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Chapter 1165 - 921: Relearning Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry

Chapter 1165: Chapter 921: Relearning Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry

PS: The draft is still not revised! Later----

Over ninety percent of the high-end equipment in laboratories is imported, which is not only the case for Sanbo Hospital’s labs but for the entire domestic scene. High-end laboratory instruments are firmly controlled by Europe and America, and it is difficult to even find domestic manufacturers for compatible components, let alone whole machines.

To develop scientific and technological advancements, experimental instruments and equipment are tools. Without these experimental devices, advancing science remains merely a fantasy. Currently, the majority of the research achievements by Nobel Prize winners rely on these cutting-edge tools.

Thus, cutting-edge laboratory instruments and equipment are a critically important link in the development of science and technology; if this link is disrupted, it is akin to choking the neck of scientific research.

At this moment, all the high-end machines in Sanbo Hospital’s Stem Cell Laboratory, Tumor Laboratory, and Skin Expansion Research Laboratory had turned into piles of scrap metal, forcing experiments to halt immediately.

The situation caught Tang Shun entirely off guard, initially assuming that his experimental equipment had malfunctioned. However, when he realized that it wasn’t just one device that had gone off, but all of them, he recognized the severity of the situation.

All three laboratories were in the midst of conducting experiments. If the systems crashed, not only would the experiments be unable to proceed, but the cells involved in ongoing experiments could die or become uncontrollable due to the loss of various set experimental conditions.

As Tang Shun was about to report to Yang Ping, Huang Jiacai from Ruixing Medical called to explain the situation: it was the experimental equipment supplier remotely destroying the system, advising them not to panic, to immediately take measures to protect the experimental cells. Ruixing’s engineering team would enter the laboratory to reflash the software, which would take about a week. After the reflash, all machines could work again.

However, the in-house developed software might have some minor issues and might not be as user-friendly as the previous software, but the engineering team would remain on-site 24 hours to promptly address any minor issues and fix any bugs that arose in the software.

Yang Ping wasn’t very surprised by this news. He knew this day would eventually come. When competition reached a certain level, and someone’s monopoly was threatened, these tactics were expected. Using imported instruments was a temporary solution. Developing such high-end devices took time, and in the absence of domestic alternatives, using imported equipment for normal operations was the only option.

But Yang Ping knew that depending on others for such fundamental resources was like building skyscrapers on sand — they could be destroyed at any moment.

Now that day had arrived. Fortunately, at this time, Ruixing Medical already had their own alternative products ready for use. Although not perfect, they were sufficient to ensure that experiments could proceed normally.

In 2018, a Bruker nuclear magnetic resonance instrument at Peking University Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center malfunctioned. Peking University’s management issued a service request to the instrument’s foreign manufacturer. However, the manufacturer was extremely arrogant; they demanded a payment of 230,000 yuan for labor costs to begin repair preparations, and this fee was just for making a service call, excluding the actual repair costs. Whether or not the instrument could be repaired, the 230,000 yuan would not be refunded, and additional repair fees would be charged depending on the difficulty of the repair.

Faced with such unreasonable demands, Peking University promptly announced the termination of their cooperation with Bruker. However, the instrument still needed repairs. Subsequently, Peking University gathered top domestic experts in the field to study it, and after a long time, they ultimately failed to fix it. They discovered that not only were there no domestic manufacturers for the whole machine, but there were also no component manufacturers. Eventually, the instrument had to be set aside.

Without any prior contingency planning, Yang Ping might have found himself in an awkward situation, with no experiment instruments to carry out his experiments.

Fortunately, Huang Jiacai was a visionary. The funds accumulated during this period were not squandered; every penny was invested in this basic R&D. Supported by substantial funding from brother enterprises like Anning Group, Guo’s Wealth Group, and Changxin Mining, President Huang gathered top talents from both domestically and internationally, and established five research institutes in Beijing, Shanghai, Nandu, Wuhan, and Chongqing. Their research projects were all fundamental "neck-stuck" technologies, such as laboratory instruments and equipment.

Perseverance pays off. After various efforts, Ruixing had systematically mastered the hardware and software technologies of these basic devices. Although the mastery was only preliminary, it was better than none, certainly better than having nothing.

Technologically leapfrogging ahead was impossible; the only way forward was one step at a time, resolving one issue after another.

The technology threshold for high-end experimental instruments is very high, and the research on software systems for experimental equipment is particular. Huang Jiacai gathered more than six thousand excellent software engineers who spent countless days and nights tackling the difficult problems. Their in-house developed software was not yet as convenient as the imported machines; after all, it was still in the initial phase and had not undergone long-term market testing—having many small issues was inevitable.

The same goes for hardware. It involved numerous precise components and cutting-edge technologies. These technologies could not afford any falsity, and they had to be mastered little by little.

A tower made of sand; all technological obstacles had to be resolved before they could be pieced together to form a complete machine.

Machines newly produced certainly weren’t as reliable as mature imported products, but at least they filled a gap. Transitioning from nothing to something, from crude to refined, is a process.

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