Go back to two hours ago.
Li Zheng came out of the laboratory in a hurry. The inauguration ceremony of the Huaqing Award was at two o'clock in the afternoon. Li Zheng talked to Mr. Watson on the phone yesterday through the jet lag until midnight. He couldn't help but squint a while at noon. Squint until after one o'clock in the afternoon.
The Ninth Laboratory is not far from the Great Hall of the People, and the traffic in the 1980s was much better than it was 30 years later. There was almost no need to worry about traffic jams. Li Zheng stepped on the accelerator all the way, but when he stopped and looked at his watch It was already half past one.
The parking lot was almost full, and more cars came in one after another. Li Zheng heard all kinds of accents from all over the world, and his ears were two-pointed.
"I was only a few years old, and I drove into the car. Tsk tsk tsk, I was still moving bricks on the construction site when he was there."
"This is the skill of reincarnation, you can't learn it."
Li Zheng looked back and saw two middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes getting off a red Xiali. Noticing Li Zheng's eyes, the two raised their chins slightly, obviously not taking Li Zheng in their eyes.
Li Zheng shrugged, closed the car door, and walked quickly towards the Great Hall of the People.
The parking lot is not a short distance from the Great Hall of the People, he looked at his watch, it should be too late.
The weather at the end of May has already started to get hot. The scorching sun is scorching the earth in Huajing. The heat in the concrete floor spreads along the soles of people's shoes and spreads all the way to the whole body.
When Li Zheng walked quickly to the entrance of the Great Hall, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and he was out of breath.
He smiled wryly. He stayed up all night every day, and opened his eyes to do experiments. I am afraid that the living state of not leaving the laboratory for ten days and a half months would really change. Otherwise, before all the inventory in his mind was taken out, his body was already Broke first.
At the entrance of the Great Hall, two rows of long tables stand at the entrance. Behind the long tables are well-dressed ceremonial staff and armed police officers and soldiers with straight backs.
"Please show the invitation." Miss Manners said with a smile.
Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, he touched his pocket, he seemed to put the invitation letter in the car.
It is already one forty-seven. If I go back and get the invitation letter, I will definitely be late. This time, the Huaqing Prize establishment ceremony was attended by the vice premier in charge of scientific research in Huaguo. Li Zheng, the funder, can never come more than the premier. late.
"I'm sorry, my invitation letter fell on the car..." Li Zheng scratched his head, he really didn't know how to deal with this situation.
A chuckle came from behind.
It was the two middle-aged men just now. They walked from behind talking and laughing. While handing the invitation letter to the hostess, they turned their heads and said to Li Zheng, "Young man, money is not everything. In some occasions, You can’t get in with money.”
This person speaks earnestly and earnestly, with the feeling that the elders are teaching the younger ones.
Li Zheng touched his nose and said nothing.
When these two men saw Li Zheng's "silent" appearance, they felt even more proud, and at the same time the expressions on their faces became softer. Some people are like this. If you satisfy his vanity, he will change his mind. Gotta speak up.
"Miss, this young man did leave the invitation letter in the car. If you don't register his name, let him in. After all, it's not good to be late for this kind of occasion." The middle-aged man opened his mouth.
Li Zheng was surprised that this person could actually speak for him. No matter what his mentality was, he helped him, Li Zheng nodded and thanked him.
"This..." The staff at the registration office seemed a little hesitant.
Seeing that the ceremony was about to start, Li Zheng took out Huaqing's work card from his pocket and handed it to the staff, "I'll put this thing on here first, and after the ceremony, I'll ask you to come and pick it up."
The two men didn't see what Li Zheng handed to the staff, and the hostess at the registration office was stunned when she saw the Huaqing work card and the word Li Zheng on it.
She quickly flipped through the guest roster, and saw that Li Zheng, the head of Huaqing University's Ninth Biological Research Laboratory, was written on the first page of the roster, and then looked at the work card in her hand, and said, "Okay... you go in. "
"Thank you." Li Zheng walked quickly into the venue.
Behind him, the smiles on the faces of the two middle-aged men grew wider.
"Pharaoh, your face is getting bigger and bigger."
"Everywhere, it's all a coincidence. It's just that this little post-student is too rude, and I don't know how to say thank you."
"that is."
Next is the scene in front of you. Li Zheng was led by Secretary Zhao Depei to the rostrum.
Li Zheng's coming to power aroused a lot of discussion in the audience. The establishment of the Huaqing Award this time has aroused extensive attention from all walks of life. Therefore, in addition to the specially invited scholars from the scientific research community, there are also people from all walks of life. The Great Hall of the People.
Li Zheng has not been on the domestic news once or twice, but the coverage of the media in the 1980s was not as good as it was in the past 20 or 30 years. Moreover, scientific research is a niche, and life sciences are even more niche in the scientific research community. Many people here couldn't help looking at each other when they saw such a young man who didn't seem to be the age of their child walk up to the rostrum and sit in a row with the Deputy Prime Minister.
"Who is this person? The host?"
"Looks like he's not as old as my son."
"To be able to preside over this kind of ceremony at such a young age has a bright future." Several men in the back row whispered. They were big-bellied and had a black leather bag about the size of a brick in their hands, which was typical of businessmen in the 1980s. image.
The faces of the two middle-aged men sitting in the back row were very exciting. Isn't this the young man they just met at the door? The host of the establishment ceremony of the Huaqing Award
On the rostrum, everyone was seated.
From the middle to the two sides are the Vice Premier, the head of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the head of the education department, Zhao Depei, Wu Zhaomeng, the head of the propaganda department and Li Zheng.
Li Zheng sat on the far left, with a young face that stood out among the crowd of fifty or sixty-year-olds.
"Today is very special for us. The first award in the form of private donations will be born in front of us in the scientific research community of China! What does this show? It shows that our people recognize scientific research and attach importance to scientific research! Moreover, I learned that the main body of this private donation is the ninth laboratory of Huaqing University, and Mr. Li Zheng, the head of the laboratory, has provided 10 million US dollars of patent funds as a research fund, and the investment income of the fund is used as an award."
"From this, I have seen a very good phenomenon that scientific research feeds back scientific research. The patent money earned from foreigners is used as an incentive to stimulate the development of scientific research in the country. I admire Mr. Li Zheng's mind and make me even more delighted. "With such young people here, why can't our country be rejuvenated!"
The Prime Minister's speech won the house.
After the Prime Minister's opening speech, the heads of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the education department respectively explained the significance of the establishment of the Huaqing Award from their own perspectives. Then, Zhao Depei took the microphone. As the principal of Huaqing, he is the protagonist of today.
"The Prime Minister said it very well, scientific research feeds scientific research! This is the meaning of the establishment of the Huaqing Award! The Huaqing Award consists of four categories of awards in physics, chemistry, biomedicine and literature, which are evaluated every year. They will also receive RMB 2 million in incentives provided by the No. 9 Biological Research Laboratory of Huaqing University. And the winners of scientific research awards can apply for the foundation’s scientific research sponsorship first.” Zhao Depei talked eloquently, Li Zheng had never seen him before. The principal's eyes were so bright.
The first few rows under the stage are all researchers from China.
In the 1980s, the scientific research environment in China was very harsh. Except for a few military research projects that were strongly supported by the state, the days of other scientific research projects were very tight.
Splitting a penny into two is a common phenomenon.
Two million bonuses! In this era, many old-fashioned scientific research giants do not have so much scientific research funding for a whole year!
Two million, a whole two million! Rao is the vice premier sitting on the stage, and these old scholars also made low voices.
Before participating in the establishment ceremony of the Huaqing Prize, they had heard rumors that this time the scientific prize established in the name of Huaqing University had a very high reward.
The word two million is not unheard of, but everyone thinks he is just a joke.
You must know that the highest reward for national science awards is only 100,000, 100,000 and 2 million. This difference makes some older scholars heart beat faster.
Two days ago, they said, "This award, established in the name of Huaqing University, must encourage the new generation of scholars to work hard. We, old bones, will not join in the fun."
But now, they can't wait to swallow what they said. There is no difference between the seniors and juniors in this scientific research. Just like the old chief said, the black cat and the white cat can catch mice. It is a good cat.
It doesn't matter how old or young, it's the one that produces the results that deserves the award.
"Old Chen? Old Chen! Are you alright!" Suddenly an old scientist sitting in the front row suddenly fell from the seat. The person next to him quickly supported him and asked with concern.
"It's alright." Old Chen's voice seemed to come from between his teeth.
He regrets it!
A week ago, the Huaqing Prize Physics Selection Team notified him of the first Huaqing Physics Prize.
Chen Lao graduated from Yan University and is an authoritative figure in domestic physics.
Domestic and even international awards are not one or two. He is not very interested in this newly established award, not to mention that this newly established award is also called the Huaqing Award, which makes Chen Lao, who is now the honorary dean of the School of Physics of Yan University, even more uncomfortable.
Therefore, when he received the invitation letter from the group, he justly refused.
"Huaqing Award, it's very good. I am also honored to receive the first Huaqing Physics Award, but I am old, and the future of the scientific research community in China belongs to young people after all. I will not follow them with my old bones. Young people are fighting." Chen Lao said very open-minded.
"Are you sure?" There was a cautious confirmation from the organizing committee's young man on the other end of the phone.
"Sure!" Chen Lao replied firmly. His quick answer made Xiao Young want to explain, but he swallowed it before he had time to say it.
"Okay... Okay, then I'll bother you." The young man hung up the phone silently, admiring Mr. Chen's light and graceful mood in his heart.
"That, that, who was the person who called me that day! Why didn't he explain to me!" Chen Lao said fiercely in the strange eyes of all his colleagues.