The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 436 Laser

Most journalists in our country were filled with righteous indignation. Consequently, they developed a negative impression of this Indian businessman.

The reporter from the morning paper wanted to say something, but when he had just angered the public, he sought a sense of security by crowding among a group of our reporters.

At this moment, everyone around him was filled with righteous indignation. If he dared to say anything unpleasant, he would probably be beaten up.

Liu Hua cleared his throat: "I'll say it again. The WTO is just a trade cooperation organization. It doesn't have any strict requirements on morality. People's quality varies. In business activities, you still need to be more careful. Otherwise, if you get cheated, you won't even have a place to complain."

“I protest, this is a contemptuous act against us Indian businessmen.”

Liu Hua was surprised to find that there were media outlets from India among the media today.

"Business reputation is built up over a long period of time through business operations," Liu Hua said dismissively. "You can ask around the world how your country's businessmen engage in international trade by taking shortcuts and making profits or losses. Although they bear the consequences themselves, if their business reputation is bad, they can't blame anyone else. It's the result of their own actions. Don't say I'm discriminating against you."

The Indians wanted to say something, but reporters from other countries raised their hands to ask questions, and Liu Hua seemed to ignore the Indians' questions, so he could only make a fool of himself.

The next day, a reporter from that morning paper published an article criticizing Liu Hua, which was full of conjecture. He speculated that everything Liu Hua thought was mindless reasoning, unfounded accusations, and unreasonable discrimination against Indian businessmen.

As for other media outlets, they offered valuable perspectives, such as the risks involved in international transactions and the need for caution in interpersonal interactions.

For example, joining the WTO was not a smooth process; it required careful consideration of words and actions.

This can be seen as a bucket of cold water being poured on Chinese businessmen who are about to join the WTO. Many businessmen are secretly on guard because Liu Hua said that it is not an isolated case for Indian businessmen to do this. They have this tradition and have inadvertently saved many of our companies from disaster.

The press conference was a great success, and Liu Hua and Taiyi Group's image was completely reversed.

The Indian businessman, who had hoped to see Liu Hua succumb to public pressure, failed to do so and had to turn back to negotiations. However, this time it wasn't a differentiated, customized engine, but rather a regular product from Taiyi Group. There was no other way; customized models cost extra.

The leaders of the commerce department also came to Liu Hua to learn in detail how Indian merchants operate. They need to be well aware of this, after all, they are the guiding department for commercial activities nationwide, and when necessary, they need to issue warnings to merchants across the country.

After finishing his work, Liu Hua's doctoral student reported the good news to him, urging him to come to the laboratory to take a look.

"So, you've made another breakthrough in your research on 3D metal printers?"

When Liu Hua arrived at the lab, he discovered that while the 3D metal printer had indeed achieved remarkable results, the good news reported by his doctoral student had nothing to do with 3D printers.

Instead of focusing on the good news about the doctoral students, Liu Hua first observed the progress of the 3D printer research, which had made significant progress compared to before.

"Now that you've finished your daily work, let me share some good news."

Yang Di, a doctoral student, was Liu Hua's first doctoral student. The young man was exceptionally talented and was one of the most gifted students in his undergraduate major at Tsinghua University. Normally, a young man as talented as him would apply to study abroad; at least, most of the top students in Tsinghua University's programs do just that.

However, Yang Di was very clear-headed. He believed that you could not necessarily learn anything good abroad. At least in the field of semiconductors, Liu Hua was the most respected both at home and abroad.

Moreover, those who are not of our kind are bound to have different intentions. Foreigners are also wary of you. If you don't join them, it will be very difficult to participate in core research.

Yang Di is a thorough patriot and doesn't want to become a foreigner, so he enrolled in Liu Hua's combined master's and doctoral program and is now in the doctoral stage.

Yang Di proudly said, "Teacher, when I was helping them research 3D metal printers, I did a little experiment myself and discovered that lasers can be used for communication."

For a moment, Liu Hua didn't react, but just nodded: "This theory was proposed a long time ago. In the 1960s, Kao Kun, a Chinese of Han descent, proposed the relevant theory. In the 1970s, Corning Incorporated developed optical fiber communication, and commercial optical fiber was available in the 1970s."

"Teacher, I'm not talking about fiber optic communication, but laser wireless communication."

Liu Hua glanced at him and said, "Yang Di, you are very talented, but this theory has already been tested. In 1961, Bell Labs and Hughes conducted atmospheric communication experiments using ruby ​​lasers and nitrogen-neon lasers."

"Teacher, I conducted this experiment in a vacuum environment. Teacher, I conducted this experiment in a vacuum environment."

Liu Hua was taken aback: "That means that satellites can now communicate with each other using lasers."

Yang Di nodded: "Teacher, I think there is a lot of potential to be explored here, and I want to focus my efforts on studying this area."

Liu Hua was very pleased. In the past, his students had not shown such strong initiative. Yang Di was the first student to demonstrate such aggressiveness in scientific research.

“I support your idea of ​​not only conducting laser communication between satellites, but also real-time high-speed laser communication between satellites and the ground, and between the ground and the air,” Liu Hua said happily. “That would have an immeasurable significance for our country’s national defense.”

Liu Hua slapped the table: "I'll apply for funding for you from the school, the military, and the aerospace department. I can also personally sponsor some of it for you."

The military and aerospace departments were very interested and wanted to allocate a large sum of money, but they were short of funds and could only scrape together 500,000 yuan each for Liu Hua. Tsinghua University also contributed 500,000 yuan, bringing the total to one million yuan.

There was some consideration for Liu Hua's feelings involved; otherwise, for a doctoral student like him to raise a million yuan in funding for a project would be an absolute pipe dream in this day and age.

Liu Hua personally contributed four million yuan to the child, raising a total of five million yuan for Yang Di.

“Five million isn’t much. You won’t achieve anything with this project.” Liu Hua said helplessly, “You need to make a name for yourself with this project first before I can secure funding for you. Just hang in there. Once you become famous and influential, funding will come in droves.”

(End of this chapter)