Mist City Government Building.
The waiting room beside the Mayor’s Office.
"Director Xiao, Principal Ding, please wait here for a moment. Help yourselves to some tea. Governor Li is currently in an important meeting."
An assistant from the Mayor’s Office made tea for Ding Yue and Director Xiao Wenxing.
These two were, after all, the principal of Mist City’s hottest private high school and the city’s director of education, so the assistant dared not neglect them.
Ding Yue nodded his head and then sat down on the sofa with Director Xiao Wenxing.
This was, in fact, Ding Yue’s first visit to the city government building.
Mist City, being a well-known domestic city with a relatively high level of administrative status, had an imposing government building.
Governor Li’s office was also quite impressive.
The position of Governor Li was equivalent to that of a provincial governor, and for Ding Yue to come and meet Governor Li was quite an event. To be honest, if he hadn’t brought Director Xiao with him, he might not have been able to meet with him at all.
After all, a person like Governor Li was indeed very busy.
Once the assistant in the Mayor’s Office had poured the tea, they left to attend to other duties.
Suddenly feeling sentimental, Director Xiao Wenxing remarked, "Principal Ding, do you know the last time I visited the Mayor’s Office was?"
Since there was nothing else to do while waiting for Governor Li to finish the meeting, Director Xiao Wenxing started casual conversation with Ding Yue.
Ding Yue immediately shook his head, smiling as he said, "How would I know that?"
"It was when I first took the position of education director in Mist City," said Xiao Wenxing with a smile. "So many years have passed and I basically haven’t been back to the Mayor’s Office since my initial appointment."
"I came here today with you, and I hope this visit proves worthwhile."
"It definitely will be,"
said Ding Yue confidently. "I believe that after I describe to Governor Li the future development of Mist City Arts and Science University and Feiyue Group, he will definitely be very interested."
Director Xiao Wenxing nodded slightly and said, "So Xiao Ding, you must work hard. Make sure both Mist City Arts and Science University and Feiyue Group thrive. You have graphene technology, and exclusive technology at that. There’s also your 3D biological printing technology; these are your advantages."
Ding Yue had a lot on his mind.
If Governor Li approved of his idea to root the graphene industry in Mist City, and was even willing to help construct a high-tech industrial park or something similar, then Ding Yue’s Feiyue Group could significantly increase its production scale.
Of course, this process would be very costly.
But despite the expense, the prospect was very lucrative given how crystal clear the market was.
Whether it was Huawei Technology Group, Dami Technology Group, or Penguin Group’s Penguin New Energy Electric Vehicles, they all desperately needed Ding Yue’s graphene batteries!
And the sole company capable of producing graphene batteries on a large scale in the world today was Feiyue Technology!
Only the current scale of the industry was not large, and the production volume was relatively small.
But there was Ding Yue, already in the Mist City Government Building.
If he got the land and policy support he needed, and with the strong backing of the Mist City Government, Ding Yue could then confidently and boldly start a massive graphene industry in Mist City.
The graphene factory area previously built would seem like child’s play in comparison to this new scale.
Originally, Ding Yue had prepared to let this process ferment over the course of one or two years.
Huawei Technology Group made a move to do business with Feiyue Group so soon.
Dami Technology, Penguin New Energy, and other domestic giants also made their approaches. Given the urgent market demand for graphene batteries, if not now, then when should he put the pedal to the metal and accelerate?
"Of course, we will definitely make good use of these advantages,"
Ding Yue said to Director Xiao Wenxing with a smile.
"Principal Ding, do you think, now that you made this breakthrough in graphene technology, will those foreign tech companies catch up soon? Can we maintain a leading position in this technology?"
Director Xiao Wenxing asked curiously.
He wasn’t familiar with the technology for mechanically exfoliating graphene, but he had his concerns.
That concern was that foreign technology is definitely advanced as well. Now that Mist City Arts and Science University has made progress, wouldn’t the foreign companies catch up soon?
At that point, the competition would suddenly intensify.
Ding Yue confidently replied with a smile, "Director Xiao, it would be quite difficult for foreign tech companies to develop the mechanical exfoliation technology for graphene in the next two or three years, not to mention the vast amounts of capital they would have to invest."
Ding Yue was very confident about this.
After all, the technology Ding Yue had was obtained from the system, and it was ahead of the global standard—not just an empty boast.
Just like at that very moment, across the ocean in America, Ike Technology Group,
Despite the increasing investment in research and development,
Ike Technology Group was still making no progress in the mass production technology for graphene.
This frustrated Ike Technology Group immensely.
They even started to entertain some devious thoughts, preparing to send a group of students to Xia Country, specifically targeting Mist City Arts and Science University.
The purpose of sending this group of students was not simply for studying.
Der Eckx and Christopher Brown’s real intention was to have these excellent students quickly infiltrate Mist City Arts and Science University after their arrival, and to gather significant breakthrough information from the university’s graphene field.