Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

“Let go. ”

“I won't let you go unless you promise not to! ”

“ …… ”

The Ark looked at Professor Sarott with his thighs all over his head and said, "Is this guy really a professor at Cornell University?"

If it were him, I wouldn't be able to pull this face down...

Wolfe, on the other hand, stood there staring at herself. It took a while to come back and hurry up to help her employer.

But he took a step too late, and Sarott let go of himself.

Because the Ark promised him five minutes to give himself a reason to choose him.

Driven by his desire to survive, Professor Sarott did not talk nonsense and immediately sat down on the couch, he said.

“Five million dollars, I'll sell you my Salot Institute, and I'm sure the entire Silicon Valley will never find a cheaper one than mine. I don't want anything else, any patents, any research results that are yours, as long as you let me stay in the research team. ”

This is true, but $5 million selling the entire institute is almost the equivalent of selling the equipment in the institute as broken copper and rotten iron.

The same equipment could not be found cheaper than this, even if it went through the second-hand instrument market. And the devices bought in the used market are quite unreliable in all aspects of performance, especially on cutting-edge devices, where a slight error can cause others to not repeat your results.

Sarott was also dripping blood in his heart when he quoted the price.

Even when second-hand equipment is sold, if you find the right buyer, you can sell it for $78 million.

However, it is not a question of money.

However, it was obvious that the Ark would not be so simple as to be persuaded. After all, the scene when the two first met was so shocking that he was still impressed with the leather shoes that flew to the stage.

“And watch you cheat with my name? ”

Professor Sarott argued with dissatisfaction: "What do you mean, shake and deceive? Have I misappropriated my research money to buy myself a car or pick up a girl? I spent all my money on experiments! Everything I do is for science! If I did not exaggerate to depict wonderful prospects for those lay people, no one would pay for my research...”

The Ark did not take Sarott's cunning argument to heart, but the $5 million offer was indeed far below his psychological level, making it difficult for him to refuse.

Actually, to be honest, at Cornell University, there must be a level of Sarott.

In places like Silicon Valley, doctoral salaries of 100,000 a year that can operate SEM electron mirrors to collect images can hire one, but it takes a little effort to find a calf that can direct a group of doctors to experiment and successfully complete the project.

After all, these people tend to have their own projects and are less willing to work for others unless it is an impossible condition to refuse.

In the field of materialism, even if Sarott is not a bull, he still deserves a calf. Although I like to run trains with my mouth full, at least academically there is no obvious stain.

It would seem a little too much if he were to be asked to do so by the standards of a saint.

After weighing in his heart, the Ark decided to give him a chance.

It's up to him if he can handle it.

Paused, the ark slowly said, “I can give you a chance. ”

Sarott had a happy look on his face and was about to speak, but the ark was grabbed in front of him, continuing: "But I must tell you, there is only one chance, and if you want to stay in my research team, I want you to be honest enough, especially not to fool me with those 'honest mistakes'. ”

Sarott did not hesitate, clapping his chest and pleading to the Ark: "In the name of God, I swear to you. ”

The Ark was indifferent: “Unfortunately I am an atheist and I will use the contract to bind you. ”

Sarott gave a helpless look and shrugged her shoulders to show that she didn't care.

The boat looked at the wolf next to him and showed him the contract.

Wolf looked at the ark with some hesitation, as if he were asking “Is this appropriate? ”

But when he saw his employer nodded, he didn't say anything, took the contract out of the briefcase and quickly wrote information about the amount in the blank space.

Standing up on the couch, the ark looked at Sarott and said, "The contract believes you've seen it, it's just the amount, and of course, you can take it slowly. I'll go around the lab first, and if you see it, give me a call. ”

……

Sarott is clever.

He knew exactly what he needed and what was really important to a scholar.

Bulls are bulls, not because of how talented their brains are, but because they can always get funding for research, and someone will always pay for their research.

Almost all the results in the field of materials science have to be piled up with money.

Without the support of research funding, not a single issue of Science can be distributed. Failure to distribute Science means no results. Without results, no one would invest in him.

In a sense, the relationship between academic status and research funding is like hens and eggs.

As long as he had the former, the latter would be nothing to him at all.

It was for this reason that when the last investor withdrew, he borrowed a loan from the bank, biting his teeth, and paid his own pocket to buy the instruments in the Institute that were almost sold as rubbish because of the withdrawal.

It was for the same reason that he would sell the Institute, together with himself, to the Ark at a loss of $5 million.

It doesn't matter if the research team is gone, they can only watch it get moldy anyway.

It doesn't matter if he pays less, five million dollars is enough to repay the loan he owes the bank.

While that meant that he would have nothing and would have to start over, he believed that his choice was the right one.

Follow the big man on the subject, first of all don't worry about the funding at all. Even if the Ark's own money is not enough, there will be plenty of companies willing to pay him to continue his research.

As long as he can produce results, as long as he has a place in his thesis, even if he works for nothing, he'll be happy to do it.

And by the day the results come out, no one will be accountant more than his past, no one will care how unwilling he was, he will be an authority in the field of battery materials at Cornell University, his alma mater will be proud of his name...

His instincts told him that the day would not wait too long and that the investment was definitely worth it!

The Ark was not kept waiting long, and Sarott signed his name at the end after reading the contract from beginning to end.

In addition to a contract of assignment for the Institute, there is an employment agreement and a confidentiality agreement.

The Ark hired him to head the Institute at an annual salary of $100,000, depending on his own subsequent performance as regards salary increases or other benefits.

After talking about the contract, then the research.

Once Wolf had stepped back, the Ark plugged the USB stick into his laptop and pulled out the molecular model he had redrawn with the Hyperchem software.

Looking at the spherical structure in the screen, Sarott's eyes revealed a divine colour of interest.

“What is this?”

Ark: “What is this? You don't need to know. In fact, I'm not sure what it's worth, apart from mathematically extrapolating something interesting. I need you to follow my instructions and help me complete some experiments to validate some of my speculations about the computational material. If you do what I ask, I'll have your name on the paper. ”

Saying, the ark lit down the mouse.

Graphics on the screen began to transform, while he continued.

“I can't give you any more information, I can only tell you that this is a graph obtained by a topological transformation of a fullerene material and a carbon nanotube material. Described in chemical terms is the carbon nanosphere obtained from the π key recombination of both materials. ”

Sarott frowned slightly, staring at the model for a moment, and asked, “Sounds like a good subject, but how do we merge a fullerene material with a carbon nanotube? ”

In fact, the most important question he wanted to ask was, what use was this thing, but the look on the face of the ark was obviously not going to explain it to him, so he held it in his heart.

The Ark looked at him with a sight like a retard: “That's a good question. If I know how to synthesize this, what more do I need you to do? ”

Sarott smiled and realized she was asking a crap.

Ignoring him, the Ark continued: "In a few days, someone from Startech will come to you, and I will contact you via email about the research. In addition, I will regularly check the progress of your research here every month. ”

“Plus, I'll be at UC Berkeley in the next few days, and if you have any more questions, you can call or come to me. Any more questions? ”

Sarott shook his head immediately: "No. ”

The ark nodded.

Now that the contract has been signed, what needs to be told is clear, and there is no need to stay here.

Research funding will be approached by Sky Technologies with Professor Sarott, and experimental projects will be launched by next month at the latest.

Copying the data onto the computer, the ship stowed up the USB drive and was ready to leave.

But at this point, Sarott suddenly came up with something, an opening.

“By the way, now that this institute is yours, wouldn't it be appropriate to continue using my name? I mean, why not rename it the Ark Institute? ”