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  Chapter 214 Tainted Scholar (7.8K)

   "What? Are you going to recommend a biological friend?"

  Inside the laboratory.

   Hearing what Lin Zhenhua said.

   While Xu Yun was a little surprised, there was also an inexplicable emotion in his heart.

To know.

  Although Hanhua Group is a heavy industry group, it also has some biological or medical laboratories within the group.

   In fact, it is not only Hanhua Heavy Industry.

  Under the current complex industrial research and development requirements, almost every heavy industry at home and abroad is like this.

  For example, in 2014, Yizhong invested more than 20 million yuan to build a biological research center.

  There are more than 80 researchers in that research center, who specialize in bioengineering equipment such as biomass fuels and microbial synthesis equipment.

   There is also the famous Caterpillar.

   This company originally engaged in excavators and mining machines, and had cooperated with Lanxiang in the early years.

  Now with the increase of orders for various chemical containers, it also established several biochemical laboratories in 2016.

   As said before.

  When a company reaches the size of Hanhua Group, it has actually broken away from the scope of the so-called company and can be regarded as a complex industrial body.

   So in theory.

  If Lin Zhenhua has friends he knows, he can definitely arrange them to work in Hanhua Group.

   There is no need to ask Xu Yun for a recommendation.

Could it be that.

  The other party is Lin Zhenhua's relative. Lin Zhenhua wanted to avoid some rumors before retiring, so he found himself?

  Although this approach is not in line with Lin Zhenhua's past personality, no one can say for sure whether Lin Zhenhua's ideas will remain the same after decades.

  Think here.

  Xu Yun couldn't help but glanced at Lin Zhenhua, and asked tentatively:

   "Mr. Lin, does the person you recommend have a specific education or professional title?"

  Although the academic qualifications of these years cannot be directly linked to the ability, they still play a certain role in judgment when they first meet each other.

  For example, if Lin Zhenhua’s answer is undergraduate, master’s or Ph.D.

   Then the other party is probably Lin Zhenhua's relative or promising junior.

  If the other party is a subtropical high or even a positive high, there is a high probability that there are some other reasons.

   "Professional title"

  Lin Zhenhua directly ignored the previous academic qualifications, and repeated the word title several times.

   After a few seconds.

   Two words suddenly popped out of his mouth:

   "Academician."

   "Oh, Academician, that's pretty ridiculous???"

  Hearing Lin Zhenhua's reply, Xu Yun subconsciously nodded, ready to say a few polite words.

  However, as soon as he uttered a few words, he felt something was wrong.

   After regaining consciousness.

  The whole person is even more like the teacher Huang Hong who got a chrysanthemum at the end of the sketch "Decoration", almost jumped up from his seat:

   "What did you say? Academician???"

  Mom!

   Students who have been academicians should know it.

  Academicians of Huaxia are divided into two categories according to the specific nature and direction of research:

  Academician of the Academy of Sciences and Academician of the Academy of Engineering.

  The former is mainly based on theory, while the latter is mainly in practice.

  The focus of the two is not the same, but they are equally important in terms of importance. Both are extremely precious national treasures of the Republic.

Of course.

  Here refers to those academicians who have contributed and have real materials.

  At present, there are 802 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 895 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a total of 1,697.

   And among these 1697 people.

   There are a total of 357 academicians related to biology in the departments of life sciences, medicine, and agriculture.

  Among them, academicians over the age of 80—the official title of the country are called senior academicians, and there are a total of 144 academicians.

  If this age line is pulled down for another five years.

   That is, there are 185 academicians over the age of 75.

  As for these academicians, after deducting some exceptions, the vast majority of the remaining people actually do not have the energy and physical strength for long-term front-line research.

   What Lin Zhenhua recommends will definitely not be this kind of boss.

   In other words.

  At present, there are less than 180 academicians who can really meet Lin Zhenhua's conditions nationwide.

  All the big cows of this level are the existences that Xu Yun dreamed of, but now Lin Zhenhua says he can introduce an academician to his company?

  This is too mysterious, right?

   How could a boss of that level be interested in the small workshop of Huadun Biological Sciences?

  But Lin Zhenhua didn't know Xu Yun's careful thoughts at this time, he was silent for a moment, and added:

   "But Xiao Xu, there is something I need to clarify with you first, so that there will be no arguing."

  Xu Yun nodded:

   "If you have something to say, just say it."

  Lin Zhenhua raised his eyelids to look at him, and said slowly

   "Although my friend is an academician, his situation is a bit special, which is different from ordinary academicians."

  Xu Yun was taken aback when he heard this.

   Many possibilities, such as parallel imports, earning consultant fees under the name, flashed across my mind.

   But soon.

  He dismissed the idea.

  If it is said that Lin Zhenhua wanted to avoid the speculation that gossip went through the back door, let’s say that there is such a slight possibility from a reasonable point of view.

  Then the probability of him assisting parallel importers to earn extra money must be zero.

  Because this is against Lin Zhenhua's character, if he really wants to make some extra money, he may charge a lot for the previous mods, and there is no need to use such small tricks now.

  Think here.

  Xu Yun couldn't help looking at Lin Zhenhua, and asked:

   "Old Lin, who is the academician you mentioned?"

  Lin Zhenhua looked up at him, sighed quietly, and said in a deep voice:

   "His name is Zhou Shan."

   "Zhou?!"

  Hearing this name, Xu Yun was stunned.

   A few seconds passed.

  He just nodded in understanding.

I see.

  Why would an 'academician' be vacant and recommended to him.

  Why Lin Zhenhua couldn’t arrange him to work in a state-owned enterprise, Hanhua Group.

   Now everything makes sense.

  Because that person is Zhou Shan

   Zhou Shan.

   This is one of the youngest academicians in the history of the Huaxia Academy of Engineering. He is now 62 years old and is focusing on animal molecular genetics and breeding.

   Zhou Shan is an academician of the Huaxia Academy of Engineering.

  He is also an academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, a foreign academician of the German Academy of Sciences, and a foreign academician of the Gaul Academy of Sciences. His resume is very dazzling.

  However, one day twelve years ago.

  Before an academic conference started, Zhou Shan was taken away by relevant departments for investigation.

   Half a year later.

  Zhou Shan was prosecuted for transferring funds to a company he controlled, and was finally sentenced to 12 years in prison for embezzling research funds totaling more than 30 million yuan.

   Now calculated according to the timeline.

   It is indeed time for Zhou Shan to be released from prison.

   See here.

   Maybe someone will ask:

  From the obvious point of view, isn’t this a simple corruption case?

  How can such a tainted scholar join Xu Yun's company after he is released from prison?

   And why can he be recommended by someone like Lin Zhenhua?

   Could it be that for the sake of the so-called research and development capabilities, he doesn't even care about the identity of the stained scholar?

the reason is simple.

  The many inside stories behind the Zhou Shan incident are far from being as simple as they appear on the surface.

   For example, a very critical point.

   Judging from Zhou Shan himself and the evidence collected at that time, it is true that Zhou Shan misappropriated funds into his company account.

  But he didn't use it for entertainment or buying real estate or cars, and he didn't have any vouchers for personal consumption.

   Quite the opposite.

  All the money he transferred to the company account eventually became the research and development funds of the project team.

Yes.

  You read that right.

  Zhou Shan misappropriated research and development funds, but the ultimate purpose is to use them for research and development.

  Because the disbursement of funds at that time was like this:

  For example, if the project approval document is approved, the planning cycle is one year, and 10 million funds are approved from above.

  In theory, the money should arrive immediately, right?

wrong!

  The time when the money is received is often a long, long time later—it can be as fast as half a year, or as slow as nine or ten months.

  The above requirement is that you spend all the money in the remaining months, and you have to pay the unused project funds again.

  This approach leads to two situations.

  One is that many research groups spend money suddenly at the end of the year, and check accounts crazily.

  Secondly, research groups that objectively cause a lot of expenses that must be spent across the year (for example, your experimental animals must be kept until next year), must find ways to retain funds by various means.

   As for where did the funds for the previous few months go?

  Xu Yun didn't know, and he didn't dare to speculate, but the common fact at that time was that the funding would inevitably be delayed.

   And Zhou Shan’s subject happens to be the second type, so what can we do?

  Finally, after much deliberation, Zhou Shan could only choose to set aside the funds first, and then use them slowly.

   This was also a common practice for most projects at the time, and it was very informal.

  So since Zhou Shan was arrested.

  In 2014, GWY issued Document No. 11, allowing funds to be transferred to the next year.

  The guidance will be issued again in 2016, indicating that the remaining funds for the research group after acceptance can be retained for two years.

  Unchanged total budget.

  The various expenses of the project team can be used in a balanced manner, and there is no longer a proportional limit for labor expenses.

  So Zhou Shan's imprisonment is actually a very controversial case.

   On the one hand, he did not spend extravagantly in his own name, as all the evidence at the time showed.

  After he was arrested, dozens of academicians of the two academies jointly expressed their hope for a lighter treatment.

   Actually.

  In 2018, Gao Mingxuan, Chen Guangzhong, Zhang Mingkai, Chen Ruihua, Zhou Guangquan, Chu Huaizhi, and Zhang Yuanhuang, well-reputed jurists across the country, also conducted demonstrations, and the final conclusion was:

"After the scientific research funds involved in the case were transferred out, they basically flowed into the supporting industrialization platform for the subject, used for scientific and technological development, animal breeding and other purposes, and were not illegally taken by Zhou Shan and others. Their behavior did not meet the objective aspects of the crime of corruption. Requirements."

   "The source of the materials for the judicial accounting appraisal in this case is unknown, and there are many defects such as the authenticator's signature. It lacks due standardization, scientificity, and rigor, and it cannot be used as the basis for the decision."

   "Zhou Shan has no knowledge of the specific management of funds, no criminal intent, and does not meet the subjective elements of the crime of corruption."

  But why did Zhou Shan go to jail?

  This is the situation involving the chaos in the Chinese scientific research circle at that time.

be honest.

  Since the emergence of Qigong fever in the 1990s.

   A large wave of ghosts and monsters emerged in the scientific research circle.

   At that time, the scientific research circle in China was really chaotic, to the point of extreme deformity.

  Let’s not talk about the distance, let’s talk about Xu Yun’s alma mater, University of Science and Technology.

  The embarrassment of HKUST, Zhu Xshi, came up with all kinds of show projects at that time, such as the previously mentioned project of putting jellyfish on top of the head to study superpowers, with a funding of 2 million.

To know.

   That was 2 million in 2003.

   There are also people engaged in research on Tarzan of the apes.

   That is to build an artificial rainforest in the laboratory, and then let a group of parkour players jump and dangle like Tarzan of the apes on these artificial branches.

  The purpose of this project is to measure the energy expenditure of primates living in trees, and then compare it with primates on land.

   This will allow us primates at the top of the food chain to understand why other monkeys don't come down from the tree.

   The school engaged in this project is called Fudan, with a funding of 3 million.

  In addition, there are still a lot of embezzlement of funds, and the accumulated numbers are extremely large.

  So in that context, it is really impossible not to set a model.

   It just so happened that Zhou Shan was in the prime of his career at that time, so he became that unlucky guy.

   Actually.

   Speaking as an academician of Zhou Shan.

  If he simply admits his mistake, his future career will not be affected in any way.

  Because there are many examples to prove this.

  The specific situation is more sensitive, so I won’t go into details here.

  In the end, Zhou Shan was detained indefinitely, and he was sentenced after five and a half years.

  So, the Zhou Shan incident is not something that can be explained clearly on the surface.

  His crime is unforgivable, but his feelings are sympathetic.

  Now that Zhou Shan has served twelve years in prison, the long detention period is a punishment for his illegal behavior, so there is nothing to say.

   Now that he is out of prison after the expiration of his term, even the harshest person can't describe him as a 'crime'.

   "However, after all, Lao Zhou was a typical model who was erected at that time, and his identity is somewhat sensitive."

  In the laboratory, Lin Zhenhua sighed again:

   "Our Hanhua Group is a state-owned enterprise. At that time, Lao Zhou also had some political games when he went in. I won't mention this aspect."

   "In short, after Lao Zhou was released from prison, due to various reasons within the system, it was difficult for me to place him in the Hanhua Factory."

   "But your Huadun Biotechnology Department is different. It is nominally affiliated to the Academy of Sciences, but it is completely independent in operation. You can sign an employment contract with Lao Zhou without pressure."

  Xu Yun also nodded.

  Now listening to Lin Zhenhua's explanation, the context of the matter is very clear.

   Then he took the initiative to pour a glass of water for Lin Zhenhua and asked:

   "Mr. Lin, I personally welcome Academician Zhou to join our group, but I have a doubt and I would like to ask you to answer it."

  Lin Zhenhua glanced at him:

   "Speak."

  Xu Yun pondered for a moment when he heard the words, organized his words, and said:

   "Academician Zhou was undoubtedly a top scientific researcher before he was imprisoned, but serving a long sentence may cause him to lag behind in his understanding of cutting-edge technology."

   "After all, technology has changed too fast in twelve years."

"so."

  Xu Yun didn’t finish the second half of his sentence, but his meaning is actually very obvious:

  He worried that Zhou Shan's current level of knowledge could not keep up with knowledge iteration.

  Twelve years

   This is not a time that can be described as 'fleeting'.

  It is enough for a child to grow into an adult, enough for advanced technology to be updated for several generations, enough for Conan to forget it.

all in all.

  In the field of scientific research.

   Twelve years is enough time for many earth-shaking changes.

  If there is a huge cognitive barrier between Zhou Shan and today's front-end scientific research.

   Then in a sense

  In fact, he is not much different from Lao Su, at least he cannot become an instant combat force.

  But soon, Lin Zhenhua's answer made Xu Yun feel relieved:

   "Don't worry, Lao Zhou is an academician anyway, and his ability is recognized by the country."

   "He has basically never stopped communicating with the scientific research community during his years in prison, and he even participated remotely in the Sixth International Conference on Molecular and Cellular Biology."

   "In recent years, relying on the lawyer's information transmission, he has also directed twelve papers in the first district."

  Xu Yun blinked lightly.

   Good guy.

   It's no loss that Zhou Shan, this operation is also quite arrogant.

  The guidance mentioned by Lin Zhenhua obviously cannot be an act of putting on a name, and this kind of practice can be discerned at a glance by people in the industry.

   In other words.

   Today's Zhou Shan may be a little unfamiliar in the actual operation part because he has not been in contact with the experiment for a long time.

  But in terms of theory, he can be in line with the frontier.

  Think here.

   Xu Yun's mouth almost flowed out.

  That is Zhou Shan, one of the top molecular geneticists in China and even in the world!

  Using the analogy in online articles, you have opened a new website, and you are worried that there is no master of the station, but the newspaper seller contributes to you.

  Think here.

  Xu Yun immediately said to Lin Zhenhua impatiently:

   "Mr. Lin, I don't know where Academician Zhou is now? Is it convenient for us to pay a visit?"

  Lin Zhenhua smiled, tapped the ground with his index finger, and said:

   "It's in Yongcheng, and I just went shopping with me a few days ago. Fishing."

  After speaking, Lin Zhenhua looked at Xu Yun again, and continued:

   "Xiao Xu, if I don't mention Lao Zhou, you should be able to imagine that when he just came out of that kind of environment, he must be suffocating in his heart."

   "I can only build a bridge for you, let you and Lao Zhou profiteer side by side."

   "As for whether you can persuade him to join Huadun Biological Sciences, that depends on you."

  Xu Yun nodded heavily:

   "I'm ready, Mr. Lin."

  At this time, it was only early two o'clock in the afternoon, and there was still a lot of time before dark.

   So after simple preparation.

  Xu Yun carried a fruit basket and several boxes of nutritional supplements, and followed Lin Zhenhua into the car.

  The vehicle was driven by Zhao Haiyang, while Tang Li, Lao Su, Yu Yuanyong and others stayed in the park without accompanying them.

   More than an hour passed.

  The vehicle drove into the urban area, turned around and stopped at the gate of a community.

  This neighborhood looks a bit old from the outside, like a staff quarter of some years.

  The height of the building is only seven or eight floors.

   Seeing Xu Yun's curious expression, Lin Zhenhua took the initiative to explain:

   "Old Zhou's lover is a teacher at Yongcheng No. 1 Middle School. The couple have a very good relationship. After Lao Zhou was imprisoned, she did not choose to divorce, but waited for twelve years."

   "Now that Lao Zhou is released from prison, he naturally moved here. The husband and wife can finally get together."

  Xu Yun nodded thoughtfully, and his eyes stayed on the exposed bricks on the side of the staff building for a few seconds.

   But in the end, he still didn't speak.

   Then Lin Zhenhua stretched out his hand and pointed forward, saying:

   "Okay, let's go in."

  The security of this kind of staff building is relatively not so strict, and Lin Zhenhua has an extraordinary bearing at first glance, revealing a very standard scholarly demeanor.

  So the security guard just took a brief glance and let the two of them in.

   "Building two, building five, building three, we're here."

  Lin Zhenhua took Xu Yun for a while, and found the target through the building number engraved on the waist of the building.

  The building of this size has no access control, so the two walked into it easily.

   As a result, I just entered the building.

  Xu Yun stopped in astonishment.

  I saw him pointing to the wall in front of him with advertisements such as certificate application and sewer access, and asked Lin Zhenhua:

   "Mr. Lin, is there no elevator in Academician Zhou's building?"

  Lin Zhenhua shook his head when he heard the words, curled his index finger, and knocked on the wall:

   "This is a staff room built 20 years ago. There is no room for an elevator at all. Where can I get an elevator?"

  Xu Yun opened his mouth with an unbelievable expression:

   "Did the academician have no savings that week? Just live in this kind of community?"

  Lin Zhenhua sighed heavily:

   "When Lao Zhou was imprisoned, in addition to being asked to return all funds, he had to pay a fine of 2.5 million."

   "That's 2.5 million twelve years ago. Lao Zhou is not the kind of corrupt person. His mother spent a fortune on rectal cancer surgery in the early years, so naturally he can only live here now."

  Xu Yun was silent for a long time after hearing the words, and also sighed in a complicated way.

  When the procuratorate was collecting evidence of Zhou Shan's corruption, it didn't find any expenditures in his own name.

  Some of the travel records found are either second class or economy class.

   Had it not been for this, the case would not have been delayed for five and a half years before it went to trial.

Again.

  The unjust case may not be counted, but its situation is indeed pitiful.

   Then Xu Yun supported Lin Zhenhua up the steps and soon reached the fifth floor.

   As a result, the two had just passed the corner of the stairs between the fourth and fifth floors, when a half-hidden door appeared in their field of vision.

   Right now.

  There is a voice full of air coming from the gate:

   "Mr. Huang, please tell the Italian Academy of Sciences, I am very grateful that they can extend an olive branch to me at this time, but I am sorry, I will not work for foreign companies or units."

   "But Academician Zhou, you are now"

"What's wrong with me now? I did something wrong in the past, and I should be punished for doing something wrong. This is a matter of course. Now that my penalty period has expired, I continue to work in the country. Is this also a matter of course? "

   "Um, academician Zhou, the truth is true, but you also know that it is not easy to find a suitable unit nowadays"

It is clear.

  Some conversations are going on in the house.

   And when I heard the last sentence.

  Lin Zhenhua suddenly motioned Xu Yun to let go of the hand supporting him, and walked up the steps step by step.

  I only heard him walking and saying loudly:

   "Old Zhou, I have a junior company that is recruiting people, are you interested in helping?"

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