Chapter 3 I took this topic

"Is it so difficult?" Cheng Xiang frowned slightly.

"It's so tricky. Nearly half of the total maintenance cost invested by the municipal government every year in the scenic spot has been invested in cleaning up termites and repairing the damage caused by termites. Tens of millions is not a small amount of money." Lu Yan sighed, Then he couldn't help but shook his head and sneered, "Cheng Xiang, do you know where these termites came from? It makes people angry, funny and helpless when talking about it."

"How did it come about?" Cheng Xiang was also curious, "Senior Brother Lu said this, could this thing not be a natural factor but man-made?"

Lu Yan nodded, "It's man-made."

"And it was done by a bunch of naughty kids."

"This news is not a secret. It was 2023, twelve years ago. Not long after the opening of Hanwang City, it was the largest and most authentic antique building complex in the country. It attracted countless tourists."

"A few naughty teenagers secretly took a mineral water bottle and released termites in the Hanwang City Scenic Area!"

"Release?" Cheng Xiang was speechless, "Bring termites to an ancient building complex made entirely of wood and release them?"

Lu Yan shrugged, "You think it's funny? It's just so funny. To satisfy his curiosity, a naughty boy brought termites to the scenic spot to release them."

"At that time, the scenic spot did not respond in time, did not raise its vigilance, and thought it was no big deal. They criticized and educated those naughty children, and then killed them roughly for a while, and that was it."

"Who would have thought that those missed termites would cause hundreds of millions of losses to the scenic spot over the years."

"Every method has been used, and every time it gets better a few months after the elimination, and then it starts to relapse again, and the situation becomes more serious year by year, and the relapse time is getting faster and faster. Until now , general pesticides have almost no effect, and we don’t know when they will end. A large circle of people are having a headache about this matter." Lu Yan shook his head and sighed, "No, there is really no ready-made solution. Only then will the documents be sent to our research institutions.”

Having said this, Lu Yan picked up the files on the desktop and patted them. He suddenly remembered something, then turned sideways and leaned into Cheng Xiang's ear, whispering, "I almost forgot. After a while, Director Tang will definitely ask you this new batch of questions." If you want to recruit doctoral students to take on this topic, please don’t take on this hot potato.”

"Don't look at the rich rewards behind the mission, worry-free graduation, and huge cash rewards. They look very tempting, but unfortunately, it is impossible to get them."

"If it were easy, it wouldn't be our turn at all. There are so many termites that are ineffective. Just think about it and you will know how difficult it will be to deal with it. Before you came, I had a senior brother who had his doctorate postponed just because he didn't believe in this evil. , and finally had to change my direction before graduating.”

"Learning from the past." After saying that, Lu Yan patted Cheng Xiang on the shoulder and stopped talking.

Cheng Xiang also felt a sense of sadness after hearing this. A few naughty kids and a bottle of termites brought such a big trouble.

It was really a word of agreement.

Fire-proof, theft-proof, and child-proof.

Everyone in the conference room was silently turning over documents, thinking, or shaking their heads.

Cheng Xiang also picked up the documents on the table and read them again.

The content of the incident described in the document is basically consistent with what Lu Yan said. only. The description of the matter is more detailed, and the technical methods used to control termite pests in scenic spots in the past ten years are analyzed.

Organic, inorganic.

Stomach poison, contact poison, fumigation, systemic poison.

Nerve agents, respiratory agents, physical poisons, specific pesticides.

The various methods opened Cheng Xiang's eyes.

"What Senior Brother Lu said is really not an exaggeration at all."

"So many methods have been used. How difficult will it be for termites to survive in this scenic spot now?"

"Pesticides with similar structures are almost ineffective."

"This is equivalent to the targeted development of a completely new type of insecticide!"

"It's really difficult."

"These termites are just like Sun Wukong after being refined in the Bagua Furnace. The difference is that they come once a year to cause havoc in the Heavenly Palace. It's really frustrating..." Cheng Xiang shook his head.

The end of the document explains what they want to do. This topic will be marked as a key topic. If the research is successful, different levels of rewards will be given based on the governance effect.

If the termite infestation in the scenic spot can be eradicated, the municipal government will directly reward the individual with a bonus of 10 million yuan.

That’s right, it’s awarded directly to individuals.

"Ten million will be awarded directly to individuals. This bonus is really tempting." Cheng Xiang thought to himself. He agreed with what Senior Brother Lu Yan said about the difficult task, but in Cheng Xiang's case, solving this difficult problem itself was not that difficult. The key is the question of worth or not.

Cheng Xiang followed his thoughts and thought carefully compared with his own knowledge tree. His thoughts were racing, and in the blink of an eye, he had found several solutions. However, the knowledge routes required to realize these ideas cost different experience points, and the effect was different. Naturally, each one is different.

The time to think passed quickly.

About half an hour later, Tang Zhengming's office opened.

Old Tang's face was serious, showing no emotion or anger. He came to the conference room with a thermos cup. Everyone sat down and straightened their bodies.

"What do you think? Tell me?" Old Tang glanced at them and raised the topic.

Everyone either shook their heads or remained silent. There was silence in the conference room.

Thoughts, this age-old disease, what thoughts can you have in a moment?

Old Tang was also mentally prepared for this situation. This problem was indeed difficult.

Of course, trouble is relative. For large research institutions, there are definitely ways to solve this problem. However, for large laboratories, everything requires investment. As for the rewards given by scenic spots, they are still after the fact. The reward depends on the effect. It’s up to you whether you get it or not. Even if you get the full amount of 10 million, what can you do with that little money?

Ordinary people save enough money to eat and drink for a lifetime, but they spend it in the laboratory after doing a few experiments. It is conceivable that a research institution is required to develop special drugs for this group of obviously alienated termites. It's simply impossible under the current conditions.

Unless one day the scenic spot can allocate hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions of funds, and the funds will be allocated when the project is launched. Perhaps this situation can be changed.

But will the scenic spot be so cruel as to spend such a large sum of money?

Old Tang shook his head slightly.

No matter when, funding is always the most direct factor that troubles research.

This kind of research task is given to students, and the idea above is to try their luck. The students were not stupid either, and their faces were covered in blood even if they hit their heads hard. The lesson is there. However, the question should still be asked. Compared with the graduation pressure of senior students, Bo1 students have more time and energy to do tentative explorations. Tang Zhengming turned to look at the Bo1 students, "Chen Wenli, Do you have any ideas you’d like to try?”

The person who was called was a girl. The girl lowered her head and shook her head, "Tutor, I'm not sure at all."

Tang Zhengming glanced over and looked at the next one.

"Zhao Shanhe?"

Zhao Shanhe shook his head, "It's too difficult, and I don't know what to do."

Finally, Tang Zhengming looked at his last new student, Cheng Xiang, who completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in four years and started his Ph.D. at the age of twenty-three. Looking at the whole country, in this era, although he is not so dazzling, for ordinary doctoral students, That said, it is quite outstanding. Moreover, this student is very hard-working, self-disciplined, and very independent in learning. His niece, who volunteered to be a laboratory manager, often complained to him.

He was a researcher, and Tang Zhengming had a slightly higher opinion of him.

"Cheng Xiang, what about you?"

"Me?" Cheng Xiang hadn't weighed it up for a while. Others were worried about having no ideas, but he had all his ideas, but he hadn't yet weighed whether the input and output were cost-effective.

Almost at the same time.

There was a crisp sound in my mind that I hadn't heard for a long time.

Ding!

Mission: Develop pesticides to eradicate termite infestation in Hanwang City.

Success reward: 3000 experience points.

have to! The mission is here and the reward is pretty good. Experience is hard-won, so there is nothing else to measure.

"Teacher, I have accepted this project." As soon as Cheng Xiang said this, the doctors under Tang Zhengming's disciples in the conference room shrank their eyes and all looked at Cheng Xiang.

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