From top student in college to scientific research powerhouse

Chapter 33 truly demonstrates outstanding scientific research talent!

The meeting room was completely silent.

Neither the startup team nor the school spoke up.

Everyone looked at Zhang Minghao.

The school staff all looked surprised, including Zhu Bingkun, Xue Kun, Tan Yanming, and Wang Guiyuan; their reactions were no better than Zhao Jianyang's.

Twenty million?
That's a huge sum of money!
A mathematical calculation and analysis project with a funding period of only six months is unlikely to reach the key level of more than ten million yuan.

"How could you possibly say 20 million?"

Tan Yanming gave a wry smile.

He found that the people who started the new technology didn't seem annoyed by it; they suddenly felt like they were falling behind the times.

In fact, Zhang Minghao's offer also surprised the people at New Creation Technology.

Gao Yuan's lips twitched into a smile.

I initially thought the other party was a PhD student, and their horizons couldn't be very broad, but their asking price was truly unexpected...

high--!
This offer made them very upset.

They bought out the results and research methods of the semiconductor model, but the buyout period is limited, just like buying out a technology patent, and it is impossible to achieve permanent ownership.

The buyout period is only five years.

Five years later, the basic model of semiconductors can be published, and the research methods can no longer be monopolized.

Other semiconductor companies or research institutions can also use the method to improve the model. With the participation of a large number of research institutions, the model will be improved quickly.

In other words, even a perfect model can only maintain a monopoly for a few years.

Therefore, when publishing research findings, it is better to release a complete semiconductor model, so that the company can also enjoy the reputation of 'sharing research results'.

The investment you make now is buying time.

"Twenty million..."

Gao Yuan looked at Shi Yaokun.

Shi Yaokun's face also darkened. He exchanged a glance with Gao Yuan, then turned to look at Zhang Minghao.

Zhang Minghao smiled calmly.

Negotiation is a psychological game; there's no room for sentimentality. There's a term called win-win cooperation.

Cooperation benefits both parties, but the interests that should be fought for must be fought for.

With the support of university talent, the project is not difficult to carry out, but others do not think so.

When the startup approached other teams and agencies, they assessed the difficulty of the project but, without specifying whether they could complete it within six months, demanded a higher price.

The other party must have anticipated this as well.

After a long pause, Shi Yaokun took a deep breath and said, "Twenty million is far too high!"

"How about we talk privately?"

"can."

Speaking privately, it means that you don't want others to know about the discussion process or certain details.

Zhu Bingkun led them to an office next door.

Zhang Minghao went inside.

Shi Yaokun and Gao Yuan went in together.

The others remained in the conference room, huddling together in small groups and whispering amongst themselves.

Zhu Bingkun, Xue Kun, and Tan Yanming sat together.

Tan Yanming said with a wry smile, "Zhang Minghao really dares to ask for twenty million right off the bat!"

"I was startled too!"

After Zhu Bingkun finished speaking, he looked at Xue Kun and said, "Why don't you go over and take a look? You can also put in a good word for your student."

His intention was to have Xue Kun help negotiate the price.

Xue Kun immediately shook his head, "If it were me, I would have agreed to their offer of five million."

Everyone else was silent.

If it were them, they might not agree on the spot, but no matter how much they tried to raise the price, it wouldn't exceed ten million.

About half an hour.

Shi Yaokun, Gao Yuan, and Zhang Minghao returned to the conference room together, their expressions relaxed, clearly having already reached an agreement on some cooperation issues.

"Seventeen million."

As soon as Shi Yaokun sat down, he announced the results: "These funds are specifically used for labor costs and personal bonuses related to project research and development."

"Two million of them are subsidies for doctoral students participating in the project, while the rest are allocated by Zhang Minghao personally."

What are the school's requirements?

He looked at Wang Guiyuan.

Wang Guiyuan understood that the 17 million yuan was used for labor costs and personal bonuses, but did not include the school's management fees.

Schools also need to make sacrifices.

First, there's the personnel commitment; the project requires the participation of many highly skilled mathematicians.

The school is responsible for managing the funds and also needs to provide the necessary office space and equipment for the project.

We'll continue with this part.

Next up is Wang Guiyuan's battlefield; any amount of management fees he can get from the school will be considered an achievement for him.

From talent and venues to fund management, project coordination, and other tedious tasks, Wang Guiyuan demonstrated administrative professionalism.

After an hour of heated debate, a management fee of 165 million was finally agreed upon.

The total project budget was set at 1855 million.

After agreeing on the total budget, the next step is to draft the contract, and each clause is analyzed and negotiated.

These are very professional.

The negotiations continued until the afternoon, and the formal signing took place the following morning.

The school also needs to make some preparations.

Industry-university cooperation projects exceeding ten million yuan can be classified as key projects in terms of funding.

The university's publicity department received the news immediately.

Even Yang Liping, the director of the publicity department, was stunned by the amount of funding. She was familiar with the project, but she never expected the funding to be this high.

1855?
Is the core of the research and development project related to mathematics?
are you crazy?
University-enterprise cooperation projects worth tens of millions of yuan are usually major scientific research projects.

These types of projects represent major collaborations at the national or industry level.

Is the collaboration between New Creation Technology and Zhang Minghao about a major R&D partnership in the semiconductor industry?

What exactly is it...?

The project details were confidential, so Yang Liping was naturally unaware of the specifics.

All she had to do was prepare banners, take photos of the signing, and issue announcements for publicity, etc.

The signing ceremony was held in the lobby of the administration building the following morning.

Gao Yuan and Shi Yaokun, representing Xinchuang Technology, posed for a group photo with Zhang Minghao, Wang Guiyuan, Tan Yanming, and others.

Zhang Minghao and Shi Yaokun stood in the middle, their hands clasped tightly together, smiling at the camera.

The camera captured this moment.

Immediately after the signing ceremony, Jiangzhou University's official website published a congratulatory announcement.

"Warmly congratulate our school on reaching a cooperation agreement with the leading semiconductor company, New Creation Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd..."

The following is a long article.

The article begins by mentioning doctoral student Zhang Minghao, who is conducting research and development in semiconductor technology. It then introduces a startup technology company and explains the significant research and development collaboration between the two parties, with a total funding of 1855 million yuan.

What followed was a whole lot of official jargon.

After reading the celebratory announcement on the official website, the most important information I noticed was that Xinchuang Technology and Zhang Minghao had collaborated on a project with a total funding of tens of millions of yuan.

In the student dormitory.

A boy was scrolling through his phone when he suddenly stood up and exclaimed, "Check out the school's latest announcement!"

"That's amazing!"

The boy next to him glanced at it and asked, puzzled, "What's so interesting about a school announcement? It's just a collaborative project, isn't it?"

"Zhang Minghao!"

The boy who spoke looked at his roommate lying on the bed and said, "Zhou Jie, you should take a look too."

"You said Zhang Minghao was extraordinary, and now he really is. He signed a cooperation project with an outside company, and the funding is almost 20 million..."

Zhou Jie sat up abruptly. "What? Twenty million?"

"have a look!"

Everyone in the dorm read the announcement and understood why they were surprised.

The funding for a doctoral student's research and development project with a company can be this high...

"Now I understand!"

"No wonder the school announcement said that Zhang Minghao has outstanding scientific research talent."

"How can you stand out more if you only get 20 million yuan in corporate sponsorship for a single research project?"

"Of course the school should protect such a top student!"

Everyone else was just talking.

Zhou Jie was very nervous, as he knew very well that he was the one who initially said Zhang Minghao was "unusual".

One pass ten, ten pass a hundred.

I don't know who posted it on the school forum, let alone who posted it online.

He was a little annoyed at the time.

Why didn't you think of posting it online? You would have gotten a lot of likes, shares, and comments then.

I'm just relieved that the school can't hold him accountable.

The announcement from Jiangzhou University has indeed had a significant impact.

The students' reaction was relatively calm, much like what happened in Jay Chou's dorm—a few words of surprise followed by a quiet discussion.

After all, scientific research, projects, and university-industry collaborations are far removed from their lives.

The faculty and staff are different.

Large-scale university-industry collaborative R&D projects can affect many people, and even the professors in the School of Mathematics are getting excited.

Many doctoral and master's supervisors, as well as senior professors, have found the applied electromagnetics laboratory.

Zhang Minghao initially worked in the workshop, but after receiving three professors in a row, he simply moved to the laboratory at the back.

The laboratory is not open to the public.

No one from outside the lab is allowed in; you can have some peace and quiet in the lab.

It's a bit early to talk about project allocation now. We need to wait for the startup technology to send over all the data. His idea is to have others handle manual calculations and analysis, as well as some convergence verification.

He was responsible for the convergence verification calculations that could narrow the parameter range.

Manual calculation and analysis is the most complex task.

The most difficult and most important part is the convergence verification, but the workload is not too large when selecting the 'valuable' data sets.

In a small laboratory, Zhu Bingkun and Xue Kun are conducting another experiment on the determination of the properties of nickel/alumina metal ceramics.

In recent days, they have been frantically conducting the same experiment.

This is the seventh time.

The two were very positive, enthusiastic, and even excited about the experiment, which made Zhang Minghao feel strange.

The experiment was his!
He had already published his experimental paper, and others who conducted the same experiment were simply 'copying' it.

Looking at the busy figures at the lab bench through the glass window, he felt like he had found two free laborers.

Not only was the work free, but the other party also covered the experimental expenses.

The problem is, there's no way there can be much progress!

Zhu Bingkun and Xue Kun finished preparing for the experiment and walked out of the lab together before noticing Zhang Minghao.

"coming!"

Let's watch it together!

The two greeted each other and turned on the equipment through the glass window, but the flow meter did not produce any fluctuations.

"no!"

"There was none last time either. We conducted it seven times, and only two of those times did the values ​​fluctuate."

"This is definitely an unknown physical phenomenon, but we don't know how to stabilize the fluctuations..."

Zhu Bingkun suddenly stopped speaking.

Footsteps sounded outside, and Chen Shuai pushed open the laboratory door and walked in.

When he saw Zhang Minghao, he asked, "Weren't you busy with the project? A lot of people are looking for you outside."

"Come over here and have some peace and quiet."

Zhang Minghao replied.

When the project was discussed, Zhu Bingkun, Xue Kun, and Chen Shuai all looked on with envy.

The laboratory's project was directly approved by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and received key national support for the research of electromagnetic metamaterials, but the total funding was only 480 million yuan.

Zhang Minghao's project is a collaboration between a university and an enterprise, mainly focusing on mathematical analysis and computation, yet it has a funding of 1865 million yuan.

This is unreasonable!
Chen Shuai swallowed hard, then asked in confusion, "What are you all doing here?"

"Let's do an experiment!"

Xue Kun said something subconsciously.

Zhu Bingkun immediately waved his hand and said, "No, no! We just came to take a look and discuss the next direction."

Xue Kun nodded immediately.

"Mysterious..."

Chen Shuai was puzzled by their reaction and immediately asked, "Are you hiding something from me?"

"no!"

"Why would I hide anything from you when we're doing research together!"

Chen Shuai still felt something was wrong. He looked at the two of them suspiciously, then turned to Zhang Minghao and said, "Zhang Minghao, you tell me what they're doing."

"This one……"

Xue Kun and Zhu Bingkun exchanged meaningful glances.

Zhang Minghao received the signal and hesitated before replying, "...I don't know."

"I just got here!"

"Really?" Chen Shuai was still suspicious.

It's impossible to determine whether Zhang Minghao's words are true or false, but Xue Kun's behavior is too obvious.

This guy is completely incapable of lying; he deliberately looks left and right, pretending to be studying something.

It's obvious there's something wrong with it!
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(End of this chapter)