novelones Chapter 140 Intrigue
Chapter 140 Intrigue
The Royal Academy has internal assessments every quarter. On the one hand, it summarizes the half-year work, and on the other hand, it also discusses the allocation of funds for the new quarter.
As the leader of the independent team, Allen, together with his colleagues in the team, Victor and Stanford, participated in the first half of the summary meeting of the Institute of Medicinal Plants.
Those who have just entered the institute have nothing to summarize, so participating in the meeting is mainly to familiarize themselves with the workflow of the institute.
Of course, we must also witness the fierce "grabbing food" between departments!
That's right, every quarterly general meeting is the time for the heads of various departments to show their housekeeping skills.Everyone is friendly on the surface, but things related to interests will still be haggling.
Another student of the director, Baron Hayes, presided over the meeting. Mr. Hubert called the other party's younger brother. He had "contacted" the relationship in advance, and Mr. Hubert seemed to have a plan in mind.
The team leader who had a good relationship with Allen secretly told Allen that their department received a lot of funding every year.
Part of it is because Mr. Hubert is a student of the director, Baron Hayes, and he has a teacher-student friendship; part of it is because Mr. Hubert has always been good at dancing, and he is not a person who immerses himself in research and ignores the outside world...
Before Allen started his own project, he didn't know that it would cost him such a huge amount to seriously engage in research!
Whether it's raw materials, equipment or manpower, everything costs money, and it can't be saved-because things that are cheap usually have a discounted effect.
It’s no wonder that the research institute is supported by many parties, and the funds are sufficient in theory, but there are still fights in private-the research is endless, and the money is endless!
At the meeting in the institute, Alan's department is naturally united and collectively external, but it can also be imagined that once the door is closed to discuss internal issues in the department, everyone's earlier "intimacy" is bound to disappear.
Even the person in charge who has a good relationship with Allen is making insinuations today, speculating on the amount of the application submitted by Allen.
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Jiu Jiu and Zai Zai sat in their own high chairs, holding their small spoons in their hands, waiting for the home service robot to bring their dinner.
The two little ones are four years old and the other is three years old, and they have already started to eat normal food, only occasionally adding some complementary food or special nutritional supplements.
Poking the rice in the bowl with a spoon, Zai Zai raised his head and took a peek at Prince Salvin and His Royal Highness Kyle, then turned his gaze to Allen.
The two actually looked at each other with mutual understanding, and Alan immediately guessed what the little guy was thinking—Zaizai wanted Alan to feed him, but he was afraid that his father and brother would think he was delicate, so he didn't dare to speak.
In fact, if you are really squeamish, just ignore it, why do you need to act according to the face of adults?
Prince Salvin also noticed Zai Zai's small movements. He said nothing to Allen, "Allen, come to my study after dinner. I have something to tell you."
Zai Zai thought that his father had "caught" Allen, so he was so frightened that he quickly inserted the small spoon into the bowl, dug up a big lump of rice, and stuffed it into his mouth immediately, while agitating his cheeks, he secretly glanced at Prince Salvin.
——Zai Zai has to eat obediently!Don't grab Ellen, baby!
Probably because he was in a hurry to eat, he choked a little. Allen patted it on the back lightly: "Eat slowly, don't panic." After speaking, he gave Vincent the soup in the bowl next to him, and motioned him to have a drink Little by little, Shun Shun Qi.
Haiqiu's appetite and appetite have always been good. At this time, he took a spoon, scooped up some rice, served with some dishes, and knew how to mix meat and vegetables. In short, he ate spoon by spoon in an orderly and fast-paced manner.
Seeing that his younger brother was choking, he quickly put his little spoon on the plate, and stretched out a chubby hand, stroking Vincent's back like Allen did.
While touching it, he whispered: "Eat slowly, don't panic."
The little guy's tone and intonation were all imitating Alan, and he imitated it perfectly—it was just the little milk voice that couldn't be concealed, which repeated the serious words very cutely.
The adults here were amused, but they didn't want to discourage the baby panda's enthusiasm, so they didn't show it.
Allen had just started working in the institute, and he hadn't had dinner at Serentu for several days.Allen knew that Zai Zai missed him, whether he wanted to feed him or not, most of the time he was just acting like a baby and wanted to get closer to him.
After giving the little guy some soup, Alan picked up Zai Zai's bowl and spoon, and fed the little guy the rest of the food in the bowl.
Zai Zai happily put his little hand on the handle of the chair, raised his head slightly, and waited for Alan to feed him.
Prince Salvin watched the interaction between his "daughter-in-law" and his youngest son, and thought of something, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
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This time, Allen was solemnly called to his study because there were several important matters to be discussed with Allen.
"Sit down," Prince Salvin signaled Allen to sit on the sofa, and he walked over and sat down together: "There are two things I want to tell you, ask your own opinion, and I'm fine too." Give someone else an answer."
Allen looked at Prince Salvin with some doubts - he didn't guess what the other party was going to say next, so he could only prick up his ears and listen to him carefully.
"First of all, I want to ask you about research funding," Prince Salvin asked straight to the point: "Do you have any ideas, or do you have any plans?"
Allen thought for a while, and replied: "I participated in the meeting in the institute before, and now it's the turn of the department to self-evaluate. We just joined the institute. Except for the project we did when we graduated, we have no other achievements, so..."
Alan was afraid that Prince Salvin would be worried, so he immediately added: "However, our research is still in the early stage, and there is not much room for spending money. We will gradually deepen it in the future, and we will be able to participate in the fair in the next quarter. selected."
But the prerequisite is that the funds they have received now must be sufficient to see the research results, or the next quarter's evaluation meeting.
In fact, Allen knows very well that compared with other teams, their team has fewer people, joins late, and has new topics that do not yet know the prospects. Even if they want to move forward, they may not be able to win anything.
"I've already asked Veronica," Prince Salvin patted him on the shoulder and said, "The most important thing to do research is to invest in both labor and capital. You are now New topics must be paid more attention to - after crossing the first hurdle, things will go smoothly in the future...
Seeing Alan's puzzled face, Prince Salvin said with a smile: "Apart from the allocation of your research funds, is there any other way to get your research funds?"
——In addition to the distribution in the institute, is there any other way to get it?That's nothing more than going out to get sponsors!
The Institute has no restrictions on the commercial sponsorship that teams can find on their own.
Some teams with good benefits may receive sponsorship from several large groups one after another, or even at the same time. In principle, the research results obtained can be used as technical products, and the right to use them for a certain period of time is sold to these companies to achieve a win-win situation.
However, such sponsorship does not mean that you can find it if you look for it.
For a new team like Alan and the others, it is generally difficult to persuade others to invest. Even if the other party wants to maintain a good relationship with the royal family because Alan is a prince, the cooperation is not close.
Seeing Prince Salvin talking about this matter, Allen, who knew this "mother-in-law" very well, guessed whether Prince Salvin had helped their team find the "golden master", or someone had passed Prince Salvin , intending to get in touch with Alan and the others.
Sure enough, Prince Salvin said: "Duke Tang is discussing with me recently, because you are almost 20 years old, and you have been in charge of it for a long time. He wants to give you dividends from the family belonging to your mother, Mrs. Cynthia."
"Family dividends?" Allen vaguely heard about this from his grandfather before, but at that time he was participating in the Seven Schools United Competition and didn't have the energy to care about it. Later, he completely forgot about it.
"All of your mother's shares will be transferred to your name," Prince Salvin said, "We have accumulated a large amount of funds so far. We can set up a foundation and ask someone to take care of it and operate it, so that we can also invest in it." Your own research topic will be regarded as making money for yourself when the time comes."
Allen immediately understood what Prince Salvin meant.
If this money is directly used for research, it is equivalent to Allen paying for research himself.
But if it is operated through a fund as an external "sponsor", then after the research results of Allen and his team produce benefits, they can exchange for the corresponding profits according to the amount of funds invested at the beginning.
In this way, with a certain amount of "sponsorship", Allen only needs to fight for the part of the research funding they deserve in the department, and then he can continue his project.
In the case of ensuring sufficient funds, and less competition with other teams in the department, it is naturally conducive to their integration into the collective.
After half a year or a year, their research results can be put into production and have an effect. At that time, they can compete fairly with other teams, and it will be justifiable, and there will be much less gossip in the department.
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He couldn't describe his mood for a while, he could only express his gratitude to Duke Tang and Prince Salvin, and vowed to make achievements, not to embarrass them, nor to embarrass himself.
"You just said that there is a second thing, I don't know what it is?"
"The second thing is about whether you want to take the seventh-level pharmacist certification this year."