Winner Takes It All, Resurrection 2009

"For the electrolytic aluminum and special materials markets, Qingyun has more than once invested real money to verify the market size and provided detailed scientific data to support it, especially after cooperating with Alstom, Siemens, Mitsubishi and other companies.

Qingyun has made major technological breakthroughs in the field of basic materials. Some of its key technologies have been widely used in new products and certain equipment of the Five Military Commandery, with very good feedback.

Based on the huge market demand in reality, there is nothing wrong with Qingyun following the most basic business logic and further increasing investment to expand production scale, reduce costs and grab a larger market share.

Especially based on the total import and export scale of special materials in 2011 and the first half of this year, combined with the current situation of domestic related special materials, electrolytic aluminum market, and the huge demand for new energy vehicles in the future.

Even according to the most conservative estimates, the potential market size of this industry in the next five years will surely exceed one trillion US dollars, which means the average annual demand will be at least more than two hundred billion US dollars..."

As the head of a large group, Li Zehua is particularly confident when speaking, because every number he says is backed by a large amount of detailed and accurate real data.

In the face of real transactions that have occurred and broad market application prospects, especially in the photovoltaic industry and new energy vehicle industry, the demand for aluminum alloys and special materials is extremely strong.

Anyone who sees such a detailed report will conclude that there is great potential for development in this field in the future, and will not know where to start if they want to find fault.

After giving sufficient examples, Li Zehua emphasized: "The production and processing of electrolytic aluminum, aluminum alloys, and special materials require massive amounts of electricity resources.

It so happens that the photovoltaic industry can both absorb a large amount of production capacity and solve electricity demand. Qingyun has no intention of getting involved in the domestic basic energy market and is willing to actively establish strategic cooperation with the State Grid.

Under the equal conditions of mutual benefit and reciprocity, if the photovoltaic production capacity invested by Qingyun can be successfully and perfectly connected to the grid, it will not only solve the shortage of electricity resources in some local areas of the State Grid.

It can also consume a large amount of excess electricity production capacity in the central and western regions. For example, the Yarlung Zangbo and Lancang River hydropower projects that have already been approved for construction will have great demand for electricity-consuming industries after they are put into operation.

In response to this, Qingyun can promise to guarantee production and sales (including the transmission of electricity to Southeast Asia, which will be the responsibility of Nandian Energy Group) and strictly implement it in accordance with the country's medium- and long-term plans.

We are planning to start production in Yunnan, Sichuan and Guangxi, including high-energy-consuming industrial clusters such as electrolytic aluminum, to inject new vitality into the local economy.”

At this point, Li Zehua also produced a supporting document, "This is a complete list of the relevant industries that Qingyun has invested in over the past two years, based on the production of one ton of electrolytic aluminum for every 1.5 kWh consumed (at its best).

It takes about 3 kWh to produce one ton of special materials.

By mid-2014 at the latest, Qingyun Group alone will consume approximately 400 million tons of electrolytic aluminum and over 150 million tons of special materials production capacity, generating a demand for electricity of over billion kilowatt-hours.

This does not take into account the consumption of new energy vehicles. Because electrolytic aluminum and aluminum alloys have irreplaceable advantages in high strength and light weight, they are widely used in core components such as body frames, chassis, and shock absorbers.

In addition, it also plays a key role in the application of aluminum electrolytic capacitors in battery systems, which can improve the charging and discharging efficiency, safety and stability of batteries.

Qingyun Power Technology Group is currently discussing cooperation with BYD Holdings, Yadi Group, CATL, ICBC, the two oil companies and other companies, and is preparing to jointly establish Dongda New Energy and charging pile infrastructure construction group.

It is initially estimated that in the next two years, a new energy charging network covering all first- and second-tier cities will be established, and within five years, charging stations will be established in all prefecture-level cities, urban areas, and important counties and towns across the country..."

As the saying goes, food and supplies must be prepared before an army moves. In the development and promotion of new energy vehicles, the vehicle's battery, motor and electronic control technology is certainly important, but a sound and convenient charging network is equally important.

It’s like a traditional gasoline car. If there is only one gas station within a radius of 500 kilometers, and the line for refueling stretches for ten kilometers, who would buy it?

By the same token, the technology of new energy vehicles was not mature in the early stages of development. It needs a process to be improved, and a full charge can only run 100 to 200 kilometers. In addition, the main selling point is the ultimate enjoyment, and it is equipped with various high-tech electronic products, which consumes a lot of electricity.

As well as running out of power when idle, if there are no service stations available for charging anytime and anywhere, the consumer experience will inevitably be poor, just like anyone looking at a charging station 50 kilometers away.

Looking back at the car with 10% battery left, people will feel anxious. It’s okay once or twice, but if it happens too often, it will inevitably lead to resentment among new energy vehicle owners, which will in turn affect reputation and sales.

The user experience is good, the driving cost is economical and convenient, and the purchase price is easily affordable for everyone, which is particularly important for the initial promotion of new energy vehicles.

In addition, in order to reduce the obstacles of traditional energy, Qingyun brought in the two oil companies to make an attempt to exchange resources in exchange for the latter's biased position in the promotion of new energy electricity.

This is the biggest difference between Qingyun and other competitors, and also the biggest shortcut advantage for Qingyun’s success.

While also developing new energy, competitors are struggling to find the best development path in an uncertain future business model.

Often, when investing 10 billion yuan, at least half of it must be spent on eliminating wrong options. Only after continuous trial and error can the correct route be obtained. It also takes a lot of time to verify and collect user feedback information.

Back and forth, a lot of resources and time are wasted meaninglessly.

As for Qingyun, in a chaotic and foggy market, he directly chose to cheat by opening his Sky Eye. Although Li Zehua had never worked in a position related to materials, power, or new energy vehicle designer in his previous life.

But he has experienced the era of the explosion of new energy vehicles. He has seen many online-hailing cars running around the world, and many of his friends have bought new energy vehicles in daily communication.

It is inevitable to collect a large number of consumers' reasons and needs for choosing new energy vehicles, such as low cost of travel, luxury car interior and electronic products, and beautiful appearance.

The 0-100-meter acceleration is much better than that of traditional gasoline vehicles, and it is very comfortable to ride in, has complete onboard equipment, a high-definition screen, an onboard refrigerator with sufficient cooling and heating, etc. In short, the experience is excellent and the sales price is very affordable.

The most important thing is that the country’s subsidies for new energy industries and batteries are very strong, and there are additional carbon neutrality points that can be used to make profits. In terms of public opinion, both national media and other domestic media.

The tolerance for new energy business is very high, and there is no worry that other noise will affect the reputation and image of the car company.

Of course, there is another most crucial factor as to why new energy vehicles will definitely be able to develop, and that is that the country is determined to achieve overtaking on the curve.

To this end, we are willing to provide all possible necessary assistance, starting with first-tier major cities and second-tier provincial capitals, to restrict traditional fuel vehicles from the source. How can you drive on the road without a license?

The new energy vehicle label is simple to obtain, as long as you apply for it. At a time when traditional oil license plates may not be obtained even after waiting in line for several years, what better choice is there than new energy vehicles as a means of transportation to and from home?

It can be said that Qingyun has made arrangements in advance in all aspects, leaving no blind spots. It is only waiting for battery technology to make another major breakthrough, and then it will be able to let go and realize its grand plans.

In front of the sole controlling shareholder, the boss whose word is law, no objection will be accepted. He insisted on spending money to lay out the charging station coverage strategy in advance. Who dared to object?

Even though Mercedes-Benz has not produced a single new energy vehicle, funds have already been allocated to start the construction of 100 million standard charging piles.

Qingyun also took advantage of a huge advantage here. Relying on the fact that there are few competitors in the market, it cooperated with relevant departments in advance to come up with a national unified standard for domestic new energy charging piles.

The entire patent system is controlled by Qingyun Power Technology (shared free of charge with subordinate companies of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to achieve interest bundling), and will be used by any latecomer companies involved in the new energy vehicle business in the future.

No matter which route its battery technology takes, it must purchase technical patent licenses from Qingyun Group for the charging process, otherwise it will not be able to integrate into the already sound charging network.

Reinvesting in a charging pile market exclusively for itself would not only be a huge waste of investment, but it would also be a question whether it could obtain approval. Qingyun has already collected the toll, and no one can do anything about it.

In terms of vehicle appearance, built-in software, and onboard equipment, Li Zehua gave the best solution according to his memory, even if there were some technical deficiencies, as long as necessary room for upgrading was left. At this time, no matter how professional the technical talents were, in terms of appearance design and understanding consumer psychology, they could not do better than Li Zehua, because he came up with the final solution.

It is the best solution that has been explored through more than ten years of accumulation by tens of millions of new energy vehicle owners, dozens of new energy vehicle companies, hundreds of billions of yuan, and millions of professional practitioners.

It is the most precious wealth obtained by summarizing experience after countless pitfalls, surviving through market selection and survival of the fittest, and you can be promoted directly by copying the homework.

If these are not enough to explain the problem, then what Li keeps mentioning, such as the new properties of ternary lithium and lithium iron phosphate batteries, is equivalent to cheating.

It doesn’t matter if the specific ratio is not clear. The simple principle is equivalent to being in a dark room, everyone is groping forward in the dark, and he directly opens a window full of the light of hope.

You don’t have to search in the dark anymore. The group is very generous in allocating funds for technology research and development. You can just do as many tests as you can, know the direction of development, and then just keep trying and erroring to eliminate wrong answers.

While others are developing in all directions through trial and error, Qingyun is looking for answers by feeling the direction of success. The time and resources spent are minimal, so it is difficult not to stand out.

In addition, Qingyun is very rich, and taking advantage of its good relationship with traditional American capital, it is spending money lavishly to supplement the technological shortcomings in this industrial chain.

For example, A123 Systems of the United States is a company that specializes in the research and development and production of lithium-ion batteries and energy storage systems, and has accumulated rich technology in the field of lithium iron phosphate batteries.

Unfortunately, the development atmosphere of domestic energy storage and new energy manufacturing industries in the United States was far from satisfactory. The company gradually fell into operational difficulties and was on the verge of bankruptcy by April/May 2012.

At this time, Qingyun came in waving a huge check, and with the tacit approval of all parties, it was easy to take it into his pocket. The technology that Qingyun had worked hard to develop in the past was packaged up and brought back to China by Qingyun.

Similar examples abound. If a technology with a complete set of intellectual property rights can be purchased, people will pay for it without hesitation. If it cannot be purchased, people will spend a lot of money on trial and error in research and development, just to cultivate and reserve excellent talents for the industry.

The more we invest in the right direction, the faster the overall technological breakthroughs will be. In addition, we have established good cooperative relationships with all mainstream science and engineering universities and have sufficient scientific research resource support.

In turn, while forming a high-quality cycle of industry-university-research cooperation in China, the number of Qingyun patent applications and the scope of application have skyrocketed at an astonishing rate.

The number of application patents, appearance and other patents approved in the first four months of 12 alone was more than twice the number for the whole of 2011, which made Li Zehua very happy to be on the company's board of directors.

With a wave of his hand, he once again increased funding for the scientific research system by tens of billions of yuan, and issued hundreds of millions of yuan in rewards to science and engineering talents who contributed to scientific research (during the validity period of the patent, bonuses were paid in proportion to actual profits and lasted for life).

Not only that, in order to encourage more science and engineering talents to join Qingyun, concentrate on scientific research, and contribute to the technological progress of Southeast University, Li Zehua also issued a formal reward document in the name of the board of directors.

In 2012, the group will award one thousand -square-meter luxury homes within the Third Ring Road of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen (with an average market value of over million yuan) to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to scientific research.

(Rewards for mid-level management and above in scientific research units are calculated separately and are not included in the scientific research talent evaluation.)
In order to achieve the effect of buying a horse with a lot of money, no threshold will be set in the first year (it is a long-term benefit). We only look at the number of patent applications and the effect of the actual investment of the patents in the production field. In short.

Even though Qingyun Group has received very few applications for scientific research results this year (actual scientific research results have already begun to explode), Li Zehua has to accept it with a pinch of his nose, just to attract and stimulate newcomers to join.

He wants to tell everyone through practical actions that as long as they have real ability to help the group achieve technological breakthroughs, Qingyun Group will not hesitate to give out huge rewards.

High-quality talents in science and engineering do not need to care about the ways of the world, do not need flattery, and do not need to entertain guests. They can concentrate on scientific research. As long as they continue to produce scientific research results, Qingyun will dare to make them real billionaires.

For this purpose, the Group has also issued a special administrative notice from the Chairman, stipulating that any management and logistics positions directly facing scientific research institutions must unconditionally cooperate with technical R&D positions (middle-level and above management personnel who consider the realization of scientific research application results are not included in this list.)
Whenever they receive a complaint from scientific researchers, they must prove their innocence immediately. Otherwise, they will be transferred or fired directly because their position is not to manage or supervise the daily work of scientific researchers (that is the scope of work of the Supervision and Compliance Department).

Instead, he provides extremely thoughtful logistical services for scientific research and solves all troubles and hidden dangers. Li Zehua wants to win people's hearts and minds by praising scientific researchers to the sky.

Even scientific researchers who want to have better development prospects cannot leave the Qingyun system, because here they are treated like treasures and their salaries will increase after they leave.

But all kinds of trivial matters will make them extremely uncomfortable. The accumulated differences in subtle areas will become a thorn, and if they cannot be pulled out, they will complain. Over time, they will naturally run back.

This trick has no effect on the top scientists and application engineers, because no one is a fool. Top talents in the industry are in high demand no matter where they are placed, and they are the backbone of scientific research.

What about those scientific research novice who are truly capable and work hard but lack experience? Can they resist the perfect scientific research environment that is designed for them?
As for those aggrieved civilian logistics managers in front-line scientific research units, who cares?
Those who don't want to work hard, have no ability but are picky, block scientific research funds everywhere to create trouble, and those who are looking for a sense of presence should leave as soon as possible, because there will never be a shortage of people in civilian logistics management.

As long as Qingyun releases the news, substitutes will be lined up for miles and can be picked at will, especially for those who neither produce products nor generate sales profits and have no scientific research and innovation capabilities.

For those scientific research and logistics positions who can only demonstrate their value through PPT, the group has only one attitude: they are treated much better than their peers, and are asked to do a good job of service. Anyone who wants to be a boss and give orders should get out as soon as possible.

No empty promises, no fooling around, being straightforward is the group's most basic attitude. If you produce results with the research funds given by the company, the company will dare to spend a lot of money to solve all your worries.

Even when you reach the stage of being a technical expert in the industry, the group will fund and arrange everything for your entire family. Even if your family members are just idlers waiting to die, Qingyun is willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to support them.

If you go one level higher and become a top technical boss in the industry, then there is nothing else to say. You will be treated as the vice president of Qingyun Group's head office, have four security guards when you travel, two armed guards at home, a private car and a villa, and all the elderly and children will be brought in for reunion.

Everything is arranged for the nanny, housekeeper, and cook, from the children's schooling to the elders' health, spouse's employment, and even brothers and sisters can be arranged, and the father-in-law and mother-in-law can also benefit from it.

The A330 and A340 private jets purchased by the group at huge expense are ready to serve you at any time. As long as you do not change jobs and continue to create high value, the group will treat you as its own uncle.

With such thoughtful treatment and care, how can those scientific researchers refuse the high output, high requirements and high tasks proposed by the group?
Then they would all turn into nuclear-powered donkeys and wish they could live in the laboratory!
With money, a good environment and a direction for development, it would be strange if there is not an explosion of scientific research results. In a few years, Qingyun will have the confidence to go abroad and fight with major global rivals in all walks of life at the same time.

Faced with the wonderful economic strategic blueprint drawn by him, even the big bosses smiled and said, "Very good, the overseas expansion has been successful, domestic demand has been expanded, and the new industries that are the lifeblood of the future have been fully covered.

With more Qingyuns, our work will be much easier. We just need to do a good job as housekeeper and logistics support..."

These words carry a lot of weight. If anyone else heard them, they would certainly apologize immediately with fear and trepidation, fearing that there was something else behind his words. What does a private enterprise want to do by being so deeply involved in decision-making?

A rumor that attempts to spy on a person's body is enough to kill him.

Fortunately, Li Zehua was not an ordinary person, and he was being taught in person. Listening to the sincere expectations expressed by the boss, he readily agreed regardless of whether there were other deep meanings behind it.

For some things, the more you dig into the root of things, the more trouble you will have. It is better to just be ignorant. As long as Qingyun abides by his duties and never crosses the line in the future development process, he will be safe.

As time goes by, the two sides are increasingly entangled in conflicts of interest, which are difficult to sort out, and now Qingyun is too big to fall.

If it continues to develop smoothly and becomes a core supplier in new energy, photovoltaics and basic materials businesses, combined with its existing industry foundation, what will Qingyun become?

Even Li Zehua himself did not dare to make any judgment.

He only knows one thing, as long as he doesn't cross the red line, no one can do anything to him... (End of this chapter)