Chapter 92 The company can do without anyone, but it can’t do without me
Metaverse Intelligent Control Headquarters.
Meng Qiuyan entered Lu An's office, sat down on the sofa in the lounge area, and immediately said: "Zhang Hezhi from the Human Resources Department reported to me that many companies have recently tried to poach us."
Meng Qiuyan first had bionic prosthetic products, and now he has developed an R1 robot that shocked the world.
Many companies, whether they are peers or not, are now trying to poach technical talents from Yuanjie Intelligent Control, but the outside world does not know that Lu An is the core source of technology.
Hearing this, Lu An was very calm.
Even if the company’s talents are poached, that’s it.
Yuanjie Intelligent Control can be turned around without anyone, but it cannot be turned around without Lu An, because he is the one who comes up with those black technologies.
After a while, Lu An said: "Just respond normally. You should retain talents as much as possible. If you can't retain them, you don't have to force them to leave. Whether you sign a competition agreement or a confidentiality agreement, as long as the procedures are in compliance."
Lu An is still very confident that it will be difficult for outsiders to poach people from under him, because outsiders may not understand, but the technical talents in the company are well known, and he is more of a subordinate for the boss, and is not as powerful as outsiders think.
The reason why the outside world thinks you are great is because you are in Yuanjie Intelligent Control. You participated in the project and had your name on the project.
In fact, the key technologies were all conquered by Lu An.
For these technical talents, Lu An really does not need them to have much creativity. The technology in his mind is enough for at least five hundred years.
What Lu An really needs is for them to help him.
After all, no matter how good he is, he has limited energy alone.
However, they are not required to create, but there is still a high threshold. Otherwise, how can we help them if they don’t even understand the technical principles?
Those outside organizations that want to poach people obviously need your creativity.
Many of the people who were poached knew their situation, so they all refused.
Because if you really leave the Yuanjie Intelligent Control, it will fulfill an Arabic proverb: Don't show your true ability at will, otherwise everyone will know that you have no ability.
Those who are poached by outsiders, basically no one will be interested.
What's more, the treatment of Yuanjie Intelligent Control is very high, and there are only a few people who can give the same treatment.
Lu An is not worried at all about other companies poaching his corner. Talents in the world are like crucian carp crossing the river. If anyone is missing, someone can make up for it.
He only needs to do one thing, and that is to ensure that the technology he has developed is not stolen by people who leave the company.
Lu An has long considered this. Each technician can only understand a small piece of the puzzle for a project, and some extremely critical core technologies are even known to Lu An himself.
In a sense, this is a powerful voice given by monopoly technology.
When many products with high technical barriers, especially many technologies with strategic value, cannot be used without Lu An, then no one can or dare to do anything to them easily.
Even if Lu An only holds 5% of the company's shares, no one dares to kick him out.
Because when Lu An masters the technology at a personal level and actually monopolizes the source of the technology, he actually has more powerful control and voice than equity.
The reason is very simple. Without me, you can’t survive. Without me, the company will be in trouble. Your irreplaceability makes your position in the company untouchable.
Lu An chose to deeply tie the company's core technology to himself, just to prevent some Tianlong people from saying "Grandpa, I want this" when the company becomes bigger in the future.
As long as Lu An is this irreplaceable in the company, it won't work even if you shout "Grandpa, I want this".
Because after Yuanjie Intelligent Control reaches a certain level, there will inevitably be more than one group of people sitting at the card table. You have a grandpa, and other people also have grandpas. If you forcefully pick peaches and overturn the table, you will offend everyone at the table, and they will definitely be attacked by a group of people.
As long as Lu An is irreplaceable, no matter how other forces play, or how many people at the card table change, he will always be firmly on the card table, because he is completely tied to the card table, and if he leaves the table, it means that the table will no longer exist.
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In the following days, Metaverse Intelligent Control released some videos related to the R1 robot from time to time.
The outside world's attention remains high, especially among netizens who are constantly discussing it.
It is worth mentioning that since the R1 robot came out with its shocking appearance, Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot, which was originally a big hit, has gradually become a roadside trend on the domestic Internet.
As the same saying goes, you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, but you are afraid of comparing goods.
The gap is always obvious. In fact, Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot is very competitive in this era, because the technical strength of other robot companies is far inferior to Boston Dynamics.
However, Metaverse Intelligent Control’s R1 robot came out. Compared with it, Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot is completely inferior.
At present, netizens are most concerned about what scenarios the R1 robot will be used in?
And what’s the price?
Do you have mass production capabilities?
This is not only something that the majority of netizens are very concerned about, but also many industry peers and investment circles. Even internationally, European countries are more concerned about the possibility of the application of Metaverse Intelligent Control's R1 robot in the military field.
However, Yuanjie Intelligent Control is just showing off its technical strength and has not responded directly to these issues.
Even the specific performance parameters have not been revealed, leaving it to the outside world to speculate on their own.
At present, the R1 robot does not have mass production capabilities because the super factory under its subsidiary Metaverse Manufacturing has not yet been completed and is not expected to be completed and put into production until around October.
And the battery aspect has not been solved yet.
But batteries are also developing rapidly, and the development progress of solid-state lattice battery technology has come to an end.
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At the end of the month.
In Laboratory No. 3 of Yuanjie Intelligent Control R&D Building.
The air in the laboratory is filled with the cold smell of ozone and ultra-pure argon gas, as well as a subtle smell of burnt metal belonging to high-energy vacuum equipment.
In a huge transparent isolation cover, the battery prototype numbered "Lattice No. 1" is quietly placed on a tight clamp.
Its shell is made of matte black composite ceramic, reflecting the white light of the shadowless lamp.
Lu An stood at the edge of the console wearing a special laboratory coat. His eyes penetrated the tempered glass of the isolation cover and stared at the small black square.
"Boss, all systems are ready, the last stress simulation of the topological electrolyte layer has passed, and the interface impedance has stabilized below the preset threshold." The voice of team member Ma Yifei came through the internal communication.
On a display screen next to it, a three-dimensional model representing a Top Ion Lattice (TIC) diaphragm is flashing a steady blue light.
“The liquid metal negative electrode injection is completed, and the wettability is 98.7%, in line with expectations.” Another engineer reported.
The gallium-indium-tin alloy in the micropores of the current collector is showing a strange, almost perfect mirror luster, flowing extremely slowly under the slight pressure of the fixture motor.
"The active material of the positive electrode complex is evenly distributed, and the topological skeleton coating integrity is 99.2%."
Another confirmation report came.
Ma Yifei and others were very nervous, but Lu An was unusually calm. He calmly and orderly directed the experiment process.
The complex of fluorinated polyanions and sulfur is precisely wrapped and guided by nanoscale topological ion conductors. Lu An said in a deep voice: "Start the [ignition] process, target 5C rate, and charge 10% SOC."
Charging rate is expressed in "C", and 1C represents a full charge within 1 hour.
5C is five times that of 1C, which means it only takes 12 minutes to charge from 0% to 100%. Traditional solid-state batteries simply cannot achieve the 5C charging rate.
At this time, Ma Yifei's voice came: "Command confirmation. Start."
In the isolation cover, changes that were imperceptible to the naked eye had begun to occur.
The high-precision power supply applied current silently, and on the main screen in the control room, the curve representing the voltage began to climb.
In the impedance detection chart next to it, the red curve representing the interface impedance, after the initial slight tremor, stabilized at an extremely low level, and even showed a slight downward trend.
"The topological channel is activated, and the ion flux far exceeds the model prediction." Ma Yifei's voice suddenly rose, excited and full of disbelief.
Lu An said nothing, his eyes focused on another screen.
· Real-time image from a high-resolution electron microscope, which is the microscopic interface between the cathode material and the TIC separator.
When the current increases, the multi-electron reaction begins, and the cathode material inevitably expands.
Just at the moment when the expansion stress was about to tear the interface apart, the image on the screen made Ma Yifei and others hold their breath nervously.
Subsequently, the dense ion lattice seemed to come alive.
The superionic conductor material that makes up the crystal lattice, under the action of stress, the preset "Mobius strip" and "chiral spiral channel" structures inside it began to undergo exquisite topological deformation.
The crystal lattice is like a flexible muscle, or like the most sophisticated origami art, reversibly twisting, pulling up, and slightly opening and closing holes on a microscopic scale.
The expanded positive ions are gently wrapped and accommodated by these topological deformations, and the stress is evenly dispersed and absorbed.
At the interface, there are no cracks or peeling, only a dynamic and perfect fit.
At the edge of the image, a drop of labeled liquid metal ripples slightly in the microchannel of the anode fluid. The surface is as smooth as ever, without any traces of dendrite sprouting.
"The real-time calculation of energy density has reached 95% of the theoretical value and is still rising." The voice of the data engineer broke with ecstasy.
After a while, Ma Yifei was so excited that he almost shouted: "5C charging with 10% SOC is completed! The voltage platform is stable and the temperature rise is only 1.8 degrees Celsius! It's done! We're done! It's done in one go! Incredible! It's done in one go!"
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(End of this chapter)