The development of white light emitting diodes, although further research is needed to solve a series of problems such as mass production, but it is good news for NB Electrician, a listed company that regards energy-saving lighting as one of its three main businesses.

There are so many projects to be carried out next year, and the laboratory will carry out more expensive research, and NB Electric will naturally not miss this opportunity.

Wu Jinhua, the newly appointed CEO of the group, immediately held a press conference with Chen Hao, president of the Power Generation and Transmission and Distribution Group and chairman of NB Electrician, announcing that NB Electrician would issue an additional 30 million shares and plan to raise HK$2 billion for further research and development of gallium nitride and indium nitride, a wide bandgap semiconductor material.

At the same time, NB Electric officially launched the listing process.

Just released a big satellite and two small satellites, the market response was enthusiastic, everything is developing in a good direction, and even major international investment banks such as Morgan Stanley and UBS have thrown olive branches.

Regardless of the number of shares issued, the Group's controlling interest in the subsidiary must be guaranteed.

As soon as he sent off his German friends and colleagues who had come to the "academic forum", he picked up his books again and devoted himself to the study of materials chemistry.

"Zhang Gong, Mr. Wu asked Mr. Gu how to reply?"

There are too many things, especially those involving laboratories, which still need him to ask, and he has just done two small experiments under the guidance of Professor Ding of PolyU, and Wu Yingzhe, assistant to the president of the group, hurried over.

The Xiaoyawan nuclear power plant is too sensitive, and it has always been an excuse for right-wing groups in Hong Kong to make trouble.

It cannot be blocked by others like the Hong Kong branch of the New H Society, and it cannot leave the impression that the central government does not help because of this. We should not miss this opportunity to visit the construction of nuclear power plants.

The charter weighed it and said thoughtfully: "It's okay to send someone, but you can't take the initiative to go." Therefore, it is not okay to accept a unilateral invitation. All aspects must be taken into account. ”

"Mr. Wu also thinks so, so let's reply to Mr. Gu and ask him to think of a way to organize several more social groups concerned about the environment and safety to jointly issue invitations."

"That's it."

The charter nodded slightly, and as he walked with him out of the laboratory, he asked, "Is there any news from the Education Department and the UGC, and how have they reacted to our appeal?" ”

"It's talking. It's troublesome. Wu Yingzhe sighed lightly, and said with a bitter smile of helplessness: "After all, there is no precedent in Hong Kong for this, and the Education Department recommends the Financial Secretary." The Financial Secretary asked us to find the Chief Executive, but the Chief Secretary was vague and finally forced to have no choice, so he agreed to increase the budget by 5 million a year. ”

"5 million. When we are called Hanako? ”

"yes. Therefore, Councillor Shen decided to call on more social elites to collectively submit a letter and talk directly to the Governor of Hong Kong. Wu Yingzhe paused, and added: "The difficulty of this matter lies in a few universities, and we can't go too far, otherwise it will backfire." ”

If you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing goods.

If you really compare the results of the NB laboratory in the past few years with several universities. That must have been a lot easier. The key NB Lab is in the same league as several universities. If you really do that, not only will no one benefit, but even your friends will be gone.

No wonder Britain can't get Germany, no wonder Soros dares to clean up the pound and doesn't dare to move the strong mark, he is extremely stingy in R&D investment, and finally produces a few talents, and runs to the United States like China.

"I can only fight hard," the charter gritted his teeth and said resolutely: "Yingzhe, please ask Mr. Wu and Director Xie to start the second set of plans." ”

Forcing the Hong Kong Governor to pay the money by public opinion, Wu Yingzhe was worried and couldn't help reminding: "Zhang Gong, do you know what this means? ”

"Five years, isn't it just five years of suppression."

The charter smiled and said casually: "With so many things to do, how can he have the time and energy to deal with us alone?" Besides, our business is overseas, so even if we want to suppress him, we don't have the strength. ”

There is a lot of profits tax to be paid by the Hong Kong government, and the independent director of the group, the royal barrister, is not a dry meal, there is no tax evasion, there is no collusion between officials and businessmen, and there is no crooked ways, and the Hong Kong government really has no way to do it with itself. Thinking of this, Wu Yingzhe couldn't help but smile and said, "Then you and the chairman should never think about multiple JPs after the name." ”

The charter laughed and said, "Who is rare?" ”

"Okay then, I'll go and inform Mr. Wu and Director Xie."

With the charter order, NB Electric ended its history of never doing TV commercials. In the evening of the same day, several major television stations in Hong Kong simultaneously broadcast three five-minute promotional videos titled "Dreams Change the Future".

The planning department carefully plans and is produced by a professional advertising agency.

First of all, the academic achievements of the NB Laboratory, from the "giant magnetoresistance effect", composite insulating materials, to the just-concluded "Hong Kong Nanotechnology Academic Forum", more than 20 internationally renowned scientists, including two Nobel laureates, appeared one by one, and affirmed the contribution of the NB Laboratory to the Institute of Physics in the most concise way and the most sincere attitude.

The second promotional video is based on the universities of Hong Kong, where eight presidents, more than a dozen deans and professors speak one by one, congratulating, affirming, praising and not hesitating praise for the NB Lab, and finally even promoting the NB Lab as Hong Kong's hope for winning the Nobel Prize.

The last video is full of Hong Kong engineering students who have been officially working or are interning, in the group headquarters, in the Americas, in Europe, Africa, and in the Middle East, wearing NB electrical professional clothes or work clothes, clipping documents or wearing hard hats, showing the sweetest smile, shouting the slogan "Dreams change the future".

A week of warm-up, officially entering the second stage.

The Academic Committee of NB Lab invited the Hong Kong media to attend the first Hong Kong Science Prize Presentation Ceremony held in the auditorium of the University of Hong Kong.

Cai Yangzhi's team, which discovered "carbon nanotubes", Li Shengqu's team, who invented high-voltage insulating materials, and Han Jiacheng's team, who developed wide bandgap semiconductor materials, successively received medals, certificates and bonus cheques ranging from 5 million to 1 million yuan from more than a dozen award presenters, including President Chan of HKU and President of CUHK.

In his final speech, CEO Ng Kam Wah announced that the award will be judged annually and that the judges will all be randomly selected from professors from eight universities in Hong Kong. All accomplished engineering students in Hong Kong have the opportunity to receive awards, not just researchers and interns at NB Labs.

Mr. Gu's Dongcheng Group, Chairman Zhong's Zhong Group, and some other member units of the four major chambers of commerce have successively provided donations ranging from 50 million to 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, so that the prize pool suddenly exceeded the 100 million yuan mark, and the scope of the award was expanded to five fields, including chemistry, medicine, computer science and engineering.

The "Nanotechnology Academic Forum" can still show its face at the opening ceremony, but the establishment of such a major award has nothing to do with the Hong Kong government, the Hong Kong governor can no longer sit still, and the next morning sent out an invitation, inviting the chairman of the board of directors Liu Siwei, the chief executive officer Wu Jinhua and the largest shareholder charter to attend the evening reception.

The female chief secretary with two dimples laughing, the president of HSBC who shows a gentlemanly demeanor, the commander of the British army stationed in Hong Kong with a medal on his chest, and the justice who is talking with a lady are all prominent and the most powerful people in Hong Kong.

The thing is very clear, if it is not communicated in time, NB Electric will definitely have further action.

Thinking of the NB entrepreneurship fund they set up, the Hong Kong governor was unhappy, secretly thinking that he had the idea of fighting the Hong Kong government even though he had money, and the lion opened his mouth and actually wanted to build a laboratory that was slightly smaller than the University of Science and Technology.

"Three, I can only express my regret for the demands of your group and the laboratory."

The Governor bowed slightly to the lady beside him before putting down his glass and saying, "This is not only because the Hong Kong government can't squeeze out this budget, not only because Hong Kong has no precedent for this, but also because in my opinion, this is a duplicate investment." You must know that we not only have seven educational universities, but also research universities like HKUST, and it can be said that Hong Kong's higher education is second to none in the world, and there is no need to set up another research institution. ”

In Germany, he was entertained by the vice president of the ruling party and government minister Angela, and for Liu Siwei, the governor was no more than that, he was not nervous at all, and smiled without humility or arrogance: "Your Excellency the governor, in my opinion, it is the opposite, because whether it is an educational university or a research university, it is the students who are trained. What is taught in universities, and what they learn, is also relatively backward knowledge. In contrast, we are more cutting-edge, forward-thinking and applied, as you are well aware. ”

Wu Jinhua wasted no time in adding: "Your Excellency, this is equivalent to a pyramid structure, and in fact, it is precisely because of the lack of a research institution at the top of the pyramid like NB Lab that many local students, including me, still need to go to the West for further study after completing their master's or even doctoral studies. ”

The wording is very tactful, and it does not directly say that he will go to the UK for further study.

Ambitious, they are looking for Hong Kong's most outstanding talents, trying to fill in the gaps in Hong Kong's higher education. More importantly, one pioneering research achievement after another, one invention patent after another, has proved that they have this strength. (To be continued......)