Chapter 384 Vice President Zhou’s First Strike
“Everyone, although our new comrade doesn’t really need an introduction from me, and he is also an ‘old man’ of our Academy of Sciences, but according to convention, I still have to introduce Zhou Fengnian, Vice President Zhou.”

At the afternoon meeting, the dean solemnly introduced Zhou Fengnian and announced his appointment.

This meeting also formally finalized Zhou Fengnian’s responsibilities. From now on, he will be responsible for scientific research planning, managing the engineering and implementation of major scientific and technological projects, promoting the transformation of scientific research results, etc.

There are many things they are responsible for, and they are all very important. What their Academy of Sciences pays most attention to is scientific research development.

He is in charge of several branches, dozens of research institutes and related universities, and there are hundreds of projects incubated among them. Zhou Fengnian can review and approve any of them. If he feels that any one is unqualified, he can temporarily suspend or stop it.

The responsibility is great and the pressure is great. If something goes wrong, Zhou Fengnian will have to bear some responsibility.

After the dean finished his introduction, Zhou Fengnian also spoke. He didn’t say much, just the old-fashioned self-introduction and the responsibilities of the position.

“.Comrades, I hope that we can help each other in our future work and take China’s scientific research to a higher level.”

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, everyone in the conference room applauded.

Afterwards, the dean talked about some plans for this year, which were all general directions, and supplemented some of Zhou Fengnian’s ideas.

Zhou Fengnian knew most of the things and he had participated in some important projects. For example, Zhou Fengnian was listed on Director Qian’s missile project and he also knew the progress of the project.

However, the Academy of Sciences controls the country’s scientific research projects, and Zhou Fengnian will need to slowly understand more about it.

Therefore, after the meeting, the dean did not ask Zhou Fengnian to get back to work as soon as possible, but just told him to ask for any information he needed.

All scientific research projects in the country have backup in the Academy of Sciences.

After the meeting, Zhou Fengnian returned to his office and saw Qian Zhi waiting at the door, so he asked, “Have you completed all the formalities?”

Qian Zhi said quickly: “The formalities will be completed tomorrow. I have moved to the opposite side now and will be able to serve you right away.”

“Well, it just so happens that I have something to do.”

Zhou Fengnian pushed open the door, and after entering the office with Qian Zhi, he asked, “Go to the Development Bureau and tell them that I want to see all the technology engineering backup data from the past seven years. If you can’t get it back by yourself, ask them to send it back for you.
By the way, please leave me my driver’s phone number and my personal phone number. If you have any urgent matters after get off work, please call me personally.”

At this point, Zhou Fengnian paused and asked, “How many of us have mobile phones?”

“Cellphones? It seems that only the director and deputy director are equipped with them. Oh, and the deputy seniors are also equipped with them.”

Qian Zhi said that many people in the Academy of Sciences have mobile phones. After all, this thing is much more convenient than a big brother, and the call quality and portability are also very high.

Communications within the city are basically unimpeded. Even in the suburbs of the city, people can make contact, so the Academy of Sciences has a lot of them.

However, mobile phones are not cheap, costing several thousand yuan each, so only deputy director-level officials and above can afford one, and Qian Zhi himself cannot afford one.

“It will be a bit inconvenient to communicate in the future. I will give you a phone someday, specifically for work communication. You may need to go out more often in the future.”

Zhou Fengnian said: “Go get the backup data first, I’ll write you a note.”

“I understand, Leader.”

Qian Zhi suppressed his excitement, quickly stood up and said, then took the note that Fengnian had written last week and walked out.

He received quite a few surprises today. Not only did he become Zhou Fengnian’s secretary and was promoted to a higher level, but his leader also wanted to give him a mobile phone.

He felt a little unworthy and decided to work harder in the future after leaving the office.

Otherwise, if he can’t take good care of such an easy-going leader who also provides mobile phones to his subordinates, it is probably his fault.

Not long after, Qian Zhiben and two clerks from the Development Bureau brought over all the backup data of scientific research projects from the past seven years.

Seven years ago was the time of reform and opening up. Most of the recent scientific and technological projects were established at that time; before that, they were major scientific research projects, and Zhou Fengnian was familiar with all of them.

As soon as the information arrived, Zhou Fengnian began to read it.

He is now a standard well-read and knowledgeable person, and has a certain understanding of technological developments in various fields.

So you can tell at a glance which scientific research projects have a promising future and which ones are wrong from the beginning.

Once he got into work mode, Zhou Fengnian became focused.

Some subordinates wanted to report to him about their work, but he turned down all the unimportant ones.

At the Zhou family, after finishing dinner, Zhou Xianyang wiped his mouth and asked, “Mom, is Dad going to work overtime again?”

“You just arrived at the new company. With your father’s temper, it would be strange if he didn’t work overtime.”

While Zhou Yan and the nanny were cleaning up the dishes, she said, “If you need to see your dad, you’d better come back tomorrow.”

“It’s nothing important, I can just ask you. Our new home in Nanluoguxiang has been completely renovated. Do you, dad, and sister want to move in?”

Zhou Xianyang turned his head and asked after sitting on the sofa. He was talking about the courtyard with three entrances; although it was only three entrances, it had many rooms, so it could be considered half a courtyard with four entrances.

That courtyard was the largest quadrangle in Nanluoguxiang. Zhou Xianyang spent a lot of money to acquire it. He gave more than a dozen units to the original residents who moved out of the tube-shaped buildings.

Now the heating, gas, water, electricity, toilet and everything else are all ready there, so Zhou Xianyang really wants his parents to move there.

Although this place is nice, he, Qing’an, and grandparents all live in Luoguxiang, so it would be a lot more convenient if they moved there.

Zhou Yan paused for a moment after hearing this. She was a little tempted after hearing it, and if she remembered correctly, the three-courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang was quite large and close to where she worked.

“Let me ask your father. You have to listen to him on this matter.”

Zhou Xianyang said casually: “My dad is in this state now. Home is not a place for him to rest. It doesn’t matter where he lives.”

“Don’t talk nonsense, your father is so busy for national construction.”

Zhou Yan immediately retorted that although she sometimes didn’t want her man to be so busy, she knew that her current life was brought about by Zhou Fengnian.

After dinner, Zhou Xianyang rested for a while before leaving with his children; he knew that his mother had to be busy taking care of his father, and with the addition of grandchildren, she would definitely not be able to rest well.

After Zhou Xianyang left, Zhou Yan turned off the TV, dragged her little daughter back to the room, and tutored her.

After all, Zhou Yan graduated from high school, and her grades were quite good. She is now self-studying, so she should have no problem tutoring her daughter in junior high school.

Zhou Yan thought Zhou Fengnian would be back soon, but when her daughter finished her homework, washed up and went to bed, Zhou Fengnian had not returned yet, so she went back to her room to rest. It was the first day of work, and he had just arrived at his new position. Although Zhou Fengnian did not have the urge to make achievements, he did not plan to slack off.

When it comes to scientific research, working from nine to five is not effective, so Zhou Fengnian has been in the office today looking through the backup data of scientific research projects over the years.

Fortunately, his knowledge reserves are the best in the world, and he identified more than ten research projects that needed to be cut in just one day.

Some things are simply impossible to achieve, such as Qigong. Qigong research has reached its peak in the past few years.

Not only hospitals are conducting research on this, but some biological research institutes are also conducting research on this, and many scientists think it is worth researching. If Zhou Fengnian hadn’t read so many books, including all the books related to qigong, he might have wanted to give it a try.

But, if it’s not there, it’s not there. His proficiency system is the most suitable tool to distinguish the true from the false. As long as it is true, it can be included as a skill by him.

Up to now, Zhou Fengnian has not discovered a real Qigong, and the Qigong that is circulating now is all fake. There is no need to waste money to study such a thing.

There are also some scientific and technological projects that cannot be realized at the current stage and there is no need to research them at all.

Since he is in charge of scientific research projects, all of them must be cut. Scientific research projects spanning twenty years can be approved, and scientific research projects spanning fifty years can be considered, but if he starts with one spanning a hundred years, it would be suspected of defrauding funds.

On the first day, Zhou Fengnian was busy until after eleven o’clock before he went home.

When Zhou Yan woke up, she asked a question and then went back to sleep. It was not until the next morning that she told Zhou Fengnian about what her son had proposed yesterday.

“Move back to Nanluoguxiang?”

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment and said to Zhou Yan, “You decide. If you want to go back, we can move back. I will talk to the organization and return this house to you.”

“Then let’s move back. It’s closer to my parents, to where Yi Yi and Lin Lin go to school, and to where I work.”

Zhou Yan smiled and asked Zhou Fengnian: “It’s close to you, right?”

Zhou Fengnian said, “It must be close. It will only take about ten minutes to drive. Let’s move back. Ask Xianyang to find someone to move. I’ll talk to the organization.”

The only advantage of this villa over the courtyard house is its safety. Senior officials live around here, so it’s okay even if the door is not locked. There is no need to worry about safety issues at all.

After this matter was finalized, Zhou Yan planned to talk to her son about it tonight and then call someone to help with the move on Sunday.

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dong dong!

Zhou Fengnian was looking at the backup data of a scientific research project when a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

“Come in.”

After he finished speaking, Qian Zhi pushed the door open and walked in, saying to Zhou Fengnian, “Leader, it’s lunchtime, do you want me to call you back?”

Qian Zhi brought it back to him yesterday, and the lunch boxes he used were all prepared on the spur of the moment.
“So soon, let’s eat first. I haven’t been to the cafeteria yet. I’ll go check it out today.”

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile: “The food in our cafeteria is not bad, almost as good as that in the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building.”

Qian Zhi smiled and said: “The subsidies here are high. After all, the country advocates preferential treatment for scientific research talents like you.”

There are so many associate senior and senior staff in the Academy of Sciences, and the subsidies for scientific researchers are the highest, so the food in the cafeteria must be good.

Zhou Fengnian followed Qian Zhi to the cafeteria, ordered two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes, and sat down to eat.

But after he had taken two bites, someone sat down next to him.

“Vice President Zhou, are you in the cafeteria today? I looked around the cafeteria yesterday but couldn’t find you. Is our food okay?”

When Zhou Fengnian turned his head, he saw Dean Wu holding a lunch box and sitting opposite him while talking.

When Qian Zhi saw Dean Wu, he was very attentive and left his seat with his lunch box and went to eat at another table.

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, “It’s quite good, Dean. It’s not worse than what I ate at the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building. Besides, the portions here are really generous. Two spoonfuls can fill me up.”

“That’s right. How can researchers not eat enough? Research is very physically demanding.”

Dean Wu smiled, and then started chatting with Zhou Fengnian while eating.

“Vice President Zhou, I heard that you requested all the backup data of scientific research projects in the past seven years. How is it? Do you have any ideas for work?”

After hearing this, Zhou Fengnian said in a slightly more formal tone: “Yes, Dean, I think some scientific research projects can be cut, and then focus on supporting other projects.

Then, all scientific research projects are classified in a step-by-step manner. The first category is the most important and requires coordination and mobilization of various departments. It is the level of major national scientific research projects. The others are ranked in order of support level according to importance, R&D time limit, etc.

As Dean Wu listened, his expression became serious and he even stopped eating with his chopsticks.

“Vice President Zhou has a deep understanding and wants to make a big move.”

“Vice President Zhou, which ones need to be cut off?”

“The first is Qigong research. There are eight of them, involving more than 40 million yuan in research funding.
This is just the amount we have allocated. I dare not imagine how much the local government will allocate. Why don’t we do something else with that money? Why do we have to believe in researching this?”

Dean Wu coughed twice and said slowly: “This thing, he must study it before he can be sure. Isn’t it said that practice is the only criterion for testing truth, so we must practice…”

“I have practiced for them, and they are all fake. Now they are all scams.”

Zhou Fengnian paused for a moment, then continued, “No, they not only deceived others, the most important thing is that they believed it themselves, which is really bad.

If they are trying to defraud research funds, that’s not so bad, they can be dealt with severely.”

If you really believe in the existence of qigong, then you need some means to manage it; just like those who are obsessed with cultivating immortals, if their dreams are shattered, they will probably get stressed and cause trouble.

Dean Wu looked at the lion head in the lunch box, was silent for a while, and then asked: “Vice Dean Zhou, what if, I mean what if, Qigong is really proven to exist.”

“No, Dean Wu, I am sure of this because I have practiced it. I studied martial arts and qigong more than ten years ago. Unfortunately, martial arts are real, but qigong is fake.”

Zhou Fengnian paused here, looked at Dean Wu for a few seconds and then continued: “What they are researching now are all the leftovers from my past. I didn’t expect them to apply for so much research funding.
I should have stopped it earlier!”

(End of this chapter)