Qi Zheng hurriedly returned to the Jiagu Laboratory Building!

Chen Jianzhang waited downstairs with a smile on his face.

The laboratory is a gold-swallowing pixiu, even in the world, no laboratory can really be self-financed. The operation of the Jiagu laboratory depends on the blood transfusion of the Jiagu Group.

As the boss of Jiagu Laboratory, Chen Jianzhang's favorite thing is when the results are produced, because this is also the easiest time to "take money" from the group's pocket.

Qi Zheng had no intention of studying Chen Jianzhang's thoughts, and after saying hello to him, he asked: "To what extent has the research been conducted on the strains that can digest plastics?"

Chen Jianzhang smiled and said, "We call it 'plastic-deplasticizing'!"

"Don't talk nonsense, tell me the specifics. "Qi Zheng is familiar with him, and he doesn't have to give any face.

Don't blame Qi Zheng for not having an impression of this project, it's true that today's Jiagu Laboratory has expanded to the scale of tens of thousands of people, and the number of subdivided projects is nearly 1,000, and it can't be listed on a single piece of paper.

In terms of importance, the "antiplastic" that has been researched is important, but when the project was first established, it could only be said to be ordinary. Which of the same projects, such as the super rice project, the super dairy cow project, the super enriched plant project, and the energy seaweed project, is not important? Qi Zheng just wants to care about it, but he can't care about it.

Only projects such as "deplasticizing" that have made practical results can get his attention. This is also something that can't be helped, even if there is "cheating" by the Spirit Array, who can know if this kind of "super creature" project will produce results in three years, five years, or ten years?

Chen Jianzhang looked clear and said: "Jiagu Agricultural Materials has put forward a request, hoping to develop more applicable products in the field of environmental protection and pollution control, and increase the scope of environmental protection and pollution control business. Because of this requirement, we have increased the funding of 10 million yuan to the 'deplasticizer' project team, and we have the current results. ”

"This 'deplasticizer' completes the decomposition of the plastic by secreting PET degrading enzymes. This enzyme is a protein that speeds up chemical reactions, and it is able to break down specific ester chemical bonds in PET and use the carbon in it as a food source, ultimately leaving behind small molecules that bacteria and plants can digest and absorb. ”

"At present, the degrading enzyme secreted by the first version of 'deplasticizer' can only decompose 150 milligrams of plastic per day in one liter of enzyme solution, and we need to further improve its plastic digestion capacity......," Chen Jianzhang smacked his mouth and introduced with dissatisfaction.

The corners of Qi Zheng's eyes twitched suddenly, and he didn't know what to say.

In his vague memory, a few years later, it seemed that similar bacteria had been discovered in both the island nation and the United Kingdom, but the efficiency of decomposing plastic seemed to be only a few milligrams per day......

The gap is dozens of times, but in Chen Jianzhang's eyes, there may not be much application value.

In Qi Zheng's eyes, this unexpected discovery indicates that the launch of a recycling solution to decompose the mountain of plastic waste has become a reality.

How significant is that?

After China issued a "ban on the import of foreign garbage", many people knew that China was once the world's largest importer of foreign garbage.

-- The essential reason is, of course, that China is too short of resources! If a large global manufacturing country wants to start its production line, it needs to fill in astronomical resources, and imported resources can solve part of the gap, and refining the resources in foreign garbage is also a kind of resource supplement.

But this model of importing foreign garbage for resources comes at a heavy environmental cost.

Garbage is not safe – there may be rotting food and paper towels left in beverage bottles, heavy metal components on plastic sheets of e-waste, and ink from waste newspapers polluting rivers during recycling...... Long-term accumulation can have irreversible effects on quality of life.

Garbage disposal is a problem all over the world, so much so that the "ban on foreign garbage imports" has made the world's garbage recycling industry feel a huge earthquake: there is no place for garbage?

On the one hand, our industry needs to be upgraded, and on the other hand, it is cruel, that is, our country itself is already the world's largest garbage producer.

To put it simply, we can't dispose of our own garbage.

For a long time, China's method of disposing of garbage has been mainly landfilled. But this is strictly forbidden in European countries, because you don't know in what form the landfill garbage will end up in human life.

It could be the wind blowing, the water you drink, the meat and dairy products produced by pigs, cows and sheep that feed on garbage, the organic vegetables and fruits grown in landfills, or even the land under your house or school that you don't know if has been restored......

Not to mention that plastic waste, which accounts for a large proportion, will take at least one or two hundred years to degrade in the natural environment!

The garbage mountain solution provided by Jiagu Agricultural Resources and Jiagu Laboratory is holistic - super-enriched plants to solve heavy metal pollution, and "plastic-deplasticizing" decomposes plastics as a food source for "energy trees", and finally converts plastic waste into bioenergy......

"We are further studying the mechanism of action of 'deplasticizers', and there is still a lot of research that needs to be done before it can be put into use. Chen Jianzhang pointed out.

"Okay, then I'll wait for good news, and I hope to see the results of the improvement as soon as possible. "Qi Zheng is naturally encouragement-oriented.

Chen Jianzhang smiled and said, "The progress is all piled up with money. ”

"How much do you plan to want?" Qi Zheng said quietly.

Chen Jianzhang tentatively said: "If we want to achieve the improvement level that can be put into use within two or three years, I estimate that it will take 300 million yuan of investment. ”

This is definitely the lion's mouth. Although Jiagu Laboratory is wealthy, it also has quite a lot of projects. Tens of thousands of researchers are presiding over nearly 1,000 projects, and if a project approves hundreds of millions of yuan, wouldn't it cost hundreds of billions of yuan every year?

Again, scientific research is made with money, and money is never enough.

Although the Jiagu Laboratory has a lot of funds, its main business is still agriculture and animal husbandry. The environmental protection service industry is only a marginal project, and such a large investment of 300 million yuan is definitely super-level.

However, Qi Zheng is aware of the amazing potential of "deplasticization". In any case, people have made "anti-plastic bacteria", and the weak performance is to be expected. However, after solving the problem of starting from scratch, performance improvement is relatively easy to achieve in Qi Zheng's opinion - it's a big deal, he can go into battle.

In comparison, the investment of 300 million yuan is too small. This could be a world-changing investment!

"Here you go!" Qi Zheng said without stumbling at all: "This is not included in the total funds of the Jiagu Laboratory, if the results are remarkable, the funds can be negotiated." ”

Chen Jianzhang almost dropped his jaw in shock. Research funding has always been difficult to ask, and there is no such thing as a saying that you should give as much as you want. Qi Zheng's simplicity finally made him realize how much Qi Zheng attached importance to "plastic deplasticization".

But either way, it's always good that research is well funded.

In order to maintain the confidence of the "gold owner", he promoted another blockbuster research result: "The performance of 'deplasticizer' needs to be improved, but our third-generation 'super energy tree' has achieved the goal of cultivation and improvement......"

The third-generation "super energy tree" is actually the small tung tree, also known as the jatropha tree, which can refine biodiesel with superior performance.

Biodiesel has the advantages of renewable, clean and environmentally friendly, low emission of combustion pollutants, etc., and can be applied to various diesel engines after modification, and is an alternative energy source that China encourages to vigorously develop and utilize.

The cultivation and improvement of Jiagu laboratory is aimed at the oil content of its fruit seeds and the yield of its fruit seeds.

Only then did Qi Zheng notice that the improvement of the little tung tree had actually come to the "third generation"!

"Third generation" means that at least three key traits have been improved.

Qi Zheng couldn't help but ask with anticipation: "Can industrialization be realized?"

Chen Jianzhang nodded heavily.

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