"There's another one?! AHEM, AHEM!" Professor Wu Gui could barely control his emotions. The government's funding for the Giant Panda Base had always been substantial. On top of that, there was income from leasing pandas to foreign countries—one million US dollars per panda per year—as well as donations and ticket sales. The Giant Panda Base was far better funded than other similar domestic institutions.
But what researcher ever complains about having too much funding? With over thirty million, they could at least purchase a batch of the most advanced equipment and upgrade both the labs and the pandas' living environments. This might even lead to breeding a few more cubs and publishing several heavyweight scientific papers. That was why Professor Wu Gui was so ecstatic.
"Yes, it should arrive sometime this month. It won't take long." 'Waaah, I really wanted to keep this money for myself,' Shen Yibin thought, forcing himself to say the words.
