Chapter 654: It’s not that I don’t want to, but that I can’t!

Tiandu.

CNKI headquarters.

Liu Heng looked at the messages coming up from below, his face getting uglier.

Since Linde was banned, the number of cases against CNKI has decreased significantly.

After Chen Song, a famous legal figure, joined, there was a period of rebound, but the number of complaints did not increase much.

On the contrary, when Chen Song also faced the risk of having his papers removed, CNKI finally ushered in peace, and no one dared to go against them anymore.

Even legal experts failed, so aren’t others asking for trouble?

However, just when Liu Heng thought that Chen Song’s defeat would deter the academic community, and CNKI would usher in a year or two of peace, and no one would try to hit the stone with an egg in a short period of time, Xu Qiu suddenly appeared on the complaint list!

It was fine a few days ago, but starting from last night, complaints and lawsuits almost skyrocketed exponentially, and the mailbox of the network department was already full in the blink of an eye!

"This person is from a college in a certain place. It's not even a third-tier university. How dare you threaten us to shut down CNKI?" Liu Heng clicked on the first email and almost laughed out loud when he saw the sender.

Technical college... How many people there can use CNKI? Isn't this funny?

"The next one is a second-tier college."

"A first-tier university is also involved?"

"Wait... this is Linhai University!"

The more Liu Heng read, the more solemn his face became.

If only some technical colleges, third-tier universities and other universities sent letters, Liu Heng would still think it was understandable.

Linhai University, although it is a provincial key and 211 university, is much higher than the previous ones, but it has little impact - after all, Xu Qiu, Linhai First Hospital and Linhai University are in the same boat.

However, when top universities such as Wuhan University, Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and other top universities also began to appear in the notice of stopping the use of CNKI, Liu Heng's pupils finally couldn't control the violent tremors, and his face twitched wildly. He couldn't believe that such a thing would happen.

"What's going on? What happened?" Liu Heng quickly asked several insiders from famous universities. He wanted to know the authenticity of these emails.

If this was just one of the famous universities resisting CNKI, it would not be successful.

However, when this wave swept through the university circle, CNKI, which once overwhelmed universities across the country, could no longer maintain its superior attitude!

...

At the same time, this anti-monopoly trend continued.

Sun Yat-sen University.

The president's office.

A middle-aged man with a round face and gray temples sat in his seat. At the conference table, other people were drinking tea or thinking, but everyone's expression was very serious.

On the huge screen behind him, there were a few big words.

"Annual CNKI database procurement fee: 1.72 million!"

1.72 million...

This money is definitely not a small amount even for Tiandu University, which has an annual allocation of more than 20 billion!

Not to mention Sun Yat-sen University?

The grant from the Ministry of Education needs to be used in all aspects of school construction. It seems huge, but when it is allocated to each college and department, there may only be a few million left.

And just the right to use a database will cost 1.72 million.

In contrast, the domestic Wanfang database only costs 130,000, Chaoxing data 90,000, and Weipu is completely free to use...

"One million and seven hundred and twenty thousand, there are too many things that can be done. Abandoning HowNet, at most, students will have to work harder and refer to data from Wanfang, Chaoxing and other platforms." One person said in a deep voice. He couldn't stand HowNet's style.

"No. Reference data can avoid HowNet, but what about checking for duplicates? HowNet has the largest database coverage, and HowNet is also the most authoritative in checking for duplicates. Once we give up HowNet, students will have difficulties in doing scientific research and publishing papers!" Another person shook his head... Who doesn't want to get rid of HowNet? It's not unwilling, but it can't!

"The fees are too high. HowNet's gross profit margin is stable at more than 50%. The best-selling product of the world's largest company by market value has a gross profit margin of only 48%!"

"What's that? Tongfang HowNet, which provides services for HowNet, has a gross profit margin of 72%!"

"What's the point of discussing these? Whether it's a huge profit or not has nothing to do with us. The key is whether to renew the subscription!"

The crowd was arguing.

The middle-aged man with graying temples tapped the table with his index finger, and the conference room was silent for a moment.

He sighed and said, "Vice President Zhen is right. It's not that we don't want to, but that we can't. Apart from renewing the subscription, we have no other choice."

Zhongda is a top university. Students, teachers, professors, etc. are highly dependent on papers. The importance of HowNet is self-evident.

Everyone sighed.

HowNet is too big. Even Zhongda has little resistance in front of it.

"Unless...all universities unite." Everyone thought of this at the same time.

But then there was a sneer.

How is this possible?

In the past, it is not that no universities have tried to do this.

For example, a first-class university in Shandong Province once tried to unite other universities to boycott CNKI.

As a result, their plan died before leaving the province.

CNKI waived the subscription fee for other universities in the province and offered a special preferential price, so other universities in the province immediately turned against it and rejected the proposal of this first-class university.

As a result, the subscription fee of CNKI was 910,000 yuan that year, and it rose to 3.91 million yuan the following year, and there was a significant increase every year.

This forced the first-class university to give up CNKI, and the students in the university were also affected. They could not use CNKI services such as duplicate checking. The university was almost closed down. Finally, the president, deans of various departments and all other management were replaced before they could reconnect to CNKI.

But the price is still very high, about 1.8 million, much higher than the top university Zhongda!

Since then, who dares to pay attention to CNKI?

Even Tiandu University only issued a bland statement such as "resist the price increase, otherwise stop using CNKI".

Rather than warning CNKI, it is just comforting the victims.

"Impossible." Everyone shook their heads, looking disappointed and helpless.

"President, it's Academician Tong's call!"

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and a moment later the assistant appeared at the door and handed over the phone breathlessly.

Academician Tong?

The eyes of many senior executives in the conference room changed for a moment... Is it the veteran academician?

There are very few surviving veteran academicians in Daxia, and they can be counted on one hand. The status of each of them is beyond imagination.

It is not an exaggeration to say that these people are the backbone of Daxia and have laid the foundation for Daxia's current prosperity!

"Academician Tong!" Everyone straightened their backs unconsciously, and a trace of respect was revealed in their expressions.

Although they were separated by a phone call, Academician Tong did not know that they were present, but everyone still stood in awe!