Having received such rebukes, the Academicians couldn't help but feel bitter.
Their research funding was indeed substantial, at least in the tens of millions, but they had never skimmed a dime for personal benefit; they earned just a monthly salary of around ten thousand or so.
They simply couldn't understand why, after having dedicated their entire lives to the nation, they had to face such scrutiny.
"Ding!" Their cell phones vibrated one after another.
"What..." At the sight of the text message, their pupils dilated several times over—their bank accounts had suddenly received a staggering sum of money.
Some received forty or fifty million, and some even more than a hundred million—the funds originated from an organization called the "Science Contribution Fund"!
