Chapter 887
A few days later, Tan Gang came to see Li Linfei to discuss some matters.
After the two of them exchanged courtesies, Tan Gang cut straight to the chase: "Mr. Li, this time I came to disturb you when you had just returned to Xiangzhong City, it is indeed a bit presumptuous, but the situation is urgent, so please forgive me."
"No need to be polite, what's going on, Minister Tan, just tell me." Li Linfei waved his hand to indicate that there was no harm.
Tan Gang said, "Someone has dropped news to us that a room temperature superconducting material experiment researched by some foreign technology organisation is about to make a major breakthrough."
"No surprise, the leading scholar involved in this experiment could at least be nominated for a Nobel Prize, or even get it straight away, but of course, that's something for later."
Li Linfei laughed lightly, "Room temperature superconducting material experiments? Is it graphene."
"Right." Tan Gang said, "It is a special kind of double-layer graphene, more advanced than your current graphene, graphene itself has very strong electrical conductivity, its electron mobility is less affected by temperature changes, however, there is still a certain distance from superconductivity, about how these people can achieve graphene superconductivity at room temperature, is still a mystery. "
Li Linfei said, "In fact, I still don't understand why you came to me personally, Minister Tan, exactly why?"
Tan Gang was silent for a moment and said, "Superconducting materials, has always been one of the high-end materials that countries around the world are majoring on, and room temperature superconductivity, again, is the most cutting-edge scientific research target."
"The importance of this lab's special graphene, as the experimental achievement most likely to achieve room-temperature superconductivity in this century, cannot be overstated."
"Our people have contacted this technology organisation, they are made up of Chinese Americans, and they have indicated that as long as you are willing to provide them with a twenty percent share in Future Technology, he can resell the relevant scientific research information to us."
Hearing this, Li Linfei smiled, "And what do you mean, Minister Tan, that you want me to give him to give them shares?"
Minister Tan shook his head, "No, you, as a representative entrepreneur of China, are also a national brand, although they retain Chinese blood in their bones and are emotionally Chinese, he is no longer legally, shares even if you want to give them yourself, we will not agree." Tan just came to talk to Li Linfei, of course he was not asking him to offer shares to those people.
Are you kidding, the richest man in the world, the face of the Chinese, to offer shares in a high-tech company to a little-known American?
If he did, Tan could imagine that in less than half an hour, someone from above would call and scold him.
If things got serious, it wouldn't be too much to ask to go straight home to his old age, and the status of Future Technology and Li Linfei could be imagined.
Tan Gang: "Right now, the materials community over in the US is making a lot of noise, in terms of superconductivity research, and they're all after their experimental research."
"What I want to know is, has Mr Li read that material or not, the progress of their research, reaching that level?"
Li Linfei thought back, he did know, when he was in the US Fried had shown him some of these people's research material, although he hadn't touched it, and said, "When I looked at it last year, it was already close to room temperature superconductivity, and now since there's a lot of buzz over in the US materials community, it means it's already successful, right?"
"Already succeeded? Alas ......" Tan Gang's brow furrowed down, and a sigh escaped his mouth as he did not question Li Linfei's speculation.
Li Linfei said, "However, this thing, graphene, is very difficult to prepare, especially the preparation of special graphene with superconducting properties, even if the U.S. process is the world's top in precision, it still requires at least a gram of tens of thousands of dollars ah."
"So, even if they succeed, it can only be used in experiments, and cannot be put into the military defence field."
"Just like the moon landing program, even though the US had the ability to go to the moon decades ago, but because they couldn't get actual benefits from the moon landing program, the huge investment, tens of billions and hundreds of billions of dollars were thrown down in exchange for nothing but an economic bubble, which eventually led them to stop the project for 40 to 50 years."
"The same goes for the special graphene with superconductivity, so you shouldn't be too anxious, Minister Tan."
Tan Gang was silent for a long time and said, "Even so, they are already a long way ahead of us in the experimental field, ah. Over the years, our scholars, too, have been working on similar projects."
"Once they are ahead, the patent barrier has been established, and many years of efforts have been wasted, greatly dampening the enthusiasm and confidence of the researchers, and they will have to be subjected to others in this area everywhere in the future."
Tan Gang said worriedly, "Although in the past two years, as your group has emerged internationally, the country has become stronger and stronger, but it is also because of this that the countries in the West are becoming more and more afraid of us."
"Now, ah, we are on the cusp of the wind, facing countries directly, and the slightest weakness will result in a swarm of people attacking us and making a big profit from us."
"And a breakthrough in cutting-edge scientific research technology is another very sharp, effective knife that will scare countries while gaining us enough allies."
"But once the cutting-edge technology is first grasped by a country across the Pacific, then ......"
Li Linfei smiled and did not comment on the national matters that Director Xu spoke of.
Li Linfei said, "In fact, right Minister Tan, even if the United States has mastered about the special graphene with room temperature superconducting properties, I don't think it's a big deal."
Tan just wanted to retort, Li Linfei laughed and said, "You take it easy for now, listen to me slowly finish ......"
"Graphene is a standard nanoscale process material, which is several times more difficult than even building a chip, so if countries like the US want to reap the benefits of graphene, then they have to invest a lot of human, material and financial resources into research."
Li Linfei said, "My guess is that in the next few decades, it would be unlikely to play around with graphene, except for our future technology of course, unless there is an unconventional technological explosion on their side."
Chapter 888
"As for, to use cutting-edge grade room temperature superconducting materials and build a reputation for science and technology internationally, I don't think relying on someone who changes his nationality to American is a reliable thing Now is not the last century."
"In the last century our country was weak, our scientific research strength was insufficient, and our theoretical knowledge reserves were even more stretched, requiring people to go to Western countries to sacrifice themselves and feed the country, and the people who came before us at that time were heroes and pillars of the country."
"But now, oh, to put it in a bad way, these people are simply pandering to foreigners, going to wherever is good, even if they don't admit it, they are still forgetting their ancestors."
"However, our country's development in the past few years is not weak, especially in terms of commercial evolution, we have gone ahead of the United States, living in the United States is not necessarily better than in China."
Tan Gang smiled bitterly, "What you say is true, the country's development over the years does make us proud. But we also have to recognise the reality ah, the gap between us and the US and other western countries is still huge, this is a fact that cannot be ignored, after all, the bottom is still missing."
"Moreover, the problem now is that their side has already mastered the technology of room temperature superconducting materials, occupying the absolute initiative in this aspect, we are now very passive ah ......"
The corners of Li Linfei's lips lifted slightly as he laughed lightly, "Absolutely? I don't think so."
Tan Gang stared at him, smiled, and casually asked, "Listening to you, is it hard to say that your company has also made a breakthrough?"
Li Linfei did not say anything, but only nodded slightly.
The smile on Tan Gang's face froze, a little caught off guard, and his old eyes widened as he asked, "Really?"
"Really." Li Linfei said lightly.
"This ......" Tan Gang's body immediately tensed up, his breathing sharpened, and he said seriously, "Mr. Li, this is not a joke, I just came to you to confirm the results of the research over there, and to inform you as well. I didn't expect to get anything from you."
Tan Gang's mood fluctuated greatly: "You should know that room temperature superconducting material, is one of the essential materials to the developed world of the future, in a sense, it is, more than what your Future Technology Group has done before!"
This comparison was, perhaps, a bit exaggerated, but it was enough to prove how much the Science and Industry Bureau valued room-temperature superconducting materials.
Otherwise, Tan Gang, a bigwig who was usually busy with his official duties and able to speak directly to the leader, would not have personally come to the Future Group to ascertain the research situation there from Li Linfei.
Li Linfei smiled faintly, "Minister Tan, take it easy for now, calm down."
"It's too important to calm down, Mr Li, tell me quickly, what is the situation?" Tan Gang urged.
Li Linfei saw his impatient look, some amusement, also did not hide again, said, "Room temperature superconducting materials, weakened to see, can also be considered ordinary conductive materials, ordinary conductive materials more than one, then no doubt, room temperature superconducting materials, also more than one."
"Just because there is a breakthrough in graphene over there first, doesn't mean that there are no other room temperature superconducting materials other than graphene, not only are there, but there are many."
"And, as I've said before, graphene to make superconducting materials, the technology is not mature for one reason, and then there is too difficult to prepare, with the new graphene guidance now coming out of my future technology also has some difficulty."
"And a gram of graphene material with superconducting properties, need to spend tens of thousands of dollars to produce, the cost is too expensive, not cost-effective."
Tan Gang interrupted Li Linfei: "You mean that the room temperature superconducting materials you are researching can be prepared on a large scale?"
Li Linfei smiled, "Large-scale preparation, that would be an exaggeration, but for ordinary military defence construction, it is not too much of a problem."
"Of course, that kind of superconducting material, is also still under experimentation, and it is estimated that it will take some time to achieve a certain degree of mass production."
"There really is another superconducting material, great!" Tan just got excited when he heard this, and then suppressed the excitement in his heart and hurriedly asked again, "How long will it take?"
Li Linfei said, "Two or three years long, one or two years short."
"Two or three years, not too long ......," Tan Gang panted.
"It's more than not long, it's very short compared to graphene, two or three years to get the new room temperature superconducting material and apply it on top of actual construction.
Next, Tan Gang was in a great mood to chat with Su Yang for a while.
During the chat, he had the good sense not to ask more about other situations, after all, they had not received any information about the Future Technology Group's research on room temperature superconducting materials, which was obviously their secret weapon, asking more, that would offend people.
After that, Tan Gang quickly said goodbye.
After returning to Yanjing, Tan Gang calmed down a bit and dialed the Chairman's phone number.
"What is it?" A voice came from the other side of the phone.
"...... I have something to report, it's about room temperature superconducting materials." Tan Gang said.
"I already know about those people, the position on this matter cannot change ...... since he chose to stand against them, so let him go, no compromise." The President's voice became a few degrees more serious.
"Yes, that I understand, but Chief, that's not the matter I'm talking about. It's the other thing."
"The other matter, the other matter about room temperature superconducting materials?" The President queried.
"That's right, I personally went to visit Li Linfei at the Future Group."
"You did a good job, that young man's status is now extraordinary, you can't look at him in the light of ordinary people, the etiquette that should be there, can't be missing." That side nodded in satisfaction.
Tan Gang said, "Understood. In the course of talking to him, he revealed to me some research on room temperature superconducting materials."
"What, he has made a breakthrough too."
"Yes, long, Li Linfei indicated to me that their research on room-temperature superconducting materials has reached a point of perfection, and that in as long as two or three years, or as short as one or two years, they will be able to achieve small-scale mass production of room-temperature superconducting materials."
There was consternation, "Are you telling the truth?"