From university academician to chief academician

Three days later, Professor Gao's office!

Ye Fei, wearing a white hexagram, pushed the door in from the outside and said, "Professor Gao, you are looking for me."

"Sit!" Professor Gao pointed to the chair in front of him, then stood up and went to the water dispenser, took a paper cup from the water dispenser, poured a cup of warm water for Ye Fei, and placed it in front of Ye Fei.

Ye Fei picked up the cup, raised his head and drank the water.

Ye Fei is currently studying the fusion of C72 fullerenes and C72 non-fullerenes.

As mentioned before, when Ye Fei was studying C60 fullerenes and non-fullerenes, he once proposed to fuse fullerenes and non-fullerenes.

The advantages and disadvantages of fullerenes and nonfullerenes are complementary.

If they are fused, a material with high electron mobility, spherical structure that facilitates phase separation, stable morphology, and high light absorption can be developed.

To put it bluntly, if fullerenes and non-fullerenes are fused, a material with strong light absorption can be created and can be used in solar power generation.

Much stronger than existing fullerene solar panels.

As for the effect, we still have to wait until it is developed and tested to know the results.

Professor Gao watched Ye Fei finish drinking the water and poured another glass of warm water for Ye Fei. After Ye Fei took it, he finished it in one go.

Professor Gao poured another drink for Ye Fei, but Ye Fei still finished.

Professor Gao picked up the paper cup in front of Ye Fei and poured water, and said funnyly: "How long has it been since you drank water? You have already drank three glasses of water."

Ye Fei smiled sheepishly: "I entered the laboratory at seven o'clock in the morning, and I haven't drank a sip of water until now."

Professor Gao said: "Don't work too hard, but also pay attention to rest."

"I got it." Ye Fei took the water glass handed over by Professor Gao, drank a third of it, stopped drinking, and put it on the table in front of him.

Ye Fei asked: "Professor Gao, why did you come to see me?"

Professor Gao sat down in his seat and said: "Last time you proposed leasing lithium battery separators to Enjie Co., Ltd., I also told your boss about your idea."

"The superiors respect your ideas and agree with your proposal."

The people above believe that C72 fullerene was discovered by Ye Fei, and Ye Fei is one of the main inventors of lithium battery separators.

Furthermore, as Ye Fei, he finally made a request.

They are also not good at criticizing Ye Fei's face.

Therefore, they agreed to Ye Fei's proposal.

Furthermore, Enjie Co., Ltd. has also investigated it.

It is indeed a very conscientious private enterprise. Over the years, even if it has suffered losses, it has continued to develop lithium battery separators.

Ye Fei smiled and said: "I will go back and tell the chairman of Enjie Shares, should I call the chairman of Enjie Shares to Kyoto?"

"That's for sure." Professor Gao said, "After all, we also have some requirements and we need to tell them in person."

"Yeah!" Ye Fei nodded.

After leaving Professor Gao's office, Ye Fei called Xu Li and said, "Director Xu, the superiors have agreed. You can come to Kyoto in the next few days and let's negotiate this matter."

Ever since Xu Li received the news from Ye Fei that he leased the lithium battery separator patent to his company, he has been worried about gain and loss.

I can't sleep well, I can't eat well, and I giggle from time to time.

When his subordinates saw his abnormal behavior, they thought he was on the board of directors and were forced by the directors to cut off the lithium battery separator business.

That's why.

When he received Ye Fei's call, Xu Li's heart pounded, fearing that his superiors would disapprove of the matter.

When he heard that Ye Fei said that his superiors agreed with this matter, Xu Li was instantly elated, his energy and blood surged up, and his face was rosy with excitement.

Xu Li said excitedly: "Thank you, Dean Ye, I will fly to Kyoto right away."

Ye Fei smiled and said, "Come directly to the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute, contact me at the door, and I will take you in."

"OK."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Li immediately asked his assistant to contact the lawyer of the legal department and the manager of the business department, and at the same time, he booked a flight to Kyoto for the three of them.

Ten minutes later, Xu Li took his lawyer, manager and assistant to the airport and explained the matter to the two of them on the way.

The manager said in surprise: "What? There is such a good thing? Why did Dean Ye help us?"

Xu Li said with a smile: "I once met Dean Ye in the airport waiting room. He talked to me about lithium battery separators. Not long ago, he told me that they had developed a new lithium battery separator with the world's best performance." One level.”

"The reason why he leased the patent to us was because he valued my persistence in lithium battery separators."

The manager smiled and said: "Dr. Xu, you have conquered Dean Ye in terms of quality!"

"I have long said that our persistence will be effective."

"Look, isn't it effective now?"

"Haha..." Xu Li laughed and said, "Your achievement is that we have developed a lithium battery separator that is comparable to the world average!"

"Haha..." the manager laughed and said, "It's all the same, it's all the same."

The lawyer asked: "Director Xu, should the patent be leased to one of us, or to multiple parties?"

The nature of renting to one person is different from renting to multiple people.

Judging from the performance of the lithium battery separator developed by Ye Fei and others.

If rented to a company, it can monopolize the high-end lithium battery separator market.

If it is rented to multiple companies, it will not be able to monopolize the high-end lithium battery separator market.

Of course, the prices are different if you rent to one person or to multiple people.

If you rent to one person, the price is much higher; if you rent to multiple people, the price is much lower.

But in fact, it would be more profitable for the Fullerene Research Institute to rent to one company.

For example, the patent lease to Enjie shares is worth one billion per year.

But when rented to multiple companies, each company can charge tens of millions per year.

Even if there are 20 or 30 companies, they can only earn about 700 million to 800 million a year.

Xu Li shook his head, frowned deeply and said, "Dean Ye didn't say anything."

Of course Xu Li hopes to have an exclusive patent, but he is worried that he will not be able to obtain an exclusive patent.

The manager said: "Dr. Xu, we must strive to get the exclusive patent right. If the lithium battery separator developed by Dean Ye and his colleagues is as good as he said, as long as we get the exclusive patent right, we will distribute it."

With the popularity of new energy vehicles, battery cars, mobile phone batteries and home appliances, they are used by more and more people.

Sales of lithium batteries are increasing rapidly every year, with an annual growth rate of 9.5%.

The sales of lithium battery separators are also increasing, with an annual growth rate of 9.5%.

By this year, global sales of lithium battery separators have reached US$10 billion.

If Enjie acquires Ye Fei’s lithium battery separators, there is no problem that the annual sales of lithium battery separators alone will reach US$2 billion.

"Yeah!" Xu Li nodded: "I know that."

More than three hours later, Xu Li and others arrived at the gate of the Graphene Research Institute.

After that, he contacted Ye Fei. Ten minutes later, Ye Fei came out of the Graphene Research Institute.

"Dean Ye, hello!" Xu Li smiled and shook hands with Ye Fei.

"Hello, Mr. Xu!" Ye Fei smiled.

Afterwards, several people around Ye Fei and Xu Li shook hands.

Ye Feidao: "Let's go in!"

After Xu Li and others registered at the door, Ye Fei led them into the foreign guest building of the Graphene Research Institute.

When outsiders enter the Graphene Research Institute, they can only enter the foreign guest building, where they are entertained, and are not allowed to go anywhere else.

Ye Fei led them to sit down in the tea room of the foreign guest building and said with a smile: "Sorry, this is the National High-Secret Research Institute. You can't go to many places. I can only receive you here."

"It's okay!" Xu Li smiled and said, "Even if you find me a roadside stall to receive me, I'll be happy."

Ye Feidao: "Just wait, someone else will come soon."

"good!"

Next, Ye Fei and the others asked the waiter for tea, and they chatted while waiting.

About ten minutes later, Professor Gao arrived with a middle-aged man in a suit. The middle-aged man was holding a black leather bag.

"Ye Fei, let me introduce you." Professor Gao said: "This is Xia Hong, the director of the patent department of the institute."

"Hello, Xia Bu!" Ye Fei smiled and shook hands with Xia Hong.

"Director Ye!" Xia Hong said with a smile, "I have long admired your name!"

Ye Feidao: "Please sit down!"

"Mr. Xu, let me introduce you!"

Ye Fei introduced them to each other and said, "You guys start talking, let's go to the other side."

After saying that, Ye Fei and Professor Gao sat down at another table to drink tea.

The opportunity has been given to Xu Li. It is Xu Li's business how to negotiate next and how to fight for the benefits.

Even if he can't win better benefits, it's none of Ye Fei's business.

Xia Hong said: "Director Xu, first let me show you the data of our lithium battery separators."

With that said, Xia Hong took out a document from his bag and placed it in front of Xu Li.

"With the guarantee of our research institute, you can rest assured that these data are all true."

Looking at the data on the file, Xu Li and the others had already heard Ye Fei talk about the data on lithium battery separators.

But when I saw it, I was still surprised.

After the three of them finished reading, Xia Hong said: "Director Xu, there are two things I want to declare in advance."

"Say it!" Xu Lida said.

Xia Hongdao: "Because the core material C72 fullerene in the lithium battery separator developed is not for sale and is only owned by our research institute."

"So, the C72 fullerene material used to make lithium battery separators will be made into semi-finished products by our research institute and then sold to you at cost price."

"Each ton is 5,000 yuan, which can produce four tons of fullerene separators."

The Graphene Research Institute does not make any money from Enjie. The raw material price of C72 fullerene is two yuan per kilogram and two thousand kilograms per ton.

But the institute wants to process C72 fullerene into C72 fullerene molecules and mix some other things into them.

The C72 fullerene molecule can only be used to make lithium battery separators and cannot be used to make other things or be used for research.

The raw materials provided by the institute only earn a craft fee.

"In five years, our institute will sell C72 fullerene materials to the outside world. At that time, the institute will not provide processed C72 fullerene materials. You can purchase C72 fullerene materials by yourself and have them processed by your company."

"That's no problem." Xu Lida said.

One ton costs only 5,000 yuan, and four tons of lithium battery separators can be made.

The current market price for one ton of lithium battery separators is three million.

Compared with the price of lithium battery separators, five thousand one tons of C72 fullerene material is nothing.

Xia Hongdao: "And, according to the above requirements, the price of lithium battery separators must be reduced to 50,000 per ton."

"Fifty thousand a ton?" the manager exclaimed, "this way our company will make a lot less money."

The price of lithium battery separators dropped from 3 million to 50,000 ton, and the price dropped by 98.3%.

Xu Li glared at the manager with dissatisfaction and said, "What are you yelling about?"

Xu Li looked at Xia Hong and said, "Yes, we are willing to lower the price to 50,000 tons."

Fifty thousand one ton can make a lot of money every year.

The current global demand for lithium batteries is three million tons.

Three million tons of lithium batteries require 600,000 tons of lithium battery separators.

Based on the quality of Ye Fei's lithium battery separators, they can capture at least 20% of the market.

That is 120,000 tons of lithium battery separators, with total sales reaching 6 billion.

After deducting costs, we can earn 4 to 5 billion.

Enjie's annual profit used to be 5 billion.

In other words, just selling lithium battery separators can make as much money as the company's entire business combined in the past.

Xia Hong said: "Since we agree, let's talk about the next thing."

"Patent leasing is divided into two types, one is exclusive patent rights and the other is non-exclusive patent rights."

"For exclusive patent rights, the annual patent fee is one billion. For non-exclusive patent rights, the annual patent fee is 20 million."

"Which one do you need?"

Xu Lidao: "Of course it's an exclusive patent."

"Okay, let's sign the contract!"

The institute doesn't care whether Xu Li has an exclusive patent or not. Anyway, an exclusive patent institute is more profitable.

After speaking, Xia Hong took out two contracts from his bag.

The signing of the contract requires the signatures of the two directors of the Fullerene Research Institute, namely Professor Gao and Ye Fei.

After signing, the two parties shook hands.

Xu Li held Ye Fei's hand and smiled: "Dean Ye, thank you very much."

Ye Fei smiled and said: "We are also helping each other!"

Xu Li leased the lithium battery separator patent from the Fullerene Research Institute, and Ye Fei, as one of the main inventors, also received money.

It’s just that you don’t get money every year, it’s a lump sum payment.

The annual patent fee for lithium battery separators is one billion, and Ye Fei can get ten million at a time.

Although it may seem low, this is the rule.

After all, the development of lithium battery separators is not the result of Ye Fei alone.

There are also many scientific researchers involved.

Moreover, the lithium battery separator patent belongs to the Fullerene Research Institute.

Ye Fei is currently a researcher at the Fullerene Research Institute.

This is like the relationship between employees and the company.

Employees earn 10 million for the company, can employees get 10 million? The most you can get is four to five million, or even less.

Xu Li let go of Ye Fei's hand and smiled: "Dean Ye, if you go to Yuxi in the future, call me and I will entertain you."

"OK!"

After Xu Li chatted with Ye Fei for a few more words, he quickly left the Graphene Research Institute.

Then take a flight back to Yuxi.

As soon as Xu Li got off the plane, he called the company and asked all directors to come to the conference room for a meeting.

In the conference room!

Many directors were sitting among them, talking to each other and wondering why the chairman asked them to come to the meeting.

One of them said: "Do you know what Director Xu asked us to do? Nothing major happened in the company recently!"

The company's board of directors meets once a week, each time on Monday morning.

Unless something big happens to the company, the board of directors will be held at other times.

But nothing major has happened in the company recently, and everything is calm.

In addition to cutting off the lithium battery separator business last week.

However, this matter is over and there is no need to discuss it further.

Half an hour later, Xu Li walked in with a document in his hand and sat at the front seat.

Xu Li glanced at all the directors present and said, "Everyone, I went to Kyoto this morning and negotiated a big deal."

All the directors opened their eyes slightly and looked at Xu Li with confusion.

Xu Lidao: "Not long ago, the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute developed a lithium battery separator with very good performance."

"This is data from the lithium battery separator developed by the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute."

After speaking, Xu Li put the document in his hand in front of a director next to him.

When the director saw the data above, he exclaimed: "How is this possible?"

The director next to him looked at the contents of the document and his eyes widened in surprise.

Seeing their surprised expressions, the other directors became even more confused.

After the two directors read it, they handed the document to the other directors.

Ten minutes later, all directors had read the document.

"Director Xu, is the data above true?"

"Yes, Director Xu, is it true?"

"..."

several of the directors asked.

Xu Li nodded and smiled: "Of course it's true. This is the data I got from the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute. They won't lie to me."

"Furthermore, Dean Ye Feiye introduced this matter to me, so there is absolutely nothing wrong with it."

One director said excitedly: "Director Xu, have you obtained the patent?"

"Of course!" Director Xu nodded and said with a smile: "I have obtained the exclusive patent for the lithium battery separator."

"Great." All directors showed excited expressions on their faces.

In the past, they were asked to cut off the lithium battery separator because they were unable to develop a lithium battery separator that was comparable to the international average.

Every year, the company cannot make ends meet on lithium battery separators.

But now the lithium battery separator technology of the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute is ranked first in the world.

As long as the company obtains exclusive patent rights, it can earn hundreds of billions every year.

Of course, this is before they know about the price reduction of lithium battery separators.

Xu Lidao: "Although we have obtained the lithium battery separator technology, the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute also put forward two requirements."

"The first requirement is that the raw materials in the lithium battery separator developed by the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute contain C72 fullerene."

"The C72 fullerene produced by the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute is not sold to the outside world. They will process the C72 fullerene and sell it to us at cost price."

"It's five thousand yuan per ton!"

The directors nodded. C72 fullerene is not expensive at 5,000 yuan per ton. It is indeed the cost price.

"Second, the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute requires us to reduce the price of lithium battery separators to 50,000 yuan per ton."

"What? Fifty thousand yuan per ton?" All the directors were shocked.

At 50,000 yuan per ton, the company can only earn 6 billion per year.

If the price is not lowered, the company can earn more than 200 billion every year.

The profit gap between six billion and more than two hundred billion is not a gap of several billion, but a gap of two hundred billion.

"No, absolutely not!"

"Yes, Director Xu, you should talk to the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute again. Fifty thousand one ton is too cheap. There has never been such a cheap lithium battery separator on the market in the past."

"Yes, Director Xu!"

"..."

Xu Li scolded: "Quiet!"

After the directors calmed down, they said: "Everyone, the price is not decided by us, but by the higher-ups. The Kyoto Graphene Research Institute is just following orders."

"Do you want to resist from above?"

"Besides, if we don't agree, the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute can find another company to cooperate."

"We are not the only ones making lithium battery separators in Xia Country."

"Furthermore, given the quality of the lithium battery separators produced by Kyoto Graphene Research Institute, many companies will cooperate with Kyoto Graphene Research Institute."

"I think many companies will agree to lower the price to 50,000 per ton."

"After all, even 50,000 ton can earn 6 billion."

All the directors felt helpless. Yes, even if they disagreed, the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute could find another company to cooperate.

Now if you agree, you will still make money, but if you disagree, you will not make any money.

In the end, the directors had to agree.

A week later!

The Kyoto Graphene Research Institute announced that the Fullerene Research Institute, a subsidiary of the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute, has developed lithium battery separator technology using C72 fullerene. The performance is as follows.

[Thickness: 10um

Breathability: 20cc

Automatic shutdown mechanism: 800°C

Porosity: 30%

Thermal stability: -40°C～90°C

Mechanical strength: tensile: ~90N, transverse direction: ~90N

Chemical stability: inert]

Enjie also announced that the Fullerene Research Institute, a subsidiary of the Kyoto Graphene Research Institute, has developed lithium battery separator technology.

Enjie has obtained the exclusive patent rights for lithium battery separator technology from the Fullerene Research Institute!

At the same time, the lithium battery separator produced by Enjie Co., Ltd. sells for 50,000 yuan per ton!

When these two pieces of news were announced, all lithium battery companies soon knew the news.

The entire lithium battery market has caused a huge sensation!