I am devoted to scientific research, but you want to trick me into having a love relationship?

Chapter 537 No One Understands Economics Better Than Me

Apparently, Zakaria is such a person.

After negotiating with Xu Qingzhou, he was waiting for an opportunity.

In the best case scenario, major laboratories around the world will achieve remarkable results and alternatives will emerge in an endless stream. By that time, it might be possible to acquire Xu Qingzhou's technology for 1.5 million yuan.

In other words, he is also gambling.

The bet is that Xu Qingzhou will not be able to produce a commercial-grade superconducting film with a (Jc) performance exceeding 3.0×10 A/cm in a short period of time. Judging from the current data on the development of the superconducting film industry, he has at least an 80% chance of winning.

If the transition from industrial-grade superconducting films to commercial-grade superconductors is a hurdle, then every numerical change from the commercial grade to the higher grade is a hurdle.

To put it more vividly, if the preparation of superconducting thin films is like climbing Mount Everest, we have only just entered the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This is the law of economics.

If nothing unexpected happens, goddess of luck will still be on my side.

The secretary added silently, "Zakaria's original words: 5 million can buy the future of GE, which is not a loss."

"I can only say that GE has chosen a greedy gambler as its vice president."

Kekes laughed, thinking that Zakaria had made a stupid move, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was normal. After all, this guy was competing for the position of president and urgently needed new performance.

They have been rivals for decades. Now, he is the company's executive president, but that guy still has a "Vice President" sign hanging on the door of his office.

He took a sip of coffee and asked about the business: "So, what is the situation in Franz Laboratory now?"

The secretary replied, "I just received news this morning that the latest round of experiments have very good results. We are expected to achieve 4×2.2 A/cm before April, and we are expected to reach 10×3.00 A/cm within this year."

As giants, both Siemens and GE actually have their own laboratories or make special investments in certain laboratories. Siemens' own experimental team is working on cyclic annealing magnetron sputtering technology in superconducting films.

Unfortunately, it can never catch up with old laboratories like Princeton and MIT.

March 3, an office in the southeast corner of MIT.

The “Least Reliable Project” group is holding a group meeting.

After Xu Qingzhou finished summarizing the experiments of the previous few days, he looked at Carson and said in a deep voice: "The experimental plan for the precise doping technology of quantum dots has been released. Carson, you must achieve precise control of the size and distribution of quantum dots within two weeks."

"No problem." Carson nodded.

Mars nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, professor, leave it to us."

Xu Qingzhou looked at the serious look on this guy's face and couldn't help but say, "Hey, Mars, it's been four days, you should calm down."

After getting the letter of intent, he announced the matter within a small circle of the team.

"I'll try my best," Mars grinned.

After these few days, they have calmed down a little.

For example, Carson, according to the original contract, can get a 5% bonus of the advance payment.

All in all, that would be about 2500 million US dollars.

When Xu Qingzhou proposed a 5% bonus, he didn't take it seriously and just took a gamble.

5 billion
When we think of that huge sum of money, we feel like we are in a dream.

Jealousy? No, admiration.

99% of the credit for the laboratory’s current achievements goes to Xu Qingzhou.

Xu Qingzhou bore all the experimental funds. Apart from that, the entire experiment was almost entirely carried out by Xu Qingzhou. They merely carried out the experiment according to Xu Qingzhou's instructions.

Not to mention them, anyone with hands and feet could do it. As for Sun Simin and Mars, let alone them, they were extremely terrified.

It was already a pleasant surprise for an undergraduate student to be able to join such a research group. When Xu Qingzhou first mentioned in the terms that he could get a 0.5% bonus, he did not take it seriously.

Now, in addition to learning a lot of knowledge, everyone has 250 million.

I feel a little guilty about taking this money.

After Xu Qingzhou arranged the laboratory tasks, he took a walk around the laboratory and checked the operation of the equipment. He did not stay here, but got up and went home to continue constructing subsequent improvement experiments.

The simplest problem, that of uneven diffusion of precursors in the ALD process causing quantum dots to agglomerate or be sparsely distributed, was given to Carson to solve. For the rest, he needed to go back and think carefully about what to do.

As for Song Yao, he is currently working with Maples Group to register Zero Point Technology. In addition, he also plans to entrust Maples Group to register a wholly-owned subsidiary in Singapore.

When U.S. companies pay royalties to overseas entities, they are required to pay a 30% withholding tax by default, which means they will have to pay at least $1.5 million in taxes.

There are policies and measures to counter.

The best way is to use a third-country transit structure and leverage the tax agreement between that country and the United States to achieve a zero tax rate. This is also a common method. For example, cross-border IP transactions by companies such as IBM and Microsoft use a similar approach.

Of course, it is easier said than done. There will be no tax if the goods are transferred in transit, but the whole process is quite cumbersome. For example, companies in the Netherlands must have economic substance requirements.

Specifically, it is necessary to prove the existence of obligations, such as offices, business activities, meeting minutes, signed and sealed documents, etc.

Xu Qingzhou had lived in the United States for many years and understood very well that once money was involved, the IRS people would smell the scent and come over.

The operating procedures sent by Maples Group alone are more than 100 pages long.

Fortunately, Xu Qingzhou has not yet signed the actual contract with General Electric, so there is still plenty of time for preparation.

apartment.

3 month 15 day.

As soon as Xu Qingzhou entered the door, he found Er Miao squatting on the shoe cabinet, looking at him eagerly.

"No more cat food?"

Xu Qingzhou looked at the silly cat who was so enthusiastic today and guessed that there was probably no food. He took off his down jacket, carried the meowing tabby cat over, and sure enough, he saw that the automatic feeder was empty.

"That's good, I'll just consider it as losing weight."

Xu Qingzhou teased, took out the cat food from the cupboard, picked up a piece, and handed it to Ermao's mouth after he had called out several times.

After playing with the cat for a while, he got up and turned on the computer.

The precise control of quantum dot size and distribution can be adjusted through experimental data, but the next problem is the big one.

For example, interface stress and lattice mismatch, the lattice mismatch (≈8%) between WS (layered structure) and NbC (cubic structure) leads to interface cracks.

It can be expected that after adding new precursors, fluctuations in the ALD/PE-CVD multi-step process parameters will lead to batch-to-batch performance differences, with Jc deviations of >15%.

In addition, there is a balance between doping concentration and superconducting properties. Too high YO doping (>5 at%) causes NbSn lattice distortion and a decrease in the critical temperature (Tc).

The superconducting film has already been formed, and any change in any variable means that there may be problems with the whole thing.

This is like making adjustments to a completed building, adding new materials, and improving the building's quality, such as earthquake resistance, wind resistance, stability, etc. This involves adjustments to the foundation and main building, and the difficulty can be imagined.

If you are not careful, the whole building will collapse. It can be said that a single move can affect the entire body.

(I'm going to ask for leave to adjust the outline. Thank you for reading. I bow.)
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