Azur Lane: I Traveled Through Graduation Port

The question is, what good does this do to the Sirens? Why would the Sirens need to do this?

Lin Lan sighed deeply, it would be great if Helena meta was here.

As a meta ship girl who joined the Embers organization early on, Helena meta must know a lot of inside information about the Siren.

But fortunately, both this Western Continent Institute of Science and Technology and the entire Western Continent will be under his control in the near future.

Regardless of the purpose of the Siren giving the Oran United States the pseudo-mind cube, at present, the use of cube technology and cube energy is also an inevitable trend in the development of the Oran United States.

The only thing to worry about is that in the future, if the Siren stops supplying pseudo-mind cubes, it may be a devastating blow to Orlan.

But Lin Lan believed that since Siren had been providing Orlan with the Pseudo-Mind Rubik's Cube for so many years, it would definitely not suddenly turn the table and stop playing.

What Siren needs is the experimental results. At present, it is obviously still a long way to go before the final experimental results can be obtained.

"I have to spend more time on this Western Continental Institute of Science and Technology in the future. At least I have to strengthen the control. The same goes for the scientific research institutions in the Eastern Continent..."

"But I still have to investigate the channel through which the Eastern Continent Navy Department obtained the Pseudo Mind Cube after I go to the White Eagle Camp."

Lin Lan finally ended her heart

But at this moment he found that everyone around him was silent and just looking at him.

Only then did he realize that he seemed to have been thinking for a long time.

"Oh, sorry I was distracted for a moment."

Lin Lan shrugged, smiled calmly at everyone, then looked at Tian Ming and said approvingly:

"You have done a great job. Your research on the Mind Cube is very good. You need to keep up the good work."

After getting Lin Lan's affirmation, Tian Ming and Sun Xingxue breathed a sigh of relief.

When they saw Lin Lan fall silent just now, the two of them thought that Lin Lan was dissatisfied with their research results.

"By the way, where do you get your Mind Cubes from? I remember that the Navy Department strictly controls Mind Cubes and absolutely prohibits their circulation."

After everyone started moving again, Lin Lan looked at Sun Xingxue and asked.

"Um, I really don't know. Our Mind Cubes were all sent by the Tianou Group. There aren't many of them. Now there are only four left."

Sun Xingxue told Lin Lan the truth, and Tian Ming thought for a while and suddenly said:

"When I was at Tomahawk Military Industry, I heard Dongyun City's general agent Zhu Mobo once mentioned that the Tianxing Consortium of Zhuhai Business Association seemed to have a stable channel for obtaining Mind Cubes."

"In order to research the Rubik's Cube Powered Mecha, Tomahawk Military Industry has frequently approached the Tianxing Financial Group to purchase the Mind Cube."

"The Tianxing Consortium again?"

Hearing the information provided by Tian Ming, Lin Lan narrowed his eyes.

With the Tianxing Group suppressing the Navy Department so much, how can they still have a stable channel to obtain the Pseudo Mind Cube?

I'm afraid it might have been stolen or looted from the port commanders in the East Continent using dirty means?

As the leader of the five major conglomerates of the Zhuhai Commercial Association and the Tianxing Conglomerate with the strongest comprehensive strength, Lin Lan has no good feelings towards it at all.

"It's okay. The Western Continent Navy will provide you with enough Mind Cubes for scientific research later."

Lin Lan said to Sun Xingxue calmly.

No matter what the Sirens' purpose is, the technology that the United States of Orlan can develop with the help of the Pseudo-Mind Cube is very limited and cannot threaten his ship girls at all.

Therefore, Lin Lan decided to give a little boost to Orlan's research and development of Rubik's Cube technology. Maybe he could even reveal Siren's flaws and find out what Siren was planning to do.

Anyway, he is in full charge of the Western Continent Institute of Science and Technology, so there is nothing to worry about.

As for whether the Western Continent Navy Department would agree to this, Lin Lan was not worried.

You know, as long as the Iron-Blooded Witch August has a thought, more than half of the high-ranking officials of the Western Continent Navy will probably rebel on the spot.

And according to his plan, he will soon promote the joint development of the Navy Department and Tianou Group in the Western Continent.

If successful, then the Pseudo Mind Cube of the Western Continent Navy Department would then belong to the Tianou Group.

Anyway, providing the Academy of Science and Technology with the Pseudo-Mind Cube can speed up the research and development of ship equipment, and the people in the Navy Department will definitely be happy to share the Pseudo-Mind Cube.

When they heard Lin Lan's promise to provide a large number of Mind Cubes in the future, both Sun Xingxue and Tian Ming's faces were filled with surprise.

"Mr. President, I, I want to ask you, is the Tianou Group really allied with the Navy Department to unify the Western Continent?"

Sun Xingxue seemed very excited and didn't bother to hide his thoughts. He asked Lin Lan excitedly.

"Haha, it will be soon."

Lin Lan simply answered the elderly man's question with a faint smile.

He could also understand why Sun Xingxue was so excited.

After all, the older Oran people more or less hope that the Navy Ministry, which was once the official government of Oran, can come back to power.

In recent years, the Zhuhai Chamber of Commerce, especially the three consortiums of Tomahawk Military Industry, Goilia and Noahdesin, have indeed treated ordinary people a little too harshly.

"Okay, that's great. In that case, we can finally get some funding for our research."

Hearing Sun Xingxue's words, Lin Lan keenly sensed something was wrong and asked in confusion:

"Do you have a source of research funding? Did Tianou Group withhold your research funding before this?"

Sun Xingxue knew that the Navy Department was about to form an alliance with the Tianou Group, so he no longer had any scruples and spoke bluntly to Lin Lan:

"Withholding? Mr. President, in fact, we have never received any research funds from Tianou Group."

"What? I never sent it to you. How is that possible?"

Lin Lan's eyes suddenly widened, as if he had heard something incredible.

Chapter 250 Technology in Hand

"Ah, don't you know that our Western Continental Institute of Science and Technology is now a subsidiary of the Tianou Group? Not only do we not have research funds, we also have to make money and give it to the Tianou Group."

After hearing what Sun Xingxue said, Lin Lan finally realized that he had been misled by Lan Xing's habitual thinking.

It is obvious that the Western Continent Institute of Science and Technology was a scientific research institution of the Orlan United States that was taken over by the Zhuhai Chamber of Commerce and turned into a for-profit technology company.

After Tomahawk Military Industry went its own way, it became a subsidiary of Tianou Group.

As a subsidiary of the consortium, it is natural that it has to pay for the consortium's profits.

"So how do you make money?"

After Lin Lan sorted out his thoughts, he looked at Sun Xingxue and asked in a serious tone.

"Our main source of profit is developing ship equipment and selling it to the Navy at the ship equipment product trade fair."

"Besides that, we can research various new patents and sell them to Tianou Group, and get a certain amount of dividends."

"But this amount of money is still a drop in the bucket for our research. We can't even afford to pay the salaries of many researchers, so many talented researchers who graduated from the academy went to Tomahawk Military Industry."

When Sun Xingxue said this, Tian Ming beside him had already lowered his head in shame.

When he graduated, he went to Tomahawk Military Industry because he felt that the salary at the Western Continent Research Institute was too low.

After getting Sun Xingxue's answer, Lin Lan finally understood why the Western Continent Institute of Science and Technology was located in such a remote place.

He also finally understood why the conditions here were so bad.

After all this time, this institute of science and technology, which is so important to the United States of Orlan, not only has no research funding, but even has to make money for the consortium?

What the hell is this? As a time traveler from Blue Star Donghuang, Lin Lan has never seen anyone play like this before.

How can scientific research be successful if it is done for the purpose of profit?

"In order to build this research institute, the teacher even sold his family property and lived here, using all his savings to fill the funding gap of the research institute."

"Xiaotian, you are exposing my past."

Sun Xingxue glared at Tian Ming who interrupted him, and said calmly:

"My little contribution to Oran's recapture of the ocean is not worth mentioning."

"It's a pity for the young researchers who are still working here. They are the ones who gave up the opportunity to make big money in other consortiums and truly devoted their youth and hard work to the future of Orlan."

"I am old now. The future of Orlan still belongs to you young people. But as long as I am still here, you don't have to worry and just focus on scientific research."

"Especially you, Xiaotian. As a leader among the younger generation of scientific researchers, I hope you can truly turn over a new leaf and stop being blinded by false fame and power."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Lin Lan looked at the elderly dean of the Institute of Science and Technology with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Even though he is not a true Oran, as a Donghuang person from Blue Star, he has been educated with the concept of "revitalizing the country through science and education" since childhood.

It was thanks to the efforts of generations of scientific researchers who worked anonymously and without seeking rewards that Donghuang finally became a prosperous and powerful country.

So Lin Lan secretly made a decision in his heart.

He took out his cell phone from his pocket and called Jian Qianou.

"Hello? Yes, it's me."

"From today on, you must give 10%... no, 20% of your total profit to the Western Continental Institute of Science and Technology as research funding every year."

"Yes, that's what I mean. I'm just informing you, not asking for your opinion."

After completing the arrangements for Jian Qianou, Lin Lan hung up the phone without waiting for Jian Qianou to say anything more.

Jian Qianou is a smart man. Lin Lan believes that this old man will be able to figure out the causes and consequences quickly and analyze the pros and cons.

"Mr. President, who did you call just now?"

Hearing Lin Lan speak so aggressively, Sun Xingxue was frightened and asked him cautiously.

"Haha, Mr. Sun, you don't have to worry about it. It's just a trivial work arrangement."

Lin Lan just smiled faintly, and then said:

"By the way, can your scientific research record library take me to copy some data? This should be something I can do in my position, right?"

"Of course. All the results in the record library belong to Tianou Group. The president certainly has the right to copy them and take them away. Please come this way."

Sun Xingxue was wondering who the person on the phone with Lin Lan was, but he couldn't figure out who it was.

So he simply stopped guessing and took Lin Lan and the group back to the elevator and went directly to the sixth floor.

This floor is the highest place in the science and technology institute complex.

Compared with the high-rise buildings of more than 20 floors in the urban area of ​​Yunhai City, this place seems extremely shabby.

Looking at the empty corridors and locked offices, it is obvious that this floor is the office area of ​​the Institute of Science and Technology.

"Ming, you and Elder Sun go copy the scientific research records. You know what we need."

After walking out of the elevator, Lin Lan said to the little profiteer Mingshi.

He was actually not interested in other scientific research results of the United States of Oran. What he needed most was oil exploration and extraction technology.

No matter how much oil he gets from Tianou Group, it is not as good as him directly using the power of the port area to mine it himself.

What's more, if I go to the Natlan Empire or the Teaching Country in the future, those countries don't have the habit of using oil.

It would be too troublesome to just rely on shipping from Oran Sea, so it would be better for him to build an oil field wherever he goes.

This will also ensure that he and the ship girls will not fall into the dilemma of oil shortage.

"Leave it to me, meow~"

The small profiteer had already prepared a mobile hard drive for storing data. After receiving Lin Lan's order, he walked towards the office in the corridor with Sun Xingxue and Tian Ming.

Through the window in the corridor, Lin Lan looked at the sky outside.

Thick gray clouds completely occupied the sky, and the entire Yunhai City looked very dark.

Gusts of cold wind hit the floor and made a whistling sound through the window gaps, which made people feel a little depressed.

"Commander, why did you ask the people from Tianou Group to invest research funds in this science and technology institute?"

Seeing Lin Lan gazing at the scenery outside the window without saying a word and with a serious expression, Hu Teng walked up to Lin Lan and asked him softly.

"Hu Teng, have you discovered that the Siren gave the United States of Orlan a pseudo-mind cube? She must have known that Orlan would study magic.

Cube Technology and Cube Energy."

"In order to find out what the Siren is up to, asking Orlan to speed up the process may help expose the Siren's true intentions more quickly."

After hearing Lin Lan's analysis, Hu Teng nodded, and Egil on the side also looked at Lin Lan with approval.

As expected of everyone's commander, he has considered so many things. It seems he is not just idle around the port.