Material Empire

As a person with a forward-looking perspective, Qin Hai had the idea of ​​formulating a long-term development plan as early as 20 years ago, but at that time, others spoke lightly, and saying such words could only make people laugh. In addition, he also knows that any plan is formulated by people, and people have their own interests, which makes many plans of the country kidnapped by large interest groups and deviate from the objective path.

In the early 1950s, China imitated the Soviet system to formulate five-year plans for economic development. By the beginning of the new century, 12 plans had been compiled. In addition to the national economic development plan, each region, each department, and each industry also has its own five-year plan or even a 10-year or 20-year medium- and long-term plan. Complicated trade-offs of interests are involved in the preparation of all these plans. Each stakeholder is like a child waiting for a candy in the kindergarten. Anyone who does not get a candy will cry and make a fuss. The best the country can do is to give some children a little more money while ensuring that everyone has candy.

This situation is not unique to China. The United States and other Western countries are also influenced by various so-called "lobbying groups" when formulating industrial policies. Some lobbying groups can even involve the entire country in protracted wars. The purpose is just to make oneself able to make a fortune in national calamity.

Although Qin Hai in the previous life understood this truth, he was unable to change this situation. So when he was lucky enough to get a chance to start again, he set his goal to build a huge material empire so as to become one of the interest groups with the right to speak.

Twenty years have passed, and today Qin Hai is qualified to sit in this position and tell his ideas to a group of people who have the power to influence the country's decision-making. He also has enough strength to implement this idea.

"... Structural ceramics, functional ceramics, carbon fibers, ceramic matrix composites, and aerogels are the most promising directions in the field of inorganic materials. At present, the gap between our laboratory research and foreign countries is less than five years, and some The field has even reached an international leading position, but it is still far behind in terms of specific applications. For high-performance carbon fibers, we can only achieve a tensile strength of 2.7GPa and a tensile modulus of 200GPa, while the international advanced level has already been able to do The tensile strength is above 4GPa, and the tensile modulus is above 500GPa.

We have calculated that in order to break through technical barriers and reach and exceed the international advanced level, it is necessary to invest no less than 40 billion yuan in scientific research expenses in the next 10 years in the field of inorganic materials, and no less than 500 billion yuan in materials and equipment investment. The economic value generated is more than 20 trillion yuan. "

Qin Hai clapped his fingers, commented on the status quo and international level of various materials one by one, and talked about his vision for the development of these materials industries. Ji Mingchu, Wang Hongsheng and others had not been in-depth contact with these situations before, and they were fascinated by what they heard. Yang Xinyu and Li Linguang understood a little bit, and they also listened very carefully.

"I see."

After Qin Hai finished talking, Ji Mingchu nodded slowly and said:

"Xiao Qin once told me before that materials are a university question. Speaking of which, my friendship with Xiao Qin also started because of materials. It was because of our Navy's No. 98 steel research. At that time, Xiao Qin and Professor Li and Professor Chen helped. However, this is the first time for me to systematically understand the categories of materials science and the development prospects of the materials industry. It is indeed an eye-opener.

Such a large system really needs a comprehensive plan, otherwise everyone will chase after those who invest less and make money quickly, and no one will do long-term research, then we will always fall behind foreigners, and we can only choose Those that are soupy and watery, you can’t eat fat meat. "

"I think Xiao Qin's words should be told to the comrades of the Development and Reform Commission again. Regarding industrial policy, the Development and Reform Commission's words are more effective." Wang Hongsheng said. .

Qin Haidao: "What I said is just the opinion of one family. Of course, these opinions of the family have also been consulted in advance by many experts from our Anhe School of Materials, including Professor Li. Now that the Industry Promotion Center has been established, I think the center has to do The first thing is to compile a 20-year development plan for China's material industry, and integrate opinions from more sides to enrich and improve the words of my family."

"No problem, I'll take the lead in this matter." Yang Xinyu said without hesitation.

"I will be responsible for making a 20-year plan for material research, as a supplement to the industrial plan." Li Linguang also volunteered.

"What about us?" Ji Mingchu looked at Wang Hongsheng and asked with a smile, "Should we two old guys do something?"

Qin Haidao: "Old Ji has a lot of things to do. At present, local scientific research and military scientific research are still two separate skins, and they are not integrated enough. In Western countries, civilian industries participate in military industry, and they promote and complement each other. This matter may require Ji. Push it forward for us."

"This is not a problem." Ji Mingchu said, "The military industry also has such a desire, hoping to introduce local forces to promote the development of the military industry. Now that the world's military modernization level is very high, relying solely on the strength of the military industry system is no longer enough."

"This is great." Qin Haidao, and then he turned to Wang Hongsheng and said, "I need to ask Director Wang for help with industry coordination. Director Wang has been in the Planning Commission for so many years, and all industries and places recognize it. Director Wang's face, when it comes to regulating competition and promoting the division of labor, is none other than Director Wang."

"So, you still think I'm a good old man?" Wang Hongsheng pretended to be cold and said.

"Director Wang is criticizing me, Xiao Qin knows he was wrong..." Qin Hai quickly admitted his mistake. He knew why Wang Hongsheng was dissatisfied with him. When he was engaged in electric vehicles before, Wang Hongsheng once offered to help Qin Hai coordinate the relationship between all parties, but Qin Hai refused, and the old man felt a little lost because of this. Of course, Wang Hongsheng also admitted that Qin Hai used his own power to break the blockade of several major automobile groups, and the effect was better than directly taking the high-level route, so he was angry on the surface, but he didn't have any complaints in his heart.

"He is a strong person, and he never likes to ask for help." Ji Mingchu excused Qin Hai, "But that's fine, now we are engaged in a market economy, everything can be solved by market rules, so don't use them lightly." Administrative means, otherwise the atmosphere will be ruined, and there will be endless troubles."

After finishing the business, everyone started chatting about some small topics. Li Linguang said: "Xiao Qin, I received an email from a student this morning. There is a video in it. I feel very uncomfortable after watching it. Not interested in taking a look?"

"What video, it can't be something heavy-tasting, right?" Qin Hai asked with an evil smile.

"Nonsense!" Li Linguang reprimanded. He has always been an approachable little old man, and he has a good relationship with young students. He can understand some "stalks" among young people, so he naturally knows what Qin Hai means. However, Qin Hai made this kind of joke on him, which really made him dumbfounded.

"Then I don't worry, where is your email, let's take a look together." Qin Hai smiled.

There is a computer with Internet access in the conference room. Li Linguang logged into his mailbox, downloaded a video, and projected it on the screen with a projector.

"Chinese materials VS foreign materials..."

As soon as the title of the video appeared, everyone fell silent. This is a big topic, so it is no wonder that Li Linguang brought it up on this occasion.

At the beginning of the video, a man in his early 30s appeared on the screen. He looked a bit capable. He held two off-white tubes in his hand and said to the camera:

"Everyone, what we want to compare with you today is the difference between PVC pipes produced in China and PVC pipes imported from foreign countries. On the surface, the two pipes are the same, and the sound is almost the same when knocked. But , if we do some simple experiments, we can see how far the quality of Chinese pipes is compared with foreign pipes..."

Next, he began to do various experiments. First, he saw it with a saw, and asked everyone to compare the color of the fracture and the particles of sawdust; then, he hammered it, rubbed it with a file, and gave continuous comments. There are a lot of them, but the final conclusion is the same, that is, Chinese pipes are more than a little bit worse than imported pipes. Compared with imported materials, Chinese materials are simply a piece of scum.

As Li Linguang said, the people in the room were disgusted after watching this video. When the man in the video talked about Chinese materials, he tried all kinds of ridicule, such as "a big country in the sky" and a "country of copycats", and made Chinese companies worthless. But when introducing imported materials, they always say "they pay attention to so-and-so the most" and "they don't bother with such-and-such at all", and the tone is almost like praising their own father.

"What a joke!" Ji Mingchu snorted heavily, his tone full of anger.

"Hehe, this tone is very popular now." Qin Hai sneered.

Yang Xinyu nodded and said: "Indeed, I have also received this kind of thing. Someone made a video comparing Chinese bearings and German bearings. Chinese bearings are pushed by hand, and they stop after two turns; The bearing can turn twenty or thirty times without any hindrance."

"Is that actually the case?" Ji Mingchu asked.

Yang Xinyu smiled wryly and said: "There must be a gap between Chinese products and international advanced products, but it is not so big. I looked for knowledgeable people to watch, and they said that the comparison in the video is not the same type of bearings at all. In the end, it’s just sensationalism.”

"So, Director Yang, how did you handle this matter?" Qin Hai looked at Yang Xinyu and asked seriously.