Chapter 77 Trip to Kyoto
Fan Ren didn't care too much about the turbulent situation outside.
In his opinion, Xinghai Technology has never been a company whose core purpose is profit.
If this is true, Xinghai Technology can even set up a mobile communications department and an automotive department at this time, and use the huge cost advantage of self-developed radios, batteries, and chips to make crazy money in the market.
This is not a particularly difficult thing to do.
In his opinion, money is just a tool to achieve goals.
The main purpose is to help him complete R&D investment in top-level technologies.
Just at this moment, Fan Ren and Zeng Yingying got off the flight to Kyoto very inconspicuously.
"Boss Fan, look! Commander Li has sent someone to pick us up."
As soon as Zeng Yingying got off the plane, she saw two black luxury cars parked inside the airport not far away.
Fan Ren looked in the direction of her finger and saw two uniformed receptionists coming to greet him from the limousine.
"Hello, Mr. Fan. Commander Li is waiting for you in the department. Please follow us."
After all, it is Kyoto. Although from time to time there are people getting off the plane casting curious glances in this direction, most people are no longer surprised by this.
To be honest, Fan Ren is still a little uncomfortable with this high-level reception.
He immediately took Zeng Yingying into the car. Without much ceremony, the car drove straight out of the airport and headed towards the Ministry of Industry.
Sure enough, he saved a lot of time compared to the last time he came to Kyoto.
At the entrance of the Ministry of Industry, Chief Li had been waiting for a long time. As soon as Fan Ren got out of the car, he came to greet him.
"Mr. Fan, welcome. Please come in."
Before coming, Zeng Yingying was responsible for communicating with us, and Chief Li knew that there was something important.
Fan Ren felt a little flattered, and quickly reached out and shook hands with the other party. After a few words of greeting, he walked inside.
"Wow, isn't that guy the young chairman of Xinghai Technology? Well done, young man!"
The old man from Kyoto who was watching from the sidelines didn't compare Fan Ren to the characters who had appeared frequently on TV recently until then, and started yelling at the top of his voice.
Zeng Yingying had a smile on her face, as if the old man was praising her, and her steps became lighter.
Soon, Fan Ren followed him into the chief's office and sat down.
"Mr. Fan, you said before that it's inconvenient to communicate over the phone. It's absolutely safe here. If you have anything to say, you can just tell me."
No one else followed in, and after the door was closed, only Fan Ren and Chief Li were left talking face to face.
"Yes, Chief Li."
Fan Ren sat upright on the sofa, took out a sealed document from the bag beside him, opened it and handed it over.
"I came here to bother you with two things. One is about the types of ores in this document. I wonder if the Ministry of Industry has registered them. I have checked in many places and they are not sold on the market."
Li Jiandong looked at the mineral information in his hand and listened to his words, his eyes narrowed slightly.
There wasn't much document information, so he quickly put it aside.
"These ores are indeed on record in the Ministry of Industry, but because the production conditions are too harsh, the current domestic production is very low. No, it's extremely low. And because of their special nature, all the output has been taken by major metallurgical laboratories."
His words sounded somewhat helpless. He had just boasted in Linhai not long ago, and now people came to him. Although he did not ask for this kind of ore, his words implied that he still wanted to say something.
Fan Ren's eyes lit up. He didn't want much, just a few kilograms, enough for their newly established metallurgical laboratory to refine and test the strength. He hurriedly asked, "Anything else? Xinghai will pay a large sum for it!"
Li Jiandong was puzzled when he heard this.
Instead of messing with the good chips, he went to mess with the metallurgical industry?
He rubbed his forehead and said helplessly, "Boss Fan, please don't blame me for being nosy. The metals extracted from this ore are only slightly stronger, but very limited. And no other special properties have been found yet. What are you doing with this thing?"
It was really difficult for him to get this stuff. These ores were of little use. After a little bit was mined, most of them were sent directly to the nearest metallurgical laboratory for research.
The Ministry of Industry only kept a few dozen grams for use as specimens.
Upon hearing this, Fan Ren knew that the other party was thinking the same thing as many people. Since Xinghai had already begun to make achievements in the chip field, it should stop messing around.
He smiled and said indifferently: "Xinghai is preparing a nuclear fusion laboratory, but you also know that the biggest difficulty limiting controlled nuclear fusion reactions is the material problem. I personally guess that due to the special factors of the environment in which this ore is generated, we should change the method during the refining process to extract unexpected metals."
Fan Ren did not explain the specific method of extraction, but only mentioned it vaguely.
But Li Jiandong in front of him was confused.
What the hell? We have to research controlled nuclear fusion reactors?
This technology has nothing to do with Star Ocean, right?
As the head of the national industry, he is well aware that the current nuclear fusion research is an invisible bottomless pit.
In the case that the materials do not meet the standards, the current research direction can only be to use magnetic confinement fusion as much as possible, using superconducting materials to confine the high-temperature plasma generated during the reaction in an ultra-strong magnetic field to make it move along the direction of the magnetic field lines, thereby preventing them from directly hitting the container wall.
In short, it is to replace high temperature resistant materials with ultra-strong magnetic fields.
This method is feasible, but the equipment complexity and construction cost are too high.
and many more!
He seemed to be saying that the method of refining ore was wrong? Xinghai also had its own metallurgical laboratory, and only then did he talk about conducting controlled nuclear fusion experiments.
Surprise gradually appeared on Li Jiandong's face, and he looked at Fan Ren and didn't dare to speak for a moment.
"Um, are you sure?"
Fan Ren didn't answer, waiting for Li Jiandong's answer.
Although he knew that the future market launch of controlled nuclear fusion would require the support of Daxia officials, he did not want to make it known to too many people before the research and development was successful.
Without the official promotion of Daxia, this thing will be the same as the hydrogen energy project of our small country. Even if it succeeds, it will be meaningless.
Li Jiandong's expression gradually became serious and he remained silent for a long time.
He knew what Fan Ren meant. With Xinghai Technology's current technological reputation in the scientific community, once this project was leaked, there was no telling how many people would want to get a piece of the pie.
The result is that the difficulty of research and development will increase sharply, and the ultimate goal will no longer be pure.
As for Xinghai's desire to monopolize the economic benefits brought about by the success of nuclear fusion.
This is simply impossible!
Energy is also a livelihood issue and is very sensitive.
Another thing is, if Fan Ren really had such thoughts, he would not have come here today to discuss this issue with me, the head of the Ministry of Industry.
Do you really think that the mineral is only produced in Daxia on Earth?
(End of this chapter)
