143: Help us!

“You all chat, I’m going to go touch up my makeup first.”

Liu Shihhan said, then turned and left.

Once she was gone, the four researchers relaxed considerably.

They were terrified of upsetting this rich young lady!

What if something went wrong and they couldn’t rent the blade server?

“I didn’t expect Xiao Yun to be so young!”

A young male researcher was slightly surprised when he saw Xiao Yun.

“Nonsense, he’s a high school student, if he’s not young, who is?”

The female researcher beside him gave him a disdainful look.

“That’s not how you make polite conversation, is it? If he sees you’re so dumb, how could he possibly trust us with that blade server? You’re simply ruining the image of our Haibei Academy of Sciences.”

“Hey, this is in front of Xiao Yun, can you give me some face?”

“I think you’ve just read yourself silly!”

Then, the two of them actually started arguing.

Seeing this, Xiao Yun’s eyelid twitched.

Originally, seeing them in white coats, wearing glasses, and looking refined, they perfectly fit the impression of researchers.

However, once they opened their mouths, why did they seem not so smart?

“Ah, junior brother, junior sister, stop arguing.”

At this moment, a middle-aged man with thinning hair next to them quickly tried to mediate.

“I’m sorry, you must be laughing at us.”

The Old Professor sighed.

These young people nowadays really don't know how to read the room.

It was fine if they argued in the laboratory, but to do so when visiting a distinguished guest at their home was too much.

“Oh, right, Xiao Yun, you should be taking the college entrance exam soon, right? Which school are you planning to apply to?”

The seemingly eccentric junior sister suddenly asked.

“Do you want to come to our Haibei Academy of Sciences? Then you’ll be our junior brother!”

“Yes, yes, our Haibei Academy of Sciences is very good, the cafeteria food is delicious!”

The male researcher who had just been arguing with her also enthusiastically recommended.

Facing their questions, Xiao Yun gave an awkward smile.

“I don’t need to take the college entrance exam.”

As soon as he said this, the two researchers were stunned.

“You’re not planning to go to college?”

The junior sister asked, puzzled.

“That won’t do! Even if you pulled out a big red from the restricted area and achieved financial freedom, you can’t abandon the pursuit of knowledge, especially college, you must go! How can you not?”

“I will, of course I will. What I mean by not needing the college entrance exam is that I’m a recommended student.”

Xiao Yun explained.

“Ah, this… then which university are you recommended to?”

“Qingbei University.”

As soon as he said this, the junior sister and junior brother were instantly shocked.

“Holy cow! Qingbei University!”

“Recommended to Qingbei!? Then you really don’t need to come to our Haibei Academy of Sciences.”

“Alright, alright, stop chatting idly, let’s discuss serious matters.”

At this moment, the Old Professor also sighed helplessly.

He turned to Xiao Yun, looking apologetic.

“They are usually very smart, it’s just that they lack a bit of social etiquette. Please don’t form a bad opinion of our Academy of Sciences.”

“It’s fine, I actually find them quite genuine.”

Xiao Yun smiled faintly.

This Old Professor, it turns out he was also afraid that he would go back on his word about renting the blade server to them!

The group sat down by the sofa, the Old Professor next to Xiao Yun, looking at him with loving eyes, while the other three young ones sat opposite.

As soon as they sat down, the Old Professor pulled out several contracts, black text on white paper.

“These are the blade server rental contracts. I had someone draft them beforehand, in three copies.”

The Old Professor said, handing one copy to Xiao Yun.

“Originally, according to industry standards, such valuable materials are contracted year by year, but our Haibei City has limited production of red materials each year, and materials like blade servers, which have extremely high research value, are even rarer. I want to ask you…”

The Old Professor stopped here, seemingly feeling a bit embarrassed.

He pointed to the clause regarding the rental period on the paper, that column was still blank, waiting for the two to negotiate and fill it in.

“Professor, just speak your mind. For the development of our Haibei City, I will try my best to accommodate.”

Xiao Yun said with a faint smile.

After all, he was different from the ordinary people in this world.

Ordinary people in this world, if they brought a big red out of the restricted area, would probably treat it as a family heirloom, passing it down for three generations.

And for annual rentals, it was always the highest bidder, whoever offered the highest price would get to rent it.

Especially for a top-tier big red material like a blade server.

Just as He Mo said before, in the entire Haibei City, one might not even appear in ten years.

This thing was not just ordinary research data, but a real computing tool. If it were in the era when everyone was crazy about mining Bitcoin, it could probably mine tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Bitcoin a year!

Moreover, unlike electronic products in the real world, the special technology of the restricted area could ensure the blade server operated normally for thirty years.

Therefore, the rental price of the blade server also varied year by year, increasing annually with the inflation rate.

However.

For Xiao Yun, although a big red was very valuable, he had more than just one big red.

The small amount of rent increase a big red got each year, he might as well rent out more big reds!

And now that the staff of the Haibei Academy of Sciences had personally visited.

Xiao Yun was also planning in his heart, wondering if he could sign a few more contracts with them and rent out more big reds to them?

His safe still had a pile of big reds lying in it!

If these big reds weren’t rented out, every extra day they stayed was a loss.

“Actually, I just wanted to ask if this valuable material, the blade server, could be long-term leased to us?”

The Old Professor asked with some embarrassment.

Although he didn’t say it completely, his meaning was to rent the blade server to them at a fixed annual price, without price increases.

This would, after all, harm Xiao Yun’s actual interests, which was why he seemed so troubled.

“You know the situation in our Haibei City. A blade server is truly a rare sight, not seen even in ten or twenty years. And even if an operative brings one out of the restricted area, they might not necessarily rent it to us for research, but choose to rent it to foreign research companies for research, because the Lighthouse Country’s currency is more valuable, we can understand that, so we are also very grateful that you haven’t done that.”

The Old Professor said sincerely.

“Although we also want to give you the normal annual price, the process of reporting expenses to the higher-ups is not easy. It’s a long cycle, and payments are slow, especially if we have to apply to the higher-ups every year, and if the price increases, there will be more trouble.”

At this point, the somewhat bald middle-aged researcher opposite also added.

“So, we earnestly request Xiao Yun to help us.”