Chapter 235 A natural thing
Although the drawings were provided by her, the sequencer would not have been produced without the full cooperation of the machinery factory in mobilizing resources.
"Director Li, it's not appropriate for us to take all the money. If it weren't for your help in allocating resources, this instrument would now be just a pile of drawings."
As she said this, she pushed back the passbook containing two million yuan.
But Li Jianye himself is a decent person, otherwise he would not have given the money to Su Ranran intact.
To him, the value of those two machine tools far exceeded the three million US dollars.
What's more, Su Ranran has already authorized them, so they can continue to produce sequencers to make money.
What would happen if he still took the money?
Seeing that he refused to accept it, Su Ranran didn't say anything else.
But she really didn't want to stay in the institute with this money. She knew it would cause trouble.
"We don't need that much money. If the group agrees, I hope to donate 3 million to the Northwest Missile Research Institute."
This money can only be used in the military industry to protect it from being coveted by others.
The more advanced the weapons are, the more secure they can be as individuals.
Moreover, from a personal perspective, donating money to military industry can leave a good impression on the upper management and provide an extra layer of protection for one's own safety.
Li Jianye naturally had no idea what Su Ranran was thinking. When he heard that she was going to donate three million to the military industry without blinking, he was so shocked that he was speechless.
That's three million!
Not three hundred dollars!
She is the actual person in charge of the institute. With this money, is there any research that they can't do?
But she chose to donate it to the Missile Research Institute?
What kind of spirit is this?
Su Ranran understood what he meant and couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.
He had countless excuses to keep the money, but he gave it to her intact.
Compared to her own little thoughts, Su Ranran felt that Li Jianye was the upright and selfless person.
After thinking about it, she explained it.
"Rice research takes time, not money. Missile research is a money-burning project."
Hearing this, Li Jianye became even more moved.
He himself had experienced the war in Korea and knew the pain of having backward weapons.
Their victory can be said to be won by their comrades-in-arms with their flesh and blood and iron will.
How could he not be excited when he heard Su Ranran say that she would invest three million in missile research?
"The team will only appreciate your selfless dedication." Li Jianye's eyes were red, and the admiration in his heart was beyond words.
After discussing the destination of the 3 million yuan, Li Jianye took back the remaining 850,000 yuan, worth more than 300,000 yuan, for the subsequent production of sequencers after Su Ranran's repeated persuasion.
More than 400,000 yuan was used to fund the Rice Research Institute.
In addition, there is another 10,000 yuan as a personal reward that Li Jianye applied for for Su Ranran.
The three million U.S. dollars seemed easy for Li Jianye to say, but Su Ranran was not naive enough to think that the money could be sent to Pingzhou Island so easily.
Li Jianye must have said something to his superiors.
In fact, Su Ranran's guess was correct. He didn't take the money on a spur of the moment decision.
Although he was in a hurry, he still consulted the senior leaders of Beijing before coming to Pingzhou Island.
After all, the amounts involved are too huge.
Fortunately, Su Ranran had left her name with the senior management of Beijing City regarding the saline-alkali rice incident last year. Knowing that it was she who got the drawings of the sequencer, the leaders did not make it difficult for her and directly agreed to her request.
But he didn't expect that Su Ranran would donate all the money directly to the national military industry.
The two chatted for a long time about donating money before Li Jianye said goodbye and left.
However, the last time he came, he didn’t see his son being scolded by his wife. This time, Li Jianye remembered to see his son before going back.
Carrying the things his wife had given him, he walked towards the military camp.
Su Ranran also put her passbook into the space, turned around and walked towards the experimental field.
The three million yuan is said to be donated to the Northwest Missile Research Institute, but it is not a matter of just saying it casually. How to donate it and what the process is still need to be carefully discussed.
However, Su Ranran did not make it difficult for herself and directly handed it over to Shen He to handle.
Shen He looked at the passbooks in his hand and fell silent.
"You said you had the factory build a gene sequencer and sold it for 5 million?"
His wife actually did such a big thing secretly and he had no idea about it?
Su Ranran: …
"It's not important, so I didn't tell you."
This thing can be seen everywhere in the space, and now even Shen He has mastered the use of some high-tech products.
Su Ranran had not expected that just the first generation of gene sequencer would attract so many foreigners to scramble to buy it.
Shen He: ...
That’s six million!!
Let alone six million, just ten thousand dollars would be enough to drive people crazy.
And she made so much money without saying anything.
After finally calming down the shock in his heart, Shen He said calmly: "Leave it to me."
Su Ranran felt relieved and handed all the passbooks to him.
Looking at the long string of zeros in his hand, Shen He fell silent again.
After a while, he said in a hoarse voice: "Ranran, I thank you on behalf of my comrades in the army!"
Like Li Jianye, Shen He couldn't wait to see the army's weapons be upgraded.
But he is a soldier after all, and it is not his business to research weapons.
And his wife spent three million at once!
If this money was used for missile research, Shen He was sure that those scientists would be able to come up with a lot of good things.
After all, under such harsh conditions in the 1960s, they still managed to develop mushroom eggs.
Looking at the excitement hidden under Shen He's calm expression, Su Ranran thought for the first time about what path she would take in the future.
In fact, after coming to the island, she didn't have a clear purpose for what to do.
Just passively encounter a problem and solve it.
The incident of the sequencer made Su Ranran deeply understand the meaning of the phrase "Science and technology are the primary productive force"!
For their country, let alone millions, even a few hundred dollars is money that many people cannot take out even if they save for decades.
However, money that is unimaginable in China can be easily earned by foreigners.
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Lianning County Machinery Factory
After seeing his son, Li Jianye took two more bags back to his family compound.
"What is this?"
Ji Mingzhu opened the bag curiously.
"They were all given by my son. This bag is for us, and that bag is for Xiao Wang and a few other children."
When talking about Wang Chunmei, Li Jianye's face beamed with joy.
"Xiao Wang is good. If it weren't for her good relationship with Comrade Su Ranran, we might not even be able to produce this sequencer!"
Now that the factory has acquired two machine tools, he is so excited that he walks with the wind.
"Since she is so nice, why don't you give her an apartment? Poor Chunmei, she has to live in such a small dormitory with several children."
Li Jianye felt sorry for them all being squeezed into one small house, but he couldn't be too blatant in giving her a room.
After all, she had just joined the factory not long ago.
If he does this, people in the factory will definitely have opinions, and it will be bad if she is excluded in the future.
But now that she has made great contributions to the factory, it is only natural to give her a house.
But before he could decide what kind of house to give to Wang Chunmei, Fang Lili came to his door with Lin Chaoxing.
"Why don't you give us a house?"