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Chapter 291 Nanyang’s first Nobel Prize (Third update, please subscribe)

On the night of Japan's surrender, Li Nian signed an order to develop an atomic bomb. Soon the report submitted by Gustav to establish the "Second Institute of Physics" was approved, and the plan was codenamed "Prometheus".

How long will it take for this plan to bring the "fire" that symbolizes ultimate power to the world?

It's all just unknown.

Ten years is just an ideal number, but Li Yian is patient and also has time.

If 10 years doesn't work, then 15 years, or even longer. No one can be sure about this kind of thing. Especially for Borneo, which has a weak foundation, researching atomic bomb pairs requires a lot of time and money.

To some extent, scientific research is the real money burner. Americans spent $20 billion on the Manhattan Project. The United Kingdom spent 1 million pounds, or more than 4 million U.S. dollars, on developing the atomic bomb.

Compared to time, money is undoubtedly more critical!

Well…it’s still affordable!

Just as Borneo quietly started developing atomic weapons, good news came from the Department of Biology of Nanyang University.

"Sir, this is streptomycin. Through laboratory tests, we found that it binds to the ribonucleoprotein protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells and interferes with the protein synthesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, thereby killing or inhibiting the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. With it, we may be able to defeat tuberculosis!"

Albert Schatz sounded a little excited. After leaving Professor Waksman's laboratory, he first worked in a laboratory provided by a New York company, and then came to Borneo to become a professor at Nanyang University.

As a young scholar, God knows how inferior he was when facing those big names from Germany. But now that the successful development of streptomycin is enough for him to prove to everyone that he is worthy of the current teaching position.

Is this streptomycin?

Looking at the powder in the small glass bottle in his hand, although he was a little curious, Li Yian still stood up and expressed his congratulations.

"Congratulations, Mr. Schatz."

"Thank you, sir. Without your support, I can't imagine how long it would have taken to complete the research."

When facing Li Yi'an, the great talent, Schatz's tone and expression were very humble, and his heart was still as grateful as before.

"Albert, now we can start studying its production process. After all, tuberculosis patients all over the world are waiting for it, don't you think?"

The reason why Li Yian mentioned the tuberculosis patient was because the guy in front of him was an idealist. Before his invention was stolen by his mentor in history, as an inventor, he opposed applying for a patent for this kind of drug that was beneficial to humans. At Waksman's insistence, the two jointly filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent Office and agreed that if the patent was granted, it would be sold to the university for one dollar, which meant that he would not gain any financial benefit from the invention. income.

But actually?

His mentor, Waxman, not only made millions of dollars in wealth from his patent on streptomycin, he even won the Nobel Prize. As for the real inventor, the poor child in front of him, he was even reduced to an assistant like the auxiliary personnel who clean the test tubes.

"Yes, yes, sir, there are many tuberculosis patients in the world waiting for treatment. We must solve the process problems of large-scale production and purification as soon as possible."

Now Albert has not mentioned any patents at all. After all, he was conducting research with the funding of the company. He had already signed the agreement at that time, and the patents naturally belonged to the company.

The patent may belong to the company, but the honor will definitely belong to him and will not be stolen from him like his mentor did.

After Albert left, Li Yian held the glass bottle in his hand and said to himself.

"Okay! Nanyang University's first Nobel Prize has appeared!"

Even though there are several Nobel Prize winners in Nanyang University now, they all won the Nobel Prize while in Germany, and now with Albert's invention, Nanyang University will have a Nobel Prize winner of its own.

Streptomycin discovered!

Nobel Prize!

For a newly established university, this will undoubtedly enhance Nanyang University's reputation around the world and eventually become an academic center in Asia.

"The academic center of the future!"

While feeling emotional, Li Yian couldn't help but look forward to transistors again. To what extent has Walter Bratton's research reached now?

"It's a pity that guy doesn't want to come to Borneo, otherwise he would have won two Nobel Prizes!"

For a newly established university, being able to win two Nobel Prizes in a short period of time will undoubtedly give the school an unprecedented reputation. However, the strong will is not sweet. Walter Bratton was unwilling to come, and he did not Method.

In fact, if he had a choice, Li Yian would even want to replace him. "Pity……"

Although it feels very pity, when I think about the universities planned for the future, I think that those universities still need a large number of professors. Li Yian picked up the phone and said.

"Secretary Xu, come here."

Soon Xu Wenzhi, chief of the secretarial department, walked into the office.

After he entered the office, Li Yian said without raising his head.

"Draft a telegram to the German side, asking them to increase talent recruitment efforts and pay attention to giving priority to physics experts."

Although the list provided by Berlin included tens of thousands of people, only more than 3,000 people were actually recruited. The others were either plundered by the allies or unwilling to come to Borneo.

But there are still many talents outside the list. After all, Germany was the world's science center before the war!

In addition to those on the list, there are many talents that are needed for the construction of Borneo.

After all, with the dropping of the atomic bomb, Japan's surrender happened in the past few days. At most, it would be a matter of another atomic bomb.

With Japan's surrender, not only will all ports along the coast be reopened, but landing ships transformed into immigrant ships can even sail into the Yangtze River to absorb as many immigrants as possible from both sides of the river. By then the rate of immigration from Borneo will be extremely alarming.

The influx of a large number of immigrants will not only fundamentally change the local population composition, but also completely reverse the situation of labor shortage here. By then, the construction speed in Borneo will be greatly accelerated, and it is time to fully roll out the project. This definitely requires talents in all aspects, and Germany!

It is the largest treasure trove of talent!

This talent pool must be fully utilized.

Xu Wenzhi asked,

"Any other instructions?"

"Well, let them not stick to the types of talents that are in short supply. Next, the construction of Borneo will be fully rolled out. We will need at least tens of thousands of engineers. By the way, we also need a large number of German translators. We can think of a way in Tangshan. Before the war, Tangshan sent many international students to Germany. In addition to private international students, if we also count the employees of German-run missionary schools and German-funded foreign companies, there are still many domestic talents who can serve as German translators, especially those who Almost all employees of German-owned foreign companies are unemployed, so we can hire them directly.”

Experts are important, but translation is also very important. Maybe in universities, classes can be taught in English, but on factory sites and in workshops, German translation is indispensable. After all, many times they need to deal directly with workers, and even have to work hand-in-hand. To teach workers how to operate, in this case, a German translator is indispensable.

Thank God, German products have been selling well all over the world in the past few decades. There used to be hundreds of German foreign companies in China, and all the employees of those foreign companies can speak German. After all, this is the only prerequisite for entering a foreign company to know German, but now... Without exception, they are all unemployed.

It just happens to be a job for them, and I believe those who have been unemployed for a long time will definitely not refuse it.

Xu Wenzhi nodded and said.

"Okay, Chief Li, I will draft a telegram and send it to Manager Zhu and General Zhao."

When Xu Wenzhi was about to go out, Li Yian said again.

"By the way, let Paul Conor from the Construction Planning Office come over."

After Xu Wenzhi left the office, Li Yian took out a draft of the Borneo construction plan from the drawer on the side. Although the book was hundreds of pages thick, in fact it was just an outline of the draft, which just listed the projects and projects that needed to be built. Just a brief introduction, he said to himself.

“It’s time to go all-in on Borneo!”

After a year of preparation, the time should be ripe now!

Pressing this outline with his hand, Li Yian's eyes were filled with only expectations for the future...

(End of this chapter)