Chapter 291 Don't Go, Boss!

"Let go."

"I won't let you go unless you promise not to leave!"

"..."

Lu Zhou looked at Professor Sarot holding his thigh with black lines all over his head, wondering if this guy is really a professor at Cornell University?

If it were him, he would definitely not be able to pull off this face...

Woolf froze there with a bewildered expression, and it took a while to recover, and hurried up to help his employer.

But he was still a step too slow, and Sarot let go by himself.

Because Lu Zhou agreed to him, gave him five minutes, and gave himself a reason to choose him.

Driven by the desire to survive, Professor Sarot didn't talk nonsense, and said immediately after sitting down on the sofa.

"For five million dollars, I will sell you my Sarot Research Institute. I believe that it is impossible to find a cheaper research institute in Silicon Valley. I don't want anything else. Any patents and research results are yours. Yes, as long as you keep me on the research team."

This is true. Selling the entire research institute for five million dollars is almost equivalent to selling the equipment in the research institute as scrap metal.

Even if you search the second-hand instrument market for the same equipment, it is impossible to find a cheaper one. Moreover, the performance of the instruments bought in the second-hand market is quite unreliable in all aspects, especially on cutting-edge equipment, a slight error may cause others to be unable to repeat your results.

When the price was quoted, Sarot's heart was also bleeding.

Even if the second-hand equipment is sold, as long as a suitable buyer is found, these instruments can be sold for seven to eight million dollars.

However, it's not about the money.

However, Lu Zhou obviously won't be so easily persuaded by him. After all, the scene when the two met for the first time was so shocking that he is still deeply impressed by the leather shoe that flew onto the podium.

"Then watch you use my name to bluff?"

Professor Sarot argued dissatisfiedly: "What is bluffing? Did I embezzle research funds to buy myself a car or pick up girls? No! All the money I spent on experiments! Everything I do is for science !If I didn't paint the layman with exaggerated grandeur, no one would pay for my research...”

Lu Zhou didn't take Sarot's sophistry seriously, but the offer of five million dollars was indeed far below his psychological price, making it difficult for him to refuse.

In fact, to be honest, to be a professor at Cornell University, Sarot must have the level.

In a place like Silicon Valley, a Ph.D. who can operate SEM electron microscopes to collect images can be hired with an annual salary of 100,000, but it takes a little effort to find a Maverick who can direct a group of Ph.D.s to conduct experiments and successfully complete the project.

After all, these people often have their own projects, and unless it is an undeniable condition, they are not willing to work for others.

In the field of materials science, even if Sarot is not a big bull, the Maverick is still called a bull. Although he likes to run the train with his mouth full, at least he has no obvious academic stains.

If you have to use the standards of a saint to ask him, it seems too much.

After weighing it in his heart, Lu Zhou decided to give him a chance.

As for whether he can grasp it, it is up to him.

After a pause, Lu Zhou said slowly, "I can give you a chance."

There was a happy expression on Sarot's face, and he was about to speak, but Lu Zhou rushed ahead of him and continued: "But I must tell you, there is only one chance, if you want to stay in my research team, I hope you are honest enough, especially if you don't try to fool me with those 'honest mistakes'."

Without hesitation, Sarot patted his chest and assured Lu Zhou: "In the name of God, I swear to you."

Lu Zhou said indifferently: "Unfortunately, I am an atheist, and I will bind you with a contract."

Sarot made a helpless expression and shrugged to show that he didn't care.

Lu Zhou looked at Wulf next to him and motioned him to take out the contract.

Wulf looked at Lu Zhou with some hesitation, as if asking with his eyes, "Is this suitable?"

But seeing his employer nodded, he didn't say anything, took out the contract from his briefcase, and quickly wrote the amount and other information in the blank space with a ballpoint pen.

Standing up from the sofa, Lu Zhou looked at Sarot and said, "I believe you have already read the contract. The only thing that changes is the amount. Of course, you can study it slowly. I will go around the research institute first. Turn, if you are interested, give me a call."

...

Sarot is shrewd.

He knows exactly what he needs and what is really important to a scholar.

The reason why big cows are big cows is not because of how talented they are, but because they can always get research funding, and someone will always pay for their research.

For the field of materials science, almost all achievements are made by money.

Without the support of research funding, an article of "Science" cannot be published. But failing to publish "Science" means that there is no result. Without results, no one will invest in him.

In a sense, the relationship between academia status and research funding is like the hen and the egg.

As long as he has the former, the latter is nothing to him at all.

It is also for this reason that when the last investor withdrew his capital, he gritted his teeth and borrowed a loan from the bank, and paid for the instruments in the research institute that were almost sold as rags because of the withdrawal. bought it.

It was for the same reason that he was willing to sell the research institute and himself to Lu Zhou at a loss of five million dollars.

It doesn't matter if the research team is gone, anyway, if you keep it in your hands, you can only watch it moldy.

It doesn't matter to him if the money is less, five million US dollars is enough to pay off the loan he owes to the bank.

Although this means that he will have nothing and have to start all over again, but he believes that his choice is correct.

Follow this boss to do a project, first of all, you don't have to worry about funding. Even if Lu Zhou's own money is not enough, there will be a lot of companies willing to pay for him to continue his research.

As long as he can produce results, as long as there is a place for him in the thesis, he is willing to continue working even if it costs him nothing.

And when the results come out, no one will care about his past, no one will care about how unsuccessful he was, he will become an authority in the field of battery materials at Cornell University, and his alma mater will be proud of his name...

His intuition told himself that this day would not be too long to wait, and the investment was definitely worth it!

It didn't make Lu Zhou wait too long. Sarot read the contract from beginning to end, and then signed his name at the end.

In addition to an assignment contract for the institute, there is an employment agreement and a non-disclosure agreement.

Lu Zhou hired him as the head of the research institute with an annual salary of 100,000 US dollars. As for salary increase or other benefits, it depends on his own follow-up performance.

After talking about the contract, the next thing is the research.

After letting Woolf go back first, Lu Zhou inserted the USB flash drive into his laptop and called up the molecular model he redrawn with Hyperchem software.

Looking at the spherical structure that appeared on the screen, Sarot's eyes showed interest.

"This is?"

Lu Zhou: "You don't need to know what this is. In fact, apart from using mathematical methods to calculate some interesting things, I am not very sure of its value. I need you to help me complete some experiments according to my requirements. , to verify some of my guesses in calculating the materials. If you do what I ask, I will have your name appear in the paper."

Said, Lu Zhou clicked the mouse.

The graphics on the screen began to change, and at the same time, he continued to explain.

"I can't provide you with more information. I can only tell you that this is a graph obtained by topological transformation of fullerene materials and carbon nanotube materials. It can be described in chemical language. Carbon nanospheres obtained by π-bond recombination of this material."

Sarot frowned slightly. After staring at the model for a while, he asked, "It sounds like a good topic, but how do we fuse the fullerene material with a carbon nanotube?"

In fact, what he wanted to ask most was, what's the use of making this thing, but the expression on Lu Zhou's face obviously didn't intend to explain it to him, so he kept this sentence in his heart.

Lu Zhou glanced at him like he was mentally retarded: "That's a good question. If I know how to synthesize this thing, what else do I need you to do?"

Sarot smiled sarcastically, and realized that he had asked nonsense.

Ignoring him, Lu Zhou continued: "In a few days, people from Xingkong Technology will come to contact you. As for the research, I will contact you by email. In addition, I will regularly check your research here every month. schedule."

"In addition, I will be at the University of California at Berkeley these days. If you have any questions, you can call or come to me. Do you have any questions?"

Sarot shook his head immediately: "No more."

Lu Zhou nodded.

Now that the contract is signed, and what needs to be explained is also clearly explained, there is no need to stay here any longer.

For the issue of research funding, Starry Sky Technology will contact Professor Sarot, and the experimental project will start next month at the latest.

After copying the data to the computer, Lu Zhou put away the USB flash drive and prepared to leave.

However, at this moment, Sarot suddenly thought of something and said.

"By the way, this research institute is yours now. Would it be inappropriate to continue using my name? I mean, should we change the name to Lu Zhou Research Institute?"