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Chapter 1085 - 588: Investing 2 Billion in Aerospace Specialty (Seeking Subscriptions)_2

Chapter 1085: Chapter 588: Investing 2 Billion in Aerospace Specialty (Seeking Subscriptions)_2

For instance, fostering a cutting-edge aerospace technological project within the Aerospace College at Mist City Arts and Science University. By doing so, as long as we can catch the attention of Professor Qian Jianlin, Professor Zuo Tinghui, and Professor Wang Shi, there might still be a chance.

But this requires a process.

A few days ago, Ding Yue searched his own system marketplace and found that in the field of aerospace, there are mainly three advanced technological domains.

The first is aerospace materials.

After all, a spacecraft has to leave Earth and enter outer space; hence, materials are extremely important. If the materials could be upgraded, the progress of the aerospace industry would naturally follow.

The second major domain is undoubtedly energy.

If space rockets and spaceships want to reach further and more efficiently complete aerospace scientific and research missions time after time, then a potent energy source is very crucial.

Just as human spacecraft cannot easily break out of the solar system, that’s because of insufficient energy. The most cost-effective method they can adopt in the vastness of deep space is "deep space drifting," basically not using too much energy power, letting the spacecraft drift in the universe.

The third domain is the aerospace electronic system.

Everything from the various instruments and equipment in the aerospace field to the wearable devices for astronauts requires very advanced and precise avionics for coordination.

Among these three domains, as long as the Aerospace College of Mist City Arts and Science University can have advanced research directions in any one domain, it should be able to attract the attention of Professor Qian Jianlin, Professor Zuo Tinghui, and Professor Wang Shi.

Thus achieving the goal of drawing Professor Qian Jianlin, Professor Zuo Tinghui, and Professor Wang Shi to our Aerospace College at Mist City Arts and Science University, enhancing the teaching and scientific research strength of the Aerospace College.

Ultimately, making a contribution to the national aerospace cause from our Mist City Arts and Science University!

In fact, Ding Yue was very aware that Professor Qian Jianlin, Professor Zuo Tinghui, and Professor Wang Shi were coming to Mist City Arts and Science University mainly to explore the application of graphene materials in the aerospace field.

This was also an opportunity for Mist City Arts and Science University to make a contribution to the national aerospace cause.

However, Ding Yue’s ambition was even greater, which was to expand the Aerospace College of Mist City Arts and Science University, making it a continuous source of national aerospace talent and technology. That would be ideal.

"That’s true, but the fact that experts and professors from the National Space Administration are willing to come for an inspection is already a very good thing," said Director Xiao Wenxing, feeling he might have been thinking too much, and he nodded slightly as he spoke.

"Director Xiao, the Aerospace College at our Mist City Arts and Science University is currently a little short on teaching investments. In the coming years, I plan to allocate a special investment for the aerospace field, aiming to cultivate some aerospace professionals and develop related technologies with significant input," Ding Yue said to Director Xiao Wenxing seriously as he talked about some of his plans for the Aerospace College.

Now, Mist City Arts and Science University had already built top-tier departments and majors such as mechanical engineering, computer science, architecture, and medical school.

But we cannot rest on our laurels.

Therefore, it’s necessary to expand and build more powerful departments and majors, and the Aerospace College is the next target that Ding Yue has chosen.

Beyond that, the development of departments and majors like the E-sports Game College, Art College, Culinary and Gastronomy Department, Law School, and College of Agriculture and Forestry are also key targets for the next phase of development at Mist City Arts and Science University. It’s just that the Aerospace College carries a bit more weight.

"Is that so? How much investment is Principal Ding planning to make?" asked Director Xiao Wenxing with immediate interest. "When the time comes, if you need any policy benefits for education, just let me know. After all, in Mist City, we still don’t have a proper aerospace college or department."

How could Director Xiao Wenxing not fully support such endeavors to cultivate talent and technology for the national aerospace cause?

"For the first batch of investment, I’m looking at around twenty billion yuan," Ding Yue said with a corner of his mouth curling into a smile, speaking calmly to Director Xiao Wenxing.

Twenty billion yuan might sound like a lot, but in reality, for an aerospace specialty that consumes a significant amount of research funding, it’s not that much.

"These things burn money, and actually, they’re not much different from photolithography machines when it comes to cost."

Ding Yue had plans for the twenty billion yuan.

If Ding Yue were asked to come up with another twenty billion yuan right now, he definitely couldn’t do it because the money at his disposal, aside from the normal annual expenses of the school, had already been invested in various projects.

And the loan from Mist City Government was still being processed, even if the special loan of one hundred billion yuan came through, that money could only be used in the graphene industry.

But that’s okay.

The reason why Ding Yue dared to consider investing twenty billion yuan in the follow-up funding for the aerospace college was because once the graphene industry was established and his Feiyue Group’s business continued to expand, earning twenty billion yuan should not be a big problem.

"Twenty billion yuan, it seems like Principal Ding, you are set on heavily promoting the aerospace specialty!"

Director Xiao Wenxing exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this.

A private university directly investing twenty billion yuan into a single faculty’s specialty, that’s quite an impressive move.

Keep in mind, Mist City Arts and Science University has over twenty different faculties and specialties. If every faculty and specialty were to invest this much, wouldn’t that require an investment of hundreds of billions over a year or two?

Of course, the actual situation is not like that.

Mist City Arts and Science University also has faculties with varying numbers of people, with strengths and weaknesses, and not every faculty and specialty has as broad a potential for future development as the aerospace college.

The potential for the development of the aerospace college at Mist City Arts and Science University benefits from their breakthroughs in graphene technology.

This is almost universally acknowledged, even by the scientists from the National Space Administration who came to inspect it this time.

To this, Ding Yue cannot deny.

However, Ding Yue plans to develop every faculty and specialty of Mist City Arts and Science University as much as possible within ten years.

Even the weakest specialty must reach the level of a public undergraduate to be satisfactory!

As for the strongest faculties and specialties, there’s no need to say more. Mechanical engineering, computer science, medicine, and architecture are already ace-level, and they will certainly aim for even higher goals.

And like the aerospace college, which Ding Yue is preparing to focus on developing, may also achieve noteworthy successes after ten years, at least nationally and internationally, it should be able to rank quite well.

"The aerospace field is very important for our country, and even for humanity in the future, so no matter how much money is invested, it’s worth developing and building it up."

Ding Yue smiled and said to Director Xiao Wenxing.

At that moment, Director Xiao Wenxing truly saw the "big picture" in Principal Ding. Principal Ding’s vision and scope for the future were quite impressive, at least they seemed beyond his own.

Just like that, Ding Yue and Director Xiao Wenxing discussed some matters regarding the aerospace college for about twenty minutes, and the time flew by.

"Principal Ding, the team from the National Space Administration should be arriving soon. Their flight has landed at the airport."

Wen Ruohan pointed to the flight information screen above the exit, indicating that the flight carrying Professor Qian Jianlin, Professor Zuo Tinghui, and Professor Wang Shi had already arrived at Mist City Airport.

"Come on, Huang, Bin, hurry up and hold up the sign."

Upon hearing this, Ding Yue immediately called his colleagues, Huang Youjie and Xu Bin.

Since it was the first time meeting Professor Qian Jianlin, Professor Zuo Tinghui, and Professor Wang Shi, Ding Yue had specifically prepared a "Welcome National Space Administration Team" sign at the airport pickup area to easily receive the team of Professor Qian Jianlin, Professor Zuo Tinghui, and Professor Wang Shi.

It’s a common method of reception, especially when the two parties are not very familiar with each other.

"Yue, I think, since the National Space Administration is a team, it should be easy to spot them when they come out," Xu Bin suddenly said.

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