Chapter 4098: The Hanhai Science Award

This year, Linshan City government's fiscal revenue was higher than expected, so several vice mayors approached Su Xinghui, hoping to tilt some funding toward their respective areas of responsibility. Of course, they all had sufficient reasons; what work was not important?

Previously, the city's funds had all been allocated, so they had nothing to say. Now that there was an extra sum of unplanned money, they naturally set their sights on it. This was not just because having money in hand meant having power; it would also make their political achievements look better, and they all wanted to advance.

Leaders from the counties and districts below also came to report their work to Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui naturally understood the meaning behind their reports; they were also here to ask for money.

The increase in Linshan City's fiscal revenue this year was mainly due to the several economic development zones. The foundations of the counties and districts below were still relatively weak, and their fiscal revenue was still very limited. Their fiscal expenditure mainly relied on the overall planning of the city's finance.

Except for Linshan District, the infrastructure in the other counties and districts was still relatively poor, and they were all crying out for support. Therefore, seeing that the city's finance had an extra sum of money this time, they naturally all came knocking.

Su Xinghui was not surprised by this situation. Who wouldn't want more financial power in the scope they were in charge of?

Although Su Xinghui was not surprised, he could not give money to everyone who asked, because they were all asking for huge sums. If he gave them as much as they wanted, the city's finance could not afford it, no matter how much money it had.

Of course, he could not be too partial either. He would give some money to every place, and then concentrate the rest of the funds to invest in the areas most in need.

For example, the "road to every village" project could receive more fiscal funding. This project could be called an urgent priority. If the goal of having roads in every village could be achieved a day earlier, it would be a significant boost to Linshan City's economic development and people's livelihood, and it would also be a great boost to the work overseen by the vice mayors and the work of each county and district.

Therefore, investing more in this project would make all parties relatively satisfied.

In addition, Su Xinghui was also prepared to increase investment in science and education. This was an area where the greater the investment, the greater the output. Now that there was extra money, he would invest more; the sooner the output, the sooner the city would benefit.

Besides this, Linshan City's affordable housing, agriculture, forestry, water conservancy, and civil affairs were also in urgent need of increased investment, so Su Xinghui was also prepared to tilt toward these areas.

With Su Xinghui's prestige, once his decision was made, no one dared to oppose it. Moreover, the projects Su Xinghui focused on were the ones most urgently in need of funds and the most pressing priorities for the city. His decisions were fair and selfless, so no one had any reason to oppose him.

If Cao Yuanhao were still here, he might have made some sarcastic remarks, but unfortunately, Cao Yuanhao was still in the disaster area doing reconstruction work, so there was not even anyone left to make sarcastic remarks.

Speaking of Cao Yuanhao, his life was very difficult now. In the Xingfu County disaster area, although their living conditions had improved and they had moved into new houses, and because production in the disaster area was slowly recovering, the supply of materials was richer than before, so they didn't have to eat canned food every day. However, he still had to share a room with Jin Hao, and he had no power in his hands; he had been sidelined, which made him feel very empty.

Even if he wanted to flirt, he had no conditions to do so, because he lived in the same room as Jin Hao, and it was impossible to bring women into the room. Moreover, his target was too large; the probability of being discovered if he went out to flirt was also very high, so he didn't dare to do so.

This left him with nothing to do in the Xingfu disaster area, bored to death. He regretted it extremely now; why did he come to this hellhole?

It could be said that Cao Yuanhao was now in a position where he could neither advance nor retreat. No matter how unwilling he was, he had to stay in Xingfu County for three years.

It was also this month that Hanhai Technology held another press conference. This press conference was not to announce any new products, but it still announced an explosive piece of news: Hanhai Technology had established the Hanhai Award.

The Hanhai Award was an award established by Hanhai Technology to reward major achievements made by Chinese scientists worldwide and foreign experts working in China in various fields. It was divided into six major awards: mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, and life sciences. The Hanhai Award would be selected once a year, and the award ceremony for the first Hanhai Award this year would be held at the Baozhou Hanhai Research Institute on National Day, October 1st.

The judges for the Hanhai Award would be academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences invited by Hanhai Technology, and the prize money for each category in the first year would be 10 million RMB. If there were multiple scientific achievements tied for an award in a certain category, each winner would receive 10 million RMB.

This was a huge number, so large that it was staggering. China had never had a single science award with such high prize money. Even on a global scale, it was difficult to find a science award with such high prize money for a single category; even the Nobel Prize did not have such high prize money.

Of course, in terms of influence, no award could match the Nobel Prize. Even if there were no prize money at all, it was estimated that many people would still be willing to receive the Nobel Prize. However, influence was also accumulated slowly.

Hanhai Technology was already one of the top technology companies in the world, and Hanhai Technology's own influence was also quite huge. The high prize money of the Hanhai Award itself could generate considerable influence. At the very least, at the scene of this press conference, all the media reporters who attended were surprised and opened their mouths wide after hearing this number. ===== CHAPTER 4100 =====