Top Student at Their Peak

Yu Yanjiang glanced at Tian Yanzhen, surprisingly saying: "You're meddling in this too? When did you get so close with Liu Zhao Yuan?"

After speaking, he quickly realized. Tian Yanzhen was trying to prevent his student from making an enemy...

Indeed, it was like that.

If Qiao Yu actually gets this platform up and running, the most affected would be the Computing Institute.

Undoubtedly, once it spreads out, many projects will be harder to take on. Even if they do get some, it's likely to revolve around Qiao Yu's platform...

Hmm... Spent sixty percent of the funding and ended up taking our own rice bowl, Yu Yanjiang felt that he might vomit blood too if he were in the same position.

Understanding this, Yu Yanjiang patted his chest and said: "Hey, why bother with this? Leave it to me, rest assured, when Liu Zhao Yuan hears about it, not only won't he blame us, but he'll also be grateful."

Tian Yanzhen remained unmoved and said: "Afraid it'll be gratitude towards you? While harboring deep resentment towards Yanbei University?"

Yu Yanjiang protested: "Brother Yan Zhen, we've known each other for so many years, do you really see me as such a person? Think about it, they're shelling out this money and at least they'll be able to use the model for free in the future.

If they don't spend this money, wouldn't they be excluded from the mainstream computing circle? In the future, even taking on a project would require renting the platform's software, isn't that a slap in the face?"

Hearing this, Yuan Zhengxin raised his cup.

Qiao Yu thought this was the elderly man concealing his emotions. After all, even he found these words hard to evaluate.

But he didn't care, as he had no real ties with the Computing Institute, perhaps even a slight grudge.

Of course, he understood Tian Yanzhen's questioning was for his own good, but honestly, Qiao Yu thought it didn't matter.

After all, the academic circle is a place where the strong strive stronger. As long as he has the voice, he'll play along.

So Qiao Yu took over the topic and asked: "I think we can discuss this later, but how can this platform be under my name?"

"That's simple, let Qiao Xi apply for a company, then the funds from Yu's side can be used to assign the project to Huaqing Research Center, and the Huaqing Research Center will entrust this company to develop it.

In the contract, it should state that once the platform development is successful, it will grant long-term free usage rights to the project collaboration units of Huaqing Research Center."

Tian Yanzhen glanced at Yuan Zhengxin, saying nothing.

But Yu Yanjiang laughed bitterly and said: "Um... Elder Yuan, wouldn't it be better to entrust Yanbei University instead of Huaqing? Qiao Xi is your student, after all, avoiding suspicion."

Yuan Zhengxin said dismissively: "What a joke! I'm personally managing this fund. I guarantee every penny is used where it should be. Anyone who thinks there's any transfer of benefits can come and check."

Yu Yanjiang thought about it and then nodded. That indeed made sense.

After all, Qiao Yu didn't have any intentions of touching the money. As long as the platform could be created, it would be like a hen that lays golden eggs in the future.

These light assets are easiest to reap benefits.

It's essentially providing just a service platform without offering supercomputing services, and after this data center is built, maintenance costs are negligible. It's almost as if there's no cost.

Now Yu Yanjiang only hopes Qiao Yu can quickly set up this platform. If it can be used in half a year, it could conservatively save them two years, perhaps even three...

Not to mention, if such a method calculates with higher precision, saving a year with thirty million funds is a massive gain.

After all, every year a project is delayed, the expenditure is not just thirty million; annual expenses are calculated in the billions.

People say Yu Yanjiang is frugal... But what could he do? Manned lunar landing is inherently a complicated project, especially since they want to build the lunar science station this time.

Preparing for long-term human stay on the Moon. Lunar landing is an extremely large-scale system project, involving over a hundred thousand researchers. Every small addition is a troublesome matter.

Especially with the current technology involving space assembly, specifically dividing the spaceship heading to the Moon into several parts, sent to space in batches by rockets.

Then docked in space before entering the Moon's orbit, increasing the computational load once again. It's much more complicated than those lunar plans decades ago...

So he has to spend wisely; otherwise, if delayed for several years, the budget would be uncontrollable.

"So let's settle it like this; I'll start pushing this matter when I return. We need to get it done promptly! Qiao Yu, we'll rely on you."

"Oh, right, Chief Engineer Yu, although this means I don't need to contact too much sensitive data, I think the classes by Teacher Wen are quite interesting, could he continue to teach me?

But since there's no rush, how about one class a day?"

Qiao Yu asked another question.

"Teacher Wen? Oh, oh, I got it, no problem. It's already halfway through, right? We'll definitely finish it. Later, when you grow up, you might get to handle more confidential things. As for one class a day, I'll discuss with him."

Alright, today's tea is almost finished. I won't disturb any longer, Elder Yuan, please rest early. I'll try to get the project started before the new year, but the funding won't be in place until after the new year."

"No worries, there's still plenty of preparation work to do in the early stages. We're not in a hurry." Qiao Yu helped his master grandpa to reply.