Chapter 676 Bribery
After all, Bruno Juett was a foreigner. Although he didn't want to get involved in this matter - after all, he was looking for Jiaotong University, not Fu Ri University. Even if the exchange was over, the final reputation would be Jiaotong University - but Wang Hongsheng couldn't directly reject the request of a foreigner, so he had no choice but to say helplessly: "Since you all said so, then I will give you a call to ask, please wait for me."
Wang Hongsheng took his cell phone and walked out of the office and called Lu Yiming.
Wang Hongsheng's sudden call surprised Lu Yiming, and he asked, "Principal Wang, what do you want to talk to me about so early in the morning? Are you trying to urge me to go to class?"
Wang Hongsheng complained, "Isn't it your duty as a student to attend classes? Do you need me to urge you? Hey, let me ask you, what is the Moxin Technology that you recently cooperated with Zhonghai Jiaotong University doing? Why did you attract all the foreigners here? Now they are in my office, asking me to intercede and say they want to visit your laboratory."
"These people are really persistent enough."
After muttering something, Lu Yiming said, "Didn't I tell you before that I'm working on graphene? Did you forget?"
Lu Yiming had not concealed this matter before. After all, with such a huge investment and the need for commercial hype, it was not cost-effective to conceal the research content.
There are at least eighty institutions in the world that conduct graphene research, if not a hundred, and this is not uncommon.
Even in China, I guess many laboratories have related topics.
The key is Lu Yiming's progress!
Now everyone is still studying the theoretical properties of graphene, but Lu Yiming's Moxin Technology has reached the stage of graphene structure preparation!
This is the main reason why it attracts covetousness.
Wang Hongsheng is not completely ignorant of graphene. In fact, several professors of physics and materials science in the school have applied to him for permission to conduct research in this area, but their applications have not yet been approved.
Now, seeing that Lu Yiming had attracted foreigners because of this matter, Wang Hongsheng couldn't help but be shocked.
"What's going on? Did you guys come up with graphene?"
Lu Yiming said calmly: "It's almost done. The results will be out in the next few days."
After hearing this, Wang Hongsheng couldn't help but swear: "Damn it, why didn't you tell me such an important thing?"
Lu Yiming said in a very innocent tone: "President, you are very busy every day. I can't trouble you with everything, right? Besides, this research has not been completed yet. I originally planned to produce results first and then give you a surprise."
"What a surprise, this is a shock, okay? It's only been a few months. That's graphene, what are you doing with this cabbage?"
Wang Hongsheng couldn't help but roar.
Before, Lu Yiming was awesome. You could say he was a god of stock trading. He was extremely lucky. He became the richest man in Asia in just three or four years. Theoretically, it was possible. After all, the stock market was good and the Internet itself was a field where people could get rich overnight.
But graphene is a pure physics field, material science. Many scientists have contributed little by little to the current physical building. Can you explain this thing with luck?
Facing Wang Hongsheng's roar, Lu Yiming said calmly: " Principal Wang , calm down. I was just lucky and happened to take the right path. I found a way to peel off a single layer of graphene from lead."
"Luck? That's all?"
Wang Hongsheng felt that he could no longer suppress his primordial power.
"How can this be a matter of luck? Aren't you a computer science major? Can you not cross over so much?"
Lu Yiming said calmly, "Principal Wang, look at what you said. How can this be considered as cross-border? What do you think computer chips are made of?"
Wang Hongsheng said: "Silicon!"
Lu Yiming was stunned for a moment and said, "Are silicon and carbon both on the periodic table?"
"roll!"
"Okay."
After listening to Lu Yiming's description of the research progress, Wang Hongsheng immediately understood why Lu Yiming did not allow these people to visit. After all, it was about to succeed, and if you went to visit, wouldn't it be obvious to everyone?
"It seems that Bruno Juett is just a weasel paying New Year's greetings to a chicken. He has no good intentions and is here to steal something."
Lu Yiming was unhappy when he heard this and shouted, "Who are you calling a chicken?"
"Okay, I won't waste my time talking to you. They're still in my office. I'll help you get rid of them."
After hanging up the phone, Wang Hongsheng returned to the office, rubbing his hands, and said apologetically: "Everyone, I'm so sorry, Lu Yiming is on a business trip now, and he said he can't come back during this period, so I can't accompany you to visit the laboratory."
Such a poor excuse, of course, can't fool anyone. Ding Kuilin said unhappily, "Principal Wang, this is not right? Lu Yiming was still in Zhonghai yesterday, and he went on a business trip today?"
Wang Hongsheng spread his hands and said, "He is the richest man in Asia, and he has a lot of things to do every day. Does he have to choose the time to go on a business trip?"
No matter what the truth is, Wang Hongsheng has now refused. Ding Kuilin feels that he is a respectable person, so he naturally cannot lower himself to make trouble.
He looked at Bruno Juett next to him, and said to Yin Zihao in a low voice with a headache: "I think we should just forget it. It's useless to force it now."
Yin Zihao was very upset and quickly tried to persuade him, "Principal, how can we just let this go? Bruno Juett is still here . He came all the way here, but was turned away. We won't be able to explain this to anyone if it gets out."
Ding Kuilin looked at Yin Zihao meaningfully: "Then what do you say we should do? If Lu Yiming refuses to agree, can we still force him? And although he is young, he is the richest man in Asia after all. It will not do us any good to offend him."
After hearing this, Yin Zihao looked nonchalant and sneered, "So what if he's the richest man in Asia? He's offended, so what? We're not in the same circle, how can he control us? Principal Ding, think about it, if we offend Lu Yiming, he can't do anything to us. But if we offend this foreign professor, then it will be a big problem."
Ding Kuilin thought about it and realized that it was true. If he offended Lu Yiming, at most he would have no contact with him in the future. But if he offended a foreign scholar who came to visit him, he would be embarrassed abroad! If he wanted to visit abroad in the future, would there be any universities willing to cooperate with him?
No matter how rich Lu Yiming was, he didn't spend any money on them.
On the contrary, if this thing is accomplished, the benefits that can be obtained from Bruno Juett will be huge.
Yin Zihao lowered his voice and said to Ding Kuilin, "President, I know this is a difficult matter, but if it's not difficult at all, how can we benefit from it? Professor Bruno Juett has already promised me privately that after the matter is completed, he can help us study abroad. Not only will the tuition be waived, but we will also receive a high scholarship!"
Ding Kuilin was instantly excited. He himself didn't need to study abroad, but his son did!
The same goes for Yin Zihao, who also has a daughter who is about to go to college. After the deal is done, not only will she be able to study abroad for free, but she will also be able to receive tens of thousands of pounds in scholarships every year.
This is a huge sum of money in China!
Moreover, this money is very "clean" and you can spend it however you want.
Seeing that Ding Kuilin did not refuse, Yin Zihao continued, "Principal, it's just a small favor to visit the laboratory. It's just a matter of raising your hand. Even if we are unwilling to help, others will help."
Ding Kuilin sighed and said, "Then what do you say we should do? Lu Yiming is adamant about this matter now. Are you sure you can convince him?"
Yin Zihao smiled smugly, "Why should we convince him? We are not allowed to enter the Moxin Technology lab, but among those who know the progress of the experiment, aren't there students from our Jiaotong University? If we give them some money or promise to send them abroad as exchange students, how can they refuse? As for the foreigner, the visit was fake, but he actually just wanted the experimental data, right? We are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are you playing Liao Zhai in front of us?"
Hearing what Yin Zihao said, Ding Kuilin was immediately shocked and said, "You are trying to offend Lu Yiming to death."
Yin Zihao said, "Wealth and honor are sought in danger, and opportunities are hard to come by."
It is said that people die for money and birds die for food.
For Yin Zihao, it is difficult to gain any benefits by pleasing Lu Yiming, so it is better for him to turn to Bruno Juett. Anyway, he has no actual loss.
Even if Lu Yiming found out later, what could he do to him?
Could it be that Lu Yiming dares to be an enemy of the entire Jiaotong University?
Ding Kuilin certainly would not object since the matter had already been discussed. He said, "Then I'll leave this matter to you to arrange. After it's done, I'll apply for you to be promoted to a full professor."
When Yin Zihao heard this, he burst into laughter and said immediately, "Just wait and see."
It was around four o'clock in the afternoon. Tan Hongbo had just finished class and was packing up his things as he walked out of the classroom when he heard someone calling his name. He turned around and saw that it was Yin Zihao. He immediately felt strange.
"Professor Yin, you're looking for me?"
Yin Zihao came over and said to Tan Hongbo kindly: "Tan Hongbo, are you free? How about having a cup of coffee together? I have a question I want to ask you."
Tan Hongbo didn't know that the foreigners wanted to visit the laboratory, so although he was confused, he didn't think much about it. He smiled and said, "Professor Yin, you are too polite. If you encounter any problems, we can discuss them together."
Yin Zihao put his arm around Tan Hongbo's shoulders and said, "I've been studying the energy consumption of wires recently. As you know, wires have resistance. The greater the resistance, the more energy is lost during transportation..."
The two chatted and came to the school cafe. Yin Zihao deliberately found a corner seat where there were few people.
"What would you like to drink?"
“Blue Mountain.”
"Then I'll have a glass of Blue Mountain, too."
Yin Zihao stood up to pay, and Tan Hongbo said, "Let me do it."
Yin Zihao quickly held Tan Hongbo's shoulders and asked him to sit down, and said with a smile: "I told you it's my treat."
After a while, the coffee came and Yin Zihao and Tan Hongbo started chatting. After all, they were professors, so they were quite knowledgeable. As they chatted, they gradually got to know each other better.
Yin Zihao pretended to be casual and said, "You seem to have been busy with Moxin Technology recently. Have you made any progress with your graphene research?"
Tan Hongbo said: "There has been some progress, but the data obtained has not yet been analyzed."
At this point, Tan Hongbo suddenly became alert and asked, "Why did Professor Yin suddenly ask this?"
Yin Zihao changed his expression and said frankly: "I'll tell you the truth. Yesterday, Bruno Juett from the University of Manchester came to our school for an exchange visit. After hearing about your research, he was very interested and wanted to take a look at your research content. Please help me get all the materials and data. After that, you can join Bruno Juett's team and go to the University of Manchester as an assistant professor. From now on, you will have a bright future."
After all, Tan Hongbo has an extraordinary identity and background, so he is naturally very sensitive about such things.
After Yin Zihao said this, he immediately understood what was going on.
He sneered, "I was wondering why the sun was rising from the west today. Professor Yin actually invited me to have coffee. It turns out that he wanted me to sell the experimental data for no reason. Professor Yin, you are a teacher at Jiaotong University. How could you help outsiders do such a thing? This is treason, don't you know?"
Facing Tan Hongbo's accusation, Yin Zihao was not ashamed at all. Instead, he said to Tan Hongbo: "Since it has come to this, I will not hide it. I advise you not to be ungrateful. This is an opportunity to work abroad, a great thing that has fallen from the sky. You must know how to cherish it and be grateful."
"I'm grateful to you!"
If it had happened forty or fifty years ago, if Yin Zihao had done something like this, Tan Hongbo would have pulled out his pistol and shot him to death on the spot.
It has to be said that the progress of the times has saved the lives of many scumbags.
"You are not illiterate, you should know what these data mean. The reason why our country is still so backward is because there are too many people like you who are betraying others! You have no shame, but I still have some."
Tan Hongbo stood up angrily, took out a fifty-yuan note from his pocket and threw it on the table, sneering, "This cup of coffee is on me."
There was no point in talking if they didn't agree. Tan Hongbo felt that he and Yin Zihao had nothing to talk about.
If it was really for the benefits and money, how could he become a scientific researcher?
A person can live without money but cannot live without backbone.
Tan Hongbo has ideals and ambitions in his heart and will not sell out his conscience for a little benefit.
Looking at Tan Hongbo's back as he left, Yin Zihao was very unhappy. He slowly picked up the banknotes on the table and sneered, "What a fool! Do you think I can't find someone else if you don't agree? Money makes the world go round. You are still too young."
After walking out of the restaurant, Tan Hongbo didn't dare to stay for half a minute. He immediately took out his mobile phone to call Yu Kebao while walking towards Yu Kebao's office.
"Professor Yu, are you in your office now? I have something very important to tell you."
In the office, Yu Kebao, who was writing a lesson plan, was startled when he heard Tan Hongbo's hurried tone and asked quickly, "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Then I'll go to your office and talk."
A few minutes later, Tan Hongbo ran to Yu Kebao's office, panting, and said breathlessly: "Oh no, Professor Yu, there might be something wrong with the experimental data!"
"What?"
When Yu Kebao heard this, he stood up immediately, stared at Tan Hongbo, and asked, "What happened? Is there a problem with the experiment?"
Tan Hongbo held the table with his left hand, covered his stomach with his right hand, and swallowed several times before saying intermittently, "No, someone wanted to steal our experimental data."
Yu Kebao was immediately shocked and asked, "Who?"
At present, the research on graphene is progressing very smoothly. As long as you have enough patience, the graphene single-layer structure can be peeled off immediately.
Currently, although Yu Kebao does not know the progress of others in graphene , he is confident that MoXin Technology is in the first echelon at this speed.
These days, he wanted to stay in the laboratory 24 hours a day in order to figure out the graphene structure as quickly as possible, then write a paper and publish it to become the world's number one.
Now, someone comes to steal the data?
How can this be!
Tan Hongbo said: "Yin Zihao. When I was leaving get out of class just now, Yin Zihao suddenly found me and asked me to have coffee. Then we talked about graphene. He told me that if I could give him all the research materials and data, he would let me teach at the University of Manchester."
Hearing Yin Zihao's name, Yu Kebao was so angry that his teeth itched: "It's him! I knew he wouldn't give up so easily. Yesterday, a foreigner came to our school and said he wanted to visit Moxin Technology's laboratory. I refused, and then they insisted on contacting Teacher Lu, who also refused them. This morning I heard that they went directly to Fu Ri University to find Principal Wang. Now it seems that Principal Wang has also rejected them. It seems that they are planning to play dirty."
Yu Kebao quickly figured out the whole story and said anxiously, "If he can find you, then he can find someone else. Maybe someone will tell others if they don't keep their mouth shut! We must tell Teacher Lu about this right away."
Yu Kebao did not dare to delay and immediately called Lu Yiming to explain the situation.
When Lu Yiming received Yu Kebao's call, he cursed in his heart and said decisively: "Professor Yu, please call all the people from your school who are involved in this research to the company. Everyone must put down what they are doing and come here. Anyone who doesn't come will be expelled from the team."
"good."
Yu Kebao knew the seriousness of the matter. This was research worthy of a Nobel Prize.
He hurriedly called everyone one by one, and those who didn't have a phone number went to the dormitory and classroom with Tan Hongbo to look for them separately.
Half an hour later, a group of people gathered in the conference room of MoXin Technology.
Lu Yiming asked Yu Kebao: "Professor Yu, are all the people here?"
Yu Kebao gritted his teeth and said, "One more is missing."
"who?"
