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The total distance from Chancheng Yulongwan Mansion to Shenzhen Longxing Group's Bantian Base is 170 kilometers. Because of the time constraints, Chen Xing asked Ye Yingjie to drive the vehicle manually.

In the logical database of "Dr. X", there is no rush option.

Being in a hurry means speeding, and according to authoritative media statistics, 90% of car accidents are related to speeding. Chen Xing doesn't want to see his own Pilot 001 car speeding around, especially while it's driving autonomously.

Of course.

The most important thing is to take responsibility.

The unmanned autonomous driving is technically supported by the Longxing Group. If an "unmanned racing" option is provided, the company will need to take responsibility.

The national review department will not allow the emergence of unmanned drag racing.

Taking all these factors into consideration, Dr. X’s underlying logic is to ensure that passengers arrive at their destination safely, with safety being the top priority.

But today, Chen Xing couldn't wait any longer and he was eager to return to Shenzhen to check out the superconducting materials.

After obtaining authorization from Chen Xing, Ye Yingjie also demonstrated his mature driving skills. Although he was speeding, he did not reach the 20% violation line, so even if he was stopped, he would not be deducted points or fined.

The journey that would have taken two hours to complete was completed in fifteen minutes.

When the vehicle drove into the Bantian base of Longxing Group and stopped in the parking lot, Chen Xing immediately opened the car and got out, heading straight for the office building.

"President."

"President."

As we walked into the office building, the two receptionists immediately stood up to greet us.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Xing would nod in polite response, but now the only thing on his mind was room-temperature superconducting materials. He did not hear their greetings at all and rushed straight to the elevator.

"The president seems to be in a hurry. Is there anything wrong?"

"I don't know, it feels pretty urgent."

"Could it be that my wife has given birth?"

"Did your wife give birth at the company?"

The two receptionists sat down again, cracking melon seeds and gossiping.

In fact, it was not just them. Zhao Siqiu and Ye Yingjie had never seen Chen Xing so anxious and impetuous.

In their impression, even if Chen Xing encounters a big problem, he will not reveal his inner emotions to others. He is a person in power who is as stable as a rock.

But what about today?

He was totally out of control.

Or in other words…

He has forgotten how to manage his emotions and expressions.

Chen Xing didn't care about other people's eyes and opinions, but went straight to the top floor office because Gu Ren was already waiting.

"Ding--"

The elevator door opens.

Chen Xing quickened his pace, walked through the corridor, and finally arrived at the door of his office.

The office door was not closed. Standing at the door, one could see Gu Ren sitting on the sofa in the negotiation area, holding something tightly in his hand.

When he saw Chen Xing, he was excited and immediately stood up and said, "We succeeded. This is a groundbreaking material."

"Close the door first."

Chen Xing walked into the office and closed the door.

When he came to Gu Ren, he finally saw the room-temperature superconducting material he had been longing for.

Out of curiosity, Chen Xing asked: "How did you find it?"

"It's a bit complicated to explain." Gu Ren paused for half a second, picked up the research and development record file on the table, handed it to Chen Xing, and said, "For the previous dozens of superconducting material synthesizers, I referred to some foreign papers, doped with known superconducting materials, and continued trial and error."

"But the result..."

“It’s just unsatisfactory.”

While Gu Ren was talking, Chen Xing also opened his record files.

What comes into view is the complete and detailed entire material synthesis process of lanthanum decahydride (LaH10).

Saw 99.5% bulk lanthanum metal into chips, take an appropriate amount of 3.47 g and add it to a reaction bottle that has been dried, evacuated and filled with argon.

The reaction flask was heated to 300°C and then cooled to room temperature.

After evacuating the argon gas, 15 ml of tetrahydrofuran was added through a dry syringe, and then 0.015 ml of titanium tetrachloride was added.

The temperature was controlled to 45°C in an oil bath and the magnetic stirrer was turned on for stirring. At the same time, hydrogen was introduced into the reaction flask and the amount of hydrogen absorbed by the reaction was read out by a constant pressure gas tube.

When the metallic lanthanum no longer absorbs hydrogen, it indicates that the reaction is basically completed.

Under argon protection, the reaction solution was transferred to a centrifuge bottle, and centrifuged at 5000 r/min for 2 hours to separate the organic phase in the reaction bottle.

The supernatant was then discarded, and the solid phase was washed for the second time with tetrahydrofuran and titanium tetrachloride, and dried in a vacuum oil bath for 6 hours to obtain a black lanthanum decahydride solid powder.

Just one kind of superconducting material made Chen Xing feel extremely cumbersome. According to the thickness of this record file, it recorded the synthesis process of at least 20 different superconducting materials.

While Chen Xing was reviewing the documents, Gu Ren pointed out the difficulties in overcoming them.

"I tried lanthanum decahydride, NbZr niobium alloy, yttrium barium copper oxide, and bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide. Although they are all superconducting materials under specific conditions, there is no room for further improvement."

"After reading several papers, I decided not to use subdivided materials for doping and improvement, but to use the larger categories of copper oxides and iron-based superconductors."

As he spoke of this, Gu Ren's eyes became brighter, and a hint of excitement could be seen faintly.

"After determining the general direction, I evenly mixed 40% lead monoxide and 60% lead sulfate powder, heated it in a ceramic crucible at 725 degrees Celsius for 24 hours to produce Lanark ore."

"Then mix copper and phosphorus in a ratio of three to one, heat it to 10 degrees Celsius in a quartz vacuum tube with a vacuum degree of 3 to the negative power of 550 for 48 hours to obtain cuprous phosphide."

"Lanark ore and cuprous phosphide are mixed and sealed in a quartz vacuum tube. At a high temperature of 1000 degrees Celsius, Cu will replace Pb to generate stress that is transferred to the interface of the columnar structure, forming a quantum well structure and ultimately revealing superconducting properties."

"After my test, the superconducting material mixed with Lanark ore and cuprous phosphide can show superconducting properties at -30 degrees Celsius to 60 degrees Celsius, which is sufficient for daily use."

Chen Xing is not an expert in materials science, and he could only roughly understand a few terms in Gu Ren's description.

but!

Although he didn't understand, he knew the key points.

If it can exhibit superconducting properties between -30 degrees and 60 degrees, then the value of this superconducting material is terrifying. It is no exaggeration to say that it is far superior to those aircraft carriers of the United States.

If Chen Xing proposed an exchange to the United States at this time, the latter would definitely agree immediately, because room-temperature superconductivity is so important and is a world-recognized prerequisite for nuclear fusion.

After thinking for a while, Chen Xing asked the question he was most concerned about: "Is it difficult to synthesize room-temperature superconducting materials? Can it be mass-produced?"

"The difficulty of synthesis is very small, and mass production is not a problem." Gu Ren responded without hesitation, and explained: "Lead monoxide, lead sulfate, copper and phosphorus are not scarce materials. Materials science is the same as medicine. As long as the synthesis formula is mastered, it will be easy to mass produce."

Anyone familiar with the medical field knows that the reason why drugs are expensive is not because the raw materials used to produce them are expensive, but because the research and development costs are high.

Take penicillin as an example. Before it was developed, bacterial infections claimed tens or even millions of lives every year.

During World War I, many soldiers died from infection with deadly bacteria even if they were only hit by bullets in non-fatal parts of the body such as shoulders and arms.

It was not until the advent of penicillin in 1928 and its mass production by US pharmaceutical companies that the threat of bacteria was finally reduced. It is no exaggeration to say that if you had brought a ton of penicillin back to World War I, it would have completely changed the course of history.

This medicine, which was once so precious, can now be bought for 30 pills for 200 yuan.

Just like materials and medicine, as long as you find the switch, mass production is not difficult. However, switches are hard to find in both fields.

"it is good!"

Chen Xing looked excited.

If room-temperature superconducting materials can be mass-produced, then Longguo will need to carry out another super-large infrastructure to establish its own position.

After the excitement, Chen Xing gradually calmed down and began to plan: "Gu Ren, you go to the Shanshui base and enclose a piece of land to build a mass production factory for room-temperature superconducting materials. You will be the general manager of the factory in the future. How much money will be invested in the early stage? Send me an email after you summarize it, and I will ask Vice President Zhang to assist you."

"I'll be the factory manager?"

Gu Ren was stunned.

He was just a scientific researcher, how did he get promoted to factory director all of a sudden?

Chen Xing looked at his confused look and smiled calmly, "No one knows room-temperature superconducting materials better than you now. Put aside your other work projects. We need to concentrate our efforts on completing the mass production of room-temperature superconducting materials first."

"This……"

"OK then."

Gu Ren has no desire to be the factory director.

Currently, Chen Xing has offered him an annual salary of 200 million.

Since eating, drinking, defecating and urinating are all done at the Bantian base, plus various subsidies from the group, a 200 million annual salary can save 198 million.

Anyone who has worked in society knows that earning 200 million and saving 200 million are not the same concept.

For example, if you have a monthly salary of 8000 yuan, excluding housing and car allowances, the rent is 2000 yuan, daily food and expenses are 1500 yuan, and a tank of gas costs about 500 yuan a month. After all the miscellaneous expenses, half of the monthly salary of 8000 yuan is gone, not to mention medical and entertainment expenses.

This is also the reason why a lot of people are scrambling to get into the civil service job with a monthly salary of 4000 yuan, but programmers with a monthly salary of 10000 yuan are looked down upon by blind date partners.

Because Longxing Group has high hidden benefits, almost no employees who join the company want to resign. Even for employees who resign for special reasons, they all praise Longxing Group and strongly recommend it to their junior colleagues.

"Thank you for your hard work. I have some things to arrange here. Looking at your dark circles, you should catch up on some sleep for the next two days."

Chen Xing also noticed that Gu Ren had very serious dark circles under his eyes, a bit like the eye shadow that girls put on when putting on makeup.

Why do I have dark circles?
It goes without saying that in order to bring out room-temperature superconducting materials as soon as possible, Gu Ren must have worked overtime and risked his life.

"Ha~"

It would have been better if Chen Xing didn't say anything. As soon as he said it, Gu Ren yawned. He hadn't slept for two days and two nights, and was completely supported by willpower.

Gu Ren was not polite when Chen Xing ordered him to rest. He accepted it with a clear conscience and said, "Then I'll go back and take a nap. When I wake up, I'll go to the Shanshui Base."

"Go."

Chen Xing nodded slightly.

The general outline of the landscape base has been built, but there are still large areas of wasteland inside. According to the plan, all of Longxing Group's industries will be moved in.

The Shanshui base is responsible for industry and production, and the Bantian base is responsible for operations and R&D. This is Chen Xing’s detailed plan.

After Gu Ren left, Chen Xing looked out the window. It was now completely dark, but a few stars could still be seen in the distant sky.

"Report it now?"

“Or should we mass produce it first?”

Chen Xing was thinking about this problem.

If it gets out now, we can use the power of the country to quickly mass-produce it, and eventually set off a new round of industrial revolution.

If they could start mass production first, the benefits for Longxing Group would definitely be maximized, and they might even be able to become a national supplier.

For the overall situation?

Or personal gain?
If it comes to choosing personal interests, room-temperature superconducting materials are enough to take Longxing Group, or even the entire Chen family, to the next level.

After thinking for less than two minutes, Chen Xing also made a decision.

He took out his cell phone, found Wang Shan's number and called him.

Between personal interests and national interests, he chose the latter.

Now Longxing Group has made enough money, and its fields cover semiconductors, communication networks, mobile devices, automobile manufacturing, battery energy, etc. If we add room-temperature superconducting materials, Longxing Group is still Longxing Group, and it is impossible to say that it is establishing a country overseas.

But if it had been reported to the country in a timely manner and a series of subsequent adjustments had been made, we might have won the financial battle with the United States.

"No one comes to visit you for no reason. Brother Chen called me again. Did he encounter any difficult problems again?"

Wang Shan’s voice came out.

Some time ago, when the Toyota Group was forcibly acquired, the top leaders of the island country wanted to cheat and abolish the shares held by the Longxing Group. In the end, Wang Shan came out to stand up for Chen Xing.

It was precisely because of the threat of intercontinental missiles and military-level exercises that Longxing Group was able to successfully take over the Toyota Group.

Chen Xing kept this favor in mind.

Facing Wang Shan's question, Chen Xing lowered his voice and said cryptically: "The material has been successfully developed. If you have time, you can come to Shenzhen to discuss how to mass produce it."

"Material…"

Wang Shan recalled carefully.

He has been so busy lately that he has forgotten what the material is.

After thinking for a few seconds, when the words "room-temperature superconducting material" appeared, Wang Shan felt a chill running from his tailbone to the top of his head, making him instantly lose his composure.

"You mean that?!!"

"Correct!"

"sure?"

"One hundred percent sure."

“How many people know now?”

"Three."

"Okay, I'll bring people over right away. Wait for me. You must wait!"

Wang Shan hung up the phone directly. Considering the US's monitoring technology, he did not want to take any risks, so he hurried back to the room, opened the drawer, took out the satellite encrypted phone, and called Qin Long, the president of Longke Institute.

Qin Long didn't know what was going on. He had just finished a day's work and returned to his apartment to take a shower.

Just as he finished applying shampoo and rubbing out the foam, the assistant outside the door looked panicked and said in a trembling voice:

"Dean!!!"

"Dean!!!"

"Yuquan Mountain is calling!!!"

(End of this chapter)