Chapter 264 Shocking Cost Price [Subscription Request]

Seeing the dean suddenly calling at this time, Xu Yuan knew what was going on without thinking. It must be related to Northrop Military Industries, so he did not dare to hesitate and quickly pressed the answer button to his ear.

Jia Yueguang and Liang Zhanjun, who were standing next to them, heard that the call was from the president of the Academy of Sciences.

He immediately remained silent.

Almost at the same time Xu Yuan greeted him, he heard Bai Xinzhou's familiar voice coming from the microphone.

"Is it Xiao Xu?"

"Dean, I'm Xu Yuan."

"You should know what's been circulating online, right?" After confirming Xu Yuan's identity, Bai Xinzhou immediately got down to business.

When Xu Yuan heard this, he immediately realized that his judgment was not wrong.

Because he really wanted to know the hospital's decision, he did not dare to delay and answered truthfully immediately.

"I just heard about it."

Bai Xinzhou laughed heartily upon hearing this and then went on to explain in detail.

"I called you for no other reason than to tell you."

It is simply impossible for overseas countries to steal our radar technology using this method.”

"You don't have to feel any pressure."

"We are not afraid of their threats now."

Xu Yuan listened to Bai Xinzhou's words, and couldn't help but express an indescribable emotion in his heart. He expressed satisfaction with the hospital's approach.

After all, if it is really because of external factors, we would choose to join this so-called international radar research project.

That will only make overseas countries feel that they can manipulate it at will.

I am afraid that similar practices will become more and more common in the future. Today we are working on international radar projects, and tomorrow we are working on drone cooperation. If this continues, no matter how advanced the technology is, it will not be able to lead the world, and it will only be a waste of time to help others.

So the thought stopped here, and Xu Yuan immediately answered decisively:
"I understand Dean."

After finishing the conversation relatively quickly, Bai Xinzhou did not waste any more time. He exchanged a few more words with Xu Yuan and then ended the call with a smile.

Jia Yueguang and Liang Zhanjun had been waiting anxiously.

His eyes always stayed on Xu Yuan.

Seeing that there was no pause after hanging up the phone, I immediately asked.

"What is the hospital saying? Is it about the online radar?"

"Yes."

Xu Yuan nodded and said, "President Bai assured us that the higher-ups would never agree to such shameless practices." He said this to reassure Liang Zhanjun and Jia Yueguang.

Scientific researchers certainly do not want to see the advanced technology they have worked so hard to develop shared with overseas competitors.

What’s more, domestic science and technology have come a long way up to now, and we don’t even know how much we have suffered from overseas.

Now that some technologies have surpassed others, others are thinking of cooperation.

How could such a good thing happen?

really.

When Jia Yueguang and Liang Zhanjun heard this, they both felt obviously relieved.

"That makes me feel relieved. We should let overseas countries experience what it feels like to be behind us in technology."

Compared to the ease on Jia Yueguang's face, Liang Zhanjun was still serious and deep in thought. After a pause of a few seconds, he raised his gaze to Xu Yuan in front of him and expressed his worries with some concern.

"As the world's largest radar manufacturer, Northrop has always been arrogant in the radar field."

"Now that their radar power performance has been crushed by our gallium nitride radar, I'm sure they won't just accept it."

"If we reject their invitation to cooperate now, will they cause trouble for us from other places?"

It has to be said that Liang Zhanjun’s worries are justified. After all, he is currently known as the most powerful being in the world.

Northrop is a military-industrial group, so when it comes to radar, it must have a lot of say.

If the other party really chooses to exert pressure from other places by taking some unacceptable means, it will indeed cause some trouble to the country.

After all, this is indeed their style.

The main reason is that this giant dragon in the country is still gradually awakening and does not yet have the strength to completely overturn the table.

Of course Xu Yuan had considered this problem, but the same thing applies: if he agreed to the other party's unreasonable demands because of this concern, he would only put himself in a passive position forever.

What's more, the people have sharp eyes. How could they take the initiative to undermine the confidence of the Chinese people?

After organizing his words a little, Xu Yuan answered Liang Zhanjun's questions.

"Perhaps your concern is correct, Professor Liang, but we have to do this."

"We must let everyone know that we are not easy to bully."

"As for what the other side will do, we will just fight back if they come."

"Xu Yuan's approach is correct." Jia Yueguang agreed.

Liang Zhanjun just suddenly thought of this question and spoke out with some concern.

After listening to Xu Yuan's words, his thoughts immediately became much clearer. Moreover, thinking about the all-round genius Xu Yuan, he really had nothing to worry about overseas.

You have to know that if you count the achievements made in many fields in China today, it would be unimaginable in the past.

And this is all because of Xu Yuan's existence.

His thought stayed here, and he immediately took over the conversation, responding with a smile on his face.

"I didn't think this through. Let overseas companies do whatever they want."

In the following time, Xu Yuan did not continue to pack up, but picked up his mobile phone and made another call.

It was a call to Zhang Guangyi.

After the celebratory dinner, the other party brought their people back to Jinling. After all, their institute still had research work on other types of radars, and they certainly couldn't stay outside for too long.

Now that this kind of thing has happened, one can imagine that with Zhang Guangyi's temper, he must be extremely angry.

It's hard to feel at ease without making a phone call to understand the situation and comfort them.

Things turned out to be basically just as Xu Yuan had expected. As soon as Zhang Guangyi's call was connected, he heard the other party's angry voice from the microphone, and he even uttered a few swear words, which was rare.

Every word he said expressed his anger at Northrop's actions, which shows that this matter is indeed very infuriating.

Xu Yuan was at a loss for words and moved the phone slightly away from his ear.

Wait until the other person calms down before continuing your talk.

After informing the other party that their superiors would not agree to cooperate, Zhang Guangyi felt much more relieved.

Xu Yuan then asked about gallium nitride materials and put forward some suggestions of his own.

Since we are going to reject Northrop's invitation to cooperate, it would be too frivolous to just have an attitude. If we don't take some actions to reciprocate, wouldn't it be a waste of the other party's effort to come up with this method?

Zhang Guangyi also highly agreed with this.

In the end, the two chatted for more than ten minutes before ending the call with satisfaction.

As for Jia Yueguang, his appetite was obviously whetted again and he really wanted to know what Xu Yuan and Zhang Guangyi discussed specifically.

The next second, unable to bear it any longer, he asked tentatively.

"Xu Yuan."

"What did you say to Academician Zhang?"

"I seem to have heard something about gallium nitride devices. Could it be related to this?" Liang Zhanjun was not to be outdone this time and immediately added a sentence upon hearing the voice.

Xu Yuan looked at the two people's expectant eyes, and he had no intention of keeping it a secret.

He immediately explained with a smile:

"It's nothing particularly important. I just suggested that while clearly refusing cooperation, we should also announce the price of our GaN devices."

Gallium nitride materials are widely used in many fields, and China accounts for more than half of the world's gallium reserves. Now that domestic gallium nitride material technology has achieved great results, there will definitely be many companies and enterprises around the world that will send in production orders for gallium nitride devices.

The main purpose of announcing the approximate selling price at this time is to let the outside world know that they have indeed mastered the gallium nitride technology.

High-quality gallium nitride films can be produced at a lower cost.

You should know that Shin-Etsu in Japan still believes that the domestic gallium nitride device radar is produced at extremely high cost.

Just to make them face the reality.

Although Jia Yueguang and Liang Zhanjun are not experts in the field of materials, after listening to Xu Yuan's words, they quickly understood the significance behind this approach.

Suddenly a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

"This is a good approach because it lets overseas countries know that we have mastered such advanced technology and there is no need to accept their invitation for cooperation."

"Once this matter is made public, I'm afraid many semiconductor organizations will be shocked."

Liang Zhanjun agreed very much. He took over Jia Yueguang's words and nodded and smiled in agreement.

The few people had basically finalized the result of their conversation about the cooperation on the online radar project. Considering that Xu Yuan had to return to Luyang Quantum Innovation Institute, Jia Yueguang and Liang Zhanjun did not stay any longer, said a few words of blessing and farewell, and turned to leave.

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It has to be said that the domestic attitude towards this international project invitation was very tough.

And instead of keeping a low profile like before, every word in his response was filled with these two words.

confidence.

Almost on the same day that the news of the Northrop radar cooperation reached China and caused heated discussions among netizens, the official issued an official announcement to respond to the matter.

The announcement emphasized that domestic radar technology is now very mature.

There are no plans for further research at this time.

Therefore, we will not participate in any international joint research and development.

In addition, he also joked about Northrop, saying that if they really couldn't develop gallium nitride radar, they could send people to ask for advice and learn.

Appropriate guidance can be given here.

You have to know that Northrop Grumman is the world's largest radar manufacturer.

When did you ever ask your competitors for advice on radar research?

It's almost like saying you're no good.

One can imagine how depressed Northrop would be when it saw this response.

Not long after this announcement was released, the Electronic Technology Group also provided further explanation on gallium nitride materials.

Announced that the production technology of gallium nitride devices has become very mature.

Other companies are welcome to place orders. More importantly, the price of gallium nitride given by it is much lower than the generally accepted price in the market.

It can be said that the price of gallium nitride materials has been effectively brought down.

As the relevant news fermented, regardless of the reaction overseas, domestic netizens were already excited.

In addition to cheering for such a strong response, we are even more happy about the reduction in the cost of gallium nitride.

After all, although most people don’t know much about gallium nitride, they know that it can improve charging speed, and they will be able to experience real convenience in the future.

So before the first hot search had faded away, several new ones immediately popped up.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Internet has not been so excited for a long time.

For this reason, even Weibo had to be on high alert, with programmers guarding the backend for fear that the website would crash or cause problems.

Although it is relatively stable for the time being, it is hard not to break out in a cold sweat when seeing the number of comments growing at a rocket-like rate.

"It's so cool, I have to support it now."

"That's how it should be. Why should they cooperate whenever they want? Times have changed."

"From now on, offense and defense can be changed. It's really exciting!"

"I wonder if Northrop Military Industries will really send someone to come here to learn from us. Just thinking about it, I can feel that the scene will definitely be very exciting."

"I never thought that our gallium nitride technology has become so mature."

"To be honest, as someone working in the semiconductor industry, when I saw that gallium nitride materials could be priced at this price, I almost thought that I was still asleep. I couldn't even think about it."

"It is basically certain that the price of gallium nitride will shock semiconductor material companies around the world."

"When they rejected our participation in the International Space Station project, they probably didn't expect this day to come."

"Let alone what happened today, they must have regretted it when our Tiangong Space Station was built. They just chose to ignore it for the sake of saving face."

……

Ever since the red-headed J-20 equipped with gallium nitride radar made its debut, this matter has become a topic of concern to the whole world. It can be said that the popularity and discussion are both at the top level.

In this case, overseas media will definitely not miss it.

Therefore, all subsequent developments are being closely followed and reported accordingly as soon as possible.

The time difference between Dongjing and Yanjing is not much.

So soon, Japan saw the selling price of gallium nitride materials.

Ordinary people might not react much, but when companies and institutions that are also researching gallium nitride materials see this, they are basically dumbfounded and stand there in shock.

The company that responded the most was undoubtedly Shin-Etsu, a leader in the materials field.

"This is the high-cost gallium nitride material you mentioned. Now open your eyes and take a closer look."

"How stupid!"

At the headquarters of Shin-Etsu Chemical, in the president's office, Keita Takezawa had a gloomy face and was filled with anger.

He stood up and threw a document at Haratani Shinobu, scolded him mercilessly, then sat back in his seat and tried to calm down as much as possible.

You can see that he is really angry at this moment.

Shinobu Haratani was drinking tea in her office today when she was suddenly called over by the president's men. She thought there was some work assignment to be assigned to her and attached great importance to the opportunity to appear in front of the president.

But I never expected that as soon as I pushed the door open and walked in, the president's gloomy face came into my sight.

Before he could ask what was happening, he saw a document coming straight at him.

He stood there in a daze, completely forgetting to hide.

Even though he was very confused at the time and had no idea what had happened to make the president so angry, he had to follow the president's orders.

Then he didn't take the initiative to ask anything, but just bent down and picked up the documents that fell on the ground.

Then he opened the document and lowered his eyes to the contents on the paper.

At first he didn't think much of it, but when the above information came into his eyes, his eyes widened instantly, and his pupils looked as if an earthquake had just occurred.

I can't believe the stuff above.

After a pause of nearly ten seconds, he finally came to his senses and hurriedly asked Keita Takezawa in front of him.

"President."

"The data in this document does not seem to be true. How could there be gallium nitride materials at this price?"

“Even if we achieve a breakthrough in gallium nitride technology, it is impossible to achieve such a low cost price.”

“Where does the data come from?”

Shinobu Haratani has always been confident, especially in things that are within his own knowledge.

He was responsible for the research of gallium nitride technology and was well aware of the cost of producing high-quality gallium nitride films.

Take the substrate material technology they are currently researching. Even if it is successful and can be put into use, its cost price will only decrease, and the yield rate of the film will only be improved.

But what did he see from the document in his hand now?
The data given above shows that the selling price is actually lower than the theoretical cost price of their substrate material technology.

Taking into account factors such as profit, that is, the cost in the document, is completely beyond imagination.

If they face such competitors, Shin-Etsu can basically give up the gallium nitride field.

After all, he didn't believe that anyone would do business at a loss.

That is why he believes that the data in the document is false.

However, before he could be happy about his discovery, he raised his eyes and suddenly noticed the president's face, which seemed to have become even gloomier.

Seeing this, he almost subconsciously chose to shut up immediately and give the right to speak back to Keita Takezawa.

Perhaps considering that he was in his own office and there were company employees working outside, Keita Takezawa was able to control his emotions in the end and did not explode directly because of Haratani Shinobu's words.

Of course, when he spoke, he didn't give Haratani Shinobu any good look at all.

"How dare you ask where the data comes from? This is the latest price of gallium nitride announced by China today."

“This is the high-cost gallium nitride material developed by the mathematical genius you mentioned.”

"I really should take my brain out, wash it, and put it back in."

As Keita Takezawa explained the source of these data, Shinobu Haratani felt like he was hit on the head with a stick.

My brain froze for a moment. I couldn't believe that the data in the file was actually real.

This time it took him more than ten seconds to come back to his senses.

Then he blurted out something subconsciously.

"How is it possible to have gallium nitride at such a low price? Is it possible that the technology they have conquered is so much ahead of ours?"

All I can say is that based on his understanding of gallium nitride materials, being able to achieve the cost price he thought was already a very good technical achievement, but he didn't expect it to be so different from others.

This is like a difficult math test. After finishing it, you may feel that 80 points is already very good.

After the results were announced, others got full marks directly.

There is absolutely no comparison.

Faced with such a result, Haratani Shinobu couldn't help but think back to the views he had expressed at the meeting two days ago.

It is believed that as a mathematician, Xu Yuan's achievements in the field of materials are definitely limited.

He said that the gallium nitride radars carried by the two red-headed J-20s must have been produced through a large number of experiments and at high cost, and mass production is simply impossible.

But now it seems that this only proves his own stupidity.

No wonder the president was so angry.

In this situation, even though he wanted to say something, he swallowed the words back when they reached his lips.

I could only remain silent and wait for Keita Takezawa's decision.

At this moment, Keita Takezawa's emotions gradually calmed down. After all, things have become a foregone conclusion, and they cannot prevent gallium nitride devices of this price from appearing on the market.

The key is to actively think about countermeasures, at least to ensure that the company's previous investment will not be wasted.

You know, they have invested a lot in laboratories to research gallium nitride technology.

Today, the technology has not yet been fully mastered, but gallium nitride with higher quality and lower price has already appeared on the market. In simple terms, there is no market share that can belong to them.

But what if we abandon the gallium nitride project and ask the relevant laboratories to stop research?

It means that all previous efforts have been in vain.

Having caused the company to suffer such a huge loss during his tenure, the situation will probably not be better in the future.

His thought stayed here, and he raised his gaze again and looked at the helpless Haratani Shinobu in front of him.

"Haratani-kun, I want your assurance."

"Can we develop the production technology of gallium nitride materials at this price?"

Keita Takezawa knew very well that the only way to change the situation was to acquire the same technology at home.

At that time, gallium nitride devices with the same price will be qualified to seize the semiconductor materials market.

Even if there is a delay in the launch time.

When Haratani Shinobu heard what Takezawa Keita said, he was unable to react for a moment.

At present, they have not even mastered the higher-cost production technology, so how can they compete with others in terms of price?

Although this is indeed what he hopes to see, he dare not make the relevant guarantees.

After a slight struggle in his mind, he chose to tell the truth.

"President."

"At present, we still have some difficulties in gallium nitride substrate material technology that have not been successfully overcome. In this case, I cannot guarantee when we can achieve further progress."

"Perhaps only if Xu Jun can be invited here."

Keita Takezawa understood the situation very well. It seemed that neither a technological breakthrough nor recruiting Xu Yuan was possible.

But what needs to be done must be done.

Finally he sighed, retracted his gaze and lowered his eyes, making new arrangements for Haratani Shinobu's work.

"In that case, you should temporarily suspend your responsibility for the research on gallium nitride technology."

"Yes, President." Haratani Shinobu nodded vigorously in response.

Compared with Shin-Etsu's huge defeat in the field of gallium nitride, Northrop Grumman's reaction after receiving the reply was much greater.

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(End of this chapter)