Chapter 168：

No matter how upset Mr. Chen is, the agenda on the rostrum continues. After Zhao Depei introduced the rewards of the Huaqing Award, the atmosphere in the venue was suddenly pushed to a climax.

The old scholars who came to the meeting because of Huaqing’s face and sentiments, one by one, straightened up and sat upright, with interest and expectation in their eyes. I heard that the first Huaqing Award will be announced at today’s ceremony. Winner, the four prizes are eight million yuan, everyone's eyes are shining, maybe the prize money will fall on them.

When Zhao Depei saw the reaction of the people under him, a smile appeared in his eyes. It turned out that the amount of the Huaqing Prize in the project book he drafted was not so much. Under Li Zheng's insistence, the amount rose to two million yuan. .

According to Li Zheng, the Huaqing Award is a freshman award. Although Huaqing is one of the top universities in the country, its influence is still much weaker than that of the country. The National Science Award is official, the first award in the scientific research community supported by the state. The selection scope of the Huaqing Prize overlaps with it, which will inevitably make everyone compare the two.

However, the current Huaqing Award has nothing to do with national scientists in other aspects except for the prize money. Obviously, Li Zheng's idea is correct.

"Now, Mr. Li Zheng, the head of the Ninth Biological Research Laboratory of Huaqing University and the funder of our Huaqing Prize, announces the winner of the first Huaqing Prize for us."

Zhao Depei smiled and passed the microphone to Li Zheng.

"Li Zheng, who is Li Zheng?"

"You guys who do literature really don't care about current affairs at all. It appeared on the news broadcast last year that Li Zheng Square in Doman, Africa, is him."

"The investor of the Huaqing Prize, how old is he!"

"For a genius, age cannot be used as a measure."

The two men who had met Li Zheng at the entrance of the venue looked at each other and swallowed, "Pharaoh, do you know Li Zheng?"

"Now I know..." The old Wang stared blankly at the generous young man on the stage. While his complexion turned red, he exclaimed that besides reincarnation, there is another kind of person who can rely on himself at such a young age. Get the respect of everyone.

Li Zheng took the microphone, and everyone in the venue focused on the strange young man.

The corner of Li Zheng's lips twitched, "The purpose of the Huaqing Award is to help China's scientific research. Now is an era of competition. Reform and opening up means that China will step onto the international track and race with all countries in the world. In the final analysis, competition between countries is a competition for comprehensive national strength."

"For the same iron mine, the daily output of the United States is ten times that of ours. Why? Because their equipment is more advanced than ours, and their technology is more advanced than ours. This is the liberation of productivity brought about by science! Science is the first productive force! I hope The establishment of the Huaqing Award can live up to its original aspirations and help China's scientific research! Contribute its strength to China's liberation of productivity."

Facing the CCTV camera, facing the eyes of countless people in the auditorium, Li Zheng did not have stage fright at all. He worked hard to convey the experience summed up in the stumbling and stumbling of the Chinese nation for the next 30 years to the ignorant Chinese. He said every word. It is very clear and powerful.

Sitting on the rostrum, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Central Committee placed his hand on the white ceramic cup and did not let go for a long time. He wanted to drink a sip of water, but before he had time to pick up the teacup, when he heard Li Zheng's words, the hand holding the teacup stopped in place.

Is this really just an eighteen-year-old young man? Is this really just a scholar? His understanding of the nature of international competition is like a truly experienced politician. Looking at this young face, he even saw the shadow of his old leader in him.

The Deputy Prime Minister took a deep look at Li Zheng and sipped the water in the cup.

When the news was broadcast, Li Zheng didn't cut a word of this part of the scenes. His scenes appeared in the news were even similar to the deputy prime minister. This is almost impossible in the political culture of China.

But it just happened. I heard that this was the meaning of that person. At the establishment ceremony of the Huaqing Prize, he decided that the funder could not cut a word. The national competition requires the participation of all Chinese people. They must understand and understand! That is the original words of that person.

"Now, I announce the winner of the first Huaqing Award."

"The winner of the Huaqing Prize in Physics and Chemistry, Professor Zhu Chengzhi. Professor Zhu Chengzhi's use of chemical methods to obtain new materials has enabled my country to successfully break the monopoly of synthetic steel materials in developed countries and save a lot of capital for my country’s industrial development. Material export has gained a lot of foreign exchange. Congratulations to Professor Zhu Chengzhi."

"Old Zhu, congratulations, two million!" Someone smiled and said to the old man who thought his temples were gray.

"Huaqing Award Biomedicine Winner, Professor Meng Jiayin. Professor Meng is an authoritative figure in the field of biomedicine in my country. He has dedicated his life to the field of biological research in China and established the biological science of China together with the older generation of biologists. The academic system laid a good foundation for the growth of biomedical scholars. Professor Meng deserves the Huaqing Award."

Regarding the winners of the biomedical awards, the panel members had a dispute. As everyone knows, the Nobel Prize winner cannot be a deceased person. Many international and domestic awards have continued this rule by default. At the beginning of the selection, no one took Meng Lao into consideration.

However, compared with the physics and chemistry supported by the state, the presence of biomedicine in the domestic scientific research community is too weak, and almost no results can be obtained. Even if Li Zheng knew the true value of artemisinin from Ms. Tu in the 1970s, he was not a judge and had no right to interfere in the selection process. The scientific research community in the 1980s did not realize the value of this research.

So someone proposed Meng Jiayin. After all, this award is called the Huaqing Award. Which award in the world can be said to be absolutely fair, so everyone discussed that the research results within 12 months of the scholar's death can be included in the award selection.

As Li Zheng said, Meng Jiayin deserves the Huaqing Award.

Different from the noise when the Physics Prize was announced, when Li Zheng uttered the three words Meng Jiayin, the venue was quiet for a moment, and the scholars in the front row could not help but show sadness. Founder, everyone always maintains a respect.

"The winner of the Huaqing Scholarship Award, Yuan Zhengying."

As soon as Yuan Zhengying uttered the three words, the writers and literati in the venue suddenly became noisy.

"Yuan Zhengying? Who is Yuan Zhengying? What works does he have?"

"I don't know, Lao Yang, have you heard of it?"

"Yuan Zhengying? Isn't it the Yuan Zhengying? The news writer."

"News? How can news writers get writers? Isn't that a joke!"

"Yes! News and literature and art, the difference is not a little bit, how did those judges choose!"

There was an uproar in the venue. Fortunately, when the deputy prime minister started to announce the awards, he left because of something to happen, otherwise the scene would be ugly.

The person in charge of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the rostrum has nothing to do with him. Anyway, he doesn't know anything about news or literature and art. Just be a smiling clay sculpture. He only thinks about one thing now.

What about the physics award? Chemistry and biology are all awarded, so why put the physics award at the end? Why should the writer rank in front of physics? When this meeting is over, he must respond to the organizing committee.

The person in charge of the education department is not very good. In their opinion, the Huaqing Award is an award set up by Huaqing University. It is no different from the direct award set by their education department. On this solemn occasion , What are these people making! If there is anything that cannot be set up, the ceremony is over and talk about it.

Contrary to the head of the education department, the face of the leaders of the propaganda department and the journalists present is more complicated. Yuan Zhengying, they certainly know this name, the first pen in China.

He has been fighting with his pen all his life, exposing a lot of social injustices with his pen, and when the reform and opening up situation is not clear, Yuan Zhengying also used his personal influence to appeal, which was rare among journalists at that time. People who dare to express their meaning correctly. He has always believed that enlightening the people is the eternal mission of journalists.

Journalism belongs to the liberal arts in the university, and no one will disagree. But in social reality, the literary world and the press are like two parallel lines that do not intersect.

China has admired literature since ancient times, and Li Bai and Du Fu, whom the Chinese admire, are representatives of literati. The number of various literary awards is almost the same as all awards in scientific research combined.

But no writer has ever awarded it to a journalist. It seems that all writers acquiesced in excluding news writers from the system. Journalists want to win? Okay, you can run a news award yourself, everyone thinks so.

And today, the first Huaqing Prize for Literature was actually awarded to Yuan Zhengying? A journalist? This caused all the literati in an uproar.

"It's not fair!"

"What is this literary award."

The voices in the audience came and went one after another.

Li Zheng didn't mean to argue with them, but just continued: "Now, I invite all the winners to come to the stage. The President of Huaqing University, Mr. Zhao Depei, and the Minister of Education, Mr. Liang Chaohua, will present the awards to you."

Is this the award?

The head of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the academics in the front row are not calm.

"Wait, wait a minute!"

"What about the Physics Prize? The Physics Prize has not been awarded yet!"