Chapter 145 Money Ability
Tokyo Institute of Technology, abbreviated as Tokyo Institute of Technology.
It is a national research university specializing in engineering, technology and science.
From the beginning, its goal was to cultivate specialized technical talents. After hundreds of years of development, it can now be said to be the best science and engineering university in Japan.
Its comprehensive strength ranks among the top three universities in Japan all the year round, and it is also a first-class science and engineering university in the world.
As for the Faculty of Science and Engineering of Meiji, compared with Tokyo Institute of Technology, it is simply the younger of the younger brothers.
So when Shirakawa Kaede went to see Professor Kikuchi, he focused on the technical research on large-scale integrated circuits.
Professor Kikuchi never thought of Meiji University. If he really wanted to get into technology, he had to look to Tokyo Institute of Technology.
If Kikuchi himself had not taught at Meiji University, he would have directly suggested to Shirakawa Kaede to bring precision servo technology and digital signal conversion technology to Tokyo Institute of Technology.
For Professor Kikuchi, who also graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology, he is very clear about the scientific research strength of his alma mater.
Today, Shirakawa Kaede came to the Ookaya campus of Tokyo Institute of Technology in Meguro Ward with the contact information given by Professor Kikuchi.
This is also the main campus of Tokyo Institute of Technology, where most of the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Information Engineering are located.
When Shirakawa Kaede arrived at Ookayama, he looked at the shabby school gate in front of him and didn't know what to say.
Are all science and engineering campuses the same? The ordinary blue cement walls are exactly the same as those of the Ikuta Campus of the Faculty of Science and Engineering of Meiji University.
If it weren't for the words "Tokyo Institute of Technology" written on it, Shirakawa Feng would have thought he had entered the door of a small factory.
What’s even more amazing is that the Ookayama campus is worthy of the word “mountain” in its name. Like the Ikuta campus, it is built on a hillside.
After entering the school gate, there is a winding asphalt road in front of you.
On both sides of the road, there are cherry trees on one side and big ginkgo trees on the other. It is February now, and the new green leaves on the branches have already taken shape.
Standing under the road, the occasional bird calls overhead actually add to the tranquility of this place.
"The style is very different from Meiji University." Asuka Kobayashi, who was standing next to her, looked at the building behind the tree and said with emotion.
"That's right, it's really the 'True Industrial University'." Shirakawa Feng looked around and saw that all the buildings had blue-gray cement walls.
It has a very realistic industrial style, and the view is quite wide, with basically no tall buildings.
This is in stark contrast to the various modern high-rise buildings at Meiji University. It also shows that the two universities are very different in style, majors, and other aspects.
Asuka Kobayashi also enthusiastically joined today's trip to Tokyo Institute of Technology.
She was the most active in this kind of semi-travel visit, and she called herself the president's personal assistant.
"Let's go." Baichuan Feng looked at the area map on the side of the road, found the approximate range, and then started walking straight towards the destination.
The Ookayama campus covers an area of approximately one thousand acres, which may not be much compared to the area of several thousand acres in China.
But in a place like Tokyo where every inch of land is valuable, it is already very difficult to have such a large campus.
After walking along the road on campus for about ten minutes, Shirakawa Feng and his friends found the laboratory buildings for the electronic and electrical engineering departments and the information engineering departments.
As the strongest major of Tokyo Institute of Technology, the Electronic and Electrical Building looks very impressive.
Although it is not high, the decoration style and various earthquake-resistant structures on the exterior walls give it a reliable feeling.
Professor Masayoshi Matsumura, whom Shirakawa Kaede and his team are going to visit today, is a senior professor specializing in this academic field.
As an experimental building, there are not many students here . Shirakawa Kaede and his friends got on the elevator and soon arrived at Professor Masayoshi Matsumura's laboratory.
Unlike Professor Kikuchi's laboratory which occupies a three-story building, Matsumura Masayoshi's laboratory only occupies an area the size of a few classrooms on the floor.
The reason for this difference is that Professor Kikuchi was hired by Meiji University at a high price.
As for Masayoshi Matsumura, there are many technical experts at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Although there is a large amount of funding every year, if it is divided randomly among so many projects, the amount that each person gets will be very limited.
Although the laboratory looks ordinary, Baichuan Feng does not dare to underestimate it.
He knocked on the door and waited for a while but there was no response. Just when Bai Chuanfeng was about to knock again, the door in front of him suddenly opened.
A pair of figures walked out of the laboratory one after another. Baichuan Feng, who was standing at the door, subconsciously stepped aside.
“I don’t want to hear anything else, but the experiment on the single-layer waveguide structure has reached a critical stage.
As long as another round of funding is approved, we will soon see the results of the experiment.
I will go to the school’s economic office to apply tomorrow and I must get a positive response…”
"Hayi..."
Looking at the figure passing by, Baichuan Feng subconsciously stretched out his hand to greet, "Excuse me, is this Professor Matsumura?"
However, the embarrassing thing was that the figure in front seemed not to hear it and continued to walk hurriedly around the end of the corridor.
Shirakawa Kaede put down his half-raised hand awkwardly and looked at Kobayashi Asuka.
He smiled awkwardly and shrugged, "It seems that not every professor is as easy to talk to as Mr. Yamada."
Asuka Kobayashi nodded in agreement, and then gave him a gentle, encouraging smile in return.
Baichuan Feng sighed slightly. He had a feeling that today's trip to Tokyo Institute of Technology would not be so smooth.
"What should we do now?" Asuka Kobayashi looked at the empty laboratory, then at the place where Professor Matsumura had just left. She turned around and asked Shirakawa Kaede what his next plan was.
"Let's wait a moment." Baichuan Feng noticed that the door of the laboratory had not been closed yet, so the person who just left should not be away for too long.
Thinking of this, he simply lay down on the railing at the door, looking at the trees, flowers and plants downstairs, and the people coming and going, and waited quietly.
It's not easy to come here, I can't just go back empty-handed.
Asuka Kobayashi didn't care, she just took it as a chance to relax.
She also lay on the railing side by side with Shirakawa Kaede , staring blankly while casually asking, "Shirakawa-kun values science and engineering talents very much."
"Yeah," Bai Chuanfeng sighed, "How can we make products without our own talents?"
As if he had thought of something, he added, "Of course, Shirakawa Electric also welcomes management talents.
For example, for students like Xiaolin, I will personally visit them and invite them to come out of retirement."
"Ha~" Kobayashi Asuka chuckled, "I'm not that easy to invite."
"Why?" Baichuan Feng glanced at her, "Do you need me, the president, to promise you something?"
Kobayashi Asuka rolled her eyes at him and said, "How rude."
"Hai~ Hai~" Baichuan Feng drawled out his voice perfunctorily.
While they were killing time idly, they heard footsteps behind them.
Baichuan Feng was cheered up and immediately stood up to greet the approaching figure.
"Excuse me, but is this Professor Matsumura's laboratory? I'm Shirakawa Kaede from Meiji University, and I'm here to visit you at the request of Professor Kikuchi Shinichi."
"Meiji University?" The visitor was a young man. Based on the impression just now, he was most likely Professor Matsumura's assistant.
"Hai, please take care of me. May I know your name, senior?" No matter who it is, Baichuan Feng would call him senior first.
As expected, the young man smiled and waved his hands, "Don't be polite, Shirakawa-kun, just call me Yi Yiya.
I am Professor Matsumura's laboratory assistant and am currently pursuing a doctorate in electronic information and communications engineering under his supervision.
I wonder if Shirakawa-kun has anything to ask Mr. Matsumura? If it’s convenient, I can pass it on for you.”
Wow, it’s another doctor. Baichuan Feng immediately became more enthusiastic.
If they were not from different schools, he would have almost called him senior. When the Shirakawa Research Institute became independent, it would be in need of such talents.
"That's convenient. I have some technical questions that I would like to ask Professor Matsumura. I wonder if the professor just now..."
Yi Yiya smiled bitterly and said, "Because of the funding problem, the instructor went to the school to argue again. The instructor attaches great importance to the current experimental project."
This kind of thing happens in every school, especially those technical geeks. Cutting off their funding is more painful than killing them.
Meiji University was not short of such things, and Shirakawa Kaede was accustomed to them.
"So that's how it is. I wonder how much funding Professor Matsumura still needs?" Baichuan Feng's eyes began to roll around again.
"Uh" Masu Ichiya looked at Shirakawa Feng with a strange look, curious about why he asked this.
"Oh," Baichuan Feng reacted and reached for the business card in his pocket, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, senior. Baichuan is also the president of a company."
"Eh" Masu Ichiya took the business card in surprise. How come he was a student of Meiji University one moment and the president of a company the next moment?
After seeing the business card in his hand clearly, Yi Yiya was stunned. It was true.
Is the current president so worthless, and so young?
However, after seeing Shirakawa Kaede's burning gaze, Masu Ichiya came back to his senses, "We still need a large sum of funds, about 8 million yen. So Shirakawa-san..."
Masu Ichiya's meaning is very clear. With such a huge sum of money, Shirakawa-san should do what he can.
Eight million? That's a lot of money, Baichuan Feng sighed in his heart.
Alas, such numbers no longer interest him.
"Yi, why are you standing here instead of busying yourself with the experiment?"
Professor Masakiyo Matsumura, who had just been turned down in the minister's office, became furious when he saw Kazuya Masu standing in the corridor chatting with others.
"Hey, I'll go now, mentor." Masu Ichiya was like a mouse seeing a cat, and subconsciously wanted to turn around and walk towards the laboratory.
"Professor Matsumura, I'm Shirakawa Kaede. I came to visit you through the introduction of Professor Kikuchi Shinichi."
Baichuan Feng didn't exchange pleasantries with these technical experts.
He introduced himself right away. He was worried that if he spoke too slowly, the other party would simply ignore him and lock him out of the laboratory.
"Huh? That guy Kikuchi?" As expected, after hearing what Shirakawa Kaede said, Matsumura Masayoshi, who was about to turn around and enter the laboratory, stopped again.
However, he did not let them enter the laboratory as Baichuan Feng had imagined. Instead, he turned around and wanted to close the door.
“Why didn’t that Kikuchi guy come to see me himself, but instead asked a junior to do it.
There was no clear winner in the comparison back then. Over the years, the level has not improved, but the temper has improved.”
"Wait a minute, Professor Matsumura, I can help you." Seeing that Matsumura Masayoshi was going to give him a cold shoulder, Shirakawa Feng didn't care about etiquette and just shouted.
Matsumura Masayoshi sneered, "What can a junior like you do to help me? It would be better to let that guy Kikuchi come."
"I have money!" Baichuan Feng began to show off his ability to spend money.
"Um?"
