Chapter 403: I Raise Death Soldiers at Beijing University

Originally, if Xu Qingshan wanted to take all the credit for the century-old problem like the Riemann hypothesis, he could have solved it all by himself.

After all, he was working on math problems, not other problems.

Besides, even if there are other problems, there are professors who share their work with graduate students and researchers in the laboratory, letting them work hard and diligently as scientific research slaves for them.

In the end, he gained both fame and fortune, and took all the credit for himself, but in fact all the achievements were made by his students.

Some greedy supervisors may not even let go of such small papers, just to make their resumes look better, such as having published hundreds of SCI papers and having thousands of citations.

Even though there seems to be no difference between 111 and 112 in the eyes of ordinary people, they are unwilling to give that one to their most proud disciple so that he can graduate smoothly and lay a solid foundation for job hunting in the academic world.

After graduating with a Ph.D., many very capable PhDs still need to work as postdoctoral fellows. This is because they did not leave many signature honors of their own during their doctoral studies, and did not have their own papers, so they go to a new postdoctoral workstation to become a mobile postdoctoral slave.

Don’t they know that they have just moved to another place to continue working as scientific research laborers?

They know it.

But they have no choice. On the one-way road of scientific research, this is the only way they can take.

This is a problem with the system and also a problem with human nature. It is the same both at home and abroad and cannot be changed.

And in the scientific research system, an even more interesting scene has emerged.

As the scale of technology companies continues to expand, and some of their patents are constrained by some institutions, they have a sense of crisis and will focus on investing in their own R&D and scientific research departments.

This leads to an increasing probability that cutting-edge technologies that can truly lead to social change will appear in enterprises.

More and more real scientific research talents are flowing into enterprises.

Because the companies they go to can not only provide them with extremely high annual salaries, but also allow them to more purposefully develop things that they are better at.

As for patents?

Not to mention that in order to better retain capable people, companies will grant them the right to share profits from patents and reward them for successful research and development results.

Let’s just talk about the time when we were working as scientific researchers in colleges and universities. Not only did we not have any money, we also did not have any patents.

When it comes to enterprises, although the patent results will not ultimately belong to them, at least they can make money.

If we can’t get any results anyway, then we’ll go to the place that pays more and has better development!

As we all know, people have always had strong subjective initiative.

Xu Qingshan naturally knew this, and he was also very clear that he could not change this era. After all, even if he tried, he would only be a minority among that minority.

But he knows better what he can do now.

These young people under his command are all good seedlings for scientific research. As long as he trains them well and can drive changes in a group in the future, there is no need to publicize their reputation and fame. Others will naturally flock to him when they see how well the young scholars under him are developing.

He doesn’t even need to do anything else, he just needs to complete his task down to earth.

Naturally, there will be heroic young men from all over the world joining my camp.

What’s more, Xu Qingshan’s plan to establish his own research university has been put on the agenda, and he also has a number of multi-industry enterprises that can realize the monetization of school-enterprise cooperation.

As long as he can make the cake bigger and bigger and everyone can get their own small piece of cake, then this plate can be maintained and step by step become a force that others cannot ignore.

Xu Qingshan can even envision a future in which his Qingshan University becomes the most desirable academic sanctuary in the minds of young scholars and aspiring people in China.

After everyone in the laboratory had a lot of fun, they all had excited smiles on their faces, waiting for Xu Qingshan to assign them tasks.

They have been studying for most of their lives, some have been doing scientific research for several years, and some have never done scientific research, but at this moment they are all equally passionate about scientific research.

Because they are very clear that their efforts are for themselves.

They also knew very well that it was Xu Qingshan who brought them this opportunity.

If it weren’t for Xu Qingshan, not to mention that the century-old problem like the Riemann hypothesis would have the opportunity to fall into their hands and enable them to participate in it, even they might be restricted in every way when they even work together to write a paper in the first section of SCI.

After all, other teachers may not be as easy to talk to, considerate, and strong as Xu Qingshan.

Laboratory owners like Xu Qingshan all feel that they will only meet one person like him in their lifetime.

If Xu Qingshan had the system panel and the management system at this time, he would be able to see that the loyalty of almost everyone in the laboratory to him had risen to an off-the-charts level, a group of die-hard fans.

Theoretically speaking, only if you rescue someone who may die soon or live a life worse than death, and make sure he has enough food, warm clothes, and a goal, and lets him live a normal life, he will truly regard his life as a gift from you, and that it is worth it for him to live these extra years.

When the time comes, he will go through fire and water for you, and his death is not a pity!

In modern society, the possibility of keeping a group of death warriors is not particularly high.

After all, life is more important than anything else.

Moreover, the living conditions of the entire society are constantly improving with the development of productivity. Thanks to the efforts of the country, ensuring that everyone has enough food to eat is no longer an empty talk.

After all, the country has already regulated the prices of the most basic life-sustaining products.

For example, rice, for example, water.

If someone often travels abroad, he or she will find that in many places abroad, even the most basic living supplies are not necessarily cheap.

China has truly managed to improve the people’s living standards.

But at this moment, everyone in the laboratory seemed to have a desire to be loyal to Xu Qingshan.

The longer one has been in scientific research, the stronger this idea is. On the contrary, freshmen who have just arrived and graduate students who have come to warm up do not feel it so deeply.

They don’t quite understand how rare it is to have a laboratory boss like Xu Qingshan.

Perhaps many years later, when Xu Qingshan looks back on this period of time, he will publish a book called “I Raise Dead Soldiers in Peking University”, which has the potential to be a hit. Seeing that everyone was full of energy, Xu Qingshan returned to the office with peace of mind and called Liu Ruchuan over. The two brothers began to discuss the division of labor in the process.

Proving the Riemann hypothesis is a huge project, but Xu Qingshan quickly divided it into several stages and assigned the tasks of the first stage.

It was divided into small sections, and the researchers led the students to work in groups. The specific division of labor was supervised by Liu Ruochuan.

But he, as the big boss, can’t do such a good job that the subordinates start quarreling over the distribution of shares.

After assigning the tasks, Xu Qingshan noticed that he had not been back to the office for more than half a month, but his office was still very clean.

It can be seen that someone helps me clean the office every day.

If nothing unexpected happened, it should be Wang Kui, the careful girl. Xu Qingshan asked Liu Ruchuan, and sure enough, after leaving her workstation every day, Wang Kui would come to Xu Qingshan’s office to clean it carefully and open the windows for ventilation.

Otherwise, with the air quality and climate conditions in Beijing, the whole house would be covered with a layer of dust in three days, not half a month.

Xu Qingshan remembered Wang Wei’s kindness, packed up his things and hurried home.

After Tong Tong and Jiang Huanxi report today, they will have to go back to Yandongyuan for dinner in the evening. He may be the one with the least time among the three, so naturally it will be his turn to buy groceries and cook.

Under normal circumstances, Xu Qingshan might have ordered it to be delivered.

But he was in a good mood today, the tasks had been arranged, and it was the hottest summer, so Xu Qingshan wanted to make some cold dishes. He simply went to the vegetable market early to buy some things and then went back to cook them slowly.

However, Xu Qingshan’s plan was soon interrupted by another phone call.

It was Qiu Jing who called him.

“Sister Jing, how come you have time to call me?”

Xu Qingshan squatted in front of the stall, holding his mobile phone in one hand and picking cucumbers with the other, and asked with a smile.

“My dear boss Xu, our Youth Capital, are you really not afraid that I will run away with the money? You haven’t come to see me since I came back, nor have you called to ask about me.”

Qiu Jing’s strong resentment could be heard through the phone call even into Xu Qingshan’s ears.

Xu Qingshan laughed dryly twice in embarrassment.

This chat pattern between the two of them is harmless. After all, it is normal to joke around occasionally after getting to know each other.

But Xu Qingshan was really feeling guilty, because before he went to India, Qiu Jing had contacted him, hoping that he would have time to return to the Longjiang base and take a look at Qingshan Capital.

After all, it was already the end of August, and Qiu Jing had already prepared the investment situation in the first half of the year and the mid-year report, and was just waiting for Xu Qingshan to inspect it.

As a result, Xu Qingshan did something big in India, and after he came back, he could not even be seen there.

“Isn’t it that you’re feeling a bit sensitive lately? It’s not very convenient for you to go out. Don’t worry, I’ll go to the base tomorrow to take a look. I definitely won’t let you down this time!”

“It’s agreed.”

Qiu Jing’s tone relaxed a little, but she did not hang up the phone. Instead, she continued speaking.

“But I’m not calling you today to urge you to look at the year-end report. It’s because there are new developments at Xiaomi and Meituan. Mr. Lei and Mr. Wang knew you were busy and didn’t contact you today, so they came to talk to me first. I think these two things are more important, so I called you.”

“What’s the big deal? Is it going to release a new phone? Or is Meituan going to develop a new business? You don’t need to ask me for this kind of thing, right?”

Xu Qingshan was a little puzzled. He gestured to the stall owner, gave him four one-dollar coins, and left with the bagged cucumbers.

“Could it be that Jun wants me to attend the launch of the new phone? It’s only August, Xiaomi’s execution is too strong, right? They’ve already made a new phone?”

Xu Qingshan has no impression of when Xiaomi’s first mobile phone was released.

“neither.”

Qiu Jing didn’t know how to complain about her boss who had such a divergent mindset, so she could only quickly explain the situation.

“It’s like this. Xiaomi and Meituan have now entered a bottleneck period of rapid development. Mr. Lei and Mr. Wang both hope to start the first round of financing next. This is also an angel round, but it can expand the capital chain, attract more capital attention, and integrate new resources, so as to pave the way for subsequent listing plans.”

“Financing?”

Xu Qingshan was a little surprised, but it was also expected.

Be it Xiaomi or Meituan, both have been established for half a year and have achieved some results. They can be considered to be on the right track and are suitable to be put on the capital market for valuation and financing.

However, financing also means that the shares of these original shareholders will be reduced, unless they make additional investments and keep up with the valuation and investment ratio.

Judging from the current situation of Xiaomi and Meituan, their market value will not be too low.

“Sister Jing, what do you think? Should we follow up with additional investment to reduce the proportion of share dilution, or should we just leave it as it is?”

Xu Qingshan already had an idea in his mind, but he still wanted to ask Qiu Jing what she thought. After all, he didn’t hire this high-paid investment manager for nothing.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds before he spoke seriously.

“We at Qingshan Capital have a lot of liquidity now, and we are fully capable of following up with this angel round of financing. My opinion is that we should follow up with all our strength, and even if there is an opportunity, we can increase our shareholding ratio as much as possible in the angel round.”

“Based on your previous investment of US$500 million in Meituan, it was assumed that Meituan’s valuation was around US$1200 million. But now Meituan is developing very rapidly, and its valuation in the capital market has reached nearly 2 million. Of course, this valuation is just a rough estimate, and the actual valuation may be lower.”

“But this also means that Meituan, this gold mine, still has great potential for exploration. Now it is only the Angel Round. We can follow up if we have the ability. Even if we follow up to the B Round, we will basically make a profit. After all, Meituan’s operating performance this year means that it is capable of paying dividends at the end of the year.”

“As for Xiaomi.”

Qiu Jing paused and said.

“I actually think that Xiaomi’s valuation is a bit inflated for now. You invested 2000 million US dollars in Xiaomi, and you actually got 11% of the shares. The valuation at that time was actually around 2 million. But now Xiaomi’s valuation has reached more than 8 million, and this number has even been increasing recently.”

“Based on Xiaomi’s current actual output value, it is actually not enough, but this number is probably mostly given for your and Mr. Lei’s sake.”

(End of this chapter)