I can see the commodity price curve

Hearing Zhang Yue's words, Boss Zhao's expression kept changing.

And from his constantly shaking left leg, it can be seen that he is very panicked.

Because everything Zhang Yue said was true.

My son and I have always treated Yuehui lithium batteries as our own.

All the food, drinks, clothing and housing expenses are paid through the company’s account.

The real reason for doing this is not that the father and son want to cheat other shareholders.

Instead, by using the name of the company to make purchases, you can reduce or even avoid taxes to a certain extent.

Because if this money is paid into your own account in the name of salary or bonus, you will need to report a personal income tax of 45%.

Ten million, four and a half million are gone, how can I not feel sad?
But it’s different if you use the company’s account.

Corporate tax is already much lower than personal income tax, and since Yuehui Lithium Battery is a high-tech company, it can get even greater tax exemptions on the original basis.

So the tax saved alone is enough for me and my son to live a carefree life.

In fact, it's not just him, the situation in other companies is similar.

It is reasonable to provide the boss with a car for company affairs, but everyone will turn a blind eye to what the car is used for.

After all, this is a society where human relationships are important, so there is no need to fuss over trivial matters.

No one, including the investors, will dwell on this point.

For example, among these investors, many people know that the son used the company's money to buy a sports car.

But no one ever brings this up.

The reason is very simple. Yuehui Lithium Battery pays everyone dividends starting at 100 million every year.

The minimum is 300 to 500 million, and the maximum is 20 to 30 billion.

If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. As long as everyone can make money, the world will be peaceful.

But Boss Zhao never expected that someone would be so cruel as to spend a huge amount of money to directly buy nearly 70% of Yuehui Lithium Battery's shares.

You should know that Yuehui is a super company with a market value of nearly 600 billion.

It would cost 420 billion to buy 70% of the shares in one go.

Why don't you do something else with all that money? Why are you making things difficult for me?
Looking at Zhang Yue again, Boss Zhao felt mixed emotions.

His voice was difficult: "If I agree to a long-term strategic close cooperation with Guangming Electronics Factory now, can I just leave now?"

Although Boss Zhao is a bully and a coward, he is not a fool.

In fact, he had known for a long time that Zhang Yue was not someone to be trifled with, but he did not expect that the other party would be serious about it.

And once the other party really takes action, there is a high probability that you will not be able to defeat him.

Zhang Yue smiled and nodded: "Of course, didn't I say so!

As long as you actively return all the money you embezzled from Yuehui Lithium Battery, I will let bygones be bygones.

This way you can hold the remaining shares and wait for dividends.

If you don’t have any money, that’s no problem, you can use shares to offset your debts.

It's just a few hundred million, which is nothing to you."

What Zhang Yue said is true.

Although Boss Zhao has reduced his holdings several times since the establishment of Yuehui Lithium Battery.

But he still holds 28 percent of the shares.

If converted into money, it would be 160 to 170 billion.

So don’t even mention that his son just bought a few sports cars worth tens of millions. Even if he bought a high-speed train, it would still be just a drop in the bucket.

Boss Zhao nodded and said, "Okay, then ask your financial team to investigate. Find out how much money I have and deduct it directly from the shares I hold."

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Looking at the other person's back, Zhang Yue's expression remained calm.

He had anticipated this matter. The only surprise was that Boss Zhao surrendered much more quickly than he had imagined.

But it's not surprising.

Given the other party's current status, one can infer the overall situation from just one sentence.

Moreover, rich people have always been the most cautious about their lives. With hundreds of billions of funds in their hands, only a fool would go head-on with Zhang Yue.

Of course, Zhang Yue didn’t know whether Boss Zhao would feel unwilling to leave or whether he would take any action.

But he still didn't care.

After exchanging a few words with other shareholders on the scene and reaching a common intention that had already been reached long ago, Zhang Yue and Guo Ziliang came to Yuehui Lithium Battery R&D Department.

Wu Minghai, the head of the R&D department, wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He is a top student from Cambridge University and was recruited by Boss Zhao at great expense.

He already knew that Zhang Yue had taken over Yuehui's lithium battery: "Boss Zhang, please take a seat!"

He poured a cup of tea for Zhang Yue. Wu Minghai was very adaptable to this sudden change of person in charge.

After all, this kind of thing is very common in the United States. For example, the famous Steve Jobs was kicked out of the fruit company he founded.

As for the reason, it is also very simple.

Jobs is a very paranoid person. He has the final say in the fruit company.

Everyone had to do whatever he told them to do. If he said the newly designed phone was not good, the R&D staff had to overturn it and redo it.

Then he went away.

The rather embarrassing result was that as soon as Jobs left, the fruit company's performance took a sharp turn for the worse, and in just a few years, it almost went bankrupt from its initial thriving performance.

Then a rather embarrassing scene happened. Those who had driven Jobs away had no choice but to shamelessly beg for him to come back.

After Jobs took over Apple again, he began his tyrannical style again.

All kinds of torture and scolding tortured the people in the fruit R&D department to death.

The results once again proved that Jobs was right. Not only did the Apple company come back to life in a short period of time, but even now it is still a super giant in the mobile phone industry.

Therefore, no one knows how long Zhang Yue can last in Yuehui Lithium Battery.

No matter how he drives Boss Zhao away now, he may have to shamelessly invite him back after a while.

Zhang Yue naturally didn't know what Wu Minghai was thinking. He took a sip of tea and said to him with a smile:

"I have long been familiar with Manager Wu's abilities. It can be said that you have contributed at least 90% to the development of Yuehui Lithium Battery today."

Zhang Yue was not talking nonsense.

The reason why Yuehui Lithium Battery has been able to maintain its technological leadership in the world is because of Wu Minghai.

This person's talent in battery research and development is comparable to Einstein in the scientific world.

He put forward many groundbreaking suggestions that broke with traditional concepts.

Wu Minghai smiled and said, "Boss Zhang, you are too polite. I am just an employee.

My boss pays me and I work for him.

Besides, my salary is not low. If I don’t achieve some results, I will not deserve this salary.”

He said this in an ambiguous way, so as not to offend Boss Zhao but also not to sound offensive to Zhang Yue.

It can be seen that this person not only has first-class R&D technology, but also has high emotional intelligence.

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "That's a good point, you are a worker, and I am also a worker.

We all serve the people.”

The two chatted for a while and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

At this time, Wu Minghai took out a stack of documents and said, "Boss Zhang, this is the recent work plan of the R&D department. Can you see if there is anything else that needs to be adjusted?"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yue didn't even look at it, but just waved his hand: "You are an expert in this area, and you can directly make decisions on the R&D department in the future. Of course, you should have heard some of the things between me and Boss Zhao.

So I have a project here that I need your help with.”

He told Wu Minghai his idea, and he was stunned: "You mean, the reason you spent a huge amount of money to acquire Yuehui Lithium Battery is just to let us help you design a battery with a capacity of more than 10,000 mAh, and no limit on the size?"

Zhang Yue nodded: "How is it? Any questions?"

Wu Minghai didn't know what to say for a moment. For him, the most difficult thing was to increase the capacity of the battery within the premise of limited volume.

If the volume is not limited, it would be too simple.

Moreover, this volume-unlimited solution is not limited to Yuehui Lithium Battery, but can be implemented by at least a hundred battery factories across the country.

There are neither technical barriers nor competition.

After all, only Zhang Yue would be willing to try such a weird idea of ​​making the phone thicker.

Thinking about it again, Boss Zhao was kicked out of Yuehui Lithium Battery by Zhang Yue because of this, Wu Minghai felt so unfair for him.

He shared his ideas, including Zhang Yue's suggestion of putting the lithium battery on the back cover of the mobile phone, which was also not difficult to achieve.

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "In that case, I will ask you to send the R&D personnel from Guangming Electronics Factory here some other day.

You guys can discuss it in detail and come up with a finished product for me."

However, Wu Minghai frowned and looked at Zhang Yue: "Boss Zhang, to be honest, your idea is unlikely to work."

Zhang Yue was stunned: "No, why?"

“It’s very simple. Hegel has a very philosophical saying: What exists is reasonable.

There are so many mobile phones on the market, have you ever seen a phone with a thicker battery? "

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "I understand this, but it is precisely because no one has made the battery thicker that such a market has been vacated.

As for why those mobile phone manufacturers did not do this, it’s simple: no one is willing to take this risk.

After all, if the sales fail, the company will face huge losses in R&D funds.

Haven’t you seen those people who carry power banks with them when they go out?

Since they are willing to use a bulkier power bank, they will definitely be willing to accept a slightly thicker phone.”

However, Wu Minghai shook his head: "But the problem is that there have been mobile phone manufacturers who have done this before, and they ended up failing."

"Ah?" Zhang Yue was a little dumbfounded. "Is it true that a mobile phone manufacturer has done this before?"

“What I lied to you about, of course it was true, you just didn’t know it.

As for what you said about taking a power bank with you when you go out, yes, many people do like to take a power bank with them when they go out to avoid the anxiety of running out of power.

But the problem is that they only bring power banks when they travel far away.

I don't wear this thing at work or otherwise.

Therefore, for most people, power banks are only used occasionally.

There are also people who often carry power banks with them, but this group usually only accounts for a small proportion.

If you don't believe it, you can go to the street and observe how many people are charging while walking.

Do you know why shared power banks are so popular?
That’s because no one brings a power bank when they go out.”

Zhang Yue was silent.

He is not a stubborn person. Since Wu Minghai has spoken, as an expert in lithium batteries, there must be some truth in what he said.

Therefore, blindly increasing the battery capacity without considering the volume may not be a better choice.

Wu Minghai suddenly stood up: "Come with me!"

After saying that, he walked towards a room. Zhang Yue followed behind him. When the other party opened the door, his eyes lit up instantly.

Because this room is filled with various lithium batteries, big and small, in different shapes.

Zhang Yue's eyes were instantly attracted by a lithium battery.

Because this lithium battery is as thin as paper, it feels light in the hand and has no weight at all.

Wu Minghai smiled and said, "This battery is an idea that came to me suddenly.

Originally I wanted to make a foldable battery so that I could wear it on my hand like a watch strap.

Unfortunately, it has not been successful yet.”

Zhang Yue raised his head: "Failed? What technical problem is there?"

Wu Minghai was stunned. He didn't quite understand why Zhang Yue was interested in this.

After all, wearing a battery as a watch strap may sound creative, but it is actually not very useful.

Because this thing is designed for electronic watches.

However, due to the screen problem, electronic watches do not require high battery power.

So all you need to do is implant a small battery in the watch.

Zhang Yue said: "It's very simple!

If you can really develop it successfully, you can make a belt battery.

Combine a battery and a belt to make a belt charger.

We are anxious when traveling, but carrying a power bank is too heavy.

But it’s different if you use a belt. Whenever your phone runs out of power, you can just connect it to the belt and it will be fully charged quickly.”

Wu Minghai was stunned. He never expected that Zhang Yue's imagination was so big.

But would you really like a power bank made from a leather belt?
Subconsciously touching the belt around his waist, Wu Minghai suddenly felt that there might be a way.

A belt is a necessity for him, and he often suffers from power anxiety.

If I had a battery in my belt, I would be much more relaxed mentally.

Thinking of this, Wu Minghai said: "Thank you for the reminder, boss. It is not particularly difficult to master the battery folding technology.

It was only shelved halfway through development because it was not very practical.

I'll apply for some funding then and see if I can come up with something new."

After saying that, he picked up a battery and put it in Zhang Yue's hand.

When Zhang Yue saw this battery, his eyes couldn't help but light up.

Because the shape of this battery is very similar to his previous idea.

In other words, as long as this battery is slightly improved, it should be able to be put into use.

However, soon, Zhang Yue's brows frowned again.

Because he suddenly realized that what Wu Minghai said was very likely right.

He can totally accept the increased thickness of the phone when this battery is installed.

But the problem is that such a large battery is too heavy, heavier than he imagined.

If you add the weight of other parts of the phone, it would be a standard brick.

Wu Minghai saw Zhang Yue's expression and said helplessly: "This battery design is actually better for northerners.

Because they all wear big coats in winter, it is not noticeable when they put their phones in their pockets.

But it’s different in the South.

People in the south wear very cool clothes for ten months a year, so it would be very obvious if they put such a heavy phone in their pocket.

Especially for women, it is difficult for them to accept such an overweight mobile phone. "

(End of this chapter)