Chapter 164: 161. Buying Research Results for Ten Million (Please subscribe, please vote for monthly tickets!)

These people want the complete Qingxianglan, not this kind of defective product; although this kind also has an effect, the effect is not even a hundredth of the Qingxianglan Zhang Ran provided.

They have also tried it themselves, and although it has a slight effect on the sleep of elderly people like them, the effect is not very significant.

With the Qingxianglan from people like Qian Zhengkun, they can sleep soundly the very night they smell it, and it is hard to wake them up without a major disturbance.

But these Hybrid Qingxianglan cannot achieve such an effect.

These people are all in a semi-retired state, but having researched for a lifetime, it is quite difficult for them to let go completely.

When they have nothing to do, besides helping with research at the school or in other areas, the rest of the time is spent doing things they love, and their hobbies are basically the same: they love research.

This time with the Qingxianglan, it is just like that; if successful, it could fully be pushed to the market, and it could barely be considered a solution to some of the sleep problems of the elderly.

And don't look at it as simply as Lao Zheng says—just hybridization—but there are many techniques and difficulties involved, and even they only achieved a slight result after using so much time.

After Zhang Ran finished listening to Professor Zheng's explanation, a smile appeared on his face; he really did not expect the surprise to come so suddenly.

He even less expected that while Meng He, who was specifically working on this matter, had not yet produced results, results had emerged here in a place he did not know about.

The thing Zhang Ran asked Meng He to do was to see if he could turn some of the things he needed to redeem from the game into plants that could be grown on a large scale.

Of course, Zhang Ran did not expect a complete replication, because he knew very well that it is difficult to achieve such an effect with the current level of technology.

At the very least, apart from the game's own fertilizer, no matter what other fertilizer is used, the seeds redeemed from the game cannot be made to sprout.

Yet the test results of the fertilizer were no different from normal fertilizer, and this is the unsolvable problem.

So what Zhang Ran thought of was being able to replicate a little bit of the effect; there was no need for the overbearing effect of the game plants at all.

And if it could really be replicated, Zhang Ran would not dare to bring these things out.

Now, Professor Zheng can be said to have perfectly achieved the effect Zhang Ran wanted, and the most critical thing is that this kind of hybridized product actually does not attract attention.

Meng He had invested a large amount of manpower and resources without producing results, yet here he was given a surprise; Zhang Ran had to sigh that researching these things sometimes really depends on luck, and of course, this also shows that the level of Professor Zheng and his team is absolutely top-tier.

Immediately, Zhang Ran asked a question that was very important to him: "Professor Zheng, I would like to ask, what is the cost of these Hybrid Qingxianglan?"

Hearing Zhang Ran's words, Professor Zheng and the others were a bit embarrassed: "The cost is still very high right now; these Hybrid Qingxianglan have already emptied out all our savings, but if we continue to research, we could fully lower the cost, though that would have no meaning."

"But even with such a high cost, it did not achieve the effect we wanted; this experiment can be considered a failure. We asked Qian to bring you here this time, actually, because we wanted to ask if you could sell us some more Qingxianglan. Of course, it would be best if you could tell us about the growth environment and other conditions of the Qingxianglan," Professor Zheng said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Zhang Ran smiled and said: "No, who said your experiment failed? It has already succeeded!"

Hearing Zhang Ran speak so decisively, Professor Zheng and the others looked at each other in dismay; they had said it was a failure themselves, so how did it become a success in Zhang Ran's mouth?

"Brother Zhang, you don't need to comfort us; we can accept failure, otherwise we wouldn't be able to do experimental research," Qian Zhengkun said with a smile, thinking Zhang Ran was comforting them.

"No, I am really not comforting you," Zhang Ran said seriously. "Let me put it this way: it is completely impossible for you to replicate the Qingxianglan completely; there is not even a shred of possibility of success."

Seeing Zhang Ran speak so definitively, Professor Zheng and the others were somewhat stunned; they did not know where Zhang Ran got his confidence.

Although they had only met Zhang Ran for the first time, they had heard plenty of news about him from Qian Zhengkun's mouth; in Qian Zhengkun's words, Zhang Ran should not be the kind of person who talks nonsense, right?

Qian Zhengkun said with some hesitation: "Brother Zhang, why are you so sure?"

"It is not convenient for me to state the specific reasons, but I can guarantee this to you."

After finishing, Zhang Ran added: "Of course, I also know that everyone here does research, and you won't be satisfied without experimenting yourselves, so I will provide the things you want for your research."

"Not just Qingxianglan, but also some other quite interesting plants, as long as you are willing."

Zhang Ran wanted to pull Professor Zheng and his team into the research team on Meng He's side; of course, if Professor Zheng and the others agreed, they could fully move the research site over.

The success of Professor Zheng and his team this time was enough for Zhang Ran to make up his mind on what to do.

Previously, Zhang Ran had prepared three plans to resolve Tian Yaohui's matter, and there was one backup plan, which was that this kind of experiment could succeed.

The reason it was a backup was just that Zhang Ran had had the idea for a long time, but previously Zhang Ran's energy was too little, and every redemption basically had its own use, so he was reluctant to waste even a bit, but now it is different; now he has energy to waste.

Now that it has succeeded, this backup plan has become the main plan, which is something Zhang Ran had not even thought of before.

Hearing Zhang Ran say this, Professor Zheng and the others were stunned; from the meaning of Zhang Ran's words, they could understand that it seemed Zhang Ran had more than just this one peculiar plant, the Qingxianglan, in his hands.

Seeing them hesitate, Zhang Ran began to increase his bargaining chips: "Professor Zheng, I can provide research funding. As long as you need it, 100 million can be deposited into the research account first, and if there are continued results later, there will be continuous increases in research funding."

For researchers, what they might lack most is ideas, but what is most indispensable is research funding; with research funding, they can research the things they like to their heart's content.

"This... we want to consider it." Although Professor Zheng was shocked by Zhang Ran's grand gesture, he was not blinded by the money.

Zhang Ran did not urge them, but just looked at the Hybrid Qingxianglan and said: "Brother Zheng, I wonder if the technology for these Hybrid Qingxianglan can be sold to me? Rest assured, the price will definitely not be low."

"Of course that's possible. Actually, it's mainly because of your Qingxianglan; if you want it, take it for one million," Professor Zheng did not mind this.

"One million is too little. I will give you ten million; this research result is far beyond this value to me."