"The monthly pension of 9,000 yuan is not enough! "A big expert lives in an old house and wears shabby clothes, and some people say that he doesn't pay attention to his image, but he donated 82.05 million to the school, and then another 3 million.
This big expert is Wang Zelin, the "avian epidemic prevention expert" of Henan Agricultural University.
As we all know, China is the world's largest poultry breeding country. Especially in the 80s of the last century, the development of the poultry industry was very fast, and it was inevitable that there would be chicken plague, avian influenza, etc., which threatened the development of China's poultry industry.
Due to backward technology, China has to spend a lot of foreign exchange every year to import a large number of vaccines from abroad.
In the face of such national conditions, Wang Zelin came to Henan Agricultural University in 1984 and locked his research direction on avian disease prevention.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Zelin did not lock himself in the laboratory, and he took the method of cooperating with enterprises to carry out scientific research.
By 2019, in the past 35 years, Wang Zelin not only did not apply for a penny from the state, but also obtained 3 patents and 12 new veterinary drug certificates, especially the creation of a concentrated inactivated vaccine platform, which not only overcame epidemic prevention problems such as infectious French scesis, but also broke the technical monopoly of foreign vaccines in the market.
These patents are used by some companies, and there are even two listed companies, which have to pay Wang Zelin and Henan Agricultural University some patent fees every year.
It stands to reason that Professor Wang Zelin is not short of money, but he lives in an old house in the school's family building, wearing shabby clothes, some of which have loose collars and worn sleeves.
Some people joked with him: "Mr. Wang, you are a big expert, and you are also the image of the school, you have to wear a suit and tie." ”
Wang Zelin said: "I am a doctor who treats horses and pigs, and then a doctor who treats some chickens, who is dressed beautifully and straight, and more importantly, it is inconvenient to work." ”
Wang Zelin has scientific research in his heart, and he has lived such a simple life for many years, which makes many people think that he is a "door-picking" person.
However, Wang Zelin earned the first 4 million yuan to help the school build two experimental buildings, and in order to better develop science, he also bought a lot of advanced scientific equipment. In order to encourage young people to devote themselves to the cause of avian disease prevention, ** has also been established.
Not only that, Wang Zelin donated another 200,000 yuan in Wenchuan in 2008.
In 2020, Wang Zelin donated all the 82.08 million yuan of scientific research transformation to the school, hoping to build a higher-level laboratory, that is, the P3 laboratory. Two years later, Wang Zelin donated all the 3 million yuan prize money to the school.
When talking about why Wang Zelin did this, he said: "These achievements are achieved with the efforts of the academy and many people, and the research results have become a "cash cow". At the same time, scientific research needs successors. ”
In fact, Wang Zelin, who was born in Suzhou in 1942, relied on the help of his brother-in-law Zhao Furen to live. However, Wang Zelin was deeply influenced by Zhao Furen, who had experienced the war, and he was very strict with himself, especially in life, and never liked to waste.
This kind of hard and simple life has always influenced him, "reaching the world and helping the world". Now, Mr. Wang feels very relieved and comfortable when he sees the earth-shaking changes in the country and the people living a richer life.
Wang Zelin has struggled all his life for China's poultry industry, and donated nearly 100 million yuan worth of his life's income, and hopes that there will be successors to the scientific research cause.
This is "the great man of chivalry, for the country and the people", I believe that this spirit will always inspire those who come after to move forward bravely.
Salute to all researchers!
References: "Dahe Net" and "People**".
Author: Bingyue.
Editor: Zhen Zhen.