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

Chapter 584 Xu Qingzhou changed tracks again.
As dusk deepened, the artificial lake outside the window shimmered, reflecting the bright moonlight. Willows swayed in the breeze, and everything appeared peaceful and serene.

Inside the room, Xu Qingzhou pinched Song Yao's calf and glanced at the girl lying quietly on the sofa like a porcelain doll. "Professor Li asked you to do the research yourself, right? Have you come up with any ideas yet?"

"No."

Song Yao shook her head, closed her eyes and enjoyed Xu Qingzhou's massage, while saying, "I plan to finish up the company's business first, and then look at my old notes. Hopefully, I can find some ideas."

The domestic technology company was newly established and had a lot of work to do, especially since it had just signed patent cooperation agreements with so many companies recently. It held weekly tripartite meetings of "technology-market-legal" to keep track of the progress and risks of patent commercialization.

Recently, the company's patent pool management model plans to classify and evaluate patents, establishing a three-level classification system: core patents, defensive patents, and reserve patents.

After pressing Song Yao's phone for a while, Xu Qingzhou picked up his phone, which had several messages tagging him.

It was three Moriguchis in the group chat, and the three people from dormitory 101 cheered as well.

Xu Zhengyang: "Old Xu, congratulations."

Xu Qingzhou: "Basic operation."

Kong Xianbo: "I'm not going to talk about it anymore. Let's treat the brothers to a meal sometime."

Xu Qingzhou thought for a moment and estimated that there wouldn't be too much to do in the next few days, so he typed: "Kids, set a time."

Kong Xianbo: "Friday."

Xu Zhengyang: "1".

Zhai Ziqiang: "I can."

In the rented room, Kong Xianbo sighed and looked at his familiar roommate on Weibo's trending topics with a wave of emotion, "But to some extent, can I say that I and Lao Xu were once rivals?"

Wow, after looking at it from a different perspective, I suddenly feel pretty awesome too.

Kong Xianbo slurped up a mouthful of instant noodles and immediately felt his body straighten up.

Xu Qingzhou, Xu Zhengyang, and the other two chatted in the group for a while, then put down their phones, planning to watch some TV before going to sleep.

As the main character, he was naturally very busy during the unveiling ceremony, and could be said to have been occupied all day.

Song Yao playfully hooked her toes around Xu Qingzhou's clothes: "I used to think that managing a company was simple when I read books, but I found that it's not that simple after I actually started doing it."

"Is President Song backing out?" Xu Qingzhou teased with a smile, leaning back to pick up the remote control.

"嘁~"

Song Yao pulled her feet back and nestled into Xu Qingzhou's arms. The human-shaped body pillow was still the most comfortable. She whispered, "Now it feels more challenging."

She really enjoys the feeling of growing every day.

It gives me a sense of accomplishment when I see the company running smoothly under my management.

"I'm crushing you." Xu Qingzhou pretended to be disgusted and pushed the girl off him.

"He used to sneak around and take advantage of me, but now he won't even let me hug him. Men are completely different before and after marriage," Song Yao muttered, holding the young man tightly.

Xu Qingzhou shook his head helplessly, thinking to himself that this girl was becoming more and more womanly, and look at her full of resentment.

He searched for a long time with the remote control, and seeing the protagonists in idol dramas so heavily photoshopped that even their own parents wouldn't recognize them made him want to bang his head against the wall.

Real skin is so much better; why do we need beauty filters and editing?

He eventually found a ball game.

I was just looking at it when Professor Roberts called to congratulate Xu Qingzhou on the official establishment of his research institute. With the unveiling ceremony of the Materials Research Institute over, the entire institute's operation is now on track, and the two large groups have begun experiments according to the established plan.

The movements of the Kyoto Institute for Materials Science have attracted attention both domestically and internationally.

Fields Medal winner and a leading figure in the mathematics world, Xu Qingzhou has once again become a rising star in the physics community with his "superconducting thin films," and his every move is closely watched.

A professor of electrochemistry at the Technical University of Munich commented directly on YouTube: "My God! They want to tame lithium dendrites and the shuttle effect at the same time? It's like trying to put a hurricane in a basket!"

"Following his theory of supersymmetric functions, this mathematical genius has once again described a vague goal to everyone." Some scholars in the mathematics community are also criticizing Xu Qingzhou's theory of supersymmetric functions.

"Wow, another 'disruptive technology' PowerPoint presentation? It reminds me of Theranos's blood test for cancer."

"It is theoretically feasible, but the engineering difficulty is comparable to taming a Sahara dust storm."

Europe.

Max Planck Institute, Germany.

Electrochemistry director Nick Rous put down his newspaper.

"Frankly, I don't believe that the same team can solve two problems with such different physical mechanisms. Lithium dendrites are a mechanical problem that requires a high-modulus electrolyte, while the shuttle effect is a chemisorption problem that requires MOF confinement."

The Max Planck Institute has the same project, seeking a breakthrough in lithium dendrites, and as far as he knows, many top laboratories are also working hard on these two things.

Lithium dendrites and the shuttle effect are tough challenges, and it can even be said that there is currently no possibility of a complete solution. However, if successful, they will surely leave a significant mark on human history.

However, no other organization has been as reckless as Xu Qingzhou, diving headfirst into things as soon as he assembled his team.

In his view, all of these were desperate gambles.

If no results are produced, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to a newly established research institute. Economically, the failure to commercialize patents will lead to a very high risk of bankruptcy. Secondly, it will affect the confidence of researchers.

"Who knows what they're thinking? Last night, while we were drinking, Fleck was complaining to me about how Xu Qingzhou had made a mess of the superconducting thin film industry."

"Haha, if I'm not mistaken, his project was shut down, right?"

"Yes, and the worse news is that he told me yesterday that he has agreed to join Professor Harvey's lithium dendrite experimental group."

"So...they're rivals too?"

My colleague shrugged, took a sip of tea, and joked, "Our group tried using a biomimetic coating to suppress dendrites last year, but the shuttle effect of the sulfur cathode is as persistent as a ghost. Hey, I'm thinking, at the next Department of Energy funding hearing, I'll definitely use them as a case study to force those politicians to allocate more budget. The shuttle effect... it's quite an interesting thing."

Nick Rolls shook his head and said, "Perhaps you're a step too late."

"Ok?"

Nick Rouss explained, "I just ran into Galen Durant, and he's probably already in Mr. Hawke's office."

"Is he planning to conduct an experiment on the shuttle effect?"

The colleague was stunned, but quickly understood what Rolls meant.

Nick Laws smiled and nodded, taking a sip of his coffee. "Buddy, don't be so surprised. Durant is an expert in batteries, and like that genius from China, he's passionate about lithium-sulfur batteries. No, it's not just them; the Americans are also increasing their investment in lithium-sulfur batteries."

"I heard the Americans are planning to put pressure on China by starting with equipment?"

"Yes."

"To be frank, this is all in vain. It would be better to allocate more funds to scientists for research instead of giving politicians something to do on stage during elections."

(End of this chapter)