this man is not calm

Chapter 397: Choice of the Times
Children in the mid-to-late 1990s still had a rich extracurricular life. Electronic games were very prominent, taking advantage of their novelty. In comparison, sports such as football, badminton, skating and table tennis were more popular.

To put it bluntly, computers are too expensive, playing video games seems to be a rare thing, and students compete with each other for more face.

With the release of the Venus series of handheld game consoles, cheap and fun games began to appear in daily life. Parents suddenly discovered that this new "toy" was too eye-catching and too suitable to be a "scapegoat" for their children's failure to study well.

Electronic games have appeared very early, but the debate over whether they can be played to lose one's motivation or can be used to educate while entertaining and to combine work with rest is likely to continue for many years.

The conversations with Nan Xiaobiao and Dai Yiqun were very harmonious, and the cooperation among the parties was very harmonious. However, as Dai Yiqun's fame grew and he made money faster and faster, the profits he made were often worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. Even if they had a good personal relationship, they had to act with caution and not create rifts because of unnecessary financial disputes.

Jin Shang does not interfere in the specific operations of Changdi Culture. At most he will express his opinions on the general direction and annual budget.

The two of them came this time to coordinate with Jin Shang.

For such a big star, monetizing traffic requires overall planning. Even a little bit of it can bring huge profits. I don’t know how many people will come forward to make money.

Fortunately, there are no competitors in the same ecological niche as Dai Yiqun in China. Even if she is eager for quick success and overdraws some popularity in advance, it will not be a big deal.

For celebrities, overexposure is actually not a good thing. With two albums, three movies, a TV series, an annual concert, two variety show agreements with TV stations, plus numerous endorsement announcements, Dai Yiqun's schedule is really full.

Privately, Jin Shang and the Nan brothers also advised that with his current popularity and wealth, there was no need to work so hard.

Unfortunately, Lao Dai didn't listen. Perhaps it was because he had been retired for ten years and the impression of the days when there were few visitors to his studio was too deep. He thought it would be more reassuring for him to make money while his popularity was skyrocketing.

As a boss, it is definitely a good thing to have such a career-oriented "cash cow" under his command. However, Jin Shang is not a devil who only cares about money. He has advised Xiao Biao to control the workload so that Dai Yiqun's body will not collapse.

People around 35 are no longer as energetic as they were in their twenties. Their health starts to decline and they can no longer act recklessly like before.

"Go back and spend more time with your family, and take some time off! I'm counting on Brother Dai to be popular until he's 70, but at least he should be 60. The future is very exciting. If he dies early and can't play anymore, wouldn't that be a big loss?"

As the other person smiled, Jin Shang watched the two of them get on the official car and go to the TV station to record the show. Only then did he feel relieved.

"Being a star... it's not such a reassuring profession. Even top artists like Dai Yiqin don't feel safe inside. They worry that they won't be able to make a living if they're not famous anymore. Their minds are full of thoughts of rushing to make all the money they can as soon as possible. It's really..."

This idea is not wrong. The entertainment industry is ever-changing. If you make it out, you will gain both fame and fortune, but if you are not careful, you will fall into an irretrievable situation.

You never know when you might say something wrong, or expose a scandal, or offend some big shot, and your reputation might collapse overnight, and you would become a stinking dog shit that everyone despises.

"I watched him build a tall building, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his building collapse." Without Kong Shangren, without "Peach Blossom Fan", and without the song set "Lament for Jiangnan", I always feel that something is missing. Should we film it? "

In the history of our past lives, there are so many stories from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. It would be a waste if we don’t “copy” them over.

I'm just sitting around anyway, and now that my business is on track, it's time to find some fun for myself.

There is no end to making money, but life is limited. With Jin Shang's abilities and current plans, there is no need to worry so much about whether his career will succeed.

Back to the original intention of embarking on this path, if you want to truly change the world, you can't do it without money, but having money alone is not enough! ——
It’s June in a blink of an eye, and it’s another sunny Saturday.

Five days ago, Jinxi Video was listed on the main board of the Beijing Stock Exchange at an incredibly smooth speed, with a valuation of 32 billion yuan and financing of 6.5 billion yuan. After listing, the stock price fluctuated by 13 points on the day and closed up 2.7%.

The slight increase in the flat market proves that Jinshang’s market forecast is correct, the quotation is reasonable, and investors are buying it.

In the following week, the market was sluggish, and Jinxi Video's stock price closed up six points, which was a decent performance.

Yesterday, Friday, another listed company, CSSC Electromechanical Co., Ltd., issued an announcement that its chairman, Jin Shang, had resigned and was replaced by former general manager, Hong Renquan. It also promoted an executive with a background as a construction engineer to serve as general manager.

Doing so will ensure a smooth personnel transition and is also a prerequisite for Hong Renquan to be transferred to Jinxi Culture's parent company as a consultant after his retirement.

After nominating the board seat and handing over the legal representative, Jin Shang no longer actually controlled this promising industrial company, but managed it indirectly through a shareholding control model.

Whether it is shipbuilding, electromechanical equipment, factory operation or chemical coatings, Jinxi Culture does not have the technical strength and talent reserves to run a large-scale manufacturing enterprise with such a long front line, nor is it a listed company with considerable influence.

Letting go appropriately may stimulate extraordinary vitality.

After realizing from the reaction of the "Golden Broom" that there was a great hope of obtaining positive feedback, Jin Shang did so.

While we relaxed our grip, some areas were actually strengthened.

For example, the shares of the Planet Intelligent Manufacturing subsidiary have been adjusted. The parent company Jinxi Culture holds 34%, individuals hold 6%, CSSC Electromechanical holds 54%, and the rest is allocated to the equity incentive pool to attract technical backbones.

As for the subsidiary named "Xingdao Haihua" which was formed after the spin-off of coatings and chemicals, its main business is brine recycling, seawater desalination, thermal power stations, energy storage power stations, new materials and new energy.

This factory has a registered capital of 2 billion yuan, which is obviously a very strong company. This time, Jin Shang himself does not hold any shares. Jinxi Culture holds 35%, CSSC Electromechanical holds 42%, local governments hold 10%, and the rest is held by his second uncle Zhang Hua and his partners.

Currently, not much real money has been spent, but it is basically converted into physical assets, companies, land, preferential commitments and technical teams to expand the existing team.

The construction of the factory will come first, and production, operation and sales will come next. Once the shelves are built, they will be filled in slowly until they can be self-sufficient and self-operating.

The specific details of the cooperation require Qi Zhaoyun to negotiate with all parties, so his right-hand man has been very busy recently. After he has made all the arrangements and it is time to sign and seal the documents and publicize them to the outside world, it will be Jin Shang's turn to come forward.

In fact, the result has been decided long ago, but the process is a bit complicated and the qualification review also needs to wait.

Jin Shang has a lot of things to do, so he certainly won't take care of these trivial matters himself. Instead, he will take the memorandum of cooperation to the competent authority in Beijing to apply for the establishment of the data center as soon as possible.

Jinxi Video has gone public and raised so much money. In its strategic plan, in addition to acquiring the old publishing and distribution company, Wuwai Bookstore, and acquiring the copyrights of film and television works, basically all the money will be invested in the construction of data centers.

The approval document was obtained without delay, and a data service subsidiary named Jinxi Cloud Service was established. It was expected that Jin Shang would personally hold 15% of the shares, Jinxi Culture would hold 20% of the shares, and Jinxi Video would invest 3 billion to buy the remaining shares.

As for the registered capital, it is also 2 billion, which is so arrogant that it is jaw-dropping.

In the secondary market, there are doubts about such a large investment, but fortunately, most people are optimistic and the stock price is still fluctuating slightly upward.

As for Jin Shang's only listed company, Jinxi Video, where he serves as chairman, his personal shareholding has dropped below 5%. The parent company Jinxi Culture holds 43% of the shares. This shareholding ratio does not even give him relative control, and he has to join forces with strategic investors to dominate the board of directors.

Of course, this is just on the surface. In fact, if nothing unexpected happens, those who act in concert in secret will still be able to maintain absolute control.

This situation proves that Jinxi Culture's short-term layout has been temporarily completed. Now... it can no longer be said to be a pig on the wind, but an elephant blocking the wind.

The rest...of course is to wait for the wind to come.

Today is a day to enjoy my daily routine and handle work at the same time.

On June 7th, the 13th round of the National Football Jiazi League is about to begin, and the Beijing Northern United Football Team will be playing its last home game in the first half.

The current record can be described as horrible. From the beginning, Jinshang was prepared for a poor performance in the first half, and relied on the club's strong overall strength to successfully avoid relegation in the second half. However, in the past two months, the results of the games have really worried the fans.

Two wins and one draw in the first three rounds seemed to be a good start, which made the coaching staff and players a little careless and thought that the task of relegation was not difficult. As a result, they encountered a long nine-round winless streak and naturally fell to the position of "second-to-last" (last place).

There is a so-called "rookie wall" in the basketball court, and it is actually similar on the football field. At the beginning, no one was familiar with the "newcomers", so the Northern United Football Team's opening "three tricks" were very successful.

Unfortunately, everyone was a professional in this field and they quickly studied the team's tactics and the characteristics of the players. The targeted tactics also began to work. The home team, which underestimated the difficulty of the upcoming games, suddenly fell into trouble and was caught off guard.

With nine rounds without a win, seven losses and two draws, it is difficult to get a win, which is almost creating the worst record in the first half.

Fortunately, it was the turn of the weak team today. The visiting team was five points ahead of the home team and was currently ranked third from the bottom. They were the direct competitor for relegation. If they couldn't win this time, they would be really finished.

The young boss Jin Shang visited the stadium again after two months, which really made the club nervous.

Watching the game is one thing, but Jin Shang himself feels that as long as the team performs well, there is still great hope of winning.

In addition, teachers from my alma mater were also invited to watch the game and chat about some things.

The first half of the game ended with the cheers of the home team's fans. The overall feeling was that it was more intense than exciting enough, with both sides feeling a little restrained and wanting to win but afraid of losing.

"It all depends on the second half. I hope we can have a good result today. The bonuses are ready. It depends on whether the boys have the ability to get them."

Jin Shang was still talking and laughing in a relaxed manner.

With the current income of domestic professional players, there will be a serious lack of motivation if we don’t set higher winning and goal bonuses.

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward, and the effect of spending money is still very obvious.

"It was a bit nervous, but the opponent seemed to be more cautious. If we could react and hold on in the second half, we only needed to score one goal to win."

Professor Gong Lin, who has been promoted to dean, echoed this.

"When two people meet on a narrow road, the brave prevail. We cannot afford to lose, so we must work harder."

"The opposing players seem to be quite tired. They are tired from playing too many games and are under too much mental pressure."

"This year we have the World Cup qualifiers and the league schedule is too tight, with so many double matches a week and the FA Cup."

"Yes!"

The team is upgrading too quickly. The money spent on hardware can keep up, but the players' strength has not improved in a short time. The coach and technical director are probably worried that they will not be able to complete the task of relegation.

The more confident you were before, the more confused you are now.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, Xiao Jin. Have you read the technical information sent to you? What is your company going to do?"

"I don't really understand it. After consulting with industry insiders, I am even more confused. I wonder if you can help me understand it?"

As they spoke, they looked at another scholar in his 50s named Zhang Shude. He seemed a little taciturn and responded:
"Among liquid flow batteries, vanadium batteries are currently the main ones. They have many advantages, the most important of which are safety, high cycle times and long life. However, their disadvantages are also obvious. They are too heavy and require professional operation. They are large in size and costly, almost twice that of lithium batteries. More importantly, the environment needs to be controlled. In places that are too cold or too hot, maintaining normal operating temperature is also an additional expense."

"In other words, places that are too hot or covered with snow all year round are not suitable for the development of vanadium battery energy storage power stations?"

"It is definitely possible, if Mr. Jin can bear the pressure of rising costs..."

Jin Shang nodded in understanding and fell into deep thought.

It is no coincidence that lithium batteries became the mainstream in the past.

If it weren't for the development of wind power and photovoltaics, the demand for energy storage would have soared, and the relatively safer all-vanadium redox flow battery would not have received so much attention.

Compared with hydrogen energy, which is more unstable and difficult to apply on a large scale, lithium batteries have become the most ideal compromise.

Vanadium batteries... unless a complete set of application scenarios is built to spread the cost, they are really not as cheap and versatile as lead-acid batteries, not as efficient as hydrogen energy, and not as good as lithium batteries in terms of overall performance.

To put it bluntly, the technology is still not mature enough and is not as economical as it seems.

"So... what about fuel cells?"

Professor Zhang replied:
"It's too expensive. Not only in China, but also in developed countries that have invested heavily in research and development, it has not yet reached the stage of large-scale commercial use. Many of the problems are the same as the pain points of hydrogen energy, such as insufficient infrastructure, immature technology, and insufficient safety. By the way..."

As if he had thought of something, Professor Zhang asked:
"Since Mr. Jin owns a shipbuilding company, he should understand the concept of 'hydrogen embrittlement', right? Many troubles actually stem from this..."

"I know!"

During the shipbuilding process, deep penetration welding in many key areas basically requires the use of low-hydrogen electrodes, and the reasons are similar to those mentioned above.

Hydrogen is the smallest atom, ranking first in the periodic table. It is very active and can easily penetrate into tiny cracks in contact parts, thus affecting strength.

You can imagine a bowl of sand, which seems to be very tightly packed, but when you pour a cup of water into it, it quickly seeps in and turns it into sandy water, soft muddy water, and nothing else.

Half a century ago, people did not have a deep understanding of this aspect, and there were several accidents of giant ships breaking and sinking during use. Later, it was realized that if welded iron-hulled ships did not pay attention to this problem, they would encounter "hydrogen embrittlement" accidents.

The penetration and accumulation of hydrogen elements cause the mechanical properties of materials to deteriorate, and accidents of cracking or damage occur frequently.

Theoretically, "hydrogen embrittlement" cannot be completely eradicated, it can only be prevented and alleviated. Much of the research on hydrogen energy revolves around this point.

The smallest and most active element, just imagine how dangerous this thing is.

In fact, Jin Shang had made up his mind from the beginning, but he still wanted to hear the opinions of the experts from his alma mater.

"That is to say, at present, only vanadium batteries and lithium batteries are options. Lead-acid batteries are too backward, and hydrogen energy, fuel cells, and even more distant solid-state batteries, aluminum-air batteries, supercapacitors, etc., cannot be expected within 20 years."

"Yes, in the short term, only vanadium batteries and lithium batteries have commercial prospects. The others are just gimmicks."

Professor Zhang responded:

"Only with guidance and investment at the national level and promotion from the level of industrial clusters can there be an effect. My suggestion is that vanadium batteries should be used in power stations for peak energy storage and regulation, supplemented by lithium batteries. For mobile terminals, laptops, mobile phones, MP3s, etc., lithium batteries with more mature technology are more reliable and have a more promising future."

(End of this chapter)