Material Empire

It is Qin Hai's long-cherished wish to fund the establishment of the Superconducting Materials Research Center at Capital University so that China's superconducting research will always be at the forefront of the world. But having such an idea doesn't mean that Qin Hai will let the work of the research center go without considering the issue of economic benefits. He understands that in order to do a good job in superconducting research, the investment required is calculated in billions of yuan. To put it bluntly, he cannot continue to spend so much money to support it. Even if money is not a problem, he cannot tolerate the painstaking research of the Chinese. Cutting-edge technology was eventually transformed into actual products by foreigners.

Industry-university-research integration is Qin Hai's consistent thinking. Scientific research is the first to drive the cultivation of talents, and at the same time promote the transformation of scientific research results. The income from high-tech products is used to feed back scientific research. Only in this way can a sustainable scientific research cycle be formed. If a group of researchers only care about publishing their own articles and don't care about making money, then Qin Hai doesn't mind changing a group of people to do this. If you want to play high-spirited, just apply for state funding by yourself.

At the beginning of the establishment of the research center, Qin Hai just explained this idea to Chen Zongze and other researchers, and did not put forward rigid requirements. His idea is to let everyone work in the research center first, to feel dependent on the research environment here, and then to show their fangs, forcing the researchers to devote their energy to the transformation of results. This strategy is a bit of fishing, but in the end whether the fish will take the bait or not depends on themselves.

This time, Qin Hai came to the research center to collect the fishing line, so this is the time to see him again.

Mr. Chen, you should know that since the advent of yttrium barium copper oxide, research institutes in Japan, the United States, and Germany have been actively carrying out research on the industrial preparation of materials.

I saw a document saying that a research team at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States conducted a deposition experiment of a yttrium-barium-copper-oxygen superconductor coating on a ductile nickel alloy strip and achieved success. The yttrium-barium-copper-oxide superconductor strips they prepared with a thickness of 2 millimeters and a width of 1 centimeter can pass a current of 200 amperes at the temperature of liquid nitrogen, which can already meet the needs of manufacturing superconducting motors.

We Chinese scholars are at the forefront of the world in theoretical research on yttrium barium copper oxide materials. But in terms of industrial application, it lags far behind. If these application fields are finally occupied by foreign countries, no matter how good our theoretical research is, what's the point?

Qin Hai said to Chen Zongze unceremoniously.

Of course, Chen Zong knew about what Qin Hai said. After all, the circle of superconductivity is not very big. Even Qin Hai can grasp the scientific research trends, but if Chen Zong doesn't know, then he can't justify it. Hearing Qin Hai's reproach, Chen Zong lowered his head and said, Mr. Qin, I neglected this matter. In fact, I arranged for two master students to do this research. Now it seems that the strength is a little weak. .”

Two master students... Qin Hai even has the urge to scold the public. How many professors and doctorates have accumulated abroad to do applied research, and we let two master students do it. Who are we trying to fool? Thinking of this in his heart, it was inconvenient for Qin Hai to get angry at Chen Zongze. He just took a deep breath and said:

Mr. Chen, we are all acquaintances, and there is no need to make any detours. Regarding the research on light rare earth copper-based superconducting materials, you should continue to organize people to tackle key problems and strive to make breakthroughs as soon as possible. The preparation process of yttrium barium copper oxide materials, Now it must be included in the work schedule of the research center. The materials I need include powder, bulk, film, thick film, wire and strip. If there is insufficient manpower, the three items of bulk, strip and film materials can be solved first. No later than March next year at the latest, I hope to get a mature production process.

So anxious? Chen Zong asked in surprise. Theoretical research on yttrium barium copper oxide materials is relatively mature, and there are rules to follow in the preparation of materials. As long as there are enough manpower and capital investment, Qin Hai's requirements are not difficult to achieve. However, the problem is that it is difficult for him to deploy enough manpower, unless he can draw a few professors from the research center to do this. But these professors have plunged into the light rare earth materials now, and it is really not an easy task to pull them out.

Although Qin Hai is not directly involved in the management of the research center, he is no stranger to some of the main researchers and knows the research they are doing now. His consideration was the same as that of Chen Zongze, that is, the professors must be allowed to spare time to work on the material preparation process. The task list and time limit he proposed to Chen Zongze were designed according to this arrangement.

Mr. Chen, let's not be in a hurry. You don't know the market value of superconducting materials. Americans, Japanese, and researchers from small countries like Denmark are all applying for a technology. Patents, if we don’t hurry up, we will have nowhere to go until others have finished applying for patents. I said that in March next year, I have considered our difficulties and tried to relax the deadline. If possible, I will I just want these technologies, but can you get them? Qin Hai said.

Chen Zong frowned and said: This matter... I have to discuss it with everyone, especially Zhang Shengying, Du Xiangwang, and Cao Guolin. Their ideas are very important. If they don't have time to participate, it may be difficult to discuss with everyone. Complete these studies by the deadline you set.

Since that's the case, why don't we hold a meeting with everyone now. Qin Hai said. He didn't believe that Chen Zong was capable of doing the work of these people, so he might as well take advantage of his own presence and directly let everyone express their opinions. As for how these old gentlemen and old ladies would react, he didn't bother to guess. He paid for the research center, and his principle was simple: do what you want, and leave if you don't want to.

Okay, Xiao Ning, go and inform everyone that we will have a meeting in the central conference room in half an hour. Chen Zong instructed Tranquility.

Tranquility stood up and was about to go out. Qin Hai stopped her and added: Tell all the teachers and students that this meeting is very important. Except for the students who must guard the experimental equipment, everyone else must participate.

Understood! Tranquility agreed loudly, and then took advantage of Chen Zong not paying attention, and gave Qin Hai a vicious look. Based on her understanding of Qin Hai, she knew that Qin Hai wanted to offend others, and this was not a scene Tranquility would like to see.

Chen Zong set aside half an hour for everyone because he knows that some people may be doing experiments or writing articles, and it will always take some time to stop halfway. Taking advantage of the time before the meeting, Qin Hai and Chen Zong briefly discussed the technical route of material preparation research, and determined how many people and how much time would be required for which task. Then, seeing that it was about the same time, the two got up and went out to the conference room.

There are already thirty or forty people sitting in the conference room, most of them are students with young faces, and only a few of them look like teachers. Chen Zong and Qin Hai sat down at the conference table, while Chen Zong raised his eyes and scanned the audience, his face turned dark. The time was almost up, and several heavyweight professors were not present. The research center is just such a small building, and these big cows are still late for a few steps away.

Yan Jiamin, where is your teacher Zhang? Chen Zong asked a girl.

She...she was reading a document just now, and said she would come soon...or, I'll call her. The girl looked at Chen Zong with a confused expression, and quickly got up and ran out.

Chen Zong then called out the names of a few more students and told them to find their tutors immediately. The students didn't dare to make mistakes, so they all went obediently.

The effect of sending a special person to spread the word is not bad. After a few minutes, several big cows came wobbly with water glasses. A middle-aged female teacher in her 40s and wearing glasses complained to Chen Zongze as soon as she entered the door: Mr. Chen, what kind of meeting is there again? What's the matter, just ask Yan Jiamin to tell me later? I was looking at a new paper by Bednorz and Mueller just now, and their proposed superconducting character with localized magnetic moments is very inspiring for our research...

Ms. Zhang, let's talk about academic issues after the meeting. You should sit down first. Chen Zong interrupted the female teacher named Zhang Shengying, and pointed to the empty seat in the front row, signaling her sit down.

Zhang Shengying didn't notice any difference in Chen Zongze's attitude. She found a seat and sat down, then spread out a document on the table, and read it as if no one else was there. In schools, it is not uncommon for teachers like Zhang Shengying to be free-spirited. In their view, such things as meetings have nothing to do with them. They either use excuses to not attend meetings, or even if they come, they will sit down and watch grandiosely. Information, leaders generally have nothing to do with them.

Qin Hai had also been in the academic circle in his previous life. Sometimes, his own performance was similar to that of Zhang Shengying and the others. This is the aloofness and arrogance of a scholar. However, time has passed, and now he is sitting in the conference room as an investor, watching the other party's performance, and he is quite unhappy in his heart.

Okay, everyone is here, let's start the meeting. Chen Zong asked the students sitting at the door to close the door, and then stood up to announce the opening of the meeting.

First of all, I would like to introduce to you a special guest who came to our meeting today. Some comrades have met him, and some comrades, especially most of the students, should not know him. He is the Daqin Industrial Group Company Comrade Qin Hai, the chairman, let us welcome Mr. Qin with warm applause. Chen Zongze said.

After his words fell, there was applause in the conference room. Compared with the number of people in the conference room, the applause seemed a little sparse. Most people slapped their hands lightly and then put their hands down. In their view, an official of a company really does not deserve such flattery from everyone.

Well, it’s the weekend, let’s vote for whatever tickets we have. Monthly tickets are the best, recommended tickets are also needed, and... I can’t remember, just vote as many as you want. These few chapters are hard to write, Cheng Zi has now been suppressed to become a superconducting expert, believe it or not?