"Boss, the car is here. Do you want me to take you to school or..."
After Zou Jin's matter came to an end, Xia Xu set off for the Magic City at noon the next day.
Since he had already informed Joyoung Consulting before boarding the plane, He Qing drove his Venom supercar to pick him up as soon as he got out of the airport.
"Just drive straight to school."
Xia Xu took Atuo to the back seat, leaned back and closed his eyes to rest, and as the car drove steadily, he spoke in a low voice: "Tell me about the recent situation in the Magic City. Also, is there any follow-up to Gardner's matter?"
"Recently, Lao Yang and I have been dealing with a lot of local people, and we also found some people to be our spies, but we haven't heard anything special."
He Qing turned the steering wheel while observing the road conditions and replied, "As for the Gardner Mental Hospital, it's empty now, the authorities haven't found anyone there, and we don't know the place well, so there's nothing we can do.
Boss, the Hong Yan you asked us to investigate has not shown up. We checked his family situation and found that only one aunt and one uncle are still alive. Bo Chao and Lao Yang have been keeping an eye on them. "
"It's okay, just keep watching, he will show up eventually."
Xia Xu didn't open his eyes, but just hummed lightly.
The topic ended and the car was silent for a moment.
"That's right."
He Qing seemed to remember something and said, "Boss, Bo Chao seemed to have mentioned before that someone was selling a certain special metal on the black market of the Deep Web recently. I heard that the price was quite high. Are you interested?"
He also knew that his boss owned a technology company and he was studying mechanical engineering, so he asked this question just for the sake of conversation.
"Special metal? How special?"
Xia Xu's interest was indeed aroused. He opened his eyes and sat up straight.
"It seems to be some kind of alloy, with high strength and high density. I heard from Bo Chao that the price is very exaggerated. I don't know if he is just trying to attract attention. You can ask the boss for the details. I don't know for sure."
He Qing looked up at the rearview mirror and said.
"OK."
After hearing this, Xia Xu contacted Meng Bochao directly, then took out his smart glasses and put them on. After some operations, he entered a well-known deep web black market site. After skipping a series of shocking products, he found the special alloy that He Qing mentioned.
Hyt Alloy.
The source is unknown, the ingredients are unknown, and the seller is also anonymous.
Of course, the last sentence is actually nonsense. There are not many clean things that can be bought on the dark web black market, and since they all come here, their true origins will naturally not be exposed.
However, the introduction of this alloy is quite clear, or rather exaggerated.
The bending and tensile strength of Hyte alloy are more than ten times that of titanium alloy. It also has ultra-high thermal conductivity, ultra-low specific heat capacity, and a melting point of 3,000 degrees Celsius, second only to tungsten.
“It’s quite interesting.”
After reading it, Xia Xu couldn't help but become more interested.
First of all, the strength of titanium alloy is more than ten times that of titanium alloy, which is already exaggerated.
Of course, compared to titanium alloy, Hitech alloy has a density comparable to gold, so its weight is much higher under the same volume, and it may not be able to replace it in many uses.
However, this is not necessarily a defect, and may even be an advantage depending on the usage.
Then there are the high melting point and high thermal conductivity. The former means that it is resistant to high temperatures and not easily melted, while the latter means that the rate of heat conduction is extremely fast.
These two points alone make it extremely versatile, not to mention its extremely low specific heat capacity.
Specific heat capacity is a physical quantity in thermodynamics, which refers to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance. The lower the specific heat capacity, the easier it is to raise the temperature. For example, the specific heat capacity of water is twice that of oil. When heated with the same amount of heat, the oil will be hotter than water.
Just looking at these properties, there is no need to consider more advanced applications, its most obvious and practical use is obvious - making an electric blanket!
Hey, just kidding.
To be more serious, this type of Hitech alloy is suitable for making various components and equipment that require rapid heating and heat conduction. The simplest and most direct ones are various thermal energy equipment and even weapons.
With enough energy and simple electrical knowledge, it is enough to quickly heat up the metal to two or three thousand degrees Celsius, making it easy to melt gold and iron.
You should know that tungsten, the metal with the highest melting point on earth, is only more than 3,400 degrees Celsius. If you heat this thing to the extreme, cutting anything is a piece of cake.
"Hate, HOT, what an apt name."
Xia Xu's eyes narrowed unconsciously.
The potential and value of this metal are undoubtedly amazing.
But equally astonishing as its value is its price, which can only be paid with special virtual currencies similar to Bitcoin, which translates to about eight million per kilogram.
You have to know that the density of this thing is almost the same as gold. One kilogram is just a small gold nugget half the size of your palm.
However, this thing is, after all, a special alloy that has never appeared before, and the price is unprecedented. Whether it is worth the price is a matter of opinion.
This is obviously a monopoly transaction. There is only one person selling Hitech alloy, and he only sells ten kilograms. The price he calls out is entirely based on the other party's wishes and has no reference value.
Such a high price is actually not cost-effective from a commercial perspective.
Unless there is some really high-tech device that requires a small amount of use, the cost alone is enough to make the audience of any Hitech alloy product extremely limited.
Moreover, its origin is unknown, its production volume is unknown, and it is even unique. Don't wait until you have finally become familiar with the properties of this new material and developed a product, only to find that you have no raw materials or are controlled and slaughtered by others due to the monopoly of raw materials.
If you want to use it for commercial purposes, it would be a better choice to choose more common and cheaper materials, even if it sacrifices some performance.
but…
"We have money and we can do whatever we want."
Xia Xu glanced at the messages below the Haite Alloy that were trying to bargain and fish but all fell on deaf ears, and directly chose to buy it in full.
No matter whether he started a company or did anything else, his goal from the beginning to the end was not to make money. With his ability, he did not need to worry about money in life.
All his current developments are nothing more than making himself live safer and freer. Money has value only when it is spent. If it is not used, it is just a string of numbers.
Even if we ignore the thermal properties, Hyte Alloy is an excellent material for making metal equipment. Moreover, it is the only one of its kind. Once you miss it, you may never find it again. The Deep Web black market does not have 24-hour customer service like Taobao. Judging from the message I left, the seller is not someone willing to communicate. I might as well just buy it first.
There were some minor incidents in the middle because only virtual currency was used, but since there was cash, there was no need to worry about it. After a little turnover, Xia Xu quickly completed the transaction.
"Eighty million just to buy a few palm-sized pieces of metal. Suddenly I feel like I'm not that rich anymore."
"It seems that there is still a long way to go to make money..."
After being willful, Xia Tuhao ushered in the moment of saintliness that was boring after being impulsive.
One kilogram of Hyte alloy costs eight million, and ten kilograms costs eighty million. For him, this is actually not a small number.
Fortunately, there is still a lot of cash flow left from the previous 1.2 billion, and Xing An Ning, who is gradually expanding overseas markets with Xinghai Venture Capital and Xinghai Biological, is also making a lot of money every month, so it is not a big deal.
Just thinking that only one-tenth of his cash assets were enough to buy a few pieces of alloy, a long-lost feeling of poverty and sadness suddenly emerged.
It feels like you have worked hard all your life, only to find out that your savings are not enough to buy a toilet in a big city, or even just enough to buy a few tiles.
Make money!
Got to make money!
"If you want to make money, the fastest way is to go public and raise funds. With Xinghai Group's foundation, it would be easy to increase it by dozens of times..."
"But it's impossible to go public. We can only make a living by taking advantage of others. The special departments are very wealthy, and Andhra Group is an excellent victim..."