Chapter 158

That's right, this is the carbon fiber technology won from the system's lottery.

Hearing this, a Huawei expert asked:

"How are the parameters?"

Thus, Wen Xia, a PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Materials, proudly stated:

"Tensile strength of 9000 MPa, elongation at break of 1.79%, tensile modulus of 355 GPa, and a density of 1.61 grams per cubic centimeter."

"What!"

Upon hearing these figures, the Huawei expert was utterly stunned.

At this moment, Ren Zong, who did not understand the implications, asked:

"Are these figures very good?"

After all, Huawei was a company primarily focused on communication equipment and mobile phones,

with little research and investment dedicated to materials science.

Therefore, Old Ren did not know what these carbon fiber data implied.

"Mr. Ren, this is no longer a matter of whether it is good or not; if the data is authentic,

then in the field of carbon fiber, specifically high-strength carbon fiber, Fengyi Technology has absolutely no rivals left,

because even the current top-tier T1000 carbon fiber from Japan's Toray falls far short of Fengyi Technology's product.

However, Mr. Lin, what is your cost?"

Hearing this, Lin Yi and Wen Xia merely smiled without speaking.

At this, the Huawei expert also realized the situation.

Since this item would be their flagship product in the future, how could they casually leak their cost price?

In reality, this product, with performance comparable to T1300,

had a production cost of less than 1000 RMB per kilogram.

Although the price of carbon fiber sheets varied depending on thickness and dimensions,

generally speaking, in 2016, the price of T1000 carbon fiber sheets produced by Toray ranged between 500 and 800 US dollars per kilogram,

which equated to 3000 to 4800 yuan per kilogram.

However, if Fengyi Technology now produced it themselves, the small-tow polyacrylonitrile carbon fiber T1000 might only cost around 400 to 500 yuan.

The reason carbon fiber was so expensive was not due to the material itself.

It should be known that carbon fiber was mainly divided into three categories: rayon-based, pitch-based, and polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based,

each with different application scenarios and production methods.

Due to its high carbon yield and superior performance, polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fiber dominated the carbon fiber market.

However, the prices of both pitch-based and polyacrylonitrile precursors were extremely low.

The reason carbon fiber prices were so high was, on one hand, the monopoly held by Japan and the United States over the global carbon fiber market.

On the other hand, it was the cost of carbon fiber technology.

Taking Japan's Toray Company as an example, they successfully developed T800 in 1984,

and further developed T1000 in 1986; yet, to this day, T1000 remained Toray's flagship product.

There was still no sign of commercialized T1100.

Because of their monopoly, Japan had little motivation to launch more advanced products.

Moreover, some products involved the so-called "COCOM" agreement;

truly high-end carbon fiber products used for national defense and scientific research would never be sold to Dragon Country.

This carbon fiber technology developed by Fengyi Technology,

featured low costs and high quality, representing a product at least fifteen years ahead of its time.

It adopted nanoscale structure control technology with independent intellectual property rights, capable of producing both small-tow and large-tow fibers,

possessing characteristics such as resistance to breakage and high strength.

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Although it was only a single product, Huawei's delegation, including Old Ren, all felt the R&D capabilities of Fengyi Technology.

It must be known that entering an industry is not difficult,

but reaching the very top within an industry is extremely hard.

Huawei had been rooted in the communications industry for decades before finally achieving its current success.

Yet, in Huawei's view, Fengyi Technology, which was still very small in scale, had achieved results in both the battery and carbon fiber fields in such a short time.

This seemed incredible to Huawei.

Lin Yi, however, glanced at Wen Xia.

Wen Xia

Stone Stone Stone Stone Age: 35

PhD from the University of Science and Technology of China

Affiliation: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Materials Research

Areas of Expertise: Materials Research, All-around Talent

Research Capability: Four Stars

Suggested Hiring Price: 5 million annual salary.

This person was also a talent hired by Lin Yi from the System.

After all, when it came to cutting-edge technology, he would never entrust it to subordinates whose loyalty could not be confirmed.

And this somewhat chubby, glasses-wearing PhD holder, in terms of research capability,

even surpassed both Zhao Zhao Xuebin and Wen Xiang.

He belonged to the rank of a peerless national scholar; according to the System's explanation,

One-star research capability belongs to ordinary talent (level of a postgraduate from a key undergraduate university), two stars belong to senior talent (PhD from an ordinary key university),

three stars indicate top-tier talent (among the top ten in the industry), and four stars signify a peerless national scholar (an academician).

More importantly, Wen Xia was an all-around researcher.

Therefore, Lin Yi did not feel at all that the System's suggested annual salary of 5 million Huabi was a loss.

The reason carbon fiber technology could be manufactured from the laboratory so quickly

was largely due to this person's indispensable contributions.

Next, Old Ren of Huawei visited Fengyi Technology's battery laboratory.

However, because it involved certain trade secrets,

they only met with Dr. Zhao Zhao Xuebin and Dr. Wen Xiang.

Of course, after Old Ren and his group finished touring Fengyi Technology, they praised the company effusively.

Upon returning to Huawei's headquarters in Pengcheng,

Old Ren highly praised Fengyi Technology's corporate culture in the media.

He believed that Lin Yi's future achievements might even surpass his own.

"If the boss of an enterprise is deeply loved by the employees and is willing to invest huge sums in R&D,

only such an enterprise can succeed and maintain vitality forever. In my opinion, there are very few such enterprises in Longguo today,

and Fengyi Technology is one of them!"

During an interview with a media outlet, Old Ren made no secret of his appreciation for Lin Yi and Fengyi Technology.

For a time, due to Huawei's endorsement, Lin Yi gained considerable prestige.

However, compared to his standing in the technology sector,

his reputation in the arms industry had reached a point where he was known to almost everyone globally.

Even in distant Africa, DWS weapons were widely prevalent.

However, what he did not expect was that,

that very night, the Longguo side urgently contacted him.

To be honest, regarding Longguo accounts, Lin Yi had banned quite a few of them initially.

Mainly because these accounts often asked questions involving state secrets.

Thus, Lin Yi exercised his administrator privileges,