Planet Builder - Chapter 39

Chapter 39: Chapter 39: Genetic Engineering Instruments

“What’s the problem?”He Xingzhou asked.

“There are a lot of them. The most important one is the gene sequencer,”Pan Yan said. “Our current gene sequencers basically gave us the same information as your previous reports. We don’t have anything new.”

“As for the your biochip hypothesis, there’s no way for us to test it.”

“In fact, it is not just gene sequencing machines. We lack all the advanced equipment related to genetic engineering.”

“In this regard, I have to admit that the technology and equipment from abroad are years ahead of ours.”

He Xingzhou had also heard about this matter. In terms of technology and equipment related to genetic engineering, the ones from other countries are much better due to first movers advantage. They had started researched genetic engineering much earlier than China.

The most frustrating thing was that due to the development of China in recent years, the much more developed countries felt threatened. They had set up a list of restrictions on related technology and put China on their blacklist.

Genetic engineering, biotechnology, and medical related technology and equipment were all on this list!

Pan Yan continued, “A few years ago, American companies still provided us with the latest gene sequencing machines, but in these few years, they have completely restricted them. “Now, the gene sequencing and related equipment we have are all products that are one or two generations behind theirs.”

“With this kind of equipment, it will be very difficult for us to obtain any effective research results on the Zerg genes. We can only conduct research in other areas.”

“We a long way to go!” He Xingzhou sighed. The development of technology was never a process that could be pushed forward by a single piece of technology.

The advancement of Biotechnology also required the advancement of industrial manufacturing technology.

“I understand. I’ll think of a way to deal with this.” He Xingzhou said. “Please make a list of the instruments and equipment that you need.”

“Okay.” Pan Yan had long known about this, but she did not have much hope for it. These instruments were all high-end precision manufacturing products, and foreign companies were very stubborn.

“Okay.” In Pan Yan’s heart, she didn’t have much hope at all. These are all advance technology from other countries that had restricted them to China.

If China wants to develop further in this field, they would have to spend a lot of time and manpower.

In He Xingzhou’s mind, he was thinking about how he could upgrade technology related to industrial manufacturing. Otherwise, even if they have the concepts and understood the principles in making high-tech products, they wouldn’t be able to produce them!

China was a big country in industrial manufacturing, but in terms of quality and performance, there was still a gap between China and foreign countries.

After returning to his office, He Xingzhou immediately checked out the technology related to industrial manufacturing.

“Ultra-precise manufacturing is divided into many kinds of technologies” said the Quantum Processor, “There are many special requirements that you must fulfil in terms of materials, processing equipment, tools, measuring ability, and etc. before you can unlock ultra-precise manufacturing. To fulfil these requirements, you must first unlock the related branches in precision machinery, precision measurement, precision server systems, computer control systems, and other related technologies first.”

He Xingzhou saw that ultra-precise manufacturing technology was also divided into ultra-precise cutting technology and ultra-precise special processing technologies such as ultra-precise turning, mirror grinding, polishing, and etc. He needed all of this because to manufacture a nuclear fusion device, he would need an ultra precise cutting machine with a margin of error at .1 micron to create an aspheric mirror with a diameter of 800mm, a surface roughness of .05 micron.

When he needs to work on the nano or even atomic level in the future, cutting technology would not make the cut anymore. He would need ultra precise processing technology that utilizes chemical, electrochemical, thermal, or electrical energy. For example, he would most likely need a lithography machine to process and manufacture chips that are integrated with electron beams. That would require subatomic units of precision.

“It requires 10,000 units of energy to unlock the ultra-precise cutting tool technology. In addition, the pre-requisite technologies themselves require thousands of units of energy as well!”

“And for unlocking the ultra-precise special processing technology, just a lithography machine pre-requisite cost 100,000 units of energy!”

“I don’t have enough energy!” He Xingzhou thought to himself. There were too many technologies that needed to be unlocked.

Currently, the nanocrystalline solar power station that he had planned was already under construction. After it was completed, it was expected to provide 200 units of energy to the Quantum Processor every day, which adds up to about 72,000 units of energy a year.

It was definitely not enough for him to unlock multiple advance technologies at the same time.

“I still need more resources! It would be best to build another super large photovoltaic power station in the western region!” He Xingzhou pondered. The small photovoltaic power station in the research institute was not enough.

The first batch of funds given to him by the state was used to renovate the research facilities, purchase various equipment, and recruiting staff members had basically been used up.

It had only been two months, and the second batch of funds had yet to be approved.

“Since that’s the case, let’s use the money from the profit we got from licensing our technology!” He Xingzhou had recently obtained a batch of funds after selling licenses to the metal air battery to other enterprise companies.

He Xingzhou planned to use the excuse of energy research and build a large-scale photovoltaic power station in the northwestern part of China where there’s plenty of sunlight.

As soon as he thought of it, he immediately called Xu Zhilan and a few related personnel over to formulate a plan.

“The site selection, construction, and other things must be completed as soon as possible. Work directly with the national power grid in the name of the Project Black Tortoise! The funding will be provided by the Sentry Tower” He Xingzhou instructed.

The construction capacity of the national power grid was very reliable.

“Okay, we will complete it as soon as possible!” Xu Zhilan wrote down his request and discussed the complete plan with everyone else.

“I guess we will be short on funds again after building this large-scale photovoltaic power station.” In his heart, He Xingzhou knew that scientific research was a very expensive thing!

How expensive was it? Even if he was the richest person in the world, he would not be able to last long in the projects that he wanted to invest in! It was even hard for an entire country to support the research of these super advance technologies.

“I have to continue to promote scientific and technological products and earn more money.” He Xingzhou thought that it was time for his second video to be released. This time, he should be able to earn a large sum of money by licensing the technology of the magnetic levitation motor to those car companies!

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A few days later, He Xingzhou released his second video on the website, “Homemade electromagnetic levitation vehicle episode two – magnetic levitation motor set.”.

After the last video was released, He Xingzhou’s fans had already risen to one million!

This was all thanks to the promotion of various news, as well as the crowd from various enterprise and media accounts.

If it was on the entertainment channel, it wouldn’t be such a big deal as there were quite a number of uploaders who had one million fans. After all, the mainstream audience still preferred to watch videos of celebrities gossiping and girls showing themselves off.

It was rare for an uploader in the technology channel to be able to reach such a high level of attention.

If it weren’t for the fact that He Xingzhou was too busy and chose not participate in any media promotional activities, the number of fans he had would have increased by several times!

When his new video was released, the website immediately sent a notification to his fans.

“It’s coming, it’s coming!”

“First, front row seat!”

“It’s finally uploaded. How far have you gone in this episode?”

“I see the title. Have you made the maglev motor for this episode?”

“@volkswagen,@oriental motor ,@Da Mi technology, @byd, @tesla… The Big Boss has updated it. Hurry up and take a look!”