I Am the President of the University

"Unite?"

"I'm sorry, I don't need it." Tetsutaka Mizuno rejected the olive branch extended by Shota Nagagawa. He was a proud scholar and he did not think it was necessary to cooperate with the other party.

"Huh——"

Nagakawa Shota took a deep breath. After being rejected, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious. But thinking of the director's instructions, he had to swallow his breath and continue to persuade the other party.

"Professor Mizuno, the lithium-air battery technology laboratory of Guanghua University includes Professor Bunier, formerly of Penn State University Park, Professor Zou, the chief researcher who left AIST, and even the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jinling University, Ludao University, etc. Several top Chinese universities and scientific research institutions in the field of lithium batteries have joined.”

After talking about so many flowers in one breath, Nagakawa Shota's mouth felt a little dry. He took a sip of cold coffee and snorted lightly, his tone a little mocking.

"Not to mention that Professor Chen has also intervened now. Isn't Professor Mizuno so arrogant that he thinks he can fight these people on his own?"

Not to mention anything else, Professor Zou Huazhong alone had already left the two of them behind when he was still in the Neon Kingdom.

And bringing these people together to participate in a project will have an even more significant impact.

When Nagakawa Shota thought about this, he even felt a little envious of the ancient Eastern country across the sea. Although there are some rumors on the Internet that a Chinese person is a dragon and a group of Chinese people are a group of worms. Nagakawa Shota doesn’t know if this is true, but he knows that the Neon academic community is serious about factions, at least the behavior of Guanghua University is Rarely seen.

Most neon scholars like to conduct research alone. There are many examples of joint research between several units, but these are all organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology or other official units.

In terms of cohesion, it is completely incomparable with China.

What Nagagawa Shota said made Mizuno Tetsutaka fall into silence. He was unable to refute and did not bother to refute, because this was indeed a fact and no matter what he said, it was just quibbles.

"Of course I don't think so." Mizuno Tetsuya honestly said. \b

In the black-framed glasses, his eyes flickered with persistence.

"But I won't admit defeat!"

Nagakawa Shouta twitched the corners of his mouth. Professor Mizuno was really very simple. What use could all his passion do?

"Professor Mizuno, the opponent has all the manpower, material and financial resources, so what are you going to do to catch up with the opponent? You are so naive!" He shook his head and released a large satellite at the next moment. \b

"Our National Institute of Materials Science and Technology has reached cooperation with AIST, and has also received financial support from Sony and Toyota. As long as you, Professor Mizuno, join us, we may not be able to compete with Guanghua University together!"

"Sony and Toyota?" Mizuno Tetsutaka was really shocked.

The cooperation between AIST and NIMS did not surprise Mizuno Tetsutaka, but Sony and Toyota also entered the market?

Toyota is the first automobile manufacturer in Neon Country and one of the top ten automobile brands in the world, not to mention Sony, a large multinational enterprise spanning music, film and television, digital, games and other fields. \b

However, the addition of Sony is a bit abrupt, and Panasonic should be more suitable than Sony.

Among the top ten lithium battery companies in the world, China accounts for six, namely Mindong Times, BYD, China New Aviation, Guoxuan Hi-Tech, Envision Power and Honeycomb Energy, with a market share of 53.4%; South Korea has three, and Ni There is only one company in Hong Kong, namely Panasonic.

But many people don’t know that Sony still has a lot to do with lithium batteries.

In 1992, Sony took the lead in inventing lithium-ion batteries.

It was also this year that Panasonic created the first-generation nickel-metal hydride battery for electric vehicles.

But after that, Sony stalled in the field of home appliances. On the contrary, Panasonic developed rapidly and smoothly, and cooperated with Toyota to manufacture prismatic nickel-metal hydride batteries for the Toyota Prius, the world's first hybrid car in 1997.

However, in recent years, due to changes in Toyota's development direction, Panasonic and Toyota's cooperation has not been as close as before, and they have turned to Tesla.

"Is Sony going to enter the lithium battery field?" Tetsutaka Mizuno couldn't help but speculate.

"With the support of Sony and Toyota, we don't have to worry about funding at all," Shota Nagakawa looked confident. He looked deeply at Tetsutaka Mizuno and continued, "Professor Mizuno, I think your laboratory's scientific research funding should not be sufficient." "A lot?"

The University of Tokyo is the number one university in Japan. The amount of scientific research funds allocated every year is not a small number, but there are many research laboratories that are waiting for support. It is difficult for someone who is not an expert or has national support to obtain large funds, so there is no Few research laboratories will receive financial assistance from enterprises.

Nagagawa Shota could see that Professor Mizuno was still hesitating, and he said righteously: "Professor Mizuno, although science has no borders, scientists do have borders."

"On the photon screen, our scientific community in Neon Country has already lost enough face in the world. Do you still want to see this kind of tragedy happen again?"

Moral kidnapping is not advisable, but it has to be said that the effect is very significant. These words completely made Mizuno Tetsutaka determined.

The sunlight shining through the glass of the cafe hit Mizuno Tetsutaka's body. The velvet dark gray suit was very smooth without any wrinkles. Mizuno Tetsutaka seemed to have lifted a heavy burden from his shoulders. He closed his eyes and said feebly. : "Yongchuan-san, maybe you are right..."

"Professor Mizuno, with your joining, we will definitely be able to defeat Guanghua University and avenge the empire!" Shota Nagagawa smiled and extended his hand, but this time he was not rejected.

After preliminary discussions on cooperation, Nagakawa Shota sent Mizuno Tetsutaka back to the research room. As he watched the other party disappear, the calmness that Nagakawa Shota had been pretending disappeared instantly. He gasped for air and luckily said: "Fortunately, I convinced Professor Mizuno." , otherwise it will be troublesome.”

It is true that NIMS and AIST have reached a cooperation, but the support from Sony and Toyota is half-truth.

Watanabe Masanami contacted several major chaebols in the Neon Kingdom. Only Toyota and Sony were really interested, and the two companies seemed to have reached a consensus and made a request. Professor Tetsutaka Mizuno of the University of Tokyo must also join the joint research before they would agree. Financial sponsorship.

After all, Professor Tetsutaka Mizuno is an authoritative expert in the country in the field of lithium-air batteries, especially after Professor Zou Huazhong left.

…

Three days later.

Tokyo Imperial Hotel, Lecture Hall.

A press conference is about to be held, and the media who have arrived after hearing the news are filling every corner of the venue and are excitedly adjusting the photography equipment.

Nagakawa Shota glanced at the scene in the lecture hall backstage and couldn't help feeling his scalp numb.

"There must be too many media reporters at the scene..."

He walked a few steps to the south side of Watanabe and worried: "Director, is this too high-profile? What if... what if something unexpected happens? It's not a matter of bowing to the people." ”

"Yongchuan-kun, you are too naive."

Watanabe Masanami glanced at Nagakawa Shota, with a hint of sarcasm on his lips: "Is this something we can decide? How can we get the support of Sony and Toyota if we don't announce it to the public in a grand way?"

"After all, they are capitalists, not philanthropists."

At this moment, he suddenly thought of his predecessor, Chihara Shuji.

That guy fell into the hands of Guanghua University, but... the same ending can't happen twice, right?

He didn't believe it anyway.

ps: It’s February, I hope I can cheer up in the new year...