An Exploding Research Direction

Chen Yuanguang watched Lin Jia sitting opposite him, talking animatedly about business. He remembered when they first met in a public elective class. They were assigned to the same group, and Lin Jia's demeanor and expression when analyzing things were exactly the same as they were now.

Chen Yuanguang himself wasn't interested in this. In his opinion, how much more money Goose Factory could make from him simply wasn't important.

He held a mountain of gold; the advantage Goose Factory gained from him was less than a grain of gold sand compared to the mountain of gold he possessed.

Only considering Lin Jia's interest in the matter, Chen Yuanguang pretended to be serious: "So, what do we need to do?"

Lin Jia took a sip of the Pu'er tea on the table and continued, "It's nothing more than a few methods: threats, dangling carrots, cooperation, and so on.

Doesn't Goose Factory not want to expose this matter in advance? They clearly plan to reveal it closer to the movie's release, as that would have the best marketing effect.

Then you can threaten them by exposing the matter yourself in advance, disrupting their plan.

However, doing so has no real benefit; it's a tactic only used as a last resort.

I think dangling a carrot is better. You can say you'll write Kuala Lumpur Affairs as a series, and then sign the IP authorization for the subsequent series in advance, requiring a share of the profits starting from this movie.

If they don't give a share of the profits, that's fine too. We want an investment quota. For example, if the total investment for this movie is fifty million, and they don't hire big stars but instead find a bunch of talented actors to film in Kuala Lumpur, fifty million is more than enough. We want a twenty million investment quota.

Of course, twenty million is a very ideal situation. I estimate Goose Factory will give you a maximum investment quota of five million. If it's five million, I can invest it for you, and then the two of us can split it, or I can calculate interest for you based on market business loans.

You can also directly take the contract to the bank for a loan. In recent years, commercial banks have been very aggressive with their loan policies. They dare to lend money that the Big Four Banks wouldn't, especially commercial banks in the Yangtze River Delta area; they're very unconventional.

You have documents to prove that this contract was signed between Goose Factory and you. Give them the news published in Nature, the specific issue, and the news of Kuala Lumpur Affairs winning awards. That's more than enough for the application materials.

As for cooperation, that might be difficult to negotiate. Currently, you don't have the strength, and the power dynamic with Goose Factory is quite unequal." Lin Jia analyzed all the possibilities for Chen Yuanguang.

Chen Yuanguang asked, "Will Goose Factory agree?"

Lin Jia smoothed her scattered bangs. "That depends on your skill in dangling the carrot.

The skill in dangling the carrot here refers to how to make Goose Factory believe, before the movie is even released, that this can be operated into a world-class IP.

Like Detective Conan and Kindaichi, it can be operated into an enduring IP that users are willing to pay for every year as long as a new installment is made."

Chen Yuanguang shook his head. "Difficult, too difficult. The audience for science fiction novels is too small. The Kuala Lumpur Affairs series would need to be as famous as Three-Body for that to be possible.

Compared to Three-Body, Kuala Lumpur Affairs itself has a limited ceiling, not to mention that what I wrote is far inferior to Da Liu's."

Lin Jia said, "Once the level reaches a certain standard, strength is only a small aspect; operation is a more important aspect."

Lin Jia knew some of the inside story of commercial film operations. In fact, film producers don't like to pick IPs that are too famous because the cost they have to pay for such IPs is very high. For example, The Lord of the Rings, the cost spent on copyright from the first movie was extremely expensive.

They prefer to pick rising stars, with a fixed adaptation fee and a sufficiently low floor. Even if the price goes up later, the overall cost won't be too high.

The Hunger Games and Twilight were chosen based on this logic.

"Forget it, leave it to me. I'll help you negotiate." Seeing that Chen Yuanguang was too slow in this area, Lin Jia waved her small hand. "After this, you just need to cooperate with some interviews.

I'm confident I can build you into a famous scientist and writer who, like Teacher Liu, can achieve success in both fields."

Lin Jia suddenly became serious. "Just don't be like those famous writers in history who mess around everywhere. I can't accept someone I invest in having moral flaws."

Chen Yuanguang felt a strange sense of panic. I was neighbors with a loli in another timeline, that shouldn't be a problem, right?

However, he pretended to be calm. "You know, I just like staying at home reading novels and playing games. I don't have any other hobbies."

Being with Lin Jia, Chen Yuanguang felt unprecedentedly relaxed, like he was back in his sophomore year, as if he had never obtained the time-travel helmet.

However, happy times are short-lived, and it wasn't long before he officially enrolled.

"Wright, I've read your paper published in Nature, and I've also had a brief chat with Levitt about you on the phone. He thinks very highly of you and believes you are quite talented.

Of course, I think so too. Just from the paper, your knowledge of mathematics and programming is solid, and your logical reasoning ability is good. Do you want to continue to leverage these strengths, or do you want to make up for your shortcomings?

Let me briefly introduce you to some of the main topics I'm currently working on, as well as some directions I've worked on before. I can provide guidance in these areas.

This is what I'm thinking, we'll set a time node of about two months.

We'll choose a direction first, then I'll find you some papers and books, and you can study on your own. If you have any questions, we'll communicate once every Thursday afternoon.

After two months, we'll finalize the topic and get started."

Chen Yuanguang felt that Moungi Bawendi and Michael Levitt had completely different styles. Levitt gave off a feeling of elegance, while Bawendi was sharp.

"Okay, I think that's fine, but two months is a bit long. One month is enough for me."

Bawendi sensed the other party's confidence: "Hahaha, no problem, then it's one month. Feel free to come to me anytime if you have questions.

Let me tell you about the directions I've worked on, you can listen first."

After Bawendi's general introduction, Chen Yuanguang threw out the answer he had already prepared: "Perovskite."

Perovskite has been a hot direction in the past decade and is one of Bawendi's main research areas.

A large number of research groups have invested manpower and resources into perovskite, with various experiments attempting to push the photoelectric conversion efficiency of perovskite to a higher level.

The theoretical conversion efficiency limit of crystalline silicon solar cells is only 29.4%, while the theoretical limit of perovskite is 50%. With the emergence of new materials and structures, this value can still increase.

Although perovskite is outdated technology four hundred years later, it is precisely because it is outdated that the possibility of this technology being implemented is greater.

Other black technologies, when brought to the modern era, lack the supporting industrial chain, and you can't build them with just theory.