Orion Crest, Series_1

Chapter 164: Sincerity

　　The experiments at the Sarote Research Institute were proceeding on schedule, and these days Orion was too busy dealing with business at the Gordon Institute for Computational Materials that he didn't pay much attention to anything else.

　　But what he hadn't expected was to see his name in the news the week after the symposium, alongside lithium-sulphur batteries and hollow carbon spheres.

　　The article gave an overview of that symposium on lithium-sulfur batteries, rather than using any gimmicky headlines or words, just a brief quote from the professors about lithium-sulfur batteries.

　　And one of them, naturally, is Orion.

　　Recently, the market is extremely sensitive to the word new energy, especially Orion's own views, the impact is particularly obvious.

　　Even a few quotes will be highlighted and interpreted.

　　After reading the article, Orion was also quite surprised.

　　It was unknown who had released the news without informing him.

　　But in fact, it doesn't matter, theoretical things, have not heard of anyone who researched it and hid it, not to mention that the things discussed at the meeting can't even talk about the fruits.

　　Putting other things aside for the moment, there are some people who agree with Orion's R&D direction of hollow carbon spheres, but there are also some people who criticise it.

　　Those in favour believe that hollow carbon spheres, as a very promising direction in carbon sulfur composites, although it has a lot of black spots of its own, if those problems can be solved, it could be the key to solving the shuttle effect.

　　Critics argue that Orion should not have made such a public statement before significant results were available. It is irresponsible to use one's influence to publicly support a technology that is not yet mature.

　　In fact, Orion is quite helpless.

　　It's true what he said, but it's not his fault for spreading it.

　　Of course, the voices of criticism were still small, and hadn't grown to the point of attracting his attention. And there were far more worthwhile things waiting for him than what others were saying about him.

　　In the second week after Matt and Bob left, the first batch of lab equipment was already in place.

　　What Orion didn't expect was that not only these experimental equipments, but also the CEO of Umicore, Mr Carodit, arrived at the Gordon University laboratory building together.

　　At the entrance of Gordon university lab building, this Belgian with a happy face, extended his right hand warmly from a long distance, and greeted him with big strides.

　　"My dear friend, nice to see you again, how have you been lately?"

　　With the patent of the modified PDMS material, Umicore's recent performance in the overseas market could be as cheerful as the expression on his face.

　　In order to enter this field, their old rivals BASF Group and Nichia Chemical had to obediently pay a high "entrance fee".

　　Both on the stock market and on the materials market, Umicore was in good shape. Especially BASF Group, forced by the pressure brought by the irreplaceability of lithium anode materials, so much so that they had to give up the lawsuit against Umicore jointly with the Argonne National Laboratory of the U.S. on the patent of ternary batteries.