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Chapter 503 One-tenth of the cost

"Please come in, Mr. Timsey." Nazarbayev looked at Sucheng with a wry smile. He came to his presidential palace but did not look for the president, but looked for guests. What is this?

This is the world-class oil equipment manufacturer Haliburton. If you change to another company, even Exxon, the world's number one oil producer, Nazarbayev, would not be so easy to speak. But without the support of the Soviet oil industry, Kazakhstan's oil-building policy, only Haliburton can fully support it, and Nazarbayev has to look up to them.

Timsi, the vice president, is the head of Halliburton in Central Asia. To some extent, he has mastered the overall oil development progress in Kazakhstan. Nazarbayev has asked her for more time and less time, and he has a psychological disadvantage.

Su Cheng bowed slightly, apologized in a false way, and sat upright on the chair.

Several people were actually a little curious about what Halliburton was doing in such a hurry.

Without waiting for too long, Timsi, who had long hands and feet, walked into Nazarbayev's office.

This is a man who looks like an athlete, with a wide body and narrow body on the top and a narrow bottom. He stretched out his hand from afar and shook hands with Nazarbayev, Sucheng and Aimman respectively, and said with a smile: "I didn't want to disturb Your Excellency the President, but I'm going to go back to the local area for a meeting soon, and I suddenly received the news, so I hope to communicate with Chairman Sucheng in advance."

He was very polite in his expression, but just taking Su Cheng's actions at the Presidential Palace shows how important he did not regard the president of Central Asian countries.

Su Cheng sighed secretly. Although he is the wholly-owned owner of Dahua Industrial, in terms of international status, he is not even as good as Halliburton's vice president.

Nazarbayev couldn't see the joy or not, and his smile remained unchanged: "It doesn't matter, the president's duty is to serve the public. Kazakhstan is still a country of learning, so we must treat friends from all over the world with a more open attitude."

"His Excellency the President is indeed a flag in Central Asia..." Timsi cooperated with a few compliments, making the scene look a little better.

Aimman stood behind, looking at Timsi with some curiosity and intentionality. Such a handsome person is not easy to encounter even in France. It would be fine if he had a good appearance. What is rare is that he has status and status, and his age is not too old...

After a few greetings, Timsi turned to Sucheng and said: "Congratulations to Mr. Su, Dahua Laboratory's research progress in carbon fiber is beyond our expectations. I am here this time. I hope to extend the cooperative relationship between Halliburton and Dahua Industrial to the material field."

Su Cheng heard it inexplicably and quite expectantly. He suppressed his words in English: "You get the news faster than me. To be honest, I don't know about the progress of Dahua Laboratory in carbon fiber."

"We only learned through the Patent Office that Dahua Industrial has successfully researched anisotropic asphalt-based carbon fibers." Timsi did not hide the source. Super big companies like them are searching for patents at all times, and although they are not going to be patent robbers. But if there are new things in the field, you must always understand them.

Su Cheng asked in surprise: "What attracted you?"

"The patent instructions greatly reduce costs. It only means 10% of the same type of product. Considering your output, the company hopes to purchase part or all at the right price." Timsi acted like a roundabout way.

This is nothing strange. The annual output of carbon fiber in the world is very low. In terms of a factory, the annual output of 10 tons of carbon fiber is a big factory. The newly developed carbon fiber has an annual output of 10 tons. If the cost can be reduced by 90%, Timothy would not have to be as good as possible.

Carbon fiber is a product that is in short supply. Even in the 21st century, the production of carbon fiber will not meet the standard of large-scale industrialization. At least, this product that can replace steel is far from reaching the production capacity and cost of steel. Therefore, every price reduction of carbon fiber can strengthen its popularity, and its popularity actually depends more on its price.

No matter how bad the carbon fiber is, it has the advantage of indexing that exceeds traditional materials. Judging from the demand in the early 1990s, even the isotropic asphalt-based carbon fiber made by Wang Yun has a sales channel, but it is just a matter of how much money it makes. The various indicators of anisotropic asphalt-based carbon fiber must have a leap compared to isotropic asphalt-based carbon fiber. As for how much it jumps, it is actually not important. Timsi only values ​​10% of the cost.

Although this level of cost reduction will not destroy the life of steel, there is no problem in removing the life of some precious metals. Judging from Halliburton's annual sales of tens of billions of dollars, it is really possible to consume as much carbon fiber as there is.

In the field of petroleum machinery, carbon fiber is a natural talent, with high modulus, high strength and corrosion resistance. Each item is needed by petroleum machinery. Not to mention that carbon fiber is a revolutionary material, if the cost of this thing can be reduced to the level acceptable to oil companies, it is no problem to replace tens of millions of tons of steel every year. This is equivalent to an industry that can consume 1,000 years of world production.

Su Cheng was so happy that he slapped his forehead and thought to himself: The instructions on the patent instructions must have been made by a guy who had just jumped from the national research institution. He copied the things he had given to the domestic patent office.

1994 years ago, Chinese patents were only targeted at China, and the China Patent Office was also an administrative review department, and it was quite strict. If you don’t write “Fill in the domestic gap” or “Get the world’s first-class level” on your patent application, if you want to pass, wait slowly. The verification is not long after a year or two.

Therefore, unlike foreign patent documents, early domestic patent documents not only need to write technical things, but also boast about their own products. The more ruthless the boast, the greater the chance of passing. Even if it is a senior research institution such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the so-called expert professors do not boast about it themselves, the disciples below will also help boast about it.

When abroad, content like "significantly reducing costs, only 10% of the same type of products" is optional. If it is a specialized research institution, maybe it is also considered boasting about the idea of ​​selling patents at a good price. Other laboratories will not cause trouble for writing more. Wouldn't this kind of writing clearly make the buyer lower the price?

It would be fine if it was true, but if it was just bragging, it would become more effective in increasing sales.

Su Cheng thought carefully for a while and smiled, "I am not competent as the chairman. I heard important news in China from another company. Mr. Timsey, please wait and I will call the company."

Timsi nodded with a smile and picked up the coffee cup.

Su Cheng explained to Nazarbayev again before going out to call. However, he was not convenient for him to use the presidential line in the room.

It took about 10 minutes for the cross-border phone to connect to Dahua Laboratory. During this period, Su Cheng slowly calmed down.

"Doctor Su? Is it Su?" The other end of the phone was accompanied by a hoarse male voice. If you listen carefully, you can still hear Wang Yun's tone.

"It's me, I heard you made new carbon fiber?" Su Cheng's voice amplified. The multinational phone calls at this time were terrible, at most it was the level of battlefield phones.

"Yes, we are preparing to report to you that the Patent Office has accepted our patents, and the anisotropic asphalt-based carbon fiber has begun factory testing and is progressing very smoothly." Speaking of this, cheers came from the earpiece, needless to say, a celebration in the Dahua Laboratory.

Su Cheng had a lot of problems and was shocked by the sound of the sound. After a moment, he smiled and said, "Congratulations, thank you for your hard work."

Doing material experiments is a boring thing in the world. Just like Edison testing filament materials, most of the time of the experiment is a constant test. Wire test, bamboo wire test, I heard that I used a friend's beard test to test, and each material also needs to be tested for different treatment methods. Carbonized and native bamboo wire are different, and the test results of wires with different carbon content will not be the same.

Under modern technology, there are many ways to reduce the number of tests, but there will always be endless tests waiting for researchers.

In the eyes of laymen, it may be a great fortune, but in the eyes of insiders, it is just watered with more sweat.

Although Su Cheng had not done any real research work, he had a deep understanding of the life of researchers in the five years since he established the Dahua Laboratory.

Wang Yun and his team may have limited number of times when they took out anisotropic carbon fiber in such a short time. If this were not the case, they would have been able to make anisotropic carbon fiber long ago. Why did it take two years to make an isotropic asphalt-based carbon fiber?

Without Dayu's efforts to control the flood, without Dayu's passion to control the flood, and without Dayu's self-discipline to control the flood, it would be impossible to complete this research in advance.

What does it mean if you write two more words on the patent application report?

Su Cheng decided not to mention this matter in front of Wang Yun, and instead asked with a smile: "What are the parameters of the new carbon fiber?"

Speaking of his heart, Wang Yun on the other end of the phone suddenly became shy and said with depression and excitement: "You must not guess."

"So awesome?"

"Of course!" If it weren't for extreme excitement, Wang Yun, who was calm in daily life, would have said it directly. He didn't mention the parameters just now, just to shout out loudly now. He only listened to Wang Yun on the other end of the phone and said in a very breath: "The indicators of the new material are more than twice the various homogenous asphalt-based carbon fibers. The tensile strength of 1.5g and the modulus of 150g are definitely the strongest carbon fiber of the same type, the first in China!"

“What about the cost?”

"It's one-tenth of Toray Japan."

"It's really only ten percent?" Su Cheng was stunned. He thought the instructions on the patent application were more or less moisture.

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