When I am reborn, I just want to be a top student

Chapter 304: Zeng Qun, Regretful but Resolute

Lei Fumin's mood during this period was like a roller coaster, with ups and downs.

Originally, I thought that Christopher's paper from MIT would be able to take away Wang Donglai's first patent, but I didn't expect that the situation would be reversed drastically just two days later.

Christopher plagiarized!
Wang Donglai is the real developer of lithium-sulfur batteries, and the lithium-sulfur batteries he developed have extremely stable performance and are not costly.

As a professor at Peking University and a veteran in this industry, Lei Fumin is well-informed.

When Lei Fumin first learned the news, his face never looked good. He had a gloomy face and exuded an uncomfortable aura.

however.

When CCTV broadcast an exclusive interview with Wang Donglai, Lei Fumin became extremely irritable.

"When there are no heroes, a young man becomes famous!"

Looking at Wang Donglai on TV, Lei Fumin said something hatefully, then picked up the remote control to change the channel.

But when I arrived at school the next day.

I just sat down in my office, made a cup of tea, and prepared to start today's work.

At this time, Tian Ye walked in with a journal.

"Boss, this is the latest issue of Advanced Materials. I'll put it here first!"

"Ok!"

Lei Fumin nodded and didn't think there was anything wrong.

Just as Tian Ye was about to leave, Lei Fumin suddenly asked, "How are you doing with what I asked you to do?"

Hearing Lei Fumin's question, Tian Ye stopped and said hesitantly: "Boss, I haven't made any progress yet."

Lei Fumin was not surprised by this answer, so he did not embarrass Tian Ye.

"Well, since there isn't much progress, let's focus on project preparation."

As he spoke, Lei Fumin took the "Advanced Materials" and prepared to read it.

And he casually asked, “Wasn’t the last issue of Advanced Materials published just two days ago? How come another issue has been published?”

Tian Ye looked hesitant. When he heard the question and didn't know how to answer, Lei Fumin had already got the journal.

Upon seeing this, Lei Fumin's eyes narrowed slightly.

I only saw the cover of this issue of the journal, which had a line of specially marked black and bold fonts in the 'highlights' section.

Lei Fumin was very familiar with this line of fonts.

Chinese character.

This is not the key point. The key point is that the paper titles with 'highlights' are very familiar to him.

【Xirang No. 1 material: a magical material that solves the shuttle effect of lithium-sulfur batteries. 】

After repeating the title of the paper twice in his mind, Lei Fumin came up with a guess that he was not very willing to believe.

"This is impossible!"

Lei Fumin shouted out subconsciously.

After he shouted it out, he came to his senses. Looking at the field, Lei Fumin finally understood.

No wonder Tian Ye's attitude was a little strange just now. Thinking of this, Lei Fumin pointed at the door expressionlessly and said to Tian Ye calmly: "Go out and close the door!"

Tian Ye nodded quickly, responded, and immediately retreated.

As soon as I went out, I heard a "bang" sound coming from the office, as if something hit the ground.

Hearing this voice, Tian Ye's lips curled up into a smile, but it was fleeting.

Tian Ye naturally also saw the paper published in Advanced Materials.

He had anticipated Lei Fumin's reaction, so he was not surprised.

Although Tian Ye was not clear why Wang Donglai published his paper in Advanced Materials, when he saw that Advanced Materials highlighted Wang Donglai's paper, he knew that Advanced Materials was showing goodwill to Wang Donglai.

Papers that are highlighted are generally the most outstanding results in a journal issue.

In the history of Advanced Materials, there are only a few papers from Eastern China that have been highlighted.

In this regard, the West is the traditional powerful country, with an endless stream of research results, coupled with racial advantages, so naturally there are fewer papers from other races.

Tian Ye’s doubts are actually the doubts of many people.

After all, as soon as Christopher's paper was published in "Advanced Materials" and was suspected of plagiarizing Wang Donglai, Wang Donglai directly issued an article to fight back, demanding that "Advanced Materials" conduct a self-inspection and withdraw the paper.

Although many people are not clear about the considerations behind this, what they can see is that Advanced Materials did it.

This is enough.

As a result, the next second, the additional issue of Advanced Materials directly highlighted Wang Donglai's paper.

Such changes have indeed made many people confused.

But, this is only a small number of people after all.

After the talk show was broadcast and major media outlets reported on it, more people learned about the breakthrough in lithium-sulfur batteries and what this technology represents.

For a while.

In a short period of time, many people had a feeling.

The prelude to the battery revolution seems to be slowly opening.

On the Internet and on various software platforms, countless netizens are venting their emotions.

Even more, many netizens went to leave messages under the official accounts of some mobile phone manufacturers or battery companies.

Since the advent of the smartphone era, mobile phone battery life has been a big problem.

In the past, mobile phone batteries could be disassembled and two extra batteries could be prepared, but after they were integrated, the problem of battery life gradually became more serious.

Although there is fast charging technology for mobile phones, it is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.

Now, after the introduction, the lithium-sulfur battery with better performance has made netizens who are troubled by battery life become excited.

Many people left messages under the official account, expressing their hope to use products equipped with lithium-sulfur batteries as soon as possible.

These companies urged by netizens have actually already arrived in Tangdu, wanting to discuss cooperation with Galaxy Technology.

Among them are BYD, CATL, as well as foreign companies such as Panasonic, LG, and Samsung.

It can be said that the gathering of so many senior executives from famous companies in Tangdu is definitely a grand event.

However, their goal was not achieved.

Galaxy Technology did not reject their visit, and Chen Lingyue and Zhou Rui also met with everyone.

However, the two did not answer any questions about the key cooperation issues.

In this way, these companies with great reputation at home and abroad waited for three days.

In a high-end hotel, Zeng Qun was holding a meeting via video conference.

After the meeting, Zeng Qun rubbed his brows and asked the secretary beside him with a slightly tired look, "Is there still no news from Galaxy Technology?"

The secretary immediately replied: "Boss, not yet!"

"What actions have the other companies taken?" Zeng Qun asked.

The secretary naturally knew which companies Zeng Qun was asking about, and immediately reported, "Boss, the situation of the other companies is the same as ours, and there is no news of the meeting yet!" "Huh!"

Zeng Qun breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still worried.

Before, he came with BYD’s boatman brother to obtain patent authorization.

But who could have imagined that something like Christopher would happen.

If it was not plagiarism, then there would be nothing wrong with Zeng Qun's behavior, but who would have thought that a professor from MIT would also commit plagiarism.

This put Zeng Qun in a difficult position.

If given a choice, Zeng Qun would definitely not want to come to Tangdu again.

But he had no choice.

Even ordinary netizens can see that lithium-sulfur batteries are so far ahead of ternary lithium batteries. If CATL cannot keep up with this pace, it will be slowly eliminated.

Although it takes a long time to be completely eliminated, it can still survive for many years.

However, Zeng Qun was not willing to do so.

At this time, Zeng Qun's phone rang and was connected.

"Lao Zeng, I have already done the work on the shareholder side, and I have also obtained the power of attorney."

After hearing what Liang Lekang said on the other end of the phone, Zeng Qun's frown finally relaxed a little, his expression became much more relaxed, and even his tone became confident.

"Okay, this gives me more confidence. Le Kang, if this succeeds, you will be the first to achieve the credit!"

Zeng Qun commented on Liang Lekang's work with a smile on his face.

"Lao Zeng, what's the situation now?" Liang Lekang asked.

Hearing this question, Zeng Qun calmed down again and said, "There has been no progress so far. We haven't met Professor Wang yet."

"Lao Zeng, do you think it might be the same reason as last time?"

Zeng Qun thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't think so. This time, representatives from major companies came, but none of them saw Professor Wang."

"Wang Donglai is so powerful, doesn't he know that so many companies have come here? Has Galaxy Technology given an explanation?" Liang Lekang asked.

Zeng Qun: "According to the people at Galaxy Technology, Wang Donglai has been perfecting something in the laboratory these past two days, and it will take a few days."

Hearing this, Liang Lekang finally couldn't help himself, and his tone became a little excited. He said, "Lao Zeng, are you really determined to do this? Isn't the price a little too high?"

"I think that if we have to pay such a high price, it is better for us to do the research ourselves. Since Wang Donglai and his makeshift team at Galaxy Technology have succeeded in the research and development, we can do it too. If one year is not enough, we can make a breakthrough in two years."

"Although we are two years behind, the technology patents belong to us, the technology accumulation belongs to us, and we have also trained talents. I think this is much better than paying such a high price."

"Lao Zeng, since we have been able to develop from a poor situation to today, lithium-sulfur batteries are not a problem for us. I think we should have this confidence!"

Zeng Qun did not rush to refute, but waited patiently for Liang Lekang to finish speaking before calmly saying, "Lekang, do you think we really have two years?"

Liang Lekang had said a lot before, but Zeng Qun only asked this one question.

This question immediately made Liang Lekang silent.

The answer to this question is simple.

As the founders of CATL, the two men understand very well the impact that will be brought about by market improvement and technological breakthroughs.

If CATL fails to obtain patent authorization and fails to make a breakthrough in a short period of time this time, its position as the leading company in this field will be instantly replaced and fall rapidly.

Other companies that have obtained patent licenses will not give CATL a chance to breathe.

Zeng Qun and Liang Lekang are well aware of this.

In addition, there is a more important reason.

That is, if lithium-sulfur batteries want to achieve a breakthrough, they must develop materials that can solve the "shuttle effect" and avoid Galaxy Technology's patents, which is very difficult.

It may not be possible to achieve this in one or two years.

The risk is high and the reward is low.

Zeng Qun naturally weighed the pros and cons many times in his mind before making the final choice.

Liang Lekang also understood this, but he was just not willing to accept it.

After a moment of silence, Liang Lekang said, "Lao Zeng, just treat me as talking nonsense. Just do what you want to do. I support you!"

"Ah."

Zeng Qun nodded, put down his phone, and looked in the direction of Galaxy Technology, his eyes gradually becoming firm.

……

the other side.

In the laboratory.

Chen Lingyue looked at the figures busy in the laboratory, his eyes full of admiration.

As an executive of Galaxy Technology and someone hired by Wang Donglai himself, Chen Lingyue knows a lot of things that others don’t know.

For example, Wang Donglai was picked up by a car inside the airport and talked in the compound for more than three hours.

Another example is the support given to Galaxy Technology by the province and the city!
And the most crucial thing is that Chen Lingyue also saw the article written by Wang Donglai. Before he had time to express his shock, he heard Wang Donglai say that he had received 1 billion support from Shen Ping.

Chen Lingyue knew very well what this meant.

Ten billion is a lot, but when put into Wang Donglai's blueprint, it becomes very little.

However, the biggest role of this billion yuan is as a weather vane.

This is the most important thing.

Coupled with the breakthrough in lithium-sulfur batteries, Chen Lingyue felt more and more that his choice was right.

After Wang Donglai finished his work, Chen Lingyue walked up.

"Mr. Wang, major global companies have all come here, and many of the company founders have come in person, and during the conversations, the conditions they revealed were extremely generous."

"This is the latest statistics of the conditions offered by various companies."

As he spoke, Chen Lingyue handed Wang Donglai a document.

Wang Donglai took it, but did not open it to read it. Instead, he asked calmly, "I left them alone for three days. Did any of them show any impatience? Or did they take any other actions?"

Chen Lingyue shook his head and said, "Not really. At the beginning, there were still a few who had some opinions, but they calmed down later."

"Well, in that case, the lab stuff is almost done, so let them know that we can meet and talk about whatever they want to talk about."

Wang Donglai gave instructions to Chen Lingyue.

"Okay!" Chen Lingyue agreed.

At the same time, Chen Lingyue's eyes were bright, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Boss, do we really want to do this?"

"Hmm? What are you worried about?" Wang Donglai asked.

"Boss, I'm worried about this condition. I guess many companies won't agree to it." Chen Lingyue expressed his thoughts.

"If you don't agree, then go to hell! As long as they are not stupid, they will figure it out. Then, the market will teach them a lesson! When they get it back, remember to raise the conditions a little more."

Wang Donglai said this in a calm tone, full of confidence.

Infected by Wang Donglai's tone, Chen Lingyue's expression also became firm and confident.

(End of this chapter)