Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1053 - 549 Three Fingers_3

Chapter 1053: Chapter 549 Three Fingers_3

Seeing Wang Jiuming coming with someone, Professor Shu casually tossed the makeshift pointer to a student, and then asked, "Is this the person Old Qi asked you to bring? Quite young, aren’t they? What kind of project are you planning to build?"

Wang Jiuming took a step back, signaling Yan Fei to speak first.

After pondering for a moment, Yan Fei picked up a stick from the ground and drew a simple sketch on the ground, pointing as he explained, "The area here is roughly three to four miles from north to south, and a bit shorter from east to west—about this size. The river meander here, and I am thinking to take up this whole block and dig a new water channel right here. Inside, I want to build a cattle farm, and some greenhouse sheds for raising mushrooms and earthworms. Just these for now, but there might be more projects in the future, like a feed factory. The land is this large, but the terrain isn’t great, with high and low areas, so we need to plan to make the whole plot reasonable to utilize in the future..."

Professor Shu listened intently and quickly understood, "No big deal. Since it’s for Old Qi’s sake, I’ll treat it as an opportunity for the students to do a summer internship! But let me say something unpleasant beforehand, you’ll have to be responsible for all the expenses in between..."

Wang Jiuming chimed in, "Professor Shu, rest assured, the guy in front of you is a young tycoon. He’ll not only cover your expenses, but also there will be allowances for tea and water for your troubles in this hot weather..."

Seeing that Professor Shu wanted to refuse, Wang Jiuming didn’t give him a chance to speak, "This is a token of our students’ appreciation, Professor Shu, so you don’t need to decline. Teacher Qi just made the introduction; he didn’t say you should take these junior brothers and sisters to work for nothing. Right, Xiao Fei?"

Yan Fei was indeed planning to hire help, so he nodded urgently, "Yeah, yeah, that’s right!"

Seeing him say that, Professor Shu nodded, "Well then, since you’ve said as much, I’ll have the nerve to accept. It’s a small matter for me personally, but it means a lot to these students who are about to start working. Right now, they’re also in their most financially difficult time. Normally, whenever I take them for internships, there are subsidies."

Yan Fei kept nodding, "Don’t worry, Professor Shu. I won’t have any issues on my end, as long as you’re willing to honor us with your presence, everything else is negotiable."

"Not quite, not quite," Professor Shu shook his head. "Since you’ve spoken about providing a subsidy, let’s do it by the book and get everything settled upfront to avoid putting you in a difficult position later. Xiao Wang knows, when I take people out, the subsidies aren’t cheap. Typically, after we go for on-site measurements and planning, and after we’ve made all the necessary adjustments based on your feedback to complete the design, it takes at least a week. For that one week, the subsidy has to be at least this much."

As he spoke, Professor Shu stretched out his right hand, his thumb and pinky finger touched together, while the three middle fingers stood erect.

Yan Fei was slightly taken aback, just a moment ago they were talking about doing work for nothing, and now talking about money was so formal. But on second thought, it was normal; people leading a work team should definitely be compensated for their hardship.

Look at it this way, knowledge is priceless. The work they would be doing had substantial value. If all such tasks were unpaid, who would be willing to do them?

What’s more, Professor Shu made sense. Whether these students were grad students or doctoral candidates, they had very few ways to earn money, with nothing to rely on besides their professional expertise.

Since Professor Shu had spoken clearly, Yan Fei was also straightforward. Looking at those three fingers of Professor Shu, he nodded again, "Sure, Professor Shu rest easy. If the situation demands it, and the workload extends due to the complex terrain, and if thirty thousand isn’t sufficient, I’ll add more!"