Vol 5 Chapter 638: How to play for the really rich

Professor Jiang and a few assistants stood at the door of the battery research institute. Over there, Feng Yiping and Wu Qian came over while talking on the phone.

"Yiping," Professor Jiang smiled and walked away.

"Hello Professor Jiang," Feng Yiping smiled while holding his hand and said to the phone. "Yes, we must prepare medical resources and medicines in advance at the camp midway. Also, the point is, the person in charge of medical security. Doctors, we must make a plan based on the flight time of the helicopter to each section of the journey. Your safety is the most important."

"Okay, you take them to fly to familiarize yourself once, naturally better,"

He finally hung up the phone and walked towards the research institute holding Professor Jiang's hand, "Sorry, it was President Zhou in Dunhuang just now."

"Understood, is it to prepare for future activities?"

"Correct,"

"Listening to you, I'm quite looking forward to it,"

"I hope you don't scold me in your heart then," Feng Yiping said.

"How come?" Professor Jiang smiled, "I must scold face to face when I scold,"

At this time, his assistant handed over a few white lab coats. Everyone changed them one by one, swiped their cards through a protective door, and entered the kind of laboratory Feng Yiping had seen many times in film and television works.

Many people in white coats are busy with the various instruments in the highly clean laboratory, and even their arrival, most people are indifferent.

Feng Yiping, who came here for the first time, listened carefully to Professor Jiang's introduction, but in his opinion, everything in front of him, whether it is people or equipment, is a pile of money.

It was also the first time he knew that scientific research is such a costly thing. The total investment of this research institute is close to 200 million US dollars.

This is not the final investment. Of course, for research institutes that have integrated several laboratories like this, there is no such thing as a final investment. You always have to keep investing.

There are also annual maintenance and management and operating costs, which are naturally not small.

This research institute can be said to be the most expensive project in his industry.

What is the folk saying about playing poor cars and rich watches? In the face of such things, it is simply a joke. Those who think they are rich, you come to play scientific research?

"From the establishment to the present, we have obtained 195 patents," Professor Jiang naturally knows what Feng Yiping is most concerned about.

For a person in charge of a company like him, how many papers the researcher of the research institute publishes, they don't really care. The key point they care about is the patent.

"We have received calls from related organizations, hoping that we can participate in the design of national standards for the domestic lithium battery industry,"

"This is a great achievement," Feng Yiping affirmed.

Third-rate companies make products, second-rate companies make brands, and first-class companies make standards. This is not just talking.

For practitioners like them, being able to participate in the formulation of national standards and related clauses is naturally more beneficial to their own.

"However, judging from our investment in this industry, it would be abnormal if we were unable to participate in the formulation of relevant standards. What do you think?"

"Yiping, you are right," said Professor Jiang Xin, this guy is still as smart as ever.

He may not understand the specific operation, but his grasp of the general direction is always very precise.

"Look, you don't need to make a specific report with me," Feng Yiping stopped the staff from preparing for the presentation in the conference room. "Seriously, just teach what you just introduced. I haven't remembered much until now. This is a noun, so I just want to ask briefly, is there any progress in increasing the unit density of lithium batteries?"

This is actually the biggest bottleneck facing the development of lithium batteries, or all batteries.

The capacity and size of the battery are always proportional, but the energy density of the existing batteries is still not large enough, which leads to their size is always relatively large, regardless of the electric vehicles being developed now, or the various portable ones that will appear now and in the future The big development trend of equipment is that while the volume is getting smaller and smaller, the main components such as processors will consume more and more energy.

This puts forward higher requirements on the battery.

"Frankly speaking, in terms of energy density improvement, we are currently not making much progress, and I can conclude that there is room for improvement in this area in the foreseeable future, but it is definitely not as large as we expected," Professor Jiang said .

Feng Yiping knew this was the truth, and that was the result of that meeting, but such a truth was useless.

"So we are currently increasing the research on sodium, mainly sodium, and the high-charge magnesium, zinc, and aluminum metals, but you should also be aware of the difficulty of studying new materials."

Feng Yiping nodded. In terms of materials research, it is true that you cannot expect to put a satellite at once, but there is no way to improve the process. "If we expand the scientific research team, for example, recruit the world's top experts, Then, expand the current number of researchers from a few hundred to thousands, thousands, or even tens of thousands. Is it possible to speed up this process?"

Professor Jiang was shocked, then excited, a researcher with tens of thousands of people? How can he have such a grandeur as Feng Yiping? But if it can be like what Feng Yiping said, then the research institute he is now leading is definitely the world's top level. For a pragmatic scholar, is there a better pursuit than this?

However, he still persuaded, "Yiping, we should be clear about one thing. In terms of efficiency, battery research and development is not as effective as other hardware research and development, and the input will be far greater than the output. Therefore, I think the research institute’s The scale can be expanded, but not too radical,"

"No, if there is a breakthrough in this area and a complete patent barrier is set up, the benefits generated can completely match the investment."

Feng Yiping is very aware of the future development. Not to mention the smart phone industry, the reason why wearable devices that were once hyped up at a time failed to develop rapidly is mainly restricted by batteries.

If your family can make a breakthrough in this area, then the market return really should not be too high!

Besides, is a research institute of tens of thousands of people too radical? completely not.

For example, in the later Huawei, when the labor cost was gradually in line with Western developed countries, it was also very common to study all tens of thousands of people.

What's more, at the time when domestic labor costs are far lower than in western developed countries, what's more, when Feng Yiping currently has too much money to spend.

Professor Jiang decided not to argue with Feng Yiping, “In addition to working hard in the two directions of materials and structure, another focus of our research is to start with the existing process. We hope to reform the current production process and process, and then be able to Effectively reduce costs,"

This is naturally also a correct direction. The two major bottlenecks in the development of batteries are the slow increase in unit energy density and the insignificant cost reduction.

"This aspect includes environmental friendliness-you know, we have to consider the issue of recycling. We already have a certain eye. Of course, we have also initiated the two aspects of fast charging and adapting to the temperature range you proposed. Tackling key problems,"

"Very good." As we all know, fast charging is also a very realistic demand for both electric cars and smart devices such as mobile phones.

Feng Yiping also felt that for a newly established research institute, it should not be too demanding. “For specific research, you are naturally more proficient in Professor Jiang. Since you mentioned craftsmanship,” Feng Yiping thought for a moment, “Can you In this way, we completely abandon the existing production technology and start thinking from a blank sheet of paper?"

Professor Jiang was stunned again, followed by interest again, "Yiping, your ideas are always unexpected. Since you have such a courage, then no problem, I will immediately form such a team,"

He finally understood why the young man in front of him was so successful.

Yes, he may not know the specific problems, but he has a clear understanding of the current problems.

We all know that in many cases, being able to ask the right questions is a great achievement.

Besides, it is precisely because he does not understand technology that he is not subject to the shackles of specific technology and proposes a direction that seems to be a breakthrough...

In short, this is a rich man who has his own methodology, is always good at grasping the key to all problems, and can propose big solutions.

The reason why Professor Jiang brought the title of rich man is because some of his solutions can only be imagined by the rich, and only by the rich.

However, it seems that the reason why he is rich is mainly because of the previous reasons? When Feng Yiping was sent away, Professor Jiang had been thinking about this question like the chicken or the egg.

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After the Battery Research Institute, Feng Yiping went to the Electric Vehicle Research Institute, Magic Workshop Research Center, Jiasheng Design Institute, Logistics Research Center, the newly established AI Research Center..., and the Information Center of Frontier Magazine.

On the whole, it seems that the last one is the least, whether it is now or in the future, whether it is investment or annual expenditure, and it can even be said to be a fraction of the previous ones.

In addition to management costs, the main expenditure of this information center each year is to organize a business forum covering politics and economics. Feng Yiping's vision is to make this forum a century-old project.

These institutes, which made him feel very accomplished, were taunted by Jin Ling who had rushed to the capital with Fang Yingzhi the next day.

"You have money to burn, do you know that, because of your willfulness, in addition to the two listed companies, other domestic companies in the group may experience losses this year?"

"Do you know how much your research institutes, software and hardware add up, the current total expenditure? Over 2 billion!"

"Isn't it 2 billion? That loss is definitely not going to happen," Feng Yiping even felt a little enjoyment when she saw Jin Ling's anger and stabs.

Well, why do I feel this way? Am I a masochist?

"Huh, isn't it 2 billion? Look at this," Jin Ling threw him a folder. "I just received it. Professor Jiang hopes to spend at least 10 million U.S. dollars in research on batteries worldwide. The experts of, also said that this is a proposal of some people,"

"Haha~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Feng Yiping smiled unnaturally. Some people naturally refer to themselves. "I think this is worth it. Top talents will definitely bring us top rewards in the future. ,"

"Is there something I told you, Microsoft and Google, because an outstanding researcher refuses to leave his hometown, they can spend a lot of money to set up an office in that researcher's hometown and equip him with dozens of Human team,"

"I think this is the far-sighted way to attract talent,"

"How many companies have profits comparable to Microsoft and Google?"

"Please, our current expenditure in this area can't be compared with Microsoft and Google?"

Feng Yiping lay lazily on the sofa, "Don't push me any more, if you push me again, I will learn from Bezos and Musk, believe it or not to spend money on research and development how to immigrate to Mars? Or learn from Google. Invest heavily in life technology,"

Jin Ling is short of breath. Compared with the research institutes that Feng Yiping has set up now, those two directions are the most likely projects that will not see results in his lifetime.

"Then look at this, it's just a team building. In terms of logistical support, in addition to your private jet, you have also prepared two helicopters, plus 50 vehicles and more than 150 staff. You are a team. Jian, or are you ready to play? It's showing that you are rich again?"

She looked at Feng Yiping lying on the sofa like that, and she was very upset. I worked so hard to save you money. Is it wrong?

But Feng Yiping is able to treat her all kinds of discomforts, "Don't you want to participate? I don't want you to have any problems,"

The folder that Jin Ling was about to smash into, gently put it on the desk, and then felt annoyed again. Why do I always eat his set?