"No, this news must be reported to the president immediately!"

Sadao Hirano came to his senses, took the magazine and returned to the venue. Nakagawa Motohisa looked at Sadao Hirano's back, shook his head slightly, and said to himself: "Go and report such news to the president at this time, alas......"

The people in the venue were still laughing and laughing, and they got together in twos and threes, talking about the sales prospects of new permanent magnet materials, and teasing the Chinese who gave them a cash cow. When Sadao Hirano walked up to Masashi Miyagawa, Masashi Miyagawa was discussing with Saburo Okazaki about holding a new product launch.

"Hirano-kun, you have come at the right time, we are discussing how to publicize the superiority of dysprosium terbium ferroalloy materials more fully, what do you think about this?" Miyagawa said to Sadao Hirano, who came over, he didn't notice that Sadao Hirano's face was a little stiff, maybe because the Japanese often have a dead face on weekdays, so he couldn't see any change.

"President, there are some things that I would like to talk to you about individually." Sadao Hirano said in a low voice.

"What? Is there something going on in the real yàn room? Miyagawa remembered that Sadao Hirano had been summoned out just now, and now he heard his voice a little low, as if he had encountered something wrong.

"No, I think...... Well, forget it, sooner or later, I'll have to report this to Director Okazaki, so I'll talk about it as well. Sadao Hirano said with his head bowed! Road.

Miyagawa retracted his smile and said, "Hirano-kun, if you have any problems, you can say anything, and if you encounter any difficulties, the company will help you solve them." ”

"It's not my problem, it's the company's ......," Sadao Hirano said, handing the magazine in his hand to the two of them, "President." Director Okazaki, take a look at this article. ”

"Article?" Miyagawa Masashi and Saburo Okazaki are a little strange, and reading academic journals has always been unrelated to them. Seeing Sadao Hirano like this, both of them leaned their heads forward, half-understanding the English words on it: "permanent magnet material...... Preparation...... Cerium. Well, cerium? ”

Sadao Hirano's reaction was the same, and both Miyagawa and Saburo Okazaki were stunned when they read the word "cerium". As a company specializing in rare earth materials, executives are still very familiar with rare earth elements. Seeing that the word "cerium" was associated with the word "permanent magnet material", many terrible things came to their minds at once.

"Chinese...... Let's put it simply, it is Daqin Group that has mastered the preparation method of permanent magnet materials with cerium as the main component, and announced it to the world. Sadao Hirano said with a bitter expression.

"Daqin Group?" Saburo Okazaki only felt his heart beating fast, and he pointed to the article and asked Sadao Hirano, "What do they say about the performance of this cerium-based material?" Can it be compared to NdFeB? ”

Sadao Hirano said: "According to what they presented in the article. The magnetic energy volume of this cerium-based permanent magnet material is higher than that of NdFeB, and only about 10% lower than that of the dysprosium-terbium iron alloy that we have just put into production. Its Curie temperature can also reach more than 500 degrees Celsius, which is close to the level of dysprosium terbium ferroalloy. That is, it can be used as a completely alternative to dysprosium terbium ferroalloy. ”

"Is there a mistake in counting jù? What if the Chinese just want to bluff? Miyagawa asked.

Sadao Hirano shook his head and said: "This is unlikely, after all, this is a top international academic journal, Sun Yuzhi is a rigorous scientist, it is impossible for him to falsify such an article." ”

"So......" Saburo Okazaki was dumbfounded, of course he also knew the price difference between cerium and dysprosium and terbium. If the properties of two permanent magnet materials are comparable, the cost of one is only one percent of the other. Then a fool can imagine what the fate of another material would be.

The most terrifying thing is that in the warehouse of the Chunshan company, there are still hundreds of tons of expensive dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide, once dysprosium terbium ferroalloy proves to be a worthless material, then these dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide will all become a pile of wasteland.

"Baga!" Miyagawa slammed the table. His eyes widened like brass bells. A room full of executives who were talking and laughing were so frightened by this voice that they almost fell, and everyone subconsciously closed their mouths and turned their heads to look at Miyagawa Masa.

"Hirano-kun, why didn't you and your team realize the existence of cerium-based materials! Why are the Chinese able to discover new rare earth permanent magnet materials again and again! Where did the research money that the company invested in you go? Miyagawa angrily reprimanded Sadao Hirano.

"Cerium-based materials. What do you mean? ”

"Chinese? Could it be that the Chinese have discovered new rare earth materials? ”

"Cerium...... How is this possible, such a cheap raw material ......"

The executives heard a lot of overtones from Miyagawa's words, and they pondered it carefully, and suddenly felt a cool air hit their backs. People who have been immersed in this industry for many years, how can they not understand the things in the industry, if there is really a rare earth permanent magnet material with cerium as a raw material, and its performance is not obvious compared with dysprosium terbium-ferroalloy, then dysprosium-terbium ferroalloy is finished. In this market, after all, price should speak.

"President Miyagawa, I have failed to live up to your expectations, and I ask the company to give me the most severe punishment." Sadao Hirano bent down deeply, didn't say a word of defense, and took all the blame on himself.

Actually, Sadao Hirano has something to say. In the past two years, all the energy of the company's research department has been invested in dysprosium terbium ferroalloys, which is not what Sadao Hirano meant, but Miyagawa Masa's own orders. Inspired by dysprosium terbium ferroalloys, Sadao Hirano did have the idea of using other rare earth elements, especially light rare earth elements, to develop new permanent magnet materials, and even several preparation methods mentioned in Sun Yuzhi's article were also thought of by Sadao Hirano. If it weren't for Miyagawa Zheng asking him to develop dysprosium terbium ferroalloy without distraction, maybe he would really have developed cerium-based permanent magnet materials before Sun Yuzhi.

But what's the point of saying this kind of hindsight? The company was technically put on the wrong side and faced extremely severe losses, and he, as the technical director, was to bear the main responsibility anyway. Instead of jumping out and defending in vain, it is better to let Miyagawa finish his anger and then speak.

After all, Miyagawa is also the president of a large company, so he still has some self-cultivation. It was only because he heard such bad news at first glance that his feelings were temporarily out of control, and after venting a few words, reason finally returned to him. He let out a long breath, then bowed to Sadao Hirano and said, "I'm sorry, Hirano-kun, I shouldn't have been angry with you, I apologize to you." ”

"No, President, it's indeed my fault, and you reprimanded you right." Sadao Hirano replied.

"Let's all sit down." Miyagawa made a gesture to everyone to take their seats, and he sat back in his seat first. All the people no longer had the excited looks just now, and one by one, with gray expressions, returned to their seats, looking down at the table in front of them, as if they wanted to carve some patterns on the table with their eyes.

"Hirano-kun, does the article say when did the Chinese develop this new material?" Miyagawa asked.

"The article doesn't explicitly state when they developed this material, but judging from the number of jù they published and the preparation method they introduced, they mastered this technology at least a year ago, but it has not been made public," says Hirano. ”

"A year ago?" Miyagawa was calculating in his mind, and then sneered: "Yes, at that time we were still begging the Chinese to sell us dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide at a high price, if they published this article at that time, then we would not import so much dysprosium and terbium again." ”

"They did it on purpose!" Nagatomo Eiji, who is in charge of raw material procurement, said angrily, "They want to use this method to induce us to purchase their raw materials at a high price. ”

"However, we got into this trap ourselves." "They controlled the export volume of dysprosium oxide and terbylium oxide, and threatened not to export to us, and we asked them to increase exports." In order to do this, we also helped them to obtain seller's credit in Japan, and they used the funds to purchase steel in Japan and make a high price in the Chinese market. ”

"This Qin Hai is the most shameless businessman I have ever seen!" Nagatomo Yongji commented, thinking of the scene when he met Qin Hai, recalling Qin Hai's unfathomable smile, Nagatomo Yongji had an urge to go berserk: "He is a very good actor, obviously he wants us to fall into his trap, but he is very detached and has always refused to sell us these raw materials." As a result, we turned out to be ...... Alas! ”

He wanted to say that he was actually tricked by Qin Hai, but how could he say such things in front of everyone. He was speechless for a moment, and finally ended his speech with a long sigh.

"I don't think we're going to talk about how shameless our opponents are, but how we're going to deal with them." Saburo Okazaki was the first to return to the topic, "If cerium-based permanent magnet materials come out, they will inevitably hit our market severely. Not only will the new dysprosium and terbium ferroalloy market face collapse, but even the traditional NdFeB market will not be able to sustain itself. So, now we have to find a way to delay the promotion and application of cerium-based permanent magnet materials, and during this time, develop our own patents for cerium-based materials. ”

"Okazaki-kun is right." Miyagawa nodded heavily, "Obviously, we have been calculated by the Chinese, and it is pointless to hold anyone accountable now, the key is how to deal with this challenge." Okazaki-kun's suggestion is very reasonable, and we will join other manufacturers to boycott cerium-based permanent magnet materials until we develop a similar patent ourselves. (To be continued......) R1292