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Chapter 433 Huge R&D Fund
Lin Rui's thoughts raced, and he thought of the Materials Research Branch established under the Starry Sky Research Institute.

In the future, this newly established Materials Research Institute will specialize in research on basic science and materials.

It not only includes some popular practical materials, such as carbon fiber, aerogel, special plastic, memory alloy, biomaterial, light alloy...etc.

It also includes future-oriented materials that have not yet matured yet but have great potential.

Like graphene, nanomaterials, superconducting materials, liquid metals, [-]D printing materials...etc.

After research and discussion, the Materials Research Institute will set up eight R&D centers around the world in the future.

They are located in the Imperial Capital, Shanghai Metropolis, Xi'an, Jiangcheng, Silicon Valley, Germany, Japan, and Russia.

Recruit top scientific research talents in materials from all over the world.

Lin Rui considered for a while, and decided to allocate 7 million US dollars and 40 billion RMB in advance to support the establishment of the Materials Research Institute.

Next, according to the research results, increase investment.

In addition, the newly established Institute of Biological and Life Sciences is also a weak link in China.

These domestic pharmaceutical companies invest very little research and development funds every year.

During this period of time, Lin Rui read some materials in this area and got a simple understanding.

After consulting relevant experts again, a decision was finally made.

Next, the Institute of Biology and Life Sciences under the Xingkong Research Institute will set up eight R&D centers around the world.

They are the imperial capital, the magic capital, Jinling, Star City, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Singapore.

Mainly for biological science, gene technology, nanotechnology, life science...

These relatively popular directions with great potential for future development should be studied.

And, in the future, it will cooperate with more than a dozen top medical schools around the world for joint research and development.

In this regard, the initial investment is not small. Lin Rui decided to allocate 8 million US dollars in advance, plus 50 billion RMB, to support the establishment and research work of the School of Biology and Life Sciences.

In the future, if there are results, further additional investment will be made.

Next, is the Space Exploration Research Institute to be established in Lin Rui's plan.

Due to domestic policy reasons, although it belongs to the branch of Starry Sky Research Institute, its headquarters will be located in Europe.

Lin Rui will set up six research and development centers in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, and Russia through this research institute located in Europe.

In the future, this space exploration research institute located in Europe will mainly conduct space and aerospace research to realize Lin Rui's dream of "stars and oceans".

In the initial stage, Lin Rui will allocate US$15 billion to support the Institute of Space Exploration, recruit top space and aerospace talents around the world, and establish six R&D centers.

In the future, according to the progress of research and development, Lin Rui will further allocate funds to support research in this area.

It is also beneficial to locate the research institute headquarters and R&D center in Europe.

In terms of space and aerospace, apart from the United States, only China and Europe have top talents in this field.

Coupled with the relatively sensitive technology, Lin Rui is afraid that the United States will touch porcelain in the future, so naturally he will not set up a research and development center in the United States.

On the domestic front, leaving aside policy issues, top talents in aerospace and space are basically working within the system, and it is difficult to poach them.

Currently, Europe is the best option.

There are not many differences between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. In addition, Europe has invested less in aerospace and space in recent years, so there is a bit of talent in this field. Many talents can only go to the United States to find a way out.

In this case, it is not difficult to dig some top space and aerospace talents as long as the right price is offered and they can work in their own country.

With the experience and technology of these top talents, it is not necessary for the research institute to start from scratch and take detours.

Can stand on the shoulders of giants, follow the pace of the times, and directly carry out the research and development of the most advanced aerospace and space technology.

In the future, when domestic policies are opened up, several R&D centers will be established to absorb some top talents in this field.

The combination of East and West will surely create a world-class space exploration company.

The remaining newly established institution is the future exploration laboratory that Lin Rui has placed high hopes on.

Specialize in research and development of some advanced or conceptual technologies.

According to the plan, the newly established Future Exploration Laboratory will conduct research and development in five major areas, namely quantum computers, artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, virtual reality technology, and brain-computer interfaces.

In the future, the laboratory will mainly conduct R&D and exploration in these five directions, keeping up with the most cutting-edge fields in the world.

According to the company's layout, aiming at these five directions, the company will set up [-] R&D centers around the world in the future.

They are located in Imperial Capital, Shanghai Metropolis, Shenzhen City, Jiangcheng, Rongcheng, Xi'an, Jinling, Hangzhou, Silicon Valley, Japan, Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, Singapore, and South Korea.

Joint research and development work.

When the conditions are ripe, we will also cooperate with some top universities at home and abroad in the future to conduct joint research.

These five major directions seem to be very big, and the future prospects are bright.

However, it is still a conceptual thing at present, and there is no possibility of realizing it in a short time.

R&D investment is naturally not too high.

Even some of the world's top laboratories spend only tens of millions of dollars a year on a single project.

Lin Rui thought about it, and decided to allocate 5 million US dollars and 8 billion RMB in advance to test the waters for these five major directions.

Quantum computers and brain-computer interfaces are not fantasy in a short time.Weak artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, and virtual reality in the form of VR and AR still have some hope in the next 10 years.

In the future, according to the research results, the investment will be gradually increased.

If there is a breakthrough in a certain direction, it will definitely be a world-shaking technology.

The last project is the supercomputing center to be established.

After this period of evaluation, the company decided to set up a dedicated large-scale supercomputing center in Los Angeles and Europe, which will be used for the research work of the Starry Sky Research Institute's global R&D centers.

To this end, Lin Rui earmarked US$5 million and RMB 30 billion for the construction of two large supercomputing centers.

At this point, since the establishment of the Starry Sky Research Institute last month, the respective structures and funding amounts of these institutions and projects established have finally been finalized.

There are a total of five research institutes, one laboratory, and one major project.

They are New Energy Research Institute, Industrial Software and Internet of Things Research Institute, New Materials Research Institute, Biological and Life Science Research Institute, and Space Exploration Research Institute.

Future exploration laboratory, supercomputing project.

According to calculations, the total funding for the seven major projects that will be implemented next is 58 billion U.S. dollars, plus 260 billion yuan.

After this appropriation, the balance in the account of Xingkong Technology Group is more than 500 billion yuan and 57 billion US dollars.

Look, still rich and powerful.

However, it's not over yet. Now that the new project has money, the company's current old projects and major subsidiaries also need funding.

The first is Microchip. In September last year, Xingkong Technology Group issued 9 billion US dollars in corporate bonds. Lin Rui once allocated 55 billion US dollars to Microchip to support their investment in chip research and development.

At present, Microchip's major R&D centers around the world have been brought under the jurisdiction of Xingkong Research Institute, and less than half of the $10 billion has just been spent.

Lin Rui thought for a while, and allocated another 30 billion yuan as R&D reserve funds to support Microchip's work.

Moreover, based on Microchip's seven R&D centers around the world, under the Xingkong Research Institute, a chip research institute is established to study various types of chips such as mobile phones, automobiles, and industries. This aspect is still dominated by Microchip.

The Chip Research Institute will also become the sixth largest research institute under the Starry Sky Research Institute.

Next is Star Technology, which is mainly engaged in the research and development and sales of smartphones. It was established in October last year by Lin Rui with a funding of 10 billion.

Star Technology's five major R&D centers around the world have also been brought under the jurisdiction of the Star Research Institute.

Next, the New Energy Research Institute will assist Star Technology in the research and development of mobile phones in terms of batteries; the New Materials Research Institute in various basic technologies and materials; and the Industrial Software and Internet of Things Research Institute in various basic software and technologies. .

In addition, if the Future Exploration Laboratory develops any advanced technology, it can also be tested through the mobile phone of Star Technology.

After thinking about it for a while, Lin Rui decided to allocate another 5 million US dollars and 50 billion RMB to support the research and development and preparation of the mobile phone by Xingchen Technology.

Next is Blue Shield Security, a security company that has just been established for less than a year. With Lin Rui's financial support, it has now become a top domestic security company.

In terms of total assets, it has already ranked first in domestic security companies, and the only difference is some qualifications and industry experience.

In September, Lin Rui just allocated 9 million US dollars for Blue Shield Security, plus the company's revenue, now there is sufficient cash flow in the account.

However, in order to speed up the expansion of Blue Shield Security, Lin Rui thought about it and allocated another US$7 million for Blue Shield Security to support their expansion plan in Southeast Asia.

Especially in overseas and Africa, build several large training camps.

The rest is Huizhong Mall. In September last year, Lin Rui injected 9 billion US dollars into Huizhong Mall, plus the previous capital injection of more than 15 billion yuan, the total capital injection reached 60 billion US dollars.

If coupled with Huizhong Mall's sales of more than 80 billion last year, the company's current cash flow is very impressive.

However, Huizhong Mall also spends a lot of money. Not to mention the sharp increase in the number of employees, the logistics centers and storage centers built all over the country consume a lot of cash.

At present, in order to meet the future demand, there are still many logistics centers and storage centers under planning, which need to invest a lot of money in construction.

After thinking about it for a while, Lin Rui decided to inject another 120 billion yuan into Huizhong Mall through Xingkong Technology Group to support the mall's expansion plan.

After such an operation, the cash held by Xingkong Technology Group has once again dropped by a large margin.

At present, the total amount of the account is more than 320 billion RMB; the foreign exchange account is 45 billion US dollars.

There were nearly 800 billion RMB and more than 100 billion US dollars in the account, more than half of which went away in an instant.

While lamenting that I have big hands, I can only complain, and the money is getting more and more useless.

(End of this chapter)