Rebirth of Hong Kong's tycoons, shorting Eagle Sauce

Li Shaocheng suddenly realized: "Lithium ore is a very important component of batteries!" After Wang Lei asked him to stockpile lithium ore, he began to study lithium ore and unknowingly became a half-expert. "Yes, think about it. If one day in the future, the output of new energy vehicles reaches tens of millions, how much will the demand for lithium ore be?" The inability to keep up with the output of lithium batteries has always been an important factor restricting Tesla's output. And as long as it is a new energy vehicle, there will be lithium elements in the battery, and the blade battery developed by BYD is no exception. Because lithium metal is very light, it carries the most charge under the same mass, which is the highest among the batteries known so far. It also has the characteristics of high discharge voltage and low self-discharge rate, long cycle life and highest charging efficiency. It can be said that lithium metal is born to make batteries. Li Shaocheng grew up in a compound since he was a child. His vision and foresight are unmatched by ordinary businessmen. He naturally knows that if one day, electric power replaces traditional oil-burning power, then lithium metal will definitely become the target of capital from all countries. Then there is a reasonable explanation for not selling lithium ore at a low price now. Everything he did was meaningful.

But all this had a big premise, that is, electric cars could be mass-produced!

Li Shaocheng had a big question mark about this.

You should know that as early as the 1930s, the US military had built DC electric cars, even half a century earlier than the birth of fuel cars.

But more than a hundred years later, electric cars are still a high-tech concept.

Wang Lei didn't think much about it, but took out a CD and asked Li Shaocheng to watch it first.

"EV1? The electric car developed by General Motors?"

I only saw this car speeding on the runway, and the text prompt said that it took only 9 seconds from rest to accelerate to 96km/h!

What surprised Li Shaocheng the most was that its maximum speed could reach 130km/h, which could fully meet people's daily needs.

"It uses 32 lead-acid batteries as energy, and can run 144km per charge!"

"In fact, GM has already started small-scale mass production, and its shadow can be seen in some big cities."

Li Shaocheng was very confused:

"Then why did the foreigners suspend this project?"

Yes, it is obviously ready for mass production, why did GM give up this project?

"Good question. Actually, to put it bluntly, it is because of the strong resistance from the American oil companies. Once these oil giants join forces to strangle it, even General Motors can't bear it."

"And the battery of EV1 ages very quickly, and the after-sales problem has become the last straw that crushes this project.

General Motors feels that they have been developing for so long and invested so much money, but the project has not brought any benefits. Instead, they have to invest more money in subsequent battery research and development."

"General Motors' top management thinks that all this is caused by the EV1 project, so they simply stopped this obviously losing money project."

Li Shaocheng nodded and asked:

"Can replacing battery power with lithium batteries solve this problem?"

"The answer will be found in experiments again and again."

In order to complete this project, Wang Lei hired several engineers from the EV project that was on the verge of dissolution at a high price. They will continue their research at the Sanshi car factory.

The research and development environment in Longguo is indeed good. In a few years, oil prices will soar, and by then new energy vehicles will surely be accepted by the public.

"Boss, since the R&D of BYD is so important, should we give them a break and support their R&D? As far as I know, they have developed mobile phone lithium battery technology.

If it is put into production on a large scale, it will definitely increase the demand for lithium ore."

"I came here to talk to you about this. I don't plan to mine domestic lithium mines on a large scale at present, so you have to go abroad!"

"I'll give you a task, go overseas to launch a large-scale acquisition of lithium mines."

"Australia's lithium concentrate, South America's four major salt lakes..."

Li Shaocheng couldn't help but get excited. If he had all these lithium mines in his hands, he would undoubtedly have monopolized most of the world's lithium mines.

As a mining tycoon, he naturally knew the importance of mastering a core energy source.

Not to mention whether new energy electric vehicles can be put into mass production in the future, the current mobile phone lithium battery technology has been monopolized by the Sakura Country.

If the upstream lithium mines are blocked, the battery manufacturers of the Sakura Country will naturally act according to their mood.

In the future, if lithium batteries are really put into new energy electric vehicles on a large scale and lithium mineral resources are mastered, it will undoubtedly choke the throats of foreign new energy electric vehicle manufacturers.

To bypass the more mature lithium battery technology and use other batteries, re-developIt will cost a lot to develop. Even if the research is successful, the safety and practicality may be greatly reduced, which is totally not worth the loss.

Li Shaocheng once again felt the importance of his work, and his fighting spirit was rekindled in his eyes.

"Boss, leave this matter to me. I want to see if Ni Pingnan dares to complain to me at that time."

Although he was smiling, tears were flashing in his eyes.

Wang Lei patted his shoulder heavily and promised:

"After these years, I will clear your name sooner or later, and the country will not forget you."

Li Shaocheng, who has become a veteran, nodded, obviously not caring much about it.

"Boss, even if everyone blames me, my will has never wavered."

"In the past two years, more and more foreign businessmen and organizations have contacted me, hoping that I can sell rare earths to them at a low price. They promised me a lot of benefits, and some of the conditions are really tempting, which makes me more and more certain that rare earth resources have great value..."

Wang Lei has never doubted Li Shaocheng's firm will. The quality of this young master in Kyoto has impressed Liu Hu.

"How about I help you to see the old man? And tell him the truth?"

"Well... Then please go there. My grandfather has always had a good impression of Wang's Group. I don't want him to die and never forgive me."

The two chatted for a long time.

Until Liu Hu whispered to him:

"Boss, Sanshi's general assistant called and said that Longwei's chairman came to Kyoto and wanted to see you."

"Please help me make an appointment. It seems that I am not free today. I want to visit Shaocheng's grandfather."

...

Kyoto, in a reception room of Sanshi Group.

Chairman Ren of Longwei was pacing anxiously.

Seeing Sanshi's general assistant coming in, he hurriedly asked:

"What did Mr. Wang say?"

"Mr. Ren, I hope to make another appointment with you. He has to go to the hospital to visit an elder of a close friend..."

Chairman Ren thought for a while and asked:

"Which hospital is it? I will go to him directly."

The general assistant also felt the other party's urgency and said:

"I will ask for you, please wait."

Chairman Ren was indeed a little anxious. Longwei was at a critical moment of attacking GSM technology.