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Chapter 361: Lithium Extraction from Seawater

Although Weibo deleted Yan Shunping's Weibo post immediately, some quick-handed netizens had already saved the screenshots, and this incident became a hot topic among netizens.

"The salary at Deep Blue Auto is too crazy. The year-end bonus plus salary is 11 RMB. I work so hard for a whole year and I don't even make 11 RMB."

"I only make 5000 yuan a month at JAC Motors. I also want to work at Deep Blue Motors. I wonder when Deep Blue Motors will recruit."

"Don't you see how many Deep Blue cars were sold? Last year, Deep Blue cars delivered 65 cars. This number may not seem like much compared to other brands, but it is actually a very impressive number. You should know that Deep Blue cars cost 68 yuan, and one car can replace three cars worth 3 yuan, which is equivalent to selling 20 million cars worth 192 yuan.

What's more, Deep Blue Car is a high-end car priced at 68 yuan. Deep Blue Car is invincible in the same price range, even if it is calculated only based on a 20% net profit.

65 DeepBlue cars can bring DeepBlue Auto a net profit of 884 billion. Look at which domestic automakers can achieve 884 billion a year. If calculated based on a market value of 20 times the PE, DeepBlue Auto's market value is equivalent to 17860 trillion RMB. It is not an exaggeration to say that the boss of DeepBlue is a trillionaire."

“Isn’t this market value almost higher than Toyota Motors?”

“Why did the above person mention Toyota and not other brands?”

"Toyota's market value is the highest in the automotive industry. Even Volkswagen can only be Toyota's younger brother. I guess their profits are not as high as Deep Blue's."

"It's normal for Deep Blue Auto to make more money and pay more. It can only be said that the boss of Deep Blue Group is more generous and pays more wages when the money is more. Those of us who don't work at Deep Blue can only envy."

"You told me that a screw driver gets a year-end bonus of 9 yuan. I feel like I've been living like a dog for so many years."

"Yes, who would have thought that you could earn 10,000 yuan a month just by screwing in the field? I always thought it was only a few thousand yuan a month."

"It's true that working in a factory to screw screws pays a few thousand yuan a month. Only the deep blue factories in the country pay high wages."

"It seems that Deep Blue doesn't want its employees' salaries to be exposed. The blogger's post was deleted in less than 5 minutes. After all, if employees of other car companies knew about this, they would go on strike against the company. I think the employee who exposed the salary will be fired."

"What the hell, no way? He was fired for exposing his salary?"

"Isn't this a very normal thing? Many companies have confidentiality systems, and keeping wages confidential is within the normal range."

"I don't want to know whether it's confidential or not. I just want to know if Deep Blue Auto is still hiring? Other companies under Deep Blue are also fine. The salaries of companies under Deep Blue are definitely not low."

"I also want to go to Deep Blue, but I don't know if Deep Blue will work overtime."

"No company doesn't work overtime. Although Deep Blue also works overtime, Deep Blue has more holidays. Other companies don't have holidays until New Year's Eve, but Deep Blue Group has a holiday on the 25th of this month. However, there are restrictions on joining Deep Blue Group. Employees are not allowed to travel abroad unless on business trips. Deep Blue employees can only travel domestically."

"Why is there such a weird regulation?"

"I guess they are afraid that their employees will be bribed by foreigners after going abroad."

Although the issue of Shenlan’s high salary caused heated discussions among many netizens, it was quickly forgotten by netizens because of the Chinese New Year. After all, in the eyes of the Chinese people, nothing is bigger than the Chinese New Year.

Fast forward to November 2014, 2.

The Spring Festival holiday has passed, and people have returned to normal life. Those who should go to work have returned to work, and those who should make up for their leave have started to make up for their leave.

The Richest Tomato also achieved very good results during the Spring Festival holiday. In just eleven days, The Richest Tomato earned a good result of 45 billion. It is estimated that the box office of The Richest Tomato will reach at least billion after it is released.

After Han Chen arrived at the company, he immediately called Chang Huazhang to his office. Jiang Enzhu was responsible for setting up the Beidouxing sales team, so the task of assisting Han Chen fell on Chang Huazhang again.

"Mr. Han, what do you want to talk to me about?" Chang Huazhang greeted after entering the room.

"I have a set of equipment that needs to be manufactured. Please check which companies can manufacture it. Also, please collect information about large companies that can produce seawater desalination membranes. I have sent the relevant information to your mailbox." Han Chen said.

"Okay, Mr. Han, I'll go out and get busy first," Chang Huazhang replied.

"Yeah." Han Chen nodded.

Han Chen bought a technology from the system during the Chinese New Year. This technology is a comprehensive technology that can not only desalinate seawater, but also extract lithium ions from seawater.

The only drawback of this technology is that the construction cost is a bit high. It takes at least 300 billion yuan to build such a factory, but the biggest advantage of this technology is that it is absolutely environmentally friendly.

Speaking of lithium ore, I believe everyone knows what it is. The raw material of power batteries is lithium ions. According to a report from the United States Geological Survey, the world's proven lithium ore reserves are currently approximately 9800 million tons.

And these lithium mineral resources are mainly distributed in South America, with Bolivia's reserves of 2100 million tons, Argentina's reserves of 2000 million tons, and Chile's reserves of 1100 million tons.

It can be seen that the three South American countries alone account for more than half of the reserves, and the remaining less than half is distributed in other countries around the world.

Among these proven lithium mines, some are difficult to mine, while some have low abundance and cannot cover the cost, so the total amount of mineable terrestrial lithium resources is currently about 1400 million tons.

Judging from the current situation, the amount of lithium is not very large, so many people have always had a concern in their hearts, that is, whether lithium mineral resources can support the development of human science and technology.

In fact, seawater also contains lithium resources, and the lithium resources contained in seawater are very rich. According to scientists' estimates, although the lithium reserves on land are not large, the lithium resources in the ocean are very rich, and the reserves have reached about 2300 billion tons.

From the intuitive data, the lithium reserves in seawater are about 1.6 times the exploitable reserves on land. If all of these are developed, at the current rate of human development, there will be no need to worry about the shortage of lithium for many years to come.

However, there is a big problem in utilizing lithium resources in the ocean. The concentration of lithium in seawater is very low, only 0.1~0.2ppm (1ppm is equivalent to one part per million).

Although the lithium content in seawater is relatively low, the lithium reserves in seawater are huge after all, so it still has great appeal to scientists.

Relevant papers on lithium extraction from seawater have been published since 2003. The earliest countries to invest in research in this area were maritime countries such as the United States and the United States. China has not yet conducted research on the technology of lithium extraction from seawater.

In the future, the price of lithium ore will rise with the development of electric vehicles. This technology is a timely help for Han Chen. With this technology, Han Chen can obtain cheap lithium ore from sea water.

Han Chen remembered that in his previous life, the price of lithium carbonate reached 60 per ton, which was a price that even money could not buy. This shows how scarce the purest lithium ore was at that time. The technology Han Chen bought from the system can extract one ton of lithium by desalinating 1000 million tons of water. Lithium is actually a byproduct of seawater desalination. The cost of desalinating seawater with this technology is only about 3 yuan, which is more than 2 yuan cheaper than the existing seawater desalination technology.

Not long after Chang Huazhang left, the door light on the table lit up.

After Han Chen pressed the door light, Zhu Xiaotong opened the door and walked in.

"Mr. Han." Zhu Xiaotong greeted after pushing open the door and walking in.

"How is it? Did you encounter any problems?" Han Chen asked.

"Mr. Han, a few years ago I made a production and sales plan for Deep Blue Auto in 2014. When making the plan, I found a problem. The lithium battery factory under the group cannot meet the needs of Deep Blue Auto. Huayuebao's current production capacity is only 5GWh, which can only meet one tenth of our demand. To meet our needs, it must be increased to at least 60GWh or even higher." Zhu Xiaotong said.

"Okay, I understand this matter. I will arrange it." Han Chen said.

"Then I'll go back to work first." Zhu Xiaotong said.

"Yeah." Han Chen nodded.

After Zhu Xiaotong left, Han Chen called the general manager of Shenlan Battery Factory and asked him to come to the group at 2:30 pm.

In the blink of an eye it was afternoon.

A fat, middle-aged man with a big belly and sparse hair came to Han Chen's office.

The man was Kang Xiangwu, the general manager of Shenlan Battery Factory. Although Kang Xiangwu was fat and had big ears, he was very capable at work.

Han Chen, who was sitting at the tea table, saw Kang waving to Empress Wu and said, "Old Kang, come and sit over here."

"Okay, Mr. Han." Kang Xiangwu responded.

Then Kang Xiangwu immediately walked to Han Chen and sat down opposite Han Chen.

"Is there any way for the Deep Blue Battery Factory to expand production quickly? The annual production capacity must reach at least 100GWh." Han Chen said after pouring Kang Xiangwu a cup of tea.

"Mr. Han, there are two ways. The first way is to acquire an existing battery factory, and the second way is to build a new battery factory. I don't really recommend acquiring a battery factory because those manufacturers are unable to produce solid-state batteries." Kang Xiangwu replied.

"Based on your experience, is it likely to build a new battery factory within half a year?" Han Chen asked.

"Mr. Han, as long as there is enough capital, it will not be a problem to put it into production within half a year. However, the cost of this quick-build factory is 30% higher than the traditional method. According to the conventional construction method, it only costs 10 billion to build a 40GWh factory. The quick-build method will cost at least 55 billion. This price is enough for us to acquire a ready-made factory. We don't even need to recruit workers to acquire such a factory.

In addition, we also need to invest in building a solid-state battery positive electrode production factory, otherwise we can't produce it without raw materials." Kang Xiangwu replied.

"Then you go back and check which factories are suitable for acquisition. If there are suitable ones, I will ask someone to acquire them. As for the rest, we will invest and build them ourselves. We will invest and build battery factories in places with strong investment promotion and a good business environment." Han Chen said.

"Mr. Han, even BYD only has a production capacity of 30GWh. If we build so many factories at once, it is very likely to cause overcapacity. Should we reconsider this matter?" Kang Xiangwu persuaded.

"Lao Kang, Deep Blue Auto will launch electric cars in the second half of the year. Each car will require at least a 50 kWh battery. Given Deep Blue Auto's sales volume, do you think there will be overcapacity?" Han Chen said with a smile.

Kang Xiangwu was also quite surprised to hear Han Chen's words. He didn't expect that Shenlan would launch electric cars in the second half of the year.

If Deep Blue really launches electric cars in the second half of the year, this amount of production capacity will be nothing to Deep Blue Automobile, and there may even be insufficient production capacity.

"Mr. Han, if we really want to produce so many batteries, I suggest we sign a long-term contract with a mineral resources company and stockpile some lithium ore before the factory is built," said Kang Xiangwu.

"You go and handle the lithium mine matter. First, stockpile enough for one year's use. After a year, the company will produce its own food," said Han Chen.

"Okay, Mr. Han." Kang Xiangwu nodded.

Han Chen then talked to Kang Xiangwu about the situation of the Deep Blue Battery Factory. The operation of the Deep Blue Battery Factory is now very good. The batteries produced are all supplied to Deep Blue Electronics. Currently, it is basically in a state of full production and sales 24 hours a day.

The company doesn't need them to expand the business at all, he just needs to manage the company well.

at the same time.

Panasonic New Energy Business Unit.

After more than two months of research, the R&D department finally confirmed why the Deep Blue battery can hold so much power.

After getting the results, Kurosaki Nobuyoshi immediately ran to the general manager's office to report the situation of Deep Blue Battery to Kusumi Yuki.

"President, we have already obtained results on the research of deep blue batteries." Kurosaki Nobuyoshi said respectfully.

"Tell me, what's going on?" said Nan Jianxionggui.

"Deep Blue's new battery is called a semi-solid-state battery, which is a transitional battery technology between liquid batteries and all-solid-state batteries.

There are two main types: one is a battery with one electrode that does not contain liquid electrolyte and the other electrode that contains liquid electrolyte; the other is a battery in which the mass or volume of the solid electrolyte in the monomer accounts for half of the total mass or volume of the electrolyte in the monomer. Simply put, a semi-solid battery is a battery that makes part of the liquid electrolyte into a "solid electrolyte."

This type of battery has many advantages. Its high energy density is 380wh/kg higher than traditional batteries, which is twice that of our ternary lithium batteries. Its charging and discharging speed is also twice that of ours. This type of battery has very high stability and can operate at temperatures between minus 2 and 45 degrees Celsius. Its lifespan is three times that of our ternary lithium batteries.

This battery is safer than anything I've ever seen. It won't catch fire or explode even if it's punctured. "Hei Qi Xin Yin said. (End of this chapter)

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