As the headquarters of Future Technology, Longhu High-tech Park has a much larger construction investment than Pingguo’s spaceship building, and it has now been rated as a global modern landmark building.
Especially the large intelligent data center and top laboratories in the park.
The amount of money spent is unimaginable.
That is to say, the future technology that opens up the global money-attracting model can have such a big deal.
Because of this, the heads of major brand companies who came to participate in the investment conference, while saying hello and expanding their contacts, focused on the various buildings in the park, their eyes full of emotion.
Even Kulas, who is the CEO of Pingguo, can't help but glance sideways frequently, becoming more and more interested in this young man who has created such a miracle.
At this moment, Chen Shihe, who was dressed formally and solemnly, stepped forward and slowly spoke to everyone: "Welcome to attend our investment conference. Please come with me."
Others naturally had no objection to this, and immediately prepared to go to the venue under the leadership of Chen Shihe.
After all, there is only one ultimate goal for them.
That is to say, get the solid-state battery.
But Kuras really couldn't bear it anymore.
In the past, whether he went to inspect or discuss cooperation, the other party would show absolute sincerity, and basically the person in charge of the company would accompany him throughout the process.
But this time he did not hesitate to fly from California to Binjiang City. It was fine that the president of Future Technology did not come to pick him up in person. At this time, he only sent a subordinate to receive him.
It's obvious that they didn't pay attention to their results.
You must know that his coming here this time is equivalent to giving money to future technology.
So without moving, he asked directly: "Where is your boss? Since Mr. Xu organized today's investment meeting, shouldn't he show up now?"
The moment the words fell, everyone was stunned.
Casting a doubtful look.
"I'm sorry Mr. Kulas, our Mr. Xu is already waiting for you at the venue for some reasons." Chen Shihe turned around and explained calmly after hearing the sound.
There is no preferential treatment at all because of the other party's identity.
As for Peng Xiangxiang, Lei Jun and other heads of new energy vehicle brand companies who were watching, they did not speak rashly when faced with this scene.
Want to see what Kuras would do.
certainly.
If possible, they hoped that Kulas would turn around and leave directly.
Mainly if they can kick out Pingguo Mobile, a highly competitive rival, they can gain more production capacity share.
"Boss, let's meet Mr. Xu first before talking."
Perhaps because he was well aware of his boss's character, just when the surrounding atmosphere became a little subtle, Mel, the assistant next to Kulas, suddenly spoke up and reminded him.
After hearing this, Kulas's expression finally softened, and then he took the initiative to walk forward.
This can be regarded as temporarily resolving the situation.
But considering that Kuras has managed Apple for so many years, how could he not be able to distinguish the priorities of things?
It's just that compared to his previous experiences, he felt ignored today, and the gap in his heart was really big.
Only then could I lose control of the anger I had been suppressing for the past few days.
However, in this high-tech park, their Pingguo reputation has no effect.
The status of buyers and sellers has changed. If you want to buy solid-state batteries, you must accept the current experience, unless you want to see the company eventually be abandoned by the times.
When the atmosphere was harmonious again, although everyone felt a little disappointed, they didn't say much.
Then, under the leadership of Chen Shihe, they arrived at the large venue in the headquarters building.
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"Welcome to attend the Xingyuan Battery capacity allocation meeting. Please take a seat first."
Xu Lei, who was already sitting in the main seat, saw Chen Shihe bringing everyone in, and quickly stood up and greeted everyone warmly, and asked everyone to sit down one by one.
The purpose of convening this special meeting is very simple, which is to allocate the annual production capacity of the three large-scale battery production bases under construction.
Xu Lei never liked beating around the bush, and since everyone was already here, there was no need to whet his appetite.
Then we went directly to the topic.
"I know that everyone who comes to this investment conference wants to purchase a sufficient number of solid-state batteries, but before that, please allow me to give a brief introduction to Xingyuan solid-state batteries."
At the same time that Xu Lei said these words, the staff in the venue also played new content on the screen in the venue.
The above are the two batteries currently featured by Xingyuan Battery.
They are solid-state mobile phone batteries and new energy vehicle power batteries, and they are all of the same size.
Among the heads of these brand companies present, only Peng Xiangqian knew the most about Xingyuan solid-state batteries, and the information that others knew was limited to what was circulated on the Internet.
Now that we have the opportunity to have a deeper understanding of Xingyuan solid-state batteries, naturally no one dares to relax, and almost all their attention is focused on the screen.
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"One more thing I need to tell you is that all types of solid-state batteries produced by Xingyuan Batteries are of the same size."
"To ensure that it is used, related products must be designed according to the battery specifications."
In the past, when they purchased batteries, the production company would design the batteries according to the needs they provided. Now, when they suddenly heard such a decision, they couldn't help but discuss it in whispers.
Brands ensure their competitiveness through product design solutions that are different from those of their competitors.
If the battery specifications are all the same, some things will be difficult to use.
The key point is that many companies have completed the design of their new products and are waiting to be officially launched for sale after the solid-state batteries are in place.
Faced with such a situation now, we must overthrow the previous design and start over, which will inevitably cause considerable losses.
Especially it is the largest in the new energy automobile industry.
But if it is not changed, the purchased solid-state batteries will not be installed at all, and they will be no different from scraps. If the launch time of the product is affected, the consequences will be even greater.
Faced with this situation, Liang Jingdong, the person in charge of Lingguang, was the first to ask questions.
"Mr. Xu, is it true that the specifications of the power battery cannot be customized?"
As a civilian car company, Lingguang focuses on small, economical and good-looking cute cars suitable for young people after entering the new energy vehicle industry.
There are big differences with the general-purpose new energy vehicles produced by BYAT and others.
According to the Xingyuan power battery specifications just announced, the design of previous models must be changed.
However, Xu Lei did not choose to respond to Liang Jingdong's question, but continued to make new requests.
"At the same time, when using our solid-state power battery, it must be designed as a removable battery, and the disassembly method must be simple to operate."
If the leaders of new energy vehicle brands here can still reluctantly accept that battery specifications cannot be customized, then this requirement now seems a bit baffling to them.
When new energy vehicles use traditional lithium batteries as power batteries, they have corresponding mileage standards for their battery life.
If the user wants to replace the battery pack with a new one, he or she can go to a special place to replace it.
If the battery replacement operation is designed to be simpler, I am afraid it will only increase the risk of use.
After all, there are shortcomings in the safety of lithium batteries.
It is easy for the vehicle to spontaneously ignite due to external reasons.
besides.
They didn't even think of the benefits of doing so.
So he immediately raised objections.
"It's not that we haven't considered this approach, but because we couldn't find any advantages, we abandoned it at the beginning of the car design."
"I want to know what Mr. Xu's intention is in making such a request?"
"The metal solid-state battery developed by your company is obviously safer and has a longer battery life than traditional lithium batteries. There is no need to make the battery removable."
"That's right. Maybe even if the new energy vehicles in the future are driven to the point of scrapping, the batteries will still be in good condition."
"Mr. Xu, I think this article should be scrapped."
While the heads of a group of new energy vehicle brand companies were discussing this issue intensely, the head of a mobile phone brand company sitting across from them remained silent throughout.
Didn't get involved.
Anyway, for mobile phones, the battery specifications cannot be customized and it will not affect it too much.
Peng Xiangqian has the most say on this point.
But since it was Xu Lei's request, how could it be useless.
At this time, Xu Lei listened to the words of Liang Jingdong and others. Although he always kept a warm smile on his face, there were no soft words in his mouth.
"This request is related to the secrets of our company. We can't inform you for the time being. In short, it will definitely not affect your interests."
"On the contrary, it may bring a lot of benefits."
"Of course, our future technology is based on mutual consent. If you cannot accept this request, you can choose to refuse to use the solid-state batteries we produce."
Xu Lei made this decision after careful consideration. Naturally, he would not change his mind after listening to people like Liang Jingdong. Anyway, as he said, cooperation is voluntary for both parties.
Liang Jingdong and others obviously did not expect Xu Lei to be so determined on this matter.
After hearing these words, I couldn't help but fall into a brief silence.
They all know the value of solid-state batteries. Although they expressed their dissatisfaction with Xu Lei's requirements just now, they still have to use them when they should.
Otherwise, if you refuse other business partners to choose to use it, then it will be too late to regret it.
Although the model needs to be redesigned, it can at least ensure that its market share is not taken away. Overall, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
As for the benefits Xu Lei mentioned, they didn't take it too seriously.
soon.
When Xu Lei saw that Liang Jingdong and others remained silent, the smile on his face suddenly became brighter. He immediately ordered Chen Shihe next to him: "Shihe, bring up the plan."
"It's Mr. Xu."
Chen Shihe heard Xu Lei's instructions, nodded in agreement, and then handed the plans he had prepared to everyone.
Kuras reached out and took it, put it on the table and read it carefully, and found that it was Xingyuan Battery's annual production capacity allocation plan for the three new bases.
But when Kulas saw the share Pingguo could get, his expression changed instantly.
"Mr. Xu, I think you should give me an explanation why the batteries we can get in Pingguo are less than 10 million yuan?"