When Cheng Ran walked in and sat down, the first thing that happened was that the government and school officials outside the conference center showed surprise and showed a slight agitation. In the field of school-enterprise cooperation, the fact that CQ had come up with such a large amount of funding was enough to boost the whole situation and wake people up.
On the government side, Chen Jianping, director of the Science and Technology Committee who is present today, probably has the deepest understanding of this matter. This year, the science and technology funds in Nanzhou have been decentralized, with the largest number of funds going to enterprises, followed by research institutions, and universities third.
Nanzhou City's annual investment in colleges and universities is only about 700 million yuan, which is allocated to dozens of colleges and universities in Nanzhou. Some colleges and universities may only receive a few million yuan in government funds. The amount of 80 million yuan can exceed the investment of Nanzhou Municipal Government in any college and university in the past year, and some are even several times more.
For those who are more empathetic to the situation at HKUST, they know the significance of this fund. In the eyes of most people, millions of dollars is considered a large expense and requires multiple rounds of screening, competition, application, and overcoming all difficulties to get it. Whoever is qualified to cooperate with CQ today will immediately become a star at HKUST after today's meeting.
So everyone was looking forward to the next team of professors, and even the president made a joke about it. From Li Mingshi talking about the cooperation process with this HKUST team, to Cheng Ran sitting on the bench outside the conference room and waiting for Li Mingshi's assistant to come out from the back door and signal him to come in, it was a process that stunned everyone.
Zhang Songnian rubbed his brows. When he had dealt with Li Mingshi in Nanzhou before, he knew about the unusual relationship between Cheng Ran and Li Mingshi. So he was not surprised to see him appear at this time. However, although he looked calm, he was not afraid of appearing in such an occasion. It was obvious at a glance that he was a good son of a good father.
Li Jingping on the other side looked normal, as if he had known about it for a long time. He watched Cheng Ran walk in the whole time. Many people wanted to catch the same expression of surprise and astonishment on the face of this big leader, but in the end they had to return empty-handed. His face was still as grave as a knife, without any change.
The most shocked were the senior party and government officials present at USTC. Several project leaders of research centers were very disappointed. A young student. Although USTC had 24-year-old doctoral supervisors, they could not find a younger researcher or lecturer after racking their brains.
Only Zhu Huaqing and Huang Pei knew who this was.
Because of a top student from Sichuan Province who I had met at the freshman ceremony and who would not go to Peking University or Tsinghua University.
Huang Pei picked up the cup in front of him and took big gulps of the tea. During the whole process, his eyes were as big as cow's, bulging as he watched the unscientific scene in front of him.
They were shocked to see the scene in front of them. When they heard what Li Mingshi had just said about the cooperation with the team from HKUST, Li Mingshi laughed again and said, "To be honest, when I saw that the founder of the studio was so young, I probably felt the same as you do now. I thought he was a student of a professor and it was inconvenient for him to meet me..."
"So even if I said the name just now, it would be meaningless. I kept it a secret and wanted everyone to feel how I felt at that time."
Li Mingshi smiled, "I think this is the surprise that USTC has given me. The Internet is a new thing and a sunrise industry with unlimited possibilities in the future. In the history of the development of the Internet and even the IT industry, there are also many geniuses who have made groundbreaking and remarkable achievements at a young age, but these all happened abroad... Sometimes I also reflect on why we don't have them? Of course, I'm not talking about talents in scientific research and academics. USTC can find many young geniuses in this area. I'm talking about people who have industry acumen, decision-making and organizational talents."
“Such a person… I am lucky to have found him in HKUST.”
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This evaluation was very high, causing everyone present to look forward to it. Before, they were surprised at Cheng Ran’s youth, but now they had a different feeling and looked at this young man in a new light.
Even Huang Pei looked at Cheng Ran again.
"Capability alone may not be the standard for our assessment," Li Mingshi said, "character is also important. From what I know, because the studio team accepted our cooperation, the university of science and technology also had good intentions and was worried that the student team would be exposed to business too early in school and might violate the law. So they conducted an investigation on them."
This time there was a murmur among the crowd below.
Huang Pei suddenly felt uncomfortable sitting there. At this time, Zhu Huaqing, a senior party official at the school, glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally.
"During the audit process, when it came to the confidentiality agreement we signed, the team also upheld the spirit of the contract. Even if they faced pressure from the school or even disciplinary action, they did not violate the agreement and everyone held their ground. In my opinion, this is a noble quality."
Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment; they had not expected such an episode to occur.
The University of Science and Technology did not expect that Li Mingshi would directly speak out about this matter in front of the city leaders. Shouldn't such a matter be handled peacefully
Then people realized that this was CQ's disguised way of expressing dissatisfaction, which was justified. After all, it involved in-depth cooperation, and the inspection of the school certainly could not be superficial. This was not one of those companies with rigid systems, but a new and wildly growing Internet company with the strongest pulse.
This is the execution ability of this kind of enterprise.
Principal Zhu Huaqing turned to Huang Pei and frowned, "Is there such a thing?"
In addition to Zhu Huaqing, more people's eyes were focused on him at this time. Obviously, Zhu Huaqing's inquiry at this time meant that Huang Pei was the senior school leader in charge of this matter. So before this, Huang Pei had been putting pressure on this CQ team worth tens of millions
Facing those looks, Huang Peiqiang forced a smile. "According to the school's management charter, the school has the right to supervise the Tianxingshe studio team. I once thought that they were hiding something in the accounts and that there was something else going on. I was mainly worried about commercial violations... I didn't expect it to be like this."
Huang Pei smiled awkwardly at this time, and his two nasolabial lines looked a little stiff.
Li Jingping smiled, "Principal Huang is doing his job. He is worried that the team will go astray and cause irreparable losses to the school and themselves. It is understandable that he conducted an investigation according to the rules and regulations. The investigation is understandable, but he was too hasty to punish them. He recorded a demerit before the facts were determined. Even if he was just waving a big stick to scare the disobedient students, the operation was still a bit rough!"
But Huang Pei's face turned red. Li Jingping's words seemed like a joke in this situation, but in fact, it was not necessarily a criticism mixed with humor. It was just that he was good at speaking and did not directly attack him.
But Huang Pei, who had been a local official, understood the meaning of this.
Huang Pei nodded with his cheeks burning. "What the mayor criticized was that my student work was still a bit rough! As for Cheng Ran, I did not supervise this matter properly. I apologize to you for the negligence of the relevant school personnel during the audit of you."
After Huang Pei finished speaking, there was a brief pause below, and then some people from the government applauded at the right time.
The roar of applause then spread.
Covering the entire venue.
It also concealed the awkwardness of the dull atmosphere.