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On his second day in Chongqing, Yang Yunsheng visited the production workshop of Guokeche and the battery research and development center.

The current design of the Guoke car is a redesign of the original Lifan Motors.

Simply put, Yang Yunsheng felt that Lifan Motors' design was not aesthetically pleasing.

The current shape of the Fruitshell car is more like a shell, but the rear wing has been significantly redesigned.

It's a sedan-type car, with a front end that somewhat resembles a Tesla.

But at the rear, it looks like a Ferrari.

The main reason Yang Yunsheng had it designed this way was that it was a copy of Trami's design.

No, it's imitating the design of Trami.

If there's no Trami now, then Yang Yunsheng's Fruit Shell Car is the original.

When Trami comes out later, it will be a pirated version.

So far, however, the problem remains with the battery.

When they arrived at the battery R&D center, the staff all looked up at Yang Yunsheng and frowned.

Research centers like this are of paramount importance to a company.

Without the permission of senior leaders, outsiders will absolutely not be allowed to enter.

A researcher came up and said to Yang Yunsheng, "Which department are you from? This is a research center. Unauthorized personnel must leave immediately."

Yang Yunsheng wasn't angry; he smiled and looked at the researcher.

"Excellent, your awareness of confidentiality is very high!"

Seeing Yang Yunsheng smile, the researcher became even angrier.

"Get out of here right now, or I'll call security!"

At this moment, Xiong Fu walked in with the documents, and his expression changed upon seeing this scene.

He immediately rebuked the researcher, saying, "Zhang Zhen, what are you doing? This is the chairman of Guokr!"

Zhang Zhen opened his mouth as if to say something, but Yang Yunsheng spoke up.

"It's alright, it's not your fault. As a member of the research lab, that's how we should do it."

Zhang Zhen smiled sheepishly: "Sorry, Chairman!"

Yang Yunsheng nodded and asked another question.

"What stage has the development of the nutshell battery reached so far?"

Zhang Zhen replied, "Currently, we are developing the Guoke No. 1 battery. However, its energy storage capacity is insufficient, and it cannot provide long-term range when installed in the Guoke vehicle. I heard that Engineer Li has been sent to the United States by you, Chairman, in the hope of purchasing American battery technology. If we can acquire it, it will be of some benefit to our Guoke vehicle. But it's still better to develop the battery for the Guoke vehicle ourselves. However, our company is the only one in China involved in electric vehicles, so I am still worried that even if we purchase the electric vehicle technology, we will not be able to obtain their true core technology."

Yang Yunsheng remained silent, understanding that Zhang Zhen's words made sense.

But at this point, all they could do was wait for Li Guangqiang to bring back good news.

Zhang Zhen showed Yang Yunsheng around the laboratory, and Xiong Fu also introduced, "This battery research and development center, although it doesn't look big, every instrument is from Germany and the United States, and each one costs several million. The total cost of building it was more than 70 million."

Yang Yunsheng said, "Money is not a problem. Moreover, even after the Guoke car is launched, we need to increase and continue to invest in its batteries. Only in this way can we make better batteries, batteries that belong to us. Being constantly held by the throat by others is not a good thing for our domestic car companies, or even for the country!"

Xiong Fu and Zhang Zhen both nodded in agreement. Yes, whether it's a company or a country, if they want to become strong...

They all rely on their own strength.

If you want to become powerful by relying on others' help, you will only become a puppet.

On this point, no Chinese person could or would agree to it.

On the morning of the third day that Yang Yunsheng stayed in the mountain city, bad news came from the United States.

Li Guangqiang successfully made contact with Xiong Zheng yesterday afternoon.

This morning, they also went to American electric vehicle companies to discuss electric vehicle batteries. The result, unsurprisingly, was rejection.

They have no immediate plans to provide electric vehicle technology to Chinese automakers.

One of the main reasons they did this was that they believed that if China opened up its electric vehicle policy, they, as foreign electric vehicle companies, could enter the Chinese electric vehicle market as soon as possible.

It's important to understand that China doesn't have electric vehicles yet. Once their electric vehicles enter the Chinese electric vehicle industry, they will definitely be far ahead.

Once Chinese automakers realize this, or start making electric vehicles, the technological aspects alone could delay their progress by at least two or two and a half years.

Two or two and a half years from now, where will there be a market for Chinese-made electric vehicles?

Yang Yunsheng frowned upon receiving this news.

Time waits for no one; in just six months, the country will open up the electric vehicle policy.

If Guokeche cannot solve the problems of range and efficiency, then once the policy is opened up, even with national policy protection, those Sino-foreign joint ventures will not be afraid of the protection laws for local enterprises at all.

Therefore, if Yang Yunsheng wants to seize the market before the electric vehicle policy is released, he needs to solve the battery problem before the end of the year.

Otherwise, Guokeche would lose its market advantage, which is something Yang Yunsheng absolutely cannot accept.

Yang Yunsheng hung up the phone and pondered how to resolve the current predicament.

He walked out of the Guokr headquarters alone and went outside, walking along the riverbank for an unknown amount of time.

There were people playing mahjong nearby, so he went over to take a look.

He went over to watch some people playing cards.

He also chose to play a game of chess.

After Yang Yunsheng had thoroughly defeated the old man, the old man refused to play with him anymore.

Don't you know how to respect the elderly and care for the young? Get down!

When Yang Yunsheng returned to Guoke, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. He had eaten rice noodle rolls outside.

He discovered that the rice noodle rolls in Chongqing were completely different from those in other places, including their place of origin, which was in eastern Guangdong.

In eastern Guangdong, rice noodle rolls are made directly with soy sauce, but in Chongqing, they are made with an improved version of soy sauce.

This dipping sauce is absolutely delicious.

After returning to Guoke, Yang Yunsheng was full of confidence again.

He gathered the people from the battery R&D center in the main conference room and began a video call with Xiong Zheng and Li Guangqiang, who were in the United States.

After the call was connected, Yang Yunsheng discovered that both of them were out running around.

He then said, "There's no need to contact other trolley companies for now; I already have a solution."

Upon hearing this news, Xiong Zheng and Li Guangqiang were both stunned.

Is there a solution?

Xiong Zheng asked in confusion, "Mr. Yang, what is the solution? Instead of going to the United States, should we purchase electric vehicle battery technology from other countries?"

Going to other countries is also impossible.

So Yang Yunsheng's solution was to buy a car!

If we directly purchase the electric vehicles manufactured by the other party, we will have the opportunity to study how their batteries are made.

Upon hearing Yang Yunsheng's idea, Xiong Zheng and Li Guangqiang felt there was nothing wrong with it, and even thought that this was the way to do it!

Since they're blocking our technology, we'll throw mud at them... cough cough, we'll just study their batteries directly.

With current domestic technology, it's indeed impossible to make the same batteries as them.

But what if we study their batteries first, and then proceed with our own research and development?
Forget about knockoffs; there are examples of knockoffs outperforming genuine products. (End of Chapter)