Chapter 197： The sensation caused by the paper

Oxford University, referred to as "Oxford", is located in Oxford, England. It is the world's top public research university and adopts the federal system of colleges.

The exact time of establishment of Oxford University is no longer available, but the earliest teaching time clearly recorded in the archives was 1096, and then it developed rapidly in 1167 due to the strong support of the British royal family. The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second oldest surviving higher education institution in the world. The school has emerged a group of scientific masters who lead the times, and has trained a large number of artistic masters and heads of state who have pioneered the era, including 28 British prime ministers and dozens of heads of state and political and business leaders from all over the world. Oxford University has a lofty academic status and extensive influence in mathematics, physics, medicine, law, business and other fields, and is recognized as one of the top higher education institutions in the world today. Since 1902, Oxford University has also established the "Rhodes Scholarship" for undergraduates all over the world. As of March 2019, among the alumni, professors and researchers of Oxford University, there are 72 Nobel Prize winners (ninth in the world), 3 Fields Medal winners (twentieth in the world), 6 Turing Award winners Winner (ninth in the world).

When Bao Zixuan's thesis was sent to Oxford University's School of Aerodynamics, many people were looking forward to it. Now this student has become a banner of Oxford, although he did not show or leak when he was studying at Oxford University. However, many people think that it is because of two years of basic study at Oxford that it becomes erudite and versatile.

Before entering the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he founded the Black Cloud Game Company in Hong Kong, which is inseparable from the training in Oxford. Since Bao Zixuan was born in Hong Kong and studied in Oxford, the British always believed that the British had cultivated him.

After I got Bao Zixuan's dissertation today, I felt a lot stronger. I studied aerodynamics in Oxford. In the United States, there are more courses in mechanical manufacturing. If you have not studied this knowledge systematically in the United Kingdom, you can write such an excellent paper.

After the Oxford University professor saw the paper, he immediately invited the chief engineer of Rolls-Royce to review the paper. The chief engineer of the aerospace giant was even more pleasantly surprised when he saw the paper. Isn't this the three-rotor engine idea that I dreamed of! Unexpectedly, it was predicted in advance by a student.

This is a gifted student, and I must bring him to Rolls-Royce. Such a genius idea combined with Rolls-Royce's strong scientific research capabilities will surely turn the three-rotor engine into reality.

The chief engineer of Rolls-Royce is David Hart, who has been working in Rolls-Royce since his doctorate from Oxford University. Now I occasionally come to the school to teach students, and also recommend outstanding students to Rolls-Royce.

David Hart said excitedly to Evans, a professor at Oxford University who is also his junior: "This is a genius idea. I haven't seen such a thoughtful student for a long time. You must give this student to me. Keep it, I will bring him to Rolls-Royce and make him my assistant."

Evans: "David, calm down first. This student will not go to Rolls-Royce. If this student has an idea, he can even buy the entire Rolls-Royce company. He has the strength to do so."

"The paper was sent by MIT, you should understand what I mean!"

When David Hart heard Evans say it, he saw the signature under the paper. I immediately understood that I was just attracted by the wonderful content of the paper. Now that I see the signature, I fully understand that it turned out to be Bao Zixuan's thesis. Now it seems that people will not come to work at Rolls-Royce at all, but it is possible to buy this paper. Because he knew that Bao Zixuan, a student, would definitely register a patent, and Oxford University would not dare to occupy the students' scientific research results. Especially the scientific research achievements of students like Bao Zixuan, the consequences of that are that Oxford, a prestigious school with a century of history, cannot afford it.

David Hart: "Can I contact Bao Zixuan? I would like to chat with him about the transfer of technology patents for the three-rotor engine. After all, Heiyun has not yet entered the aero-engine field. This is an opportunity. If the other party once There is no chance to enter, the Black Cloud Group is now bigger than the entire Rolls-Royce Company."

Evans: "The connection can be made, but I can't guarantee that people will sell you the patent. First, Bao Zixuan has no shortage of money, and second, he has entered the field of automobiles. It is sooner or later that he will enter the field of aircraft with his ambition. thing, he has this strength."

David Hart: "We should start early when the other party has not entered the aircraft engine field. Once the other party enters the aircraft manufacturing field, we will have no chance at all. Now North American orders have dropped sharply, Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed Martin Most of the aircraft manufacturers choose GM and Pratt & Whitney engines. Rolls-Royce is in a very dangerous situation, and the three-rotor engine can be said to be an opportunity, and may even be the only opportunity.”

Evans: "I can try to contact Bao Zixuan for you, but I can't guarantee the result."

David Hart: "It seems that we can only resign ourselves to fate. After all, the most important thing Bao Zixuan lacks is money."

Bao Zixuan's paper not only attracted attention at Oxford, but also at MIT on the grounds of previous reasons. After all, this is the thesis of Bao Zixuan, who was named a well-known alumnus before he graduated. A professor of aerodynamics immediately regarded the three-rotor engine as a classic after seeing it.

After careful research and data analysis, it is believed that the three-rotor engine is completely feasible. This is a major breakthrough in aviation power, and the performance of traditional twin-rotor engines is not particularly stable. Sometimes the design thrust-to-weight ratio cannot be achieved, and the three-rotor engine can perfectly solve this problem. This is a great news for the entire aviation industry, especially in the era of higher and higher international oil prices.

The three-rotor engine has many advantages such as fuel saving, light weight and high thrust-to-weight ratio, but it also has its own defects, the processing cost and difficulty are very high, and the material requirements of the engine are also very high.

After looking at the data in Bao Zixuan's paper, the professors were more certain of this point of view. According to Bao Zixuan's theory, the three-rotor engine can be produced. After all, he introduced it in great detail in the paper, and even simply wrote the process flow.

It can be said that Bao Zixuan's dissertation caused a huge sensation even before he defended it. Maybe ordinary people would not feel anything. But the major aircraft manufacturers around the world are paying attention to this matter.

Everyone wanted to know what Bao Zixuan's next thought was, whether to produce it himself or to license out the patent. After all, the Black Cloud Group has this strength, and at the same time, Bao Zixuan himself is an aerodynamics student, and he has a hobby in this area.

He rejected many companies that wanted to meet and negotiate. He knew that this engine might not be manufactured in a short period of time, but human research and development in aviation has always taken a long time.

Bao Zixuan plans to recruit aviation talents for reserve first, and will trial-produce the three-rotor engine at the same time. The place has been found, and part of Heiyun's car factory in Xiangjiang will be allocated to the aircraft engine department. Now everything has to be done in secret. After all, aircraft engines are the core component of a national strategy. Once the technology is in the hands of the black cloud, it will be very unfavorable for Western developed countries.

In fact, Bao Zixuan knew that this was the only chance he could try. The Xiangjiang issue was not very clear. Huaying has not negotiated yet, and Western countries' restrictions on Xiangjiang have not been so severe, and many equipment can still be purchased. Once there is a result of the return to negotiation, everything will be difficult to say, and some things will be even more difficult to accomplish.

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