Lu Zhou chose mission 2 and exited the system space. His consciousness returned to reality.
Lu Zhou stood up from his desk and was about to go to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee when he heard Xiao Tong's surprised voice coming from the living room.
"Brother! You're on TV! "
"TV?"
Lu Zhou walked in front of the TV and looked at the screen.
The screen was showing the scene of the Crafoord Prize awarding ceremony. He received the medal from the King of Sweden, and the narrator introduced him personally.
Then, the scene changed to a certain university laboratory.
Professor Kerr was being interviewed by a Colombian TV reporter. He spoke in an excited tone.
"… Maybe in half a year, maybe in a year, you'll be able to use a smartphone for a week. In a few years, you'll be able to see a Tesla with a range of thousands of kilometers … Trust me, I'm definitely better than you guys. "
The interview continued.
It went on for a full two minutes before the next piece of news came out.
Lu Zhou turned around and saw that Xiao Tong was looking at him with sparkling eyes. He was slightly stunned.
"… What's wrong?"
Xiao Tong asked excitedly, "Brother! What's that patent? "
Oh, not bad at English.
He could even understand the gist of it?
Lu Zhou looked at his sister and said, "It's related to lithium batteries. It's related to materials science. You wouldn't understand even if I told you."
"Patent?" Xiao Tong's eyes lit up as she asked, "Is it worth a lot of money?"
This little miser!
She only cares about money. Knowledge is the wealth of civilization, can it be measured by money?
Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head.
Honestly speaking, he did not know how much it was worth.
However, this technology was critical, so it should be worth a lot of money.
"Do you want to know?"
Xiao Tong nodded curiously and said, "Yeah!"
"Study hard if you want to know. When you're capable, help me manage my money, then you'll know how much these patents are worth. "
However, all he could do was watch.
Lu Zhou laughed and walked toward the computer desk. He ignored Xiao Tong's protests and walked toward the computer desk.
It's so exciting to show off and then run.
…
Originally, Lu Zhou thought that a thesis wouldn't bring much of a change to his daily life.
When he proved Goldbach's conjecture and won the Crafoord Prize, the media coverage made his name widely known. However, it did not affect his life much. At least when he walked on the street, no one came to shake his hand.
This was why Lu Zhou did not refuse to be interviewed.
However, this was the reason why Lu Zhou did not refuse to be interviewed.
For the public, who didn't know the difference between lithium batteries and lithium-ion batteries, it didn't cause as much of a sensation as Goldbach's conjecture. However, for the entire battery industry, this thesis caused a crazy sensation …
Although it wasn't to the extent where people would hold his hand and ask for his autograph on the street, his phone rang non-stop all day long.
"Hello, Professor Lu Zhou, we are Silicon Valley's Jer Mason Nanomaterials Co., Ltd. We are very interested in the modified PDMS film technology you published in Nature Chemistry. Are you interested in cooperating with our laboratory?"
They were here to talk about cooperation again …
After the call was connected, Lu Zhou pinched his eyebrows and said with a headache expression.
"I'm sorry, I'm very busy right now. I still have to assign tasks to my students later. If it's something important, you can say it more clearly. If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up. "
Hearing that Lu Zhou's tone was a little impatient, the other side quickly spoke.
"It's like this. We have a cooperative research and development agreement with Umicore on electrode materials. If you plan to sell your patents, we can help you get a higher price through our research and development agreement —"
After hanging up the phone, Lu Zhou turned off his phone and threw it on the sofa. He then got up and went to the kitchen. He took out two eggs from the fridge and began to prepare breakfast.
This was the 16th phone call he had received since Nature and Science highlighted his article.
To be honest, if the industry recognized this technology, Lu Zhou would be happy to license it to a reliable company in exchange for a certain amount of return.
After all, it would be impossible for him to produce it himself. Laboratory preparation and industrial production were two completely different concepts. Even if the patent fees could give him a certain cost advantage, Lu Zhou clearly understood that this advantage would definitely not be able to make up for a series of disadvantages in production experience, raw material channels, product research and development, etc.
If he had time to worry about these things, he might as well do something else.
The best choice was to license the patent to a relevant company and collect a certain amount of patent fees.
However, he could consider registering an offshore company in a place like the Cayman Islands and hire a few experts to do patent management.
As for setting up a factory, forget about it.
However, what gave Lu Zhou a headache was that most of these calls were from places like "Massachusetts Institute of Technology XX Materials Science Laboratory" and "Silicon Valley XX Materials Technology R&D Company". Most of the issues discussed were patent cooperation.
However, when he asked about the content of the cooperation, they all wanted to be second-hand dealers.
However, the problem was that Lu Zhou was not stupid. He had the initiative.
He knew the value of his patent, and this value was irreplaceable. When the time came, there would naturally be people from the company who would discuss licensing matters with him. There was no need for a research institute to make a profit.
Xiao Tong rubbed his sleepy eyes and walked out of his bedroom in pajamas. He yawned and asked, "Brother, who were you talking to?"
"Nothing, just an insurance salesman."
"Nothing, just an insurance salesman."
Lu Zhou placed the egg and bacon sandwich on the table. He poured a glass of milk for Xiao Tong and spoke casually.
Xiao Tong sat at the table in a daze and said, "But I heard you talking about patent."
This guy, he's not even awake yet, but his ears are quite sharp.
Lu Zhou: "…"
Seeing how his brother didn't speak, Xiao Tong rolled his eyes and suggested, "If you can't make up your mind, why don't you ask Sister Shanshan? She's an MBA student from the University of Pennsylvania, this kind of thing should be easy for her. "
Lu Zhou looked at Xiao Tong in surprise and asked, "Where did you hear about her major?"
He remembered that he never told this little guy what Chen Yushan studied.
Xiao Tong rolled his eyes and said, "We chatted on WeChat. Speaking of which, did you forget that I studied finance? Sister Shanshan gave me a lot of useful advice. "
Lu Zhou: "… I'll ask her when necessary."
After taking a bite of the delicious sandwich, Xiaotong sighed and shook her head like an old man. While chewing, she mumbled, "So, as a man, you have to take the initiative. Don't wait until the time comes … Ouch! What are you doing, it hurts! "
Xiao Tong, who was knocked on the forehead, covered his head and looked at Lu Zhou with a wronged expression.
Lu Zhou knew that he did not use any force at all, so he glared at the little guy.
"What's going on in your head at such a young age?"
Lu Zhou didn't care how pitiful the little guy was looking at him. He made breakfast for the little guy and went back to the kitchen.
Lu Zhou took his sandwich and sat down in front of the computer table. He logged into his email as usual before he started working.
Coincidentally, there was an unread email in his inbox.
Lu Zhou was about to throw it into the trash when his hand holding the mouse suddenly stopped.
MRS conference invitation?
He raised his eyebrows and had a look of interest on his face.
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