Director Zhao continued.

"In fact, we should have discovered that their grinding skills are not as powerful as they boast about.

After destroying the diffraction coating, the glass surface we see is not completely flat.

However, we did not think that it was their grinding level, but thought that it was when we destroyed the coating and also destroyed the flat surface of the glass.

Under microscopic conditions, a little force or the addition of a little corrosive substance will destroy the absolute flatness of the glass surface and reappear in alpine canyons. This is entirely possible.

However, the piece of glass you gave us fundamentally changed our cognition.

Through microscopic observation of the glass fracture, we found that under the anti-diffraction coating, there is a layer of material used to fill the pits that cannot be smoothed.

This is our discovery. This discovery completely overturned our past practice of blindly pursuing glass flatness.

Instead of being able to completely polish the glass to absolutely flat, they are filled with this substance in defective places.

This substance has almost no difference in light transmittance and glass. After filling it, it greatly improves the flatness of the glass and reduces the scattering of the light source. A glass lens with high light transmittance is also made.

However, we need further research on what this substance is, whether it is liquid or colloidal when filled, or it is solid itself.

In addition, under the microscopic environment, lens polishing and detection technology require expensive equipment, which is something that our current funding level cannot do.”

Finally, Director Zhao said with regret.

Hearing this, Zheng Guolin asked: "Then please tell me if we have any hope to create this kind of lens?"

Director Zhao replied to him: "As long as you have enough investment, there should be no problem in making it. However, I told you just now. Developing what that new substance is, requires many experts from various professions to do many experiments, eliminate it bit by bit, and finally achieve the goal. This requires funds.

In addition, making lenses also requires funds to purchase equipment and hire top experts from related fields to do it.

Therefore, our current difficulty is not whether it can be created, but that we do not have enough capital investment.”

Zheng Guolin asked again: "So, has Director Zhao calculated how much money is needed?"

Director Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "Of course we have to calculate the cost first. The equipment investment only requires at least 100 million! And the R&D funding investment requires at least 50 million a year. We have made a plan to complete the R&D for three years, and this is another 150 million. When we release the formal product, it may still cost 50 million. At least 300 million a year!"

"I'll invest in these three hundred million," Zheng Guolin said firmly, "You just need to bring out the product for me in three years."

Director Zhao stared at Zheng Guolin blankly. He thought to himself that this big man was rich, but he was indeed well-known. He said 300 million yuan, and he said it casually without hesitation at all.

"Dr. Zheng, you should think about it quickly." Director Zhao reminded him, "What I said just now is just a case of success. If it is not successful, we cannot discover what the new material is. The money you invest will be spent in vain."

Zheng Guolin smiled faintly and said, "Director Zhao, from our conversation just now, I heard that you love our country and have a heart that is worried about the country and the people. This is enough.

I hand over the money to you because I believe in you. In order for this country to be uncontrollable and to survive proudly and tenaciously for our nation, you will do your best to use the money I give you where you should use. That's enough.

Even if we can’t succeed, we have done our best for this country, and you don’t regret it, and I don’t regret it.”

Director Zhao hasn't spoken for a long time.

The legendary Zheng Guolin is a profit-oriented playboy. Moreover, there are even more unpleasant statements such as using power to engage in improper transactions.

However, today, his understanding of Zheng Guolin has undergone a subversive change, and even his understanding of Wu Xi has changed.

Big boss-level businessmen often think about how to protect their wealth and will never do such a risky thing as taking huge amounts of property.

"Mr. Zheng, if you invest these 300 million yuan, even if you succeed, you may not be able to get your investment back. Because there is no market for the things we produce in China, no one can create a super-purpose lithography machine that needs this thing. It is also difficult to develop foreign markets. They will not believe that we can make such high-precision lenses.

I said this to make you understand that this is a deal that means just investment and no return from the beginning.

Over the years, we have been lagging behind in this area. It is not that we do not have the ability to research and development and manufacturing, but that everyone is unwilling to make such profit-free investments.

I hope Mr. Zheng can fully understand this."

Zheng Guolin said with a serious face: "Director Zhao, I understand completely. I will ask you one thing, if you have these 300 million yuan, will you invest in it?"

Director Zhao smiled and said, "It seems that it is not just our intellectuals who are patriotic, worrying about the country and the people."

Zheng Guolin also laughed: "As a businessman, you take it from the people and use it for the people. You only know how to absorb nutrition from the motherland's mother and don't know how to repay the motherland's mother, you are not a good businessman."

"Okay," said Director Zhao, "I report to my superiors and set up an independent lens research and development branch under the optical and mechanical institute. In fact, I have had this wish for a long time, but I just don't have the funds.

The future R&D results of this R&D branch, including the manufacturing of new substances, coating technology and lens grinding technology, will belong to the joint results of the Optical Machinery Institute and Director Zheng.

When you can produce products, the experts from the optical machinery institute will hand over to you and then evacuate. This subordinate branch will become your lens manufacturing factory."

Zheng Guolin shook his head.

"In the future, this lens manufacturer will be your optical machine factory, and I will only be responsible for the sales of products."

Director Zhao looked at him differently and asked: "Why? You have to know that your investment has raised a large number of industry experts for our Institute of Optical and Mechanical Engineering. I am already very grateful to you. Without your investment, many of them would have to switch careers to other companies, or go directly to foreign companies. This would be a huge loss!"

Zheng Guolin sighed and said, "We should leave the top technology to the country, right? I originally invested in this investment for this country."
Chapter completed!