"Professor Yang, thank you very much for your trust and support. Here is my business card. Please feel free to call me anytime if you need anything!" After signing the contract, Yang Yunhe was about to leave when the young girl, who seemed to be Vivian's assistant, handed him a business card!
Yang Yunhe glanced at the business card and found it very simple, with only a name, a title, and a phone number.
The title was Chief Designer of Caiwei, the name was Qu Yuan, followed by a terminal number. These were the only three pieces of information.
However, the business card itself seemed to be well-designed. It had a light yellow background with a few simple lines, giving it an unexpectedly high-class feel.
"What good is a business card?" Yang Yunhe carelessly tucked it into his pocket, then exchanged a few pleasantries with the two beautiful designers and left.
"Not even inviting me for a meal, how stingy!" Yang Yunhe grumbled to himself. He had finally come out of the research center and into the outside world, and had been hoping to eat something different from the cafeteria. Now, it seemed all his hopes were dashed.
Then, he would surely be taken back in the dedicated car, just as he had arrived. He would not be given any opportunity to interact with the outside world.
However, what Yang Yunhe didn't expect was that after he walked out of the building, although the Hongqi car that brought him was still there, the driver respectfully handed Yang Yunhe a set of keys and said, "Team Leader Yang, the institute asked me to tell you that you've worked hard recently. You can relax outside for a few days, and you've been given a week's vacation. Just remember to return to the center after a week!"
"Here are the keys to this car. You can use this car for transportation during this week. The car has a fuel card, and you can refuel at any gas station!"
"Additionally, there's a China National Aviation Holding membership card. You just need to show it to the counter staff, and you can take any flight you wish. You can also park the car at the airport and not worry about it. All our cars are in the airport's database, and parking fees will be settled by the company," the driver said.
"This is so sudden, how come I didn't know I had a week's vacation? Do you often give people surprise vacations like this?" Yang Yunhe was stunned and asked with a strange expression.
"Heh heh, I was surprised too. I've never encountered this kind of last-minute vacation before. However, this holiday was given by Director Tong. He personally called me just now, so you can rest assured!" the driver said seriously.
Yang Yunhe didn't say anything more. He had already been staying at the research center for quite some time and was a bit impatient. This unexpected vacation was simply wonderful for him.
So, Yang Yunhe bid farewell to the driver and drove the Hongqi sedan around the streets for several laps before finally calming his mood.
Then, Yang Yunhe wondered if he should take this opportunity to contact the Americans and discuss future plans.
However, Yang Yunhe quickly realized that this sudden week-long vacation might be a test from Jiangnan Group. Perhaps countless eyes were watching him right now, waiting to see if he would take advantage of this unexpected opportunity to make any external contact.
This was Wenzhou, the stronghold of the Jiangnan Group. Every word and action of his was likely escaping their notice.
Thinking of this, Yang Yunhe immediately abandoned all his unwarranted thoughts. He didn't even want to play around during his vacation. Instead, he wondered if he should return to the research center the next day to maintain his persona of being dedicated to learning and work.
Yang Yunhe thought seriously and decided to rest for one day in Wenzhou and return to work at the research center the very next day. He absolutely had to solidify his persona and must not fall into Jiangnan Group's trap.
In fact, Yang Yunhe was overthinking things. This vacation was genuinely given to him by Tong He on the spur of the moment, because Tong He was currently experiencing the greatest surprise of his life.
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"Director, all data is normal, perfectly matching our plan. We've finally succeeded!" In a large laboratory that Yang Yunhe was not qualified to enter, and even didn't know existed, a young researcher said. As he spoke, his face was covered in excited snot and tears, making it difficult to distinguish one from the other.
"We succeeded, we actually succeeded! Three years, and we finally succeeded!" Tong He himself was slumped on the ground like a boneless person, shouting loudly like a child, his composure not much better than the tear-streaked researcher.
In fact, the situation in the entire laboratory was similar. Most of the researchers were in a state of emotional breakdown.
After all, for anyone who had been working towards a goal for three years with no results, and then suddenly, success came out of nowhere, it was indeed not something that everyone could remain calm about.
So, what was it that drove Tong He and the researchers to such a frenzy?
At this moment, within the layered glass enclosures of the laboratory, a container held a large bowl of liquid. The liquid was golden yellow, looking just like gold.
Surrounding the entire liquid were six robotic arms, the most flexible robotic arms in the world, capable of performing all experimental tasks in the laboratory.
Clearly, this experiment could not be operated by human hands and required highly precise robotic arms. This also indicated the meticulous nature of these liquids.
"Everyone, get up. To be safe, let's run one more test!" Tong He spent a considerable amount of time calming himself down and then issued new orders to the researchers in the laboratory.
As Tong He gave his command, the researchers, who had been somewhat agitated, now all regained their focused composure and began to control various equipment with all their might.
"Energize sample Jia Shen 1478 with a voltage of 222V!" Tong He commanded. Then, a robotic arm inside the glass dome moved, and an electrode extended from its lower right corner, slowly inserting into the liquid and releasing current.
The next moment, an incredibly miraculous scene unfolded. Under the stimulation of the current, the originally golden yellow liquid rapidly turned black. Apart from this, no other changes seemed to be apparent.
"Confirm the state of sample Jia Shen 1478!" Tong He commanded. Another robotic arm also began to approach sample Jia Shen 1478, while extending a metal probe to make contact with the liquid surface of sample Jia Shen 1478.
Normally, this metal probe should have directly entered the liquid. However, the metal probe was blocked and stopped dead on the surface of sample Jia Shen 1478, because sample Jia Shen 1478 had already turned into a solid.
"Begin testing the properties of sample Jia Shen 1478!" Tong He took a deep breath and commanded again. Immediately, a full round of property testing began.
The first test was hardness. A robotic arm extended various drills from its interior, totaling nine different drills. The softest of these drills was silver, and the hardest was diamond. This was the best way to test the approximate hardness range of an object.
As a result, except for the diamond, which left a mark on the surface of sample Jia Shen 1478, the remaining probes left no trace. This rough experiment proved that the hardness of sample Jia Shen 1478 was basically at the same level as diamond, which was the highest grade of hardness among all substances.
Then came conductivity, ductility, heat resistance, and so on. Various tests were conducted consecutively, totaling over 60 different property tests, which lasted for a full six hours.
Finally, all these data were compiled and presented to Tong He. In fact, Tong He already had a copy of these data; it was the result of a test conducted not long ago.
This time was the second test, and the results of both tests were exactly the same. This almost proved that the properties of sample Jia Shen 1478 were very stable, and this result made Tong He's hands tremble.
These combined properties demonstrated that sample Jia Shen 1478, after solidification by electrification, had a hardness comparable to diamond, excellent conductivity, far superior to copper, which is the most conductive metal, had extremely low resistance, and possessed properties such as corrosion resistance and heat resistance. In short, it was a very perfect metal, suitable for various environments and uses.
However, in this regard, this metal did not seem to be anything special. Although its metallic properties were perfect, there were also metals with equally perfect properties.
Moreover, perfect metallic properties did not necessarily mean practicality. For example, the hardest thing in the world is diamond, but apart from cutting, diamond seemed to have no other use.
Therefore, based solely on the data from these experiments, sample Jia Shen 1478 was not worth the excitement of so many researchers in the entire laboratory. After all, there was a warehouse full of products with similar properties.
Until Tong He said, "Power off!"
Then, the current released by the electrode of the first robotic arm instantly disappeared. The sample Jia Shen 1478, which had exhibited extremely perfect metallic properties, immediately softened and turned back into a pool of golden yellow liquid, returning to its original appearance.
At this moment, everyone present could no longer suppress their rapid breathing. This was a solid-liquid metal, a genuine solid-liquid metal compound!
This magical material, which generally only existed in science fiction novels, had actually been created by them. They had succeeded, they had created an unprecedented miracle!
"This is worth at least 10 Nobel Prizes, or maybe 20 Huanghe Prizes!" many researchers mumbled in their hearts.
"Everyone, I have another idea!" Suddenly, Tong He spoke. "What do you think, if we don't apply 220V, but 100V, or 1000V, will 1478 still solidify? And will its solidified properties be the same as before?"
Tong He's question made everyone's bodies tremble once more.