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Chapter 310: 310 Bad Taste Chapter 310: 310 Bad Taste For safety, under Chen Xu’s arrangement, Cai Weiyi borrowed equipment from the best laboratory in the city and repeated the experiments several times before he wrote a paper and submitted it to an international journal.

First, he submitted it to “Chemical Reviews,” which had the largest impact factor in the chemistry category. According to his expectations, such a significant discovery should be accepted.

However, not long after, he received a rejection notice. Looking at the timing of the rejection, he estimated that it didn’t even pass the initial review.

Undeterred, he submitted it to “Nature Chemistry,” which was a sub-journal of the renowned “Nature” magazine.

It was still rejected, and even faster this time.

He was a bit stunned, and had no choice but to approach his boss.

“Since it can’t pass through international journals, why not submit it to domestic ones?” Chen Xu clearly anticipated this outcome and wasn’t very surprised.

Those top international journals aren’t easily navigated. Most importantly, this laboratory wasn’t well-known, and Cai Weiyi had never published in an international journal before, basically an unknown.

Although Chen Xu had already registered the patent, he concealed the specific production method. Without such a crucial detail, the chance of acceptance was very low.

He too was just trying his luck, thinking that it would be great if it was accepted, but it wouldn’t have a big impact if it wasn’t.

“But…” Cai Weiyi felt reluctant; such a significant discovery, being published in a top international journal compared to a domestic one, was an entirely different concept.

Chen Xu saw through his thoughts and smiled, “Do you think this paper deserves to be in the topmost journals?”

“Of course, it’s a discovery significant enough to change the entire battery industry.”

“Well, if such journals don’t publish this paper, it’s their loss.” Chen Xu patted his shoulder, “Regardless of whether it’s published abroad or domestically, it won’t affect the weight of this paper.”

Cai Weiyi still felt disappointed. Those were top journals, and publishing a paper there could hugely elevate his status. Not to exaggerate, but with such a credential, he could also gain the reputation of an expert.

Despite his reluctance, he didn’t lose his reason. Although he was the primary author of this paper, he had hardly contributed much, just a name.

And so, having no strong foundation, he could only follow his boss’s advice and submitted the paper to the best domestic journal.

When he did so, he felt as if his heart was bleeding.

This was purely a case of casting pearls before swine.

Not long after, the paper was published smoothly.

When Cai Weiyi received the journal’s notification, his heart felt a bit melancholic, missing an opportunity to publish in a top journal like that.

Originally, he could only dream about such an opportunity, yet it had come his way and he had missed it.

He felt this could become a lifelong regret.

Soon, he didn’t have time for sorrow. The laboratory’s phone was ringing off the hook.

It was all companies and laboratories calling to inquire about the electrolyte solution that could solve the lithium dendrite problem, allowing Cai Weiyi to truly realize the significance of his discovery.

All morning, Cai Weiyi was on the phone, his ears hurt from holding the phone and his mouth dry from talking, unable to bear it anymore, he had his assistants take turns answering the calls.

Then, he quickly contacted his boss.

Chen Xu said to him, “Invite them over for a demonstration, seeing is believing. Set it a week from now. Oh, and also send invitations to the largest international battery companies. Whether they come or not doesn’t matter. Yes, I will send someone to assist you.”

Cai Weiyi, reassured by Chen Xu’s instructions, felt more at ease.

Soon, the person sent by his boss arrived to assist him, a stunningly beautiful woman, whom everyone around her called Secretary Jin.

Hearing this address, he inwardly gasped; such a high-caliber beauty, to be just a secretary?

At that moment, he was extremely envious of his boss, who had another stunning companion beside him after the last one.

At this point, he truly understood the meaning behind the saying, “It’s good to be rich.”

Whenever he interacted with Secretary Jin, he behaved very politely, even a bit nervously. Who knew what her relationship with the boss was?

It had to be said, the arrival of Secretary Jin was a huge help to him. She organized the presentation event meticulously, sparing him any concern. He just needed to focus on preparing his speech for the conference.

Well, nominally, he was the head of the laboratory, and he would definitely be the one to deliver this report.

Thinking about it made him extremely nervous and excited. How many people would attend, would those major companies and the industry experts he could only look up to be present?

He became extremely nervous just thinking about speaking in front of so many people.

…

Before he knew it, a week had passed.

“There are quite a lot of people coming.”

In a guest room, Chen Xu sat on the sofa, observing the venue through surveillance. Luo Xiyun was sitting next to him.

Today was a very important day, the real starting point of Chen Xu’s future career. Luo Xiyun, having just resigned from Wanhua Company, understood this and had followed him.

Luo Xiyun was looking through a document on a tablet, and upon hearing him, looked up and said, “This invention could change the industry landscape, a market worth nearly a trillion. It’s no surprise it would cause such a sensation.”

Chen Xu chuckled, “I bet, most people here don’t believe the contents of that paper. There will definitely be a lot of skepticism.”

Luo Xiyun said, “If you had included the method of producing the electrolyte in the paper, you could have got it through an international journal. Then no one would question it and today’s audience could have been ten times more.”

“I did it on purpose,” Chen Xu said proudly. “It’s their loss for failing to see an invention of such weight. Moreover, why should I give foreign battery manufacturers a head start by making it easier for them, isn’t that like aiding the enemy? The benefits should, of course, prioritize domestic companies first.”

Luo Xiyun looked at him with some amusement. It had been over two months since that dream. During this time, she felt that Chen Xu had become more childlike and even a bit mischievous, sometimes making her not know whether to laugh or cry.

Like now, making something simple way more complicated by adding unnecessary twists and turns.

However, honestly speaking, Chen Xu was a lot more interesting now than before.

She changed the subject, “It looks like your lab head is very nervous.”

“It’s normal to be nervous; among the attendees today, many are industry experts, even including academicians. He’s definitely not used to such an event.”

“Will he be able to handle it?”

“We’ll know soon enough.” Chen Xu was unconcerned; if Cai Weiyi performed too poorly, someone else could take over in future events.

Today, having attracted so many representatives from the industry, he had already succeeded.

Chen Xu asked, “What about you, any problems with funding?”

Luo Xiyun shook her head and said, “I’ve withdrawn all the family funds my mother left me; it’s enough for the initial investment.”

After resigning from Wanhua Company, she had started her own audio-visual equipment company, planning to make a push into VR equipment.

Seeing that she didn’t mention her father, Chen Xu knew that her conflict with Luo Zhenghai wasn’t fully resolved, mostly likely still because of him.

However, he didn’t bring it up and instead said, “If you run into any issues with hardware manufacturing, come find me.”

Luo Xiyun replied, “Who needs you? I can handle it myself.”

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