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Chapter 772 Chapter 771 What? I am a saboteur?

Someone from the Metallurgical Institute called Ding Hui and made the matter very serious, saying that Tang Zhitong deliberately stole the precious metal neodymium from the Metallurgical Institute. They suspected that he was a class enemy and a saboteur, and demanded that the Science and Technology Commission conduct a thorough investigation and deal with him severely.

After hanging up the phone, Ding Hui felt his head buzzing. He didn't completely believe what the Metallurgical Institute said, but he didn't disbelieve it either.

Judging from the current situation, Tang Zhitong must have used the neodymium from the Metallurgical Institute, and this lump is quite large.

Although there are rare earth mines in China, the chemical properties of rare earth elements are too similar. When mixed together, they are like a pile of twins. Separating them requires sophisticated chemical reactions, which is extremely difficult.

There is no way to accurately refine it in China now. Except for a very small amount kept for domestic experimental research, most of the rare earths are exported after coarse screening. The price is not expensive, only a few hundred US dollars per ton.

But importing again will be expensive, and most of the imported products are high value-added finished products.

If you want to import some neodymium, it’s not metallic neodymium, but neodymium oxide, which costs hundreds of thousands of US dollars per ton.

The material that Tang Zhitong "stole" was metallic neodymium, a product that was processed after importing neodymium oxide. The entire processing process will inevitably involve costs and losses, and the price will only be higher.

If you calculate carefully, the neodymium "lost" by the Metallurgical Institute is worth at least a few hundred yuan. However, many things cannot be calculated by price, because it is not easy to import neodymium oxide into China, as others will hold us back.

Ding Hui introduced the person himself, so naturally he didn't want anything to happen to Tang Zhitong. It would be best if a big thing could be made into a small thing, but since this matter involved the Academy of Sciences, he couldn't make the decision.

In order to contact units of the same level as the Institute of Metallurgy of the Academy of Sciences, Ding Hui reported to his supervisor, who communicated and coordinated with them. Then he connected with the Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Metallurgy, and then notified Tang Zhitong. This is why it took a long time.

After thinking about his words, Ding Hui stood up to report to his leader and ask for instructions on the scale of the handling.

Ding Hui has been in contact with Tang Zhitong all the time, and Ding Hui knows more about Tang Zhitong's situation.

The reason why the Science and Technology Commission took great pains to bring Tang Zhitong over was not only because he received praise from the Science and Technology Commission's leaders for his spinning wheel, but also because the Commission wanted to contribute to the country in terms of inventions and foreign exchange earnings.

Many scientific research units under the Science and Technology Commission are crying out for funds, clamoring for cash and equipment every day, but the Science and Technology Commission is not well-off and has to rely on funding from above.

The Science and Technology Commission has already tasted the sweetness of exporting spinning wheels. If the sweetness is bigger, the money bag will be even fatter. Then...

Ding Hui disagreed with the statement of the saboteurs from the Metallurgical Institute. Take the incident of Tang Zhitong being received as an example. Tang Zhitong's background had been thoroughly investigated long ago, so there must be no problem at all. Otherwise, it would become an international laughing stock if it were made public.

After listening to Ding Hui's report, the leader gave guidance on the "mistake" Tang Zhitong made this time: "It's not necessarily stealing, it's also testing new materials. Experiments are bound to fail, and we can't just condemn him with one blow."

Ding Hui felt much more at ease after receiving the handling opinions. As for the strict investigation requested by the Metallurgical Institute, he didn't take it seriously at all. The brother departments had already investigated. If he followed the Metallurgical Institute's wishes this time, wouldn't Tang Zhitong just quit?

You have to know that it was the first time they met, and Tang Zhitong just asked a few more questions as a routine matter, but he felt that he was not trusted.

After seeing Zeng Xinghuai's excitement, Tang Zhitong finally felt relieved. Neodymium iron boron was a success!

Zeng Xinghuai couldn't help but be excited. A new type of magnet was born right under his nose. Although the upper limit of its magnetism has yet to be verified, it is undoubtedly a strong magnet.

As a professional in the metallurgical industry, Zeng Xinghuai knows too well the difficulty of discovering a new material, and he is even more aware of the significance of new materials to the military industry.

"Comrade Xiao Tang, do you remember which bottle you used to make the raw materials?" It has been confirmed that the new material has strong magnetism. Zeng Xinghuai suppressed the idea of ​​continuing research and first found Tang Zhitong to confirm the formula of the new material.

"This... I don't remember. Doesn't the storage room take inventory? Can't we just work backwards?" Tang Zhitong shook his head quickly.

Although Tang Zhitong had no intention of keeping it secret, as a time traveler, he knew that this new material would bring about a revolutionary storm in the field of science and technology, especially in the military industry.

Since you know it clearly, you can't tell the recipe in public.

In recent years, some people from Northeast China have crossed the Yalu River on foot to become the "thousand-mile horses" of the sun, and some people from Beijing have also gone abroad in the name of "visiting relatives."

Since the country did not stop him, Tang Zhitong naturally had no reason to stop him, but he was determined to prevent anyone from using the strong magnetic formula he had "accidentally" mixed to show his allegiance.

"We are only taking inventory of precious materials. Ordinary materials are not so strict. Do you still remember which bottle it is? Let's go to the storage room to restore it." Zeng Xinghuai was thinking about the raw material ratio of neodymium iron boron and did not realize that Tang Zhitong was lying.

"Um... Director Zeng, I heard that you asked comrades from the Science and Technology Commission to come over. Should we wait a little longer?" Tang Zhitong certainly remembered it, but still rejected Zeng Xinghuai again.

It’s good that the Metallurgical Institute doesn’t know the ratio, at least they will have something to worry about when “dealing” with themselves later.

"Okay, then let's wait a little longer." Zeng Xinghuai's smile became a little awkward when he heard Tang Zhitong mention the Science and Technology Commission. It was really a changing world. He was just thinking of asking the Science and Technology Commission to take on this responsibility, but now it has been caught.

"Director Zeng, you guys continue with your research while we both eat." Tang Zhitong hadn't had lunch yet, and now that the situation was settled, he felt hungry.

"Okay, okay, you guys eat first. Then he, Xiaoji, go to the cafeteria and ask the chef to fry two meat dishes for you." Although Zeng Xinghuai didn't get the matching ratio, his attitude was still good. He hoped that Tang Zhitong would say a few words on behalf of Metallurgy so that the project would fall to his company.

"Comrade Ji, don't go." Tang Zhitong stopped Miss Ji and explained to Zeng Xinghuai, "Director Zeng, don't bother. We'll be done eating by the time the food is done."

"Well... let's wait until tonight. I'll treat you personally. Don't refuse." Zeng Xinghuai was rejected again and again, but he still didn't give up.

"Hehe, thank you Director Zeng for your esteem. We'll talk about it tonight. If I get 'dealt with' in the afternoon, I won't be in the mood to eat." Tang Zhitong shook his head with a wry smile.

"No, no, this is a great achievement, how can we punish you? We can still afford this amount of neodymium. You guys eat first, we'll talk later." Zeng Xinghuai saw that Tang Zhitong had already taken out his lunch box, and left tactfully. A group of people from the Metallurgical Institute got together to study new magnets, and Wan Xianghong just watched and ate with Tang Zhitong, and the worry on his face did not disappear because of Zeng Xinghuai's words and actions.

"Xianghong, relax, eat and drink as you please. Even if the sky falls, I'm still here to hold it up." Tang Zhitong held a steamed bread in one hand and pickles in the other. While chewing slowly, he did not forget to comfort Wan Xianghong.

"Yeah." Wan Xianghong nodded, but still didn't enjoy the food.

Tang Zhitong looked at Wan Xianghong and stopped trying to persuade her. Facts speak louder than words. If they waited a little longer, people from the Science and Technology Commission and the Academy of Sciences would probably be here, and by then there would definitely be a result.

At this moment, Tang Zhitong did not have to wait too long. Just after he finished his meal, someone came to report that the leaders of the Academy of Sciences had arrived.

Zeng Xinghuai took the lead and was about to walk out.

Tang Zhitong quickly called him over and reminded him, "Director Zeng, check and take all the new materials with you. Don't forget any."

"Okay, then take them all." Zeng Xinghuai trusted the staff in the institute, but after all, these were all processed by Tang Zhitong by accident, and there was no conclusion on how to deal with them yet. These magnets could be considered "evidence" in any case, so it made sense to take them all with him.

When Tang Zhitong left, he did not forget the molds and stuffed them all into his bag.

Others filed downstairs. Tang Zhitong stood upstairs, leaning on the railing and looking out. There was a car parked in the yard. Qiu Han opened the door and was about to get out when another car drove in from the gate. After it stopped, Ding Hui got out from the passenger seat, but no one got out from the back seat.

The people at the Metallurgical Institute didn't know Ding Hui, so they naturally greeted Qiu Han first. Ding Hui found Tang Zhitong in the crowd, waved, and pulled him aside to understand the situation: "What's going on? How did they match the wrong person?"

"Director Ding, that's great. Everyone is on the special car." Ding Hui was a little anxious, but Tang Zhitong was very calm. The success of Super Magnetics gave him a lot of confidence, and at this moment he was in the mood to tease Ding Hui.

"The situation at the Metallurgical Institute is very serious. The leader asked me to hurry over in a car to see what's going on. You look like you're okay?" Seeing Tang Zhitong's calmness, Ding Hui felt a lot more relieved.

"Whether it's okay or not, I don't think I'm qualified to judge. When we were mixing the ingredients, the custodian here fainted due to hypoglycemia. Time was very tight, and I might have been too nervous at the time and made a mistake in the raw material ratio." Tang Zhitong briefly explained the cause of the incident. This sentence made Ding Hui feel bitter, but then it was sweet again: "But it seems to be a new material after burning. The magnetic force is several times that of existing magnets. The Metallurgical Institute has preliminarily confirmed it."

In the end, Tang Zhitong was too thin-skinned to say that he had developed the product himself, but simply attributed it to a coincidence.

"Huh? New materials? Magnets?" Ding Hui asked in disbelief. As a member of the Science and Technology Commission, he knew too well the difficulty of developing new materials. It often takes several years and thousands of tests to succeed. How could Tang Zhitong succeed so easily?

"Yes, it was successful." Seeing Ding Hui's surprise, Tang Zhitong's evil taste was satisfied, and he nodded affirmatively to confirm.

"This is great! Why did they call me and make the matter sound so serious, as if you had done something outrageous to both humans and gods?" Ding Hui breathed a sigh of relief and had already started thinking about the uses of magnets.

It has a wide range of uses. It can be used not only in motors, but also in high-tech military fields, such as the gyroscope that has always been stuck...

With such results before us, what Metallurgical Engineering said about serious treatment is even more untenable.

"Hehe, when they called, they hadn't discovered that this new material could be magnetized. Come on, shall we go over there? Someone is coming out to call for help." Tang Zhitong heard Zeng Xinghuai calling him from behind and hastily ended the conversation.

While Tang Zhitong and Ding Hui were communicating the situation, the Academy of Sciences was also understanding the situation, but it was more focused on the discovered new materials and subsequent related experimental research and development.

If the people from the Science and Technology Commission had not come, the Metallurgical Institute might have only talked about the new materials and not mentioned the previous suspicion of Tang Zhitong. However, since the Science and Technology Commission was informed first today, it is difficult to work things out.

After getting to know each other, the tone of the picture changed, and both sides praised Tang Zhitong for his cleverness in this "accidental" move.

Qiu Han and Zeng Xinghuai are both industry leaders and know the difficulty of discovering new materials. Whether it is abroad or at home, behind the emergence of every new material are hundreds of failed experiments.

Rather than Tang Zhitong intentionally making the material mix, they would rather believe that this was a true coincidence, even though it was indeed a bit far-fetched.

Ding Hui also believed it was a "coincidence" because when he reported to his leader just now, the leader said that this was an experiment and mistakes and even failures were allowed.

"Xiao Ding, our country can achieve such great results in the field of magnets, so we must keep it confidential, right?" The praise was given and a preliminary consensus was reached. The next step would naturally be subsequent testing and improvement. Qiu Han had just listened to Zeng Xinghuai's request and was now planning to personally bring the matter to the Metallurgical Institute.

"You're right." In front of Qiu Han, Ding Hui was very respectful and nodded in agreement.

"You see, this new material was discovered at the Metallurgical Institute, and the comrades here have relevant experience. The fewer people who know about this, the better, so why not leave the follow-up work to the Metallurgical Institute." Regarding this experiment, Qiu Han negotiated a lot with the Science and Technology Commission. The relevant expenses of the experiment were borne by the Science and Technology Commission, and the Science and Technology Commission also provided some additional scientific research equipment.

If today's incident had not happened, the Academy of Sciences would have made a profit. However, since the new material had been discovered, Qiu Han could no longer shamelessly say that it was the research result of the Metallurgical Institute, after all, the specific material ratio was not yet known.

Qiu Han planned to work with the Science and Technology Commission first, so Tang Zhitong naturally had no choice.

"President Qiu, I can't make the decision on this matter. I will go back and ask my leader, and I will give you a reply as soon as possible." Ding Hui had only received the imperial sword to deal with Tang Zhitong's mistake in ingredient preparation. He didn't know anything about the new materials, and he didn't dare to agree to it without authorization.

"Okay." Qiu Han did not make things difficult for Ding Hui. He also planned to negotiate with the leaders of the Science and Technology Commission after returning.

"President Qiu, Director Zeng, a comrade from the Metallurgical Institute called me today and said that Comrade Tang Zhitong deliberately stole precious metals from the Metallurgical Institute. They even said that he was a class enemy and a saboteur. Should this matter be dealt with as well?" Everything was almost settled, but Ding Hui did not forget the call he received.

You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately.

When Tang Zhitong heard this, his eyes widened. He had indeed used the neodymium from the storage room, so when he was criticized in the laboratory, he did not say anything. After all, it was his duty. But if someone said that he was a class enemy or a saboteur, the nature of the matter would change. Could it be that someone would kill him just because of a little neodymium?

(End of this chapter)