Chapter 740: Build a Building, Buy Equipment, and Build a Laboratory

Several important matters were decided in one day, and they were all related to Chang Haonan.

The next lunch had to be handled by him anyway.

With today's lineup, especially with the presence of a national treasure-level elder like Mr. Qian, it would be a shame to go out and eat in a hotel.

Fortunately, Chang Haonan had already made some preparations.

Of course, it was not specifically for today.

It originated from the beginning of the year when he wanted to talk to Old Wu, but he couldn't find a suitable occasion for a while, and finally had to go to the guesthouse of the Aviation Industry Corporation to book a private room.

After that, Chang Haonan learned from his mistakes and realized that Torch Group might have to do some similar sensitive business in the future.

Therefore, he specially applied to the higher authorities to build two high-standard private rooms on the second floor of the group's cafeteria to meet similar reception needs in the future.

By the way, he also used his power for personal gain -

He hired a Huaiyang cuisine chef for the cafeteria whose dishes were very much in line with Chang Haonan's own taste.

Unfortunately, after the operation, he was so busy in the past few months that he was almost about to take off. Although he stayed in Beijing for a long time, because of the Balkans, he wanted to live in the Science and Technology Commission or Sanzuomen every day, and he had no chance to enjoy it.

Instead, it was a bargain for Yang Huimei and Song Jingming.

And today's situation is obviously the time for this arrangement to work.

It is naturally impossible for guests to sit and wait for a high-level business banquet.

Therefore, when the group came to the private room and sat down, the lunch that had been prepared long ago was almost served at the same time.

"Xiao Tang."

Mr. Qian tasted the clear soup of the stewed lion head, and then looked at Tang Lintian who was sitting diagonally opposite.

In fact, when Tang Lintian reached this level, most people would call him Teacher Tang, Principal Tang, or Professor Tang when they saw him.

But Mr. Qian was obviously an exception.

Whether from the perspective of contribution, status or qualifications, let alone Tang Lintian, even Du Yishan would have to agree if he really wanted to call him Xiao Du.

It's just that everyone is an academician of both academies, so they usually call each other by their names in private.

"Mr. Qian."

Tang Lintian quickly put down the spoon in his hand and pretended to listen carefully.

"In addition to Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Torch Group, should the local Beijing city also provide some policy support for the school-enterprise joint laboratory you and Xiao Chang have set up?"

Although this sentence sounds like a question on the surface, when it comes from Mr. Qian's mouth, it should be regarded as a statement.

Meaning that if there is no support now, I will suggest that they support it after I go back.

However, those who can get to be leaders in Beijing must have excellent vision. It is impossible for them to wait for Mr. Qian to speak and bring up the support policy when this laboratory is still in the project approval stage.

"Yes."

Tang Lintian nodded and explained to Mr. Qian:

"However, it's not about funding, but a piece of land was granted. It's outside the North Fifth Ring Road in the current plan. I went to see it specifically. The area is very large, enough to build a research institute."

"That's okay."

Mr. Qian naturally understood the value behind this support, so he nodded with satisfaction:

"For engineering, especially for dynamics research, how can you do without a site..."

And Yuan Xiangya, who has been engaged in applied mathematics for half his life, had never seen such a posture. He immediately put down his chopsticks and looked at Tang Lintian with a blank face:

"So... President Tang, are you going to build a new building for this laboratory?"

Although mathematical research in the 1990s no longer requires only draft paper and pencils as in the traditional concept, if the construction of supercomputers and the corresponding use costs are added, the consumption is actually not low, but in comparison, it is still far inferior to Chang Haonan and Tang Lintian, who are engaged in engineering.

Tang Lintian waved his hand:

"That piece of land has just started to be developed, so Professor Chang will definitely have to stay at our school for the first two years, and he can move there after two years."

In fact, putting the Torch Laboratory in the outer ring is only the first step in his plan.

What Tang Lintian really wants is to build a brand new super-large comprehensive campus for Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the suburbs.

Considering that Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is now a member of the C10 Alliance and the first batch of "985" engineering universities, it will definitely expand in the future.

However, the current campus of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is located between the third and fourth ring roads.

Although it was still a suburb when the school was founded, with the rapid expansion of the city in recent years, every inch of land is now worth a lot of money.

It is basically a pipe dream for the school to continue to expand around the original site.

Moreover, in Tang Lintian's view, research is not suitable to be placed in the downtown area, whether from the perspective of confidentiality or the perspective of the research environment.

And the Torch Laboratory is like a trial by fire.

After all, the new campus he envisioned would definitely be much larger than a laboratory or research institute.

If he asked for policies directly from the higher-ups, he was afraid of scaring others.

He had to start with a little fight to give the other party some psychological preparation.

At this time, Chang Haonan also followed Tang Lintian's words and added:

"In fact, if it is just some research on the theoretical level of numerical calculation, it is not a big problem to continue in the old place, but I still hope to combine mathematical theory with practical projects."

"In this case, it is inevitable to conduct a lot of experiments and tests, but the nature of my research content is relatively special, and these contents cannot be entrusted to outsiders, so I can only build them all by myself."

The two people's explanations in unison shocked Yuan Xiangya even more:

"Then... don't we have to buy a lot of instruments and equipment at one time?"

"Of course."

Chang Haonan replied in a flat tone.

Torch Group currently has two main sources of income, one is the official version of TORCH Multiphysics, and the other is the joint venture established with C.B. Ferrari.

Although it looks a bit simple, the revenue capacity is absolutely unquestionable.

Among them, TORCH Multiphysics has a monopoly in the world, and Torch-C.B. Ferrari's products are almost the only choice for high-end machine tools in the Chinese market.

Although as a state-owned enterprise, not all income can be freely used, but it is still no problem to use part of it to sponsor the laboratory.

Moreover, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has also prepared a research and development fund of more than 100 million yuan, which is enough to build a prototype of the laboratory.

"Speaking of this."

Liu Zhenxiang, who had not spoken just now, suddenly spoke up at this time:

"Outside the planned North Fifth Ring Road, isn't it already in Changping? Wouldn't it be a little remote for students and faculty?"

After all, it is a joint laboratory between the school and the enterprise, and the part of the "school" must be considered.

It is certainly a good thing to be away from the downtown area, but it is not advisable to go to the other extreme because of this.

The balance here is where managers are tested.

"At present, it does seem to be a little bit."

Tang Lintian did not deny it directly:

"However, on the one hand, the land area planned for the Torch Laboratory is very large, more than 100 acres, so it is not a building, but a park, and it is completely possible to plan a separate dormitory."

This time, even Liu Zhenxiang felt that it was a bit exaggerated.

But Tang Lintian had not finished speaking:

"On the other hand, I plan to fight with the higher-ups to see if they can set up a branch line nearby when planning the subway line, or at least a subway station, to facilitate commuting."

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