Chapter 434: A traitor appears in the laboratory
The principal, who was nearly sixty years old, saw Song Zhiyuan standing outside through the half-open door in the office and immediately called out, "Yuanyuan, come here."
Principal Gu has been Song Zhiyuan's teacher since she was in college, and she was also in Principal Gu's class when she applied for graduate school.
Before she graduated from graduate school, President Gu personally arranged for her to work in the laboratory and personally supervised her.
Under the guidance and training of Principal Gu, she has grown step by step to now be able to lead a team in research and development projects independently and become a backbone of the laboratory.
When she and Shen Jingmo got married, Principal Gu went to serve as their witness.
Song Zhiyuan politely nodded to Jiang Li, then entered Principal Gu's office and closed the door.
"Yuanyuan, please sit down first." Principal Gu took a glass of purified water and handed it to Song Zhiyuan.
Song Zhiyuan took it and said, "Teacher, is there something important that you asked me to come over for?"
Principal Gu rubbed his fingers together and said after a moment's hesitation, "The funding for the new research area you submitted was not approved."
No wonder my right eye has been twitching today. It seems nothing good is happening.
"Teacher, can I ask why it was not approved? Is there something wrong with the project?" The only reason Song Zhiyuan could think of for the project not to be approved was that it could not be put into large-scale planting.
As a hydroponic plant, it does not have much appeal to ordinary farmers.
"The project was a good one, but it wasn't approved in the end because of any problems with the project itself."
"What do you mean?" Song Zhiyuan seemed not to understand what the teacher said.
Principal Gu supported his knees and stood up. He walked to the desk and took out two files and handed them to Song Zhiyuan. "Yuanyuan, take a look at them yourself."
Song Zhiyuan took over the file and opened one of them at random. It was the one submitted by their laboratory before, and the school had already stamped it at the end.
This means that the school agreed to the proposal, but there must be other reasons as to why the money was not approved.
Song Zhiyuan then opened another file.
When she turned to the first page, her eyes darkened instantly and she immediately turned the pages back.
Not only is the proposal the same, but the direction of attack is also similar.
Turning to the last page, I saw Blue Sky Laboratory written on the back.
Blue Sky Laboratory is another agricultural research laboratory in Linjiang City, but it has only come to the fore in the past two years. Most of the products it has researched in recent years are ordinary genetically modified seeds and hybrid plantings with new crops.
This time, we actually conducted hydroponics research.
Even the direction they conquered was almost the same as theirs.
Not only that, their research submission was only one day earlier than theirs.
Agricultural research projects are kept confidential until they are developed.
Song Zhiyuan looked at Principal Gu suspiciously, "Teacher, what's going on?"
"The school accidentally heard about this from another investor and asked them to print out a copy of the submission document. After careful discussion, the school decided to abandon the R&D investment for this project."
Principal Gu couldn't help feeling sorry when he heard the news.
Song Zhiyuan's grip on his hips suddenly tightened, "Teacher, the Blue Sky Lab actually came up with a research proposal that's almost identical to ours. There must be something wrong here. Even if we have similar ideas, they can't be perfectly aligned.
When I was making this proposal, I did some careful research and found that no domestic laboratory was considering this approach.
When Principal Gu saw this plan, he had the same idea as Song Zhiyuan.
The two said almost in unison, "There's a traitor in the lab."
Apart from this, Song Zhiyuan really couldn't figure out how their proposal was leaked.
"The matter of Yuanyuan is of great importance. Although we only have suspicions, we still need to investigate carefully. There is no guarantee that more important experimental data will not be leaked in the future." Principal Gu reminded cautiously.
Even if Principal Gu didn't say anything, she would still investigate it carefully.
Song Zhiyuan's gaze fell on Principal Gu again, "Teacher, can I meet with the school's board of directors?"
"Um?"
"Although the proposal and the direction of the solution have been leaked, they still don't know many of the core details. As long as we move faster than them, they won't have any advantage."
In addition to not wanting them to succeed in such despicable means, this proposal incorporated a lot of her hard work and she worked through several late nights to complete it.
Half a child.
Now that her child has been stolen, how can she accept this?
Principal Gu was silent for a long time, then sighed and said, "Yuanyuan, I've already argued for you. The school and the investors are unwilling to take the risk. We can't guarantee that the data was leaked from within us, and they are unwilling to bear this risk.
If Blue Sky Lab's research is released first, their investment will be wasted.
Even the school is unwilling to take the risk.”
When seeing this proposal, Principal Gu had already helped Song Zhiyuan to seek opportunities with the school and the investors, but they voted unanimously against it. Now going again would probably only lead to failure.
Song Zhiyuan was not too surprised to be rejected.
What investors want is value and they don’t want to take any risk.
"Thank you for your hard work, teacher." Song Zhiyuan looked a little melancholy.
"These are what I should do as a teacher. If this experiment is successful, it will be a boon for hydroponic cultivation.
The teacher believes in Yuanyuan's ability. Just do whatever you want to do. The teacher will help you find a solution for the rest. The teacher has not been in this circle for nothing all these years.
The teacher knows some friends who can help raise some investment to ensure the smooth progress of this project." Principal Gu patted Song Zhiyuan's shoulder, his eyes filled with a doting smile.
Unlike the investors who hold the power, Principal Gu is an agricultural researcher by profession and understands the difficulties faced by agricultural researchers.
"Thank you for your trust, teacher. This matter has put me in a difficult position." Song Zhiyuan felt sorry about this.
Principal Gu smiled and said, "We can't ruin a good project just because of a pot of rats."
After thanking the teacher, Song Zhiyuan turned and left the office.
As soon as he walked out of the office, he met Jiang Li who was waiting outside. Song Zhiyuan did not take the initiative to talk to Jiang Li and just passed by him.
Jiang Li quickly caught up with Song Zhiyuan and said, "Sister Song, you look unhappy. Did the principal say something unpleasant? I'm often scolded by the principal."
Song Zhiyuan suddenly stopped, and Jiang Li almost bumped into Song Zhiyuan's back before he could react, but fortunately he braked in time.
She looked at the boy in front of her indifferently, her voice as cold as ice, "Do you have anything else to say?"
"No, no, I just haven't seen Sister Song for a long time, and I wanted to come over and talk to her." Jiang Li said cautiously.
Song Zhiyuan ignored Jiang Li and went straight back to the laboratory.
After seeing Song Zhiyuan return, Professor Zhou followed Song Zhiyuan into the office on behalf of the other professors and asked earnestly, "Professor Song, has the university approved the funding for our project? We're all waiting to start the experiment."
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