Chapter 724 Wang Yunping’s Story

After Wang Yunping exchanged greetings with Yang Chen, he looked at Guo Ping who was cowering aside.

"Director Yang, what's going on?" Wang Yunping asked with a smile.

Yang Chen smiled and shook his head, looked at each other with Mayor Wang, and the two of them pulled Wang Yunping away.

"It's okay. Dean Wang finally came here and gave me some more professional advice. I still manage the company from a commercial perspective, which is definitely not conducive to research and development. Dean Wang has dedicated most of his life to the country, and there must be some I have a lot of rare experience, I hope you can teach me." Yang Chen said with a smile.

Wang Yunping laughed loudly and was in a very good mood.

He had just recognized Yang Chen, and now Yang Chen also recognized him. The two of them were heroes and cherished each other.

"I'm not satisfied with what Director Yang said. I think scientific research should be managed with a commercial mindset." Wang Yunping said with a smile.

Yang Chen stopped and said, "Oh? Why did Dean Wang say that?"

Wang Yunping shared two personal experiences with Yang Chen.

The first story is between Wang Yunping and the most proud student in his life.

Ten years ago, Wang Yunping worked as a doctoral supervisor at the Agricultural University and recruited a student named Li Guowei.

Li Guowei is a genius. There is nothing in science that he cannot learn.

Li Guowei was born in a poor family in a mountainous area and had not had enough to eat since he was a child.

Therefore, he was determined to feed people all over the world, so he chose to study agriculture.

Five years ago, Wang Yunping led a team to develop Kangyou No. 1 wheat.

Li Guowei has made the greatest contribution. It can even be said that everyone else is just soy sauce. The core research data is all produced by Li Guowei alone.

However, according to the rules, such scientific research results must be in Wang Yunping's name.

In fact, when many master's and doctoral students work on projects with their supervisors, the same is true when publishing papers. The first signature must be the supervisor. This is an unspoken rule in the cultural and scientific research circles.

After so many years, everyone has recognized this rule, so no one thinks it is unreasonable.

Li Guowei felt that Wang Yunping was a highly respected expert.

He is also his mentor, so there is no problem in being named after him.

Once it is in Wang Yunping's name, it will be different.

One of the reasons why Wang Yunping is highly respected is that his research and development results have always been freely available to people across the country.

Even for foreigners, he only charges a nominal fee for patents.

Wang Yunping’s research funding mainly comes from two aspects.

First, allocated by the National Academy of Sciences.

Second, the profits of his own Yunping Technology Group.

Although it is free for citizens to use, it does not mean that he really has nothing to gain.

In addition to social status and other aspects, the state will also issue scientific progress awards, highest invention awards, etc. to subsidize Wang Yunping in various ways.

However, after all, it is a reward from the state, and it is only a few million at most, so it will not be given too much.

Wang Yunping is also preparing to release Kangyou No. 1 wheat in the same way.

Although it is free for citizens to use, they will always receive some income.

But Li Guowei disagreed.

Because he had lived a hard life since he was a child, Li Guowei finally achieved something at the age of 33. He wanted to patent this technology and sell it to farmers around the world.

Just like patents in the technology and military industries, if you want to use this technology, you must pay high patent fees.

If the patent holder is unwilling to sell it, no matter how much money you pay, you will not be able to use this technology.

Li Guowei also wants to run Kangyou No. 1 in this way.

Wang Yunping was unable to dismount from the tiger.

On the one hand, people all over the country are accustomed to his free contributions, and on the other hand, the most proud students want to make money to improve their lives.

No matter which side you prefer, it's not appropriate.

Therefore, Wang Yunping tentatively released the news, saying that he wanted to fight against You No. 1 Wheat Charges.

This was so good that it caused an uproar in an instant.

Many netizens scolded him for forgetting his roots and so on.

Yunping Technology Group's stock also continued to fall by the limit.

In the end, unable to withstand the pressure from netizens and shareholders, Wang Yunping had no choice but to personally come forward to "refute the rumors" about the charges.

Seeing his master's miserable state, Li Guowei gave up.

He feels that if he continues to engage in scientific research in China, he will never be able to live a life of wealth and freedom in this life.

So, on a dark and windy night, Li Guowei left a 20-page A4 handwritten letter to his master, and then left Daxia and went to the United States to pursue his dreams and money.

Wang Yunping cried profusely that night. He had never cried so sadly when his father died.

At first, he felt that he had lost a talent and brought huge losses to the country.

Secondly, he felt that as his master, Li Guowei trusted him so much, but he let Li Guowei leave in despair, and he blamed himself very much.

But he really can't help it. Many people are like this.

They are used to the generosity of others, and once they are not generous to them, they will not be happy.

Wang Yunping has always allowed people in his own country to use scientific research results for free, and suddenly he has to charge a fee, which will naturally cause considerable dissatisfaction.

The second thing.

That is, at the press conference of Kangyou No. 1, Wang Yunping saw a villa on his way to the meeting.

The environment of this villa is very good, there are no other houses within 100 meters around.

Flowers, trees, birds singing and the fragrance of flowers are especially suitable for elderly care.

Wang Yunping felt that he was already 70 years old and estimated that he would not be able to work for many more years, so he wanted to buy this villa for retirement.

But I don’t know who posted the photos and videos of him viewing the villa online, causing an uproar again.

Many Internet trolls are scolding Wang Yunping for being greedy for wealth and are sorry for his reputation.

Originally, in everyone's mind, he was a noble man who was indifferent to fame and fortune and only focused on research.

I didn't expect that he would buy such a villa worth hundreds of millions, which is really inconsistent with the image in everyone's mind.

Although some rational netizens spoke for Wang Yunping, the pressure of public opinion had already formed, and Wang Yunping had to face it.

In the end, Wang Yunping failed to buy the villa and his reputation was damaged.

Over the past few years, Wang Yunping has been wondering whether the results would be different if he had charged fees from the beginning.

To put it more rationally, scientists also have the right to enjoy life, right? Please let everyone use it, but it seems that it cannot be free now. If one day I want to buy a villa for retirement and a sports car to pick up girls, but they can't accept it and they will scold me. Then I can't stand this. I may be like Li Guowei, who would rather contribute to foreigners than contribute to my own people for free. "