As a god and a ruler, Fang Zheng knew very well how much influence politics had on technological development. The reason was simple: scientific research was extremely important, and it cost a great deal of money. For a scientist, perhaps the happiest thing would be having more money than they could ever spend... Well, that wasn't really true. In fact, if a biologist truly wanted to conduct an in-depth, comprehensive study of the population distribution and genetic differences of every butterfly species in the whole world, even Microsoft's entire annual output probably wouldn't be enough for them to burn through in a year.
Scientific research was an incredibly expensive undertaking, no matter what world one was in.
That was also why he had proposed cooperating with the Zeiss Central Workshop.
According to Fang Zheng's proposal, after the partnership began, Starlight Technology would provide the core components of the manufacturing equipment, while the Zeiss Central Workshop would handle the rest. Profits would be split sixty-forty between them. For the Zeiss Central Workshop, that money would also give them more funds to invest in advanced Orbal Technology research.
Workshop Chief Madok certainly wouldn't refuse such a windfall.
Now it depended on what Her Majesty the Queen thought.
"Mm... Big Brother..."
Ling's soft murmur came from beside him. Fang Zheng opened his eyes and saw the girl in pajamas lying next to him, hugging a rabbit plushie in one hand and his arm in the other, sleeping exceptionally soundly. Fang Zheng reached out and poked Ling's chubby little cheek. She frowned, muttered a few words, and turned over, but still didn't wake up.
"So you snuck over again in the middle of the night. Sigh... When are you going to grow up?"
Fang Zheng stroked Ling's soft hair and chuckled. Like a kitten,