Material Empire

Qin Hai's words were not high-profile. As a time traveler, he has always had a desire to do something for the country and the times. In the past few years, his actions have often carried out this idea.

The idea of ​​establishing a material college had been conceived by Qin Hai long before time travel. In this life, after finding the first pot of gold with the help of golden fingers, his desire became even stronger. If you want to ask him what is the purpose of establishing the School of Materials, the first thing he can say is to revitalize China's materials science, which is not a grandiose rhetoric at all.

All the scholars here are dubious about these words. To say they believed it, it was because they had heard about Qin Hai's deeds, and knew that this person did have a heart for public welfare, and it was not surprising that he would act like this now. On the doubtful side, Qin Hai invested too much money in the School of Materials Science and Technology. A rich man donated one hundred and eighty thousand yuan for public welfare. Everyone can understand that one investment is several hundred million, which is too much It was shocking.

Qin Hai looked at everyone's expressions, smiled, and said, Did you think I was too high-pitched with what I said just now? Well, I'll say something lower-pitched. Everyone knows that I am a capitalist. , as you all know, capitalists are mercenary. Since I dare to spend so much money to build this material college, it is because I can get my own profit from it. Do you believe this?

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing how to answer. If you say you don't believe it, it's a bit disrespectful to Qin Hai. But if you want to believe it, everyone really can't figure it out for a while, how can the people in this room create a value of several hundred million yuan, so that Qin Hai can not only recover the huge investment, but also get profits.

Qin Hai didn't wait for everyone's answer, he continued: The investment in building the School of Materials is huge, and maintaining the operation of the School of Materials in the future will also require a huge amount of money. No matter how high my consciousness is, Qin Hai, I can't afford such a big investment. Therefore, the School of Materials must be able to earn money by itself, and this needs to be entrusted to everyone here.

When I say this, I am afraid that some teachers will be worried. They are worried that I, Qin Hai, will be a cockroach, and I will learn how to crow like a chicken in the middle of the night, forcing everyone to get up and work. Rest assured, this kind of thing will never happen.

The crowd burst into laughter, knowing in their hearts that Qin Hai couldn't do such an extreme thing, but after hearing what they heard now, they still didn't understand what Qin Hai planned for them to do.

Qin Haidao: This is my plan. Everyone will come to the School of Materials to work. The working hours will be arranged according to the unified arrangement of the country, eight hours a day, six days a week. If everyone is used to working at night or flexible working, it doesn't matter. Just arrange it, and I fully believe in everyone's academic ethics.

For everyone's time, I want to divide it into three parts. The first part is used for teaching work, this part will probably take up 1/10 of your time; the second part is used to make money for me, this part, I hope it will not be less than 1/10...

Not less...is more than? asked one impatient scholar.

Qin Hai shook his head: No less than, it means more than or equal to. In principle, as long as everyone can spend 1/10 of the time to complete the scientific research task I proposed, the rest of the time can be freely controlled by everyone. To do research work that everyone is interested in.”

One-tenth of the time? Someone began to think, President Qin, do you mean that we have 3 days a month to do the tasks you assigned, and the rest of the time is our own?

You can put it this way. Qin Hai said, Everyone is the best materials scholar in our country. I invite you to come here. I don't want to delay your future in scientific research, so I just want to take up 1/10 of your time. The time for teaching does not belong to me. When you are in your own unit, you also have teaching tasks, right? It is also your responsibility to cultivate talents for the country. I think you have no objections?

No! Everyone replied unevenly. They did not refuse to take on the teaching task, which was something they were used to doing in the past. However, everyone still feels uneasy about helping Qin Hai earn back all his investment with only 1/10 of the time. A female scholar named Zhang Yating asked: Mr. Qin, you said that it only takes 3 days a month, 3 days... What can you make?

Qin Hai looked at Zhang Yating and knew that she was an expert in functional ceramics, whose main research direction was heat-sensitive ceramics. He smiled and said, Mr. The value is relatively small. When the temperature is above 100 degrees Celsius, the resistance value increases exponentially with the increase of temperature, and the resistivity will increase by 3 to 4 orders of magnitude. How long does it take you to make such a material?

The material you mentioned is the PTC thermistor that I worked in the past unit. The specific temperature parameters need to be determined through experiments. If the experimental conditions are complete, I guess it should take half a month to get it out, right? Zhang Yating hesitated and replied.

To study a PTC thermistor from scratch, half a month is certainly not enough. But Zhang Yating had studied this material before, and was very familiar with the relevant literature and principles. Under such circumstances, it would not take too much time to make a result. When Qin Hai asked her about this product, she had actually considered it in advance. If she asked about other products, Zhang Yating's answer would definitely be different.

Qin Hai nodded and said, Mr. Zhang, do you know how valuable this achievement is to me?

Thermistor...I know it can be used in motor overheating protection. It is very important, but how much is it worth...I can't think of it. It can't be too expensive, right? Zhang Yating Said.

Qin Haidao: I plan to use it in the control of electric kettles. At present, small electric kettles are generally used in families in western countries. The annual sales volume of electric kettles is no less than 10 million units, and each temperature control element is 1 US dollars. , this is a $10 million market, do you think it’s small?”

10 million US dollars! Zhang Yating was stunned. She never thought that such a small thing could do such a big thing. If it's something with such a large market, she certainly can't be too sloppy, maybe she needs to study it a bit more thoroughly, but even so, the difference between input and output is shocking enough.

Qin Haidao: I'm just giving an example. Even if there is 10 million US dollars in this market, we can't win all of them. However, if we get 10% of it, there will be 1 million US dollars. Have you paid for the academy’s work?”

Ha, then I'm at a loss! Zhang Yating was delighted when she heard that her work could generate such a large profit, and couldn't help but joked with Qin Hai, No, no, no, Mr. Qin, you Exploiting me, I demand a commission.

If you can really research it, I will give you a commission. Qin Hai said hehe.

Don't, I'm just kidding. Seeing that Qin Hai's words seemed serious, Zhang Yating quickly waved her hands and said, she didn't want to leave a greedy impression in front of everyone.

Qin Hai said sternly: I'm serious. In the future, the experts of our School of Materials, no matter who can transform the achievements into products and generate income for the School of Materials, can get a commission. The percentage of the commission depends on the difficulty of the results. The degree of ease and the value of creation, we will discuss separately. Part of these commissions will be directly used as the inventor's personal reward, and the other part will be used as a research fund and then invested in the inventor's laboratory. What do you think?

agree!

This time, everyone answered in unison. They all saw their own value and the benefits that such a distribution method could bring to them from the small example Qin Hai gave.

Every scholar studies something, if it is deliberately extended a little bit, it can produce valuable productive results. However, in the past, they stayed in school and had no chance to contact the production department. They didn't know how these achievements could be transformed, nor did they know what value they could create. Now, Qin Hai opened a door in front of their eyes, letting them know that knowledge can be transformed into productivity and can earn a lot of money.

Part of the money can be used to repay Qin Hai's contribution, which is what the experts are willing to do. After all, only in this way can they enjoy the existing conditions with more peace of mind. The other part, listening to Qin Hai, is willing to give feedback to them as their personal income and additional research funds. If this is really possible, it means that their research work can achieve self-circulation and continue continuously.

At this moment, everyone is thinking about their own research in their hearts, and some people are even eager to try, planning to start research work immediately, so as to produce useful results as soon as possible. As for how much time it takes to make these achievements, no one cares about it. In fact, isn't theoretical research and applied research both scientific research? Why care about whether it is for yourself or for the academy?

Okay, everyone understands the operation mechanism of the college. Now, please put forward your own research ideas and the required conditions. As I said, you will be the masters of the college in the future. Dean Long and I are here for We serve you, we will provide you with whatever you need, and we will definitely create a relaxed and pleasant scientific research environment for you.” Qin Hai said with a smile.

Boss Qin, I've already considered it. I'm engaged in electronic materials...

President Qin, is there any interest in our school of electrical functional materials...

Polymer...

Fiber optics...

Everyone shouted like offering treasures.