Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 407 Yu Taihe's Peak of Life
After hearing Xu Shenxue's words, all the project team members in the laboratory couldn't help swallowing... They were so excited now, even more excited than when they discovered room-temperature superconductivity in the morning.

When they discovered that the MMK34 material had room-temperature superconducting properties, they were excited, but this was more based on the joy of the scientific research results.

Then I also thought that if the MMK34 material was published in a paper, I could also be named in the paper and get some credit from Yu Taihe to gain some experience...

After all, everyone knows their own business. Except for the team leader Yu Taihe, the other seven members of the project team are ordinary laboratory workers. It is great to be able to leave their names as project team members in such heavyweight research and development results, but they did not dare to expect too much.

Of course, we also think that if the MMK34 material is used commercially, we can get some bonuses.

But... I never thought that I would become a billionaire!

This is a bit exaggerated to be honest.

After all, the scientific researchers of an enterprise are employees of the enterprise. They use the platform and R&D funds provided by the enterprise to carry out scientific research, and the scientific research results they develop belong to the enterprise.

It is impossible for a technician to regard a product as his own after developing it.

In this regard, Japanese companies will go too far. After R&D results appear, the technical personnel responsible for the R&D can only get a small bonus. For example, the project leader gets an extra month's salary, and project members get tons of extra midnight snack money... even if the technology they develop can create trillions of value.

This is also the reason why Zhiyun Group has been fond of poaching technical backbones from Japanese companies in recent years, and they are willing to switch jobs here... Japanese companies are too stingy with money, and Zhiyun is well-known in the industry for being generous with money.

Zhiyun generally awards different bonuses to R&D personnel based on the commercial value of their R&D results. Some are one-time bonuses, and some are dividends within a certain number of years.

A semiconductor silicon-based material previously developed by Yu Taihe was successfully applied in the equivalent of ten-nanometer or even seven-nanometer processes, which earned Yu Taihe a one-time bonus of hundreds of thousands of yuan and some options, with a total value of approximately one million yuan.

However, even for Zhiyun Group, which treats its R&D personnel very well, it is impossible for it to give them too high a proportion of dividends.

It was impossible before that an ordinary R&D personnel could win hundreds of millions of bonuses just by participating in a project. That’s ridiculous.

But now...Xu Shenxue said so and personally promised to make everyone in the project team billionaires!
These ordinary scientific researchers in the project team still underestimated the huge strategic value of MMK34, a room-temperature superconducting material...not just commercial value, but strategic value at a higher level.

If this kind of material could be purchased with money, Xu Shen would spend 100 billion or 1 trillion to buy it without blinking an eye.

Now that they have developed the product themselves, giving each project team member a bonus of 100 million is no big deal... Even a shameless person like Xu Shenxue would feel embarrassed.

So after he finished speaking, regardless of everyone's surprised expressions, he said: "Everyone will receive a cash reward of 100 million, tax... In addition, each person will be granted options worth 50 million, and everyone's technical level will be increased by three levels!"

As he said that, he looked at Yu Taihe again: "And you, Doctor Yu, also have 100 million, in US dollars, also after tax. When you become the director of the Artificial Intelligence Materials Research Institute, you will be given lenient treatment in terms of R&D funding!"

"In addition, I personally have a few empty villas in Guangcheng. The environment is pretty good. I'll have someone take you to pick one. You can pick whatever you like. If you don't like these ones, you can also look at other ones. You can pick whatever you like. I'll give you the one you choose... Well, as long as the other party is willing to sell, after all, we can't force a sale."

As he said this, Xu Shenxue smiled, and several other people also started laughing.

Then, Xu Shenxue restrained his smile and said to Yu Taihe: "This is a small token of my personal appreciation. Thank you for your contribution to the country and the nation!"

After saying that, Xu Shenxue turned around and instructed the manager of Liuhe Investment, Dong Jingban, who was standing beside him, "Manager An, write this down and start doing it today. All the decoration, furniture, electrical appliances, and cars for Dr. Yu's villa should be fully furnished and provided. Treat him like a vice president!"

At this time, Yu Taihe's face flushed and he became incoherent: "Director Xu, I...I..."

I wanted to refuse out of habit, but I couldn't say no...that was $100 million, and it was a bonus after tax.

There is also a villa... The villa that Mr. Xu said he would give away must be one of the best in the whole of Guangcheng, and its value must be at least hundreds of millions or even higher.

If he refused, he was afraid that he would regret it in three seconds and feel extremely heartbroken.

Xu Shenxue smiled, reached out and patted his shoulder: "Don't refuse, and don't feel psychologically burdened. You and all of you deserve these rewards."

"Then have a good rest tonight, and come with me to Beijing to make a report tomorrow..."

After hearing this, Yu Taihe suppressed his excitement and said, "Okay, Director Xu, you arrange it!"

Xu Shenxue looked at the other project team members and said, "Keep up your efforts. Scientific research is a road with no end. We have made achievements today, but we must not relax and strive to reach new heights!"

“When you are old, you will not let down your youth!”

Xu Shenxue was in the laboratory for less than ten minutes, but he already made Yu Taihe and the R&D members of the project team excited and surprised.

If you ask them to write a post to describe their feelings at this time, they will say: "Who would understand my family? I was just doing an experiment, but the boss suddenly came running over and gave me a bonus of 100 million..."

Xu Shenxue also knew that if he continued to stay in the laboratory, it would affect other people's mood... They were very excited now, but because of the presence of Xu Shenxue and others, they didn't even dare to cheer and could only hold it in!

Therefore, he tactfully left with Academician He, Director Amuro, Zhao Chenggong and others, and prepared to go to the small conference room in the building to discuss the follow-up matters of MMK34 materials.

Leave both space and time to Yu Taihe and his team members.

Just as Xu Shenxue expected, he had just left the project team's office and hadn't walked far when he heard a burst of cheers like wolves and ghosts howling behind him.

“I’m a billionaire!”

"One hundred million, after tax. From now on, I will eat one bun for breakfast and throw one bun away!"

"Let me see who dares to say I'm bald again... I'll use my money to hit him to death!"

"I have money now. I can finally afford to buy a house!"

"I want a mansion, a sports car, and beautiful women..."

Listening to all kinds of unruly words behind him, Xu Shenxue smiled and said, "It seems that giving money directly is the right thing to do!"

The head of Dong's office, An Shi, also smiled and said, "That's not the case. We all like you the most, Mr. Xu, for this reason. You throw money at us when we disagree with you!"

"But, only young people can laugh so freely!"

Xu Shenxue said: "Chief Amuro, don't act like an old man. You are only in your forties, you are still young!"

Chief Amuro said: "I don't believe it, I'm getting old!"

Then Zhao Chenggong, the former director of the Artificial Intelligence Materials Research Institute, said, "Yes, I am also 40 years old. I am old!"

Xu Shenxue said, "Professor Zhao, you are not old anymore. At 40, you are in your prime and it is time to produce results. Dr. Yu will be in charge of this institute in the future. You will have to work harder and go to the headquarters or Beijing or Shanghai to set up a new artificial intelligence materials research institute. Your rank will be promoted by one level, and you will not lose out on the bonus this time!"

"I think there is great potential in artificial intelligence materials science. One research institute is not enough now. I want to expand the scale and set up a few more research institutes. I also want to get some leading universities to develop related majors and get some doctoral programs!"

"How about it, where do you want to go?"

In fact, Zhao Chenggong was a little nervous before, because Xu Shenxue had given the position under him to Yu Taihe as soon as he opened his mouth.

Now after hearing what Xu Shenxue said, I felt relieved.

After thinking for a while, he said, "I have lived in the south all my life and I am used to the climate in the south. I am afraid I will not be used to the north. Besides, my family is also in Guangzhou. I'd better go to the headquarters in Shenzhen, which is closer to home!"

Xu Shenxue thought for a moment and said, "If your family wants, you can also bring them to Shenzhen. Don't worry about the house and the children's schooling. The logistics department will take care of it. All you have to do is come over!"

Zhao Chenggong thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll go back and discuss this with my wife!"

Xu Shenxue said to Dong Jingban's staff, "Please make contact later and get things done!"

"Mr. Xu, I understand. No matter who you treat unfairly, you won't treat our Director Zhao unfairly. It's thanks to him leading the Artificial Intelligence Materials Research Institute that the project team has been successful!"

Academician He on the side was quite speechless. Everyone said that they were old... But among the people in front of him, he was the only one who was over 60 years old, and the others were all in their thirties or forties.

Young people just love to pretend to be mature!
After arriving at the small conference room, Xu Shenxue asked Academician He to sit down first, and then said: "Everyone, sit down. Today's matter is quite important. Let's discuss it and come up with a simple charter!"

"First of all, regarding confidentiality, the previous arrangement was very good, keep it up!"

"I had a brief chat with Dr. Yu in the lab before. Dr. Yu plans to conduct multiple repeated tests on the MMK34 material. He will also conduct more in-depth tests on the material's performance and explore methods for large-scale synthesis and preparation!"

"The current laboratory synthesis method is still too expensive and the yield is too low. It is impossible to use it on a large scale using the current laboratory preparation method!"

"Therefore, in the future, the focus of the work of Guangcheng Artificial Intelligence Materials Research Institute will be on MMK34 materials!"

“More and more researchers will participate in this project in the future!”

"But I don't need to explain the importance of MMK34 material. Everyone knows that this material has a significant impact on almost all electronic industries, so confidentiality must be maintained!"

"Before we mass-produce and commercialize it on a large scale, I don't want to hear any news outside that we have developed room-temperature superconductivity!"

Minister Chen, the head of the security department of Zhiyun Group, said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xu. As soon as I received the notice in the evening, I have already dispatched the most elite forces to Guangcheng Science and Technology Park. At the same time, I have begun to conduct in-depth background investigations on the staff of the entire Artificial Intelligence Materials Research Institute!"

"So far, this building is still in a blockade state. The network has been physically isolated, and the radio signal has been blocked across all frequency bands. However, this state cannot last too long. After all, there are many staff members in this building. According to our investigation, there are currently more than 523 employees working in the building. We can't keep them all locked up in the building and not allow them to enter or leave!"

"According to the emergency plan of our security department, we are initially screening people who may have been exposed to the MMK34 project information. The initial screening is 34 people. In addition to these people, the others will be released one after another tonight!" "Currently, our investigators are conducting an in-depth investigation of all the backgrounds of these people who may have been exposed to the MMK project information, as well as their recent personnel and financial transactions!"

"According to preliminary feedback, no problems have been found so far. The information of the MMK34 project is still blocked and has not been leaked!"

Xu Shenxue said: "Well done, do a good job of investigation, take precautions, and also do a good job of comforting the people!"

"The compensation that should be paid must be in place, the confidentiality agreement that should be signed must be signed, and appropriate precautions must be in place!"

Minister Chen said: "I understand. We have corresponding plans for these things. In the later stage, we plan to implement isolated security management for the entire building. The security level is comparable to that of the artificial intelligence research institute building at the headquarters!"

“We will conduct a comprehensive re-qualification review of the staff in the building, especially the R&D personnel directly involved in the MMK34 project team, to ensure that there are no problems!”

Xu Shenxue said: "I trust you to do things, and I will do it according to your plan!"

Then Xu Shenxue looked up at Academician He and said, "Academician He, in your opinion, when will our MMK34 material be commercially available, and in what fields can it be used?"

"Also, once we use it, can our competitors copy it?"

Academician He did not answer immediately, but thought for a moment before saying: "I have also looked at the details of the MMK34 material just now. This material is very different from the superconducting materials previously developed by the scientific community. This is a composite material that Dr. Yu developed based on carbon-based materials and combined with a variety of metal materials."

"This kind of material has no precedent in the industry. It is prepared entirely by artificial intelligence, and the internal structure of the material is extremely complex and ingenious."

"Without knowing the technical principles, it is almost impossible to replicate it exactly. Even if they can analyze the composition and combination of the materials through spectroscopy, it is impossible to prepare the same material. The key here lies in the synthesis process, not the proportion of the material components... unless they can synthesize directly at the atomic level!"

"The preparation process of this material is also quite complicated and has extremely stringent environmental requirements. A large number of cutting-edge scientific research equipment is required during laboratory preparation, which also leads to extremely high costs!"

"According to the current laboratory preparation method, I estimate that the cost per kilogram is probably over 10 million. Such a high cost is bound to prevent large-scale mass production. In the early stage, a few kilograms can be prepared in the laboratory, and dozens of kilograms can be used for various scientific experiments in the early stage!"

"For large-scale mass production, we need to set up a professional project team to conduct research, involve experts from the industry, and explore a relatively low-cost industrial mass production method. We also need to design and manufacture the corresponding production equipment and build a factory!"

“This timetable is unpredictable because scientific research progress cannot provide a clear timetable!”

"But even if we have a better way to industrialize mass production now, it will take at least a year or even two years to complete the construction process if we start manufacturing new equipment and building factories today!"

"But even if we don't find a better preparation method, we can still use the existing laboratory preparation method. We can also set up a small factory through industrial mass production. The annual production capacity of several thousand kilograms or even tens of thousands of kilograms is still not large, but the cost will be relatively expensive. If we reduce the cost by increasing production capacity, I estimate that it will be very good if we can control it at two to three million per kilogram."

Xu Shenxue said: "The output of several thousand kilograms is a little less, but it is enough for scientific experiments and core equipment in the early stage. Can we say that I can try to apply this MMK34 material in some core fields?"

Academician He said: "Of course, the superconducting materials used in some core cutting-edge equipment will not be very large, and the overall demand is not large. The initial production capacity is completely sufficient."

"For example, in our superconducting quantum computers, the amount of superconducting materials used is still relatively small. Our early production capacity is fully capable of supporting the commercial application of quantum computers!"

"For other application areas, the cost is still too high. For example, MRI equipment in the medical field also uses superconducting materials, but the amount used is relatively large. If our MMK34 material is used, the performance of the entire device will be greatly improved, but the price is unacceptable to the current medical community!"

After listening to this, Xu Shenxue said: "I understand. It seems that the early application of MMK34 materials can only be carried out in some cost-insensitive fields!"

MMK34 material, good in every way... except it's expensive!

As the first room-temperature superconducting material in human history, this material is very special... It is not a material synthesized from many metals in the conventional sense, but a very special carbon-based material... Yu Taihe did not intend to develop superconducting materials at the beginning, but planned to develop carbon-based materials for application in the semiconductor field.

But materials science is so metaphysical... The MMK34 project, originally developed for the semiconductor manufacturing field, was discovered to have superconducting properties at room temperature and pressure.

It makes no sense at all!

It even goes against the common sense of the current scientific community!
But what can Xu Shenxue say... You can't just ignore it just because it's weird and expensive.

This is the first time in human history that a superconducting material at room temperature and pressure can be actually used. Even if it is extremely expensive, it will still have its place.

What's more, with Zhiyun Group's strong financial and technological research and development capabilities, combined with the profound foundation of the domestic industrial sector, Xu Shenxue didn't believe that he couldn't come up with a low-cost, large-scale industrial mass production method.

The dishes are already served, and you tell me we can’t eat without bowls and chopsticks... That’s nonsense!

Faced with this situation, Xu Shen learned to choose to eat it forcefully… using other things as bowls and chopsticks, or even eating directly with his hands, he had to eat it!

While Xu Shenxue and his team were holding a secret meeting in the small conference room, Yu Taihe and the members of the project team were still in joy.

I didn't even have the mood to continue the experiment. I had already succeeded twice, so there was no point in repeating it.

Now they are all thinking about how to spend the bonus after getting it!
Buy a house, a luxury car, various luxury items, give gifts to family, girlfriend, wife, etc.

Even Yu Taihe himself had no intention of continuing to work. Instead, he was thinking that when he chose a villa later, he must choose one with a big yard!
His parents are from the countryside and can't sit still... They had come to Guangcheng and lived there for ten days or half a month, but they couldn't stay in the three-bedroom apartment they had bought before. They had no friends and didn't know where to go when they went out. They said that living in Guangcheng was like being in prison, so they ran back to their hometown not long after.

His mother said that unless he got married and had children, and then she would come to take care of the children, don't expect her to come and live in Guangcheng.

The old couple lives a leisurely life in their hometown in the countryside.

Although he can't sit idle, he just takes care of things at home and grows some vegetables for himself. He no longer works in the fields or does odd jobs as before... In the past two days, Yu Taihe and his brother graduated and started working, earning a good salary, which has greatly improved the financial situation of the two elders in their hometown.

So, don’t think that the old couple’s life in the countryside is hard... In fact, they are very happy, they have plenty of money to spend, they are surrounded by old friends, and they can go out to chat and enjoy compliments from others on their children!

Wow, your eldest son is a doctor. He is the first doctor in our village, no, in our town. It’s amazing!
Both of your brothers have joined Zhiyun, which is a big company. I saw in a video that Zhiyun is the world's number one company!
Sometimes my father and mother pretend to be modest... Well, it's just average. My eldest son studied all his life, but in the end he only earned enough to live on.

I'm having a great time at home!
However, Yu Taihe still wanted to bring his parents to live with him in Guangcheng. After all, the conditions in Guangcheng, especially the medical conditions, were better. His parents were old and had some health problems, and they could get better medical treatment and recuperation in a big city.

What's more, my parents are old, and my three siblings are all working outside. If something happens to my parents at home, it will take a long time for me to rush back home even if I rush in the middle of the night. I'm not afraid of a thousand things, I'm just prepared for the worst!
His parents were not used to the previous three-bedroom apartment, so this time he built a big villa with a huge yard where they could grow vegetables. Who knows, maybe his parents will be able to live there.

With these thoughts in mind, Yu Taihe had already made up his mind that when he went to choose a villa in the future, he would definitely pick one with a large yard where he could grow vegetables.

In this life, I can be considered to have reached the peak of my life, right?
Although this peak came a little suddenly and unexpectedly, it finally came, right?
Each member of the project team was immersed in the joy of a bright future, and the staff of other project teams in the building were also in a good mood at this time.

Although it was suddenly blocked at the beginning, everyone is engaged in research and development, and many people's R&D projects need to be kept confidential... Even if it is just a regular commercial R&D project, it must be kept confidential. There are a lot of commercial spies outside.

Therefore, those who are engaged in research and development basically have a sense of confidentiality.

Although they didn't know what had happened, they still cooperated with the security department to carry out control.

Now at night, the security department finally let some people leave the building one after another... and before leaving, the administrative staff above also made an announcement.

The company will compensate for the inconvenience caused by today's accident, ranging from half a month's to one month's salary.

At the same time, they signed new confidentiality agreements one by one, requiring them to keep confidential all situations in the building, including today's sudden control.

In short, everything that happened today is confidential and must not be disclosed...including confidentiality itself.

They were all people with a certain sense of confidentiality. They guessed what might have happened and were curious, but they refrained from asking or saying anything.

Judging from the situation today, something big must have happened.

In this case, curiosity really does kill the cat!
In fact, it is true. The security department has begun to monitor all of them... Even if they leave the office building and go home, they are still under surveillance.

The security department of the group headquarters temporarily dispatched more than a thousand security personnel to participate in today's emergency project, fully covering and monitoring everyone.

After receiving compensation and signing a confidentiality agreement, many staff members left the building one after another, some went home or returned to their company apartments.

Only Yu Tai and his team, as well as a few people from other project teams who were conducting research, were still working in the building.

At the same time, staff outside the building had begun to erect various barriers and railings, blocking the entire building and not allowing non-staff to enter or exit.

All security measures are carried out in an orderly manner under the control of the security department of the group headquarters.

During this day, many people worked late into the night, even all night long...but they didn't know what was going on. Everyone was only working within their own area of ​​responsibility and it was impossible for them to know the truth of the matter.

The only ones who knew the full story were the MMK34 project team members, Zhao Chenggong, Academician He, and Minister Chen who was in charge of security affairs… Even Minister Chen only knew about a superconducting material, but he didn’t know the specific information about the material.

The last one to come was Xu Shenxue.

That evening, Xu Shenxue held a brief meeting with everyone, and after making all the arrangements, they settled down in the Guangcheng Zhiyun Technology Park.

The Science and Technology Park also has an internal hotel specifically for people from other branches who come on business trips or for important clients to rest. The conditions are quite good.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Xu Shenxue took Yu Taihe and Academician He straight to the airport!

It didn't take long before the two business jets of Xu Shenxue's team took off one after another and headed towards the capital in the north.

There is also a priceless MMK34 material sample on the plane!

(End of this chapter)