I Am the President of the University

"Cough, five billion...does it take so much to get lactide?" Chen Hao coughed and asked a little uncertainly.

Five billion is not a lot of money for him, he is worth hundreds of billions.

But worth, assets and cash flow/b are two different things!

There are really only a handful of people in China who can take out 5 billion or even 10 billion casually.

"Lactide is used as a raw material for /b polylactic acid ( ), and if you want to mass-produce this, you will not be able to do it without a capital reserve of 5 billion and a cash flow of 10 billion."

Fang Haosen smiled wryly, and then said, "It's not that our domestic companies don't want to do it. The key investment is really not a small amount, and even if the investment is made, there is no guarantee that it will be made, so if you want to use it, you can only go abroad to buy it."

"Nautreworks, a company in the beautiful country, is a giant in this industry. It has controlled polylactic acid for so many years, but they have made it from 1997 to the present, investing billions of dollars, and it has only become profitable in these few years." In the end, Fang Haosen couldn't help sighing.

Nautre Works, backed by Cargill Cargill.

Cargill is incredible, the world's largest food producer.

The other party has sufficient funds and technology, and is not afraid of burning money. In this case, it took Nautre Works ten years and billions of dollars to exclusively create a two-step production process to successfully make polylactic acid.

It is conceivable how high the threshold of this industry is!

Chen Hao's mouth was sour when he heard it. There are too many places in our country where our necks are stuck by foreign countries.

But in any case, he would not give up, and said: "The development of our country cannot let this basic material hold back! Not only lactide, but also polylactic acid!"

Polylactic acid, also known as polylactide, can be fermented from corn starch to form lactic acid, which is dehydrated and polymerized to form lactide, which is then polymerized to form polylactic acid. This material is a bio-based polymer material that can be degraded by composting to generate carbon dioxide and water. It is a very real degradable and environmentally friendly material.

But two industries and three technologies: lactic acid and polylactic acid. The lactic acid threshold mainly comes from the strain and the lactic acid purity. Polylactic acid is mainly lactide and polymerization technology, of which "lactide" is the core. There are few companies in the world that can do well, and the main production capacity is controlled by foreign companies.

Fang Haosen was naturally happy when he heard Chen Hao's words, which was what he thought, but he had to make it clear about the benefits.

"Judging from the decades of development history of Nature Works, 70,000 tons is basically a profit point. It is difficult to make a profit if it is less than this number. At present, our domestic enterprises are too stretched to make 5,000 tons." However, Fang Haosen also said something. rather inspiring words.

"The reason why (polylactic acid) has always been difficult to start in China is that domestic companies lack effective industrial solutions in the production of lactide from lactic acid, which restricts the bottleneck of industrial development. So as long as we break through the lactide synthesis technology, we can If the mass production of polylactic acid can be achieved, the gap between our domestic and foreign countries will gradually narrow."

"It seems that the problem is indeed not small." Listening to Fang Haosen's words, Chen Hao also basically understood.

But after seeing it clearly, his determination became even stronger.

Why has the basic material of polylactic acid been stuck by foreign countries?

Because of the large investment, it is difficult to make a profit!

But with the development of the mainland, environmental protection is a big problem in the future.

For example, the imminent implementation of the ban on plastics shows the determination of the capital. There will be fewer and fewer plastic products in the future, and this new biodegradable biomaterial is an inescapable technology in the future!

Huaxia must do it!

Like this, which involves basic people's livelihood, it must be available in the country, otherwise sanctions incidents are likely to occur.

However, he still believes in the lactide synthesis technology research group led by Fang Haosen and Chen Chong.

At the beginning, I used academic eyes to detect that the success rate of research and development was as high as 65%!

Chen Hao said comfortingly: "But Professor Fang, don't worry, you only need to come up with the lactide synthesis technology, and you don't need to worry about the subsequent transformation of the results, I will handle it!"

Fang Haosen said with some enthusiasm: "It's not without its positive side. A few days ago, Zhenhai Bio, a leading domestic polylactic acid industry, has announced that it will polymerize lactide by itself to solve the problem of polylactic acid. It should be that the research has already achieved a little. breakthrough."

"Really? That's good, but we can't give up if they mess with them." Chen Hao was stunned for a moment, but he didn't care much.

He is not short of money, and besides, the industry is not profitable.

According to the data in 2017, the total production capacity of degradable materials in the world is about 2 million tons, traditional non-degradable materials are more than 370 million, and biodegradable materials account for less than 0.5%.

In terms of biodegradable materials, the market prospect is very large, and there are no competitors at all.

After a final exhortation, Chen Hao left the laboratory.

...

Pretty Country, Minnesota.

Nautre Works corporate headquarters.

Mark Weber, CEO of Nautre Works / Industry No. 1.

At this moment, he is listening to the report of his subordinates in the office.

After listening, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if a trace of ridicule evoked.

"You said that Huaxia's Zhenhai Biological announced that it would polymerize lactide by itself?"

"Yes, this is the urgent news just sent back from our Huaxia branch." The subordinate also held back his smile and said, "Boss, should we just let it go or teach the other party a lesson?"

Weber smiled, as if he was talking about something that was not worth mentioning, "Oh, even if this Huaxia company is so confident, then I think the other party should have broken through the lactide synthesis technology, right?"

"That's already broken, so you don't need to buy from our Nature Works anymore, right?"

Watching Weber wink at himself, the subordinate understood it in seconds, but hesitating about what he was thinking about, "Boss, will this cause dissatisfaction in China?"

"What if you are dissatisfied? If you want the raw materials of polylactic acid, you must cooperate with us! Otherwise, who can provide these to Huaxia enterprises except our company? Isn't it?" Weber shrugged his shoulders with confidence.

Since someone feels that their wings are hard, that's good, let the other party see what the power of capital is!

After the subordinate responded, he backed out.

Immediately afterwards, a message suddenly sounded like thunder on the Internet.

It didn't take long to spread to Huaxia.

As soon as this news appeared, it directly detonated the domestic Internet!

Just as Zhenhai Biological announced that it would independently develop lactide technology, NatureWorks announced that it would immediately stop supplying lactide to Zhenhai Biological.

In other words, Zhenhai Biological was sanctioned by NatureWorks!

ps: The reality has been artistically processed, so there will be discrepancies, please don't take it seriously!

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