Chapter 620: It's Time to Consider Talent Reserve

Xishan No. 1 Courtyard, the villa's living room.

President Song was talking about the details of today's negotiations with the EU, her slender fingers occasionally sliding across Xu Qingzhou's neck, touching his Adam's apple, and then tapping his chest a moment later.

Xu Qingzhou's eyes darkened, his expression strange—not because of some outrageous demands from the EU, as he had long since seen through the hypocrisy of certain foreign entities, but because he discovered that this girl was on an irreversible path to becoming a 'lecherous woman'.

When the two were together, she liked to touch him even more than he did.

Song Yao's actions were completely subconscious; she didn't think there was anything wrong with herself and continued talking about today's negotiations, her nose wrinkling, "They actually hoped we would disclose core technical parameters so they could meet the EU's 'Battery Passport' requirements."

Song Yao just replied with three words: "Impossible," with the attitude of 'take it or leave it.'

Anyway, they had the technological advantage.

Things like the Battery Passport were an important part of the competition for discourse power, which meant disclosing technical parameters for every link of the battery and incorporating them into the international standard system led by Europe.

The EU's intention was very clear: your batteries are good, but they must also meet the standards we lead.

"President Song is imposing."

Xu Qingzhou saw that the water had cooled, so he took a towel and fished her feet out.

The EU would inevitably initiate negotiations, but their goal wasn't simple cooperation; it was to weaken their competitive advantage through technology acquisition + standard suppression + market access binding.

Xu Qingzhou wasn't worried about Zero Point Technology suffering a loss.

Not to mention that Song Yao herself was shrewd, they also had official backing. For decades, they had been grappling with Europe and the US despite technological disadvantages and had plenty of experience, not to mention that they held the advantage this time.

"I've been studying Microsoft's patent strategy during this period and plan to apply for PCT patents in target markets like Europe, the US, Japan, and South Korea, completing the layout of 20 international patents before 2021 to build a technological barrier."

Seeing Xu Qingzhou return after pouring the water, Song Yao leaned over again to tell him about her upcoming plans.

However, Xu Qingzhou suspected that this girl was just looking for an excuse to touch him while talking about the research institute.

"Hmm, it is time to establish our own patent barriers. It's already November; shouldn't we get the postdoctoral workstation up and running?"

Xu Qingzhou held down Song Yao's hand that was groping him: "We can cooperate with Jingda and Shuimu to cultivate some of our own talent."

Now that the research institute's operations were on the right track, it was time to consider talent reserve.

The Kyoto Materials Research Institute was fully qualified to apply for a postdoctoral mobile station.

Establishing a doctoral station separately would take a relatively long time, but with the level of the Materials Research Institute, taking the green channel wouldn't be a problem.

"Talent reserve is our weak point; we can prepare early. Looking at you, people who don't know might think I'm about to do something to you," Song Yao pouted.

What's wrong with touching? This guy used to love touching her.

"Teacher Song, you're becoming more and more of a hooligan."

"Pfft! As if anyone wants to touch you."

Song Yao lay entirely on Xu Qingzhou, feeling the warmth from his chest through his sweater. She felt warm inside, closed her eyes, and said, "Thank you, Professor Xu."

The feeling of being taken care of after coming home tired from a day's work was very comfortable; happiness had become concrete.

Xu Qingzhou looked down; the white shirt was unbuttoned by two buttons, revealing a glimpse of what was underneath.

School Beauty Song still had some substance.

Although she couldn't compare to girls with 'natural gifts', she was at least far beyond what she was several years ago.

Xu Qingzhou was a bit distracted: "Compared to verbal thanks, I prefer some practical action."

"What kind of practical action are you thinking of?"

Song Yao hooked Xu Qingzhou's chin and asked with a smile.

"For example~"

Xu Qingzhou paused, wrapped his arms around the girl's slender waist, and then applied a slight force.

Creak~

When she looked again, Song Yao had already been flipped over by Xu Qingzhou and pinned onto the sofa.

Song Yao thought to herself that it was bad; she shouldn't have teased this pervert. She struggled a few times, but she was no match for Xu Qingzhou at all.

"Professor Xu, I'm very tired today~" ===== CHAPTER 621 =====