Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 960 Lithium-sulfur Battery Mass Production and Space Crisis

The summit ended and the guests left through the back passage.

But this is not a quiet place either, as it is already filled with many media reporters.

A female reporter's eyes lit up when she saw Zhou Rui and she trotted over with a microphone in hand.

"Mr. Zhou, can we have a quick chat?"

When Zhou Rui saw Yang Ma’s sign, he slowed down his pace out of courtesy.

“How do you feel about attending your first G20 summit?”

Zhou Rui: “This is a very grand global conference. It was very well organized. I really like this way of communication.”

"With the opening of the G20, Qianjiang Smart City has become a hot topic on the global Internet. Everyone is discussing the smart technology here. Mr. Zhou, what do you want to say to netizens around the world?"

Zhou Rui smiled and made a Korean favorite gesture to the camera:

"It's no big deal. Qianjiang Smart City will remain as it is after the G20 Summit and continue to be open to the outside world. We welcome everyone to travel to Hangzhou and experience smart technology!"

After answering two simple questions, there was not much to say, but this was what Yang's mother wanted. The reporter smiled and watched Zhou Rui leave.

Zhou Rui followed the guide and came to the lounge in the side hall, where it finally became quiet.

There are many lounges in the main venue, provided for the "summit guests" to rest in transit. The space is large and there are quite a few people, but they are all staff members, each busy with their own things.

There are even some snacks and drinks provided.

Zhou Rui came to the snack bar and ordered some cookies.

I'm a little hungry and don't know what to do for dinner.

I hope there is no West Lake vinegar fish. That thing is most popular when it swims in the West Lake.

At this time, the boatman found Zhou Rui and laughed from a distance: "I was scared just now. I thought it was a grenade."

He even swore at me, it seems he was really frightened just now.

Zhou Rui shook his head: "How is it possible? The security of the G20 is very strong. When did President Wang arrive in Hangzhou?"

We were just going through the process, and the two of us weren't sitting close to each other, so we didn't have a chance to chat.

"I just took a look around yesterday. This place is really well done. By the way, I have good news to tell you. Our cooperative 'lithium-sulfur battery laboratory' has made a major breakthrough. Professor Fan Zusong has helped us. The first mature commercial battery is about to be produced."

Zhou Rui was also quite surprised. It turned out that the fortune-teller old man had some tricks up his sleeve.

He had been busy with other things in the past few months. He would occasionally do "quantum reading" and provide remote guidance on weekdays, but he had never paid attention to the specific progress.

Is it going into mass production without any announcement?
"Not announced to the public?"

"Lithium-sulfur battery" is such an awesome thing that it will definitely cause a huge response and bring revolution to many industries. The fact that there is no news from the outside world shows that Brother Boatman has been suppressing it.

Wang Chuanfu pretended to be mysterious and said, "I have some selfish motives. I want to announce BYD's new model together. This way, we can become famous immediately."

He originally had several models to be released this year, all of which were ambitious works that had been polished for many years. In terms of performance and cost-effectiveness, they have already surpassed joint venture and imported cars of the same price.

But even so, it is estimated that it will be difficult to break the market's deep-rooted prejudice against domestic cars.

Now that we have the ultimate bomb of lithium-sulfur batteries, we can make the performance extremely terrifying by simply installing new batteries.

The announcement of the two together will allow the car to benefit from the battery's traffic and also become a product that "shocking the industry."

"I wanted to discuss this with you before, but you were supposed to be in isolation at the time, and I didn't get in touch with you for several times. So I'll just make this arrangement for now. I hope Mr. Zhou doesn't mind."

Zhou Rui waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. It was agreed at the beginning that the actual management will be carried out by Biati. There is no problem with Mr. Wang's arrangement. This cookie is good. Would you like one?"

If it were him, he would make the same choice. Instead of just announcing the battery, it would be better to release it together with the products that are installed on it.

Wang Chuanfu took the biscuit and put it directly into his mouth to chew.

"But don't worry, Mr. Zhou. The batteries for the drones haven't been left behind. Didn't you leave behind an engineering design for small and medium-sized batteries? That one is even more mature than the car battery and will be mass-produced at the same time."

Zhou Rui nodded and asked curiously, "How long can the car last if lithium-sulfur batteries are used?"

Wang Chuanfu suppressed his excitement and whispered, "The maximum mileage is 2500 for pure electric and 3000 for hybrid."

Wow! Although the data shows that it is still far from the limit of "lithium-sulfur batteries", this number is also scary.

3000 kilometers is enough to drive from Shanghai to Dunhuang.

"You don't care about the cost, do you? The chassis is full of batteries?"

The performance of the "lithium-sulfur battery" should not have reached the level of 100% release. This scary data should be produced by material stacking, which is different from the commercialized product.

Wang Chuanfu nodded: "Indeed, with current technology, the cost of making a car of this level will be very high, and I don't plan to release all my technical reserves right away."

"Professor Fan is still optimizing the system. I am preparing the first round of models. I will first make a pure electric model with a range of 1500 kilometers and a hybrid model with a range of 2000 kilometers. The battery will be smaller and the cost will be lower, but it will still be ahead of all models on the market."

Taking pure electric as an example, it is three times that of others.

This is not called leading. Judging from the battery life alone, this is called a generation gap.

"By the way, our product line is named after the dynasty, and the flagship is 'Han'. I'll send one to you when the time comes."

He hoped that Zhou Rui could ride in this car and help with the advertising.

However, Zhou Rui declined for the time being: "I didn't choose my car myself, so it's not convenient to change it casually. But if you name it after a dynasty, I'd be willing to give it a try if you have a 'Zhou' in the future, hahahaha."

The last name is Zhou Kaizhou, quite interesting.

Wang Chuanfu's eyes lit up. Before, he had only thought about the Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties, and had never thought about the Zhou Dynasty as far away.

It sounds awesome, "Zhou". The emperor of Zhou! It can be used as a top executive car.
If you think about it this way, mass production is not necessarily necessary. It would be good to have a smaller output but higher quality like Hongqi and supply it to the real big players.

The two were chatting animatedly when a figure suddenly interrupted them: "Hello, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Wang, I'm Macbeth, President of Pfizer Asia Pacific. I just met you at the meeting." Zhou Rui and the boatman brother made some space for each other. Don't hit someone who smiles. It's just socializing.

This man named Macbeth spoke fluent Chinese with almost no accent. He was about 40 years old and looked very smart. "Mr. Zhou's speech just now was very impressive. I have wanted to make an appointment with you many times, but you are probably too busy, so I have never been able to get permission."

Apparently, like many others, he was stopped at the secretariat or Gan Yuan's place. Zhou Rui was not embarrassed: "Indeed, I've been very busy recently."

Macbeth continued, "In fact, there are many possibilities for cooperation between Lingshu Bio and Pfizer. Both parties can complement each other in technology and market. If you don't mind, I would like to invite you to our Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai."

Zhou Rui raised his eyebrows: "Shouldn't your Asia-Pacific headquarters be in Singapore or Japan?"

Macbeth smiled and said, "It was just changed to Shanghai last month. In this new era, we pay more attention to the Chinese market."

Or rather, I pay more attention to you, Macbeth added in his heart.

There are too many people behind him who are willing to do anything, even interfering with normal business operations, in order to establish a connection with Zhou Rui.

The "old money" that is dying.

100 places a year are too few, and there are too many uncertainties in the global bidding.

They will not give up bidding openly, but they will not give up looking for a second path secretly either.

However, Zhou Rui was not very interested in Pfizer, and Lingshu Biotechnology was not positioned as a pharmaceutical company. He declined politely, "Sorry, I still have a lot of things to do after returning to Shanghai. If it is a business cooperation, you can contact Lingshu Biotechnology's staff directly."

After saying that, he prepared to leave with the boatman.

Macbeth could only quickly throw out the meat play: “King Kong Biopharmaceutical Laboratory, Mr. Zhou, you should be familiar with this name.”

Zhou Rui finally gave him a chance to see what he was going to say.

King Kong Biological Laboratories is the producer of the "TDX-42 protein" discovered in Marcus' body that reacts with "Compound No. " and is also one of the raw materials for "Compound No. ".

Lingshu Bio had already acquired it completely, including various patents, in the name of someone else.

It was not surprising that Pfizer found this, but since the thing was already in hand, Zhou Rui was not worried that Pfizer would threaten him.

That's not how the game works.

Sure enough, Macbeth just said sincerely: "Look, our cooperation has already started, right? Pfizer was founded nearly 150 years ago, has extensive resources and influence around the world, and is a global leader in many fields."

Zhou Rui interrupted: "It's too long, let's get to the point."

Macbeth was very humble, even nodding slightly:

"Life extension technology! We only hope to be able to secure some places in advance for those patients who are really in urgent need."

“They have a high willingness and sincerity to treat!”

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At the same time, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

NASA's Space Command Center in Houston, Texas.

Late at night, a black staff member was browsing his phone with his feet resting on the equipment and his body leaning back lazily.

On the screen was a video about the G20 summit held by a certain Eastern superpower that suddenly went viral on the Internet a few days ago.

Those people turned an entire block into a city of the future!

Whether it is the air logistics system, or the bionic fish in the water, driverless buses, or dancing vending machines, each video is novel and interesting.

Compared to the "smart park", this is not an amusement park but a real city, so people feel it is "closer to their own lives" and there is a stronger sense of freshness.

Those lucky ones who had the opportunity to go to China shot a lot of show-off videos and occupied a lot of traffic.

"I envy these guys because they don't live in a city full of drug addicts like me."

Because there were no missions in the near future, there were only three people left in the command center, two of whom were asleep on the table.

The black staff member rubbed his eyes and was about to get up to go to the toilet when suddenly a message appeared on the screen.

He sat down and looked for a while, his eyes gradually becoming serious.

He immediately picked up the phone and called the communications center.

"Emergency situation: Satellites have observed a large amount of space debris, whose orbit is close to 2 kilometers above the orbit of the International Space Station, which is a high-risk matter."

The person over there seemed to have just woken up, but his reaction was still quite fast: "New fragments? Didn't you find them before?"

The International Space Station, as the most important orbital creation of all mankind, now has to add a "once" to it.

There are always several satellites in its higher orbit, keeping an eye on its safety at all times.

With the increasing amount of space debris, space stations are often threatened.

However, due to the predictability of orbits and the fact that most space activities in the world are reported to international organizations, it is known where things are broken or abandoned, so a lot of garbage has been marked early, even if they are still far away.

It is quite rare for garbage to suddenly appear in an orbit so close to the dangerous area of ​​the International Space Station.

"I don't know. I'm just giving you a truthful response. We need to call in an expert group. If necessary, we'll have to have the space station crew perform evasive maneuvers."

The International Space Station is not without a way to deal with space junk. It can deal with small ones head-on, and can use thrusters to slightly adjust the position of large ones.

Although the ability to adjust is very poor, even worse than a turtle.

"I'll let you know right away."

"You'd better hurry up. According to current estimates, we may collide within three days."

(End of this chapter)