Chapter 1343: Battlefield

"Hello, is the Association for the Advancement of Bioengineering here?" The sound of slapping the table brought Mei Yingshao back to her senses.

Mei Yingshao hurriedly said, "It's here, which unit are you an expert in?"

This is their idiomatic expression. Although the people who come here are usually not experts, they still have to say something.

Most of the time, the answer he gets is a humble "hehe, not an expert" or something like that.

Today's situation is quite different. The man standing on the other side of the front desk just raised his eyelids and said, "Beihang University, Ge Xingbang, academic committee member."

"Oh... oh, okay." The corners of Mei Yingshao's mouth, which he thought would be calm, twitched again.

For outsiders, the so-called academician or academic committee member may be a very powerful title, and the so-called social influence is relatively large.

However, for insiders, academicians are too powerful and rare.

In terms of quantity, the number of academicians in China is even smaller than that of giant pandas. If the aliens take any action to clear them, as long as all the academicians of the two academies are killed, the growth rate of China's scientific research will drop back to a negative value in an instant. If academicians of the two academies are elected again and then eliminated, almost 30% of a country's scientific research level will be abolished.

For an academic organization like the Association for the Advancement of Bioengineering, they can neither do bioengineering nor promote it, so the word "will" is more accurate.

Mei Yingshao and the periodical agency behind him, etc., advertised through the Association for the Promotion of Bioengineering. Inviting scholars from various schools to participate in the conference, giving a little honorary title, so as to obtain orders from some schools and research institutions, and to expand a little popularity, is basically their entire goal.

For the scholars who came to participate in the conference, they are also very satisfied. It is very beautiful to take home the honor of the capital. In some places, it can also be regarded as a provincial and ministerial honor standard. Two levels of salary. As for the expenses of going to and from the capital, etc., as long as the other party learns to send an official letter, they can ask the unit for reimbursement here, which is not a big deal.

In the capital city in the late 1980s, the derived meeting economy was no joke. The boom in the hotel industry exploded along with this wave of meetings.

However, no matter how many meetings Mei Yingshao organized, she never invited any members of the academic department.

There are a total of a hundred members of the academic department who can still walk in the capital. If you talk about biology alone, you can count them all.

"Committee Ge, let me carry your luggage for you." Mei Yingshao walked around the front desk, eagerly asking for help.

"Well, I'm sorry to trouble you." Although Ge Xingbang brought students with him, he didn't refuse, but asked: "There must be a lot of people attending this meeting."

"It's a lot."

"Anyone is here."

"Well, there are professors from the University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, professors from the University of Chemical Engineering, from the University of Industry, from the University of Agriculture, from the University of Forestry..." Mei Yingshao counted by herself, suddenly feeling guilty. Can our city-level society really invite such talented people?

His city level is the real city level. Although the municipality is at the provincial and ministerial level, how could Mei Yingshao and the others get the approval of the city? In the end, it was tantamount to going through the procedures in the district and claiming a city level to confuse the public.

However, no matter whether it is at the city level or the municipal level, it is useless to face so many experts.

Mei Yingshao was carrying Ge Xingbang's suitcase, and she was not so confident when walking.

Ge Xingbang nodded slightly, and said, "Most of them are from the school."

"Yes."

"Where's the research institute? How many are here?"

"There are seven or eight." Mei Yingshao gave an approximate number.

Ge Xingbang let out an "oh" and fell into deep thought.

"Here we are, we have arranged for you to go to the second floor. The first floor is a bit cloudy, and living there is not as comfortable as the second floor. This is a house in Quannan, and it will be warmer when you open the curtains..." Mei Yingshao carefully introduced . According to their previous procedures, the scholars who came to participate in the society either found a hotel or hostel to live in, or paid for the society to live, including the meal fee.

The Association for the Promotion of Bioengineering jointly organized by several publishing houses was originally a template for empty-handed white wolves. Today's journals are doing this, and domestic scholars are basically used to it.

However, the society actually still has a little money, which is used to pay for important guests.

From Mei Yingshao's point of view, the members of the academic department are obviously worthy of the title of important guests, so he didn't mention the accommodation fee.

Ge Xingbang nodded noncommittally, and said, "I have a heart."

"You're being polite." Mei Yingshao paused, and finally couldn't hold back her curiosity, and asked, "Committee Ge, why are you all here to participate in our activities today?"

"You don't know?" Hearing what he said, Ge Xingbang realized what was going on, and couldn't help being a little funny.

Mei Yingshao shook her head: "I haven't received any news."

"Hehe, when you receive Yang Rui, just ask him."

"Huh? Yang Rui from Peking University?" Mei Yingshao was an insider, and hearing Yang Rui's name made her ears feel numb.

Ge Xingbang nodded and entered the room.

His student smiled at Mei Yingshao and closed the door.

Mei Yingshao was still a little dazed in the corridor, why did this matter get involved with Yang Rui again?

"Oh, so there are still people coming." Mei Yingshao slapped her forehead, suddenly realizing this surprising and gratifying question.

He hurriedly called back to the agency to inform the situation that there were many bigwigs attending the meeting, which would be a real boost to the Association for the Promotion of Bioengineering. , all need the leaders in the society to solve them.

Half an hour later, the manager of Ecology and Environment ran over.

Mei Yingshao greeted her happily, and said with a smile, "Manager Tang, I was thinking just now, should we make an advertisement or something, and find a way to notify some media to publicize..."

"What's there to advertise on the battlefield." Manager Tang's face was stern, as if he had been frozen.

"What battlefield?" Mei Yingshao was stunned.

"Just be careful with the serving." Manager Tang said, "Thank God if you don't bleed a lot this time, don't expect to gain anything."

"Why?" Mei Yingshao was an editor, so her curiosity never faded away.

Manager Tang relied on him to keep track of the meeting situation. Seeing that Mei Yingshao was so persistent, he had to pause and said, "The 863 Committee is going to decide the funding for next year in advance. In addition, the funding for the Ministry of Health and the Chinese Academy of Sciences is also planned to be decided in the next few days gone."

"Only a few days?" Mei Yingshao knew that the annual funding war would last for less than a few weeks, and there would be no end in sight. If the preview and aftermath were counted, it could last for a year. Then the next year the war resumed.

Scholars compete for funding, like a war between warlords, and it never stops.

For most scholars, funding is almost equivalent to a lifetime pursuit.

Besides funding, what else are you pursuing? Academic Achievements? That's just the added value of the money.

There are too many scholars who struggle for funding all their lives.

How difficult it is for them to use a few days to decide on a year's funding.

"So, we have learned to become a battlefield, so you should be careful." Manager Tang reminded again.

"Why us?"

"Because the time is right." Manager Tang said coldly: "As far as I know, there are at least 30 scholars who gave up going abroad for inspections and meetings and came here, and there are also people who came back from abroad, you should pay attention Come on, don't offend anyone, don't neglect people."

"This... is a disaster without reason." Mei Yingshao threw away the last bit of hope, and said angrily, "If I see this unlucky..."

"Hello, is this the Beijing x-on:Beijing Biological Engineering Promotion Association?" A clear question attracted everyone's attention.

The visitor smiled warmly, making people feel forgetful at first sight, and said, "I am Yang Rui from Peking University. Are you signing in here?"

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