Material Empire

Qin Hai made a lot of money in the domestic market by using imported steel, but there were also many troubles in the follow-up. Importing 10 million tons of steel products cost nearly 4 billion US dollars in foreign exchange, which cannot be repaid with the RMB earned by Qin Hai. Although other people saw the price difference between imported steel and domestic steel, they were unable to do such reselling, precisely because of foreign exchange restrictions. To put it bluntly, in that era, if you could get foreign exchange, you could make a lot of money by reselling not only steel, but any kind of commodity.

In front of Wang Hongsheng, Qin Hai did not explain how he would solve the problem of repaying the foreign exchange loan. The price of steel had stabilized, and some finishing work was being carried out in an orderly manner. Qin Hai bid farewell to Wang Hongsheng and returned to Anhe.

"$4 billion, do you have the confidence to earn it?"

In the big conference room of Anhe Materials College, Qin Hai faced a room full of scientists and put forward the task with a smile.

At that time, China’s main commodities for export were nothing more than two categories: primary products and labor-intensive industrial products. The former refers to agricultural products, mineral raw materials, etc., while the latter refers to clothing, shoes, hats, and assembled and processed products that people are familiar with. At that time, the hat of the world's factory had not yet been put on China's head. China's export processing industry was still relatively small, and its ability to earn foreign exchange was insufficient. Every year, it ran a deficit in foreign trade, and it had to rely on foreign debt to make up the difference.

Qin Hai borrowed 4 billion in seller's credit abroad for the import of steel, part of which was borrowed with rare earth as collateral. intentions included. Now that the matter in the steel market has been settled, Qin Hai freed up his hands and began to arrange for debt repayment.

He does not intend to exchange precious mineral resources for foreign exchange, that is to sell the wealth of future generations, as a traveler from the 21st century, it is extremely shameless. His plan is to exchange the technology he owns for money, and this has to be realized by the scholars of the School of Materials.

"The task has been arranged for a long time. There are 24 majors in the whole college, and each major has a corresponding task. How about it, can you tell us about the completion of the task?" Fu Wenbin, the dean of the college, glanced at the whole group. People in the room, waiting for someone to speak up.

I don't know whether it's humility, or a little bit of awe towards Qin Hai. During the academic seminars, the scholars who talk about each other very lively are actually a little shy at this time. Everyone exchanged glances, not knowing who should take the lead.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaochen, who was sitting next to Qin Hai, smiled slightly, pointed to Zhang Yating, the director of the research office of the sensitive materials major, and said, "Sister Zhang, why don't you start first, the achievements of your major are all It's very mature."

"Okay, then let me talk about it first. It's time to throw bricks and attract jade." Zhang Yating, who is in her 40s, responded readily. She spread out a document in her hand and reported to Qin Hai:

"Our laboratory is mainly responsible for the research of sensitive materials. So far, we have done three directions: gas-sensitive ceramics, heat-sensitive ceramics and pyroelectric ceramics. The tin oxide gas-sensitive ceramics we research can be sensitive to air. Changes in flammable gases such as hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and methane produce sensitive reactions, and the maximum sensitivity can reach the magnitude of 10 to the negative 6th power, and the reaction speed exceeds the level of similar foreign products."

Having said that, Zhang Yating smiled sweetly, turned her head and said to everyone:

"By the way, our breakthrough in the sensitivity of gas-sensitive ceramics also benefited from Mr. Qin's suggestion. Mr. Qin suggested that we add a small amount of ditin trioxide to tin dioxide, and at the same time use magnesium oxide on the surface of the sensor, etc. Divalent metal oxide is used as a coating. After we tried it, we found that the effect is very significant. Colleagues in our laboratory all said that the military medal is half of that of Mr. Qin."

Hearing what Zhang Yating said, all the scholars in the room echoed:

"Haha, that's true. The organic electronic materials developed in our laboratory have also been guided by Mr. Qin in many areas. Mr. Qin is really an all-rounder in materials science!"

"That's right, that's right. I often tell my assistants that if there is any problem that can't be solved, ask Mr. Qin for help. Mr. Qin will definitely have unexpected good suggestions!"

"It's amazing. You said that I have been working on luminescent materials for so many years. The last time President Qin said something, it made me feel suddenly enlightened. Sometimes I feel that I have lived like a dog at my age..."

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"Okay, okay, everyone, don't praise me anymore." Even Qin Hai, who has a thick skin for two generations, felt that he couldn't stand it anymore, and quickly interrupted everyone's praise.

In fact, what everyone said was the truth, the development of modern science and technology can be said to be changing with each passing day, even a thought that is one year ahead will appear different, not to mention that Qin Hai's knowledge is more than 20 years ahead of everyone. Qin Hai didn't want to waste his foresight, so he often participated in the academic seminars of various majors in the college, and put forward some ideas at the meeting for everyone to try.

At the beginning, everyone didn't care about the chairman who came from a technical school. At best, they tried to follow his suggestion to avoid embarrassing Qin Hai, so that there would be an explanation in the future. Unexpectedly, after the experiment, everyone discovered that Qin Hai's suggestions were so accurate, and many problems that had troubled everyone for a long time were often solved with a casual call from him.

Scholars of different majors sometimes get together to chat and talk about this matter, only to find that not only their own major, but also other majors have had similar experiences. That is to say, Qin Hai is actually an interdisciplinary material talent, and his understanding of scientific research cannot be described as far-sighted.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that Qin Hai alone has the ability to conquer the world. In fact, Qin Hai’s advice to everyone is only directional, such as adding certain trace elements to certain materials, or using certain methods to prepare certain materials. It is still up to the scientists to figure out what kind of technology, how much to add, and what the process is, and everyone has put in far more energy than what Qin Hai said.

But the characteristic of scientific research is that a directional guidance can save people from many detours, and many technological innovations are the result of a flash of inspiration in the minds of scientists. What Qin Hai did was to provide everyone with countless flashes, so that they could achieve their expected goals with twice the result with half the effort.

With this understanding, everyone changed from passively accepting Qin Hai's suggestion to actively seeking Qin Hai's help. Qin Hai has been running around for the past two years, busy developing contacts in the business circle, but as long as he has time, he will return to the School of Materials Science and Technology to stay for a few days and chat with everyone about scientific research. Every time they heard that he was coming back, the heads of various research laboratories would wait in line to meet him, or make an appointment with Wang Xiaochen, asking Qin Hai to visit him and give him advice.

Zhang Yating's sensitive material laboratory is a unit that Qin Hai has given a lot of guidance to. As Zhang Yating said, half of the military medals are for her and her assistants, and half for Qin Hai.

"Today is not my commendation meeting, but to listen to everyone's achievements. Professor Zhang, you just said that you have made breakthroughs in tin oxide gas-sensitive ceramic materials. How?" Qin Hai asked Zhang Yating.

Zhang Yating pouted slightly, and said, "Boss Qin, I have a problem with you."

"What's your opinion?" Qin Hai was a little confused.

Zhang Yating said with a smile: "I don't like people calling me Professor Zhang. You can ask everyone what they call me now."

"Professor Zhang now asks everyone to call her Sister Zhang, and she says that's the way to be kind." Wang Xiaochen reminded Qin Hai with a smile on his lips.

"Haha, it's a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue." Qin Hai followed good manners and said with a smile: "Then I will do as the Romans do, and call you Sister Zhang. However, Sister Zhang should stop calling me Mr. Qin, and call me Xiao Qin." Or Brother Qin, isn't he more affectionate."

"Then I don't dare." Zhang Yating smiled while covering her mouth, "Boss Qin is Boss Qin, if I call you Brother Qin, then you have no leader."

"Isn't this too unfair?" Qin Hai pretended to be depressed, but he didn't force it. He is the boss of the School of Materials, and the necessary majesty still needs to be maintained. He could ask Fu Wenbin and Wang Xiaochen to call him Xiao Qin, but if ordinary researchers also called him that, it would be too casual. When an organization develops to a certain level, there will inevitably be hierarchical divisions, and blindly obliterating such divisions is not conducive to order and prohibition.

Regarding Zhang Yating's changes, Qin Hai felt quite emotional in his heart. Zhang Yating was also a scholar he personally introduced. He remembered that Zhang Yating used to be relatively silent, with a little bit of arrogance. But in the past two years since she came to the School of Materials Science and Technology, her personality has completely changed, and she has become more enthusiastic and cheerful. Otherwise, she would not be serious about the titles "Professor Zhang" and "Sister Zhang".

Anhe Materials College is a scientific research institution established according to Qin Hai's intention. From the very beginning, Qin Hai asked the college to establish a harmonious and sunny scientific research and living atmosphere. Places where intellectuals gather are often the places where intrigues are the most intense, and many scientific research institutes have this characteristic. Some leaders like to fight among employees, and even deliberately encourage this kind of wrestling, because the more fierce the fight among employees, the easier it is for the leader to pull out factions and establish his own authority.

But Qin Hai doesn't like to do this. He doesn't want the scientific researchers he has spent a lot of energy to spend on internal fighting, and he doesn't need to maintain his rule through division and disintegration. He instilled his ideas into Fu Wenbin, Wang Xiaochen and others, hoping that they could create a harmonious atmosphere in the college.

It now appears that this effort has paid off.

I was not feeling very well last night, I went to bed early, and it was too late to update, sorry