Chapter 989 The dream of the elderly
Professor Zhang Feng from Nannong took the bus to Peking University by himself.
He carried a Green Army bag, which was a bit rustic and a little dusty, but on the Peking University campus, it was just a very ordinary picture.
The domestic campus in 1985 was as simple as it was. Of course, it was not as simple as the 1970s, but it was just a little bit more black leather shoes and some girls in red skirts.
Zhang Feng first walked around the campus and also went to listen to a class in the biology department. It was almost noon before he walked to the ion channel laboratory.
In the laboratory, it is time to eat.
The researchers walked out in groups of three or five, talking about their favorite topics.
Zhang Feng came closer and listened. If it weren't for school gossip and political issues, it would basically be academic content.
Zhang Feng took a deep breath. This was the atmosphere he was familiar with, and it was another atmosphere he rarely felt.
Academics with peace of mind are easier said than done. How can you keep peace of mind in your studies when your stomach is not full and your stomach is not oily?
Of course, there are always some people who can study with peace of mind, but it is not easy to let everyone in a laboratory have lunch and chat with academics with peace of mind.
Zhang Feng looked at these young researchers with memories.
"You are Professor Zhang Feng, right?" Xu Zhengping reminded him and hurriedly came out of the laboratory. There have been many guests in the past two days, and everyone is more collectively aware.
Xu Zhengping had seen Zhang Feng's photo, so he recognized it after paying a little attention.
Zhang Feng turned his head and said, "It's me."
"Welcome, I am Xu Zhengping, deputy director of the Ion Channel Laboratory." Xu Zhengping is used to the different personalities of various scholars and just keeps himself full of enthusiasm.
Zhang Feng stared at Xu Zhengping for a while, then reached out and said, "Hello."
"Hello, hello." Xu Zhengping was staring at me. Now, seeing that someone took the initiative to reach out, he felt grateful and hurriedly said: "We sent someone to pick you up at the train station. Didn't we meet?"
"I saw it, and I avoided it." Zhang Feng's answer made Xu Zheng speechless. Someone saw someone picking up the train at the train station and bypassed it directly. This was contacted by phone in advance.
"Then have you eaten? How about we have dinner first and then make other arrangements?"
"Where is Yang Rui?" Zhang Feng did not follow Xu Zhengping's routine.
"Director Yang is not here now."
"Labor Director, what are you doing when you are not in the lab at noon?"
"I went to a meeting with the people from the China Animal Husbandry Corporation. The funds required for the newly built Haidian Genetic Engineering Laboratory have not been fully raised yet."
"Oh." Zhang Feng was a little satisfied, and then followed the direction of the young researchers and said as he walked: "Is this the canteen you don't want to pay?"
"Yes..." Xu Zhengping hurriedly followed and whispered: "The staple food in the canteen costs money, only vegetables are not money. In addition, Director Yang told us to receive you with high standards, the canteen...this..."
Zhang Feng shook his head: "No need."
As he said that, he quickly arrived at the cafeteria.
Compared to the simplicity of the canteen when it was first opened, the small canteen of the Ion Channel Laboratory has been improved. Not only did it replace tables and chairs, but it also had a rainproof canopy on its head. At least until winter, the environment has been greatly improved.
The utensils used by the master have also changed. The large pots used to hold vegetables have been replaced with iron basins, and hot water is poured into the heat underneath, which can last for a considerable period of time.
Xu Zhengping briefly introduced the rules to Zhang Feng, so he took the initiative to bring two large meal plates and said, "This is what we prepared for visitors. They are all scalded with boiling water and are very clean. What do you want to order."
"You can just choose a few." Zhang Feng said, and asked again: "How many young researchers are there in your laboratory?"
"There are probably a dozen now."
"Is there anyone going into the sea?"
Xu Zhengping paused with the dining plate and said strangely: "No, there are researchers in the laboratory who have worked hard and will not go into the sea."
"Is that true?" Zhang Feng's voice was a little long.
Xu Zhengping asked carefully: "Nannong has a researcher resigned?"
"Hmph." Zhang Feng vented his anger from his nostrils, and after a while, he said: "Three hundred and sixty professions, and every profession has top scorers. I can't stop them from leaving, but you said that a researcher who was studying in the university practiced in the laboratory for another five or six years, but he resigned to open a small restaurant. What's the point?"
Speaking of this, Zhang Feng's face only had an expression on his face.
Xu Zhengping laughed with him and did not dare to speak.
"The school spirit of Peking University is still good." Zhang Feng said, a little envious.
Xu Zhengping felt that he should fight for it, so he said: "It is because our ion channel laboratory has better treatment and conditions. There are still teachers who go into the business on Peking University."
"Oh, what a good way?" Zhang Feng didn't look particularly convinced.
Xu Zhengping thought about it and said, "Not talking about material conditions, our ion channel laboratory has published a lot of papers this year, and everyone has a bright future. If you want to do an experiment, the conditions are also very good. We are confident that within five years, we will become the leading laboratory in China."
Zhang Feng has heard too many leading words in China and wants to laugh a little, but he can't.
The Ion Channel Laboratory is from Peking University, and the Peking University Biology Department was originally a leading biological major in China. This alone gives the ion channel laboratory a great potential for development. As for the hardware and software conditions of the ion channel laboratory, it is barely enough to say that it is leading in China. No matter how it goes, they have published CELL-level papers.
What's more, Xu Zhengping also added a five-year qualifier.
Zhang Feng sighed long and said, "It's ambition, it's indeed possible."
"The researchers in our laboratory are very ambitious now." Xu Zhengping smiled and said with a drum beat: "Director Yang has confirmed that we will hit national laboratories next year, and the funds will double, and everyone's research conditions will improve."
Zhang Feng hummed twice, not knowing what his emotions were.
As a professor of Nannong, Zhang Feng currently has the experimental conditions.
Nannong is a famous university in the Chinese university system. In 1963, it was identified as one of the two key agricultural universities in the country. However, Nannong has the same problems as all agricultural colleges. It is an agricultural college.
There is no big problem in studying Agriculture in the 21st century. After all, you don’t have to work in related industries after graduation, and agricultural colleges are just an option.
However, the university in 1985 was assigned to the university, and you will go to any major and any industry you study, which is impossible to escape.
Agricultural colleges naturally have to work in agricultural units. Compared with other industries, this is not a good choice - everyone wants to go to big cities, work in Beijing and Shanghai. If you choose an industry, you will naturally give priority to those with high social status and high income. For example, Beijing Post has been very prosperous until 2000, and its test scores were once higher than those of Tsinghua University and Peking University. As a professional institution, this is obviously the advantage brought by the postal system.
Correspondingly, what Nannong gets is the disadvantage of the agricultural system. Nannong’s professors will not have a weak academic level than those of the professors of Beiyou. However, if you want to talk about funding and treatment, it will be a huge difference.
Professor Zhang Feng is one of the members who deeply feel this difference.
Although the country attaches importance to agriculture, China's agricultural scope is too large. In the end, there are very few that can be left to agricultural colleges, let alone scientific research funds that can be left to agricultural colleges.
Moreover, unlike Peking University or other comprehensive colleges, Nannong is a university affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture. In other words, most of its funds will be settled in the Ministry of Agriculture. For Professor Zhang Feng, this is another disadvantage because it means that the school’s funding limit is very low.
Of course, ordinary professors in Nannong will not think it is a disadvantage, because Nannong is a first-class and good school in the Ministry of Agriculture, but the lower limit is very high and the basic funding is very guaranteed.
However, the foundation has long been not what Zhang Feng pursues.
In the first few years, he wasted a lot of his time on theoretical research and kept comforting himself. Waiting for a while, there will always be a time to realize it.
However, time is not always on your side.
Especially when waiting.
In a blink of an eye, Zhang Feng changed from a middle-aged and young scientist to a middle-aged and elderly scientist, but his laboratory was never built according to his wishes.
The problem is not only about funding, but also about supplements from the younger generation.
A well-run laboratory can only have one high-end scholar, but it must have two or three mid-range head dogs and multiple scientific research researchers to survive soundly.
Among them, scientific research Wang is not important, because the existence value of scientific research Wang lies in saving time for mid-to-high-end scholars. If not, it will at most affect the experimental progress rather than the survival of the laboratory.
But mid-range head dogs and experienced researchers are very important, and their number determines the size of the laboratory.
Zhang Feng's laboratory has been expanding since its construction in the late 1970s, which was originally his hope.
However, with the arrival of the tide in 1982, Nannong, located in Nan and Beijing, became a severely affected area for going into the sea.
The resignation of a long-trained researcher has made Zhang Feng farther and farther away from his dream.
The elderly also have dreams.
Zhang Feng raised his head and looked at the simple and fully functional awning, thinking about something.
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"Dragon Martial Arts 2" will start testing at 14 o'clock tomorrow. The Zhiniao army has gathered and is preparing to charge at 1 million starting coins. Do you dare to build a family with me and conquer the world? What does that sentence say: I don't have time to explain, and I will fight in the "Dragon Martial Arts 2" [Shenzhou] District tomorrow!
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Chapter completed!