Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 169 [Since it’s hard to choose, let’s take them all]

In the office, Xiao Yu asked briefly, "How are the conditions in these units?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Zaiqing answered in an orderly manner: "Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company is one of the earliest companies in China to carry out the research and development and production of medium and low-speed maglev trains. The medium and low-speed maglev trains it produces are stable and reliable in operation, with high technical maturity. It is in a leading position in China in key technologies such as suspension control and traction transmission of medium and low-speed maglev trains."

"CRRC has strong technical strength and is one of the world's largest rail transit equipment manufacturers. It has invested heavily in the research and development of maglev train technology and has a strong scientific research team and advanced experimental facilities. The 600-kilometer-per-hour high-speed maglev test vehicle developed by its subsidiary CRRC Sifang Co., Ltd. was successfully tested two years ago."

Chen Zaiqing added: "In addition, as a state-owned enterprise, CRRC has a complete industrial chain, and has formed a complete industrial chain in the whole vehicle manufacturing and key component research and development and production of maglev trains. From suspension controllers, traction motors to car body manufacturing, each link has independent design and production capabilities, and can provide a one-stop solution for maglev train projects."

"The company has participated in the construction and operation of many domestic maglev lines, has accumulated rich experience in project implementation, and can effectively deal with various complex technical and engineering problems to ensure the smooth progress and stable operation of the project."

After a pause, Chen Zaiqing continued: "Xi'an Jiaotong University has achieved fruitful scientific research results. It is one of the earliest universities in China to carry out research on maglev train technology. It has achieved many internationally leading scientific research results in the field of high-temperature superconducting maglev technology. In 2021, the world's first high-temperature superconducting maglev engineering prototype designed and developed by the university rolled off the production line, which is a breakthrough from scratch in my country in the field of high-temperature superconducting maglev technology."

Xiao Yu nodded to himself and asked casually, "What about the University of Science and Technology of China?"

Chen Zaiqing replied: "USTC has strong technological innovation capabilities and has profound technical accumulation and innovation capabilities in the research and development of maglev train technology, especially in the field of permanent magnetic levitation technology. The key component technologies such as the electric permanent magnetic hybrid levitation magnet device developed by the University have reached the international advanced level. In addition, the University of Science and Technology of China holds the largest number of patents related to maglev trains, covering many key technical fields of maglev trains."

After hearing about the situations of these units, Xiao Yu couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Chen Zaiqing looked at him and said, "These four companies are all very good, and they all have their own strengths and advantages. Frankly speaking, it's really difficult to choose which one to choose."

After a while, Xiao Yu looked at Chen Zaiqing and asked, "What do you think?"

After hearing this, Chen Zaiqing thought about it and said, "Since it's hard to choose, I think we should not choose either one. We should just take all of them and cooperate to take advantage of their advantages and integrate them."

Xiao Yu couldn't help but smile when he heard the answer: "I agree with you, but I want to add one more thing. CRRC should be put first. After all, CRRC has a complete industrial chain in maglev trains. It is also a state-owned enterprise. We want to achieve the goal of opening two lines in 2024. There is no one more suitable than CRRC to manufacture the trains. Otherwise, it may not be delivered on time."

Chen Zaiqing nodded and said in a deep voice: "It's hard to say whether these four units can reach an agreement to carry out technical integration together."

Xiao Yu immediately laughed and said, "You're worrying too much. The budget for the planned sky-rail train project in Linzhou City is a whopping 1 trillion yuan. Let's not talk about the two universities. If we don't go to the other two companies, they will have to come to us."

Chen Zaiqing responded: "That's right."

After some conversation and discussion between the two, they finally decided on a plan, which would mainly take the lead in cooperating with CRRC, with the entire vehicle being produced and manufactured by CRRC, while the other three companies or universities would collaborate on technical integration.

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The time came to Friday, April 1th.

At around 12 noon today, Linzhou City issued a notice on the "Urban Low-altitude Superconducting Floating Rail Transit Project" and announced a package plan.

Once this announcement was released, it immediately caused a huge sensation and shocked the outside world.

According to the announcement, Linzhou plans to invest 1 trillion yuan to build 22 low-altitude air-rail train lines in the city, with a total mileage of 665 kilometers. This is incredible, directly spending an astronomical figure of 1 trillion yuan to build a floating train line, the total mileage is even dozens of kilometers more than the current Pengcheng Metro. The key is that the outside world has seen that this is the first non-military scenario after the advent of room-temperature superconducting materials.

Only a few months have passed, but the layout of the first commercial scenario has already been launched, and it was such a big deal right from the start.

Stimulated by this news, Lingjing Technology's stock price opened strong in the afternoon, rising by +10.18% on the day to close at 223.62 yuan, breaking through the previous high of 222.22 yuan to set a new historical high. The market value climbed to 19.41 trillion yuan, just one step away from a market value of trillion yuan.

However, today is the last trading day before the Spring Festival, and the next trading day will not open until January 1 after the New Year. Whether this giant can historically break through the 30 trillion mark remains a mystery after the New Year.

In addition, at around 14:40 p.m. in the closing trading, another stock also took off.

It was Zhongguo CRRC, which rose sharply to 5.76 yuan in the late trading, with an increase of +9.92% and hit the daily limit. The market value increased to 1653 billion.

Zhongguo CRRC, once known as the "trillion-dollar god car" in the A-share market, cannot be mentioned without mentioning Zhongguo CRRC. At that time, the merger of the two car companies in the north and south caused this bull stock to soar to trillions.

It has been plummeting for seven or eight years, and last year it hit a new historical low. Now its market value is only more than 100 billion yuan, which is a pity.

However, the disapproval of the capital market does not mean that the company lacks strength.

The company had revenue of more than 2200 billion yuan and net profit of more than 116 billion yuan last year. It is a world-class technology giant in the field of rail transit equipment and an absolute core asset.

The stock price is so low, not because the company has no strength, but because the valuation and pricing of the A-share market itself is unreasonable. There is also the factor that the assets of the rice companies are deliberately suppressed. There are problems with the background of some people, and the reasons are extremely complicated.

Another interpretation of the market is that the development of the rail transit sector has reached saturation and there is little room for imagination in this industry.

But this time it is different. With the advent of room-temperature superconducting materials, Linzhou City has announced that it will spend an astronomical sum of 1 trillion yuan to build a floating rail transit train and vigorously promote the development of the low-altitude economy. As a world-class manufacturer in the field of rail transit with a complete industrial chain, how could CRRC be absent?

The most important thing is that there is huge room for imagination.

If Linzhou City is like this, how much room for imagination would there be if we look at major cities across the country, or even around the world?
Although there was no news released, some quick-reacting funds in the market had already grabbed shares in advance, and in the closing period, they pushed Zhongguo Zhongche’s stock price to the daily limit.

This is also the logic behind Lingjing Technology's new high today, as the company holds a 25% stake in AVIC Linfei, which is currently the only company in the world that has mastered room-temperature superconducting materials.

The concept of low-altitude economy has become a hot topic today. Many people outside said it was no wonder that Linzhou City issued a notice yesterday on measures to support the high-quality development of the low-altitude economy in the city. It turned out that they had such a big move in mind.

The news quickly became a hot topic and sparked heated discussions among netizens.

[Good fellow, Linzhou City has decided to switch to Skytrain instead of subway, right?]
[Now science fiction has come into reality.]
[That's not right. Isn't it said that room temperature superconducting materials cannot be mass-produced? Such a large project must require a large amount of superconducting materials to work, right?]
[I read the announcement. It is because mass production is not possible in the short term that we are developing suspended rail transit. By enhancing the magnetic field, we can reduce the amount of room temperature superconducting materials used. Therefore, we need the support of rail transit to allow the vehicle to travel on the established track. If mass production is possible, there may be floating cars that can run around.]
[If there is a superconducting floating car, then the question is, how can the car move forward without the friction of the ground? Is it equipped with a jet engine or propeller like an airplane? Wouldn't it be a whirlwind if there were so many cars in the city?]
[How can we have a jet engine or a rotor? The floating car must be based on the same principle as the maglev train, driven by electromagnetic force. Of course, the various forces we are familiar with, such as elastic force, friction, tension, pressure, etc., are all intermolecular forces, and are essentially electromagnetic forces.]
[Anyway, if there are floating cars in the future, they will be fuel-powered cars first, and will definitely use electricity instead of oil. Floating cars will definitely be an upgraded version of new energy electric cars.]
[Skytrains are here, so how far will floating cars be? I can’t imagine what it will be like in ten or twenty years.]
[After all, room temperature superconducting materials are the product that can truly trigger the fourth scientific and technological revolution. Many industries will undergo earth-shaking changes due to the emergence of room temperature superconducting materials. It is worthy of being called the "holy grail" of the materials industry.]
[If it can be mass-produced, it is strongly recommended to build an aerospace mothership.]
[Good guy! ]
[If the subway can float into the sky and become an air train, it would be reasonable for an aircraft carrier on the water to float into the sky... (manually funny)]
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(End of this chapter)