Chapter 278 I, Lu Zhou, Don't Like Money

After listening to Lu Zhou's words, Lu Kaimin pondered for a while.

After a moment, he said.

"Thank you for your valuable advice, we will seriously consider it."

Lu Zhou nodded and didn't continue talking.

He doesn't need to rely on gimmicks to get funding, so he speaks more directly.

Out of responsibility, he put forward his opinion, as to whether to refer to it or not, that is not his business.

Moreover, it is certainly impossible for Mr. Lu to only listen to his one-sided words, but also to synthesize the experience of many experts. When it comes to specific production, performance, safety and other issues, engineers in the battery field have more say.

A group of people continued to eat, and the rest basically chatted about life and family affairs.

Apart from being frantically tested by Mr. Lu and Dean Li in the tone of the elders making fun of the younger generation, "Is there a partner" and "Domestic or foreign", they didn't talk about any serious topics.

After chatting with Mr. Lu, Lu Zhou suddenly found that he was still a little hard to calm down, but he seemed to have adjusted it unconsciously.

It's not that learning has created a sense of mission.

Instead, he suddenly discovered that, at some point in time, it was not only scholars in the academic circle who listened attentively to his reports, but his opinions also went beyond the academic circle.

The rise and fall of a company, the development strategy of a country, and even the future of the world are all subtly influenced by his thesis.

No dissertation is even required.

It is no exaggeration to say that he only needs to move his fingers and shout "Lithium-air battery is good" on his scarf, and a batch of scientific research funds will pour into this direction immediately tomorrow, and the stock price of PPT companies with related concepts is uncertain. It can still increase a lot...Of course, if you do this, you will definitely be scolded by those who really understand.

For the whole world, what he did may be just a little bit of work, but the changes brought about can be seen with the naked eye.

In contrast, the shock brought by the 400 million things seems not so exciting...

emmm...

All right.

Even if there is, only a little bit.

...

The next day, the MRS meeting continued, and Lu Zhou paid attention to many interesting reports.

This is a good opportunity to get in touch with the frontiers of research, and anyone who intends to make a difference in this field should not miss this opportunity.

And it’s not just about exchanging academic issues.

At the meeting, he also met many interesting people, especially a legendary man whose life was full of legends.

This person is the legendary David Shaw (D.E. Shaw) - when it comes to computational chemistry, it is hard not to mention this name.

He became a professor at Columbia University when he was less than 30 years old, and as a top expert in the study of ultra-large-scale parallel computing, he is already well-known in the academic circle.

However, Columbia University is located in New York, and there are business elites everywhere, tens of millions of dollars a minute, living a life of luxury, luxury, and beautiful cars...

If a normal man stays in such an environment, his mentality will change.

David Shaw is no exception. After several years of sitting on the bench of a professor, he finally couldn't sit still and entered the big dye tank of Wall Street.

Everyone believed that he might end up like those professors who couldn't stand their loneliness, drowning silently in this big dye vat.

However, the final result surprised everyone. In less than ten years, his name became a legend on Wall Street.

Through the self-created large-scale parallel computing high-frequency trading model, David has sheared 4.1 billion US dollars of wool in the capital market and entered the top 500 of the global wealth list.

Obviously, at this time, he has already got everything he wanted but couldn't get at the beginning.

If that's the case, his legend will at best remain on Wall Street and become one of the chicken soups for incentive fund men.

However, just when he had reached the pinnacle of his life, he suddenly had an epiphany.

Yes, this guy suddenly discovered that this kind of life is not what he really wants!

And his epiphany is not just talking like a certain mountain village teacher.

At the peak of his life, this talented man suddenly turned his back on his carbine, took off his suit, and returned to the academic world.

For him who is not short of money, he no longer needs to kneel down and lick officials of NIH and NSF to ask for a little money. Where there is a lack of money, he will spend it there, and he doesn't care about business outside of academia prospect.

Computational chemistry can't get supercomputer?

Rent one? buy one?

No, he built one himself!

Then, the "Star Destroyer" in the field of molecular dynamics, the famous supercomputer Anton was born.

To be honest, novels dare not write like this.

"...you are a genius who studies mathematics, and I am a genius who studies large-scale parallel computing. We can join forces to build a new framework for the entire computational chemistry. Think about it, 100 years later, when people talk about computational chemistry , you will think of our names, and we will become the founders of this discipline!"

At the official party held by MRS, David, who was sitting opposite, talked with Lu Zhou.

Although most people who call themselves geniuses will be regarded as a manifestation of narcissism, but perhaps because of the long stay in Wall Street, when this man said this, it was as natural as breathing, It didn't make people feel inconsistent.

Regarding the blueprint he drew, Lu Zhou joked with a smile: "After 100 years, a group of boys will complain to the textbook, saying what the hell is this guy writing?"

"That's right, that's the feeling," David snapped his fingers and said with a laugh, "How about it, are you interested?"

"I'm really interested," Lu Zhou said with a smile, "If you have more specific ideas, you can come to Princeton to find me."

"No problem," David grinned, "If you discover any interesting mathematical models that require supercomputing when doing polymer experiments, you can also come to New York to find me."

Hearing the supercomputing, Lu Zhou's heart moved slightly, and he said, "Actually, I have always been interested in supercomputing, and even planned to buy one myself."

"This is a good idea, but the money spent on that thing is not a small amount," David continued, thinking of something suddenly, "By the way, have you signed the patent licensing agreement reached with Umicore?"

Lu Zhou: "I signed the letter of intent, what's wrong?"

With such an expression on his face, David poured himself a glass of red wine and said slowly, "If I were you, I should think about taxes at this time."

Lu Zhou frowned slightly: "Do you still need to pay taxes?"

David said in a positive tone: "Of course, as long as this money enters the United States, it will definitely not escape the eyes of the tax bureau, or the nose... To be honest, their noses are smarter than dogs. And you are now a professor at Princeton, I guess you must have changed your visa type."

Lu Zhou nodded seriously.

Indeed, his annual salary as a professor of mathematics is taxed. It's just that the 400,000 that Princeton gave him was an annual salary after tax, so he never paid attention to this aspect.

Lu Zhou asked: "Is there a way to avoid it?"

David smiled confidently.

"It's very easy, you can find a small island to open an account directly. Of course, my suggestion is that you can directly set up a patent management company in the Cayman Islands, and spend a little interest in the bank account to hire a few accountants. Microsoft and IBM That's how you deal with revenue from intellectual property, and there are a lot of firms on Wall Street that handle those types of cases."

"As long as the flow of funds occurs in accounts between offshore companies, the money has never entered the United States, nor has it actually operated here, and the federal tax bureau will not be able to control you."