Great Country Academician

Although the cooperation intention was preliminarily reached, Professor Tillman Lunt did not leave.

Including a team he brought over, also temporarily stayed here in Jinling.

The transaction of 'high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material technology' for 'ASDEX controllable nuclear fusion reactor' is a major event, and both parties must fully confirm each other's qualifications and transaction technology.

In the hotel room, a middle-aged and elderly Germanic materials expert with a high nose bridge stood by the window, looking at the bright lights in the distance.

"Bruce, would you like some?" Behind him, another companion pushed open the door and came in with champagne and a glass in his hand.

Bruce Walker, who was standing by the window looking at the scenery outside, turned his head and said, "Then have some, some champagne will help you sleep."

The companion came in, poured some champagne for him, and stood in front of the window with him. Looking at the feasting lights in the distance, he said with emotion: "The development of Huaguo is so fast. The scale of this urbanization is much larger than that of Hamburg."

Hearing this, Bruce Walker asked curiously, "Have you been to China before?"

The companion smiled, nodded and said, "Well, ten or twenty years ago, when I traded HL-2 with them, I came here once as a dispatch expert. At that time, their development was still very backward."

"It's unbelievable that such a big change has taken place in more than ten years."

"I heard that the resident population of this city is more than 30 million. Our country does not have such a large city, and the population of Berlin is only 4 million."

Bruce Walker said with a smile: "It's not a good thing to have too many people in a city. If you live in a pigeon cage, what's the point?"

"Berlin's population is small, but everyone has their own home."

Hearing this, Claire Bryan, who was holding champagne, smiled and looked out of the window without any excuse.

In fact, Bruce Walker's views are more representative of most groups in the Germanic country. For most Germanic people, arrogance is engraved in their bones.

Not to mention facing this country that is backward than them.

In comparison, he is more rational and heterogeneous. It may be because of his frequent business trips. He has seen the development of many countries.

In more than ten years, if you go to Berlin or Hamburg, you may not see any changes at all. But given this country, it can become a complete stranger.

After squinting his eyes and looking at the scenery outside for a while, Bruce Walker suddenly said, "Do you think that Professor Xu will really have a way for us to see the industrial mass production of that kind of high-temperature superconducting material?"

"If I remember correctly, he disclosed this material in November or December last year, right? It only took three or four months to commercialize the products in the laboratory? What do you think? Can he do it?"

He has no objection to the deal between the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics and Huaguo for the ASDEX device.

After all, the ASDEX device has been retired, and it is not his turn to call the shots.

It's just that Bruce has serious doubts about Huaguo's scientific and technological innovation capabilities, especially in materials, a discipline that relies heavily on experience and past data.

After all, in his impression, Huaguo has always been a relatively backward third-world country. Even though its economic weight has now climbed to the second in the world, in his opinion, it is only achieved by relying on a huge population. .

If you want to convert the per capita economy, the Germanic country can win with a crushing advantage.

And in his consistent memory, Huaguo has always been in the stage of catching up with science and technology, and now a scientific and technological achievement that is leading the world has suddenly emerged, how can it not be surprising.

More critically, this is still in the field of superconductivity in the field of materials.

How long has Hua Guo developed in this field?

ten years? fifteen years?

Anyway, twenty years is certainly not.

As for this area, they have been studying it since the last century, and the accumulated experience and data are far beyond what Huaguo can match.

Under such circumstances, it is even more incredible that a world-leading high-temperature superconducting material suddenly appeared in Huaguo.

On the side, Claire Bryan, who was holding champagne, thought for a second and said, "If it was someone else, maybe I would still be a little skeptical like you."

"But I'm still willing to believe in the results of that Professor Xu's research."

After a pause, he added: "And judging from the samples that Professor Xu sent us last year, they have indeed done it. At least in the area of ​​high-temperature superconducting materials, he is ahead of us."

"It's unbelievable." Bruce Walker said, shaking his head.

Claire Bryan smiled and said, "It's actually not bad."

Hearing this, Bruce Walker cast a puzzled look.

Claire Bryan picked up the glass in his hand and took a sip of champagne, then said: "If you have learned about the achievements and achievements of that Professor Xu, you will find that what is a miracle for others is a miracle for him. It’s nothing more than normal.”

"Nobel Prize, Fields Medal, Two Seven Millennium Problems, Solutions to Nuclear Waste, Artificial SEI Films"

"Put these achievements on others at random, even the top scientists would need a lifetime of research, but on him, it seems nothing more ordinary."

"Looking at the entire history of human civilization, there are only a handful of people who can achieve his achievements."

"Just like Einstein, or Newton, or Maxwell and a very small number of people, his research and achievements can change the world."

Bruce Walker smacked his lips and said, "You really think highly of him."

Claire Bryan smiled and said, "This is not my evaluation, but the academic circle's evaluation of him."

After a pause, he added: "In fact, his real achievement is not in the field of materials. Materials are just the tip of his iceberg."

Two months, if it is given to other people, it is quite difficult to transform a laboratory product into an industrial product.

But for Xu Chuan, or for the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials that have been industrially produced, this is not difficult.

After Gao Hongming gave him the list of qualified domestic manufacturers last year, he selected suitable manufacturers for cooperative production.

It took more than two months, although there was a Chinese New Year in the middle, it didn't affect anything.

For him, problems that can be solved with money are not problems.

As long as overtime wages are paid enough, Chinese people are even willing to pump gasoline 24 hours a day, let alone New Year’s Eve.

Although this sounds a little funny, it is actually quite sad.

In China, it has almost become the norm for those capitalists to pay 996007 without compensation. There is no overtime pay for overtime work, and no adjustment for days off; let alone labor contracts, even the Geneva Conventions may not be comparable.

Of course, this kind of thing is impossible in the hands of Xu Chuan, but it is still possible to use attractive enough overtime wages and holidays to attract those workers to stay and work during the Chinese New Year to build an industrial line for the production of superconducting materials.

After confirming the cooperation, Western Superconducting Materials Technology Co., Ltd. quickly started the transformation of the production line originally used to produce copper oxide-based superconducting materials.

Although the transformation of the main assembly line has not yet been completed, one of the small single production lines has completed the deployment of equipment and related procedures according to the industrial production technology given by Xu Chuan.

Although the industrial zone is on the Jing River side of Chang'an, it is not a big deal for the well-developed domestic transportation.

The next day, Xu Chuan and Fan Pengyue rushed to Chang'an with a team of engineers from the Planck Institute of Plasma Physics. In Chang'an Jinghe Industrial Park, there is a production plant of Western Superconducting Group.

The general manager of Western Superconducting Group, who is in charge of superconducting materials, led a team to wait in person at the high-speed rail station.

After exchanging a few pleasantries at the high-speed rail station, the group went straight to Jinghe Industrial Park without wasting time.

Like everyone else, this is also the first time for Xu Chuan to come here and see the production base of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver superconducting materials for the first time.

The plant that was originally planned neatly and used to produce low-temperature copper oxide superconducting materials now looks a bit messy.

Workers wearing hard hats are busy back and forth in the factory building, and the parts and equipment placed on the ground show that the work here has not yet been completed.

Du Yingrui, general manager of Western Superconducting Group, introduced with a smile: "Academician Xu, here is the main production line for high-temperature copper-carbon-silver superconducting materials. Urgent construction."

"According to the current progress, it is predicted that the renovation will be completed around March 5th and construction will start. The daily output capacity is about 2.5 tons at full load."

Xu Chuan listened to Du Yingrui's introduction, and his eyes fell on the factory building under construction.

The output of 2.5 tons can be said to be extremely low in the ordinary material industry, but in the field of high-temperature superconducting materials, this value is already considered good.

For example, a small part of the BI series of high-temperature superconducting materials that have been industrialized in Sakura Country has an annual output value of only about 1,500 tons.

With a daily output value of 2.5 tons, the annual output can reach more than 900 tons. Although the quantity is small, it is more than enough to meet the needs of CERN's orders and Qixia's controllable nuclear fusion project.

As for the Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, since they require technology exchange technology, it is impossible for him to provide high-temperature superconducting materials for free.

"What about the small single-line production line? Can it be produced now? Show us to see it." Xu Chuan asked looking up after visiting the renovation of the main production line.

Hearing this, Du Yingrui nodded quickly and said: "Of course, it is in production now, please follow me."

Following Du Yingrui, the group walked towards the small pilot production line.

In another slightly smaller factory building, there is a huge production equipment.

From the appearance point of view, the appearance of this equipment is somewhat different from conventional equipment. It is a bit like a starfish, with the core area in the middle, and the surrounding assembly lines are like starfish legs, lying on the seabed.

From the various parts of this equipment, it is obviously pieced together by dismantling different equipment.

If no one introduces it, I am afraid that no one will think that this strange-looking equipment is an equipment that can industrially produce superconducting materials.

Of course, it doesn't matter what the device looks ugly or weird.

This is just a pilot device, and it is enough to realize the production of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials.

In the world of materials, appearance is never as important as function.

For Xu Chuan and the team of engineers at the Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, no one cared about its shape, only whether it could produce high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials.

After Du Yingrui swiped the authority, the group changed into protective clothing, put on masks and goggles and entered the factory building.

The workshop for producing high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials is a standard ten-level aseptic workshop.

This level of workshop is sufficient for the production and manufacture of most materials such as medicine, precision semiconductors, and biological sterility.

Although in theory, such a high-level workshop is not required for the production of copper-carbon-silver superconducting materials, about a thousand levels is enough.

After all, this material is not a fragile product that will be polluted when it comes into contact with the air, but when Western Superconductor Group built the test assembly line, it still followed the top-level sterile workshop standards.

After getting permission, several engineers and materials researchers from the Planck Institute for Plasma Physics scattered around and looked around the odd-looking device.

With suspicious and contemptuous eyes, but also with a trace of curiosity, Bruce Walker carefully looked at the equipment in front of him.

To be honest, based on imagination alone, even if he is a professional material researcher, has been in various material production plants many times, and has seen countless material production equipment, he can't imagine that the equipment in front of him is How to achieve nano-scale ultra-fine material processing.

After all, the structure of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials is nanoscale.

Although the nanometer level is not high, reaching the nanometer level means that the technological breakthrough has reached the world's top level. To achieve this kind of fine-level processing, the requirements for equipment are still quite high.

And this one in front of him, the more he looked at it, the weirder it became.

However, the continuous production of equipment for manufacturing high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials did not hesitate to shatter the suspicion and contempt in his heart.

At least, from the immediate point of view, it is indeed capable of producing high-temperature superconducting materials.

On the other hand, Claire Bryan, who watched the operation of the equipment, stood beside Xu Chuan and asked, "Is this all for the production of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials?"

Xu Chuan shook his head with a smile, and said: "No, some basic materials are processed and synthesized in other places. But this equipment is the core, it can synthesize the processed basic materials into superconducting materials, and shape them into superconducting materials. The shapes you need, such as lines, plates, circles, etc.”

After a pause, he added: "Of course, there are not many shapes that this equipment can process. After all, it is only experimental. The production line we just saw outside is still under construction, and it can almost meet most of the shapes. It's needed."

On the other side, Bruce Walker, who had seen the equipment, asked in a skeptical tone: "Can it really produce excellent high-temperature superconducting materials that meet the standards?"

Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled lightly and said, "If you don't believe it, you can take a part of the material that has just been processed for testing to see if it meets your needs."

"This is a must, and I will ask for it if you don't tell me!"

With the last stubborn doubt, Bruce Walker said with a serious face.

Xu Chuan glanced at him and said indifferently: "If you know how, you can do experiments to verify it yourself."

PS: I went to the hospital today, and I wasted a lot of time. I will update a chapter first. I will continue to write and make up tomorrow. Ask everyone for a guaranteed monthly pass.