The amount of money involved in this cross-border commercial lawsuit is not large, and the MD side only asks for $5 million in damages, which is less than one-third of what they originally opened their mouth in Heyuan City.

But because of the high-profile battle of Baifeng Group, it quickly became the focus of China!

As Zhong Bai expected, such important official media as China Central Television, Xinhua News Agency and Economic Daily even sent reporters to Athens, Greece to report, and the relevant ministries of industry, foreign trade, and foreign affairs were also very concerned about the progress of the case!

Not to be outdone, the Washington Post, the New York Times and other bullish MD media also sent people to Athens to report together!

Yu Dongfeng, as the person in charge of Baifeng Group, appeared at the scene of the Greek court in a straight suit.

He used to be a soldier, so he naturally couldn't find fault with his body posture, coupled with the success of the past two years, Yu Dongfeng already had that kind of calm temperament, even if he just approached the courtroom and flashed the spotlight in the face of "click", this kid could look at the camera without blinking, and even stretched out his right hand to give a thumbs up to the reporters!

He was followed by seven top professional lawyers from the most well-known Pantanis firm in Greece, each with a briefcase in their hands, who sat down on the defense lawyer's bench without smiling.

Subsequently, Tom White entered the courtroom as the plaintiff, compared with Yu Dongfeng's calm and relaxed expression, his eye circles were a little dark, obviously because of poor rest, and the MD lawyer team behind him was only five people, two less than Huaguo, and he was already inferior in momentum.

As the judge struck the small wooden hammer and officially opened the trial, this big drama finally kicked off.

……

Huaguo Baiyun Obo Mining Area, Ningyuan Rare Earth Metallurgical Plant.

Zhong Bai didn't have time to pay attention to the lawsuit in Greece.

Since the secondment, Zhong Bai, Mi Bin, Yan Yutian and the teacher Academician Xu Guangxian have come to Ningyuan Rare Earth Metallurgical Plant for the second time to carry out work, and it has been carried out for several days.

In the acid workshop, Zhong Bai is participating in the roasting work with the workers who have just been trained.

The production of this link has not yet been fully automated even by the French, so everyone in each manual link is highly concentrated and performs their duties, for fear that there will be a mistake in the slightest link.

With the discharge of the first batch of waste residue and the discharge water of waste residue into the newly built wastewater discharge pond, Academician Xu rushed over with another group of laboratory personnel in the factory non-stop.

"Quick, immediately take samples and prepare for testing!" Xu Guangxian, who was wearing a hard hat, calmly commanded everyone's work at the scene.

Soon, the first batch of waste residue and waste residue discharge water had been sampled and sent to the laboratory in the factory.

"Meets the expected standards!"

When the laboratory technician handed the test result report to Xu Guangxian, the 62-year-old veteran academician who had dedicated all his youth to the rare earth cause of Huaguo had moist eyes after watching the data on the report.

Every piece of data is perfectly matched with the results of the calculations.

And this is not an experiment, but a real production!

This means that the low-temperature roasting and decomposition process of sulfuric acid is no longer a theory, but an effective method that has been verified by experiments and production!

In the rare earth industry, in the long road from rare earth concentrate to high-purity rare earth elements, a core link - the difficulty of obtaining the extraction of rare earth has finally been opened!

Although there are several links behind this, such as rare earth chloride - hydrochloric acid system extraction - rare earth oxides - rare earth metals - molten salt electrolysis - high-purity rare earth elements, if the low-temperature concentrated sulfuric acid roasting and water immersion as the front-end link are not opened, it will never be possible to move towards the later fields.

In the laboratory, there was warm applause!

Zhong Bai and the three of them also ran up to the second floor, and when Zhong Bai saw Xu Guangxian, whose back was trembling slightly, he knew that he was emotional at this time, so he walked to his side and said softly: "Academician Xu, we can contact the Swiss Patent Office in the afternoon." ”

"Hmm." Xu Guang turned around after a long while, looked at Zhong Bai, and said, "Xiao Zhong, please call Director Zhou over." ”

"Okay."

Zhong Bai immediately went to the factory director's office and invited Zhou Changqing over.

Although the two old friends have been in the factory, they are usually busy with nothing to do, seeing the exciting scene at this time, Zhou Changqing also knew what was happening, he walked quickly to Xu Guangxian, stretched out his right hand and held it tightly with the other party: "Old Xu, I really didn't expect it, more than a month...... It's only been a little over a month, and we've had a major breakthrough! ”

"The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard." Xu Guangxian showed a long-lost smile: "I was ready to produce at least half a month to get perfect data, but I didn't expect that it was only two days, and I had already achieved my goal!" ”

"Next, in the hydrochloric acid system extraction link, we can use my 'cascade extraction method'." Xu Guangxian couldn't wait to tell his old friend about the next plan: "As long as you can extract rare earth elements on a large scale, the day when your metallurgical plant will be profitable!" ”

Hearing the word "profit", Zhou Changqing's smile suddenly dimmed a lot, and he replied after a while: "Aren't you going to apply for a patent first?" You don't have to be so busy during this time, and the rest of the work will be talked about when you return from Switzerland! ”

Xu Guangxian didn't notice this detail, this was originally a regular arrangement, so he nodded and said, "That's okay, I'll let Xiao Zhong contact me first, maybe I'll go to the capital to get a visa in the next two days, and then go to Switzerland." ”

"Wait for your safe return." Zhou Changqing nodded and said.

Xu Guang took off his helmet and lab coat first, and took Zhong Bai and them back to the guest house to rest.

In the corridor of the office building, Zhou Changqing looked at their backs, and suddenly there was a sharp pain in his abdomen, and he had to curl up, his left hand clutched the railing, and his right hand pressed tightly against the painful right lower abdomen.

"Lao Xu, I don't know how long my body can last...... Zhou Changqing muttered to himself, "I hope I can see you come back from Switzerland......"

……

Bern, Switzerland.

At the headquarters of the Swiss Patent Office, Xu Guangxian, Zhong Bai, and a comrade from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a staff member of the embassy witnessed the birth of the No. 4105 individual patent!

Originally, according to his job duties, Alden, the second-ranked deputy director, didn't have to be here - because that's what the fourth-ranked deputy director should do, but he still came today because of Zhong Bai.

"Congratulations, Mr. Xu, your patent has been successfully registered." After handing the patent to Xu Guangxian, Alden shook hands with him with a smile on his face.

"Thank you." Academician Xu also nodded elegantly in response.

"This patent may not bring you benefits so quickly." Alden turned to Zhong Bai and said, "As far as I know, the French people who are most enthusiastic about these technologies have no idea of changing the process in a short time. ”

"Then let them be." Zhong Bai said with a smile: "We have a fable in Huaguo, called the tortoise and hare race, do you know its meaning?" ”

"I don't know, can you explain, Zhong?" Alden replied.

"The slow tortoise and the fast hare race together, the hare looks down on the tortoise, and will be lazy to rest from time to time, but the tortoise is slow, but it never stops, and in the end, the tortoise wins, and the proud hare pays the price."

"The French, of course, are at the forefront." Zhong Bai smiled: "And we are the turtle now." ”