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Inside the private room.

Gu Shounian stared at Li Yichen.

On that face, etched with the wrinkles of time, all the ease and jest vanished completely after that one sentence.

More advanced.

He understood the weight of those words better than anyone else.

Li Yichen's factory is currently mass-producing graphene solid-state batteries with an energy density of 890, a cycle life of 6,360 cycles, and a capacity retention rate of 91.2%.

This set of data is enough to crush global battery giants like Ningwang, BYD, Panasonic, and LG for at least five to ten years.

He now says he has even more advanced technology at his disposal.

It's not about patching up something that's already at 890.

It's not about increasing the cycle life from six thousand to seven thousand.

It's on another order of magnitude.

"Mr. Li."

Gu Shounian leaned forward, pressing his hands on the table with his knuckles slightly bent.

"I don't know how advanced you mean by 'more advanced'?"

Li Yichen smiled.

He raised his right hand.

Five fingers spread out in the warm yellow glow of the palace lamp.

"The battery technology I possess."

He paused for a moment.

"It's five times more advanced than the most advanced batteries currently on the market."

Gu Shounian's fingers, which were pressing on the table, suddenly recoiled.

The briefcase that Shen Jiangang had picked up behind him fell again.

This time he didn't bend down to pick it up.

The eyes behind the silver-rimmed glasses were wide open, and the mouth was slightly agape.

Lu Yuan clenched his fist behind his back, the muscles between his fingers bulging with three blue veins.

Five times.

It's not fifty percent.

It's not twice as much.

It's five times.

The most advanced battery currently on the market is Ningwang's Kirin battery, with an energy density of 255.

Panasonic's 2170 cylindrical battery cell costs around 260 yuan.

Bidi's knife battery, 240 yuan.

Five times.

One thousand two hundred and seventy-five.

Even higher.

This number is no longer for civilian products.

This is the energy core of a strategic weapon.

A series of military application scenarios flashed through Gu Shounian's mind.

The battery life of individual exoskeletons has increased from four hours to twenty hours.

The loiter time of reconnaissance and strike drones has increased fivefold.

The combat radius of the underwater unmanned submersible has been increased fivefold.

Even for electromagnetic railguns and laser weapons that are still on the drawing board, the biggest bottleneck is energy supply.

If batteries with five times the energy density were available, the time it would take for those weapon systems to go from the laboratory to actual combat would be shortened by at least ten years.

"Mr. Li."

Gu Shounian let out a breath.

"How many batteries does your factory currently produce?"

"three times."

Li Yichen withdrew his hand and picked up the cup of cold tea on the table.

"The graphene solid-state batteries currently produced in our factory have an energy density three times that of mainstream products on the market."

He took a sip of cold tea.

Put down the cup.

"The reason I only used three times the technology is because the equipment and raw materials were defective."

"If we replace it with military-grade equipment and raw materials—five times the amount—it's not a problem."

Gu Shounian remained silent for a moment.

He got it.

Li Yichen wasn't holding two batteries.

It is a complete set of technical approaches.

The increase from three times to five times is not due to a change in the formula or the ingredients.

It means changing the precision of the equipment and the process standards.

These are things that private enterprises simply cannot obtain.

The world's most advanced ultra-precision machining equipment is all on the Wassenaar Arrangement's embargo list.

But the military has it.

The military's laboratories have the world's most advanced nanofabrication platforms.

We have the purest raw materials.

We have the most sophisticated testing instruments.

Once this technology fell into the hands of the military, the fivefold increase was a natural outcome.

Gu Shounian picked up the wine glass on the table.

The wine had gone completely cold.

He gulped it down.

The cool liquor slid down my throat and into my stomach.

Put down the cup.

"Mr. Li."

Gu Shounian looked at Li Yichen.

"The higher-ups will definitely be interested in this kind of technology."

"Could we trade it for a supercomputer?"

Li Yichen looked at Gu Shounian.

"It should be possible!"

Gu Shounian said uncertainly.

Li Yichen interrupted Gu Shounian.

What does "should be able to" mean?

Li Yichen took a sip of tea.

"I'm just in a hurry."

"Otherwise, I could invest in and build my own supercomputer."

"But that takes time, at least one or two years, and at most three or four years."

"For us businessmen, time means money. I don't want to waste time on this."

Gu Shounian heard this.

There was no rebuttal.

Li Yichen was telling the truth.

With his tens of billions of dollars in cash flow, he could certainly afford to invest in building a supercomputer.

The Sunway series of optical computing nodes utilizes Sugon's liquid-cooled blade architecture.

As long as the money is in place, it is technically feasible to build a medium-sized supercomputer within three to five years by poaching talent, purchasing equipment, and constructing a data center.

But Li Yichen didn't want to wait.

He wanted something ready-made.

This precisely demonstrates that this person knows exactly what they want.

It's not about asking for an exorbitant price.

It's about exchanging a technology that could change the landscape of national defense for a tool that can save him three to five years.

From the perspective of those in power, this is a very worthwhile deal.

Even the most expensive supercomputer has a price.

But a technology that can produce batteries with five times the energy density is priceless.

Gu Shounian stood up.

The legs of the official's hat chair scraped against the blue brick floor with a short, sharp screech.

"Mr. Li."

He adjusted the zipper of his dark gray jacket.

"This matter is beyond my scope of responsibility."

"I'm going out to make a phone call."

Li Yichen nodded.

He picked up his teacup and leaned back in his chair.

Gu Shounian turned around.

He strode towards the door of the private room.

Lu Yuan stepped aside and opened the carved wooden door.

The door hinges made a slight creaking sound.

Gu Shounian stepped out of the threshold.

The corridor was carpeted in dark red, and leather shoes made almost no sound when they stepped on it.

He walked out of the backyard and turned into an empty side room next to the courtyard.

He closed the door behind him.

He took out his phone.

I dialed a number that wasn't in my contacts.

There were two beeps in the receiver.

connected.

"Feed".

A steady voice came from the other end of the phone.

Gu Shounian recounted the events that had occurred in the private room from beginning to end.

Graphene solid-state battery.

Three times the energy density is already in mass production.

We have fully mastered the technology that has five times the energy density.

The other party wants a supercomputer in exchange.

Tianhe-3.

There was a full fifteen seconds of silence on the other end of the phone.

"Are you sure he really has five times the technology?"

He spoke with great certainty.

Gu Shounian tightened his grip on the phone.

"From my interactions with this person, it doesn't seem like he's bluffing. Today at the press conference, in front of hundreds of reporters, he offered to give 50% of his 60% profit to patients to reduce prices. This is something not just anyone could do."

"Moreover—he said his factory is now producing three times more batteries. I've verified this with military sources, so five times is probably true."

There was silence again on the other end of the phone.

Gu Shounian could hear what documents the other person was flipping through.

The sound of paper rubbing came through the microphone.

"Tianhe-3".

The other party finally spoke.

"That machine only entered service a few years ago. Its peak floating-point performance is one quadrillion operations per second. It was originally deployed at the National Supercomputing Center. It has already been discussed at the higher-ups—if this technology is real, it can be exceptionally allocated to him."

Gu Shounian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"in addition."

The other party added another sentence.

"It was also mentioned above that one supercomputer is not enough to match the value of the technology he possesses."

"In the suburbs of Shanghai, the authorities specially approved 2,000 acres of industrial land for him. It was given to him for free."

Gu Shounian was stunned for a moment.

Two thousand acres of industrial land.

This investment was even larger than he had anticipated.

Even if we take the 50% discount that Pudong New Area gave to Future New Energy, 2,000 mu of industrial land in the suburbs of Shanghai would cost 8 billion yuan.

It's being given away for free now.

"Is this because they're worried he'll feel cheated?"

"It's not that I'm afraid he'll feel like he's at a disadvantage."

The other party corrected.

"We're worried he might harbor resentment. If even one of his technologies falls overseas, the consequences could be dire. What's two thousand acres of land? Keeping him calm is more important than anything else."

"clear."

The phone hangs up.

Gu Shounian put his phone back in his pocket, pushed open the door, and walked out of the room.

The bamboo in the courtyard was still rustling in the breeze.

He walked through the moon gate and back to the private room.

Push open the carved wooden door.

Li Yichen was still sitting at the octagonal table, holding the purple clay teacup in his hand.

Seeing Gu Shounian return, he placed the teacup on the table.

"Colonel Gu, how is it?"

Gu Shounian walked to the table.

sit down.

"Mr. Li."

A smile returned to his face.

"The higher-ups have already agreed."

"I can trade you a supercomputer."

"It's the Tianhe-3, which entered service a few years ago."

"A peak floating-point operation capability of one quadrillion operations per second—is that enough for you?"

Li Yichen nodded.

Tianhe-3.

He had seen this supercomputer in the news before.

With a computing power of one quadrillion calculations per second, it's not more than enough to run the artificial intelligence architecture in his mind, but at least it can get running.

Gu Shounian observed his calm reaction.

The young man didn't even flinch when he heard about Tianhe-3.

That's a national-level supercomputer.

Anyone with even a basic understanding of computers will light up at the mention of this name.

This guy, on the other hand, acted like he was talking about a normal server.

"There's one more thing."

Gu Shounian raised the index finger of his right hand.

"The higher-ups feel that one supercomputer is not enough to compare with your battery technology."

"So—we also specially approved 2,000 acres of industrial land in the suburbs of Shanghai for you."

"You don't need to spend a single penny."

Li Yichen paused for a moment as he held up the teacup.

Two thousand acres of industrial land.

It's free.

He quickly did a mental calculation.

They spent four billion yuan to buy those thousand acres of land.

Now the government is giving away 2,000 mu for free.

That's equivalent to gaining another 2,000 acres of land.

In this way, he can prepare for the subsequent plans.

"Since that's the case—"

Li Yichen placed the teacup on the table.

"The authorities shouldn't be able to stop my batteries from being released to the market anymore, right?"

Gu Shounian smiled.

"As mentioned above, as long as your technology is truly five times more advanced than what you just described—"

"We won't stop your batteries from being released to the market normally."

"However—all of this is based on the premise that what you're saying is true."

Li Yichen leaned back in his chair.

He smiled.

"Colonel Gu, don't worry."

He raised his left hand and pointed to the black briefcase in Shen Jian's hand.

"Have Staff Officer Shen find a computer."

"I'll give you the core data on the battery right now."

"You can take it back today and let the experts there see if what I said is true."

Gu Shounian turned his head.

Their gazes fell on Shen Jian.

Shen Jian immediately understood that look.

He placed his briefcase on the chair, turned around, pushed open the door of the private room, and jogged out of the backyard.

The leather shoes made a rapid clattering sound on the bluestone path.

Less than five minutes.

Shen Jian returned carrying a heavy military-grade laptop.

A white number label was affixed to the black metal casing.

He turned on his computer at the octagonal table.

The screen lights up.

The pre-installed military operating system is activated.

The desktop is dark blue.

Li Yichen took the computer.

Fingers tapping on the keyboard.

Open a blank document.

He closed his eyes.

The complete set of graphene solid-state battery technology data in the brain was retrieved from the bottom layer of neurons.

Molecular structure diagram.

Electrolyte formulation.

Synthesis process of positive and negative electrode materials.

Interface impedance control parameters.

Formula for compensating for quantum tunneling effect.

Every single piece of data is crystal clear in the depths of my consciousness.

Open your eyes.

The fingers began to tap.

The keyboard emitted a rapid clicking sound.

Purity requirements for graphene nanosheets.

The ionic conductivity threshold of solid electrolytes.

Structural design of silicon-carbon anode.

Pore ​​size distribution of oxide ceramic membranes.

Precision control of atomic layer deposition.

Construction of photonic carrier transport channels.

The screen rapidly displays rows of highly professional parameters and formulas.

There were no alterations.

There was no pause.

Gu Shounian stood to the side, looking at the chemical formulas and physical parameters on the screen that he couldn't understand at all.

But he could understand Li Yichen's state.

The young man's fingers were almost constantly on the keyboard.

That fluency wasn't from recalling existing knowledge.

It's pouring directly out of the brain.

He has mastered this technique to the point of muscle memory.

Shen Jian pushed up his silver-rimmed glasses.

Get closer to the screen.

He is a technical advisor and has a certain professional background in battery technology.

I watched for less than thirty seconds.

Sweat began to bead on my forehead.

Those parameters indicate that the ionic conductivity of solid electrolytes exceeds that of liquid electrolytes.

The theoretical limit of energy density is marked in the upper right corner.

He took off his glasses.

I wiped the lenses with my cuff.

Put it back on.

The numbers haven't changed.

If all this data is true, then all those battery projects he saw in the military region's laboratory that were still in the critical stages could be shut down on the spot.

It lasted for more than an hour.

Li Yichen typed the last period.

Close the laptop.

They pushed the computer in front of Gu Shounian.

"Colonel Gu."

He spoke steadily.

"All the complete technical information on graphene solid-state batteries is here."

"As long as the higher-ups can fully understand this data, they will be able to manufacture a complete battery."

Gu Shounian stretched out his hands.

He took the military-grade laptop.

The metal casing feels slightly cool to the touch.

But the way he held it made it seem as if the computer was heavier than anything else.

He certainly knew what this information meant for the country.

Five times the energy density.

This signifies a generational leap in defense technology.

It's not a tie.

It's a comeback.

He held the computer tightly in his arms.

Stand up.

"Mr. Li."

Gu Shounian spoke with great emphasis.

"Your requests have all been granted."

"I'll take the documents back right away. As long as the higher-ups confirm their authenticity—"

"The Tianhe-3 supercomputer and 2,000 acres of industrial land that I promised you will be delivered to you as soon as possible."

Li Yichen also stood up.

Reach out.

Their hands clasped together again.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Li Yichen released his grip.

Gu Shounian turned to look at Lu Yuan and Shen Jian.

"Walk."

The three people quickly walked out of the private room.

Pass through the moon gate.

Pass through the courtyard.

Walk through the lobby.

The woman in the plain-colored cheongsam was still standing behind the front desk.

I saw Gu Shounian carrying a computer and walking out quickly.

She bowed slightly.

No small talk is needed.

Gu Shounian pushed open the inconspicuous wooden door of the private kitchen in Dashengli.

The sunlight outside shone on his face.

A rugged military-grade off-road vehicle was parked at the entrance.

The car body is matte military green, with no license plate, only a line of white numbers.

Lu Yuan opened the back door of the car.

Gu Shounian carried his computer and crawled into the train carriage.

Shen Jian boarded the car from the other side.

Lu Yuan closed the car door and climbed into the passenger seat.

The driver turned his head.

"Colonel Gu, back to base?"

"Back to base. Quickly."

Engine starts.

The V8 turbocharged diesel engine roared as it sped toward the Shanghai Military Region.

Li Yichen stood at the door, watching Gu Shounian and the others leave, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Although it may seem like he lost out in this deal, he didn't actually lose out. After all, by getting in touch with the military region, he can now say that he has a firm foothold in Shanghai and even across the country.