The experiments at the Salrot Research Institute are going on step by step, and Lu Zhou has been dealing with the affairs of the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials these days, and he has not paid attention to anything else.

But what he didn't expect was that just two weeks after the workshop, he saw his name on the news, and it was also placed with lithium-sulfur batteries and hollow carbon balls.

The article gives an overview of the seminar on lithium-sulfur batteries, but does not use any gimmicky titles and words, but only makes a brief quote about the views of the professors on lithium-sulfur batteries.

Among them, Lu Zhou is naturally indispensable.

Recently, the market is extremely sensitive to the word new energy, and a little wind can blow a gust of wind.

In particular, Lu Zhou's own views have had a particularly obvious impact.

Even a few sentences of quotation will be marked and interpreted.

After all, the door of lithium battery was opened by him.

After reading that report, Lu Zhou was also quite surprised.

I don't know who released the news, and I didn't tell him.

But in fact, it doesn't matter, this kind of thing is not an aircraft cannon atomic bomb, and the specific production technology may be used as a trade secret by the enterprise, but the theoretical thing, I haven't heard of anyone hiding it after researching it, not to mention that the things discussed at the meeting can't even talk about the results.

And those who are qualified to take notes at that kind of meeting may not be reporters from the central media, after all, they are no longer interested in making a fortune in silence.

Putting aside other things for the time being, some people agreed that Lu Zhou was optimistic about the research and development direction of hollow carbon balls, but some people also expressed criticism.

The voice of agreement believes that the hollow carbon ball, as a promising direction in carbon-sulfur composite materials, although it has many black spots, but if it can solve those problems, it may indeed become the key to solving the shuttle effect.

As for the critics, they believe that Lu Zhou should not make such remarks publicly until there are major achievements. It would be irresponsible to use one's influence to publicly support a technology that is not yet mature.

In fact, Lu Zhou was quite helpless.

The words are what he said correctly, but it is not his pot to put the words out.

Of course, criticism is a small part of the voice, and it has not developed to the extent that it has attracted his attention. And compared to what others say about him, there are more worthwhile things waiting for him.

In the second week of Qian Zhongming and Liu Bo's trip to Europe, the first batch of experimental equipment had been put in place.

It's just that what Lu Zhou didn't expect was that it was not only these experimental equipment that arrived at the Jinda Experimental Building together, but also Mr. Carodiet, the CEO of Umicore.

At the door of the experimental building of Jinling University, after getting off the special car, this Belgian with a proud face of spring breeze enthusiastically stretched out his right hand from afar and strode up to greet him.

"My dear friend, it's a pleasure to see you again, how are you doing?"

With the patent of modified PDMS material, Umicore's recent performance in the overseas market is as proud as the expression on his face.

In order to enter this field, their old rivals BASF Group and Nichia Chemical had to obediently pay a high "entrance fee".

Whether it is the securities market or the material market, Umicore is in a good form. In particular, BASF Group, under the pressure of the irreplaceability of lithium battery anode materials, had to give up the joint Argonne National Laboratory in the United States to sue Umicore on the patent issue of ternary batteries.

Because of this series of good news, Carodiet's position on the board of directors is naturally rising.

If it weren't for Lu Zhou's male nature, he swore that he would definitely not be able to control falling in love with her.

Of course, this is just an exaggerated metaphor, in order to show the excitement in his heart.

"Not bad," shaking hands with Mr. Carrodite, Lu Zhou gave him a strange look and asked in a casual tone, "What kind of wind blew you here?" ”

Although he borrowed Umicore's transportation channels when purchasing this batch of equipment, even if it was delivered, it would not be possible for the CEO of the group to come in person.

In response to Lu Zhou's inquiry, Carodit smiled heartily.

"Remember our agreement? Thanks to you, we have won a lot in the lithium anode material market. I've come to visit you this time mainly to talk to you about the loot. ”

With a look of interest on his face, Lu Zhou asked, "How much?" ”

BASF Group and Nichia Chemical paid $50 million and $70 million respectively for licensing patents for lithium anode materials, in exchange for two to three years of production licenses for the global market, excluding the Chinese market. At the same time, they have to pay us $1,500 for every ton of cathode material produced with modified PDMS film. ”

With a big smile on her face, Carrodit continued, "The $100 million license fee and advance payment has already arrived, and according to the agreement between us, half of the loot belongs to you. I don't know how you would like us to pay you this amount? ”

After thinking for a while, Lu Zhou said: "After paying the balance of the instrument manufacturer, the remaining part will be directly converted into RMB at the current exchange rate and transferred to the account in China." ”

Due to the five-year tax exemption policy, the money is directly transferred to the account of the Jinling Institute of Computing Materials, and only needs to be reported, and no additional tax deduction is required.

As the instruments pass through customs, the research institutes here will soon start experiments, and the corresponding research funds must also keep up.

Originally, Lu Zhou planned to inject funds from Star Technology's account into the domestic account, but now it is obviously not so troublesome.

Umicore has a branch in China, just let them do it for you, and I believe they will be happy to help with this.

As Lu Zhou expected, Carrodit readily agreed.

"No problem, I'll do what you ask!"

This time he came to Huaguo, although he sent money, but just sending money was not enough for him to make a special trip to Huaguo, let alone enough to make him have such a bright smile on his face.

What really made him so attentive was naturally because of another thing.

After showing his sincerity and the spirit of the contract, Mr. Carrodit then smiled earnestly and told the true purpose of his trip.

"That's right, I heard that you've been working on lithium-sulfur batteries lately?"

There is nothing to hide from this kind of thing that has been made public, Lu Zhou said casually: "Sort of, the shuttle effect in lithium-sulfur batteries is a very interesting proposition, and I do have plans in this regard recently." ”

When Carrodite heard this, she was immediately delighted: "What a coincidence, it just so happens that we are also very interested in the research related to lithium-sulfur batteries, I wonder if you need to invest?" ”

Although he expected Carrodit to ask this, and was ready to refuse, Lu Zhou couldn't help but tease: "Do you think I still need to invest?" ”

Of course, Carodit would not give up so easily, trying to persuade: "But don't you want to share the risk?" I know you're confident, but research is like a gamble, and no one can guarantee that their experiments will come to fruition. We are willing to share 70% of the cost of research, and I guarantee that this figure will be more than $400 million! On the other hand, we only ask for 50% of the research results, and I believe that it is absolutely impossible for anyone to offer more favorable conditions than us. ”

What Carrodite said was true, and indeed no one could offer such a condition.

If he hadn't fought a good battle in the case of lithium anode material patents, even he, as the CEO of Umicore, would never have dared to put such a gambling proposal on the board table.

However, this condition may seem difficult to refuse in the eyes of peers, but for Lu Zhou, it is a bit of a chicken rib.

Ten thousand steps back, he threw a lot of money into it and couldn't do it, and there was one last backup option.

That is to spend a lot of points and ask for help from the system.

However, he would not consider this option until half of the $400 million was spent.

Although the experience of the system tasks has been inflating, the points awarded for each completed task have never changed much, and it is not difficult to see how valuable those points are.

Unless he encounters a problem that cannot be solved, he still intends to solve it by his own strength.

Shaking his head, Lu Zhou said, "Until I lose all my chips, I won't consider borrowing chips from other gamblers for the time being. ”

Carrodit looked at him in disbelief: "Lost all your chips? Oh, God...... You're just crazy, you're going to put your entire net worth into it? That's $400 million, don't you think about it? ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said in a relaxed tone: "From a business point of view, this is indeed not a rational investment, but I am not a businessman, and we have different starting points for considering the problem. ”

If it's just for the sake of profit, why doesn't he invest in real estate?

Obviously, it is better to engage in research than to build infrastructure to make money.

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