584 Chapter 563

Lin Da

"Xiaocheng, will your biological evolution project continue?"

Although Cheng Yongxing does not participate in the daily review of projects, he is always required to go through super large projects.

"Continue? Why not continue?"

"Let's take a look, this is a plan submitted from various places."

"Can you still make a decision on such a small project?"

Although he said so, he still accepted the thick document.

The document is obviously divided into two parts, and some reported budgets ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.The other part is a ten million start.

"Gene!"

After watching for a while, Cheng Yongxing could see the way.

"Yes! This group of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, is here to cheat money. They don’t even know what strains they use to do experiments. Many research institutes can’t pay their salaries, and the money is taken away. Drifted."

Professor Li from the Department of Biology was invited to explain.

The main investment direction of the basic fund is physics and chemistry.This is the first biological project.Outsiders may not know its meaning, but after hearing about it, the hairs of the Department of Biology all stand up.

The changes in the Department of Semiconductors and Physics in the past year are well known.Especially in the Department of Physics, since the discovery of iron-based superconductivity, strange iron-based superconducting compounds have continued to emerge. International papers that were once difficult to reach the sky are now flying in the sky.

For this project, the Department of Biology is determined to win.

"It's not guaranteed even those tens of millions!

Xiaocheng, don't forget it.Species evolution is a hypothesis, is it worth the cost?"

Professor Zhang quit by the side.The superconducting laboratory that has produced countless results has less than ten million construction funds.The total amount of funds is so much. If you spend more over there, it will naturally be less here.

Is it forbidden to spend hundreds of millions of dollars?

Electronic Collider, try the last one!

Deep space radio telescope, try the last one!

"If the funds are paid in full, when will the experiment be completed?"

Realizing the problem, Cheng Yongxing needs to recalculate the cost-benefit ratio.

"It depends on luck. If you use the method of inducing gene mutation, time is completely uncontrollable. If you use the model of gene editing, 20 million will not be able to stop."

The budget of the Biology Department program is 20 million.

"Regardless of money, can it be completed before the end of 1995?"

The compositional evolution paper was published in 1996.

"It is possible, but there is danger. Genes are also new to us. We have to explore which genes play what role."

Although Professor Li really hoped to win this project, he still told the truth.

The meeting room quickly calmed down, and in the hopeful eyes, only the voice of young people quietly reading through the documents.

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"The project changes to the next mode, we will take two steps."

After some thinking, Cheng Yongxing decided to terminate this project.

When it was launched, one was to falsify the theory of evolution, adding some light to one's aura, and the other was to accelerate the development of technology.

The theory of constitutional evolution is not a very influential theory, and even if a paper is taken away, it is of little significance.Just do nothing, the paper will be released in 1996.When the time comes, go to the platform by yourself and beat the side drums, with the same effect.

"Which two steps?"

"The first step is for each participating project team to prove that they have the ability to edit and modify genes."

"How can you prove it? Each family doesn't even have the basic conditions."

"The applicant for this project is not the Institute of Biology, or the University of Agriculture. The method of self-certification is to make several plans for genetically modified seeds."

Cheng Yongxing held the application materials of Forestry University and Dongnong University in his hand.

"GMO seeds?"

Genetically modified seeds are a brand new term.The first application of genetic modification in agriculture appeared in 1996.

"Rewrite the project plan. Write it according to familiar fields. If you are familiar with corn, write corn, and if you are familiar with wheat, write wheat. Then we will choose a few more companies to support. After they prove themselves, we will move on to the next stage."

"Okay, but what shall we do?"

In terms of breeding, the biology department involves most Chinese herbal medicines.

"You can cooperate with the Provincial Agricultural University, and the two sides have complementary advantages. The project investment is so large that it is not realistic to win all of them. Other participants can also jointly bid."

The agricultural sector currently has no concept of genetic breeding.Genetic breeding was not accepted by China until the end of the century.It was applied to cotton for the first time.

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If it weren't for this kind of thing, Cheng Yongxing would have almost forgotten the big discussion about the safety of genetically modified food.

The well-known discussion involving countless celebrities was huge.Cheng Yongxing watched indifferently abroad and had a different experience.

The dispute over the safety of genetically modified food seems to be a dispute between science and superstition, but behind it is a dispute over interests.

There is no love without a reason, and no hatred without a reason.

No matter what you do, you need money.

Behind the anti-nuclear energy is the oil developer, and behind the Hong Kong anti-reclamation and the anti-development agricultural land environmental protection organization, the funder is the real estate developer.

The safety of genetically modified technology is of the same nature as whether or not to use pesticides and fertilizers.

The real reason for China's anti-gene food is to protect the domestic seed industry!

Including the hybrid rice that we are proud of, it is vulnerable to genetic modification (see the golden rice incident).Genetically modified soybeans appeared in the United States in 1997.Since then, China's soybean industry has suffered a complete failure.

Without the lithography machine, China is just pulled out and beaten twice from time to time. What will happen without the seed industry?

Therefore, when China's own genetically modified seeds come out, when will genetically modified foods be safe.

Now, genetically modified breeding is on the eve of an outbreak.What this industry needs is nothing more than capital.

It is not only drugs, but also biology that can compete with IT profits!

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"Do so many things just for a bacterial experiment?"

Professor Zhang did not understand the truth at all.

After some discussions, the funding for biological projects has not decreased, but has increased substantially. At this point, the investment amount has reached the 100 million mark.

"Of course. Lao Zhang, you are engaged in physics, studying the origin of the world from the particle level, and we are studying the origin of man from the biological level. We have reached the same goal by different paths!"

As long as this batch of genetic equipment is in place, the Department of Biology can even change shotguns and publish some papers. It should not be too simple.