Chapter 535: How important is it?

There was less than half a month left before the leadership election at the Chunshen Club.

Zheng Qian had accomplished a great deal over the past few days.

The thought of seeing Jin Lu soon filled his heart with an inexplicable flutter of excitement and nervousness. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and they hadn't seen each other for months now. His longing for her had reached its peak.

Soon, very soon, they would meet again.

In the office of the Semiconductor Chip Research Institute, looking at the increasingly busy scene outside the window, Zheng Qian felt even more confident. He never expected that the surprises this place brought him would go far beyond the AI Semiconductor Chip developed by Professor Ji Muxi.

It was actually the remarkably complete organizational structure, talent pool, scientific research teams, and so on. With them, Zheng Qian saved a vast amount of time; he could just take them and use them directly. After all, they were the national team not long ago, and now they were his private army.

He had specially asked someone to study it, and the overall strength here was already the strongest in the country.

That was just in terms of overall strength; institutions like the DAMO Academy, which also engaged in scientific research, even possessed the strongest talent globally.

"It's all thanks to Director Zhou's previous tireless efforts, constantly trying to bring back people working overseas, that this was built up bit by bit. It wasn't easy. Sigh, it's just a pity I didn't think of you earlier; otherwise, those people wouldn't have left," Song Qingli sighed.

In fact, besides retaining these people, Zheng Qian was also prepared to buy out the talent that had already gone overseas.

That is to say, even if you had already signed contracts with other foreign companies, it didn't matter; he would pay the breach of contract fees for you, as long as you could come back. But before this decision could be issued, it was stopped by Wei Rusi.

She knew full well what the consequences of doing so would be. With Zheng Qian's current standing, he could not yet bear such a cost. Those people could be called back, but it would also be tantamount to invisibly provoking almost all the top foreign Semiconductor Chip companies in this field.

Money can poach talent; this is a truth that holds everywhere.

But to recall such a large number of people who had already signed contracts, and who were spread across so many large companies and groups around the world, the cost was simply too great for them, as they were currently in urgent need of gaining momentum.

Once they truly stood at the pinnacle of the world and had intricate connections with many companies, they could naturally do whatever they wanted at that time. But not now.

While introducing the current situation, Song Qingli quietly sized up Wei Rusi, who was sitting not far away. Her eyes flickered slightly, and she didn't know what she was thinking. Her gaze was just a bit complicated, and she sighed inwardly.

Since the Qianhe Group still had some matters to handle, Song Yaxian could not arrive immediately.

It would be a matter of these next two days. She wondered... was she aware of the situation regarding this beautiful woman by Zheng Qian's side? By the looks of it, their relationship seemed a bit unusual. Although Wei Rusi didn't appear overly intimate with Zheng Qian, one should never underestimate a woman's intuition! She just had that feeling; the two of them were definitely not simple.

"Manager Song is right; I have carefully studied the organizational structure, and there is actually great potential."

"It's not just the AI Semiconductor Chip team led by Professor Ji Muxi that has achieved significant breakthroughs; in fact, the Quantum Computing Laboratory led by Professor Niu Yumeng has also achieved very impressive results. Previously, when participating in the International Quantum Computing Competition, they completed 40 years of computational work by the world's most advanced supercomputer in just 7 seconds, stunning everyone. It is highly likely that they could challenge Google's quantum supremacy."

"You have to know that the best previous result was Google completing 47 years of computational work in just under 6 seconds."

Wei Rusi flipped through the documents in her hand and spoke eloquently. She frowned slightly and looked at Song Qingli with confusion, "Since they had already achieved such good results—and at the time it was just Professor Niu Yumeng testing the waters, definitely not in their full form—why was the research suspended upon their return?"

Hearing this, a look of melancholy flashed across Song Qingli's face. She opened her mouth to speak several times but couldn't get the words out. In the end, all those words just turned into a bitter smile, "Some things are not convenient to say; you... just try to understand. In short, it's also because the institute has never been able to generate profits, and in fact, requires more and more funding. After Professor Niu returned, she immediately applied for a special fund of one billion, which was of course directly rejected, without even a meeting to discuss it."

Wei Rusi frowned slightly and wanted to ask more, but was stopped by Zheng Qian. He knew that some things could not be spoken of too clearly.

"Alright, in any case, the funds will be gradually arriving during this period. I said that there is no upper limit for investment in scientific research. As long as it is a reasonable demand, I will do my best to satisfy it. Are there any other questions?"

Song Qingli shook her head slightly. This period could be said to be the most satisfying few days since she started her career.

Previously, encountering those researchers gave her a headache because they were always asking for money, but she knew full well how complex the background of this institute was—where would the money come from? Before, Director Zhou could still get some appropriations, but later, there was absolutely no way.

How could it compare to the satisfaction of now? Zheng Qian would throw billions and billions into it without even blinking. Just as Chen Chou said, watching such huge funds flowing through her hands... She was so excited she almost got pregnant on the spot.

"I have no other questions, just one point." As she spoke, Wei Rusi pulled out a document and said with a smile, "Previously, it must have been that the institute was unable to make ends meet and packaged some scientific research results to sell to Professor Ji's father, right? Fortunately, Director Zhou withstood the pressure and did not sign this document. Otherwise, President Zheng... we would have lost more than just tens of billions."

Zheng Qian knew about this, and fortunately, there was still room for maneuver. Because previously, the research institute had shares belonging to Professor Ji Muxi's father, Ji Changhai, and since this place was to be disbanded, some research results plus some cash, totaling about two billion, were calculated and given to Ji Changhai as compensation.

IMB company immediately sent someone to contact them, actually wanting to buy it for 1.2 billion, and he even agreed. Because Ji Changhai simply thought these things were worthless.

And many achievements related to the AI Semiconductor Chip were among them, nearly being intercepted by the American Empire.

"Regarding this part, I have already asked Lawyer Hu to contact them, and there shouldn't be any major problems. Anyway, Ji Changhai's shares were only worth two billion at the time; I'll just give him the cash, and it can be resolved."

As Zheng Qian spoke, he patted Wei Rusi's butt, "Let's go first. Don't forget we have something very urgent to do."

Watching their intimate actions, Song Qingli's heart trembled even more. Very urgent... How urgent?