Switzerland, Geneva.
For more than a month, He Zihong was in a state of desperation.
Before taking the position of vice president, He Zihong didn't think it was so difficult to sit in the position of president.
Because major and minor matters in the International Society for Biological Research are basically decided by the Council of Elders. Discuss, vote, and do what you want.
The chairman is actually a vote counter, don't forget to count your own votes later, and the work is almost done.
He Zihong thought that there was no reason why a seventy-year-old man could not handle things that a ninety-year-old man could handle before.
In the end, when he was in this position, he knew how powerful he was.
There are more things than imagined before, the layout is different, and every aspect has to be taken care of, but these are okay, He Zihong can handle it.
Mainly, it is worrying.
Why worry, no money.
The International Society for Biological Research had strong funds in the early years because of the family background of the Knights.
Later, after several reforms and de-religiousization, there were not so many constraints in handling affairs, and it became more like an international organization, but the sponsorship from the religious side was gradually cut off.
At present, the funds of the International Society for Biological Research are mainly used in two ways.
One is the membership fee of the member state, and the other is the consortium sponsorship.
The payment of membership fees is different in each country.
It is mainly based on the country, how many scientific research patents belonging to the International Biological Research Association have been used, which is equivalent to the patent fee in the field of intellectual property.
However, in many countries, the patented technology is actually used secretly, and it is not necessarily recognized, and most of this patent fee needs to be paid to the research and development team.
Coupled with the investment in new scientific research, anyway, the money, income and expenditure are converted, barely even in the past few years.
Sponsored by the consortium, it looks very good, but people don't give money for nothing.
Most of the sponsorship is drawn by a team of biologists, and it is also designated for this team of biologists.
According to regulations, this kind of sponsorship does not take a commission, it is just an account on the surface.
For example, Di Hongzhe, the sponsorship of the royal family of a major Nordic country, is all earmarked for his scientific research team.
The obvious benefit of the International Biological Research Association is that the money will stay in the account of the association for a period of time, and this period of time is a theoretical benefit point.
If it is a financial investment company, as long as there is money in the account, the money can generate money, which is not a problem.
But the problem is that this is the International Student Research Association, a group of biologists, who have no such brains or courage at all.
So this point of interest only exists in theory.
Of course, once the sponsored team succeeds in research and development and becomes a patent, then this patent research will account for a proportion, which will generate money in the future.
But this cycle is really too long.
However, the sponsorship that really falls on the public account of the International Biological Research Association is actually very small.
The staff of the research society eat horse chews, plus the venue fee, they are almost gone.
Therefore, the business of strange creatures is of great significance to the International Society for Biological Research in recent years.
Although the current overall capital flow is not much, it seems to be a sunrise industry with a bright future.
For this group of biologists, those who burn money are good at it, and it is too difficult to make money.
In addition to the problem of money, because of the particularities of the strange creatures themselves, this business can also feed back the field of scientific research, greatly promoting the birth of various patented technologies of the research association.
So Miao Guangqi, who led this business, rose from the second-to-last elder to the great elder.
If it weren't for being too young, less than sixty years old, the position of president would be his.
As a result, two months ago, in the Altai Mountains, the project collapsed and lost 270 million US dollars.
When he was working at that time, He Zihong didn't care so much, he only wanted to solve this global crisis.
As a result, when the bill was presented, He Zihong's black hair, which had not been left in the first place, suddenly turned white.
The price of saving the world is really too great.
And the last peach was picked by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Although He Zihong accepted this result from a personal point of view, after all, it was the motherland, but now that his buttocks were sitting in this position, it was really like sitting on pins and needles.
Right now, the special fund for strange creatures is empty, and the 50 million posted in it is the last property of the International Society for Biological Research.
In the entire research association, there is only more than 10 million US dollars left in the account.
This little money is a huge sum of money for a family, but for an international organization, it is no different from a beggar.
During this period of time, He Zihong had completely ignored Di Hongzhe, Miao Guangqi, and Outer Xing'an Mountains.
Finding ways to raise money is the real thing.
During the recent period, He Zihong didn't have time to sleep at noon.
After one o'clock in the afternoon, I was really tired, so I asked my female assistant to make a cup of strong coffee to deal with it.
While drinking coffee, the phone on the desk rang.
One pick up, it's from Miao Guangqi.
"In the case of Nepal, the joint quotation of the governments of India and Nepal is very high." Miao Guangqi said on the other end of the phone, "But the 10 million US dollars given to the hunter cannot be paid on credit. It is settled now. So this money, Chairman He, please be in place first."
"Elder Miao thinks this is a sure thing?" He Zihong asked.
"Hasn't Chairman He worked with Lin Shuo before?" Miao Guangqi asked back.
"So it was Lin Shuo who invited you." He Zihong breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I can rest assured."
"Not only Lin Shuo, but also Cao Yusheng. This is the joint action of the two leaders of Liemen."
"Two chiefs, is that ten million dollars enough?"
"Cao Yusheng's fee, I have already wiped it out with my personal relationship."
"Oh, then there is really Elder Lao Miao."
"It's okay. But President He, if you finish reading my personal file, please remember to put it back."
"Huh? Elder Miao, what do you mean?"
"President He, if you want to know anything about me in the future, you can ask me directly. I, Miao Guangqi, will know everything."
With a click, the phone was hung up.
He Zihong held up the receiver, feeling powerless in his heart.
Miao Guangqi is not something He Zihong can touch at present.
On the contrary, he still needs to rely on Miao Guangqi to continue to run the strange creature project and fill the shortfall in the research association's books.
Not to mention Miao Guangqi, even Di Hongzhe couldn't move because of lack of evidence.
He Zihong sighed and drank the strong coffee in his cup.
…
In the Su family's ancestral house by Qinghai Lake, Lin Shuo stretched out his hand in the middle of his speech, and brought Xiao Ba on the table, holding him in his arms.
Xiao Ba seemed to be a little bit shocked, and curled up in Lin Shuo's arms like a child without saying a word.
Lin Shuo stroked Xiaoba's feathers lightly, and said, "Since ancient times, in our Liemen, basically every family has raised their own strange creatures.
Previously in the Outer Xing'an Mountains, the shepherds like Liu Shunfu used to be part of the Liemen, but they were separated later.
Those who shepherd herds are called shepherds, while those we keep in the hunting gate are called Huanling.
They are called differently, but they are actually the same thing.
Take today's Six Great Families as an example, the Huan Ling of my Lin family is a black phoenix like Xiao Ba.
There are also white wolves from the Zhang family, earth dragons from the Miao family, divine deer from the Yun family, and silkworms from the Su family.
Among the six families, the most powerful Huan Ling is the flying corpse of the Cao family, also known as the white-headed flying corpse.
The Cao family was one of the six families of the Liemen at the peer alliance ceremony three hundred years ago.
At that time, apart from the fact that their Patriarch Cao Guanzhong was really capable, their Huan Ling Bai Shou Flying Corpse played an important role.
The performance of the white-headed flying corpse at that time had an overwhelming advantage over the Huan Ling of other Liemen families.
Before that, the Huan Ling with the strongest combat power among our families was the white wolf of the Zhang family.
And in the alliance ceremony three hundred years ago, Cao Jiafei's corpse killed three white wolves at once, and according to records, the process was very fast, just a face-to-face meeting.
From then on, it was recognized in the sect that if the hunting gate and the shepherd gate were added together, no matter whether it was a spirit animal or a beast herder, the Cao family's flying corpse was unparalleled in the world.
As for the severance of the main line of the Cao family fifteen years ago, the culprit was also a white-headed flying corpse.
This flying corpse is said to be very special, so I have to ask Patriarch Cao to find out how it is so special. "
Everyone nodded, and Anne said at this time: "I heard that before the branch of the Cao family wanted to replace the main line and become one of the six great families, there was a lot of resistance at one time. The main reason was also because of the flying corpses?"
"Yes." Lin Shuo nodded slightly, and said slowly, "The method of controlling flying corpses is an undisclosed secret of the main line of the Cao family, not to mention that the other five of us don't know it, even the branches of the Cao family don't know it.
The reason for this is the same as your Su family's 'enclosure and confinement'.
Later, the descendants of the main lineage of the Cao family died, and the house was burnt down. Naturally, the method of controlling flying corpses was also lost.
The Cao family has lost its greatest unique skill, and its overall strength has declined greatly.
Unlike the Su family thirty years ago, although the Su family was almost wiped out at that time, there were still two brothers, Su Tongji and Su Tongdu.
The two brothers stood there with all their abilities, and no one dared to say anything in the door.
As for the Cao family, once the main line is finished, there is really no one there.
The other families in the door were naturally unconvinced.
This family is not convinced, and that family is not convinced either, and everyone wants to fill this vacancy.
At that time, on the one hand, my father was afraid that Liemen would be messed up because of this incident, and on the other hand, Cao Yusheng was sworn brother by him, so he made a plan and asked Cao's family to enshrine Fan Ping'an to pick him up ten moves.
What my father meant was to prove that the branch of the Cao family is not bad, and it can support the appearance of the six families.
As a result, Fan Ping'an was able to catch those ten tricks...
Anyway, it was caught.
Therefore, the branch of the Cao family replaced the main line, and hung the signboard of the six great families for another fifteen years.
But next year's hurdle, I think the Cao family will be overwhelmed.
Of course, it's not just their Cao family.
Your Su family, Zhang family, and the Yun family where my mother is, are all terrified now.
Maybe, the day when the dragon raises its head next year will be a big reshuffle that Liemen has not seen in thousands of years. "
Following Lin Shuo's words, the whole room was so quiet that everyone was full of thoughts.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit depressed, Lin Shuo smiled: "Okay, it's getting too far, let's take care of the white-headed flying corpse first. Nianqiu, go and book four tickets to Yanjing, and we'll go to Beijing." Pay a personal visit to Patriarch Cao."
"Okay." Anne quickly agreed.