The laboratory went silent for a minute.
Professor Lazerson rubbed his nose and said, "Sorry, what did you just say? I didn't hear you. "
Lu Zhou: "What I'm saying is, I can solve the funding problem."
Professor Lazerson looked at Lu Zhou like he was an alien. He spoke in disbelief.
"Are you sure?"
Professor Lazerson wasn't the only one who couldn't believe this; the engineers standing next to him couldn't believe this either.
Lu Zhou: "I'm sure."
Professor Lazerson laughed and shook his head as he said, "Your prize money isn't enough. Even if you win the Fields Medal and Nobel Prize next year and auction off the medals, you still won't have enough money."
There were people who sold their Nobel Prize, but Lu Zhou wouldn't do something like that …
At least now, he didn't lack money.
Seeing that these people didn't believe him, Lu Zhou sighed and didn't plan on explaining. Instead, he asked, "How much does it cost?"
Professor Lazerson obviously didn't think Lu Zhou could afford the money, so he said in a joking tone, "If you can raise 10 million USD, I promise we won't be short of money for our project."
Lu Zhou didn't say anything. He walked outside the laboratory and took out his phone. He then called his manager, White Sheridan.
When the phone connected, it was quiet. Sheridan was probably at work.
"Hello?"
Lu Zhou: "It's me."
When Sheridan saw the caller ID, he already knew who was calling.
When he heard the familiar voice, he respectfully said, "How can I help you?"
Lu Zhou: "Help me find out how much money is in Star Sky Technology's account."
Sheridan paused for a second and said, "I'll have to ask the finance manager for the exact amount. I'll send the financial report to your email."
Star Sky Technology was registered in the Cayman Islands, and the North America branch in Philadelphia was financially independent of the parent company.
Sherdan was mainly responsible for patent management. If he wanted to know how much money was in the parent company's account, he had to contact the financial staff.
However, Lu Zhou did not need to know the specific number. He only needed to know the approximate number.
"Do you have ten million?"
Hearing this number, Sherdan sweated profusely.
"Definitely ten million …"
This boss …
Wasn't he underestimating their business capabilities too much?
Not to mention anything else, just the income from the HCS-2 material patent licensing alone was more than this figure.
As for the income from the patent authorization of the modified PDMS material, it was still sitting in the bank account and had not been touched. Umicore Group had been transferring money into the account quarterly.
The only expense was that the boss had invested a hundred million yuan in a laboratory in Hua a while ago.
For Star Sky Technology, 10 million USD was nothing.
After hearing Sherdan's answer, Lu Zhou nodded.
"Then I'll give you an account later, you can transfer 10 million USD to it."
The shareholding structure of Star Sky Technology was very simple. Lu Zhou was the only shareholder. His words were like an imperial edict, and no board of directors could restrict his authority.
Sherdan did not ask what his boss was planning to do. Instead, he spoke respectfully.
"Okay, boss."
…
Lu Zhou rarely talked to outsiders about his assets. Because honestly, this money came so easily that he didn't even feel like it was real.
Other than a small number of people who paid too much attention to him, very few people knew that he owned Star Sky Technology, a company registered in the Cayman Islands. Star Sky Technology had earned him hundreds of millions of US dollars in patent fees through the modified PDMS material and HCS-2 material patents.
Even if this money stayed in his Citibank account, it would still be a considerable amount of income.
Lu Zhou was not interested in luxury cars, private jets, and yachts. The only place he could think of to spend money was on experiments.
When 10 million USD was transferred to the "He-3" project team's scientific research account, the project team's auditor rushed into the laboratory because of a large amount of money from an unknown source. When the auditor stuffed a printed copy of the transfer information into Professor Lazerson's hand …
The entire laboratory fell into dead silence.
Lu Zhou looked at the dumbfounded Professor Lazerson and coughed to make sure he was right.
"Is 10 million USD really enough?"
He felt like 10 million USD was too little for a particle accelerator.
However, this was because he didn't know that PPPL's annual research funding was only 40 million USD.
The amount of money he injected into the "He-3" project team's scientific research account was equivalent to a quarter of the entire PPPL laboratory's annual budget …
Professor Lazerson gulped and nodded reluctantly.
"That's enough …"
Lu Zhou noticed that the researchers in the laboratory were quietly looking at him, and he coughed.
"Go do whatever you need to do, we don't have much time left."
The researchers and engineers in the laboratory looked at each other and went back to work.
Professor Lazerson looked at the A4 paper in his hand and looked at Lu Zhou. He couldn't help but ask, "It's solved?"
Lu Zhou: "It's solved."
"Unbelievable! Where did you … "Professor Lazerson didn't know how to express his shock. He was stuck for a while and couldn't finish his sentence.
Lu Zhou guessed what he wanted to ask. He thought for a bit and gave an ambiguous answer, "Actually, I researched chemistry for a while, and I made some money from the patent."
Lu Zhou looked at the Apple notebook on his desk and pointed at it.
"For example, the battery in this thing probably uses the electrode material that I developed."
Professor Lazerson's eyes widened as he said, "But that's still 10 million USD … Are you crazy?"
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "It's fine, I can't spend it all anyway."
Professor Lazerson: "…"
Engineers: "…"
Researchers: "…"
This evil capitalism!
This f * cking asshole!
F * cking asshole …
I'm jealous!
…
The only difficulty the "He-3" project team encountered was that the helium-3 particle couldn't carry enough energy. This could be solved by increasing the strength of the confining magnetic field of the atomic gun.
Increasing the strength of the confining magnetic field of the atomic gun could be solved with money.
Yes, that was how scientific research was. You could do whatever you wanted with money. If Lu Zhou invested a few billion USD, he might even be able to get SpaceX to launch a rocket to the Moon and get some helium-3 rich lunar soil.
Of course, he had to have that much money …
In short, with this US $10 million funding, the "He-3" project team could directly purchase accelerator components from the Brookhaven National Laboratory or even CERN. Then, they could rely on the experienced engineers at PPPL to modify the accelerator.
This was a bit expensive.
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