Chapter 1503

"How are you going to raise money for me?" Yang Rui smiles and says, "human genome project, even if it's one percent participation, will cost hundreds of millions of yuan."

Standing in today's season, hundreds of millions of yuan is actually less said.

As far as planning is concerned, one percent of the planned expenditure of US $3 billion is US $30 million, which has exceeded RMB 100 million.

Moreover, the 3 billion yuan is actually experimental expenditure, not project expenditure.

What is missing is the expenditure on various technology licensing, existing instruments and equipment, and the largest expenditure on personnel.

This is the little trick played by Americans, or darbeko and others.

The Manhattan Project, one of the three major scientific projects in history, needless to say, was a secret project during World War II, which cost tens of thousands of people to carry out atomic bomb in the desert. Its hardship was no worse than that of the Chinese people. Although it cost more at that time, there was no way to do it for the sake of war. Everyone could only recognize it by holding their noses and do everything for victory.

Apollo was a project during the cold war. The so-called cold war is just a war with less smoke. In the end, the United States won the cold war thanks to the project - the whole semiconductor industry was born out of Apollo moon landing program, which widened the national power gap between the United States and the Soviet Union. Even in those days, the Apollo moon landing program was also recognized by the American people. Although the money spent was gone, it was still very strong.

The birth of the human genome project is not so smooth.

In fact, what Americans support more is actually the plan to conquer cancer launched in the late 1970s. In order to conquer cancer, Americans are willing to spend as much money as possible. It feels like everyone has saved their lives.

Even in terms of money, it's better to spend money on scientific research than on super expensive medical insurance bills.

However, cancer is very difficult to conquer. The ten-year plan to conquer cancer, which cost US $1 billion, has finally failed. By the way, if there is an old Chinese medicine doctor in China who can really conquer cancer, he must be mentally ill and selfish. He would rather prescribe medicine on a nine to five day shift than make money on his back. He is not only selfish, but also not famous, More reluctant to make a rewarding contribution to society.

Social security institutions or pharmaceutical companies in any country are willing to spend billions of dollars to buy the formula for conquering cancer, even if it is only one type for one person. See gleevey. And his contribution will also change the history of mankind. He is as famous as Yuan Druid, and even chants to the children in the rebellious period: if you think that jobs is still alive, apple mobile phone can take up hundreds of billions of minutes of human time at least.

Compared with the cancer project, the human genome project is much more basic and indirect, but it costs much more.

It's hard to get Americans to support a project that doesn't have an immediate impact, and it's even harder to support a project that doesn't have an immediate impact and costs a lot.

Therefore, no one, including Watson and dalbeck, dares to announce the real budget of the human genome project. Even so, they give up only fooling the richest American Dad in the universe and look around the world.

What are the benefits of the largest international project in human history?

The main thing is money.

First of all, it allocates expenses equally. Any country that participates in it will have to pay for it. Even for a country, it is a bit painful to pay hundreds of millions of dollars. This is pure expenses, and it is difficult to see profits in the future.

Another important aspect is that internationalization saves initial investment and daily expenses.

For example, the salary of the staff is paid by the participating laboratories themselves.

Of course, after the human genome project is launched, there will be some subsidies, but that is just a drop in the bucket.

In the whole plan, any team will be brought out, which is hundreds of thousands of people. What's the daily cost of scientific research for 1000 people? Although the salary of scientific research ape is very low, if you include all kinds of social security and office expenses, the average person is 50000 dollars a year. It means that $50 million can't cover the expenses of a team in one year. The whole plan takes 10 years. The expenses of a team alone will be more than $500 million, and $3 billion will only cover the salary expenses of six teams!

However, the money was hidden from the beginning.

The instruments and equipment used by these teams have been configured by various countries before, and can not be included in the expenditure of human genome project.

This is the main reason why the human genome project can cover the whole project with 3 billion US dollars. Of course, technically speaking, more than expected technological progress, more direct savings.

However, in order to participate in such a project, it is necessary to prepare a lot of funds.Top level laboratories, at least world-class laboratories, top-level scholars, world-class researchers and abundant funds are indispensable.

Yang Rui said that the expenditure of hundreds of millions of Yuan barely reached the threshold.

He dares to say that he doesn't need the money from the national treasury, which is the same reason.

80 At the end of the s and the beginning of the 1990s, China's economy was at its most difficult time. The central government really couldn't afford to spend money, let alone hundreds of millions of yuan. Ten million yuan was enough.

Apart from other things, even military academies can't get funding. How can a project as basic as the human genome project get a large amount of central funding.

Yang Rui and Professor Cai are both teachers and friends. They do not want to be embarrassed by him. They laugh off and say, "what the reporters said is not unreasonable. Our country is still very difficult. It's very important for me to do the human genome project. It's very important for many people, but it's not very important for everyone. There's no reason to use the money from the national treasury. I want to find a part from state-owned enterprises, a part from local governments, and a part from multinational corporations. If it's not enough, I can talk to them and see if there are any foundations in the world that can contribute some money. "

Yang Rui has other plans, but as far as the change is concerned, these are really the parts.

State owned enterprises spend money carelessly. In particular, many of the state-owned enterprises that have to turn in most of their profits are adhering to the idea of turning in their profits in vain without spending money. When they are prosperous, they are throwing money desperately. If we can collect some money from state-owned enterprises, it will not affect the national economy and people's livelihood. At most, it will affect several luxury goods suppliers, so that they can not save money quickly to emigrate overseas.

Local governments have the same virtue. Later generations will see a certain ministry spending money at the end of the year in order not to reduce the budget next year. After the tax reform, the central government has more money. Before the tax reform, it was the local governments who suddenly spent money, especially the coastal provinces with the most taxes. Many of them did not learn how to spend money. When they were in power, they wasted money everywhere.

Multinational companies and foundations, not to mention, can make money in China and contribute to China's scientific research.

However, Professor Cai frowned and said, "I know you asked for money from state-owned enterprises, and money from local governments. Do you want it?"

Yang Rui hesitated and shook his head.

"Have you ever participated in a wine company that costs 10000 yuan for a glass of wine?" Professor Cai calmed down and asked a sharp question.

Yang Rui wry smile: "I rarely participate in the Wine Bureau."

"Yes, because you don't have to ask them for money." Professor Cai sighed: "with your current reputation, it's very easy to apply for funds directly from ministries and commissions. On the contrary, it's not so easy to get the money from local governments."

Yang Rui was stunned for a long time and had to admit that Professor Cai's words were reasonable.

The halo of Nobel Prize is not invincible. At the level of the central government, he has a strong aura, but it's really uncertain whether he can use the aura of the Nobel prize if he asks for money from a local government instead of the national treasury.

"Impulsive, right?" Professor Cai chuckled.

Yang Rui thought for a while and said, "although it was a decision made on the spot, I have already considered this decision. The country is not rich, and it has to develop economy, support so many people, and maintain the domestic and international situation... It's not necessary to take money from the national treasury to do the human genome project. "

Although mosquito legs are meat, you can't cut the legs of pet mosquitoes, can you?

What Yang Rui didn't say is that if he takes a large sum of money from the national treasury for funding, the funding for other domestic biological projects will certainly be reduced.

Otherwise, scholars of physical chemistry and other disciplines will have to make trouble.

Professor Cai also knew this and said slowly, "it's better for us to raise money from the local government."

"Why, is that ok?" Yang Rui said: "it's a hard work."

"We all have familiar places. Things that are more troublesome to you are easier for some people." Professor Cai said with a smile, and then solemnly said: "everyone is counting on you to introduce the human genome project."

For scholars, participation in international projects is naturally the best thing.

Yang Rui said without hesitation: "it's no problem to introduce the human genome project. However, who can have a large proportion can't be determined by the relationship."

Professor Cai understood: "it depends on how much money you can get."

"Well, that's fair." Yang Rui and Professor Cai laughed together.

After seeing Professor Cai off, Yang Rui tidies up and calls a car to Huarui laboratory.

As its own independent private laboratory, Huarui's capital is abundant in the whole Southeast Asia. Its personnel of various instruments and equipment have steadily surpassed the biological laboratories of most international universities.However, private laboratories are most afraid of bottomless projects.

In essence, private laboratories are the same as companies. In a world where there is no cash flow and we are going to die, we all have to avoid doing bottomless projects.

Yang Rui happens to know where the entrance is.

"Let's start a pre research project first." Yang Rui clapped his hands and gathered all the people in the laboratory. Without a word of mobilization, he said, "the way of gene sequencing is too old-fashioned now. I want a new model."

"Gene sequencing? Is it all right for us to do this? " Tu Xian and others are willing to participate in the human genome project. However, private participation in this project is still very important.

"Appropriate." Yang Rui said without a beat: "I have announced that I will not use the national treasury money. In this case, there is no reason for other laboratories to pre develop the method of gene sequencing before the special funds arrive. It's very legitimate for me to do it with my own money."

"All right." Tu Xian and others nodded.

Huang Mao then took out his notebook and said, "let's start a new project. What's the name of the project?"

"Shotgun." What Yang Rui thinks in his heart is the famous "shotgun method".

If the human genome project is compared to the Apollo moon landing project, the shotgun method is a manned spacecraft!