In addition to the academic committee, the laboratory has set up a continuing education committee composed of academic committee members of each department, experts from outside the laboratory, and some project and project leaders.

Due to the limitations of the venue, the direction of the research, and the progress of the project being studied, continuing education is staggered. The conference room on the 6th floor of the Peninsula Headquarters in Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong and the small library of the Heung Kong Experimental Center are carried out almost every day.

The content is different every time, and the instructors are all new faces.

Yu Chunpeng, who was just admitted to the NB Laboratory as a doctoral student, benefited Yu Chunpeng a lot from his lecture on "Matrix and Laboratory Software Application Experience" delivered by a Singaporean researcher from the Systems Engineering Laboratory in the small library today.

He had heard of the matrix and laboratory software before, and after entering the technical application laboratory, he also tried to use it under the guidance of his mentor. It was only at this moment that he realized that simulation modeling, automation, aerospace, military industry, communications, signal processing, finance, biomedicine, automobiles, remote sensing and ground signaling, image processing and pattern recognition, computer vision, ...... As long as it can be imagined, it can be applied to almost anything.

Its strength also lies in its ability to integrate other code, providing a rich set of interfaces, and enabling hybrid programming with almost all major languages; It has its own set of parallel computing, cluster computing, and GPU computing system, and it is difficult to present its complete functions in detail if there are many functions.

If you simply call a software function to calculate an integral and solve an equation, you don't have the programming idea, you don't have the ability to design the framework, you don't understand its memory management mode, and you don't understand its industrial-grade applications. It will definitely be despised in the future.

This software, which must master its industrial applications, is important. But his mind was not on that.

As soon as I got out of class, I pedaled on the bicycle, the most popular means of transportation in the experimental center. Rushed to the No. 4 experimental workshop in Area B adjacent to the Institute of Optoelectronics, swiped the card through the unattended security channel, and ran up to the fake second floor from the side door to overlook the entire workshop.

He leaned over to the tempered glass and glanced at the meeting area below, and asked eagerly: "Zhu Cheng, it's been a day, why haven't they finished yet?" ”

Experimenter Zhu Cheng put down the work in his hand and turned around and said: "What is a day, a team in Area C spent four days. We're just getting started. ”

Hong Kong NB Laboratory is a non-profit research institution funded by the Hong Kong government, NB Electric Group and social donations. Funds will only be used for the application of the Academic Committee of the laboratory, the normal research project approved by the laboratory council, the salary of the official researcher and the normal expenses required to maintain the operation of the laboratory.

Like the Berlin NB Laboratory, the Hong Kong NB Laboratory is also a nurturing institution for the NB Electric Group, which has invested a lot of money.

Whether it is a medical imaging diagnostic technology R&D project or a silicon purification project, NB Electric Group needs to place a commissioned R&D order for the laboratory with real money in addition to the funding provided.

Brothers also have to settle accounts, everything must be according to the rules, and everything must be according to the procedures.

Three months ago, NB Technology, which is responsible for connecting the group and the laboratory, officially issued a "Letter of Intent for Commissioned R&D of 1.5 and 2.0 MW Wind Power Generation Projects" to NB Laboratory. The laboratory is required to produce a response letter within two months, including "preliminary research plan", "project research schedule" and "funding budget".

Large-scale wind power technology originated in some European countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands.

In the Netherlands, in particular, there were more than 10,000 windmills in the 18th century. Later, the wind power industry was boosted by the government. The development of related technologies and equipment is far ahead in the world.

After intense discussions, the academic committee asked NB Technology to extend the deadline to three months in order to recruit wind power experts around the world and organize a temporary team to respond according to its requirements.

It costs money to recruit experts, it costs money to build a team, and the workload is very large, which is similar to project consulting, and the laboratory will certainly not do it in vain. After some haggling, NB Technology invested $650,000 in upfront funding.

Who else can the project of NB Electric Group be given to NB Lab for research and development? To outsiders, this is simply bureaucracy, clericalism, and a fart off your pants.

However, NB Electric Group is not the only one that is funding the Hong Kong NB Laboratory.

In terms of the time of establishment, the Berlin NB Laboratory is several years earlier than the Hong Kong NB Laboratory in the real sense; In terms of technology application research and development capabilities, the Berlin NB laboratory will never be under the Hong Kong NB laboratory. Moreover, at the beginning of its establishment, it had a wind power technology tracking team composed of 6 experts.

At least a few hundred million dollars will need to be invested in research and development projects, and Dr. Klinsmann will certainly not be polite to his Hong Kong counterparts. It is said that in order to win this commissioned R&D order, the Germans, who don't like to fight price wars, only need an upfront fund of 300,000 US dollars.

The back of the hand is meat, and the palm of the hand is also meat.

He is not only the director of the Technology Application Department of Hong Kong NB Laboratory, but also the largest shareholder of NB Electric Group. Fools know that he not only does not favor the Hong Kong NB Lab on this issue, but is also happy to see the competition between the two NB Labs.

Although he clearly understood that the young man sitting in the conference area would not favor his mentor, Yu Chunpeng couldn't help but ask, "Did Zhang Gong speak?" ”

"Nope."

Zhu Bing was also nervous, sat down in front of the tempered glass and shook his head and smiled bitterly: "He is like a mud bodhisattva, he has hardly opened his mouth since the morning." During the meal, Lao Li also joked that he was the most incompetent director of the Department of Technology Application. ”

Commissioned R&D orders are also orders, as long as they are orders, they are business.

Concerning the group's development strategy and the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, Cao Xuyang, president of NB Technology, with the assistance of the group's technology department, has set up a strong technical and financial team.

NB Electric Group has developed to this day, and it no longer needs and can no longer be as sneaky as the previous medical CT machine. Moreover, wind power is not only not a sophisticated technology, but it is also an undoubted civilian technology.

He openly invited six experts from outside the NB Electric Group and NB Lab to participate in the evaluation, and the financial staff also came from two of the most prestigious accounting firms in Hong Kong.

From eight o'clock in the morning to now. They asked more than 600 questions.

If it weren't for the three years in Max Plank. Having seen such a scene twice, Dr. Fei Zhiwen, deputy director of the Technology Application Department of the Hong Kong NB Laboratory, the leader of the early team of the wind power project, and the former researcher of the first phase of the NB Electrical Division, must not be able to resist.

“…… From the perspective of R&D difficulty and R&D investment, the research and development of the fixed pitch and fixed speed type is definitely much easier than the variable pitch and variable speed type, and the investment is much less. However, the increase in the capacity of a single unit and the increase in the requirements for grid connection are the general trend, and in the near future, variable pitch and variable speed wind turbines will inevitably become the mainstream.

The evaluation committee should take this fully into account and not just look at the budget that we have proposed. And ignore the direction of our research and development. In addition, we have prepared a plan for the fixed pitch and speed type, which we can defend if the committee needs it. ”

Fixed propeller means that the angle at which the wind turbine blades are installed is unchanged and is fixed during normal operation. Constant speed means that the speed at which the impeller rotates is constant, regardless of the wind speed, the speed will not change during normal operation.

The pitch is equipped with a pitch bearing at the root of the blade, and the fan blade can rotate along its own axis, changing the installation angle and then changing the angle of attack. Variable speed means that the speed of the impeller is changing. Track the optimal reduction ratio to achieve a greater wind energy utilization coefficient during operation.

The fixed pitch and speed unit is heavier. The control is relatively simple, and the stall characteristics are used to operate; The variable pitch and variable speed units are slimmer and much more complex to control, and the angle of attack can be changed according to the change of the installation angle, so as to dynamically adjust the input power and improve the utilization rate of wind energy.

Especially in the fault state, the energy storage mechanism can be used to complete the propeller control to protect the overall safety of the unit.

A wind power expert invited from the University of Leuven in Belgium lifted his glasses and said in fluent English: "Dr. Fei, pitch control technology is one of the key technologies in the whole system, alongside frequency conversion technology. The magnitude and direction of the natural wind speed are randomly changing, and the technologies such as the grid-connected and off-grid of generator sets, the regulation of input power, the active wind control of wind turbines, and the detection and protection of faults during operation are not mature enough in the Netherlands and Denmark and have not been applied so far. ”

Fei Zhiwen glanced sideways at the three colleagues who participated in the technical defense, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Professor, a year ago, no one would have believed that the Hong Kong NB Laboratory could independently develop a medical CT machine. Now, the four-slice scanning spiral CT machine developed by Hong Kong NB Laboratory has been used in 163 medical institutions in 26 countries and regions around the world. ”

He was full of confidence, and the Belgian professor did not ask any more hypothetical questions, after all, the future will only be known in the future, and no one can say for sure now, so he got back to business: "Dr. Fei, then please talk about the overall scheme of pitch and speed change." ”

"No problem."

Fei Zhiwen took a sip of mineral water and said: "The overall scheme is roughly composed of a pitch controller, a pitch servo motor and a servo drive, a backup power supply system, and a sensor. The pitch control system uses three sets of DC motor servo control systems to control the propeller angle of each propeller respectively, the propeller control range is 0°-90°, and each propeller adopts a servo motor with rotation angle feedback for individual adjustment......"

A wind power project is a huge system project.

Converters, vanes, gears, control systems...... The process of technical defense is also a process of learning and communication, as the nervous researchers, graduate students and experimenters upstairs expected, "this is just the beginning"!

The charter raised his arm and glanced at the time on his watch, and said apologetically: "Everyone, I'm very sorry, there will be a party, I can't be absent." ”

The discoverer of the "giant magnetoresistance effect", the founder of NB Electric Group and NB Laboratory, and the famous tenth richest man in Hong Kong, sat with him for a whole day, and the six wind power experts who participated in the evaluation did not think it was rude, and invariably motioned for him to go first.

Cao Xuyang, who had also been sitting with him for a day, got up and said, "Zhang Gong, I'll send you." ”

"Alright, everybody, go ahead."

As soon as the two walked out of the experimental workshop, Cao Xuyang asked eagerly: "Zhang Gong, how do you feel about Lao Fei and his apprentices?" ”

The charter stretched and asked knowingly, "What's how?" ”

"Don't pretend to be confused, Dr. Klinsmann called me again yesterday. Ask when the evaluation committee will go. ”

"What do you guys think?"

"Wind power is not a CT machine. Lao Fei is not a Jianggong either. There is no foundation at all, we tend to cooperate. ”

"Time is not waiting for me."

The charter patted him on the arm and said meaningfully: "It's not enough to let Lao Fei cooperate with his colleagues in Berlin, the scope of cooperation should be expanded, and at the same time, we must also consider acquiring several European and American companies with this technology, otherwise it will take until the Year of the Monkey to make it out of the door by yourself?" ”

Who doesn't want to come as quickly as possible, Cao Xuyang sighed secretly. He said again and again: "We have all thought about these, and the key is money." ”

The group's funds have been used to the limit, and he doesn't know anything about the family background of the investment department, so it is normal to have this worry. The charter smiled and said lightly: "Funding is not a problem, Ding will always find a way to solve it." ”

Seeing that his second uncle Wu Xiucheng was standing on the main road and looking anxiously towards this side, Cao Xuyang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll make arrangements when both sides are evaluated." ”

The Ministry of Commerce, a company that was abolished during the major adjustment, is a hodgepodge, just like the current NB Technology.

There's a lot of work. Involving almost all the subgroups and subsidiaries of NB Electric, look at his emaciated face. The charter said with emotion: "Lao Cao, I've worked hard for you, hold on for another two years, and when there is a suitable person who can replace you, I will give you a long vacation, and take my sister-in-law and Lan Lan out to have a good time." ”

After NB Technology and NB Lab formally signed the entrusted R&D agreement, it is necessary to organize experts, scholars and financial personnel on a regular and irregular basis to evaluate the progress of project R&D and audit the funds used in project R&D.

Hundreds of millions of funds flowed out of his hands, even if it flowed into the NB laboratory, Cao Xuyang thought that he was responsible for the charter and the group, how could he have a beginning and no tail?

He blurted out without thinking about it: "Zhang Gong, I will work for at least ten years as this president, and these projects signed last year and this year will not yield results for a day, and I will not give up for a day." ”

The charter shook his head, stared at his eyes, and said sincerely: "Lao Cao, tomorrow is tomorrow, tomorrow is so much. R&D projects were there last year, there are ones this year, and there will be the same next year and the year after that. The ten-year R&D cycle is short, if you meet thirty or forty years, can you still work for a lifetime?

It's okay to keep to your dreams, and work is important, but dreams and work are not as important as family. You have to listen to me about this, live in the moment, and don't put so much pressure on yourself. ”

Cao Xuyang walked towards the main road, about to send him to Boss Wu's car, and asked with a smile: "You yourself are not the same, just know how many people you have spent at home over the years?" ”

"It was the entrepreneurial stage, of course, and now I am also starting a business, but the situation is much better than before, so from now on I will live in the present, work and family together, and I will not be away from home all day like before."

Cao Xuyang and Wu Xiucheng nodded slightly, pulled the car door and said with a smile: "Two years later, I'll talk about it in two years, I'll go back, be careful on the road." ”

Looking at his departing back, Wu Xiucheng, who had just changed into a Santana, couldn't help but ask, "San'er, why did you drive for so long?" ”

He touched the leather seat under his buttocks, and asked with a smile, "Second uncle, are you in a hurry?" ”

Wu Xiucheng treated the new car as a baby, closed the door carefully, and said with a wry smile while fastening his seat belt: "From one o'clock in the afternoon to now, the phone has not stopped, and the battery has been replaced by three pieces, do you say you are not in a hurry." ”

August 10th, today is really not a good day.

The People's Bank of China's special zone branch officially launched the lottery form for the subscription of new shares at 10 a.m. today, although under his reminder, the municipal party committee and municipal government have formulated a series of preventive measures.

However, he did not think that it would be possible to solve the crisis contained in the sale by providing free tea to the troops lining up to speculate in the south, sending ambulances to the various sales points to be on standby to prevent people from suffering from heat stroke, urgently dispatching several thousand cadres from various districts, towns, townships, and even villages to assist the public security and armed police in maintaining order, and dispatching cars with temporary loudspeakers to repeatedly publicize that "we are willing to gamble and lose."

Not only do they underestimate the power of capital, they don't even realize how serious the corruption has become.

If he had a choice, he would never go to the headquarters of NB Electric Group (China), which is less than two kilometers away from the city government, at this critical moment when something is about to happen, a little bit of a thing, and a big thing will happen as soon as something happens.

"They're really good at picking the right time, second uncle. Later, you must find a hidden place to park. Otherwise, if you are smashed, you will not have time to regret it. ”

How did Wu Xiucheng know how dangerous the city was. said very disdainfully: "What are you kidding, smashing the car next to the city government, there is no Wang Fa!" ”

The charter opened the storage box and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Have you heard of it, second uncle, believe me, it's not a big mistake to be careful, what about walking a few more steps?" ”

"You mean those who come to speculate on stocks?"

"yes. People came all the way over, lined up for several days and nights, exposed to the sun and rain, and endured all the hardships. If you can't buy a lottery form, can you feel no resentment? The city gate is on fire, and the fish in the pond are affected, and I don't want to see them spill their anger on your car. ”

Thinking of the long queues he saw in the city last night, and the wind he heard today, Wu Xiucheng realized that there was really such a possibility, and said thoughtfully: "Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years." San'er, you're right. Let's stop farther away. ”

NB Electric has more than 20 affiliated enterprises in the Special Economic Zone, and is the most influential member company of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries.

So yesterday morning, the charter invited Wu Jinhua, the group's chief executive, and Hu Meiqi, vice president of the China company, to say hello to them privately. After saving their employees from being involved, it will affect the normal production, and then affect the NB electronics, NB electrical appliances, NB electricians and NB electrical complete sets that are inseparable from their matching.

What made him feel even more helpless was that as soon as those Hong Kong bosses heard that he was in the SAR, they rushed to invite him to dinner. Even the provincial second construction president Wang who didn't say hello didn't know where to get the news.

More than half of the profits in these years come from NB Electric, Mr. Wang not only wants to express his gratitude to the charter in person, but also wants to take advantage of this golden opportunity to contact the big bosses in Hong Kong, so he set up ten tables in the Nanguo Hotel downstairs of the headquarters of the Chinese company, saying that he must pay for the friendship of the landlord.

It doesn't matter what he eats or who pays, the important thing is to get together with the God of Wealth, so he gladly accepted his invitation.

Everything is ready, only the guest of honor.

Mr. Wang tried his best to send out one invitation after another through Hu Meiqi, vice president of the Chinese company, and his old friend Kong District Chief, and in order to ensure that the charter could go to the banquet on time, he even thought of Wu Xiucheng, a relative of the emperor who had always cooperated very well.

At the beginning of the business, people repeatedly advanced funds to NB Electric. He takes care of his second uncle so much, as long as there is decoration work, no matter how big or small, he is the first thing that comes to mind.

What's more, the CEOs of those affiliated companies are partners, and if NB Electric wants to truly gain a firm foothold in the semiconductor industry, they need to follow in the footsteps of NB Electric as always, provide all kinds of supporting facilities needed, and form a relatively complete industrial chain.

All factory directors of NB Electric in the Special Economic Zone should be optimistic about their own doors and manage their own people, and the experimental center is no exception.

Director Yan of the security department, who had long known that he was going to the city for a banquet, didn't dare to let the big boss have even a little accident, looking at the white Santana whose monitor was slowly driving out of the gate, he grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Liu Yun, Liu Yun, the boss's car has gone out, and you will be responsible from now on." ”

"The main station, the main station, Liu Yun received!"

This is the first invisible security operation of the security department, Liu Yunchao, who was waiting outside the gate of the park, pointed ahead, Lian Yuangao immediately stepped on the accelerator, and quietly followed the business vehicle that had just graduated from Hailong Heavy Anticorrosive Coating Co., Ltd. in the afternoon.

"Huang Lin, Huang Lin, I'm Liu Yun, the boss is not fast, please don't change lanes frequently."

"Huang Lin received, Huang Lin received."

The charter was in front of the car, Lian Yuangao was a little excited, held the steering wheel tightly and asked, "Xiao Liu, who is Huang Lin and where is his car?" ”

Liu Yun, who was dressed in casual clothes, put down the walkie-talkie and smiled proudly: "Colleagues from the NB Electrical Security Department, their car is in front of Director Zhang. We don't have enough people, so we have to ask them for help. ”

"And how many people are there today?"

"There are a total of six including us, and Yang Aiming and Wang Jun of NB Electronics went to the headquarters of the Chinese company yesterday. We don't have to go upstairs later, wait for Director Zhang to finish the banquet and send him home, and our task will be completed. (To be continued......)

PS: Considering the inertia of the plot, I won't divide it into chapters today, so please forgive me.