The Boss Lady Steps In

Ou Ye personally took charge, pondered for two stops, and came up with a brilliant plan.

In the end, Ou Ye named the child in her womb "Shen Nuo Fei, unisex."

Shen Qi immediately gave it a thumbs up. "Shen Nuo Fei, what a great name! Nobel + Fields, it sounds nice and has a good meaning. My wife is really good at this!"

After discussing it, the couple decided that regardless of whether the child was a boy or a girl, they would name him Shen Nuo Fei.

Now that the child has a name, Shen Qi talks to Ou Ye's belly every night with fatherly love, saying, "Little Nuofei, although it's a Chinese tradition for children to follow in their fathers' footsteps, I won't put too much pressure on you. Your happy and healthy growth is the most important thing."

"Ouch!" Ou Ye snorted, saying, "Little Nophi kicked me."

The five-month-old fetus could almost kick, and Shen Qi chuckled, "Looks like little Nuofei is under a lot of pressure! It's okay, kid. When you grow up, I, Old Shen, will take you flying! Daddy will take you flying through Science and Engineering, and biology, and Mommy will take you flying..."

"Daddy has mastered all the science subjects, but Mommy is really weak in the humanities." Ou Ye discovered that Shen Qi was better than her in every subject, even in her best subject, math, she was slightly inferior to Shen Qi.

As spring arrived and the weather gradually warmed up, Shen Qi and his wife, along with Aunt Cuiping, moved into the academician villa on the west side of Yenching University.

The villa was completed and renovated in January. Academician Shen's villa used the most environmentally friendly building materials and was left vacant for two months to allow for ventilation.

Even so, before moving into the villa, Shen Qi personally tested the chemical composition of the indoor air. It was OK, safe.

The three-story house with a basement was spacious, comfortable, and quiet. Shen Qi and Ou Ye were very satisfied with the villa.

A harmonious family brings prosperity. With a stable family life, Shen Qi made steady progress in his career, and the center's various tasks, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, and pharmaceutical experiments, were carried out step by step.

The paper, "Preparation and Performance Study of Cerium-Gallium-Copper Metallic Plastic," was authored by Yang Ding Tian and published in "Today's Physics" under the name of Shen Qi. This is the second research result produced by the FASTER Project Team.

Shen Qi earned nearly 1.4 million academic points from an article published in "Today's Physics".

The academic points need to be accumulated continuously. Whether it is mathematics or physics, it takes 60 million academic points to advance to level 15. Currently, Shen Qi has more than 30 million academic points.

Director Qi has already taken care of the patent application for Cerium-Gallium-Copper Metallic Plastic for Shen Qi.

The buyer of the patent development rights is the same company, Angel Materials Technology Co., Ltd.., headquartered in Zhongguancun.

This time, Chairman Kuang offered an even higher price of 40 million, double the previous offer.

The money came too easily, which inevitably aroused Shen Qi's suspicion.

Although Shen Qi felt that his patent development rights were worth the price, Chairman Kuang was not short of money.

But the Chairman Kuang spent 20 million the first time and 40 million this time is still quite shocking.

Shen Qi arranged to meet with Chairman Kuang at Chairman Kuang's Angel Materials Technology Co., Ltd..

The two knew each other before and had each other's contact information. They arranged to meet at 10 a. m.

At 9 o'clock, Shen Qi rode Xiao Huang bicycle, wearing a baseball cap, casual clothes, sneakers, and a backpack, out of the side gate of Yanda University, and arrived at the Chuangyun Building in Zhongguancun Science Park after a few minutes of riding.

The building has 25 floors, with floors 12-19 housing the headquarters of Angel Materials Technology Co., Ltd..

The remaining floors are occupied by other companies, all of which are technology innovation enterprises.

Shen Qi entered the lobby on the first floor of the building and observed the surroundings.

A little after 9 a. m., men and women in suits, black skirts and black stockings began to enter the building.

Most of the men and women were young. They wore work badges around their necks, pinned them to their chests, or carried them in their hands. They would swipe their badges on the access control system and then enter the elevator lobby to wait for the elevator.

The building management is fairly standardized; you can't get into the elevator without an access card.

However, the observant Shen Qi quickly discovered the management loophole: people were using the escape route to go upstairs without swiping their access cards.

Walking up to the 12th floor was easy for Shen Qi; he had already reached the 12th floor.

Earlier, Chairman Kuang said on the phone that he would send a car to pick up Shen Qi.

Shen Qi said it's just a few steps, why bother taking a car? I'll walk here myself.

Chairman Kuang added that Academician Shen should call him when he leaves, and he will be waiting for him in the lobby of the building.

Shen Qi didn't follow the expected pattern; he went to the 12th floor alone.

Floors 12 through 19 are all office space for Angel Materials Technology Co., Ltd..

After exiting the emergency exit on the 12th floor, you still need to pass through a security gate to enter the office area of Angel Materials Technology Co., Ltd..

Shen Qi observed through the tempered glass door that the 12th floor was probably the company's logistics department, managing human resources, finance, general affairs, and other business.

Upon arriving on the 13th floor, Shen Qi guessed that this floor housed the sales department and the market development department.

People who work in sales and marketing look different; their hairstyles are different, their accessories are different, and their demeanor and tone of voice are different. You can label them as "trendy men and women," "career elites," or "high-pressure groups."

The group on the 14th floor was much more low-key and composed. Inside the glass doors on the 14th floor, there were people wearing lab coats moving around; this was probably the technology research and development department.

Floors 15 and 16 are similar to floor 14, also housing technology research and development departments.

The 17th and 18th floors have a higher level of security; the glass doors have been treated with a surface coating, preventing Shen Qi from seeing what's inside from the outside.

This was Shen Qi's first time visiting Chairman Kuang's company for an on-site inspection. According to his observation, the company was a legitimate company with a considerable operating scale. It had complete departments for technology research and development, marketing and sales, and logistics and general affairs, and the employees were busy.

Moreover, judging from the company's headquarters, more than 70% of the staff are technical R&D personnel, which is consistent with the criteria for a high-tech enterprise.

The 19th floor offers a completely different view. This floor has no access control, just a semi-circular reception desk with a pretty young girl sitting there. Behind her hangs a world map and the logo of Angel Materials Technology Co., Ltd..

Upon seeing a stranger arrive, the receptionist stood up and politely asked, "Sir, how can I help you?"

Shen Qi took off his baseball cap. "I have an appointment with your Chairman Kuang."

The receptionist smiled and said, "Okay, please show your identification."

Shen Qi took out his ID card and handed it to the receptionist.

The receptionist was astonished after verifying the identification. "You're Academician Shen! My apologies for not welcoming you sooner!"

"You're not a local, are you?" Shen Qi chatted with the receptionist.

"Yes, I'm from Hong Kong." The receptionist returned Shen Qi's ID card.

"As expected, Hong Kong girls are the most beautiful."

"Hehehe." The Hong Kong beauty was quite amused by Shen Qi. She pointed to her name tag. "My name is Annie."

"Hehehe... hehehe... Chairman Kuang!" The Hong Kong beauty was saying "hehehe" when she suddenly stopped smiling, straightened her back, and raised her head.

A man stepped out of the elevator; it was Chairman Kuang.

Chairman Kuang was surprised to see Shen Qi there. He glanced at his watch; it was 9:40.

"Academician Shen, why did you come up here by yourself? Didn't we agree that I would pick you up?"

"Running up and down stairs is healthier."

"Did you run up to the 19th floor?" Chairman Kuang led Shen Qi into the chairman's office and asked, "Coffee, tea, or brandy, whiskey?"

"Coffee bar," Shen Qi said, observing the layout of Chairman Kuang's office.

Chairman Kuang's office is quite large, about the same size as Shen Qi's Director's Office.

The desk was decorated with Chinese and Hong Kong flags, the bookshelves were filled with various books, and the shelves held several framed photos, including a family portrait of Chairman Kuang and photos of Chairman Kuang with some celebrities.

Having known Chairman Kuang for so long, Shen Qi's impression of him was that of a refined Hong Kong businessman who was generous with his money.

The pretty receptionist brought in two cups of coffee, glanced at Shen Qi, then left and closed the door.

"Academician Shen is quite popular with pretty girls," Chairman Kuang joked. He had just seen Shen Qi flirting with one of their daughters, and as a man, Chairman Kuang could understand.

Chairman Kuang knew that Madam Shen was pregnant. Those who have been through it should know whether a husband's mindset changes during his wife's pregnancy.

Shen Qi to the chase. "Chairman Kuang, let's get down to business. Your company recently acquired the development rights to our Cerium-Gallium-Copper Metallic Plastic patent for 40 million, not even including potential technology royalties. What I'd like to know is, regarding our first patent, the 20 million Cerium Aluminum Copper Metallic Plastic, have you undertaken any technology transfer? Perhaps I shouldn't be asking, but I'd still like to know if Chairman Kuang is willing to disclose that information."

A year ago, Shen Qi sold the patent development rights for Cerium Aluminum Copper Metallic Plastic to Chairman Kuang's company for 20 million yuan. The transfer contract was signed in black and white. When Chairman Kuang will carry out the technology transfer and when he will start large-scale production is not Shen Qi's business. He can do it whenever he wants.

Of course, Shen Qi will still be concerned about the product after it is launched and sold, as this involves the settlement of subsequent technology royalties.

The technology royalties he's entitled to for baby formula are legitimate income for Shen Qi, who is about to become a father.

Shen Qi was more concerned or worried that Chairman Kuang had bought the patents but was not going to mass-produce or market them, which constituted patent hoarding.

However, when it comes to patent hoarding by companies, there's nothing the inventors can do.

However, inventors still want to see their inventions scale up to industrial production, rather than just remaining in academic journals or on a contract.

Chairman Kuang explained, "Academician Shen, it's like this: for that 20 million yuan patent project, we have completed the technology transfer. Prototypes have been produced at our Baoding factory, meeting SOP standards. Our factory is ready for mass production at any time, but the problem is that market expansion is extremely difficult. In other words, we can produce mass-produced products, but we have a hard time selling them."

"Oh, so it's a market issue." Shen Qi's doubts were initially resolved. Chairman Kuang meant that after our Condensed Matter Physics patent was transformed into a large-scale product, there was no market for it.

For products that are difficult to sell or have few orders, most business owners will make the difficult decision to stop production and cease operations. It's better to cut losses than to continue losing money.

The problem is that before Shen Qi and his team's invention patented products could even be sold on the market, Chairman Kuang said that since these things wouldn't sell, they shouldn't mass-produce them and should wait until the market became easier.

"Chairman Kuang, once that 40 million patent is transformed into a mass-produced product, is there a market for it?"

Developing a product that simply cannot be sold is a blow to researchers.

Shen Qi didn't know much about the market or sales, but he wanted to understand market feedback better so he could see if improvements could be made at the root in future research projects.

"The 40 million project still has a market; some companies have already inquired with us. But the 20 million project was a miscalculation on my part. I was too optimistic in predicting the market situation, and who knew the market wouldn't buy it. As for Amorphous Materials, I'm a latecomer to this field, and there's so much to learn. This area is completely different from what we did in real estate. Consider it tuition." Chairman Kuang is a wealthy man; spending tens of millions on tuition won't cripple him.