Chapter 1186: Forward

"Old Su, if you persevere, you will start well and end well, won't you?" Yang Rui had a cordial conversation with Su Xiankai at the conference table.

The look in Su Xiankai's eyes was like that of a weak homeboy who was asked to run another 10,000 meters after running 1,000 meters. It was a natural but exhausted expression.

Yang Rui patted Su Xiankai on the shoulder, and said: "Old Su, your current job is the cornerstone of our project, you have to persevere. If you travel a hundred miles and a half to ninety, you will arrive there with hard work."

Su Xiankai said weakly: "Director, my director, if we increase the production by ten times, does that mean we can travel a hundred miles and a half ninety? It means we haven't even traveled ten miles yet."

"How can you make such a comparison when doing experiments? The key to producing rhodopsin protein is that you have found the correct production method, right?" Yang Rui was doing work for Su Xiankai in a soft voice.

When he was a tutor and opened a cram school, he had already done countless times of consolation work.

Su Xiankai was under tremendous pressure, he kept shaking his head, and said, "I just found a production method, and finally increased the output, and you put forward new requirements."

"Old Su." Yang Rui said solemnly: "It's not that I have high requirements, it's that our competitors are too strong. You, if our production of basic materials is exactly the same as that of foreign laboratories, we can win. ?"

Su Xiankai moved his lips twice, and shook his head slowly: "I know we have to find our own advantages, the problem is that the current output is really at the limit, maybe I can think of a way, and I can increase it by about two times." , I can’t do it ten times, which is equivalent to twice the traditional method.”

The daily output of bovine rhodopsin protein produced in the traditional way is enough to do three to five groups of experiments, which is twice as much, and it is possible to do thirty or fifty groups of experiments. However, considering the progress of the experiment After speeding up, the experimental line of the project will become longer, and thirty or fifty sets of experiments are simply not enough.

Of course, if there were materials for three or five hundred experiments, it would not only be enough, but more than enough.

No matter how long the experimental line of the project is, as long as there is such a large amount of supply every day, the other groups will not be interrupted.

The most important thing is that Yang Rui can use many ways to try.

Experiments are experiments, and the more you try, the easier it is to get the correct results.

In fact, the Chinese academic circle has always had a habit, or a fanciful model, that is, to complete most of the experimental preparatory work through quantitative theoretical calculations, that is, to use trial calculations instead of experiments, and then to use experiments to verify The result of the trial calculation, if it is successful, it will be successful, and if it is not successful, it will be recalculated.

Such a fantasy mode is very beautiful to think of, but in fact it rarely works.

Several large scientific research projects after the founding of the Republic, whether it is two bombs and one satellite, or artificially synthesized bovine insulin, or multiple engineering and industrial projects, only counting the cost of materials, they are not much cheaper than foreign scientific research institutions. The argument that it is better to buy than to make will not reappear.

In fact, foreign laboratories also do trial calculations, and because their scholars are more experienced and have received better systematic education, their calculations are even better—the sadder fact is that no matter how good the trial calculations are, When doing experiments, what should be wrong is still wrong, and what should be repeated is still to be repeated. Therefore, the cost of materials is always indispensable.

As for labor costs, domestic scholars will lose even more.

Before the 1990s, any high-end project in China would have more than 10,000 scientific researchers. With such a scale, even if everyone’s salary is hundreds of times lower than that of foreign countries, the labor cost is only higher than that of foreign countries. Not low.

Yang Rui is a researcher who is used to the model of the 2nd century. If he is asked to do theoretical calculations, he will not be able to play, nor will the Ion Channel Laboratory of Peking University. To do effective theoretical research, you need more people first, because the world is so complex, and if you want to replace experiments with numbers, you naturally need more investment in numbers.

However, it is impossible for the Ion Channel Laboratory of Peking University to recruit a large number of "theoretical biologists" in a short period of time, if there is such a thing.

In the end, laboratories that lag behind in investment in intelligence and experience can only make up for it in material investment.

Of course, pure material investment is ineffective, and it is impossible for Yang Rui and his ion channel laboratory to compete with top foreign laboratories.

Yang Rui sat opposite Su Xiankai, and said: "It is definitely not possible to produce bovine rhodopsin protein in the traditional way. Didn't you modify it? The effect is very good now. As long as you continue to modify it, you can double the production capacity. It can't be done, can it?"

Su Xiankai glanced sideways at Yang Rui, and said, "Director, if it wasn't yours, I would have thought it was a layman's request, hahahaha..."

"Don't haha, this is an order." Yang Rui's face tensed up, and his aura suddenly came out, and he said, "Old Su, when you came to me the other day to be a G protein-coupled receptor, what did you do?" of?"

"that……"

"It's not your style to push and block."

"I..." Su Xiankai was tongue-tied and said for a long time, "It's not that I want to push back, it's really too difficult."

Yang Rui "hummed" twice, and asked, "Which part of the G protein-coupled receptor is the most difficult?"

Su Xiankai was speechless.

"Old Su, increase the production capacity of bovine rhodopsin protein by ten times to double the original production capacity. This is my minimum requirement. If you can complete it, our g-protein coupled receptor group can continue to do it. If you can't finish it, there is no need for our G protein-coupled receptor group to continue to exist." Yang Rui didn't

There is deliberate seriousness, or scaremongering or something.

The core problem of scientific research competition is the problem that the winner wins alone. The laboratory that cannot win has no reward or very little reward. For the goal of g-protein coupled receptor, Yang Rui must confirm the experimental results. The room can reach a certain position.

Otherwise, there is nothing like a game that you know you are going to lose.

Su Xiankai's face turned red, then turned pale, and said, "I understand, but I really have no clue..."

"I believe in you." Yang Rui replied solemnly.

He really believed in Su Xiankai.

In the past, the project that made Su Xiankai famous and became a big cow was a similar project. He was able to win many honors at a young age as a local college because he participated in many national projects and took on a lot of surprises. production tasks.

As far as bovine rhodopsin protein is concerned, Yang Rui has actually produced relatively good instruments and provided correspondingly good technology. If it is to be improved, it is really up to Su Xiankai to figure out the details.

I can't look at the details. In scientific research and production, because everything is brand new, most projects come and go rough.

And digging out the details can get a considerable margin.

Ten times and hundreds of times is exaggerated in industrial production, but it is still possible in scientific research activities.

Of course, it's not easy, but like Yang Rui's, when they enter this meat-grinding battlefield, nothing is easy.

Gu Qiang and Fan Zhenlong in the next group felt a little embarrassed listening to their conversation.

Fan Zhenlong coughed and said, "Director Yang, in fact, we can save some materials by simplifying the steps."

"I don't want you to save money." Yang Rui stared back and said, "I want the result, you know? The result!"

"It is... the result." Fan Zhenlong answered in a nonchalant manner.

Yang Rui looked at his watch and said, "You have to use up all the bovine rhodopsin protein today before you leave. All experiments are properly recorded and archived. It will be the same in the future."

Fan Zhenlong nodded stupidly, and suddenly came to his senses, used up all of them? What if Su Xiankai really doubled the production of bovine rhodopsin protein tenfold?

Gu Qiang also became nervous, and hurriedly said: "Director Yang, you have to consider the dosage for the next day..."

"Don't think about it. The supply department of bovine rhodopsin protein is Su Xiankai's fault. You can't use it all up. It's your problem." Yang Rui looked at a few people and said, "This is not a joke. Get your spirits up. Whether there is a breakthrough is up to you.”

Gu Qiang and Fan Zhenlong were stunned.

Su Xiankai suddenly wanted to laugh inexplicably, and in an instant, there was a huge motivation——

I'm exhausted you wasteful spirits.

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