Chapter 55 A bright future Fan Ren admired people like Ke Fengyun who were extremely sensitive to new technologies, so after receiving a call from the other party three days ago, he had been busy working on his new ideas in the laboratory. Ke Fengyun signed a confidentiality agreement with Xinghai Technology without even thinking about it. "Boss Fan, please believe me. To be honest, this kind of agreement is a common thing for us to sign." Fan Ren smiled and said nothing, then took the other person to the laboratory. Inside the laboratory, on a temporary workbench, a high-voltage radio device was lying there quietly. Fan Ren walked to the nanometer-level microscope next to him, pointed at the observation hole, and said in a mysterious tone: "Come and see what this is." Ke Fengyun looked inside through the microscope in confusion. After just a few seconds, he raised his head and looked at Fan Ren in surprise. "This, this is a carbon nanotube! Carbon nanotube!" Fan Ren nodded with a smug look on his face, then walked to a workbench nearby and stretched out his slender fingers to turn on the power button.
"I used this material in it, what do you think the effect will be?" “Better magnetic field stability and compatibility, higher electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and lightweight!” Ke Fengyun's eyes lit up. Pure graphene cannot achieve this level, but carbon nanotubes with specific structures are different. Fan Ren didn't answer and turned to the data panel beside him. "Now, do you have any new ideas for alternatives to high-voltage radio for photolithography?" Ke Fengyun nodded repeatedly, today's trip was totally worth it! just. "Mr. Fan, these carbon nanotubes are not easy to make, right?" Fan Ren glanced at him sideways, shook his head with a look of apology on his face and said, "That's why I asked you to sign a confidentiality agreement. Come, let's go to my office." As he spoke, he turned off the equipment and led Ke Fengyun to the office. Although the layout of Fanren’s office is different from that in the Xinghai Building, the layout has not changed much. Leading Ke Fengyun to sit on the sofa, Fan Ren did not keep him in suspense. "This is our company's new product. To be honest, your reminder has inspired me a lot. My original intention of developing carbon nanotubes was to apply them to graphene chips. It's a pity that our lithography machines have been banned." “Graphene chip!” Ke Fengyun quickly covered his mouth, his eyes widened. He even wondered if he was too easily shocked today. Just five simple words, and they stunned him again. But on second thought, if Xinghai masters the technology for mass production of carbon nanotubes, it seems really feasible. Fan Ren nodded and said indifferently: "Xinghai has invested 35 billion in this project and spent half a year. Now it has indeed mastered the technology of mass production of carbon nanotubes."
As he said this, he turned around, found the patent backup on the cabinet and gave it to Ke Fengyun. He then lit a cigarette, stood by the window, and waited quietly. Ke Fengyun quickly skimmed through the text on the document, but after seeing the key words such as biological materials utilizing unique cell structures, adsorption, catalysis, and metabolism. He couldn't help but marvel at the wildness of this idea. "Boss Fan, this is really amazing." Obviously, Ke Fengyun's Chinese is not very good, and the praise he could find in his mind was so simple and plain. Fan Ren put out his half-smoked cigarette and waved his hand to dispel the smell of smoke. He could tell from the other person's white teeth that he didn't smoke. "Thank you for reminding me. It opened up many ideas for application areas." Then he walked to the sofa and sat down. "Then I'll be frank." Seeing Fan Ren suddenly become serious, Ke Fengyun also nodded. He knew that Fan Ren could not provide him with these technical guidance and new materials unconditionally. All this must be conditional. "Mr. Fan, I still have to tell you in advance. My master may not be able to approve too much money. Every time I have an idea, my master says there is no money." Ke Fengyun said this before Fan Ren, almost making him laugh to death. Fan Ren quickly suppressed his laughter and shook his head. "You misunderstood. Listen to me. As I said before, Xinghai's original purpose of developing carbon nanotubes was to develop graphene chips. You should know something about this, right?" "I understand. We are also engaged in related industries." Ke Fengyun nodded quickly. Today he found the state he was in when he first became an apprentice of his master, and he nodded quite frequently. "Initially we ordered a 14-nanometer lithography machine from Aspen. Don't get me wrong, we chose foreign products mainly because we were in a hurry and Sinovation Technology's production capacity couldn't keep up. The delivery schedule would have to wait until two years later." When Fan Ren said this, he suddenly looked helpless. If he had known this would happen, he would have chosen domestic products from the beginning. After all this trouble, he would have to add another six months. Fortunately, there is always a way out. The appearance of Ke Fengyun gave him a new choice. "Actually, this is a good thing. From what you just said, it seems that you are not enthusiastic about the upgrade plan for the high-voltage radio, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't be the only one here?" Ke Fengyun felt a little apologetic but did not refute. Fan Ren continued, "In this case, I would like to propose a cooperation method. Xinghai Technology will provide your institute with high-voltage radio technology, as well as all the necessary technologies, raw materials, and part of the research and development funds for the subsequent high-voltage radio research on lithography machines." This time, Ke Fengyun didn't nod again and quickly interrupted Fan Ren's words. "Boss Fan, I'm sorry, I have to call my master." These are no longer collaborations that Ke Fengyun can decide on. "Don't worry, wait until I finish." Fan Ren stopped him and continued, "Xinghai can provide all of these, with only one request. After successfully developing an improved lithography machine based on high-voltage radio, all the lithography equipment needed by Xinghai will be provided by your institute at cost price." After saying this, Fan Ren released his hand that was pressing on his phone. Ke Fengyun's mind was a little confused. He really didn't understand this aspect very well. He immediately picked up the phone and said apologetically, "Boss Fan, I'm going to go out and make a call."
Having said that, he ran out. Fan Ren didn't care about his impatient and impolite style of behavior. He sat in the office alone and his mind was working. As the inventor of the technology, he is absolutely top-notch in understanding high-voltage radio. If the other party can agree to this condition, he is confident that he can lead the team to complete the transformation of the lithography machine in a very short time. As long as the other party agrees to his conditions, the urgent need for lithography machines in Xinghai Laboratory can be solved. This is just one of them. A lot of theoretical verification has been done in the past two days. If there are no major accidents, the modified lithography machine will have great improvements in cost, power consumption, and even accuracy and production success. In this way, the manufacturing cost of graphene chips can be further reduced, which is his main purpose. To this end, Fanren provided these technologies and equipment and part of the funds free of charge to help them complete this improvement project. The requirements put forward are also very simple, which is just to be able to purchase the successfully developed lithography equipment at cost price. (End of this chapter)