Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Chapter 846 Research Funding

Chen Changan waved his hand, and Li Chenglin and his men left Chen Changan's office.

Chen Changan first poured a glass of water for Li Hu, and then sat aside and waited.

Li Hu drank a few sips of water before he began to explain why he came to Sijiu City.

As a disciple of Mr. Yuan, Li Hu is very concerned about rice from all over the country.

Later in 70, Li Hu found a male sterile plant in Hainan.

Later, under the leadership of Mr. Yuan, three male sterile seeds were bred.

Last year, a hybrid rice collaboration group was established in Nanhu, led by Mr. Yuan.

After Chen Changan proposed the 43 Plan this year, fertilizers alone are not enough, and good varieties are also an important factor in increasing grain production.

Subsequently, Yuan Lao's hybrid rice project at Nanhu was also listed as a national key project.

Unfortunately, even though it was listed as a national key project, the funding provided by the state to Mr. Yuan was very limited.

Since no results were achieved in the early research stage, there was only two thousand yuan of funding each year.

This period is exactly when people need to travel all over the country to look for those special rice varieties.

Li Hu had found one in Hainan before, and the subsequent task also fell on him.

It is true that a penny can make a hero fall. After listening to Li Hu's story, Chen Changan also understood the difficulties faced by Mr. Yuan.

Chen Changan thought about it and saw that it was almost lunch time, so he took Li Hu to the cafeteria first.

"Can you tell me what stage Mr. Yuan's research has reached?"

“Mr. Yuan’s plan is to cultivate super hybrid rice by combining three lines.

At present, the sterile line and the maintenance line have been found, and what is lacking now is the recovery line.

This year is the most difficult period for our institute. Some time ago, the experimental fields did not increase production.

The amount of straw actually increased by 70%, and this situation attracted many newspaper reports.

They said we were scientific frauds and wasting state funds.

But no matter what they say, I will still look for restorer rice seeds.

Helped General Yuan find the three-line rice and cultivate super rice. "

Watching him wolfing down the food while constantly talking about his ideas, Chen Changan, who came from the future, of course knew that Yuan Lao had succeeded in the end.

"I see you've been sleeping in the open air all this way, so how about this, you rest for two days in our factory guesthouse and recuperate.

As for me, I have some connections there, so I can help you run some errands and see if I can apply for some funding for your institute."

Li Hu looked at Chen Changan with a sincere face and said gratefully.

"That's great! If we have more funding, we can grow more rice in our experimental fields."

Li Hu's idea was very simple. The country was in the same difficulty now. After Chen Changan proposed the 43 Plan, the country vigorously purchased fertilizer production equipment.

Even if Chen Changan has a lot of face, it would be good enough if he could get a few hundred yuan more funding every year.

But Chen Changan doesn't think so.

A few hundred dollars of funding is not worth a trip to your superior.

After finishing his meal and settling Li Hu down, Chen Changan drove directly to Uncle Nie’s office.

In recent times, as the export volume of color TVs has increased, those who previously opposed the purchase of color TV production lines have disappeared.

Uncle Nie had a rare period of peace and quiet.

"Do you have good news again?"

"Where does all the good news come from? This time I just want to give some suggestions."

Of course, the opinions raised by Chen Changan needed to be taken seriously, so Uncle Nie put away his smile.

"Go ahead, what's your opinion?"

“It’s not a big deal, just a little supplement to the 43 plan.

The problem of grain production is not just a matter of arable land and fertilizers, but also a matter of seeds.

Recently I learned that with the implementation of the 43 Plan, the country is not paying much attention to seed research.

Although some seed research institutes have been included in key units, the support they receive is too little.”

For example, the Nanhu Research Institute led by Mr. Yuan has only 2,000 yuan of research funding each year.

Compared with the introduction of fertilizer production lines, our investment in research on improved varieties is really too little."

“I also know what you are talking about. The issue of seeds has actually been considered by the higher-ups.

Compared to fertilizer production lines, seed research is uncertain.

Once fertilizers are produced and used, the yield will increase immediately.

What about seeds? First of all, the time for research is calculated in years. After several years, even the researchers themselves have lost their enthusiasm.

Once you give up, will all the investment over the years be wasted?

Even though we seem to be very rich now, power plants, fertilizer plants, steel mills, and even various engineering equipment are all being bought.

But the bulk of the money we spent on these things was loans. If it weren't for your car factory, we wouldn't even be able to pay back the loans.

There are too many research institutes in the country to count. The institute you mentioned at least has research funding, but there are many other institutes that don’t even have funding.

So, in this period, we should save as much as possible.”

Seeing Chen Changan's unwilling expression and wanting to say something else, Uncle Nie continued.

“Well, you’ve always had good taste, and you even came to my place just for this research institute.

I will decide and increase the research funding of this institute to 5,000 yuan a year, how about that? "

Chen Changan opened his mouth and wanted to say something else, but considering that this matter was not under the jurisdiction of Uncle Nie, insisting on it would only make things difficult for Uncle Nie.

"How about this? We can add 5,000 yuan from our automobile factory's funds to Mr. Yuan's research institute every year.

In addition, their researchers need to travel all over the country to look for special rice.

Can we give them a free train ride?

I know that this is not in compliance with regulations, but I have a strong intuition that in the next two years, the improved varieties will be successfully cultivated.”

Looking at Chen Changan with a serious face, Uncle Nie hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded and agreed to Chen Changan's request.

“I won’t say anything else. The funding issue will be deducted from the funds of your automobile factory.

But your car factory doesn't care about 5,000 yuan. As for the free ride, I will discuss it with the Ministry of Railways. It shouldn't be a big problem.

I hope your vision is still sharp this time."

"Don't worry, as long as the country chooses to trust Mr. Yuan, the improved varieties will definitely succeed."

Li Hu was lying on the big bed in the guesthouse of the automobile factory. Although he was very tired and sleepy, he still couldn't fall asleep.

Two eyes, staring at the ceiling, but thoughts had long flown away.

It is impossible to say that we don't care about funding.

Li Hu also knew that with funding, the institute could recruit more researchers.

By spreading the information far and wide, we can expand the scope and probability of finding restorer rice.

Of course he hopes that Chen Changan can succeed.

However, considering Chen Changan's level, I wonder how much face he can get from his superiors.

If we could secure 3,000 yuan of research funding per year, I don’t know how much the institute could accomplish.