Great Country Academician

Chapter 734 The real bosses are all pretending to be invisible

Chapter 737: Real bosses are all pretending to be invisible

"Junior brother, how did you sell this car? Is it still in stock? Get me one."

On the high-speed highway, Fan Pengyue, who was traveling to Shanghai to attend the Asia-Pacific Science and Technology Innovation Investment Summit, was sitting in the back seat, feeling the smooth driving of the vehicle, and asked Xu Chuan with a little excitement.

Everyone has hobbies. He is not very interested in luxury goods, games, sports, photography or other hobbies, but he is more interested in all kinds of cars.

During the years when he served as the director of Chuanhai Materials Research Institute, more than half of his income was spent on purchasing various vehicles, and the number of vehicles in his garage exceeded double digits.

In the back row, Xu Chuan, who was concentrating with his eyes closed, glanced at him, smiled and said, "You have to ask Zheng Hai about this. This car is not mine. I don't even have a driver's license."

He did not have a driver's license. Not only did he not have a driver's license, he also didn't buy a car. The cars he took when traveling were all arranged by Zheng Hai.

I originally planned to take one exam while studying, but I stayed at NTU for one year and then went to Princeton to study mathematics. And over there, I was even more obsessed with academic research and had no time to take the driver's license test.

After returning to China, his fame had almost reached the level of being admitted to the Tongtian Hall. Coupled with the control of various large-scale projects, he had no time to take the driver's license test.

In the front row, Zheng Hai, who was driving, glanced at the rearview mirror and replied, "Well, this car is custom-made. This is the only one on the market. I'm afraid it will be difficult for Professor Fan to buy one."

The car Xu Chuan rides in is even more luxurious in terms of configuration than the car the G-class leaders ride in.

Not only is it extremely bulletproof, all parts of the vehicle have also been specially treated.

Mailboxes, for example, are filled with specially treated foam that will not explode even if they are hit hard.

For example, sound insulation and suspension, because considering that this person often reads, works and thinks about problems in the car, sound insulation and suspension are all specially made. Just these two pieces, the price of customization is enough to buy a million-level luxury car. .

In addition to this car, the accompanying convoy is also equipped with many black-tech counter-weapons, which can be said to be fully equipped in terms of security.

If you want to buy this car, even if you put aside these things, the cost alone will exceed five million.

The selling price will probably increase by another 20% or more on this basis. After all, it is a customized product, and there are almost no universal accessories on the market.

Listening to Zheng Hai's introduction, Senior Brother Fan moved his mouth, and finally his silence turned into a thumbs up with his right hand.

"That's awesome, little junior brother, your car is like an apartment in Jinling!"

Xu Chuan shrugged and said, "I actually don't understand much about this. Zheng Hai has taken care of it."

Fan Pengyue: "."

Sure enough, the real bosses pretend to be invisible, and he is still far behind.

As the car drove, after turning a traffic light, a building with a unique shape and a large area came into view of Xu Chuan and Fan Pengyue.

This Asia-Pacific Science and Technology Innovation Investment Summit was held at the Shanghai International Convention Center.

It is located at the tip of Lujiazui, on the bank of the Huangpu River, next to the Oriental Pearl Tower, and across the river from the Bund of International Buildings. Together with landmarks such as Jinmao Tower, it forms a famous landscape in the Lujiazui area.

The milky white exterior wall holds up two huge spheres, and the world map graphics are assembled with transparent glass on the assembled glass surface, which means "the magic city goes to the world".

It has successfully hosted many international conferences such as the Fortune Global Forum, the APEC Summit, the Council of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. It has a main venue of 4,500 square meters and more than 20 large, medium and small venues.

Looking at the luxury cars parked at the entrance of the International Conference Center, the standard beauties standing by the road, and the reception staff in neat work clothes, Xu Chuan licked his lips and sighed.

"As expected of the Magic City, the largest economic city in the country, this place is really majestic."

Before Senior Brother Fan on the side could speak, another smiling voice came from beside him.

"Academician Xu is joking. In front of you, no matter how magnificent the building is, it is far inferior to your temperament."

Along with the words, a middle-aged and elderly man in a suit and leather shoes quickly greeted him with a spring-like smile on his face, and extended his hands enthusiastically.

"Hello, Academician Xu, let me introduce myself. I am Lu Bang, Vice Chairman of the APEC Economic Organization."

Although he didn't know the other party, since he had already come to his door, he still said hello with a smile and shook hands with the middle-aged and elderly man whom he confirmed he had never met before.

"Hello, President Lu."

Lu Bang said with a smile: "Academician Xu, it is our honor for you to participate in this Asia-Pacific Science and Technology Innovation Investment Summit. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule. It is our job not to send you an invitation letter in advance." I hope you won’t take it to heart.”

Although Sichuan Hai Materials Research Institute and Xinghai Research Institute were invited to participate in this summit, APEC was indeed not prepared for this person to come over to attend the meeting.

After all, there was no information about this person attending a similar meeting before.

After a slight pause, he took out a business card from his breast pocket, handed it over, and said: "Academician Xu, this is my business card. If you have any questions or issues during the meeting, you can call me at any time. ”

Xu Chuan Xu Chuan took the business card handed over and took a look.

There are only two lines of text on the pure black business card, one line for APEC economic organization, and one line for Lu Bang’s name and phone number.

The APEC economic organization should be the organizer behind this Asia-Pacific Science and Technology Innovation Investment Summit.

Although I don’t know much about this kind of organization, judging from Senior Brother Fan’s previous description, someone who has the ability to unite the whole of Asia to hold such a large-scale roundtable conference should have considerable energy.

Putting the business card in his pocket, Xu Chuan nodded with a smile and said, "If necessary."

After smiling and greeting Fan Pengyue on the side, Lu Bang looked at Xu Chuan and said, "I won't disturb your participation in the summit. Let's talk when we have time."

"OK."

Xu Chuan responded with a smile and watched the vice president of the APEC economic organization leave in a hurry.

On the side, Master Xiong Fanpeng said with a smile: "You still have more face."

Xu Chuan glanced at him and asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

Fan Pengyue smiled and said: "It's nothing, I'm just a little emotional. It's the first time I saw President Lu running out to greet him in person."

After a slight pause, he continued: "The power of the APEC economic organization is not small. The meetings held by this organization, whether political or economic, can be said to determine the economic development and development of countries in Asia to a large extent. Toward.”

"This Chairman Lu is the only vice-president-level member of our country in the APEC economic organization. I heard that next year when APEC changes its term, he may be promoted to president. By then, he will at least be a leader in the country. ”

Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment. It wasn't that he felt high, but that he felt a little low.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing the expression on Xu Chuan's face, Fan Pengyue asked casually.

"Nothing." Xu Chuan shook his head and said, "Is the deputy director very high?"

If he remembers correctly, it seems that the treatment of academicians of the two academies is at this level, right?

And the people he dealt with, if they were government officials, seemed to be around this level, not much lower than that.

The corners of Fan Pengyue's mouth moved, but he hesitated to speak again.

Well, he almost forgot that in front of this pervert, this level didn't seem to be a very high position.

After all, this man's letters can be sent directly to the small island in the North Sea, so why would he care about this.

As for others, even academician-level scholars, this level of officialdom is not a low-level position.

Although scholars at the academician level enjoy the same level of treatment, the two are not the same concept after all.

Among domestic scholars, I am afraid that this is the only one who has such ideas and abilities.

Not only because of his own ability and status, but probably because he doesn't care about rights at all.

Without wasting any time at the door, the two of them walked into this majestic and huge building while chatting.

Because Xu Chuan was delayed for some time at the Xinghai Research Institute, by the time they arrived at the Shanghai International Conference Center, the Asia-Pacific Science and Technology Innovation Investment Summit had officially begun.

After omitting the opening ceremony meeting and those messy reception ceremonies, Xu Chuan prefers to go directly to the topic.

Walking in the conference center, Xu Chuan browsed the products displayed by various companies at their booths.

This was the first time he had participated in this type of summit since returning to China. Technologies and products from Asia and even other states were placed in front of him, like an emperor's concubine, for him to appreciate and choose from.

There are finished products, semi-finished products, and even conceptual technologies.

Of course, this is also one of the purposes of this Science and Technology Innovation Investment Summit, which aims to build a high-end international dialogue and exchange platform for global policymakers, scientific researchers and the business community.

On this platform, science and technology companies from Asia and even the world, as well as angel investors, or companies in need of products, can find their needs here.

Chatting with Senior Brother Fan, the two of them arrived at the meeting on the seventh floor.

At this moment, a product or concept on a booth attracted Xu Chuan's attention.

"Diaphragm Liquid Hydrogen Storage Fuel Cell"

Although the product in the battery field is not a lithium battery, the slogan on the booth, the energy density of one kilogram of hydrogen battery is 40kWh, still attracted his attention and made him stop.

In fact, after last year's breakthrough in lithium-sulfur battery technology, all types of lithium-ion batteries that were originally popular, whether liquid lithium-ion batteries, condensed lithium-ion batteries, or polymer lithium-ion batteries, have quietly declined. When the engine is turned off, there is generally no sound.

The various debates about batteries have all settled. Both academia and industry have tacitly promoted the latest lithium-sulfur batteries to the stage of a new era.

Along with this change, a large number of battery projects such as aluminum batteries and sodium batteries were quickly axed by various companies, laboratories and research institutions.

Without him, in the face of the energy density of lithium-sulfur batteries, traditional aluminum batteries, hydrogen batteries, and sodium batteries are far from enough.

There is no way. In the field of batteries, lithium can be said to be the ‘king of power’ of batteries, and it can be a bug-level material.

Although sodium-ion batteries, aluminum-ion batteries, hydrogen fuel cells and other batteries made of other metals or materials have emerged in an endless stream in the past decade, none of them can shake the C position of lithium batteries.

Especially after the artificial SEI film solved the problem of lithium dendrites, it can be said that it must be ‘lithium’.

The emergence of lithium-sulfur batteries this time has only accelerated the withdrawal of these elemental materials from the battery stage.

Although batteries are not really impossible to manufacture and use without lithium, in theory, hydrogen, lithium, beryllium, sodium, magnesium, aluminum and other materials can be used.

But for batteries, the most important indicator is energy density.

Simply put, it is whether it can store and transport "as much energy as possible" with "the smallest possible volume and weight".

Judging from these two conditions, the periodic table of elements on how to make a battery with high energy density has already given the answer.

First, choose elements with small atomic masses!

The higher the ranking in the periodic table, the smaller the mass of the element, so in theory, the first three rows can basically be considered.

Second, the basic elements used in battery materials should easily release electrons, and it is best to participate in the release of as many electrons as possible in the atoms.

That is, the strength of "metallicity". Elements with stronger metallicity are more likely to lose electrons, so metallic materials can be given priority.

The small atomic mass means small size and light weight; and the large number of released electrons means it can transport more energy.

For example, a hydrogen atom has only one electron, so all the electrons in a hydrogen battery are involved in the work.

Zinc, which has a larger number of electrons, has a total of thirty electrons, but its outermost layer only has two electrons, and its participation rate is only 1/15, so it is not suitable as a battery material.

After such simple elimination, there are only a few elements that can be used as batteries, such as hydrogen, lithium, beryllium, sodium, magnesium, and aluminum.

Among the several elements discussed here, beryllium’s reserves in nature are too scarce to be widely used in batteries.

Materials such as sodium, magnesium, and aluminum cannot compete with lithium.

Only hydrogen, the best energy carrier in nature, has never left the stage.

Although the high cost of steps such as ‘hydrogen production’, ‘hydrogen transportation’ and ‘hydrogen release’ is still an important factor restricting the development of hydrogen fuel cells.

But if these problems can be solved, hydrogen energy will still be a clean fuel that is ‘cheap’ and easy to produce.

Especially today, when the price of lithium metal is rising day by day, the value of hydrogen energy may be budding and have the potential to occupy a market.