Chapter 176 Natural Fund (5k)
"Huh~" After returning to his residence, Chen Yuanguang collapsed on the sofa, and then complained: "This trip is more stressful than the college entrance examination."
< br>Lin Jia had been waiting at her residence for a long time. She quickly asked: "How is it?
Tell me more about it and I will analyze it for you."
So Chen Yuanguang gave the information about today's class Some key points, including specific things to talk about during the subsequent meal, will be explained to Lin Jia one by one.
"I actually don't know what my answer is. Anyway, I was given the title of special committee member of the Natural Fund in the end. I can direct 2 billion natural funds every year. I alone have the final say on who to give to. , Not to anyone.
The project I selected will be evaluated once every five years. If the results are good, the funding will increase. If the results are not good, the funding will remain the same.”
Lin Jia asked: “It’s the budget. , or does it have to be spent?"
Chen Yuanguang said: "Of course it is the budget. If it is not spent in the first year, it will be carried forward to the next year.
What the bosses mean is that. , as China's top scientist in academia and industry, let me choose some truly valuable topics and use natural funds to fund them
From the selection to the assessment of this type of project, I alone have the final say. I feel a lot of pressure. The annual funding of 2 billion is not a small number. ”
Natural Fund has sponsored 150 billion in the past five years, spending an average of 30 billion every year, which is equivalent to taking 2 billion out of the 30 billion for Chen Yuanguang to spend. You can judge what you propose. What are the key technologies?
Lin Jia's sense of smell is sensitive enough, and she quickly realized how much power there is. Once every five years, it may continue to rise.
"Your judgment is correct. , this is an exam, and the result of your exam will determine the level of support for you at the national level.
I don’t know exactly what level of reward this result is expected by the big guys. In my opinion, it is definitely a reward that can only be obtained with a score of 80 or above.
During the ancient peasant uprisings, the victims would follow whoever could provide them with food.
Although the Natural Resources Fund is a national appropriation, it is up to you to decide whether it will be distributed to individuals. This is a very powerful power, which means that a large number of scholars will benefit from your favor.
In a sense, you will become the biggest academic power. "
Chen Yuanguang is not as excited as Lin Jia about the power he has obtained. He thinks it is a burden rather than power.
Chen Yuanguang is helpless: "With such a large amount, I I definitely won’t be able to spend all of it. My energy is limited and I will only devote a small part of it to this. How can I possibly finish reading so many projects?
You must know that the natural fund selection is composed of preliminary review, expert review, and conference review. How could I pass the review?
I checked on the way back. Last year, a total of 300,000 projects were accepted, and 48,000 were eventually funded. Based on the total funding amount of 30 billion last year, 2 billion yuan means To fund 3,200 projects, this is not a huge number that I can manage alone. "
Lin Jia said: "So this is the budget, you are not allowed to spend it all. "
Chen Yuanguang nodded: "You are right, but with such a large budget, I think if I am given a quota of 2 billion, I may end up spending several million every year. There is a difference between It's a little too big, and that wouldn't be good. . "
Lin Jia said: "I think this is a continuation of this exam. If you want to embark on an official career, then perform well. If you are not interested in an official career, then it doesn't matter even if you get a low score.
The reason why there is such an exaggerated amount setting is also to see your ability to integrate knowledge and action. On how to guide scholars to do key issues, your answers are just words on paper after all. They may want to see the specific process of what you are doing. How it performed.
And they will give you 2 billion per year and let you direct the flow of the money. The resources are given to you and you have your own ideas. They should want you to try boldly.
This is also a typical practice in China. I will cut a small piece of the Natural Fund for you as an experimental field. The performance of the experimental field will determine how to carry out subsequent work around this area as a whole.
If you do it well, it will not only be as simple as an increase of 2 billion, but the methods you use in this process will later become cases for promotion nationwide. "
Chen Yuanguang was speechless after hearing this. Does it mean that if he does well, he will really be pushed to the position of the uncrowned king of academia?
"Lin Jia, what I mean is that if, if my method is to make a decision, I will give it to whoever I think can do it. There is no standard, it all depends on my subjective judgment.
2 billion may be spent It’s not over. I spent hundreds of millions and achieved very good results for the node in the last five years. So what will your country do?”
Lin Jia said: “Then it should be to maintain the status quo, and then in Your opinions will become very important on major scientific research-related issues."
Chen Yuanguang then asked: "Actually, I am thinking about a point, that is, with the annual support fund of 2 billion, I can do it myself without state funding. If you think about it this way, the value of this matter is not that great."
"No, Yuan Guang, power comes from the ability to allocate resources. You have a very strong ability to allocate resources. If you really want to do this, you don’t even need to pay for it yourself. There are many domestic companies that are willing to donate.
Leading companies like Xiaomi, Huawei and even Goose Factory will not mind donating money to do this for you.
But organizations are power amplifiers. Even a small social platform, an organization with weak connections between fans and bloggers, can infinitely amplify the power of bloggers, let alone the largest organization in the country.
The actual effect of the 2 billion RMB he provides you will be better than if we spend 10 billion ourselves.
What’s more, the annual fixed cash expenditure of 2 billion is not a small number for us. "Lin Jia shook her head. She obviously did not agree with Chen Yuanguang's point of view.
Chen Yuanguang has not yet figured out how to manage the 2 billion natural fund. After the academician conference, scholars across the country started to pay attention to the natural fund. After getting new news, if you have not applied for a project before, you can try a special channel in the Natural Fund
Even if you apply for the natural fund, you can also apply for the special channel there. There is no overlap between the two.
It is already the middle of the year, and the annual Natural Fund application has long been closed. Some scholars have new ideas and can only apply for school, college or external financial support, so at this time the Natural Fund provides another A new choice.
For a while everyone was asking what was going on.
Everyone was well-informed, and soon the annual 2 billion natural fund project, which was fully directed by Chen Yuanguang, shocked everyone who knew the news.
Media from all walks of life are rushing to report it, because this is indeed, as Lin Jia said, unprecedented power.
“It is reported that the Natural Fund under the Natural Fund Committee has added a new special channel”
“After Dr. Chen Yuanguang, nicknamed the God of Light, was elected as an academician of the two academies, he quickly gained trust at the national level and was led by him. "Natural fund with a scale of tens of billions"
According to the media, it is 2 billion per year, and it will be tens of billions in five years.
Numbers must be exaggerated to attract readers.
“Isn’t the national level taking it too seriously? The God of Light alone has the final say? Even the director of the Natural Science Foundation of China doesn’t have this power, right?”
"Obviously not. Natural funds have to go through rounds of reviews, which require collective decision-making and the participation of at least three experts. It is not uncommon for the number of review experts to exceed 10.
A person like this This is the first time I have heard of something that can be decided by the government. "
"As a bitter Qingjiao, I am thankful that I can apply for a provincial fund of 80,000 yuan. Oh, God of Light is actually 2 billion. Although he didn’t spend it, it’s too enviable and jealous.”
“The gap between people is too big, 2 billion, this is too much Isn’t it a bit too exaggerated?”
At first, everyone focused on the matter itself, thinking that it was a bit exaggerated and broke the original operating mechanism to some extent.
Later, it slowly started to turn into complaints and emotional venting.
“I admit that Guangshen is very good, and he has achieved results that I will never be able to achieve in my life, but is this too unreasonable? No matter how great he is, he is only in the field he is good at. How can he rely on himself? What about one person's ability to judge all scientific research projects? "
"It is completely unrealistic for one person to make the decision. Which leader makes this decision at once? It will only lead to two possibilities. One is that Boss Chen decides everyone’s life and death at will. I believe that Boss Chen doesn’t like the 2 billion and will not engage in any off-the-table transactions. But it is also fatal for him to decide everyone’s life and death by patting his head. , the second is that the fields he is good at will receive unprecedented tilt. The fields he understands, such as materials, biology, and chemistry, will receive support, and the application materials for the fields he does not understand will be ignored.
The latter. It will make it less difficult to apply for projects in these fields, and it will also be unfair to other directions.”
"I recognize the contributions made by Guangshen. Perovskite cells, topological semimetals, not to mention room-temperature superconductors, have all made outstanding contributions to the country and gained us unprecedented strategic space. I also believe that Guangshen What God said in the interview to bring a golden age to everyone is his true idea.
From my conversations with my classmates in high school, college, and graduate school, the photovoltaic industry has changed in recent years. The benefits have improved significantly, and even the wages of grassroots employees have increased by at least 30%. This is definitely the result of Guangshen. The excess profits brought by perovskite batteries have also been enjoyed by grassroots employees.
But I. I still have to say that it is very unreasonable to directly allocate 2 billion to Guangshen. Even if the state gives 2 billion as salary to Guangshen every year, I will not say anything. After all, Xiaomi gave Mr. Lei tens of billions of RMB in options. Incentive, Guangshen’s contribution to the country far exceeds that of Xiaomi.
But letting him lead the investment of 2 billion natural funds is the same as other green peppers. This is unreasonable, unfair to everyone, and to Guangshen. God is not fair either." After everyone began to think carefully, a large number of negative voices broke out, generally focusing on whether this was too hasty.
However, everyone's opposition was still focused on the matter itself, rather than targeting Chen Yuanguang.
The biggest malice is simply to call him Boss Chen, which means that his background is that of a capitalist, not a scientist or anything else.
Of course, there are also Chen Yuanguang’s supporters on the Internet who came forward to speak for him:
“If Guangshen is not qualified, who is? As a top scientist spanning the three fields of biology, chemistry and materials , isn’t he more qualified to judge than anyone else?
And this is a budget, and there will be an audit. Opponents just feel that their interests may be damaged, and they find some high-sounding reasons to oppose it.
I think Guangshen has the absolute right to speak in his related and extended fields, and he can do this job well. I don’t think Guangshen will spend this money at will in areas he is not familiar with. ”
Chen Yuanguang saw the public opinions on the Internet and everyone was arguing fiercely, so he decided to stand up and say something.
He had felt that the relevant parties made decisions before, and the people below had no idea who they were. The information on how to make this decision was opaque, resulting in disagreement among the top and bottom.
He did not think that he had any superior relationship with the young scholars who applied for the project, but he still hoped that the information would be as open and transparent as possible so that everyone could know why. There was such a thing
So the night after the incident came to light, he posted on Weibo:
"Hello everyone, regarding the fact that I will lead the flow of some natural funds, I hope to chat with you through a live broadcast. I will live broadcast on Weibo at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. You are welcome to ask questions, and I will try my best to answer your questions. Question. "
After the Weibo was released, the fastest response was from the Weibo backend, which was urgently preparing to increase the bandwidth. I was afraid that the application would crash during the live broadcast tomorrow night, and I would not be scolded to death by then?
As for Chen Yuanguang’s first live broadcast, everyone obviously doesn’t want to see Weibo eat up the traffic.
Major video software such as Douyin and Bilibili use various channels, hoping that Chen Yuanguang can live broadcast on them, or at least share a live stream.
It's a pity that there is only one day, which is not enough to do the work, and Chen Yuanguang doesn't want to bother.
Therefore, Weibo can exclusively enjoy this huge traffic.
Chen Yuanguang’s Weibo calmed down the situation and everyone was waiting for his live broadcast.
But this still cannot suppress the discussion among the public.
Especially in colleges and universities, the green peppers who lack funds are discussing this matter privately.
“Will you apply for Guangshen’s Natural Fund?”
Everyone is trolling online, but in reality they still respect Chen Yuanguang very much. After all, the results are here.
“Of course, I’m preparing to write materials, but I don’t know if it’s easy to apply.”
“It’s definitely not easy to apply. If you think there is such a fierce quarrel on the Internet, Guangshen is obviously People who care about their own feathers will definitely be very strict. Otherwise, what if they let some fraudulent or fraudulent projects pass and ruin their own reputation?
I think this will only be more difficult to apply for than the previous natural fund.”
"That's right, but I still want to give it a try. I'm still a little shrimp, and I'm not qualified to be picky. I have to seize every opportunity."
"Who isn't? God of Light is an unattainable genius. We are young scholars at the bottom of the ecological chain. Of course we can only do our best."
Everyone has the same idea about this, so one more application Channels are always good.
On the second night of the Weibo live broadcast room, the number of live broadcast viewers exceeded 10,000 within one minute after the broadcast started.
“Hello everyone, because this topic is of great concern to everyone and I don’t have much live broadcast experience, so I specially invited Brother Lei to be my live broadcast controller and help me pick the questions on everyone’s barrage to ask. . ”
Xiaomi is headquartered in Yanjing, and they have many live broadcast rooms. After security inspection, Chen Yuanguang’s live broadcast location was placed in Xiaomi’s live broadcast room.
"That's right, after junior brother found me, I said no problem. I am not as good as junior brother in other aspects, except for one thing, that is, my experience as an Internet celebrity is far ahead." Lei Jun was wearing a blue suit.
There are two chairs in the entire live broadcast hall. They face the camera at a 45-degree angle.
The backstage of Weibo was numb, "Boss, the number of viewers has exceeded 500,000. We need to tell China Telecom to ask them to temporarily increase the bandwidth urgently, otherwise the network will definitely collapse."
"Add!" After saying that, the person in charge of their network looked helpless: "Guangshen actually invited Lei Jun. The network can't sustain it if the two top players come to it."
The subordinate next to him said lowly. He said to himself: "Douyin can hold on."
In the live broadcast room, Lei Jun continued: "I did my homework before coming here and collected common questions on the Internet.
So I plan to divide them into two sessions. First, I will discuss these questions. I asked the general questions, and then I will answer the comments from netizens."
Chen Yuanguang nodded: "Okay."
Lei Jun asked: "Junior brother, the first question is that you need to introduce it to us. Let’s take a look at the general situation of the 2 billion natural funds.”
Chen Yuanguang replied: “To put it simply, I mentioned a phenomenon, that is, there are not many issues that many scholars have done except publishing articles.
It neither generates value for industry nor promotes scientific progress. It has no other use than becoming a cold number to measure the status of article publication.
As for some scholars who choose very difficult topics, they cannot publish papers in the early stage, and because they do not have papers, they cannot obtain sufficient resource support in the current evaluation system. As a result, even if they have the interest, confidence and belief to solve the problem, Coming out is also unsustainable due to practical reasons.
After I mentioned this phenomenon, the state thought that what I said was very good and wanted to give me some resources to support this type of scholars and projects.
I originally wanted to refuse. This task is too big and I can't bear it. The leader said you should stop being humble. It's you.
So this task falls on my head. I also surf the Internet and see some doubts from everyone. I want to say that this is a responsibility for me rather than a benefit.
If I cared about this, I would not leave the perovskite battery patent to Guangjia Aerospace. You must know that the perovskite battery patent brought more than 3 billion RMB in revenue to Guangjia Aerospace last year. It is estimated that it will be able to pass this year. Ten billion.
I can completely set up another company and put the patent in a company where I personally hold 100% shares.
Sorry, it’s a bit off topic. "Chen Yuanguang clasped his hands together.
Lei Jun took over: "It's normal for the first live broadcast to go off topic.
I would like to add that from my understanding, I don’t know whether I love fame or not, but I definitely don’t love money.
When Guangjia Technology took a stake in Xiaomi Motors, he even raised the price I raised. I wondered at the time why some people thought I paid too little.
Junior brother, you continue. "
After Lei Jun finished speaking, he raised his hand to signal Chen Yuanguang to continue.
"Then the natural fund given to me has an annual budget of 2 billion RMB. I can invest it all, or I can Don't invest a penny, it will be audited every year.
It is true that I am in charge. To put it bluntly, I alone have the final say.
I had originally thought about setting up a company to run it, or doing the same thing as the previous natural funds, with preliminary review, expert cross-review, and meeting review, and finally I would make a decision.
Later I decided that it would be less troublesome and I would just make the decision directly. ”
(End of this chapter)