After arriving at the hotel, Wang Donglai rested in the room assigned to him.
There was originally a dance, and Brown also invited Wang Donglai, but he refused.
For Westerners, especially the upper and middle class people, dancing is a very common thing, and many things will be solved at the dance.
This is true even for academic exchange conferences.
This opportunity can only be found in a more relaxed environment like a dance party.
Wang Donglai understood this, but faced Brown's invitation, he still chose to refuse without hesitation.
The reason is very simple. He does not need to meet others at this dance, nor does he need to establish good relationships to increase the possibility of winning awards in the future, so going to the dance is important to him. , it’s a complete waste of time.
He came all the way by plane, and Ruan Wei was taken away by Fo Bole as soon as he landed, so he hardly got a good rest.
Although his body was extremely healthy and strong at this time, he still felt tired.
However.
Just when Wang Donglai had just packed up and was about to take a rest, there was a knock on the door.
Opening the door, there were two white men in suits.
One is older and bookish, and the other is younger and has the shrewd and capable temperament of a boss.
"Hello, Professor Wang, I'm sorry to bother you. I hope it didn't affect your rest."
The older white man took the initiative to reach out his hand and shook Wang Donglai's hand. , said enthusiastically.
Wang Donglai frowned slightly, and without giving the white man much face, he said loudly: "Hello, who are you? Do you have anything to do with me?"
The tone was not very enthusiastic, but rather a little. Very indifferent.
"I am Stanley Weihanting."
The old white man introduced himself confidently.
Hearing this name, Wang Donglai knew the origin of this person.
In the 1970s, this person developed the first functional lithium battery, which used the huge power of lithium to release its external electrons. It can be said that he made a great contribution to the development of lithium-ion batteries.
In 2004, he even won the Battery Research Award from the ECS Electrochemical Society.
This person's information flashed through his mind. Wang Donglai's expression remained calm. He turned his head and asked the other person, "Who are you?"
Stanley Weihanting took the initiative to introduce: "Professor Wang, this It’s Rex Tillerson, CEO of Mobil.”
Rex took the initiative to hold out his hand, shook it with Wang Donglai, and said: “Hello, Professor Wang from the East, I have read your paper. Many times.”
After knowing the identities of the two people, Wang Donglai asked his question again.
"Excuse me, do you two want to see me for something?"
Stanley glanced at Rex Tillerson before speaking out: "Because you have developed lithium The great achievement of sulfur batteries, so this year’s Adams Chemistry Prize is awarded to you, and we I took the liberty to come to the door because I wanted to talk to Professor Wang about the development and prospects of lithium-sulfur battery technology."
Wang Donglai naturally noticed that Stanley Weihanting glanced at Rex before answering. Tillerson immediately understood who was the dominant one between the two.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked directly at Rex Tillerson, and said loudly: "Mr. Tillerson, is your company preparing to develop new energy sources?"
Mobil, full name ExxonMobil, is the world's largest non-governmental oil and gas producer.
Founded in 1882, it has been more than 100 years ago and ranks among the top 500 companies in the world.
As the CEO of such a giant company, Rex Tillerson cannot be an ordinary person.
Seeing Wang Donglai directly ask him whether he wants to develop new energy, Rex Tillerson did not answer, but said jokingly: "Is Professor Wang just going to chat at the door of the room?"
After saying these joking words, Rex Tillerson extended an invitation and said: "I have prepared a place for chatting. Professor Wang, would you like to go and chat?"
"No, just find a quiet place to chat in the hotel!"
Wang Donglai did not agree to Rex Tillerson's suggestion, but directly chose to find someone to chat in the hotel place.
Rex Tillerson and Stanley Weihanting were both stunned. They did not expect Wang Donglai to answer like this.
You know, one of them is a veteran in the field of energy batteries, and the other is the CEO of an international giant company.
As for Wang Donglai, he is just a young man in his twenties. Although he has some academic achievements, he is far inferior to the two in terms of academic status and social status.
As a result, Rex Tillerson's proposal was directly rejected.
"Okay, just listen to Professor Wang!" Rex Tillerson was stunned for a moment and then immediately agreed.
Soon.
Rex's secretary arranged this.
“Professor Wang, when I learned that you had developed the lithium-sulfur battery, I simply couldn’t believe that you had solved the lithium dendrite problem that had troubled countless researchers for so many years. This can Said to be an important breakthrough in the field of lithium batteries. ”
"You are well-deserved for this Adams Prize in Chemistry. To be honest, it took a lot of effort to determine the results of this award!"
After the three of them sat down, Stanley Weihanting He was the first to speak.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he mentioned the Adams Chemistry Prize this time, and the meaning was extremely obvious.
Wang Donglai naturally understood the meaning of Stanley's words and just nodded calmly without saying anything.
Seeing this, Stanley was about to say something more, but was interrupted by Rex Tillerson.
"Professor Wang, you are a rare scientific research genius. You have made many scientific research achievements in the past few years. I heard that you also founded a technology company with a market value of tens of billions. This achievement is unique among your peers. "
"But, in my opinion, we can go further. I wonder if Professor Wang is interested?"
After Reske finished speaking, he stared at Wang Donglai's expression closely. , seemed to want to see through Wang Donglai's inner thoughts.
“Oh, Mr. Tillerson might as well just say it.”
Wang Donglai asked with a hint of curiosity on his face.
"Professor Wang, you should have heard of Mobil. Our company is the world's largest non-governmental oil and gas producer, with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars, and employees all over the world."
"And our company's The business scope is not only oil and gas, but also involves chemical industry, automobiles and new energy.”
“When Professor Wang successfully developed lithium-sulfur batteries, we thought about using this patent. Buy Come here, or get the patent authorization, but I didn’t expect to be overtaken by others.”
“Now, I finally heard the news about Professor Wang’s arrival, so I took the liberty to rush over, hoping to get it. We have reached a certain consensus with Professor Wang in the field of lithium batteries! "I believe that with Professor Wang's R&D strength and the strong strength of our company, we will definitely be able to make the lithium-sulfur battery market bigger."
"In this way, you will not only become a super rich man on the wealth list faster, but also make a certain contribution to slowing down global warming."
Hear this from Rex Tillerson Wang Donglai almost wanted to laugh at these words.
These words sound high-sounding and righteous, and they also mention contributing to slowing down global warming.
Wang Donglai couldn't help but think of a documentary filmed by a Chinese host who was brainwashed by the West.
The documentary doesn’t have much of a problem, the problem is with the host.
Regarding the issue of air pollution, the host had a debate with Academician Ding.
The result of the debate was that the host was killed.
The host used the excuse that ‘China is a country with a large population’, but was met with a question from Academician Ding: ‘Are Chinese people human? Why should there be less of the same Chinese? ’ was directly nailed to the pillar of shame.
However, due to the underdevelopment of the media and the lack of awakening of people's wisdom, not many people could see that the host had evil intentions at that time.
When the media became more developed later, the host’s true identity was revealed and he disappeared from China.
Right now, that's what Rex is like.
"Mr. Tillerson, global warming is caused by the disordered development of your developed countries, and it is also a sequelae of the waste of capitalism."
"It is actually difficult to say these It has nothing to do with my motherland, so it goes without saying.”
“I understand what Mr. Tillerson means. It is nothing more than wanting to cooperate. This is not non-negotiable.”
< br>“Just talk about business in business!”
Wang Donglai looked at Rex Tillerson seriously and said with bright eyes.
The corner of Rex Tillerson's eyes moved slightly, but with a smile on his face, he said: "I heard that in addition to developing lithium-sulfur batteries, your company is also developing solid-state batteries. I don't know. Has Professor Wang made any progress in this regard?”
Stanley Weihanting on the other side subconsciously held his breath when Rex Tillerson raised this question.
Wang Donglai shook his head and said: "Unfortunately, the research and development of solid-state batteries is beyond my imagination. Currently, I have encountered some difficulties and there is not much progress. What's more, energy batteries are not my main focus. Maybe I will continue to study it when I have time later!”
“What a regrettable and disappointing news!”
Rex Tillerson sighed, and then said: "Professor Wang, you are a scientific research expert in this field, but you may not be a qualified and excellent businessman."
Wang Donglai made a Looking curious, he asked aloud: "Mr. Tillerson, what do you say about this?"
Rex Tillerson's eyes moved and he said: "Professor Wang's paper, our Experts have studied for a long time and The laboratory also conducted replica experiments based on the method mentioned in the paper, and the performance of the batteries produced was excellent. "
"But, as a businessman, my bounden duty is to maximize profits. ”
“Lithium-sulfur batteries have high cycle times and cycle efficiency, which is a huge advantage to many people, but for businessmen, this may not be the case.”
"I think it's more of a disadvantage."
"In Moore, California, there's an incandescent light bulb in Fire Station No. 6 that has lasted one hundred and fourteen years, a lifespan longer than a human lifespan. It’s unscientific and unreasonable!”
“If all light bulbs have such a lifespan, then the light bulb market will only have a fixed quantity. After they are sold out, all production will Manufacturers are If it goes bankrupt, workers will lose their jobs."
"The same is true for lithium-sulfur batteries. If its performance is too good, it will inevitably affect the size of the market and then affect the research and development of related technologies."
Hearing this, Wang Donglai already understood what Rex Tillerson meant, so he interrupted and said, "Mr. Tillerson has said so much, so what exactly do you think?"
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Rex Tillerson looked at Wang Donglai seriously and said: "Professor Wang, I think we need to develop a lithium-sulfur battery with higher energy density, but it must be disposable!"
< br>“The requirements for batteries in many fields are different from those on the market. Disposable high-performance batteries are more suitable.”
“This can not only increase market share, but also be beneficial to your company’s market It’s also very helpful. I wonder what Professor Wang thinks?”
“Believe me, as long as you overcome this technical problem, it will definitely be a huge gain for your company.”
< br>Faced with this proposal, Wang Donglai did not hesitate at all. He immediately shook his head and refused: "Mr. Tillerson, I am not very interested in your proposal."
"But!"
Wang Donglai paused deliberately to whet Rex Tillerson's appetite, and then continued: "If Mr. Rex Tillerson is willing to pay a big price, I We can conduct research in this area and license the patent to your company."
Rex Tillerson asked: "What is the big price that Professor Wang said?"
Wang Donglai didn't speak, just raised one hand and opened it.
“Five million dollars?”
"Okay, I can confirm it now!"
Rex Tillerson said decisively.
Wang Donglai shook his head and said: "Mr. Tillerson, you are the CEO of Mobil, and it is only five million US dollars. What does it mean? It is simply a small business. , I’m talking about five hundred million!”
"As Mr. Tillerson said, I am willing to fully authorize this technology to your company after it is developed. By then, all markets in this area will belong to your company."
Rex Tillerson A cold light flashed in Lesen's eyes, and it disappeared quickly.
"Professor Wang must be joking, the price of 500 million patent license is too high!"
Stanley Weihanting stood up at this time and said.
"Professor Wei Hanting thinks this price is high, so Professor Wei Hanting might as well give it a try. If it succeeds, it can be sold to Mobil. It must be a good story!" Wang Dong took a look at Stanley Wei. Hanting said softly.
Stanley Weihanting's expression froze and he said nothing more.
The next chat turned into two people constantly trying to trick Wang Donglai into saying something.
After chatting for a while, Wang Donglai took the initiative to leave, not wanting to continue chatting with the two of them.
After Wang Donglai left, Rex Tillerson's face became extremely ugly, and he said coldly: "Professor Stanley, are you sure you can't circumvent his patent?"
Stanley Weihanting thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "This is very difficult. Judging from the current situation, it is almost impossible to get around it!"
Hearing this answer, Rex Tillerson cursed bitterly: "Damn it!"
At the same time, he was thinking silently in his heart: "The threat from China is getting bigger and bigger. , the growth rate has exceeded our imagination, we can no longer allow them to develop so steadily, we must find a way to interrupt their development." (End of Chapter)