Chapter 381 You Can Do Anything With Money

There was about a minute of silence in the lab.

Professor Lazelson rubbed his nose and said, "Sorry, what did you just say? I didn't hear much."

Lu Zhou: "What I said is that the problem of funding can be solved by me."

Looking at Lu Zhou with eyes like looking at an alien, Professor Razelson said in disbelief.

"you sure?"

Not only Professor Lazelson couldn't believe it, but the engineers standing beside him couldn't believe it either.

Lu Zhou: "I'm sure."

Professor Lazersson laughed, shook his head and said, "Your bonus is not enough, even if you win both the Fields Medal and the Nobel Prize next year and auction it together with the medals, it will definitely not be enough. That money."

In history, there are indeed talents who have sold Nobel medals, but Lu Zhou will definitely not do this kind of thing...

At least now, he is no longer short of money.

Seeing that these people didn't believe it, Lu Zhou sighed, and didn't intend to explain, but asked directly: "How much will it cost?"

Professor Razelson obviously didn't really think that Lu Zhou could come up with the money, so he joked in a joking tone: "If you can raise 10 million US dollars, I guarantee that our projects will not be short of money in the future. .”

Without saying anything, Lu Zhou walked outside the laboratory, took out his mobile phone, and called his manager, White Sheridan.

The phone was connected, and it was very quiet over there. Sheridan was probably working.

"Hey?"

Lu Zhou: "It's me."

When she saw the caller ID, Sheridan already knew who was calling.

After hearing the familiar voice, he respectfully said, "May I ask what you want?"

Lu Zhou: "Help me find out how much money is in Xingkong Technology's account."

Xieldan was slightly stunned: "...I have to consult the manager of the financial department for the specific amount, and I will send the financial report to your mailbox afterwards."

The registered place of Xingkong Technology is in the Cayman Islands, and the North American branch located in Philadelphia is financially independent from the parent company of Xingkong Technology.

Xierdan's side is mainly responsible for the patent management business. If he wants to know how much money is in the parent company's account, he has to contact the financial personnel there.

However, Lu Zhou doesn't need to know the specific number, just a rough idea is enough.

"Is there ten million?"

Hearing this number, Sheridan sweated wildly.

"Ten million must be there..."

This boss...

It may be too underestimated their business capabilities.

Among other things, the income earned from the patent licensing of HCS-2 materials is more than this figure.

As for the income generated from the patent authorization of modified PDMS materials, it has basically not been touched in the account until now, and the Umicore Group even transfers money to the account on a quarterly basis. .

As for the only expense, I am afraid that the boss spent 100 million to invest in a laboratory in Huaguo some time ago.

For Xingkong Technology, ten million dollars is really nothing.

After hearing Xieldan's answer, Lu Zhou nodded.

"I'll give you an account at that time, and you transfer 10 million dollars over there."

The shareholding structure of Xingkong Technology is very simple. Lu Zhou is the sole shareholder. What he says is the imperial edict, and no board of directors can restrict his power.

Without any intention of asking the boss what he was going to do, Sheridan just said respectfully.

"Okay, boss."

...

Lu Zhou rarely talked about his assets to outsiders, because to be honest, the money came so easily that he didn't have much real feeling about it.

Except for a few people who pay too much attention to him, few people even know that he owns a starry sky technology registered in the Cayman Islands, and has helped him earn several patents through modified PDMS materials and HCS-2 materials. million dollars in patent fees.

Even if the money is kept in the Citibank account, it is still a lot of income every year.

Lu Zhou, who is not interested in luxury cars, private jets and yachts, can only spend money on experiments.

When 10 million U.S. dollars was transferred to the scientific research account of the "He-3" project team, when the auditors of the project team rushed into the laboratory in embarrassment because of a large transfer from unknown sources, when the auditors sent a When a printed copy of the transfer information was stuffed into the hands of Professor Lazelson...

The entire laboratory fell into a deadly silence.

Looking at the dumbfounded Professor Lazersson, Lu Zhou coughed lightly and confirmed it again.

"Is ten million dollars really enough?"

He always felt that this amount of money was still too little compared to the particle accelerator.

However, in fact, this is because he did not know that the annual research funding of the PPPL laboratory is only 40 million US dollars.

The funding he injected into the scientific research account of the "He-3" project team is already equivalent to a quarter of the entire PPPL laboratory's annual budget...

Swallowing and spitting, Professor Lazelson, who came back to his senses, reluctantly nodded.

"enough……"

Noticing that the researchers in the lab were all looking at him quietly, Lu Zhou coughed lightly.

"What should we do, we don't have much time left."

The researchers and engineers in the laboratory looked at each other in blank dismay, and dispersed back to their jobs.

Glancing at the A4 paper in his hand, and then at Lu Zhou standing in front of him, Professor Razelson couldn't help but confirm: "Is this solved?"

Lu Zhou: "Solved."

"Unbelievable! Where did you come from..." Not knowing how to express the shock in his heart, Professor Lazelson was stuck for a while, and did not finish this sentence.

Probably guessing what he wanted to ask, Lu Zhou thought for a while and gave an ambiguous answer: "Actually, I studied chemistry for a while a while ago, and I just made some money because of patents."

Speaking, Lu Zhou noticed the Apple notebook on the desk, and pointed to what it said.

"For example, the battery in this thing probably uses the electrode material I developed."

Professor Razelson's eyes widened: "But no matter how you say it, that's ten million...Are you crazy?"

Lu Zhou smiled indifferently: "It's okay, I can't spend it all anyway."

Professor Lazelson: "..."

All the engineers: "..."

The researchers: "..."

This damn capitalism!

Such a hideous countenance!

What the hell...

Let people envy!

...

Insufficient energy carried by helium-3 particles is the only difficulty encountered by the "He-3" project team at present, and this can be solved by increasing the strength of the confinement magnetic field of the atomic gun acceleration orbit.

And improving the strength of the confinement magnetic field of the atomic gun acceleration track can be solved with money.

Yes, scientific research is such a reality, and if you have money, you can do whatever you want. If Lu Zhou invests more than a billion dollars in it, maybe SpaceX can help launch a rocket to the moon to get some lunar soil rich in helium-3 reserves.

Of course, the premise is that he has this much money...

In short, with the funding of 10 million US dollars, the "He-3" project team can directly purchase the accelerator components eliminated by Brookhaven National Laboratory and even CERN, and then refit them with the help of experienced engineers from PPPL. .

Although the cost is a bit high.

But Lu Zhou thinks it's worth it...