In the early morning, a thin mist enveloped the entire city of Ningzhou.
While the residents were still sleeping, the entrance to the TV factory was crowded with people.
Some of them were yawning and bleary-eyed.
Some stuffed fried dough sticks into their mouths, while others kept rubbing their faces with their rough hands.
The movements and forms are all kinds of strange, but they have one thing in common.
That is to cast your gaze from time to time to the distance obscured by morning fog.
From time to time, he would whisper in a low voice.
"Why didn't the truck come back? Something happened, right?"
"Wang Shitou, if you don't say anything, others won't know that you can speak, right?"
"Brother Liu, I'm anxious too. The factory director was supposed to be back at three in the morning. It's already six o'clock now and there's still no sign of him. Do you think something happened?"
"Damn it, you're really capable! Let's see if I don't tear your mouth apart today."
The crowd suddenly became confused, and several workers rushed over to beat the foul-mouthed Wang Shitou.
At this time, a woman suddenly shouted in surprise from outside the crowd: "Quick, look, the truck is back!"
Everyone immediately let go of their hands, stood on tiptoes and looked into the distance.
Even Wang Shitou, who had just been punched, didn't bother to wipe the blood on his nose and followed everyone's gaze to look at it.
In the hazy mist, first two dim car lights appeared, and then a burly truck came running through the mist.
Although the license plate number cannot be clearly seen, the only truck that can appear here at this time is the one the factory director is riding in.
The crowd seemed to be boiling with excitement, cheering and running towards the truck.
"Director, the director is back!"
"The factory director is finally back!"
Yes, everyone in the Orchid TV Factory knows that the backbone of the Orchid TV Factory is Liu Hongchang. Without Liu Hongchang, there would be no Orchid TV Factory today.
Since Liu Hongchang left, every morning on the playground behind the TV factory, Liu Hongchang's familiar figure is nowhere to be seen, and everyone always feels empty in his heart.
On the truck, Huang Yanling couldn't help but feel a little shocked when she saw the workers rushing over.
As a worker who has been in the workshop for many years, she knows very well that the cheers of these workers come from the heart.
It seemed that the Factory Director Liu in front of her was more capable than she imagined.
Huang Yanling made up her mind to follow Liu Hongchang wholeheartedly from now on.
.....
The equipment that Han Dongfang sent back a few days ago has been installed in the laboratory with Fang Mu's help.
Zhou Lanxi, who was hired from the Institute of Chemical Industry, and the researchers who were hired from the 121 Research Institute also settled in the dormitory building.
When everything was ready, Wang Weidong held the first plenary meeting of the Orchid Laboratory.
Zhou Lanxi has felt uneasy since she came to Lanhua TV Factory.
It wasn't that the treatment at Orchid TV Factory was bad, but that the treatment was beyond his imagination.
For a house with three bedrooms and one living room, and an indoor bathroom, the monthly salary is two hundred and thirty yuan, fifty kilograms of meat stamps, and three hundred kilograms of food stamps.
Moreover, Deputy Director Niu of the Lanhua TV Factory also arranged a quality inspection job for his wife.
Sitting there all day, the work is very easy, and I get a salary of twenty-three yuan a month.
However, since he arrived, the task Wang Weidong gave him was to compile the contents of previous experiments into a volume, and he was not assigned any new tasks.
Zhou Lanxi felt that his efforts were not worthy of such good treatment.
After receiving the notice from Wang Weidong that he was going to hold a plenary meeting, he quickly put down the experimental records and ran to the conference room.
Finally it was time for him, Lao Zhou, to prove his strength.
The situation of the researchers at Research Institute 121 is similar.
Since they came to the Orchid TV Factory, they have worked with Fang Mu to improve the Orchid color TV.
However, Wang Weidong
The orchid large color TV design plan derived from the farm system was already advanced, but after Fangmu's "localization" improvements, it became even more perfect.
After trying for more than a week, I got nothing.
Although the treatment he enjoyed was not as good as Zhou Lanxi's, it was much better than that of the 121 Research Institute.
In this era, both workers and intellectuals are quite simple.
They did not make their due contribution and felt uneasy inside.
....
Therefore, when Wang Weidong entered the conference room, he was faced with green eyes.
"Haha, everyone is quite energetic, so I won't say any more nonsense. I have already decided on the first project of our Orchid Laboratory, and that is..."
Wang Weidong took the chalk from Wang Xiaoting and wrote a few big words on the blackboard hanging on the wall - graphene battery!
As soon as he said this, it was like throwing a firecracker into the crowd.
"Graphene battery? Can graphite be used as a battery?"
"That's right, we are a TV manufacturer, why do we study batteries?"
"Our country is not short of batteries either. AA batteries from supply and marketing cooperatives cost 20 cents, and you can put them in a flashlight with an industrial stamp. It's a bargain."
"Also, the profits of batteries are too thin. We don't need to compete with those battery manufacturers for business."
....
The researchers were talking about it, but Zhou Lanxi frowned. He thought for a long time and seemed to understand something. He stood up and asked, "Director, have you found a way to make graphene?"
Wang Weidong smiled faintly, but before he could answer, the diligent and inquiring researchers couldn't wait to ask: "Professor Zhou, we all know that graphite is an allotrope of carbon and can be used to make pencil refills. , what is graphene?”
Zhou Lanxi looked at Wang Weidong: "Can I explain?"
Wang Weidong nodded.
After receiving permission, Zhou Lanxi stood up and faced the researchers: "Now the foreign chemical community has discovered that graphite is actually composed of countless carbon elements that are difficult to peel off in a single-layer structure. Those single-layer structures are named graphene. Graphite 1 mm thick contains approximately 3 million layers of graphene.”
"Three million layers of graphene... Isn't this too thin? It's almost to the atomic scale, so what is the use of graphene? Why does the foreign chemical community pay attention to it?" Fang Mu was also curious.
Professor Zhou Lanxi continued to explain: "According to chemists' calculations, graphene has completely different characteristics from graphite. It has excellent optical, electrical, and mechanical properties. It is widely used in materials science, micro-nano processing, energy, biomedicine, and It has important application prospects in drug delivery and other aspects.
I think the biggest reason why the factory director proposed using graphene to make batteries is that this kind of battery can absorb a lot of electricity, right? "
Everyone's eyes turned to Wang Weidong again.
Wang Weidong smiled calmly: "It's a lot. According to my estimation, a battery made of graphene can have millions of times more electricity than a dry battery in the same volume."
"Hiss..." Everyone took a breath and instantly realized the role of graphene batteries.
They are all scientific researchers, and their knowledge of electrical equipment far exceeds that of ordinary people of this era.
"If graphene batteries can really be manufactured and installed in a flashlight, wouldn't the flashlight not need to replace the battery for ten years?"
"You just want a flashlight, and the layout is too small. What will happen if you put the motor on a bicycle and add a graphene battery to it?"
"Wow, doesn't it mean that you don't need to pedal the bicycle? The bicycle will run by itself."
....
It has to be said that the thinking of scientists is unlimited. They were only limited by the technical conditions at the time and were unable to turn their ideas into reality.
In just a few minutes, researchers have invented "electric bicycles," "electric cars," "electric massage chairs," and "wireless microphones."
Everyone was talking enthusiastically until Fang
Mu raised his hand: "The biggest problem now is how to make graphene, and then how to use graphene to make graphene batteries. Otherwise, your idea just now is just empty talk."
Everyone's eyes turned to Wang Weidong again.
Wang Weidong turned around and wrote on the blackboard: "Graphene battery plan!"
He turned around and looked at the researchers: "Now I have invented the technology to make graphene, and I also have a preliminary idea for a graphene battery."
hiss.
hiss. hiss.
hiss. hiss. hiss.
There were gasps from below, and the temperature in the conference room suddenly rose a few points.
The researchers fell into silence for a moment of shock.
They have just understood what graphene is. It can be said that graphene is enough to become an epoch-making material due to its characteristics.
For the invention of such a material, a Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Physics is not too much, right?
After a moment of silence, Fang Mu raised his hand: "Director Liu, I have a question that I don't understand. Since you invented the technology to make graphene, why don't you write a paper and submit it to a famous foreign academic magazine? This year's Nobel Prize The evaluation process will begin in September, and you may be able to win the crown with this technology. No, not maybe, but definitely! The Nobel Prize has focused very much on the field of basic materials in recent years, and graphene is simply a revolutionary product. It is definitely Able to win awards."
Zhou Lanxi also nodded, with envy flashing in his eyes. He was almost at the age where he knew his destiny, and he gradually became indifferent to honors, but when he thought of the Nobel Prize, his heart still moved.
That is the most famous award in the world and the ultimate dream of every scientist.
"Yes, after winning the Nobel Prize, you can become famous at home and abroad and become the idol of countless scientists."
Wang Weidong hesitated for a moment and said, "Is it useful?"
"Ah?! What?" Fang Mu rubbed his ears, looking confused.
Wang Weidong repeated: "Is Nobel useful to us?"
"Why not! As long as you win the Nobel Prize, it will greatly enhance people's confidence and you can become famous." Fang Mu didn't understand Wang Weidong's thinking.
Wang Weidong smiled and said: "Graphene technology is different from the laws of mechanics. It is a basic technology. If you want to write a paper and publish it, you must explain its operating principle clearly. By then, we may not have to wait to make graphene batteries. Large foreign companies have already developed graphene products.
Compared with the gains and losses of personal honor, I care more about material benefits worth trillions.
We can completely rely on graphene technology to suppress those large foreign consortiums.
Aren’t they imposing a technical blockade on us? Our Orchid Lab can return the favor in the same way.
"
These words made Fang Mu stand in awe. The factory director in front of him, who was full of money, was actually willing to give up the honor that was easily available for the benefit of the people.
He stood up and bowed deeply to Wang Weidong: "Director, I apologize to you for what I just thought."
Warm applause burst out in the conference room. They thought Wang Weidong was a shrewd factory director before, but now he has an additional identity as a patriotic scientist.
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At the end of the meeting, Wang Weidong appointed Fang Mu as the leader of the research team and Zhou Lanxi as the deputy leader.
He provided a full set of graphene technology materials, and the project team immediately started research.
When the noon bell rang, everyone reluctantly left the laboratory.
It can be said that Wang Weidong has drawn a super big round cake for them.
Researchers do not have much personal interest in this pie.
It is more about the interests of Orchid TV Factory and the interests of the Chinese people.
Wang Weidong stretched and was about to go to the cafeteria to eat.
While packing up the documents, Wang Xiaoting whispered: "Director, it seems that you haven't gone home since you came back. Last night, Yang Maixiang had dinner at home.
At that time, I was still asking you when you would come back. I don't know your schedule, so I can only pretend that I don't know. Now that the lab work has been arranged, you can go home with peace of mind. "
"Maixiang, okay, I'll go back now." Wang Weidong also felt that Yang Maixiang had been neglected recently.
Wang Xiaoting continued: "Also, Mom is urging you to have a child. Mai Xiang also knows that a man like you will not stay at home. If there is a child, she can also be busy, so that she will not Always having random thoughts."
Wang Weidong raised his head and looked at Wang Xiaoting in surprise. It seemed that this sister-in-law already knew something.
However, from the look of her, she didn't seem ready to reveal it.
Nodding: "Thank you, I understand. You inform the logistics department to load the gifts I brought back from the capital into the jeep."
"Okay!" Wang Xiaoting agreed and left the conference room happily.
In fact, the words just now were not what Wang Xiaoting meant, but what Yang Maixiang asked Wang Xiaoting to say.
Although there was no news, Yang Maixiang was still very sensitive to the fact that Wang Weidong might have another woman.
She was a little angry at first, but she soon figured it out.
It is a luxury to hope to occupy Wang Weidong alone.
Moreover, Wang Weidong did not quarrel with her, let alone intend to divorce.
This is enough.
...
The jeep was running on the streets of Ningzhou City. Looking at the dim buildings on both sides of the road, Wang Weidong couldn't help but think of the capital.
Compared with the spacious streets and beautiful buildings in the capital, Ningzhou City is an ugly duckling.
However, this ugly duckling will eventually turn into a white swan.
An Orchid TV factory may not be enough for Ningzhou City to complete this transformation.
But what about ten or hundreds of factories of this size?
Wang Weidong began to plan how to build Ningzhou City into a base capable of supporting a large multinational group.
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