When I am reborn, I just want to be a top student

Chapter 297 Another bad breakup
BYD was founded in 1995 and is now a -year-old company.

Since its inception, Brother Boatman has always adhered to the development philosophy of "technology is king, innovation is the basis", so this has enabled a small domestic company that was initially poor and had backward technology reserves to gradually develop into today's first-class large enterprise.

In the battery field, BYD has 100% independent R&D, design and production capabilities. Its product categories cover consumer 3C batteries, power batteries, solar cells, and energy storage batteries, forming a complete battery industry chain.

In addition, BYD is currently the world's largest lithium iron phosphate battery manufacturer.

In the automotive field, BYD launched the world's first plug-in hybrid model in 2008, and subsequently launched a number of new energy models, which have been greatly recognized by the market. In April this year, BYD released the 4 high-performance model series for the first time at the Beijing Evening (542 represents acceleration from 5 to 0 kilometers per hour in less than five seconds, 100 represents full-time electric four-wheel drive, instant response, precise power distribution, good control, high energy efficiency, and improved control safety; 4 represents fuel consumption of less than 2 liters per 2 kilometers).

It can be said that BYD itself has extremely strong technical genes.

That's why the boatman asked about technical matters first.

When Wang Donglai heard the boatman's question, he did not feel unhappy. Instead, he admired the boatman even more.

In its past life, BYD swept the field of new energy vehicles, from the Dynasty series to the Ocean series. The cheapest car cost only tens of thousands of yuan, with ridiculously low fuel consumption. There were also models such as the U8 equipped with high-end technologies such as the Yunnian.

It was also from this time that BYD completely got rid of the reputation of a junk manufacturer in people's minds.

With this memory of the future, Wang Donglai also wants to see what kind of sparks will appear if more advanced technology comes together with a company like BYD.

Although Wang Donglai was thinking so much in his mind, he did not show it at all.

"Since Mr. Wang is interested, I will explain a little bit."

"Compared with the original hollow carbon nanospheres and my activated carbon nanospheres activated by potassium hydroxide, the new composite material developed in our laboratory has better performance under the same sulfur content. I believe Mr. Wang has seen this in the data."

"In our company's experiments, we actually discovered many more interesting phenomena. For example, the sulfur ions in the hollow carbon spheres escaped from the surface of the hollow carbon spheres, which was not disordered like the previous materials and hindered the normal electrochemical reaction. On the contrary, the new materials performed better in these aspects, and the electrochemical cycle efficiency became higher and more effective."

"According to mainstream experimental theories, long-chain molecules greatly affect battery efficiency and are the biggest cause of the shuttle effect. Many laboratories have tried their best to reduce or eliminate such molecules, but they have only existed in theory and have never been truly realized."

"However, our company's laboratory has achieved this, reducing the appearance of this substance from the source of the generation mechanism of long-chain molecules, and the effect is naturally significant."

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"Although there are still many experimental tests to be done, the data on volume energy density and energy mass density obtained so far show that the performance of batteries made with the material developed in our laboratory has reached a new level."

"I can say without exaggeration that this battery will cause a massive dimensionality reduction blow to the battery field on the market!"

Wang Donglai introduced it calmly, but the hint of pride in his tone was extremely obvious.

The boatman did not feel uncomfortable because of Wang Donglai's words, even when Wang Donglai included BYD.

"Professor Wang, who is also a researcher, must know one thing: once a technology is developed, it may not be widely used. It needs to be accepted by the market and the cost must be low enough."

"At present, this technology has only achieved breakthroughs in the laboratory and may not be able to be applied on a large scale in the market. What do you think about this, Mr. Wang?"

"You know, sometimes it's not just the good technology that can really capture the market!"

The boatman pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and spoke in a calm tone, but he got to the point.

"Well, let's call this material Xirang No. 1. The cost of this material is not high. According to the estimation of our company's experimental personnel, it will take at most three months to adjust the existing production line and complete the production line adjustment. We can mass-produce lithium-sulfur batteries made of this material!"

Wang Donglai sat up straight, his aura suddenly became fierce, he looked at the boatman and asked, "Now, the initiative is in Mr. Wang's hands. I have already put forward my conditions. What do you think?"

"By the way, Mr. Zeng from CATL has already chosen to leave!"

Hearing this, the boatman's eyes moved and he said, "To be honest, I don't understand the three solutions you gave. Can Mr. Wang explain it in detail?"

The boatman did not rush to make a decision, but asked the doubts in his heart.

Wang Donglai did not answer immediately, but glanced at the BYD personnel sitting next to him.

Seeing this, the boatman waved his hand and these people retreated quietly.

It was not until Wang Donglai, the boatman and Xu Songyao were the only ones left in the reception room that Wang Donglai spoke up: "Mr. Wang, the first and second plans are actually very simple. They are just for collecting patent licensing fees, for money."

"Of course, if Mr. Wang is willing to spend the money, I can make the decision to sell this technology patent directly to your company, but the price may need to be raised a little."

The boatman said without hesitation: "Boss Wang, please tell me what the third plan means. I am more curious about this!"

I don't know why, among the three options, Brother Boatman always feels that the third option is Wang Donglai's real idea. The first and second options are totally unlike what a qualified company founder or a researcher who can produce so many academic achievements can come up with.

The boatman brother doesn’t think Wang Donglai is unaware of the value of lithium-sulfur batteries in the new energy era.

It is like a hen that lays golden eggs. If you just hold it tightly in your hands, you will have endless wealth.

When new battery technology breakthroughs are made, that will be the end.

Given the current progress in the laboratory, it will probably take many years to achieve a breakthrough.

To be honest, even now I find it hard to believe that lithium-sulfur batteries have made such a breakthrough?

It’s like a dream!
But with the exact experimental data in front of him, he had no choice but to believe it.

Wang Donglai didn't care about what the boatman was thinking. When he heard the boatman asked about the third plan, he smiled and said, "Before I explain the third plan, I have a few questions for Mr. Wang. Can you answer one or two?"

The boatman nodded in agreement without hesitation.

"Mr. Wang, what level do you think the domestic new energy vehicles will reach?"

The first question surprised the boatman. He didn't expect Wang Donglai to ask such a question.

However, the boatman was not stumped. He just thought for a moment and said, "I think that domestic cars will completely replace foreign brand car companies!"

"In addition, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles will reach about 95%. Gasoline vehicles will gradually be discontinued. Only a few regions will still have gasoline vehicles, and most regions will turn to new energy vehicles."

After the boatman finished answering, he thought Wang Donglai would ask him why he made this guess, and he organized his words in his mind, but unexpectedly Wang Donglai did not ask at all.

"Mr. Wang, how much do you think this technology is worth?" Wang Donglai asked.

After a pause, Brother Boatman gave his answer, saying, "To be fair, technology cannot be measured by price, but from the perspective of the market it affects, I think 5 billion is not a lot!"

"The price of lithium-sulfur batteries is this, what about solid-state batteries? What about graphene batteries?" Wang Donglai asked again.

Brother Boatman did not give an exact numerical valuation this time, but said: "The value of these technologies needs to be estimated in combination with the market at the time and the research progress of other researchers. I cannot make a judgment now."

Wang Donglai smiled and said without asking any more questions: "Mr. Wang just asked what the third plan means. It's actually very simple. I want to unite major domestic companies to jointly promote the development of new energy vehicles in China."

"For example, we use patent licensing as a condition for cooperation, and each manufacturer must also come up with corresponding conditions, such as the choice of factory location, the direction of technological development, and the unification of technical standards."

When the boatman heard what Wang Donglai said, he immediately laughed.

"Professor Wang, are you kidding me?"

"No one will agree to this condition!"

The boatman said this in a very disrespectful manner.

Wang Donglai was not angry, and said with a smile: "Boss Wang, I have already made the conditions. Whether to choose to cooperate is your company's decision."

"However, I would like to remind Mr. Wang that our company is not only researching lithium-sulfur batteries, but has also been researching solid-state battery projects for a long time."

After saying this, Wang Donglai didn't say anything else.

The boatman also calmed down, took a deep look at Wang Donglai, and reminded him, "Professor Wang, Professor Christopher from Massachusetts also developed a material to solve the shuttle effect. Your company is not the only one that has made a breakthrough in lithium-sulfur batteries."

"If we delay it for a long time, perhaps more teams will achieve breakthroughs. By then, this technology may not be so valuable anymore!"

In response to the boatman's reminder, Wang Donglai smiled confidently and said, "Boss Wang, I received your reminder."

Seeing this, the boatman frowned, said no more, and left the reception room.

At this point, both companies parted ways with Wang Donglai unhappily!

Wang Donglai was not worried at all about this, because he knew that they would come back soon, and at that time, they would agree to the conditions he proposed without hesitation.

The reason why he has such confidence is because...

(End of this chapter)