The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 447 New Journey

The leader was very generous and directly helped Liu Hua contact the geological department.

Liu Hua was taken aback when he dialed his boss's number: "Couldn't you just ask him to put in a good word for me? Why do I have to talk to him personally?"

"You should know that the people in the geological department work hard, crossing mountains and valleys every day, working from dawn till dusk." The leader said with a smile, "Since I've met such a big spender like you, I naturally want you to spend some money to help them improve their lives."

Speechless.

Liu Hua knew perfectly well that once the thorium-based lava reactor was successful, the country would instruct the geological department to accelerate the exploration of thorium deposits without him even having to say it.

I never expected the leaders of the Ministry of Industry to be so considerate and thoughtful of the geological exploration personnel, even thinking of getting some sponsorship from Liu Hua.

The geological department came up with a brilliant idea: they brought two geological exploration workers who had been out exploring for many years to talk to Liu Hua. These two exploration workers, who had just turned forty, looked like they were in their sixties.

Liu Hua felt incredibly reluctant. He had originally planned to sponsor one million, but in the end, he wrote a new check for five million.

After receiving the check, the two prospectors told Liu Hua that there was definitely a thorium deposit there. According to various phenomena, there was definitely a large-scale thorium deposit in Bayan Obo, but it might be buried quite deep.

Liu Hua nodded: "Then I can only ask you to put in more effort. My thorium-based molten salt reactor will definitely be successful within three to five years. At that time, the country will definitely vigorously develop thorium-based molten salt reactor power plants, which will require a large amount of thorium ore. I'm counting on you all."

This year, our country will officially join the WTO. Last year, we got the US on board, and then the WTO's other members signed the agreement with us without much haggling.

As the foreign trade market flourished, Liu Hua increased the output of his new materials and new energy companies.

Since the Lunar New Year, numerous foreign businesses have been flocking to our office seeking cooperation. They require the most advanced solar panels, the most advanced wind turbines, and the most advanced carbon fiber.

They were unaware that Liu Hua's new materials company was already capable of mass-producing graphene; otherwise, graphene would have been on their procurement list as well.

Currently, Liu Hua's graphene production is still very low, mainly supplying various high-end research institutes in China, and another part is supplied to his own new energy company to research graphene batteries.

Liu Hua thought this matter might need to be kept under wraps for a few more years, but the relevant departments told him that it was time to make an official announcement.

Liu Hua wondered if this meant he had already mastered the technological advantages, and his colleagues at the Academy of Sciences provided him with some answers.

We joined the WTO, but some people still criticize us, saying that we are just an exporter of low-end products and have no high technology at all.

In order to improve the country's image, no one in the world has been able to solve the problem of mass production of graphene, a new material, so the world can only ask us for help.

After all, new materials laboratories around the world are currently using tape to tear graphene in order to study its next applications.

So a very authoritative newspaper in Hong Kong interviewed Liu Hua. During the interview, Liu Hua revealed that his company could mass-produce carbon fiber with a strength of T1000 and also mass-produce graphene.

For a long time, the T1000 strength carbon fiber produced in Liu Hua's factory has been mostly monopolized by the United States, except for a portion supplied to the domestic market.

Therefore, consumers worldwide assumed that T1000-strength carbon fiber was produced in the United States. Liu Hua's direct disclosure in an interview truly shocked many. What shocked them even more was that Liu Hua had already solved the problem of mass production of graphene.

Soon, orders from high-end research labs around the world piled up at Taiyi New Materials' sales department.

Because Liu Hua used the tactic of scarcity marketing, he told everyone that the production conditions for graphene were too demanding and the output was temporarily insufficient.

Which of these high-end laboratories wouldn't want to acquire more graphene for applied research? Who knows when they'll get their turn after buying it all this time? Preparing more raw materials might give them a head start in graphene application research. Taiyi New Materials sold out instantly.

Liu Hua had already prepared to open a branch factory, but this time it wouldn't be in Beijing, despite repeated persuasion from the city and district authorities to keep the new branch factory in Beijing.

However, the higher authorities agreed with Liu Hua's decision and actively helped him choose a location, preferring a place closer to the central and western regions. In the end, Hanyang was chosen.

Hubei Province is practically bursting with excitement. While the coastal areas are seeing their economies develop rapidly, Hubei, a city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, is located on the golden waterway, yet it has been slow to make significant progress. The provincial leaders are getting anxious.

Following instructions from higher authorities, Liu Hua moved the branch factory to northern Hubei. The leaders of Hubei Province immediately held a meeting overnight to decide to use this as a starting point to expand the business.

Taking Taiyi New Materials Plant as a breakthrough point, we will drive the development of a whole high-tech industry.

In the late 1990s, Professor Huang from Huazhong University of Science and Technology proposed the concept of "Optics Valley of China," and Hubei Province also proposed a national strategy for the optoelectronic industry in 2000.

The leaders of HEB Province and Hanyang City had great foresight in choosing Donghu District for Liu Hua's new factory. Liu Hua, along with leaders from higher-level departments and the province and city, attended the groundbreaking ceremony.

During the visit, Liu Hua donated 10 million yuan each to Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hanyang University, and Hanyang Institute of Technology, and also put forward the requirement for close cooperation.

The three universities were overjoyed, and the two sides quickly reached an agreement to cooperate in the fields of optoelectronics, semiconductors, and new materials.

Liu Hua simply waved his hand and prepared another 100 million yuan to establish the Taiyi Research Institute in Hanyang.

It should be noted that there was no Taiyi Research Institute in Beijing, but Liu Hua built it in Hanyang. The city leaders in Beijing were so anxious that they wanted to seek justice from the higher-ups.

Your Liu Huatai Group's headquarters are all in Beijing, so why not build your research institute there as well?

The leader retorted well: "Why do you always want all the good things for yourself? There are so many research institutes and universities in Beijing. Adding another Taiyi Research Institute is just icing on the cake. But building a research institute in Hanyang would be a lifesaver for northern Hubei."

The people in the capital had no choice but to give up. As the capital city, the most important place under the emperor's nose, it was indeed petty of them to be so calculating.

The research institute over there has just started to be established and the purchased equipment has not yet been delivered, but in northern Hubei, several universities have been urged to help set up the research team.

Everything is ready now, except for the final push.

(End of this chapter)