Material Empire

If you don't get drunk and don't stop, everyone is just talking casually. Most of the scholars can't handle alcohol, even if beer is used instead, a large group of people shouted and fainted after just one drink. Li Linguang was the one who drank the most in the academy, and at this time Li Linguang was still helping the navy develop the No. 98 steel. Without such a main player on the wine table, it would be difficult to have that hearty feeling.

However, everyone's interest is not in the wine, they are more concerned about such a form of celebration banquet, to be able to get together with Qin Hai and other college leaders to talk about the bright future of the School of Materials Science and Technology, which is the happiest thing for scholars matter. After drinking for three rounds, everyone's emotions were mobilized, groups of three and groups of five got together and chatted happily.

Sun Yuzhi came to Qin Hai with a glass of red wine, and said with a little drunkenness: "Mr. Qin, I'm here to toast you. This glass of wine not only represents myself, but also represents my wife and children. They often say, Thanks to Mr. Qin for recruiting us to the School of Materials Science and Technology, so that our family can have such a good living condition."

"Haha, Mr. Sun is too polite. It is my honor that you are willing to come to the School of Materials Science and Technology." Qin Hai smiled and clinked glasses with Sun Yuzhi, and then drank a full glass of wine happily.

Seeing Qin Hai's movements, Sun Yuzhi frowned, looked at his own cup in embarrassment, and said, "President Qin, I didn't ask you to toast, what I mean is... just let everyone agree."

Qin Hai was annoyed and funny: "Mr. Sun, you are the one who toasted the toast. I drank the wine now and you feel shy. Doesn't that make sense? Even if your glass is bigger, you can drink half of it. Can you show the sincerity of your toast?"

"This... I really don't know how to drink." Sun Yuzhi faltered, seeing Qin Hai's teasing smile, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll give up my life to accompany the gentleman, drink half a glass!"

As he spoke, he really raised his neck and gulped down half a glass of red wine. The effect of these wines was really fast, almost the moment he put down the glass, his face turned as red as the color of the wine.

"Come on, let's have a bite of food first, so you can hangover." Qin Hai handed Sun Yuzhi a pair of chopsticks, asked him to pick up a bite of food, and then asked, "How is it, Mr. Sun, you have been in the School of Materials for more than two years. Are you having a good time?"

"That goes without saying!" Sun Yuzhi said in a rough voice with the strength of alcohol: "You don't need to flatter the leaders, you don't need to look at the face of the scientific research department, the income is also high, and you live in a big house, you can do whatever scientific research you want What kind of scientific research, if such a day is not going well, then it is really ignorant of conscience."

"That's good. I invite you all to the School of Materials, and I'm really worried that you will not be happy." Qin Hai said. In fact, he has listened to Wang Xiaochen's report many times about the living conditions and psychological state of the scholars in the college, and he knows that most of the scholars are very satisfied with the college. However, as the leader of the college, he still has to make a gesture of concern. This is the art of leadership.

"President Qin, there is a situation that I couldn't discuss at the meeting just now, so I will report to you alone now." After calming down a little, Sun Yuzhi lowered his voice, put his head next to Qin Hai's ear, and said in a low voice.

Qin Hai looked around and saw that other people were chatting and no one was paying attention to them, so he nodded and said, "What's the situation, tell me."

"We have basically produced the cerium-based permanent magnet material you mentioned last time." Sun Yuzhi said softly.

"It's done? So fast?" Qin Hai was a little surprised, but also a little happy. It seems that Sun Yuzhi really worked hard to break through the technical difficulties of cerium-based permanent magnet materials in such a short time. This is the next step for Qin Hai The Rare Earth Strategy is a message with key implications.

In terms of research on permanent magnet materials, Qin Hai played a big trick in order to drag the Japanese permanent magnet material giant Chunshan Company into the mud pit. He first reminded Sun Yuzhi to develop a dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy permanent magnet material, and in the name of technical cooperation, exchanged the patent of this material with Chunshan Company for the patent of NdFeB material, inducing Chunshan Company to focus on dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy above.

A fatal defect of dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy permanent magnet materials is that the two rare earth elements dysprosium and terbium used in them are relatively scarce, and the price is much more expensive than light rare earth materials such as cerium, lanthanum, and neodymium. While Chunshan Company was concentrating on the development of dysprosium-terbium ferroalloy, Qin Hai raised the prices of two rare earth minerals produced in China, dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide, dozens of times, forcing Chunshan Company to hoard them at high prices.

While Chunshan Company was focused on making some achievements in the field of dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy permanent magnet materials, Qin Hai secretly arranged for Sun Yuzhi to start researching cerium-based rare earth permanent magnet materials. Cerium is the most common element in rare earth ores, and its price is only a few tenths of that of dysprosium and terbium. Once the cerium-based rare earth permanent magnet material is successfully developed, the dysprosium and terbium iron material will be completely reduced to an outdated material with extremely poor cost performance, and a large number of dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide hoarded by Chunshan Company will also become expensive chicken ribs.

Qin Hai knew about the existence of cerium-based permanent magnet materials based on his own memory, but he couldn't say anything about the specific material formula, sintering process, etc. He told Sun Yuzhi what he knew, and said that the cerium-based permanent magnet material must be developed. Sun Yuzhi, who had a blind admiration for Qin Hai, heard what he said so convincingly, so he had no doubts in his heart. After returning to the School of Materials from the capital, he plunged into the development of this new type of permanent magnet material.

Qin Hai's reminder, coupled with Sun Yuzhi's years of accumulation in permanent magnet materials, made the research and development of new materials extremely smooth. Sun Yuzhi first verified the existence of cerium-based permanent magnet materials at the laboratory level, and then developed the sintering process of the materials. During those days when Qin Hai fought wits with steel speculators, Sun Yuzhi's team had completed various development tasks and formed a mature process.

When Qin Hai told Sun Yuzhi to develop the cerium-based permanent magnet material, he specifically told him to keep it strictly confidential, so that Chunshan Company could not detect any clues. Sun Yuzhi participated in the negotiations between Qin Hai and Sadao Hirano, and knew Qin Hai's purpose of keeping this matter a secret, because he also strictly restricted his assistants from talking about this new type of permanent magnet material on any occasion. As a result of his secrecy, even Fu Wenbin and Wang Xiaochen didn't know about the matter, which of course avoided the risk of them inadvertently leaking the truth.

"We have developed the material production process last month, and we have done a small test to prove that the process is completely feasible. The pilot test is going to the enterprise to do it. I am afraid of leaking, so I haven't done it for the time being, but according to our estimation, It shouldn't be a big problem. Now we can publish papers and apply for patents after you give an order." Sun Yuzhi said to Qin Hai with some excitement.

The discovery of cerium-based permanent magnet materials is a major achievement in the field of permanent magnet materials. Sun Yuzhi has enough confidence that related papers can be published in the best international journals in this field and cause a sensation. With such achievements, he will be able to become a top authority in the field of permanent magnet materials, which will be a pinnacle in his scientific research process.

However, limited by Qin Hai's instructions, he has not been able to publish such an article so far. This feeling really makes him feel itchy.

Qin Hai is also a person with a background in scientific research, so of course he understands Sun Yuzhi's thoughts. However, his plan for Chunshan Company has not yet reached the stage of closing the net. If the concept of cerium-based permanent magnetic materials is revealed at this time, Chunshan Company may immediately abandon dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy and get rid of the trap set by Qin Hai. come out. Qin Hai's plan is to let Chunshan Company consume at least 100 million US dollars of funds in this pit, and these funds will naturally fall into Qin Hai's pocket. Compared with a profit of 100 million U.S. dollars and an article, Qin Hai can naturally weigh who is more important.

"Old Sun, I'm afraid you have to endure it for a while longer." Qin Hai patted Sun Yuzhi on the shoulder and said, "Chunshan Company is currently hoarding dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide on a large scale. Due to our production capacity constraints, it will be difficult for them to complete it for a while." The scheduled inventory. I hope that this article of yours can be published after their inventory is completed, which will be the most beneficial to our group, do you understand?"

"President Qin, don't worry, I understand the overall situation." Sun Yuzhi felt a little disappointed, but still agreed firmly. He thought that if it wasn't for Qin Hai's guidance and the conditions provided by the School of Materials, it would have been impossible for him to achieve such achievements in cerium-based materials. Since the results belong to this collective, it is only natural that these results should not be published temporarily for the benefit of the collective.

Qin Hai smiled and comforted: "Old Sun, don't worry, the honor that belongs to you cannot be taken away by others. I guess other scholars have never considered the concept of cerium-based permanent magnet materials. You postponed the publication for a year. This achievement can still be guaranteed to be the first of its kind in the world. In this year, you can still improve the relevant theory, and when it is published, it will be an unsurpassable classic, wouldn’t it be better?”

"Haha, that's true." Sun Yuzhi smiled, and what Qin Hai said made sense. Since the information about the cerium-based permanent magnet material cannot be revealed yet, why not use the time to make the theory more solid.

"By the way, Old Sun, next month there will be an annual international materials conference in Paris, France, and we plan to arrange some scholars to attend it, and you are one of them. You should prepare well." Qin Hai said.

"Boss Qin, are you going too?" Sun Yuzhi asked.

Qin Hai smiled and said, "Of course I'm going, but I'm not going to read a paper, I'm doing business. Everyone has developed so many good products, shouldn't I use this opportunity to sell them all?"