Rebirth 2009: Synthetic God

According to the commerce department leader, the China International Science and Technology Expo is expected to be announced soon.

Before the Hangzhou Summit and the space station rescue incident fade away.

Zhou Rui promised to participate with Furui Group Family Bucket.

In the second half of the phone call, I also asked about one thing, and that was "lithium-sulfur batteries."

In order to ensure that the first-mover advantage lasts as long as possible, until now, the news about the mass production of lithium-sulfur batteries has not been known to the outside world. Only shareholders like Zhou Rui and the national industrial department know.

In the process of building patent barriers, Boatman Brother also had some scattered and speculative content, but he did not proactively announce it and did not attract much attention.

These are two different strategies for the introduction of new technologies: the more distant something is, the sooner it needs to be released for publicity, to boost stock prices, and to talk about concepts.

And those who can really get it right in one step often choose to mass-produce the product at the first launch and open it up to everyone, so as to make it more difficult for the latecomers to catch up.

Otherwise, upon hearing the news that "lithium-sulfur batteries are about to be mass-produced", countless companies, countries, and universities around the world will begin to reorganize their efforts on this route and increase research and development efforts to catch up.

As a major breakthrough that can affect the global industrial structure, the significance of lithium-sulfur batteries is higher than any "single product", such as new energy vehicles, such as drones.

Because it is the basis for most technological products.

In the ward, old man Mi was dozing off with his eyes squinted. Zhou Rui leaned on the window sill and whispered:

"The laws of physics are there. At most, patent barriers will only increase the cost and difficulty for others. But if the time is long enough and the investment is large enough, it will be bypassed sooner or later, especially if there are already successful cases and various Reverse and dismantle it, and it’s easier to get locked in direction.”

The Commerce Department also agreed: "Indeed, we also held a meeting with the Industry and Information Technology Department before. We completely pinned our hopes on technological leadership. It is difficult to monopolize this field. We must have 'technological leadership' and 'market leadership'." Combine.”

Zhou Rui added: "From the beginning, Mr. Wang and I had no intention of making the 'lithium-sulfur battery' exclusive. It is inevitable to supply it to other companies that need batteries, and we do not even rule out supplying it to foreign companies."

"Firstly, with the increase in scale, costs can be reduced and technology can be iterated faster. Secondly, by encroaching on other people's markets, we can interrupt the 'positive market feedback' of other countries' competitors and suppress their competitors' living space. and profit margins, this is the right way to maintain first-mover advantage.”

"At that time, even if they make a breakthrough on this route, their products will always be more expensive than us, lag behind us, and have lower output than us, so they will always be suppressed."

The other side asked: "What if there is trade protection?"

"It's still useless. Batteries are not end products, but 'cornerstones'. Preventing our batteries from entering their industrial system will ultimately harm the competitiveness of their own products."

"Let's talk about an impossible situation. For example, 197 countries around the world have banned the entry of our batteries. We are also the world's second largest consumer market. Internal demand alone is enough positive feedback. Of course, this is absolutely impossible."

Times have changed and people in the global village are not crazy.

A new king has been born, why don’t you open the door for business as soon as possible? Waiting for "Xing Tian" to knock?

"In fact, at most one or two countries with ambitions and technological foundations will have this idea. For example, the United States and the West may have ideas, but don't worry about this, I can handle it."

I believe those guys who are waiting for their lives are willing to solve some "small problems" for Zhou Rui.

"I understand, Mr. Zhou really has a big picture. I thought that lithium-sulfur batteries would be monopolized by BYD and Kaishin Intelligence for a long time."

"It's not that the pattern is big. The value of lithium-sulfur batteries alone is quite terrifying. It's too wasteful to just use them as accessories for other things. The battery demand of our two companies is a drop in the bucket compared to the entire market."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Rui looked back and saw that old man Mi was almost asleep.

Hearing the commotion, he turned around and said with a smile: "Where are we talking about big business?"

Zhou Rui made a gesture: "It's not big, just a few hundred million."

Speaking of which, the chip technology of Red Core International, which Mijia participates in, has also taken off directly under the leadership of Dr. Zhang Richeng’s team. Last month, it and Qualcomm announced that “7 nanometers were put into production.”

There is an exciting competition going on, and everyone is working hard to see who can break through 5 nanometers first next time.

The situation of being stuck by chips in the previous life will never happen again, and Red Core International even has the upper hand, because they just came back from the earliest days, and under the instruction of the organization, they took the "self-research" route from the beginning. I make all the lithography machines myself.

By making efforts seven or eight years earlier, not only were patent barriers not blocked by others, they even began to be blocked by others.

Old Man Mi must have not notified the other side when he came this time, otherwise it would be impossible for no one to come, and Zhou Rui wouldn't hate it for making his own decisions, so that's it.

Zhou Rui looked at his watch and was about to leave. There was still a caregiver standing guard outside, but after Zhou Rui came in, the caregiver went out to avoid suspicion.

He helped the old man tuck in the quilt and said, "You have a good rest. I will make all the arrangements for you before I go to Ryukyu. By the way, where is Xiao Liu?"

Zhou Ruicai realized that Xiao Liu should be accompanying Mr. Mi, not a caregiver.

Mentioning this, Old Man Mi looked helpless: "I am also in the hospital. I had a sprain in my foot last night. Some joints were dislocated or something. My feet are swollen like steamed buns."

"This child is shy. He feels uncomfortable in a big hospital alone. I have to visit him twice a day."

Zhou Rui shed a drop of cold sweat. What a niche saying, he is shy at the age of 60.

"Who is taking care of whom between you two?"

Old Mi laughed: "Who knows? He and his mother are all children I watched grow up. It's almost the same to say that I took care of them."

Having lived for a long time, Old Mi has long seen things.

How many people are like this, he accompanied them when they were young, and then watched them grow old.

"After Xiao Zhang left, the higher-ups said to send me another orderly. I said that I was an old man who stayed in the village without moving, so why waste the young people's youth to watch over me? It happened that Xiao Liu had no income, so he was asked to come and collect a salary. He was not in the army before, and he had never seen the world, so his ability was a little worse."

Zhou Rui didn't expect there was such a story.

After helping Old Mi adjust the light brightness, Zhou Rui left the ward, and the nurse outside walked in.

In the elevator, Zhou Rui met Jia Xingjian and the driver Lao Wang who were guarding the elevator. After greeting them, he decided to go to the ordinary ward downstairs to take a look.

As expected, Xiao Liu, who was almost 60 years old, lived in a cramped three-person room.

The two beds next to him were accompanied by relatives sleeping, and he was the only one staring with his eyes wide open.

He also had a nurse, arranged by Lintuo, who helped him urinate, etc., but his nervousness did not come from whether there was a nurse or not, but from being "alone" in a big city and lying in the hospital.

However, Zhou Rui chatted with him for a while, and Xiao Liu relaxed visibly.

Because Zhou Rui was a big shot in Xiao Liu's eyes, and knowing a big shot could well alleviate the anxiety brought by the big city.

In the next few days, as the date of departure for Ryukyu was getting closer, Zhou Rui entered a busy period again.

Started the staged arrangement work.

At the same time, as a deterrent... oh no, it was a major event of good relations with the four neighbors, the forces of the troops began to be mobilized in large quantities.

The latest achievements of aircraft, ships, artillery, and intelligent mechanical warfare. This time the battle was huge.

The Liao Province ship was pulled to the nearby area for a parade.

Fortunately, Ryukyu is now under its own management. If this level of power was gathered in other places, it would probably piss its pants.

This is Zhou Rui's second visit to Ryukyu. This time, he not only supported the "joint exercise" but also inspected the Kashou Rocket Base, which attracted a lot of attention.

These two things are both related and seemingly unrelated, but there are many linkages this time.

For example, the "joint exercise" invited as many as 13 neighboring countries to come for a pilgrimage, not to watch the fireworks show.

Then the Kashou Rocket Base, such a commemorative place, naturally needs to be shown to everyone.

This will be a large-scale event to further establish who is the father of whom, not "where is the center of Asia".