Lu Zhou smiled lightly and did not answer the question directly.
Seeing that Lu Zhou had said this, Dean Li stopped trying to persuade him to stay and just sighed.
Firstly, we don’t have that much money for the time being.
However, the leaders of the municipal party committee who were standing not far away for inspection did not show any disgust on their faces. Instead, they smiled broadly.
Secondly, there is still a lot of funds in the account of the domestic branch of Star Technology for him to use.
Vehicles were coming and going on the construction site, smoke and dust were billowing, and the sounds of excavators and cement trucks were roaring and banging. Engineers wearing white helmets held design drawings and went to the first site to take command. Construction workers wearing yellow helmets ran quickly on the construction site.
Now in the entire institute, except for the Institute of Computational Materials, no other research units can be seen.
With his most capable assistant Yang Xu, Lu Zhou walked around the brand-new research institute building, familiarizing himself with the environment here while talking in a casual tone.
"I'm afraid the cost of that thing is quite high, tens of billions. The question is, where will the money come from?"
Theoretical physics experiments are another funding black hole. Even if he throws all his wealth into it, he probably won't be able to achieve anything.
When he was abroad, he was careful every step he took. Now that he is back in China, he should be even more careful in some aspects.
Yang Xu: "Better than CERN?"
With the aura of the Nobel Prize and the high-precision instruments in the entire laboratory building, he was able to attract a large number of hard-working scientific research dogs to work for him without even paying a high salary.
"The entire institute has only completed the first phase of the project, and there are still three phases to go, not only in materials science, but also in mathematics and physics. Whether it is hardware or software, we must strive to achieve world-class standards!"
To turn this blueprint into reality, he still needs to work hard.
Yang Xu joked: "Are you really planning to build a hadron collider?"
"Knowledge is the greatest wealth, and our research itself creates wealth."
After that, he paused for a moment while standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and then continued.
However, once the controllable nuclear fusion project is completed and accepted, I am afraid that this funding will not be needed.
After receiving the assurance from Commander Liao, Lu Zhou did not worry too much about the project. After giving a few requirements to Gong Sun, he concentrated on the preparation of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the institute's dean's office, overlooking the entire institute, Lu Zhou said ambitiously.
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Looking at the truck going away, Dean Li of the Hua Yuan, who was standing next to Lu Zhou, still kept mumbling: "Why are you leaving in such a hurry? No one is rushing you."
Yang Xu didn't consider such distant things. His mind was still stuck on the hadron collider. He touched his chin and said in slight surprise.
Lu Zhou nodded: "I will."
If this relationship cannot be divorced, problems will arise sooner or later.
Dean Li shook his head and said, "Can you be considered an outsider?"
Lu Zhou: "After all, this laboratory building is the property of the school. It is not good for me to occupy it in my own name."
Lu Zhou never felt bad about spending money on research.
Because the relocation of the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials also means that the high-precision instruments and equipment worth more than 100 million US dollars will also be moved with Yang Xu and the others.
If he hadn't looked at the numbers in his account, he would have almost forgotten that he was already a billionaire. After realizing that he still had so much money at his disposal, he transferred 100 million to the account of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study without saying a word.
Of course, although controllable nuclear fusion is not something that deserves to be kept secret, there are many research institutions at home and abroad that are working on it, and they have been doing it for almost half a century.
"Gather all the researchers at the institute and let's hold a meeting to talk about what we will do next!"
The institute's building has been put in place, and the relocation of the instruments has basically been completed. However, for the blueprint of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study in Lu Zhou's mind, everything has just begun.
“How does it feel to move into a new home?”
The experimental building in the Chemical Academy that Lu Zhou had borrowed for almost two years has finally returned to its original owner.
Although the new address of the Institute of Computational Materials is not very far from here, it is outside the campus after all.
However, in order to avoid causing unnecessary worries and misunderstandings, this kind of thing can still be kept low-key, and try to avoid high-profile publicity until phased results worthy of showing off are released.
The environment at the scene is very poor. Even if you just stand and watch, it won't take long for the leather shoes to be covered with a layer of mud.
Lu Zhou: "It will be sooner or later."
Anyway, bragging doesn’t require drafting, what if it comes true
Of course, from a long-term perspective, he would not treat his scientific researchers badly.
Captain Liao is keeping an eye on the project, and the qualifications of the construction unit are reassuring.
Yang Xu said with a smile: "The laboratory is much more spacious, but there are too few people, so it seems a bit deserted."
Everyone is like a clockwork machine, running non-stop together with the engineering equipment. The progress of the project is also advancing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it is a bustling scene as far as the eye can see.
At the current project speed, it can be completed and accepted in half a year at most. If it is faster, it will not even take half a year. Three or four months will be enough.
"That's right. You are now a Nobel Prize winner, a benchmark in the Chinese scientific community, and the spotlight is on you. There are many people watching your results, and there are also many people waiting for you to make mistakes. Be careful. That’s right.”
Or to put it more bluntly, these are all visible political achievements.
When the time comes, whether he draws a circle on the ground to build a hadron collider or puts a satellite in the sky to collect dark matter, as long as he has this idea, someone will definitely give him the green light.
If you want to use the instrument again in the future, it will not be so convenient.
"The desertion is temporary. Soon we will recruit a group of researchers to enrich this place."
Hearing this, Lu Zhou smiled.
The sudden arrival of a billion-dollar national project in Jinling was like a surprise falling from the sky to Jinling City.
Lu Zhou smiled: "I have this idea, but it is impossible to build this thing in the city, and we don't have the energy at this stage."
Since it was a private research unit, after making policy demands, Lu Zhou no longer had the nerve to ask the state for money. Although the leader promised him an interest-free loan of 1 billion RMB, he had no intention of asking a bank. Borrow this money.
In particular, systematic scientific research projects such as controllable nuclear fusion will be of great help to the development of the entire Jinling City's high-tech industries and talent introduction policies.
Lu Zhou smiled: "Jinda is my alma mater. I have never regarded myself as an outsider, but it is better to separate the public and private."
On the third day before New Year's Day, and the second week after the official start of construction of the "STAR" Stellar Simulator Research Institute, the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials Building was finally completed.
After all, the original intention of establishing Star Technology was to provide blood transfusions for his own laboratory.
However, for the professors at Jinda University of Chemical Technology, they are not so eagerly looking forward to its return.