Chapter 554: That disguise is a bit stiff

Outside the window, a light drizzle was still falling. The window was left ajar, and the moist, fresh air crept in through the gap, bringing a cool scent into the living room.

At the desk, the girl was earnestly looking at the equipment price report on the screen. A few stray hairs on her forehead swayed with the breeze, but were quickly tucked behind her ear by the girl's fingers.

After finishing the call with Ji Yunshi, Xu Qingzhou sat back leisurely, leaning against the sofa, his whole body relaxing.

Seeing Song Yao like this reminded him of the scene in the Jingda library three or four years ago.

"This little life is really good."

Xu Qingzhou shifted his body, changing to a comfortable position to lie down. While looking at the beauty, his thoughts drifted away bit by bit.

With Director Ji there, he could just be a hands-off manager again.

Managing a research institute is an extremely energy-consuming task; he didn't want to spend his limited time dealing with the miscellaneous affairs of the institute.

The best state is for him to be responsible for controlling the experiments and ensuring the general direction of the institute's progress, while others handle the rest.

The progress of domestic patents is advancing rapidly and is already going through the review process. Meanwhile, here in the U. S., the Patent Office is also accelerating the review. It seems that many companies, including some government-affiliated enterprises, have strong demand.

The exclusive rights in Europe and America have been handed over to GE, and these companies can only purchase secondary licensing from GE. However, generally speaking, before the patent is granted, they will not conduct secondary licensing, as this involves quite a few uncontrollable clauses.

In a few more days, he would be able to finish writing the paper, and then he could do the lithium dendrite experiment, prepare to return to the country, and officially start the lithium-ion battery experiment.

At this moment, Song Yao also finished reading the report, stretched, shuffled over in her slippers, and lay on top of Xu Qingzhou.

Xu Qingzhou watched this girl lying on his chest and inhaling hard, his expression strange: "I suspect you are absorbing my Yang energy."

"No means no, don't look for other excuses."

Song Yao inhaled a big mouthful again.

"..."

Xu Qingzhou shook his head, wrapping his arms around the girl's slender waist.

A rainy day is suitable for the two of them to huddle together and slack off.

Dong~

A message notification sounded on the phone on the side table.

He leaned up to take a look. It was Kong Xianbo in the dormitory group tagging him.

Kong Xianbo: "Old Xu, what's the situation?"

Below was a Weibo entry.

#Scholar Xu Qingzhou's patent sold for 500 million USD.

Inside the graduate apartment.

Kong Xianbo slurped a mouthful of the instant noodles in front of him and couldn't help but click on Weibo again. Although he was already used to the existence of this freak Xu Qingzhou, isn't this TM too exaggerated?

500 million USD, converted, is over 3 billion RMB, a number one wouldn't even dare to dream of.

The Weibo comment section was quite lively; amazement, worship, suspicion—all kinds of voices intertwined.

"Awesome, 500 million USD!"

"Why do I feel like Xu Qingzhou is about to 'run'?"

"Bullshit, his research institute back home is already built. Now it's turned into 'running' in your eyes? Get lost, you little hater."

"My 22-year-old self is shouting '666' at the elementary school student carrying me in the Canyon of the Summit, while he has already earned 500 million."

"No, a thin film can sell for 500 million, and in USD at that? Is this normal?"

"Normal. This thing involves a very wide range of fields. The Xia Nation Fusion Engineering Experimental Reactor is in urgent need of such high-critical-current-density superconducting magnets. I've checked the literature; this superconducting thin film can at least reduce the cost of Xia Nation's fusion magnets by more than 40%. This saved cost and future potential cannot be bought for 500 million USD."

"Let's talk about something related to us: superconducting cables, maglev equipment, especially medical MRI magnets, which are magnetic resonance equipment—all are related to superconducting thin films. And in this field, we have always been 'choked by the neck'."

"Let me put it this way: this technology is expected to become another iconic breakthrough in the global high-tech field following high-speed rail and 5G!"

"Awesome!"

"Actually, I think this money is well-earned. The income of our country's scientists is still too low. Look at the entertainment industry; it's always hundreds of millions in income."

"Xu Qingzhou is still willing to spend; he actually dares to invest all the funds into the experiment."

"If it were me, I would definitely take these 500 million and live carefree. This is 500 million! Just the interest from the bank would be enough to live on for a lifetime."

"Brother, this is the gap between us and Xu Shen. Otherwise, why would the person earning 500 million not be you?"

"That's right. He earned 500 million with just one patent. Once the research institute is built, won't there be tons of money-making opportunities in the future?"

Looking at the Weibo comments, Kong Xianbo sighed again, suddenly feeling that the instant noodles in front of him were no longer tasty.

He remembered how he used to treat Xu Qingzhou as a hypothetical enemy and shook his head: "Why was I so unable to think straight before, treating this dog thing as an opponent? Isn't this purely looking for abuse?"

He was just young and frivolous before.

The supervisor has dozens of projects, big and small, in his hands; where would he have the time to teach personally?

An academician's student—it sounds nice, but in reality, it's also being a beast of burden—just a slightly higher-level beast of burden.

Of course, it cannot be denied that the resources are indeed much more than those of ordinary supervisors. There are gains and losses; he also learned a lot from his seniors.

In the group, Zhai Ziqiang also suddenly popped up.

Zhai Ziqiang cursed: "Holy shit, Brother Zhou is awesome?"

Xu Zhengyang: "Old Xu, it's time to come out and show off."

Xu Qingzhou: "Routine operation."

Xu Zhengyang: "..."

Zhai Ziqiang: "..."

Kong Xianbo: "..."

The familiar smell of showing off came rushing over.

Kong Xianbo shook his head and sighed.

Xu Zhengyang: "Don't say anything else, Old Xu. When are you coming back to the country? Set up a table for us brothers at the best restaurant in Kyoto."

Kong Xianbo drank a mouthful of noodle soup and typed along: "Seconded!"

And he took a pathetic photo of himself eating instant noodles.

Xu Zhengyang's message popped up: "Old Kong, I saw a short video saying the pickled vegetables inside are all stomped out by aunties with bare feet."

Kong Xianbo: "I just like this taste, can't I? (Cleaver)"

Xu Qingzhou immediately revealed the subway old man meme.

He really wanted to tell Kong Xianbo that it would indeed be exposed in the next few years that it was really stomped out by feet, and since then, he would never eat pickled vegetables again.

Song Yao looked at the chat in Xu Qingzhou's dormitory group and frowned, complaining: "Professor Xu, are you boys... all this disgusting?"

"Don't make the scope of attack so wide. I don't have this guy's heavy taste..."

Xu Qingzhou retorted seriously, paused, and pinched the girl's chin: "I only like yours... Hiss~ wrong, wrong."

Under Xu Qingzhou's plea for mercy, Song Yao finally let go of the hand that had twisted half a circle on this guy's waist.

If you don't beat them for three days, they'll climb onto the roof and tear down the tiles.

Xu Qingzhou chatted in the group for a while, and by the way, opened Weibo. Sure enough, he saw that this entry was already on the Weibo hot search list.

The Weibo entry about his patent news was indeed on the hot search.

Many fans were tagging him, telling him to hurry up and show off.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 555 =====