Chapter 411: Chapter 214: Donkey: Always targeting one to suck! (10,000-word update!!!)_2

"Director Lin?"

"Yes, it’s me, here to see Old Zhou."

Seeing someone come to the rescue, Lin Zhenhua quickly followed the cue and said to Xu Yun:

"Xiaoxu, this is Old Zhou’s wife, Teacher Huang Liping."

"Teacher Huang, this is my junior, Xu Yun from USTC."

Xu Yun quickly walked up to Huang Liping with great respect and greeted:

"Hello, Teacher Huang."

Although this was his first meeting with Huang Liping, he had a very high impression of Teacher Huang.

After all, according to Lin Zhenhua’s previous introduction.

Huang Liping did not choose to abandon Zhou Shan when he was imprisoned but waited for him without any regrets for a full twelve years.

Just this alone.

Was enough to earn Xu Yun’s respect.

Then Lin Zhenhua handed the grass carp to Huang Liping for processing and turned to Zhou Shan.

He pointed his chin towards the door, hinting:

"Old Zhou, are they here to poach you again?"

Zhou Shan nodded, guiding the two to the living room sofa and said:

"It’s the third time this month, Diablo from the commercial department of Italy’s embassy in China."

"However, compared to other persuaders, Italy’s offer is indeed the most generous, I’m quite tempted."

Lin Zhenhua immediately grew interested and curiously asked:

"What are the terms?"

Zhou Shan shrugged:

"Guaranteed immigration, signature bonus of three million euros immediately credited, a suite in Ravello Manor, starting annual salary post-tax at one point five million, establish a namesake laboratory with no less than five million euros in annual research funding, 40% patent share." (This was the offer made to a Boss I know when the headhunter was poaching him)

Lin Zhenhua, upon hearing this, instinctively glanced at Xu Yun.

Goodness.

Such terms are basically comprehensive.

The three million euro signature bonus aside.

The post-tax annual salary of one point five million euros far exceeds the official domestic offers.

Currently, domestic academicians’ incomes mainly come from two sources.

One is the basic salary plus dual academies—referring to allowances from the Science Institute and Engineering Academy, along with special national subsidies and position allowances.

This part of the income is actually not high, totaling around nine thousand per month.

The other part is local benefits, namely introduction terms.

Currently, the highest academician treatment in domestic universities is Zhongbei University.

The offer includes a research start-up fund of two million, settling-in allowance of one hundred thousand, annual salary of two hundred thousand, and a two hundred sixty square meters housing allocation upon joining.

The institution offering the highest treatment is Shuangqing City Science and Technology Research Institute.

The treatment includes a two hundred square meters house and a one-time two million settling-in allowance, along with a start-up fund of one hundred thousand.

Apart from these.

Academicians’ earnings come from commercial collaborations and other institutional partnerships, which are profits outside the system.

These earnings vary greatly, without a definitive standard.

High profits can amount to tens or hundreds of millions, low ones might just be a few hundred thousand to a million.

Of course.

When discussing research income outside the system, people sometimes have a peculiar mindset:

Upon hearing an academician earns tens of thousands or millions annually from research, most don’t think much of it.

Some may even find this income somewhat modest.

But upon learning that an academician earns tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

Many feel an indescribable sense of intrigue.

In fact.

From Xu Yun’s exposure in the circle.

Many domestic academicians earn over a million annually, outside the management sciences you can hardly find one earning less.

On the other hand.

There are not many academicians making eight figures, let alone nine.

Actually, international research income remains superior to the domestic.

Like the earlier mentioned Ibuprofen patent.

Its inventor and patent holder Stuart Adams, while alive, earned over a billion US Dollars in dividends from Bozi Company.

Even in the academy across the sea, academicians can sign endorsement contracts directly.

For instance, DNA father Watson, before his downfall, earned over a million US Dollars yearly just from endorsing health products.

In Xu Yun’s view.

Patent revenue, as long as it’s from legitimate sources and can withstand scrutiny, shouldn’t shift perceptions due to income scale increase.

At least this income from painstaking research outweighs some stars’ glamour by a multitude.

As for research funding...

Currently, the exchange rate from Euro to Huaxia Coin is 7.0155.

That is to say, five million euros convert to roughly thirty-five million Huaxia Coins.

What does this mean?

Currently, the domestic record for total research funding is held by academician Yang Xue Ming from Zhejiang University.

The total amount is 314.38 million Huaxia Coins, distributed across 16 projects.

Averages out to roughly 20 million per project.

The highest single project record is held by Tang Benzhong from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Five projects amount to 211.77 million Huaxia Coins, averaging over 40 million per project, with the highest at 84 million.

As for other so-called billion or tens of billion projects, those are nationwide long-term subordinate tasks.

These projects are split into numerous topics, with participant counts generally calculated in thousands or even tens of thousands.

Most cases involve selecting a relatively authoritative leader for overseeing work.

While the funding Italy offers Zhou Shan reaches a hefty 30 million Huaxia Coins, matching the Italian Academy of Sciences, it’s difficult to find such benefits on record from the Chinese Academy.