Next to Jin Ling University.
It was still the same cafe.
Chen Yushan had been working in Jinling for the past few days. After she received a call from Lu Zhou, she arranged to meet him here. On the other hand, Lu Zhou had fulfilled his promise to treat her to a meal the day before yesterday.
"Your laboratory director was interviewed by the FBI?"
Lu Zhou took a sip of coffee and nodded solemnly. He then said, "Yeah, I received an email from him this morning. He told me in the email."
"Then let's get rid of him as soon as possible." Chen Yushan held the steaming hot coffee in her hands and said, "This is good for both you and Professor Sarrot."
Lu Zhou thought for a bit and said, "I don't quite understand."
Chen Yushan: "Understand what?"
Lu Zhou: "The research projects in Sarrot's laboratory don't involve sensitive content. Most of the more troublesome experiments are done at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study … If that's the case, even if the FBI or CIA is investigating me, what can they find?"
Chen Yushan: "They don't have to find anything. Whether it's evidence or witnesses, they can create them."
Create them?
Lu Zhou had a thoughtful look on his face.
Chen Yushan looked at Lu Zhou seriously and said in a serious tone, "Anyway, I'll help you contact a few suitable buyers. I'm sure a lot of people would be interested in a Nobel Prize winner's laboratory. It shouldn't be a problem to sell it for a good price. "
Lu Zhou: "Then I'll leave it to you … Oh yeah."
Chen Yushan: "What?"
Lu Zhou looked at the coffee in her hands and asked curiously.
"Speaking of which, haven't you always been an ice cream drinker? Why are you suddenly drinking hot drinks today? "
He had been curious about this ever since he ordered.
However, for some reason, after hearing his words, Chen Yushan's cheeks suddenly turned red, and her voice stuttered a little.
"Can't I have a change?"
Seeing her big reaction, Lu Zhou was also stunned.
"It's nothing … I'm just a little curious. If it's not convenient, then forget it."
"It's not that I don't mind, it's just that I …" Chen Yushan rubbed her knees together shyly. Her eyes drifted to the side and she quickly whispered, "I'm here, I can't drink anything cold."
Lu Zhou: "…?"
Although he didn't know what she was talking about, he had a feeling that the topic was heading in a strange direction …
…
After talking to Chen Yushan, Lu Zhou made a decision about Sarrot's laboratory.
To be honest, when he made this decision, his mood was a little complicated.
Although he had always been very careful not to let politics interfere with his research, now it seemed that this was impossible.
Even if he didn't take the initiative to look for trouble, trouble would come knocking on his door.
According to Chen Yushan's suggestion, from today on, Star Sky Technology's North America operations would only retain the necessary management departments and relevant legal teams to ensure that the patent rights could be protected.
As for the research and development department, it would be transferred to a neutral country or a third country with lower political risks.
They hired professionals to evaluate the assets of Sarrot's laboratory. After that, Star Sky Technology announced the transfer of the laboratory to the industry.
Just like Chen Yushan expected, he received 11 offers for Sarrot's laboratory on the same day.
Among them were his old partners, Belgium's Umicore, as well as international chemical giants such as Nichia, Dow, and BASF. There was also ExxonMobil, which used to compete with him on the lithium-sulfur battery cathode materials project.
These companies all had business needs for materials, so their offers were quite impressive.
After some comparison, Lu Zhou finally chose the rich ExxonMobil.
Because of this matter, the CEO of ExxonMobil, Woods, flew to China and met with Lu Zhou in Jinling.
Actually, the CEO originally wanted to talk to Lu Zhou in Los Angeles.
However, Lu Zhou just said, "Come or not, if you don't like it, then so be it." This immediately made him compromise …
Just like that, the location of the negotiation was set in Jinling.
With the help of Chen Yushan, Lu Zhou raised the original US $45 million offer to US $50 million.
US $50 million wasn't a lot; it was almost the price of a private jet. However, for Lu Zhou, who had just spent a lot of money on the stock market, it was a lot of money.
In fact, even though he didn't spend a lot of money, his expenses were actually quite high.
Not only did he have thousands of researchers and research assistants at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, but he also had nearly a hundred ongoing scientific research projects.
Especially the research on carbon-based chips and Hall-effect thrusters. These were all bottomless pits of money. Even though the state's research funding alleviated some of the pressure on his research projects, most of the research projects that involved patents were still funded by him.
In addition to the US $50 million, Lu Zhou also included a seemingly useless carbon nanosphere patent in the transfer agreement.
Even though he didn't have any plans for lithium-air batteries, ExxonMobil still stole the nanosphere from him through unfair means.
Now that he got it back, it could be considered as returning it to its rightful owner.
Speaking of which, there was actually a small incident.
When Woods found out that Lu Zhou was interested in the carbon nanosphere patent, he didn't plan on selling it at first.
However, when he saw how easily Lu Zhou gave up on this idea and increased the price by US $1 million, Woods immediately changed his mind.
A useless patent was worthless.
Instead of delaying the transfer of Sarrot's laboratory for a million US $1 million, it was better to make use of it. After all, in his opinion, the patent wasn't worth US $1 million at all …
The final transfer agreement was finalized, and the two parties agreed on a signing time at the Jinling Hilton Hotel at eight o 'clock in the evening.
When Woods was signing, he had a pained expression on his face.
However, the second Lu Zhou signed his name, his expression suddenly changed. The pained expression on his face disappeared, and he put away his contract with a smile on his face.
"Happy cooperation!" Woods enthusiastically shook Lu Zhou's hand and had the happiest smile on his face.
"Happy cooperation, my old subordinates are all very capable. Remember to treat them well, or I'll think about poaching them back … You seem to be in a good mood, right? Looks like my asking price is a bit low, "said Lu Zhou as he let go of Woods' hand.
"Of course not. In fact, my heart is very heavy, very heavy … But we have to look forward, right? " Woods laughed and patted Lu Zhou on the shoulder. After he got the contract, he was too lazy to act anymore. He said, "Do you want to get a drink together? I know a good bar, it's not far from here. "
Obviously, 50 million was lower than ExxonMobil's expectations, and they thought they made a lot of money …
At least that was what they thought.
Lu Zhou put away his contract and thought for a bit. He shook his head and said, "No, I have something to do tonight."
"Date?"
"Experiment."
Woods sighed helplessly and said, "Well, it seems that you are a man without a nightlife … To be honest, my friend, you have made so much money. Have you ever considered spending some time and money on yourself and enjoying your life?"
Lu Zhou said nonchalantly, "I enjoy the experiment, both the results and the process."
Woods shrugged and said, "That's a shame, looks like I'll have to drink myself."
After the negotiation ended, Lu Zhou left the Hilton Hotel with Wang Peng.
He sat in the black sedan and looked at the contract in his hand. He then took out his phone and sent an email to Sarrot, who was waiting for the negotiation result.
[The negotiation is successful, your new owner is ExxonMobil.]
After waiting for about three minutes, he received a reply from an email.
There was only one word in the email.
[Thank you …]
Lu Zhou smiled and replied.
[You're welcome.]
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