"There's nothing wrong with the factory, it's just that there's something missing...what? Do you want to come and take a look? Don't...that's okay, just come later? We'll wait for you here..."
Chen Jianjun actually didn't want Chen Zifan to come, he just wanted him to collect some money, but Wu Xiaohong's eyes looked as if he wanted to kill someone. As a last resort, he had to change his mind and confirm the location.
After hanging up the phone, Wu Xiaohong had a seizure:
"Come on, please tell me carefully, is this the electrical machine factory you built? It's just a shabby place, and you spent nearly half of our money on this lousy machine?"
Chen Jianjun, who knew he was in the wrong, could not refute. As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, your shoes will not get wet. Motorcycles and electric vehicles look very similar, but their internal structures are completely different.
Chen Jianjun didn't know enough about batteries and motors. And the most important point was that there were too few serious motor factories in China. If you were to look for them, you could only find shabby factories like this.
"Okay, let's wait for Xiaofan to come..."
"well…"
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Stardust Technology.
After Chen Zifan assigned some work tasks to Zhao Wushang, he drove his domestic Dandan car all the way from Zhongcheng District to Haibei District. After taking several wrong roads, he finally found his parents.
"I miss the days when I had navigation..."
I was used to using map navigation in the era of smartphones, but now I really didn’t dare to drive around when I didn’t know where I was going out. After a little understanding of the situation, Chen Zifan understood what was going on between the two of them.
"Oh, dad, you want to make an electric car and then set up a motor factory... But then again, why don't you just buy the parts and assemble the finished product?"
When this was brought up, Chen Jianjun was very depressed: "I thought, I can't buy spare parts. There is no one in Haicheng that specializes in selling motors."
If you have one, don't sell it to him. The cost of electric vehicles is not low these days, because the cost of batteries and motors is high, and serious batteries and motors are controlled by some companies with high carbon emissions.
Most of the purposes are for welfare. China has not implemented carbon credit standards yet, and few companies are interested in products such as electric vehicles and new energy vehicles, let alone mass production and launch.
A team that Chen Zifan is familiar with that is researching power batteries behind closed doors currently has very limited results. Their main focus is lithium iron phosphate batteries, which is also the product that changed BYD's destiny.
The lithium batteries currently produced by Stardust Technology are closer to the later ternary lithium batteries in terms of raw materials and energy density, but they are different. For example, they are less dependent on cobalt, but they are not cobalt-free.
The reason is that the level of the lv.10 copycat lithium battery is too low. It cannot reach the level of later new ternary lithium batteries, blade batteries, and cobalt-free batteries, and it is still far from solid-state batteries.
Chen Zifan thought carefully and observed the surrounding environment. He found that there were many factories in this area, and the motor factory that Chen Jianjun took over was just one of them. Then he said:
"I'll take care of the motor and battery issues, but I need to know more about this factory. If the price is right, it's best to contract one. I'll help you register a company and you can do it.
I'll get you some electric car design drawings in a few days, and you can figure out the rest, but dad, what's the point of just running a factory and assembling electric cars? Why not do something big?"
Chen Jianjun: "???"
Wait, he didn't realize it. He doesn't have to worry about the motor and battery now? He also got some electric vehicle design drawings? How many are they? How big are they? What does it mean to be big? How big can it be?
"Ahem, Xiaofan, it's not that I don't believe you. Let's just set up a small factory to make some money. The rest is a bit of a hassle..." Before Chen Jianjun could finish his words, Chen Zifan interrupted him:
"Don't worry, you will be responsible for selling electric cars and so on when the time comes. It will be very easy. You don't have to worry too much about the rest. I think that besides electric cars, we can also make other things.
For example, an electric car? An electric car that has a small and exquisite appearance, is priced at an affordable price, and is suitable for urban household transportation? It’s just like the Dandan car I’m driving, but it’s positioned differently, do you understand?”
Chen Zifan thought of a model that later became popular all over the country: Wuling Hongguang MINI EV. The initial starting price was only 28,800 to 38,800, which was extremely lethal to people with lower budgets.
However, with the current Stardust technology alone, it is still very difficult to create a product that is comparable to or even better than Wuling MINI, and they currently do not have a power battery production line or other accessories.
Chen Jianjun and Wu Xiaohong were dumbfounded. What? Electric car? What is that?
“Can cars also be electric?”
"Are you sure this is not a toy? What should I do if it runs out of battery while running? There is no place to charge it!"
"That's right, that's right, we just need to sell electric cars, let's not think about cars or anything like that..."
Chen Zifan: "..."
Sure enough, he was too hasty, and the foundation has not been laid yet. It is too risky to rush into the automobile market. Moreover, even if the foundation is laid in the future, it is not suitable to leave it to his parents. He has to lead the team himself.
"It's okay. You go back and rest first. Just wait for my news. I'll let you know when I'm done."
"Hey~ wait!"
Seeing that Chen Zifan was about to withdraw, Chen Jianjun stopped him again and said with some embarrassment: "Well, can the company be called Xinghua?"
Chen Zifan: "???"
"The company you helped me set up, can it be called Xinghua? Xing is the star of Xingchen, and Hua is the Hua of Huaxia. This is my only request."
"..."
Maybe it's Xinghua and Chen Jianjun's obsession. Chen Zifan doesn't have any objections. Whether it's Xinghua or Xinghua, how could he not agree?
Also, since when did his parents have any requests that required such a tone?
"No problem, I'll take care of the factory and company for you in one month. Just take a break for this month. If you don't have any money, ask me for it."
"Okay, you get busy first!"
"okay!"
Chen Zifan drove his Dandan car back to Stardust Technology. Why didn't he give it to his parents? Chen Jianjun drove a travel version of Santana, which was much better than his Dandan car. As for why he didn't drive...
One is that I am too lazy to change cars, and the other is that I am too tall and drive a Santana, which affects my vision.
He has no idea of buying a new car. He rarely drives, unless one day he builds his own car. Most of Stardust Technology’s senior executives drive Passat, which seems to have always been a magic car~
The most painful thing at this time should be Zhao Wushang. He had just solved part of the work and was assigned a new job by Chen Zifan. The most important thing was that this was still something that old Director Chen had to do, and he couldn't refuse yet.
"Dr. Chen, please share it with me. I can't take it anymore. There's too much work..."
Chen Zifan looked at the bitter Zhao Wushang and asked with some confusion: "Aren't you the CEO? Why don't you promote a few of them yourself?"
Zhao Wushang: "???"
MD! I have been working personally for so long that I forgot that I am also a leader! There are not many people in Stardust Technology, but it is no problem to promote a few to help him. The most important thing is that he didn't realize it before!
Chen Zifan was also a little confused. He always thought that every time he gave Zhao Wushang a job, Zhao Wushang would assign part of it to his employees. Who would have thought that the dignified CEO of Stardust would actually do all the work himself?
At the same time, he also realized that Stardust Technology needed to expand its employees. He still needed to confirm the specific number of employees, positions, and requirements, and by the way, he also prepared a proposal for Stardust Network/Express.
Several tasks were carried out simultaneously. After three busy days, Chen Zifan finally handed over the Stardust Network/Express plan to Zhao Wushang. At the same time, he also discovered that Zhao Wushang had two more followers.
Both are female assistants, estimated to be between 28 and 32 years old. They are well-maintained, their makeup is exquisite, their plump figures have a mature charm, and they also reveal a hint of competence in their words and deeds...
"Well done to you, old Zhao!!!"
Chen Zifan was a little confused, and the way he looked at Zhao Wushang changed. The latter also noticed the look in his eyes, and quickly explained: "Little Director Chen, you misunderstood, they are my assistants."
"...I know! What did I misunderstand? Okay, this is the plan for Stardust Network and Stardust Express. It is basically no problem to follow this structure. Stardust Express will be left to you.
Then notify the Human Resources Department that we need to expand our recruitment to 50 people for Stardust Express, 100 people for Stardust Network, and 300 people for Stardust headquarters and factories. The headquarters and Stardust Network must comply with my requirements!"
"I see!"
This means that for Stardust Express, the conditions for employees recruited in the factory can be introduced by existing employees, or no more than half of them are required, while for Stardust Network, the employees recruited by the headquarters must be strict.
Zhao Wushang is a very decent person and would not do anything out of the ordinary. Moreover, the female assistant may not necessarily have poor working ability. The human resources department also has a sense of propriety and knows what not to do.
Stardust Network's recruitment requirements are the most stringent, and will be personally checked by Chen Zifan. At the same time, the salary and benefits are also the highest, and you need to pass a very difficult written test and a very strict interview.
Various confidentiality agreements also need to be signed, but as long as the agreement is not violated, it will not have any impact on the employees themselves. In addition to regular recruitment, Chen Zifan also tried something different.
He also sent invitation letters through the Human Resources Department to key engineers in the technical departments of nine companies, including Bird, Meizu, Huawei, Lenovo, and Newman, directly and openly trying to pry into their corners.
Not only did they offer a higher salary, but they also expressed their willingness to help them pay liquidated damages... Some people were dismissive of this, some pretended not to see it, and some were moved, but they were worried that Stardust Technology would have no future...
Only Boss Huang of Meizu was so angry that he scolded his mother: "You Stardust Technology! You poach people on my head! That's too much! Besides, you are so far away from Haicheng, why are you poaching our Zhucheng engineers?"
There's nothing wrong with just poaching people. The key is that an engineer from the technical department has already asked him to resign! Or his two main engineers, who can bear this! He wants to go directly to Haicheng at this time!
If Chen Zifan knew that he had offended Boss Huang at this time, he would definitely cry out for injustice. He just heard that Meizu engineers are very capable and easy to dig, so he sent an invitation letter to try...
Who would have thought it would be so easy to succeed?
Apart from Meizu, the best people to recruit are Waveguide engineers. There is no way around it. Waveguide advertises aggressively, but its R&D investment is only one-fifth. Some engineers have long been unwilling to stay.
Money is little, tasks are heavy...
Stardust Technology's salary was so high that engineers from Lenovo and Huawei looked down upon it, but Bird's engineers expressed that they needed it, so they immediately contacted the HR department of Stardust Technology and were ready to change jobs.
In contrast, Bird's boss Xu was much calmer. The main engineer in the technical department resigned, but Bird's top management didn't react much because technology research and development has never been taken seriously by them.
After a symbolic attempt to persuade them to stay, three main engineers from Waveguide and two from Meizu set out on their way to Haicheng. The Stardust Technology Human Resources Department also reported the news to Chen Zifan.
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