Reborn in 1976, teach him how to be an official

Chapter 574

Chief Engineer Qiu laughed, with a hint of sarcasm and a bit of disdain.

"Young man, it seems you're fearless as a newborn calf... These days, scientific research funding isn't as easy to come by as you think. Since you're also involved in weapons research, you should know that the annual national funding for scientific research is very limited."

“A lot of projects are lined up.”

"Our project is completely at a disadvantage. Even if I were to lose face and beg for mercy everywhere, it would be useless. In the end, the same thing goes: we have no money."

"Without research funding, you can't form a research team, find partners, or buy the necessary components."

"Do you know why further research stopped after the prototype was developed three years ago?"

"No money!"

“Everyone has to line up.”

Chief Engineer Qiu spread his hands and said helplessly.

"If you don't believe me, go home and ask Lao Qi... He used to be a scholar, and he knows the difficulties here as well as I do."

"Now that he's the president of Qinghua University, he's probably even more worried about money."

The president is not only in charge of scientific research, he is also in charge of the food, drink, defecation and urination of tens of thousands of people at Qinghua University. How can this not cost money?

"Headmaster, this is what I think..."

Liu Hongyi said confidently.

"Miniaturization and practicality are actually two aspects of the same coin. Once miniaturization is solved, practicality won't be far behind. I just reviewed the materials, and our prototype already has basic functions. If we can build on this foundation, reduce weight, increase computing speed, and make further improvements, we'll have hope of developing a usable battlefield monitoring system."

"As you know, Chief Designer, I majored in computer science. So I think we can start with algorithms. Optimize them, use calculus to simplify complex algorithms, and reduce the processor load so that one processor can handle more tasks. Simultaneously develop integrated circuits. The circuits we use now are too large."

“We have conditions for this.”

"That's what the Jiusuo over in Magnolia do."

The so-called Yulan refers to Yulan City, the capital of Jiangnan Province. There's a very impressive research institute there. Liu Hongyi recalls that the electronic navigation system of the "Yi De Fu Ren" Type 5 missile, which will be launched live this year and has a range of 8000 kilometers, was improved by the Ninth Institute.

They managed to reduce the weight and volume of the system by more than half, meeting the requirements of Type 5 express delivery.

"Also, for the components that we can't make ourselves for the time being, we need to find a way to buy them."

Chief Engineer Qiu chuckled, treating him as a young man talking about his "dreams." "Sure... all the methods you mentioned are feasible. As long as Lao Qi can get research funding, I'll help him out as a long-term worker, what's wrong with that?"

"As long as I have money, I can do the work at the Ninth Institute."

Liu Hongyi smiled and said, "Chief Engineer, Principal Qi has already promised me 10 million in research funds, which will be ready at any time."

Chief Engineer Qiu was shocked.

"Did Lao Qi agree to this? He promised to give you 10 million to work on this project? Where did he get so much money? Which high-ranking official did he bewitched?"

After all, I was a "research nerd" who was completely oblivious to the world outside and focused solely on research. I didn't know much about the changes at Qinghua University over the years. After all, this wasn't the information-explosive internet age of later generations, where anything could be posted online.

These days, information exchange is very poor.

Liu Hongyi laughed and said, "Chief Engineer, you're an old classmate of President Qi's. You really don't care about Qinghua University, which he leads, right? Qinghua University can still scrape together some research funding now. There's no need to try to sell the big boss some sweet nothings."

"Ten million, we can come up with it ourselves."

Surprised, Chief Engineer Qiu blurted out, "I suspect you're a relative of Lao Qi..."

Ten million!