Chapter Seventy-One The Only One

  Before Su Xiaoqing could say anything, the entire company hall gradually fell silent. Those who were on the phone hung up, those who were busy working stopped staring at their computer screens, and even those who were rushing back and forth in the aisle stood still where they were.

  Everyone faced Su Xiaqing, and slowly someone started applauding, the applause was firm and intense, soon it became a piece, like thunder.

  Su Xiaqing did not make any movements, she calmly accepted these applause and quietly waited for everyone's applause to end.

  The applause seemed to be endless, continuing on and on.

  This scene shocked Su Yifan so much that he tried his best to observe the expressions on each of the employees' faces, and found that everyone's expression was so focused, as if showing respect to Su Xiaqing was the only thing they wanted to do at this moment.

  The applause lasted for several minutes, with some people even whistling. The staff here are mostly Americans, and they express their emotions in a more passionate and unrestrained way than the Chinese.

  Su Xiao lightly raised her hand and made a downward pressing motion, and the applause slowly came to a stop.

  After everyone had calmed down, Su Xiaqing slightly bowed to the people on this floor and said in English: "Thank you for your hard work, thank you."

  The staff were even more excited, with cheers and whistles, for a time the whole company was like being occupied by a huge party, extremely lively.

  Su Xiaqing stopped talking and smiled at these people. These employees quickly returned to their own workstations after cheering, as if everything that had just happened had never occurred.

  Su Yifan sneaked a glance at Elan standing behind Su Xiaqing, the female assistant's face was calm and collected, as if everything that had just happened was perfectly normal.

  Even Oola couldn't help but look at Su Xiaoqing with admiration in her eyes.

  At this moment, Su Yifan suddenly realized that he had really misunderstood Su Xiaqing before.

  Along the staff passage through the hall, Su Yifan finally saw the office belonging to Su Xiaqing. Among those offices with various functions, the nameplate with "Su" was particularly eye-catching.

  The office is kept spotless, with a simple style, only bookshelves, a desk and a small sofa. The milky white curved bookshelf is filled with all kinds of literary works, looking more like the residence of a literary girl than the boss's office of a company.

  Next to the sofa was a small wooden table, on which was placed a notebook computer of a style Su Yifan had never seen before. The silver-white computer was about 13 inches in size, similar to Su Yifan's Air, but noticeably thinner and lighter.

  Su Yifan really couldn't believe it, currently what manufacturer in the world can make a computer thinner than Apple.

  Su Xiaoqing returned to the office with a resolute expression on her face, completely different from her usual relaxed and lively self.

  After sending Su Xiaoqing to the office, Yilan and Oola both left, leaving only Su Yifan and Su Xiaoqing in the office.

  Su Xiaqing casually picked up the remote control on her desk and pressed it, causing the venetian blinds behind her to slowly move, blocking out all the light from outside.

  As Su Xiaqing pressed the remote control, Su Yifan was surprised to find that the glass window in the office was also slowly turning black, eventually becoming completely opaque.

  No line of sight can penetrate this office, the lights around Su Xiaqing slowly lit up, and Su Yifan looked up and was immediately frightened.

  Those lamps were actually floating in mid-air, each lamp was wrapped in a spherical glass bubble, just like the magic balls in games.

  Su Yifan found it too unbelievable, how was this done?

  A gentle smile returned to Su Xiaoqing's face as she pointed at the laptop beside Su Yifan and said, "Take a look at that computer, it's for you."

  "Light sister, you've already given me one."

  Su Yifan said so, but still opened his laptop, his eyes fixed on the few lanterns that were slowly floating in mid-air.

  Su Xiaoqing smiled and pointed at those lanterns, saying: "Do you think if Newton saw this, he wouldn't have discovered the law of universal gravitation?"

  Hearing Su Xiaoqing's usual relaxed tone, Su Yifan felt that he was no longer as surprised as before, and lowered his head to look at the laptop.

  The material of the keyboard is something Su Yifan has almost never seen before, and the tactile sensation when touched is exceptionally light and agile.

  Su Yifan pressed the power button, and the screen's brightness made Su Yifan feel that all the notebook computers he had seen before were like frosted glass.

  Then Su Yifan was surprised to find that just a few seconds after he lowered his head to gaze at the computer, the system had already entered Windows.

  "So soon?"

  Su Yifan was surprised that even with a solid-state drive as the basis for Air, it seems to take longer to enter the Apple system.

  Su Xiaoli nodded: "This is a solid-state hard drive that is still in the experimental stage. Take a look at its capacity."

  Su Yifan followed the instructions and clicked on the "Computer" item on the desktop, then he felt scared.

  The numbers below the hard disk partition are... Su Yifan counted them and found that there were indeed six digits.

  "200T solid-state drive?"

  Su Yifan felt that his worldview had slightly collapsed, he was a relatively professional electronic homebody, and he was very familiar with the indicators of various hardware. Solid-state drives are still just a concept for most users now, a 30G solid-state drive costs over $1,000, which is more expensive than an entire computer.

  This computer has 200T of all solid-state hard drive, what is this concept?

  Su Xiaqing seemed to have anticipated Su Yifan's shock, pointing at the computer screen and saying: "I am now a supplier of materials for this hard drive and screen. Anyone in the world who wants to significantly reduce material costs on a large scale has to come to me."

  Su Yifan's mind flashed a name, he just vaguely mentioned it somewhere, probably in some kind of popular science program.

  Su Xiaoqing didn't intend to be mysterious and quickly revealed the answer: "Have you heard of graphene?"

  Su Yifan was so shocked that he couldn't even be bothered to be shocked, he stared blankly at Su Xiaqing's smiling face illuminated by the lamp light, and it took him a long time to digest the true meaning of this sentence.

  Su Xiaoqing smiled and stood up, walking towards Su Yifan.

  "This technology has already taken shape and many countries are studying it. However, I provide the largest quantity at the lowest cost, so I am currently the world's largest supplier of graphene materials."

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  Su Yifan made a great effort and slowly got out of the state of constant shock.

  Su Xiaqing was standing under a floating lamp, gently tapping the floating glass ball with her fingers. Su Yifan looked down at the laptop again and asked in a low voice, "Qing Jie, your company is selling this kind of thing?"

  Su Xiaqing held the glass ball in her hand and let it go, saying: "The main business is this aspect, there are some other businesses, I will tell you about them slowly."

  Su Yifan thought otherwise, and he asked with some emotion: "Qing Jie, your pressure must be huge, right? There must be countless manufacturers who want to surpass you, who want to compete with you."

  Su Yifan's first thought was his own pressure, which made Su Xiaqing feel a warmth in her heart. The girl pushed the glass ball with her finger, letting it float towards the roof.

  "In this regard, you don't have to worry, I possess the most core competitiveness. Although graphene is not discovered and extracted by me, I hold the patent for the cheapest preparation of graphene in the world. No matter how they innovate technology, as long as cost and output are still restricted, they will still use my product."

  "Graphene has many uses, it's almost a new material that can change the entire era." Su Xiaoqing continued, "As for its physical properties, we don't need to mention them. The demand from governments of various countries is very high now. With a large amount of graphene, space elevators, which were previously just ideas, can really be built."

  Su Yifan couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement: "Space elevator?!"

  Su Xiaqing smiled: "Don't get excited, all of this is still serving the economy. For example, space elevators can become a new economic growth point, because with its emergence, there will definitely be more construction needs, which is also a way to solve the economic crisis."

  "Will it start building so soon?" Su Yifan had read this kind of thing in science fiction more than once, "I remember that since the 70s, people have been conceiving it."

  "In terms of previous materials and manpower, it's indeed a bit difficult," Su Xiaqing said. "But based on current materials, it should be much easier. However, everyone is still watching, and each country has different design concepts for the space elevator."

  Su Yifan suddenly understood why Su Xiaqing was so confident that no one could shake her, even daring to call out people with a background.

  For some countries, Su Xiaolong's existence is much more important than those government officials.

  Indeed, mastering technology is equivalent to mastering this world.

  For Su Xiaoqing, whether it's wanting social relationships or wanting to gain wealth, it's all too easy.

  Su Yifan sighed and thought of the issues he had discussed with Su Xiaqing about her career.

  "Miss Qing, the emergence of new materials will definitely disrupt some existing industrial structures, right? Thinking this way, there are too many companies that have hostile intentions towards you."

  "That's also something that can't be helped." Su Xiao sighed, "When you want to stand up in this world, it's definitely going to be a hindrance to others."

  "Can graphene exist as new energy?"

  Su Yifan couldn't help but think of some fantasy stories about the collapse of the oil economy, in which the oil tycoons would always try to strangle the emergence of new energy.

  "It's just an indispensable part of new energy, such as reducing losses, improving transmission efficiency, and making better containers." Su Xiaqing explained, "Graphene cannot replace new energy, new energy needs to be thought of in another way."

  Su Yifan nodded as if he understood and didn't understand at the same time, then lowered his head to look at the laptop: "Qing Jie, I don't want this computer."

  "Why?"

  "This thing is not very useful to me, except for the larger storage space and faster speed...” Su Yifan carefully considered various concerns on behalf of Su Xiaqing, “Many of the technologies on this haven't even started commercial use yet, right? If I use it and leak business secrets, that wouldn't be good."

  Su Xiaoqing looked at Su Yifan seriously and suddenly asked irrelevantly: "Why are you always so willing to think for others?"

  Su Yifan scratched his head, looking very embarrassed.

  "I don't know either... anyway, I just feel that as a person, you shouldn't bring too much trouble to others."

  Su Xiao nodded thoughtfully, looking at the young man in front of her, feeling that her heart was still warm.

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