"Hello, Mr. Nimes, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Qin Hai smiled and stood up to shake hands with Nim, let him sit on the sofa, and then looked at him silently, waiting for him to speak.

"Mr. Qin, if you're not busy, I'd like to be able to tell you about my research, if you're interested......" Nim rubbed his hands together and said hesitantly. After hearing about Qin Hai's generosity, he made a special trip to make a fortune. He had never dealt with Chinese before, and he did not know the habits of Chinese, so he was quite nervous.

Qin Hai said with a smile: "Mr. Nime, don't worry, we are all interested in a valuable research. ”

"That's great." Nim happily replied, "My research direction is magnetic polymer microspheres, first of all, please allow me to introduce you to this amazing new magnetic material......

Qin Hai unceremoniously interrupted his opening remarks and said: "I'm afraid this is not necessary, if I guessed correctly, what you are talking about is a new type of material based on the microencapsulation method that combines organic polymers with magnetic inorganic substances, which has magnetic responsiveness and good machinability." ”

"Uh......" Nimes wilted all at once. The technology of magnetic polymer microspheres is a very new and out-of-the-way direction in the material circle, and the people around the world who are engaged in this direction may be able to count it with a slap. Some scholars who have been in contact with this field believe that this technology will not produce any interesting results, so the field is currently in a state of shrinkage.

In Nimes, few people even in the United States know about such a thing as magnetic polymer microspheres, and in China, where the technological level is far behind that of the United States, I am afraid that no one will ever hear of this concept. He had already planned to spend some time explaining the characteristics of this material to Qin Hai, and it was best to add some foolery to make Qin Hai stunned. In order to induce Qin Hai to provide some funding for this research.

But he didn't think that as soon as he said this concept, Qin Hai had already clearly described the characteristics of this technology, how could he open his mouth?

"Mr. Qin has heard of this technology?" Nim asked stupidly.

Qin Hai said lightly: "I said that Daqin Group is a professional material industry group, and it is a content related to materials. We all pay attention to, and naturally this includes magnetic polymer microspheres. However, we haven't done this yet, so I'd be interested in hearing what you have to say about this technology. ”

"Since Mr. Qin has paid attention to this material, do you think the research of this material is promising?" Nimes honestly asks that his own research is unfunded because it is considered a non-promising direction in the United States. If Qin Hai also thought that this technique was worthless, then he would really have to change his career.

Qin Hai said: "There is no successful application example of magnetic polymer microsphere technology. So I can't say definitively whether it has a future or not. However, our group has a certain interest in all kinds of new technologies, and if Mr. Nimes can make some achievements in this area and obtain relevant patents, we are still willing to pay some price for it. ”

"No, no, Mr. Qin, I believe that this technology must have a future. I once considered that magnetic polymer microspheres have good machinability. It is possible to form some specific polar functional groups on the surface of the polymer by the method of guò polymer modification. So that it has some special properties. If my vision is successful, the material will be able to be used in biomedicine, optical communications, and ......"

At this, Nim snorted slightly, hesitating whether the latter words were appropriate to say.

"Mr. Nimes, if you wish to be a collaborator with us, then there should be nothing that cannot be said between us." Qin Hai warned.

"Okay...... In fact. The main use of this material is as a absorbing material. When I say this, Mr. Qin should be able to understand what it means, right? Nimes whispered.

The function of absorbing materials is to absorb the microwaves emitted by the radar, so that the radar cannot detect the target object. The main application direction of absorbing materials is the military field. Including stealth aircraft, stealth ships, etc., are coated with a layer of absorbing material on the surface to achieve the stealth effect of radar. The traditional absorbing material is mainly inorganic ferrite, which is used in ships, and is used in stealth aircraft with the defect of excessive density, which will increase the weight of stealth aircraft and affect the performance of the aircraft.

Due to the characteristics of polymer materials, the density of magnetic polymer microspheres is much smaller than that of ferrite materials, and after modification, it can also have the advantages of wide frequency band and high absorption rate, which is an ideal outer coating for stealth aircraft.

Nimes' research was first funded by a company that provided stealth materials for the military, and the results were intended to be applied to the new stealth fighter developed by the US military. Who would have thought that in the military tender, the enterprise that financed the research in Nîmes was eliminated by other enterprises, and the research on this very promising organic magnetic material had to be abandoned halfway. He was annoyed that Nimes, who had been working in this direction for several years, had already seen the light of day, but could not continue for such a commercial reason.

He once wrote a letter to the military, explaining the good characteristics of the material he was studying, hoping that the military would pay attention to this new material and give him the funds he needed to complete the research. Unfortunately, several of his letters were sent, but they were all lost without any reply. By chance, he heard from a source inside the military that the military had already reached a conclusion on the choice of absorbing materials for stealth aircraft, and that the winning bidder was an enterprise with great lobbying ability......

With such a smoky matter, Nim is naturally inconvenient to say to Qin Haiming, after all, family ugliness cannot be publicized. However, in order for Qin Hai to become interested in this material, he had to come up with some fierce materials. He knows that China has always been a country interested in national defense modernization, and although China does not yet have stealth aircraft, relevant scientific research must have been carried out for a long time. He pointed out that magnetic polymer microspheres can be used as an excellent absorbing material, and he hopes that Qin Hai will be interested in this material.

"Are you sure it can be used as a absorber?" Qin Hai asked quietly. He remembered that the 70X Institute was researching stealth aircraft, and the chief engineer he knew, Gu Qinyuan, was engaged in absorbing materials, and if the materials engaged in Nim could really be used as absorbing materials, then it would be a good choice to transfer this technology to the 70X Institute in the future. Of course, he would not have said such a thought to Nimes.

"I'm sure." "We have done practical work in the past to prove that this material has good wave-absorbing properties, which is better than that of ferrite materials. What I'm doing now is to improve its bandwidth and solve the problem of its preparation process. ”

"If so, it's kind of interesting." Qin Hai's mouth was interesting, but his tone was still light, and he didn't show as eagerness as Nim hoped, "How much money do you need to complete your research work?" ”

"$1.5 million." Nimes replied without hesitation. He originally planned to quote a higher number, but after hearing Qin Hai say the characteristics of the magnetic polymer microsphere, he dispelled the idea of asking for a sky-high price, and instead chose a more reliable amount.

"So, what do I get?" Qin Hai was noncommittal about Nimes' offer and raised another question.

"You can get patents for the application of magnetic polymer microspheres, including patents for industrial preparation processes, which means that only you can produce this material in the world." Nimes said.

"If it can't find an application, what's the use if I have a patent and a preparation process?" Qin Hai said with a frown.

"I want to ...... It should be useful. Nimes wept and struggled to explain.

Qin Hai looked at the poor scholar and smiled slightly. The technology of magnetic polymer microspheres is still in its infancy in this era, and its practical application is indeed still difficult due to the influence of the technical level. However, in a few years, the technology will be gradually improved, and there will be a large number of applications. Nimes was able to foresee this from a technical point of view, but could not prove it. And Qin Hai, as a person with advanced vision, certainly has no doubt about this.

"Well, we're willing to fund this technology." Qin Hai was no longer embarrassed by Nim, and he said, "Since we don't see the future of this technology yet, I can't provide you with so much money for the time being. I can only provide $500,000 as the first tranche of funding, and then add additional funds when I see valuable milestones. Do you think that's going to work, Mr. Nimes? ”

"Absolutely." Nim replied, "I promise you that after investing $500,000, you'll see something valuable." ”

"$500,000 is also a lot of money, and I hope we can monitor the use of the funds, Mr. Nîmes won't mind, right?" Qin Hai said again.

"You're saying I need to give you a detailed explanation of how the funds will be used?" Nimes asked.

Qin Hai shook his head and said, "This is not enough, we need to send people to participate in your research work in order to make sure that these funds are being used in the right place, and the technology we finally get is indeed the real technology." ”

"I don't think it's that difficult." Nim said with a bitter face. (To be continued......)