Elf: I asked you to take the college entrance examination, and you took out a modifier?

"Those idiots who eat for free and don't work at Magic City University, I'm afraid they will twitch their faces when they see Old Man Huang now, right?"

Zhenghui seemed very excited, with a gleam in his eyes.

Yun Xiao waited for a while, and suddenly asked curiously:

"You said you did research on the self-healing of Minas before, but later switched to doing something else. What did you do?"

Hearing this, Zhenghui shrugged and pointed to a strangely made machine that looked like an egg beater lying on the ground not far away.

"That's it. You might think it's awesome when I tell you about it. It's a device that can revive ancient elf fossils."

Yun Xiao was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

Resurrecting ancient fossil elves? ?

This technology is not inferior to Huang Ning's discovery at all. It can also make a sensation around the world if it is released to the world.

However, Zhenghui smiled at himself, and the light in his eyes dimmed.

"But this is just a prototype. I haven't succeeded in my research at all."

"Well...or rather, I'm ready to give up, just like what happened with Mienshao."

After Zhenghui said this, Yun Xiao took a closer look at the machine and found that it really seemed to be just a prototype frame, with many structures empty, exposing various circuits and electronic boards.

Only then did he come to his senses.

If Zhenghui had really successfully developed the technology to revive ancient fossils, then it would be impossible for him to have a conversation with Zhenghui in this narrow lighthouse room.

This kind of achievement is enough to make Zhenghui a historical celebrity directly - just like Huang Ning is about to become.

At this point, Yun Xiao glanced at the machine, then at the piles of materials and manuscripts in the room, and finally couldn't help asking:

"Why did you give up in the end? I think your ability is not much worse than Teacher Huang's. As long as you persist, you will definitely succeed in the end."

Judging from Zhenghui's current performance, he is definitely not a mediocre person. Even if he is unkempt in his life, from all the traces and clues in this room, he has made great efforts in both scientific research knowledge and hard work, and is definitely a researcher who can truly produce results.

This was Yun Xiao's intuition. He was always very accurate in judging people.

However, Zhenghui shook his head after hearing this.

"Boy, scientific research is something that can only be successful if you have the ability and work hard."

"Huang Ning and I both thought so before, but later we found that it was not the case. Scientific research is not a one-sided thing."

"Whether a project can be successful in the end depends on hard work and ability, luck and connections."

“Sometimes you are unlucky and go in the wrong direction or take the wrong path, and no matter how hard you try, you gain nothing.”

"Without connections, at the very least, you have no one to communicate with, and it's easy to fall into your own wrong ideas. At the most, if you don't have connections, you can't get some equipment or resources at all, and you have to find other ways on your own."

"The biggest factor is actually money."

"Resources cost money, buying materials costs money, doing experiments costs money, and even applying for a research project costs a lot of money. Money is needed everywhere."

As Zhenghui spoke, he pulled out a pile of manuscripts from under the sofa, crumpled them into a ball, and threw them aside.

"Although your teacher thought that as long as he worked hard, he was admitted to the Demon University after all, and the Demon University supported him."

"What about me? Now that I think about it, I was too naive at that time, even more naive than your teacher. I turned down invitations from several schools and institutions because I thought they were not serious about research."

"But later I realized that if you want to go far in this field, you can't just study hard. You have to be sensible, have a backer, and be able to tolerate those colleagues who are only after fame and fortune. Otherwise, you won't be able to make it in the end."

"The scientific environment in China is like this now. Anyone who doesn't comply with them will end up dead."

"To be honest, my research on the self-healing ability of Milotic was almost complete, but I took the initiative to stop the research in the end. Do you know why?"

"Oh, that project didn't have enough funds at the time, so I went to find a domestic scientific research organization to cooperate with. They allocated money to assist me in my research."

"We had agreed upon this when we signed the contract that once the research was successful, it would be immediately put into the elf medical field for free. But later I discovered that they had secretly changed the contract and were planning to monopolize the research results and use them for profit."

"I definitely won't do this, but I have no identity and no background, and I can't even find a place to sue them."

"I have no choice but to give up the research. Since this thing can't contribute to the public, it's better not to release it."

"Those bitches won't be able to make any money this way, haha."

Zhenghui laughed happily, but there was deep regret and unwillingness in his eyes.

Yun Xiao didn't know what to say for a moment. He had heard Huang Ning mention that the current scientific research environment in the country was not very good, but he didn't expect it to have reached this point.

It is no wonder that there have been no major discoveries in the country in recent years. The overall level has always lagged behind other major countries. In such an environment, it would be strange if there could be any major discoveries.

Huang Ning is a good example. As Zhenghui said, he at least has the Demon King supporting him from behind.

If there hadn't been Modou's support and if Huang Ning hadn't been so stubborn, this new evolved form of Eevee would never have been discovered by domestic researchers.

Yun Xiao sighed silently in his heart.

And the Zhenghui in front of him is also a kind-hearted person. He studies the healing cells of Minass in order to benefit the domestic medical field.

Although elves have extremely strong physiques, they also face moments of life and death crisis. Domestic medical technology in this area does not seem to be well developed. In this light, this Milotic research project may be more meaningful than the discovery of a new evolutionary form of Eevee or even the fossil resurrection technology.

"Did you ever think of other ways to raise funds and continue this research? I think it's a pity, after all, it was almost successful."

Yun Xiao thought for a moment and asked.

Zhenghui smiled again.

"Little brother, you are almost as naive as I was back then. If I make it impossible for them to make money, will they let me go?"

"Because I breached the contract, they took me to court and made me pay a large sum of money, almost emptied all my savings. They also exaggerated and accused me of being a swindler, which made it so that no one in the research community was willing to hire me."

"According to the agreement, unless I pay them a penalty of 30 million, it will be illegal for me to continue my research on the Minas healing cells."

Having said that, Zhenghui turned his head and looked out the window. Under the dark clouds, it was raining heavily. One huge wave after another was violently hitting the shore, smashing the white foam to pieces.

He stretched out his hand towards his face, then suddenly retracted it and continued:

"Then I found this lighthouse and settled down there, and I've lived there for 25 years."

"This research on a machine that can revive fossils is also a new topic I have found for myself during this period, but the same old problem remains - money. One component of the machine costs hundreds of thousands or even millions, not to mention the key technology patents required..."

"Ha, I'm not like Huang Ning, who can ignore the academic idiots around him, but I have to argue with them every day."

"That's probably why I ended up like this..."

"But, to be honest, I don't regret it. People always have to stick to something."

"If you give up even the bottom line you want to stick to the most, what's the difference between that and death?"

Chapter 225 Star Fruit

When Zhenghui said this, there was some confusion in his eyes, but if you look closely, you can see the determination and belief deep in his eyes.

Yun Xiao was silent for a moment, and finally made a sudden decision.

He really can't do anything about the current situation in the domestic scientific research community, but there are some things he can do.

He stood up from the sofa and placed a card in front of Zhenghui.

"There's six million here. It's the first start-up capital I'm giving you. Take it and continue this project."

As soon as he said this, Zhenghui's eyes immediately moved back and forth between the bank card and Yun Xiao's face three times. After confirming that he was not joking, he spoke in disbelief:

"You..you are so rich?"

Yun Xiao smiled.

"Well, I'm not very rich, but I shouldn't have any problem helping you complete this project."

"I'm not helping you because I see you're in such a difficult situation. This is an investment. I think your project has great potential."

"But we don't need to sign any contract. If you run out of money later, just come to me. It doesn't matter what you do with this technology. I only have two requirements."

“First, when the project is released, please include my name on it.”

"Second, we will split all profits 70% to 30% of the time. I'll split 30% and you'll split 70%."

Zhenghui stared at Yun Xiao blankly for a while, then suddenly turned around, rummaged through the drawers, found a small machine, and inserted the bank card into it.

After seeing the numbers on the screen clearly, he took a deep breath and suddenly burst into laughter again.

This laughter was completely different from the laughter he heard when he just learned that Huang Ning had succeeded. It carried a sense of excitement, relief, and joy, as if emotions that had been suppressed for a long time had suddenly burst out.

"Okay, no problem, Brother Yun, I promise you that when the time comes, we won't split all the related benefits 30-70, we can just split them 50-50."

"Since you choose to trust me, I will never let you down. As long as there is enough funding, I can definitely take over this project within half a year."

When Yun Xiao saw that Zhenghui seemed to have a brand new look, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

In fact, a big part of the reason why he helped Zhenghui was out of regret and sympathy for the other person's experience.

But for him, this is indeed a bold investment, just as he said.

A project of this scale cannot be effective without an investment of 40 to 50 million yuan.

But for Yun Xiao, if the money is given out in batches over a long period of time in the future, there will really be no pressure.

Not to mention the future continued dividends from the block-making machine, if the money is really not enough, then just work overtime to make more artisan-level energy blocks.

Not to mention that there are god-level energy blocks after the craftsman level. Yun Xiao didn't even dare to think about selling this thing for money after it was made.

However, 50 million is just a conservative estimate, and the actual situation may require more money.

But Yun Xiao doesn't mind this. Once the fossil resurrection technology is successfully developed, the benefits and profits it will bring will be huge.

Ancient elves are much stronger than ordinary elves in terms of both racial value and combat ability. After all, the environment in which they live is extremely harsh, and species without strength are directly eliminated by nature.

Once the resurrection technology is successfully opened, countless wealthy and powerful trainers will try their best to own a fossil Pokémon, and then they will make a lot of money.

In addition, Zhenghui will put Yun Xiao's name together with his, and then he will definitely earn a lot of shocking points.

Therefore, for Yun Xiao, this is definitely a big investment that will make money.

However, the prerequisite for all this is that Zhenghui can successfully research the technology to resurrect fossils.

But Yun Xiao was not too worried about this.

Even though he was impoverished and could no longer re-enter the scientific research community, he still maintained his original aspirations and did not regret anything he had done.

Such a researcher, or such a person, is bound to succeed.

"Then I'll leave it to you. If you need any help with your connections, just come to me."

"I will try to find a way to do something about the scientific research community. As for the technology... I have a very good relationship with Xia Technology Company. You can tell their chairman about my name."