Chapter 474 I'm Not a Snitch

The call was from Minister Lei of the Ministry of Science and Technology. He just talked about the recent news and asked Lin Xiangnan to restrain himself, but Lin Xiangnan was not convinced.

"Minister Lei, you and I are old acquaintances, why are you still taking sides?"

Lin Xiangnan may not care about others, but he still has to give some face to the people in the science and technology department. The approval of scientific research projects still has to go through the procedures there.

"That's not what I meant. I want to talk to you about something serious. I can't explain it clearly over the phone, so why don't you come to my office this morning? If you can't spare the time today, you can come see me tomorrow morning."

Lin Xiangnan gritted his teeth, "I'm free. I'll come later."

As soon as he hung up the phone, Lin Xiangnan picked up his bag and went out. Before leaving, he reminded the students, "Stay in school and look up information. I'm going out for a while and will be back in the afternoon."

"Okay, teacher. What about your morning classes?"

"Let your senior sister Su Wangwang help me." Lin Xiangnan said without thinking.

The bonuses and subsidies were distributed every month, and living expenses were given to them when they remembered. The monthly salary of the students in the experimental building was higher than the salary paid to Lin Xiangnan by the school. Because he spent money, Lin Xiangnan had no pressure to assign his own students.

Lin Xiangnan came out of the office, got in the car and said to the driver, "Go to the Ministry of Science and Technology."

"good."

As soon as the driver stepped on the accelerator, Lin Xiangnan suddenly changed his mind and said, "Let's go to the school next door. I'll go ask Professor Liu and the others about the situation."

Her relationship with Professor Liu is "online enemies", which is the antonym of "netizens". The two disagree and often argue with each other. Just looking at their statements in the newspapers, some people will definitely think that they will fight if they meet.

But the reality is that when they meet, they can still smile and say hello. Otherwise, there are so many fake cigarettes, fake alcohol, and fake friends in society.

Having worked together twice, they were old acquaintances. When Lin Xiangnan saw Professor Liu, he asked directly, "Which of you went to Minister Lei to complain about me?"

Before Professor Liu could answer, several of his friends next to him started talking.

"I didn't. I was busy reviewing students' papers these days and didn't have the energy to do that."

"It's not me. I've been busy these past two days at the factory customizing experimental equipment."

"I can't do such a thing. I always scold people in person."

After he finished his self-defense, the people who had just gathered together quietly moved away from Professor Liu, leaving him to Lin Xiangnan.

Lin Xiangnan tilted his head and stared at Professor Liu without blinking.

"I'm a university professor, not an elementary school student!" Professor Liu gritted his teeth, "Who would have the time to file a complaint against you? It's useless."

Lin Xiangnan muttered quietly, "That's hard to say. Many major projects have been cancelled in the past two years."

What these people have worked so hard to research must be useful to the country. But the country is playing a big game, and the order of making moves is important. Funds are limited, and equally important projects also have a priority. Many of the research that costs a lot of money and takes a long time, even if it is of great strategic significance, has been shelved.

"Forget it. Since none of you have complained, I won't bother with you any more. I'm leaving now."

Not getting the information he wanted, Lin Xiangnan didn't stay any longer and immediately turned around and left.

Professor Liu finally let go of his worries after Lin Xiangnan left. The professors who had just abandoned him also came back silently and continued discussing the topic they had not finished.

They didn't dare to say anything just now. They were discussing how to make a comeback in the newspaper, and then Lin Xiangnan came.

It gave them a scare.

However, this time they had one more topic to discuss.

"What did Minister Lei want to see Lin Xiangnan for? From Lin Xiangnan's tone, it seems like something is wrong. Has her research funding really been blocked? Or has the project she applied for not been approved?"

"That's impossible. I heard from Old Huang that several of the companies that Lin Xiangnan invested in are profitable, and her own laboratory outside is also very generous. If the superiors don't approve the funds, she can really go out and work on her own."

Lin Xiangnan was also willing to listen to the country's arrangements and keep it secret when he was asked to use the country's resources and research results. Don't expect Lin Xiangnan to be upright when nothing is given.

If Lin Xiangnan really wants to go out on his own and do research, he has to show his real strength to attract enough investment. The sponsors are not stupid and rich, and they only invest in useless laboratories. If they want money, Lin Xiangnan can't hide his leading technical theories.

Even in order to retain talent, the leaders above will not act recklessly.

Professor Liu said sadly: "Lin Xiangnan is not like us, the hardworking old oxen. Who dares to mess with her?"

He had an old friend whose project was cancelled and he was devastated. Feeling very aggrieved, after running around to no avail, he just drank alone and had no other ideas. Without money, all his ideas were empty.

Expecting Lin Xiangnan to be so honest is completely a dream.

There are too many ways to retreat, or even to not take any, and just lie down on the spot, so when Lin Xiangnan went to Minister Lei's office, his attitude was very calm.

As soon as she arrived, she asked who had reported her.

"We have reform and opening up, freedom of speech, why can't I speak? The truth cannot be revealed without debate, and the key is to debate..."

Minister Lei rubbed his brows helplessly and explained, "No one has reported you. Our department discussed it and wanted you to stop and not leak too much information."

"I didn't go out of my way to get information from others."

Lin Xiangnan proved his innocence and said hurriedly: "And the facts are here, you can all see it. I am just a cowardly conservative, and the time I said is not accurate."

She really didn't know the progress of other people's projects. Apart from the projects she was working on or collaborating on, she only learned about other people's final results from news reports or gossip from other professors.

"The main purpose of my speculations was to cheer you up. Not many people believed them, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people arguing with me..."

Minister Lei knows the whole story clearly.

Back then, he was also drinking tea and commenting on Lin Xiangnan's radical remarks with amusement, "This kid is crazy. Being young is good. He is passionate and dares to say that he will dominate the universe. Geniuses are indeed unruly..."

Minister Lei was in a completely different mood now than he was back then. He couldn't help but wonder, could what Lin Xiangnan said be true?

Just in case, Minister Lei reminded: "The new task assigned to you by the organization is to be careful about what you say. If you have any ideas, you can raise them internally, but don't say them outside."

Minister Lei was afraid that Lin Xiangnan would think too much and let Lin Xiangnan do something, and he took the initiative to give him benefits, "You are on the list of academic committee members this year, and you will definitely get a share of the quota."

"Then I can't just give up."

Lin Xiangnan's focus was not on promotion or salary increase, and he made a request: "Minister Lei, please call those people and ask them to stop fighting first."

"Which ones?" Minister Lei sighed and resigned himself to making a phone call. Compared with the old comrades, the young people were still a little less hardworking and willing to work.

Lin Xiangnan lowered his head and played with his fingers, "I'm not a snitch! I'm not that kind of person!"

"Just look at the newspapers from the past few days and make the call. All the troublemakers are here."

Minister Lei was almost amused. What’s the difference between this and naming names?

"Don't miss it, or I'll be bullied later."