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Chapter 93 Successful Reappearance
Under internal and external troubles, everyone in Piatti is in danger, and everyone is even ready for the company to go bankrupt and be laid off.

As the R&D manager of Piati, Xu Shou is under great pressure. If he really cannot develop any breakthrough technology in the future, Xu Shou will be ready to pack up and leave.

At this moment, Xu Shou saw a news headline that caught his attention.

"The Materials Science Laboratory of the University of Southern California has successfully reproduced the high-capacity phenomenon of the new silicon-based lithium battery!"

Seeing this news title, Xu Shou couldn't help but his heart beat faster.

"It really succeeded in reappearing?"

As a leader in charge of research and development, Xu Shouhui often pays attention to various scientific and technological achievements in related fields.

Xu Shou noticed this shortly after Seonju University's paper on the new silicon-based lithium battery was published.

But at that time, Xu Shou just kept paying attention to this achievement, and didn't think that this achievement would definitely have application value.

After all, similar things have emerged endlessly, but most of them are gimmicks, and few of them can really be applied to the field of technology.

Furthermore, it does not rule out the possibility that these results may be accidental or even fraudulent.

However, as the same results were reproduced by other laboratories, things became completely different.

This at least proves that the results of the whole experiment are indeed true and credible, and have been affirmed by more experts at the academic level.

Once this technology can really enter the application stage, it will undoubtedly cause major changes in related fields.

Now Piati has started the business of new energy vehicles, and the energy part of new energy vehicles is the technology that will be applied to lithium batteries.

"If lithium batteries with higher energy density can be developed, new energy vehicles using this technology will undoubtedly have lower usage costs..."

Xu Shou felt that he should probably go to Shengzhou University to find the laboratory that produced this result and have a chat.

After all, this laboratory is the first to make this research result, and it will definitely have a deeper understanding of related technologies.

Thinking of this, Xu Shou went to the leader of the company and explained his thoughts.

"Mr. Wang, have you paid attention to the paper on the new silicon-based lithium battery? The experimental phenomenon in the paper has been successfully reproduced by the laboratory of the University of Southern California!"

"Is that the research result that can increase the energy density of the battery?"

"Yes, that's the research result. I want to go to Shengzhou University in person to learn about relevant information. If there is really a lot of room for application, I think we can consider cooperation."

In addition to the company's own R&D department, Piati will also outsource some research work. After all, the company needs to develop too many technologies, and the company's own R&D department alone is definitely not enough.

"Okay, Manager Xu, you can go there. I think we can still give it a try. In this way, if this technology really has great application potential, we can spend up to 1000 million for research and development."

Hearing this number, Xu Shou was also a little surprised.

In this era, 1000 million R&D funding is not a small amount.

In addition, the company is now facing a crisis stage, and the 1000 million R&D expenses will also account for a large proportion of the company's total R&D expenses for a year.

"Okay, Mr. Wang, I understand. I will check the air tickets to Shengzhou now and try to meet the person in charge of the experiment with this result as soon as possible."

After that, Xu Shou bought the nearest flight ticket from Shenzhen to Shengzhou and made preparations to go to Shengzhou.

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Seonju University, Materials Laboratory.

Xu Zhou was sitting in front of the computer, staring at the various data in the paper, frowning, as if he was thinking about something.

The paper Xu Zhou was looking at was the one "Preparation of Porous Silicon Nanoparticles and Its Application in the Negative Electrode of Lithium-ion Batteries" published in "Nature" with Ning Chen as the first author.

The question Xu Zhou is thinking about is how to solve the defects in this achievement and make the lithium battery have a longer life.

"If this problem can be solved, then this achievement will hopefully be used in practice...Hey, I should be able to find a solution."

At this moment, there was a knock on the laboratory door.

Xu Zhou opened the door and found a man he didn't recognize standing outside.

The man was about 40 years old, holding a briefcase and looked like a senior leader of a certain company.

"Hello, are you Professor Xu Zhou?"

"I'm Xu Zhou, um... To be precise, I'm still an associate professor." Xu Zhou said with a smile. "Haha, I believe you will be promoted to professor soon. Let me introduce myself, my name is Xu Shou, and I am the manager of Piati's R&D department."

As he spoke, Xu Shou took out a business card from his briefcase and handed it to Xu Zhou with both hands.

Xu Zhou took the business card and looked at the information on it.

At this moment, Xu Zhou had roughly thought of the reason why Xu Shou was looking for him.

"Manager Xu, please sit down."

"Thank you Professor Xu."

"Just call me Teacher Xu. Sui Feng, help me pour a glass of water for Manager Xu."

After the two got to know each other briefly, Xu Shou talked about the reason why he came to Xu Zhou this time.

"Mr. Xu, I read on "Nature" that your school's material laboratory has made a research result on silicon-based lithium batteries, and you are the person in charge of this project. The company sent me here, hoping to understand If possible, we also hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you.”

Xu Shou's words further confirmed Xu Zhou's previous guess that he wanted to discuss a horizontal topic with him.

"Well, Manager Xu, I'll call a student over, and he also played a big role in the project." Xu Zhou said.

In front of Xu Shou, Xu Zhou couldn't attribute all the results to Ning Chen. After all, Ning Chen was too young. Although he was very capable in scientific research, Xu Zhou must be responsible for discussing the project.

And letting Ning Chen come over can also better explain some technical issues. At the same time, Xu Zhou still needs to let Ning Chen have the right to know about this matter.

"Okay, Teacher Xu, then call this classmate over."

Xu Zhou called Ning Chen and explained the general situation of the matter to Ning Chen on the phone.

At this time, Ning Chen was studying issues related to Kahler geometry, but because the matter Xu Zhou was talking about was indeed more urgent, he said that he would be there soon.

"It's actually Piati's R&D manager who came here in person?"

Ning Chen did not make any preparations for this matter. He did not expect this research result to have attracted the attention of the field of new energy vehicles.

Ning Chen knew that if the laboratory could receive this horizontal project, it would definitely be of great benefit to the laboratory.

But at the same time, Ning Chen also understands that there may still be a very long way to go to apply this technology.

If things go wrong, all the research and development funds Piati invested in this technology may be wasted.

Thinking about these questions in his heart, Ning Chen came to Xuzhou's laboratory.

Seeing Ning Chen approaching, Xu Shou quickly got up and greeted Ning Chen.

"This is Manager Xu from Piati's R&D Department, and this is Ning Chen, who is also the first author of this paper."

"Hello, Manager Xu."

"Hello, Ning Chen. I didn't expect you to be so young and still have a master's degree, right?"

"No, I'm a sophomore now, but I should go to graduate school or direct PhD immediately."

"Really? It's really not easy to publish a paper in "Nature" at such a young age. Ning Chen, I always feel that your name is somewhat familiar."

Seeing this, Xu Zhou smiled and said:

"Manager Xu, you must have heard of this name in the Qiu Cheng Tong College Math Competition. That's right, Ning Chen is the student who won five gold and one silver in the Qiu competition."

Hearing Xu Zhou's words, Xu Shou couldn't help but be surprised again.

"So you are that Ning Chen! To win the grand prize in the mathematics competition and to publish a paper in "Nature", isn't it amazing!"

Seeing Ning Chen smiling awkwardly, Xu Zhou said:
"Manager Xu, let's continue talking about silicon-based lithium batteries."

"Yes, yes, the time of both of you is very precious, so let's get to the point."

In the following time, the three of them talked about more detailed information about this research result.

After a detailed understanding, Xu Shou expressed his admiration for the exploratory spirit of Xu Zhou and Ning Chen during the research process, and at the same time expressed optimism about the future potential of this result.

(End of this chapter)