Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 131: Shocked Professor Fang
"Professor Fang, let's eat and talk at the same time. The wine is already warmed. It's our first meeting, and I'm sorry for not being polite. I'll just have a glass of wine as a token of my appreciation. Please don't mind, Professor Fang." Ren Zhong looked at Fang Guangqi, who was in a daze, and raised his glass to invite him.

This time, Fang Guangqi didn't hesitate any more. He picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp.

"Mr. Ren, does your information really include a complete set of technology?" Fang Guangqi stared at Ren Zhong with burning eyes.

"Of course, I dare not say that." Ren Zhong said very confidently, "But although Songlinpo is nice, it is not a place to concentrate on scientific breakthroughs."

"Who says it's not true? Students can hardly maintain three meals a day, so where would they have the manpower, material resources and energy to do scientific research? But now the situation is shaky and the country is in ruins. What can we scholars do?" Professor Fang sighed after drinking.

"Professor Fang, forgive me for being blunt. In the past, you researchers had no choice. Our country has been poor and weak for a long time. We really didn't have the financial and material resources to support scientific research. But now it's different. Our organization comes from overseas and is only committed to improving China's scientific and technological strength. We are now launching the Dawn Project to change the current situation of China's overall backwardness in science and technology. We will gather our Chinese scientific research elites to find a pure land to concentrate on research. There, you will not worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation. We will raise more than one million oceans of resources every year to support the entire Dawn Project. Professor Fang, I hope that in this plan, you can support the sky of China's optics."

Ren Zhong's words, with the previous solid foundation, were indeed full of temptation for Professor Fang.

"Mr. Ren, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that there is no pure land suitable for scientific and technological research and development in China now." Professor Fang poured himself a glass of wine, raised his head and drank it again, and said somewhat dejectedly.

"If we don't create it, of course it won't exist. But now we have the opportunity to create such a pure land. How can you be sure that you can't succeed if you don't try, Professor Fang?" Ren Zhong said seriously.

"Now our Dawn Project will provide funding, top-secret advanced technology data and scientific research ideas. After we select scientific research leaders in each direction, we will let these leaders form teams, formulate research and development plans and cost budgets. In terms of technology, we will only provide support instead of suppression."

"Then what is the purpose of your organization?" Fang Guangqi couldn't help but interrupt after hearing Ren Zhong's words.

"If we say that we are doing this for national rejuvenation, do you believe it, Professor Fang?" Ren Zhong responded, "We do not belong to a political party, we come from overseas, and we do not have our own power and interests in China. However, our overseas organizations will receive respect that we have never received during the rise of China. Perhaps this is our greatest benefit."

"But in terms of funding, can you really support the huge expenditure of millions of oceans?" Fang Guangqi asked. He was obviously tempted. Living in this era, Fang Guangqi knew that a million oceans was an amount of money that the Guosu government could not invest in ten years.

But precisely because of the huge number, Fang Guangqi found it hard to believe it.

"Of course. Because our organization has mastered this stuff." Ren Zhong was prepared and took out a small bottle of penicillin sample. "Professor Fang, have you heard of the anti-inflammatory drug penicillin that has recently been released? This is what our organization now exclusively controls production and sales. Each gram can be sold for more than 5 dollars, and we don't seek profits. We can invest all the sales proceeds into the research and development of the Dawn Project." Fang Guangqi was shocked. "Mr. Ren, penicillin is produced by your organization?!"

Fang Guangqi was very familiar with this thing. His child had a high fever, so he used this magic medicine and the fever was reduced with just one injection. Of course, it was also very expensive, costing up to 10 yuan per injection!
"Yes, these are produced by our organization." Ren Zhong said affirmatively. After all, the future is also part of the organization, so it is not a complete lie. "Now we are building a nationwide sales network. The sales of this drug will be our main source of income in the future. However, as our research and development results come out, the new profits generated by the research and development results will also be drawn from a portion and invested in the R&D rolling plan."

"Professor Fang, one million dollars is just the bottom line of the research and development funds we provide for the Dawn Project. As the research and development results come out, the research and development costs of the Dawn Project will increase to two million dollars, three million dollars, or even five million dollars in the future!"

After Ren Zhong's big promise was thrown at him, Fang Guangqi felt even more uneasy. He ate the food and poured himself another glass of wine, this time sipping it in small sips, and pondered for a while.

"Mr. Ren, please forgive my ignorance, but I don't quite understand the relationship between research and development results and funding. Mr. Ren, please give me some advice." Fang Guangqi said tactfully.

"Professor Fang, it is like this. Although according to the Dawn Project, we do not interfere with the research and development process of scientists, we still have reservations about the main research and development direction and products. At the beginning of the project, we will provide the basic materials for the project and realize the product requirements. On this basis, the scientists will independently exert their subjective initiative. This is because we have the market demand as a foundation, and the products we develop will naturally have sales opportunities and form a certain scale."

"At present, the audience for optical products is limited. They are mainly used to support other products. The market space may not seem large. It is basically enough to achieve a break-even in the future. After all, this is a basic industry and is indispensable for the development of national defense and other industries."

"For example, when we talk about metallurgy, new alloy steel research, manganese steel, nickel steel and other special alloy steels, are currently naturally carried out around the defense industry, while taking into account the needs of other industrial steels. After these products are developed, the sales scale will be particularly huge, and we can keep 20% of the profits as funds for further research and development."

At this point, Ren Zhong was ready to show Fang Guangqi a little bit of his skills, "To be honest, Professor Fang, in the northern base, we have opened up a new steel production system and a new production process. The daily output of steel has exceeded 100 tons!"

After Ren Zhong said this, Fang Guangqi's hands trembled and he dropped a piece of braised pork on the table, but Fang Guangqi picked it up again and ate it without hesitation!

It seems that the main point is not to waste, but in fact Fang Guangqi is hiding his shock.

After calming down for a while, he took a sip of rice wine and said, "Mr. Ren, are you kidding me? Where does the base area get such a high steel production capacity? How are blast furnaces built? How are mines mined? How do production sites avoid attacks from the Japanese?"

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