he noticed Zhou Qi's dejected expression and casually asked, "Judging from your expression, the deal didn't go through, did it?"

"normal!"

"It might be possible for a medium-sized enterprise, but what kind of collaboration could a large semiconductor company like Newtech have with our school..."

"The cooperation agreement didn't go through!"

Zhou Qi then changed the subject, "But they've reached a buyout agreement—a buyout of the research methodology!"

"Buying research methods, isn't that going too far?"

Wang Guiyuan said subconsciously.

"Whether it's excessive or not... it doesn't matter anymore, the important thing is that they paid enough!"

"How many?"

"185……"

Wang Guiyuan's mouth remained agape for a long time before he finally asked, as if confirming, "185 million?"

Zhou Qi nodded vigorously.

Wang Guiyuan swallowed hard. A research method conceived by a doctoral student sold for 185 million?
What's wrong with this world?!
……

At noon, Zhu Bingkun, Chen Shuai, Xue Kun, and Zhang Minghao went to the second floor of the faculty and staff canteen on the south side of the school for lunch.

Zhu Bingkun treated everyone to a meal, and they ordered eight dishes for the table.

Chen Shuai sat next to Zhang Minghao, repeatedly saying, "It's not suitable for you to do experiments with Xue Kun."

"You have such a talent for computational physics, you should develop in a direction that suits you..."

He wanted to persuade Zhang Minghao to change his mentor.

For example, himself.

Who wouldn't like such a talented student?
Xue Kun's face darkened as he listened, but he didn't interrupt, because even he thought Zhang Minghao was very talented in mathematics and computational physics.

In mathematics, they produced applied mathematics results that surprised Meng Guoqing.

Computational physics, specifically the correlation model between semiconductor substrates and devices, is a prime example; a single research method sold for a high price of 185 million.

It's a bit of a pity...

Regardless, he felt that having Zhang Minghao do physics experiments with him was a waste of his talent.

Zhang Minghao simply smiled and said, "Professor Chen, thank you."

“I still want to continue my doctoral studies under Professor Xue. I came to Jiangzhou University because of Professor Xue.”

Xue Kun smiled with relief.

Zhu Bingkun spoke up, getting straight to the point: "Zhang Minghao, can your model be used to calculate tinene substrates?"

Chen Shuai and Xue Kun also fell silent.

This is the topic.

The electromagnetic metamaterials project was of interest to them all. After the preliminary experiments failed, they decided to pursue the direction of 'basic experiments on thermoelectric materials'.

However, there have been only minor achievements in 'thermoelectric materials', and there is no prospect of development at all.

If the new model can be used to calculate the substrate of tinene, then it would be most appropriate to continue studying tinene in turn.

Zhang Minghao said, "The model can only calculate the approximate range. Even if it is perfected, it cannot accurately calculate the substrate required for tinene manufacturing."

He added after saying that, "There is a difference between stanene and semiconductors."

Zhu Bingkun nodded understandingly, but he was still slightly disappointed.

The same applies to Xue Kun and Chen Shuai.

Zhang Minghao continued, "However, I still believe the project team should continue working on tinene."

"In the field of tinene, we should not only focus on manufacturing tinene, but also conduct other research."

"The project team has been working on tinene and has a lot of experimental data on the fabrication of tinene using bismuth telluride as a substrate. We can also study this data."

He pondered for a moment, then continued, "Even failed experiments have value. We can use the experimental data to analyze the appearance of bismuth telluride, and perhaps we can make a discovery."

The project team's experimental goal has always been to manufacture high-quality tinene using bismuth telluride as a substrate.

If the properties of the experimental product are closer to those of tinene, then it is considered a success.

If the characteristic is far from the target, it is defined as a failure.

If the substrate material, namely bismuth telluride, is not directly related to the experimental product, then the failed experimental data is naturally meaningless.

Conversely, every experimental data point is meaningful.

These data can be used to analyze the relationship between bismuth telluride and tinene.

When massive amounts of data are put together, we may be able to find some patterns or make new discoveries.

Zhu Bingkun pondered it carefully and suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

The research on stanene failed, but even failed research is meaningful. The data were put together to analyze the correlation between the properties of stanene and bismuth telluride, just like constructing the correlation between the properties of semiconductor substrates and devices.

At that time, we will be able to find some kind of pattern.

The principle itself is an achievement, not to mention that we can find a way to manufacture tinene based on the principle.

Zhu Bingkun's face immediately lit up with surprise.

After the dinner, he couldn't help but exclaim to Xue Kun, "Your student is truly remarkable!"

"A math genius can also excel in computational physics."

"He has a lot of ideas about research, and I feel like we'll have to rely on him for our project..."

The premise of all this is that there is a correlation between the properties of bismuth telluride and the experimental products.

If there is no correlation between the two, the experimental data will be meaningless.

They all believe that the connection exists.

Semiconductor substrates and device properties are related, and tinene also has semiconductor properties. Their manufacturing processes are very similar, so they are also related in a similar way.

As for whether the model is correct...

People can lie, but capital cannot!

(End of this chapter)