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Chapter 115 Listening to Thunder in Silence

Nowadays, when a company develops a new product, there are only a few ways to promote it. It advertises in newspapers, TV stations, and participates in exhibitions. After it becomes famous, it then goes to major companies to seek cooperation. Basically, these are the routines.

BYD is now advertising and promoting the nickel batteries it has developed, but there is very little response from domestic manufacturers. These days, foreign parts are more popular than domestic ones. Domestic parts are said to be shoddy, unreliable, and fall out of fashion at critical moments. Rumors such as Even when the company purchases parts, it gives priority to using foreign parts.

The most direct competitors for the nickel batteries currently developed by BYD are Sanyo, which provides batteries for Shenzhou phones, and several Japanese benzene manufacturers such as Panasonic.

But since last year, battery giants such as Nippon Sanyo and Panasonic have made rapid progress in lithium battery technology. Various experiments have also shown that lithium batteries are more widely used and cheaper than nickel batteries. Again, you can say that the enemy is bad, but Never call the enemy stupid!

In the past 20 to 30 years, Nippon has indeed played the role of a technological pioneer. Many new technologies were developed by Nippon. After eating enough of the nickel battery dividends, Nippon, Sanyo and Panasonic, the major battery giants, When preparing to switch to lithium batteries, it announced that it would close the nickel battery production line on environmental grounds.

I don’t know whether it is a real shutdown or a fake shutdown. Anyway, the price of batteries supplied by Sanyo to Shenzhou Phone has increased, and Sanyo and other companies are not allowed to sell nickel battery production lines and technologies, for fear that other companies’ technologies will catch up!

Boss Wang's heart beat faster when he heard that Xu Kai was purchasing from Dongling High-tech Company. He advertised in the newspaper that BYD had also developed domestic nickel batteries, but few companies came to inquire. He was ready to go overseas. manufacturer, but I didn’t expect that Tanglin Hi-Tech would come to visit!

"Yes!"

Boss Wang said with certainty, "Nickel battery technology is not a big problem. The key is the production line. To build a production line to produce nickel-cadmium batteries and ensure production capacity requires tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan, so BYD develops it by itself. A production line!"

Boss Wang knew that this was an opportunity for BYD, and the method he adopted was the human sea tactic. He knew that BYD was no match for Sanyo compared to machinery, so he split up the mechanized production line and eliminated all processes that could be completed manually. If it becomes a manual operation, and it is done like this in America, the production cost is estimated to be explosive, but it is affordable with the current domestic wage level.

"The construction cost of this production line is only more than one million yuan. If we release the production line, we can produce four thousand nickel batteries per day!"

Taking Xu Kai to the workshop, Boss Wang introduced the production line to him. Looking at the very crude production line in front of him, Xu Kai asked the key question, "How about the battery performance, compared with Sanyo?!"

After thinking about it in his mind, Boss Wang said truthfully, "Compared to high-end batteries from Sanyo and Panasonic, BYD's batteries are indeed inferior because of the materials, but ordinary batteries are supplied to mobile phones, cameras, camcorders, and electric toys. In other aspects, it is enough. In addition, the price of our batteries is only 60% of Sanyo’s. If we are given more time, the price can be reduced to about half of Sanyo’s batteries!”

After finishing speaking, Boss Wang couldn't help but feel a little nervous. If he could get orders from Dongling Hi-Tech, BYD would be able to survive and even become a foreign exchange export company. This would be BYD's best opportunity since its establishment. Wang couldn't help but feel nervous. The boss is not nervous.

"Send a batch of batteries to testing institutions in Hanxi and Shanghai for testing!"

Xu Kai took out his mobile phone and made several calls back and forth. Later, technicians from Dongling High-tech Yangcheng Production Center came over. After preliminary testing of BYD batteries, Xu Kai said to Boss Wang.

"Mr. Wang, if BYD's battery passes Dongling Hi-Tech's procurement review, we hope BYD can increase production capacity as soon as possible!"

"No problem, we can build another production line!" Boss Wang gritted his teeth and said, as long as he can get the order from Dongling Hi-Tech, he can go to the bank for a loan with the contract.

"A production line?!"

After Xu Kai heard this, he couldn't help but smile, "Mr. Wang, does he know how big the battery gap of Shenzhou phones is now? If the order is signed, BYD will supply at least three million batteries every month!"

"Three million batteries?!"

Boss Wang took a breath when he heard this number. With BYD's current production capacity, if he doesn't improve the process and increase the production capacity of each production line, he will have to add hundreds more production lines to satisfy Dongling. The demand for high technology.

At this time, Xu Kai's phone rang again. Boss Wang saw that Xu Kai's attitude suddenly changed after receiving the call this time. Even through the phone, Xu Kai's attitude became visibly respectful.

After saying a few words to the person on the other end of the phone, Xu Kai came over and handed the big brother to Boss Wang, "Mr. Wang, Mr. Li's phone number!"

"Boss Wang, if BYD's battery test review passes, Dongling High-tech hopes that BYD can increase production capacity as soon as possible. Dongling High-tech will provide help for this. Dongling High-tech is willing to invest 4100 million yuan in BYD in exchange for 35% of BYD's equity. To improve BYD's production capacity and technology research and development, BYD will become the battery supplier of Donglin Hi-Tech in the future!"

After Boss Wang got the phone, a gentle voice came from the other end of the phone. Until the phone hung up, Boss Wang still felt a little dizzy.

He raised his head and glanced at the sky. It was sunny and sunny at noon. Boss Wang would never forget the call from Hanxi in his life. In just a few minutes, BYD received its first venture capital investment since its establishment. , the company’s valuation directly reached nearly 1.2 million yuan. Looking back at the small dilapidated workshop behind him, he felt unreal.

"Congratulations in advance, Mr. Wang!"

Xu Kai said to Boss Wang with some envy that although this investment will not take effect until BYD's battery passes the review, Xu Kai knew that if the battery does not have major defects, BYD's battery will enter the supply chain system of Dongling Hi-Tech. It was already a done deal, and he had witnessed with his own eyes the birth of a billionaire!

Just when Boss Wang was still a little dizzy, the original electronic tube factory in Yanjing, now renamed BOE Company, also came with a man who had traveled all the way from Hanxi.

"Director Wang!" Gao Peng reached out to Wang Dongsheng in front of him.

Looking at the business card handed over by Gao Peng in his hand, Wang Dongsheng couldn't help but said in surprise, "Donngling Hi-Tech?!"

Dongling Hi-Tech came to the door, somewhat beyond Wang Dongsheng's expectation. When Wang Dongsheng took over the Yanjing Electronic Tube Factory, this once known as the number one electronic tube factory in the country was already on the verge of bankruptcy. After Wang Dongsheng took over, it was the same as Pingyang Xicheng Wireless No. 650 Factory. They also adopted the method of raising funds from employees and raised million to save themselves. The only difference was that Xicheng Wireless Factory No. finally got out of hand, while BOE was brought back by Wang Dongsheng to turn the tide.

"We heard that BOE is developing display screens?!" Gao Peng said straight to the point.

"Your company is very well-informed!" Wang Dongsheng smiled and did not deny it. Now BOE's most profitable project is the CTR industry, which is the kind of big-ass TV sets, computer screens, etc. This business is a cooperation between BOE and Panasonic. BOE OEM for the other party.

However, Wang Dongsheng has never given up his plan to let BOE develop its own screen, and has always asked BOE's technical department to track the display screen technology of Nippon and Bangzi.

"Director Wang should have heard about what happened to Shenzhou Telephone, right?!"

Gao Peng looked at Wang Dongsheng and said, and the latter nodded solemnly. He didn't know how other companies felt, but he understood it deeply. He had always wanted BOE to get involved in the CTR color TV business, but Japan Benzene refused to give him the technology. , in the end, I entered this industry by working for Panasonic, but the profits were all taken away by Panasonic, and BOE made hard money.

After thinking about it and remembering what Li Dongling told him before Yanjing, Gao Peng looked at Wang Dongsheng and said, "Before I came, Mr. Li asked me to tell Director Wang that Dongling Hi-Tech is willing to support BOE to enter the LCD panel field!

Donglin Hi-Tech is willing to invest and establish a joint venture with BOE. Donglin Hi-Tech will contribute the money and BOE Technology will take a stake in developing electronic screens for Donglin Hi-Tech's products. In the future, if necessary, Tanglin Hi-Tech can support BOE in Hanxi Province. Chengdu and Binh Duong invested in establishing panel production bases! "

Wang Dongsheng listened to Gao Peng's words. He didn't believe it even if he said that he was not moved at all. Research and development is very expensive. Now that it relies on OEM work for Panasonic, BOE finally has a better life. At least it can afford to pay back the money it owes to the bank. I don't have to worry about bankruptcy at any time, but expecting to have money for research and development is overthinking.

He has been tracking foreign advanced screen technology. Japan and Sharp started the production of LCD screens this year. Wang Dongsheng had a hunch that LCD screens would be the technology to replace CTR big-ass displays. But BOE wanted to develop LCD screens, but it couldn’t use them at all. Don't pay for it.

With the support of Tanglin Hi-Tech, Wang Dongsheng feels somewhat hopeful. He heard that Tanglin Hi-Tech has successively launched several popular overseas products, and has just received hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign exchange from Bandai. There is Tanglin Hi-Tech. Support, BOE may really have the opportunity to develop it.

"I will go to Pingyang to meet Mr. Li!" Wang Dongsheng said to Gao Peng, and decided to go to Pingyang in person to meet Li Dongling.

Zhang Ao and the people from Donglin Hi-Tech's Procurement Department were busy everywhere, constantly looking for new parts suppliers. In fact, they were rebuilding the supply chain of Donglin Hi-Tech. This time, they checked all the parts manufacturers and recorded them in the book. , if any parts manufacturer has a problem in the future, it can be replaced as quickly as possible.

Li Dongling was actually very busy in Pingyang, waiting for people from two places to arrive in Hanxi Provincial City.

(End of this chapter)