To be on the safe side, Cai Weiye, under the arrangement of Chen Xu, borrowed equipment from the best laboratory in the city, repeated the experiment several times, and then wrote a paper and submitted it to a foreign journal.

He first submitted it to Chemical Reviews, which has the largest impact factor in the chemical classification. According to his idea, such a major discovery should be approved.

As a result, not long after, I received a rejection notice. Judging from the time of rejection, it probably didn't even pass the initial review.

He did not give up and submitted his paper to Nature Chemistry, a journal with a smaller impact factor, which is a subsidiary of the famous Nature magazine.

The manuscripts are still rejected, and the rejection rate is faster.

He was a little dumbfounded and had no choice but to go to his boss.

"Since it can't be accepted by international journals, let's submit it to domestic journals." Chen Xu had obviously expected this result and was not very surprised.

It is not easy to get a paper accepted by the top international journals. The most important thing is that this laboratory is not well-known, and Cai Weiye has never published a paper in an international journal. He is an unknown person.

Although Chen Xu has registered a patent, he concealed the specific production method. Without such a key point, the chance of passing the manuscript is very low.

He was also trying his luck. If he could pass, that would be the best. If he couldn't, it wouldn't have much of an impact.

"But..." Cai Weiye was unwilling to accept the result. It was a completely different concept to publish such a significant discovery in a top international journal or a domestic journal.

Chen Xu saw through his thoughts and smiled, "Do you think this paper is qualified to be published in the top journals?"

"Of course, this is a major discovery that could change the entire battery industry."

"In this case, it's their loss if those journals don't publish this paper." Chen Xu patted his shoulder. "Whether it's published abroad or in China, it won't affect the weight of this paper."

Cai Weiye still felt that he was at a disadvantage. That was a top journal. Being able to publish a paper in it would greatly enhance his status. It was no exaggeration to say that with this qualification, he could also be called an expert.

Although he was very unwilling, he did not lose his mind. Although he was the first author of this paper, he had almost no credit and was just given a name.

Because of this, he had no confidence and could only follow his boss's advice and submit the paper to the best journal in China.

When he threw it, he felt like his heart was bleeding.

This is simply a waste of talent.

Not long after, the paper was successfully published.

When Cai Weiye received the notification from the journal, he felt a little sad. He had missed the opportunity to publish a paper in a top journal.

Originally, he could only fantasize about it, but he didn't expect that there would really be such an opportunity, but he missed it.

He felt that this might very well become a lifelong regret for him.

Soon, he had no time to be sentimental. The lab's phone started ringing off the hook.

They were all calls from a certain company and a certain laboratory, all asking about the electrolyte that could solve the problem of lithium dendrites. This made Cai Weiye truly realize what a significant discovery this was.

Cai Weiye had been answering the phone the entire morning. His ears were sore from covering them with his hands and his saliva was dry. He couldn't stand it any longer, so he asked his assistants to take turns answering the phone.

Then he quickly contacted his boss.

Chen Xu said to him, "Invite them to come for a demonstration. Seeing is believing. Set the time for a week later. By the way, also send invitations to the largest international battery companies. It doesn't matter whether they come or not. Well, I will send someone to assist you."

After listening to Chen Xu's instructions, Cai Weiye felt relieved.

Soon, the person sent by the boss to assist him arrived. She was a very beautiful woman, and everyone around her called her Secretary Jin.

Hearing this title, he took a deep breath in his heart. A beauty of this level was actually used as a secretary? At this moment, he was extremely envious of his boss. The one next to his boss last time was amazing enough, and now there is another one.

When he was with Secretary Kim, he was very polite and even a little nervous. Who knows what the relationship between this person and the boss is?

It must be said that Secretary Jin's arrival helped him a lot. She arranged the presentation in an orderly manner, so he didn't have to worry about it at all. He only needed to concentrate on preparing his speech at the meeting.

Well, nominally, he is the head of the laboratory, so he will definitely be the one to make the report.

When he thought about this, he became extremely nervous and excited. How many people would come? Would those big companies and those experts in the industry that he could only look up to be there? He was extremely nervous when he thought about giving a speech in front of so many people.

…………

Before I knew it, a week had passed.

“There are quite a lot of people here.”

In a guest room, Chen Xu sat on the sofa, watching the situation at the venue through the surveillance camera. Sitting next to him was Luo Xiyun.

Today is the real starting point of Chen Xu's future career, a very important day. Luo Xiyun, who had just resigned from Wanhua Company, also knew this and followed him.

Luo Xiyun was holding a tablet and flipping through a document. He looked up and said, "This is an invention that can change the industry landscape. It's a market worth nearly one trillion. It's no wonder it would cause a stir."

Chen Xu smiled and said, "I bet that most people here don't believe the content of that paper. There will definitely be a lot of doubts later."

Luo Xiyun said, "If you attach the method of preparing the electrolyte to the paper, it will definitely be accepted by an international journal. No one will question it, and the number of people who come today will be more than ten times."

"I did it on purpose." Chen Xu said proudly, "They were blind and missed such a heavyweight invention. Besides, why should I give foreign battery manufacturers a discount and let them prepare in advance? Wouldn't that be collusion with the enemy? If there are benefits, of course I will give priority to domestic companies first."

Luo Xiyun looked at him with some amusement. It had been more than two months since that dream. During this period of time, she felt that Chen Xu had become more and more childish, even a little bit evil, which sometimes made her laugh and cry.

Like now, it's an apparently simple matter, but it has to go around in circles and create some twists and turns.

But, to be honest, Chen Xu is indeed much more interesting now than before.

She changed the subject, "It seems that your lab director is very nervous."

"It's normal to be nervous. Many of the people who came today are experts in the industry, and I think there are even academicians. He must have never experienced such a scene before."

"Can he do it?"

"We'll know soon." Chen Xu didn't care. If Cai Weiye's performance was really bad, then he could just leave such situations to others in the future.

Today, we have achieved success by attracting so many business representatives from all walks of life.

Chen Xu asked, "What about you? Do you have any problems with funding?"

Luo Xiyun shook his head and said, "I took out all the family funds my mother left me. The initial investment is enough."

After leaving Wanhua, she founded her own audio-visual equipment company and prepared to focus on VR equipment.

When Chen Xu saw that she didn't mention her father, he knew that the conflict between her and Luo Zhenghai had not been completely resolved, and most likely, it was because of him.

However, he did not mention this, but said, "If you encounter any problems in hardware manufacturing, come to me."

Luo Xiyun said, "Whoever wants to find you, I can handle it myself."

PS: Please give me a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)