The End of Technology

Chen Luo suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

Really, looking at Director Zhuo's meaningful smile at this time, Chen Luo really wanted to say that he was just a child, not a big brother. But thinking about those comments about Director Zhuo, Chen Luo could only suppress the anxiety in his heart and asked seriously: "What do you mean?"

"Haha, Chen Luo, you don't need to be so stressed. It's actually a very simple task. You can even understand that I gave this job to you just to flatter Academician Ning. Really, I think it's mainly because of other people. I don’t have the qualifications to complete this task.”

Zhuo Mingqian patted Chen Luo on the shoulder to encourage him, then walked back to his desk and sat down. He picked up the tea cup on the desk, took a sip of tea and said, "Actually, this matter is very simple. .As you know, on the day when the Wu Gang officially took off, the base arranged a grand ceremony.

On that day, the base will invite many domestic and foreign celebrities to watch the ceremony. I don’t need to tell you in detail, you should also know who the shining star of this ceremony will be. Yes, it’s your mentor—Academician Ning. What I am sure about now is that many people still come with a purpose. They will hope to meet Academician Ning at all costs.

Your task is actually very simple, which is to set up a layer of obstacles in the middle. To put it simply, all foreign friends who want to meet Ning Jie must go through you first. After you nodded, they could meet Academician Ning. Can you understand the significance of this? "

Chen Luo shook his head blankly.

He really didn't understand the meaning of this. At present, the only thing he can think of is for the safety of Academician Ning, so let him screen out the people with malicious intentions first? But Chen Luo knew very well that he did not have the ability to complete this task well.

With his shallow social experience, it is really difficult to tell who has malicious intentions, and it is even more unnecessary. Because Chen Luo knew very well that there must be extremely professional people to verify the identities of those people before he wanted to meet his mentor. He even had no doubt that when these people really wanted to meet with Director Ning, the security personnel around Director Ning would definitely think twice. Be more considerate of yourself.

Obviously Zhuo Mingqian was not surprised at all by Chen Luo's performance at this time. He laughed loudly and said: "Haha, it's not what you think, Chen Luo. In fact, your task is very simple. Treat yourself as a threshold. If they want to cross this threshold, Naturally, they are willing to pay a certain price. No matter how much they pay, just take it all.

Of course it won't be in vain. No matter how much you receive, 1% of it will be allocated directly to you as start-up project funds when you can have your own project in the future. So you should understand, right? "

Chen Luo suddenly became enlightened.

It's really not that he isn't smart enough to think of this, but that Chen Luo has too little social experience after all. And he didn't think that the base would be short of money at all, and he never thought that Director Zhuo would let him use this method to make money...

Simply put, he is too young.

I was so young that I never imagined that there was such a way to make money.

Probably also aware that this method of making money would have a psychological impact on a young man, Zhuo Mingqian had already begun to explain: "You know, it is inconvenient for you, Director Ning, to do this. After all, Director Ning cannot afford to embarrass him. That person. After all, I am part of the system now, and it is not convenient for me, so after all, it is actually you, the senior brother, who is the most convenient to do this, do you understand? "

Chen Luo nodded subconsciously, but couldn't help but ask: "Director Zhuo, I roughly understand what you are talking about. But does this make sense? Our R\u0026D base should not be short of money, right?"

Hearing this question, Zhuo Mingqian sighed and said, "Chen Luo, you have heard of a famous saying called darkness before dawn, right?"

Chen Luo nodded. Of course he had heard this sentence before. After all, it was written in the textbook.

Zhuo Mingqian nodded and said: "Then you know that in order to promote the Wu Gang and the robot projects at the same time, we need to maintain investment in basic research, including promoting the construction of laboratories to meet the research needs of thousands of scientists in the base, while also How much money do we need to invest every year to ensure the advancement of base construction?

In addition, you also need to know that the school's help to the base is very limited, and Dean Ning is unwilling to accept too many grants from other levels, and only enjoys some tax benefits. At present, all the technological output of the base can only be authorized to a limited extent in exchange for development funds. Yes, Academician Ning can make money, but he cannot withstand such exaggerated consumption!

So of course you don’t know that the base’s current loans have exceeded two trillion in March this year, and you know that the value of our national currency has appreciated a lot since our currency was anchored to the foundation of the base. quick. Of course, this does not mean that the base is really short of money, but that it encountered temporary difficulties when Academician Ning did not want to be criticized.

All this will be quickly relieved after the Wu Gang officially launches, we obtain key data, and then send the second spacecraft into space, so I define this time as the darkness before dawn. Of course, Academician Ning will not pay too much attention to these things, but we need to share the worries of Academician Ning, do you think? "

Chen Luo started to nod again.

But this didn't feel good. Chen Luo felt that his IQ was declining rapidly and he could only nod his head.

Thinking of this, Chen Luo suddenly felt that his IQ had returned a little, and asked proactively: "But a meeting fee shouldn't cost much, right? Does this really make sense?"

After talking about this, Director Zhuo, who was opposite him, straightened his body, his expression became serious, and he began to educate this inexperienced student: "Chen Luo, you have grown up, and you can no longer use the thinking of a student to measure those big shots. Well, first of all, you have to correct your mentality, and all of the people who can be arranged for you to meet in the end are either rich or noble."

Seeing Chen Luo sitting there asking for advice very humbly, Zhuo Mingqian smiled happily and continued: "What does it mean to be either rich or noble? To put it bluntly, they are very rich, really rich! Several hundred million More than one billion is not a big deal to them, and they can basically take it out casually.

Think about it, you can get hundreds of millions out of one person, how many would it be for ten people? How many dozens of people are there? Although it’s not much, as long as you work harder, the base’s basic expenses for two or three months will be almost covered. If you were smarter, there might not be any new loans in half a year.

When our Fengming series of spaceships begin to be officially authorized for sale, the loan scale will be reduced year by year, and it all starts with your efforts. And you are not only working hard for your base, but you are also working hard for your future. One percent of R\u0026D funds! If you can get 20 billion, that’s 200 million R\u0026D fund reserves! Think about it, two hundred million. How many professors would break their heads for this R\u0026D funding? Now this opportunity has fallen to you, tell me, you will definitely seize it, right? "

Chen Luo nodded again. He had to say that he was moved emotionally by Director Zhuo.

It’s not that he cares about the 200 million R\u0026D funds, but that his efforts may not only help the base get out of the current financial predicament, but what he does will also become a turning point for the base’s overall finances to become richer from a lack of money, which makes him The young and passionate little heart is full of a sense of mission.

The most important thing is that he agrees with what Director Zhuo said. Of course Director Ning cannot do this kind of thing, because it is really embarrassing. But there is no problem in doing it in his capacity. Anyway, he is still a student, and he is not familiar with the so-called big shots, so he can be embarrassed.

To put it bluntly, it was his duty to take care of Director Ning's worries.

When the blood began to surge, Zhuo Mingqian quickly got the answer he wanted.

"I understand, Director Zhuo, I will definitely live up to the expectations of Director Ning and you, and I will ensure that I complete the task." Chen Luo said decisively.

Zhuo Mingqian smiled, then picked up a document from the table, stood up from his seat again, walked to Chen Luo, patted the passionate young man on the shoulder, and encouraged: "Chen Luo, Of course I believe you can complete this task, that's why I called you to tell you so much. Take this document. It contains a list of the big names who will definitely want to meet Academician Ning during the ceremony.

You must read it carefully. The information contains their recent photos and statistics of their personal disposable wealth. You need to remember everyone's name, their photo, and their wealth clearly so that you can maximize your benefits when talking to them.

Don’t be afraid of asking for too much. You must know that the personal disposable wealth in the data is not their entire wealth, but an evaluation after leaving aside some fixed and inconvenient mobile assets. Let's put it this way, even if 80% or 90% of the people are trapped, it will only cause them a slight physical pain at most, and it will not hurt their muscles and bones. Do you understand? "

Chen Luo took the information handed over by Zhuo Mingqian and replied clearly: "I understand, what you actually mean is to make me as shameless as possible. In short, you want me to ask for a high price, and then see how the other party counter-offers, right? "

"Pa bang bang..."

Chen Luo stared blankly as Director Zhuo started to applaud.

"That's right, Chen Luo. Academician Ning's vision is indeed very accurate. Even the selected students are so talented. You know? I rarely think highly of a person, but I am particularly optimistic about you now. I believe you will definitely become Future successors of the base, come on!"

Although Chen Luo really didn't understand what Director Zhuo meant by talent, it was still a compliment, so he could only accept it with fear.

No matter what, he has been recognized by the recognized number two person in the base. This should be considered something worthy of celebration, right?

Well, it must be!

…

In this way, Chen Luo's life became busy.

During the day, he still had to complete the tasks assigned by Ning Zi, leading Cao Zhe and his assistant photographer to complete the documentary shooting. At night, he had to read and recite the stack of information. According to Director Zhuo's request, he had to match each abstract name with an image, and he also had to know how much money this person transferred in a short period of time.

Even Chen Luo did more. He would actively search for these names on the Internet. He hoped to use some information to understand the personality characteristics of these people as much as possible. Of course, this efficiency is not too high. Because most people in the data have very little information online, or even cannot find it at all. This means that some of the names on the list don't even appear on Forbes or other rich lists.

Of course, Chen Luo believed that the information Director Zhuo gave him was correct, which gave him a new understanding of the so-called rich people.

In this world, not everyone's wealth will be disclosed by an organization on the Internet.

However, Chen Luo selectively ignored how Director Zhuo obtained this list.

Obviously this wasn't something he needed to worry about. Not to mention that the base cooperates with many large organizations. From this point of view, it is normal for the base to control some unknown things. The only thing Chen Luo doubts at this moment is that there are really so many people willing to spend a lot of money just to meet their mentor?

What are you picturing...

You must know that if Director Zhuo's plan is followed and this group of people are trapped to death, then the price of meeting Director Ning will be much more expensive than having lunch with Buffett. Anyway, Chen Luo couldn't figure out why these people would pay such a high price just to meet Director Ning.

But then again, Chen Luo felt that his mentor was worth the price. It's just that these people don't have that firm belief in science. But then again, real scientists can’t save that much money. Just like his mentor, if he really wanted to make money, he could become the richest man in the world, but he spent all the money and even owed a lot of debt.

This is the way serious scientists think about problems. Every penny earned will be used to continue exploring the mysteries hidden in nature, rather than thinking about how to make the money grow every day. Naturally, it is difficult to accumulate astonishing wealth.

In this way, half a month passed with Chen Luo struggling, and the entire base began to gradually change during this period.

For example, you can see a large number of engineering personnel evacuating from the Wu Gang every day, and you can often see uniformed engineers taking group photos on the roof of each experimental building. The security work outside the base has also become stricter. For example, the anchors who live broadcast 24 hours a day on the roadside can no longer be seen. The area around the base that has been bustling for nearly two months suddenly becomes deserted.

Correspondingly, the inside of the base began to become lively.

The guest house in the base is already full. Not only that, but it is no longer possible to book two hotels in the county near the base that just opened this year on the Internet. Even the dormitory building and a teaching building of the Space Academy were temporarily requisitioned.

To this end, the college sent a special letter to tally the items left by the students in the dormitories, and then dispatched more than a dozen logistics staff to cooperate with the robot to send all the students' items to a special warehouse at the base for storage, and also arranged for dedicated personnel to guard them.

Fortunately, everyone understands the school's arrangements.

After all, the viewing ceremony for the Wu Gang's launch is indeed an extremely important event.