I Am the President of the University

"Toyota-kun, do you think this lithium-air battery project will be successful?"

Toyoda Zhang Nan gestured to his assistant, and then looked into Yoshida Kenjiro's eyes. He chuckled and said: "Yoshida-kun, don't you think it will succeed?"

"AIST and NIMS are both the top scientific research institutions in our Neon Country, and Tokyo University is also the top university in our Neon Country. Don't Yoshida-kun also believe in them?"

"If you don't believe it, then why am I here?"

"I'm more curious," Kenjiro Yoshida said, paused, and said meaningfully: "Toyota-kun, do you think the development direction of future automobiles will be pure electric or hydrogen energy?"

"Maybe it's pure electric, or maybe it's hydrogen energy, who knows."

Toyota Zhang Nan thought of something, and said with a faint smile: "Yoshida-kun, I heard that Sony has made a lot of noise this year. It is good to enter the battery field, but if you enter the automobile field, you have to think carefully. It's okay to make a small fuss, no. Be careful and get some excellent results.”

"After all, our Neon Nation is now a thorn in the side of those two people." After saying that, Toyota Zhang Nan got directly into the black car and drove away slowly, not paying attention to the expression on Yoshida Kenjiro's face.

in the car.

Toyota Zhang Nan is no longer as relaxed as before, his brows are furrowed, and his face is still a bit stern.

What I just said to Kenjiro Yoshida is not false. The automobile industry in Neon Country is now in a very bad situation.

The global automobile industry market is worth trillions of dollars. The two major countries have taken a fancy to this piece of meat. How can Toyota continue to be the number one in sales?

Because Toyota has chosen the direction of hybrid and hydrogen energy, many people on the Internet now call Toyota the Nokia of the year. When smartphones were about to become popular, they were still desperately producing push-button mobile phones.

But netizens don’t know, is it because he doesn’t want to choose the pure electric direction?

"Time is also fate." Warm-colored lights came in from outside the car, and Zhang Nan's face appeared and disappeared, and his eyes were frighteningly gloomy.

The factory highly recommends meticulous lean production.

5S management,

These are concepts created by Toyota. Just like the blue giant IBM and the mobile phone king Nokia, they once stood at the top of the industry, but the next moment they changed their positions in offense and defense. All giants that have declined in history have only one reason, and that is that they failed to keep up with the times. .

The new energy era is beginning. Regardless of any car company, as long as it fails to keep up with the times, it is only a matter of time before it is eliminated.

It's not that Toyota Zhang Nan is stubborn, but that he has no choice.

Neon Guo Automobile Company previously bet almost entirely on HEV hybrid and hydrogen energy, and accumulated a large number of patent barriers, while only "ignoring" pure electricity.

Why?

Because pure electricity relies on too many industries, and many of them, such as lithium mines and nickel mines, are the shortcomings of Neon Country, companies such as Toyota and Honda do not have any competitive advantages in the pure electric track.

Another very important point is that as the pillar industry of Neon Country, a complete supplier system has been established with traditional car companies as the center, providing a lot of jobs. According to official statistics, this number exceeds 5 million.

Once Toyota transitions to pure electric vehicles, a large number of suppliers will have no place to play, and industry earthquakes will be inevitable. Toyota is too big to fail, and its collapse may even threaten social stability.

Therefore, in Toyota Zhang Nan's view, it is inevitable that hybrid vehicles will withdraw from the stage of history, but no one knows whether the future direction of cars will be pure electric or hydrogen energy.

However, he is more optimistic about hydrogen energy. After all, Neon Country is not suitable for the development of pure electric power, unless... overtaking in a corner!

"Lithium-air battery, lithium-air battery..." Toyota Zhang Nan muttered twice with his eyes closed.

He didn't know if this track would work, but as long as there was a chance, it was worth investing.

Toyota has huge cash flow and is not short of money at all. As long as lithium-air battery technology can make breakthroughs and progress, it can invest trillions of yen at any time.

Neon Country's scientific research strength is not weak, and its research in materials, chemistry, energy and other fields is also among the best in the world. However, as long as the project collides with that existence, even the leader of Toyota will feel uneasy.

"Guanghua University is such a headache."

…

Hokkaido, Otaru.

Snowflakes like continuous ice fell slowly, and there were quite a few vehicles driving outdoors in this weather. In a yellow taxi, there was a driver and a passenger. The atmosphere was a bit subtle, and the faces of the passengers in the back row were full of expressions. In a melancholy mood, even a social cow driver like Masato Koida gave up after taking the initiative to find topics several times.

After all, the famous movie "Love Letter" was filmed here. There are always some lovelorn young artists who come to Otaru to relax, and he has seen many of them.

"One success doesn't mean anything, maybe it's just good luck. And with AIST and the University of Tokyo joining us this time, I don't think we will lose to Guanghua University. In high-precision fields, we in Neon Country have always been in a leading position , I have never been afraid of anyone.”

The sound on the car radio hadn't stopped yet, but Masato Koida couldn't help but cheer twice. .

"There are too many arrogant people in our Neon Country, which is why our development is getting worse and worse than in the past."

At this time, there was a sudden sound from the back row.

"Mr. Driver, aren't you optimistic about lithium-air battery technology?"

Masato Oida glanced at the passengers behind him through the rearview mirror, and he suddenly became interested, but when he thought of those people on the radio, his interest waned again.

"I'm not familiar with these technologies, but I heard from the introduction on the radio that this lithium-air battery technology is still very powerful," Masato Koida curled his lips and said, "I just don't think highly of these people in our country, especially the National Institute of Materials Science and Technology. Last time Isn’t it enough to disgrace our great neon nation?”

"I don't think they can do it. Maybe Guanghua University will succeed this time." Masato Koida sighed twice, but after thinking about the performance of lithium-air batteries, he felt a little hopeful.

Pure electric vehicles in Neon Country only account for less than 10% of the market share, and the rest is dominated by gasoline vehicles and hybrid vehicles.

It’s not that people in Neon don’t want to switch to pure electric cars, but that pure electric cars are not cost-effective.

One is that there is no subsidy and the price is high; the other is the weather problem. Weather like Hokkaido will cause the actual battery life of pure electric vehicles to be far lower than the standard battery life.

In fact, Masato Oida really wants to replace his oil car with a pure electric car. Now that oil prices are getting more and more expensive, pure electric cars save money. Moreover, since his home is built in one household, there is no need to consider the installation of charging piles. What bothers him is the local environmental impact.

But there’s no need to worry about that now, as long as lithium-air batteries can be conquered.

Whether it is his own country or Guanghua University across the sea, Masato Koida does not care who wants to come out on top. He only cares about when it can be commercialized.

The man was dissatisfied with Masato Oida's attitude. After all, we are all Neon people, shouldn't we be patriotic?

How can we belittle our own country and praise a foreign country for the same scientific research project?

He wanted to refute, but he thought about the achievements of that university in more than a year.

He suddenly lost his bottom and his eyes became blank.

Maybe Mr. Driver is right.

While the two were talking, a press conference jointly held by NIMS, AIST and the University of Tokyo caused an uproar on the neon country Internet. Masato Oida's attitude towards men was only a minority, and most neon people thought that this time It will definitely defeat Guanghua University. Some neon scientists even spoke nonsense about Guanghua University when they participated in talk shows, and their tone and thoughts were quite bad.

The news spread from Neon Country to China, and public opinion intensified.

ps: Sorry, I'm not in a good state these days.