After obtaining the patent number, Professor Stanley submitted his paper to JACS, the top journal in the field of chemistry.

To celebrate the victory, ExxonMobil organized a banquet to which not only Professor Stanley and his research team were invited, but Woods also invited industry celebrities and corporate shareholders.

Of course, Professor Stanley also invited Lu Zhou.

In his opinion, whether the boy came or not, he should show the grace of being a victor and show his mercy to the loser.

However, the boy's reply was very shameless.

[Don't come!] ∠(?」 ∠)＿】

Stanley:......

The reply was just one sentence, quite concise and to the point.

Especially when he saw that emoji, his eyebrows twitched violently.

What the hell?

Resisting the urge to hit someone, he threw the email in the trash.

"You don't have to affect your mood because of a loser."

Taking a deep breath, Professor Stanley repeated to himself in his mind.

With a smile on his face that resembled a spring breeze, he reached out and straightened the tie on his chest, and swaggered back into the banquet......

……

Since the beginning of the year, ExxonMobil has been building momentum for entering the new energy field, and many people have been paying close attention to this matter in the past six months.

Now Professor Stanley's breakthrough in the lithium-sulfur battery project is undoubtedly shocking news for the entire industry.

Because this will mean that Mobil Chemical, which already has an advantage in chemical raw materials, will continue to seize the opportunity on patent issues.

At the banquet, Professor Stanley was naturally the center of the room, and received the utmost attention.

For this old professor who once lost to lithium batteries and will now re-enter the altar because of lithium-sulfur batteries, whether it is a person in the enterprise or a peer in the field of materials science, he will not miss this opportunity to make friends with him.

Standing in the center of the banquet hall, the elated Woods raised his glass to Professor Stanley, "Congratulations, Professor Stanley, you have taken another big step forward in your authoritative position in the field of lithium batteries." ”

"Thank you." Professor Stanley gladly accepted the blessing and took a sip of red wine gracefully, "Congratulations as well, I heard that ExxonMobil's stock price is growing well." ”

Woods smiled brightly, "That's nature. ”

Broadway singers presented melodious singing for the banquet.

As the banquet officially began, the guests stepped onto the dance floor.

And the people outside the dance floor are forming a large or small circle, and they are also enjoying the banquet in their own way.

Standing with his research team, Professor Stanley held a bottle of champagne in his hand and said loudly with a smile on his face, attracting the attention of those next to him.

"Let's be quiet, let's be quiet, let me say a word!"

The conversation stopped, and everyone turned their eyes to him, waiting for the big guy to continue.

Enjoying the feeling of being in the limelight, Stanley coughed lightly and changed into a solemn look and tone.

"Without a doubt, this is a great moment! And in great moments, there is always a group of selfless dedication people, silently paying for our cause. ”

With that, he raised the goblet in his hand, and there was a smile in his solemn voice.

"Let's raise a glass to Professor Lu!"

"Raise your glass!"

"Hahaha! Thank you, Professor Lu, for your paper! ”

“……”

The researchers standing next to him knew something about it, and everyone could hear the ridicule in Professor Stanley's tone. Because of this, everyone burst into laughter, and many even whistled.

What leads the boat of history forward is often the perseverance and efforts of a group of "slender men".

However, history will not remember everyone who has worked it, only the one who has contributed the most.

No matter how close his peers were to the result, as long as they missed the last step and slowed down the last second, they missed the whole world.

Pacing anxiously back and forth in the banquet hall, and finally when there was no one around Professor Stanley, Ricardo hurriedly stepped forward and squeezed a flattering smile from his nervous face: "Congratulations, Professor Stanley, has your paper been submitted?" ”

Stanley nodded, and said with a blank face, "Yes, Mr. Ricardo, the data you brought came in handy. ”

Ricardo was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "According to our original agreement, you will add my name to the paper, right?" ”

A hint of disdain flashed in Stanley's eyes, but he hid it well.

Nodding, he said in a tone that was neither intimate nor distant.

"Of course, you're our hero."

As agreed in the contract, he would add his name to the signature of the paper, and he would also keep him in his research team.

However, don't think about the core research.

No matter how talented he was, Stanley would never have included him in his core research team, let alone allowed access to sensitive data.

A person who does not have the spirit of contract is not trustworthy.

Still basking in the joy of getting ahead, Ricardo was clearly not aware of it, and he didn't even read the rejection on Professor Stanley's face, but thought of himself as a real "hero".

In a sense, he did do a great job.

This credit is even so great that Lu Zhou can't help but withdraw the lawsuit against this cute guy......

However, neither he nor Professor Stanley, who was immersed in the joy of success, noticed anything unusual at this moment.

It wasn't until halfway through the banquet that Professor Stanley suddenly received a phone call......

……

"What do you say? The inhibition effect of the cage-shaped carbon molecule on the shuttle effect is not as ideal as imagined? ”

Standing on the balcony of the lounge area, Professor Stanley, holding his mobile phone, had an expression of disbelief written on his face as he subconsciously glanced back.

Just now, he heard bad news from a research assistant who was on duty in the laboratory.

Or rather, bad news......

Confirming that no one heard what he had just said, he lowered his voice and asked anxiously, "Are you sure you experimented with all the mixing ratios?" ”

"I've increased the carbon mass fraction to 50 percent, and while there is a diffusion effect on the polysulfides, the effect is nowhere near what we expected," the research assistant said with trepidation......

Professor Stanley's face turned sickly red, and he was short of breath.

"It's impossible, you continue the experiment and increase the carbon mass fraction to more than 50%!"

The research assistant said in a voice that was almost crying, "Professor! We're making batteries! It's a battery! ”

This reminder also made Professor Stanley completely sober up.

His face gradually turned from ruddy to pale.

yes, they're making batteries.

Carbon materials that are supporting structures, whether carbon nanotubes or carbon nanospheres, do not participate in electrochemical reactions.

Generally speaking, the mass fraction of carbon in carbon-sulfur composites will be controlled within 30%. If the mass fraction of carbon in carbon-sulfur materials is increased to 50%, the material will completely lose its meaning of existence. Because it is not carbon as a skeleton that is really involved in the reaction, but sulfur elementals!

Even if the industry could accept such a cost, the market would not accept a battery that was outrageously large. Even if it is lightweight, the energy density (in h/kg) is attractive enough......

Taking two steps back, the old professor leaned against the railing with a dejected face, as if he was a teenager old.

His mood at the moment was as if he had just stood on the clouds, but was knocked into the abyss by a stick.

However, he still couldn't figure out why all this was going on.

It was then that Professor Stanley suddenly thought of the email.

Calming down, he thought about it for a moment.

In other words, he was dug into a corner, and important experimental data was leaked by a departing researcher, and his mood would definitely not be so relaxed. Even if you can hold back your anger, it is absolutely impossible to write a reply so calmly and calmly in the face of your opponent's ridicule.

Unless......

A terrible thought came to me.

It was this thought that sent chills down Professor Stanley's body.

From the very beginning, they were tricked......

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