Waiting for wages to be paid out.

Su Lin announced on-site, "The Lanxiang Scientific Research Fund, with an initial amount of 1 million yuan."

I hope all my colleagues will be innovative and pioneering in their respective fields.

We will continue to provide additional funding!

In the 1990s, one million yuan could buy a 100-square-meter apartment in Beijing outright.

The average wage back then was less than a few hundred yuan.

After deducting employee salaries of 600,000 yuan and funds of 1 million yuan, Su Lin currently has more than 2.8 million yuan in disposable cash.

These can be used to purchase blueprints and production lines.

"I'm just a cooking instructor, it seems this research grant has nothing to do with me!"

"Teacher Li, you're making it sound like our beauty and hairdressing academy has a chance?"

"Teacher Xie, why don't you invent a way to make an excavator drift and reverse into a parking space? Who knows, you might just win your year-end bonus! Hehe!"

"Does operating an excavator count as scientific research?"

When it comes to scientific research, Lanxiang is just a vocational school after all; what innovative capabilities does it have?

They joked with each other,

Even Qin Xuelei, the head of the teaching department, thought it was utterly absurd.

"Principal Su, we're just a vocational school, teaching cooking, hairdressing, and operating excavators. Where would we get our innovative abilities?"

"Yes, if you don't say it, others will laugh at you."

"Isn't this just blatant formalism?"

"I think our mechanical engineering department could give it a try!"

The Engineering Machinery College of Lanxiang Vocational School is a core department, boasting five large-scale modern training workshops and one external processing plant.

It remains a contract manufacturing unit for both China National Heavy Duty Truck Group and Jinan No. 2 Machine Tool Group, responsible for processing components for these two groups.

However, because the machine tools are all old-fashioned semi-automatic machine tools, the machining accuracy is not high.

Basically, it consists of large metal parts; we don't yet have the capability to process precision parts.

"Is the dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering here?"

Su Lin looked at the deans of the various colleges sitting next to him.

An elderly man with white hair stretched out his hand.

"President Su, I am Qian Guoqiang from the School of Mechanical Engineering!"

From those few words, Su Lin sensed that the old man possessed a powerful aura, exuding the demeanor of a great general.

"Then the first research project is entrusted to you, Dean Qian. If you need anything, you can report directly to me!"

Dean Qian nodded.

"Dean Qian is already this old, he'll retire next year, it's just bad luck!"

"It mentioned research funding, but it's not a performance-based reward. It's obviously a thankless task."

"Forget about innovation, isn't China's mechanical engineering already being strangled by Europe and America? How dare a vocational school like ours be the first to stand up for it?"

"Let's say less. Anyway, I've already received my salary. I heard that Professor Qian graduated from Tsinghua University's School of Engineering."

"There are still Peking University graduates selling pork. Mechanical innovation relies on accumulated research and development. Do you think you can achieve breakthroughs just by hiring a few professors?"

All the deans present were very pessimistic about this research project.

Dean Qian, however, clenched his fist.

As the former vice dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University, he couldn't stand the excessive bureaucratic style.

Unable to concentrate on scientific research, he returned to his hometown of Jinan and taught at Lanxiang Vocational School.

I've never let go of China's mechanical engineering in my heart.

Uncle Liu, after receiving a call from the finance department, quickly go to Su Lin's side.

"Principal Su, something terrible has happened!"

"What's up?"

"It's not convenient to talk here, let's go to your office instead."

After Su Lin finished his final pep talk, he adjourned the meeting.

Accompanied by Uncle Liu, they returned to the principal's office.

"Uncle Liu, what's the matter that's so urgent?"

"Principal Su, look, what should we do? I knew something like this would cause trouble!"

Director Liu placed a lawyer's letter on Su Lin's desk.

Regarding the case of Lanxiang Vocational School infringing on the reputation rights of my agent, Mr. Tang Guqiang.

Uncle Liu, an honest and upright man his whole life, had never seen anything like this before.

He was quite frightened.

Su Lin smiled slightly.

A lawyer's letter?

Before I traveled through time, my Huabei (flower coins) and Jiebei (borrowed coins) accounts were overdue.

I've received a whole stack of lawyer's letters; to put it bluntly, they're just worthless pieces of paper.

As long as it hasn't reached the point of being filed in court, it's at most a threat.

"What did the Ministry of Justice say?"

"Legal Department? Principal Su, where would our technical school get a legal department?"

Holy crap, they don't even have a legal department? No wonder this lawyer's letter ended up in the hands of Uncle Liu, the finance director.

However, Su Lin thought it made sense. It was the 1990s, and back then, apart from listed companies, small companies didn't have legal departments.

"Uncle Liu, immediately allocate the 1 million yuan research fund to the School of Mechanical Engineering. I'll take care of the rest!"

"Principal Su, we still have over 2.8 million yuan in our account. How about we cancel the research grant, according to the terms in the lawyer's letter?"

Compensate the other party?

In the lawyer's letter, Tang Guqiang, accompanied by his lawyers, demanded that Lanxiang Vocational School pay 5 million yuan in damages for infringement of portrait rights, reputation rights, and film and television copyrights.

Isn't this blatant exorbitant demand? The entire advertisement has only been airing for less than a week.

They actually want to pay 5 million in compensation!!!

Lanxiang Technical School would only be worth 8 million yuan if sold.

"Pay me whatever you want! The barefoot aren't afraid of those wearing shoes! Just do as I say!"

"Yes, Principal!"

Su Lin followed the contact information on the lawyer's letter.

Having learned about the opposing lawyer, I invited him to my office this afternoon for a detailed discussion.

........

"Knock knock knock~~~~"

"Please come in!"

"Hello, I am Mr. Tang Guqiang's lawyer. This is my business card and the power of attorney from the client."

A sissy man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, carrying a briefcase, entered Su Lin's office.

"sit!"

Su Lin tossed his business card and authorization letter onto the table and leaned back in his principal's chair.

"Principal Su, I'm sure you've seen the lawyer's letter. The advertisements your vocational school is currently playing..."

It was broadcast on major television stations across the country without any authorization from my agent.

This has seriously infringed upon the legitimate rights and interests of my client.

If the infringement continues, we will have no choice but to file a lawsuit.

"Put it down, hurry up and put it down!"

Su Lin said nonchalantly,

This completely stumped the lawyer. He had originally intended to use the 5 million figure to scare Su Lin.

Tang Guqiang's original agreement with the law firm stipulated that the compensation would be no less than 1 million yuan.

Thinking that even if Su Lin tried to negotiate, as long as he agreed to compensation, even if it was only 3 million,

That would allow them to extract a large commission.

"As the principal and legal representative of Lanxiang, once the verdict takes effect, this is a serious act of commercial infringement!"

"You could face up to three years in prison or detention, Principal Su. I hope you've thought this through."

"I've thought it through. I don't have the money to pay compensation. You're the one who needs to think it through."

After Su Lin finished speaking, he threw the month's financial statements in front of the lawyer!