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After making the donation, Li Yichen put his phone back in his pocket, picked up the takeout, and went upstairs.

Before the floor-to-ceiling windows, the light had already climbed onto the surface of the river.

He unpacked the takeout, found a chair, dragged it to the window, sat down, and started eating.

The three buildings of Lujiazui across the river stood out in the morning light, with a section of cloud pressing down on the tallest one's spire, and the two shorter ones supporting it on the left and right, like three rivets embedded in the sky.

Li Yichen picked up a mouthful of rice, chewed it, and looked at the three buildings for a while.

The last time I stared at this river like this was when I was working the night shift. My electric scooter was stopped at the intersection waiting for the green light, two sheets of fried rice strapped to the back of the insulated box. The wind blew across the river, carrying a fishy, ​​salty smell. At that time, I had about forty yuan in delivery fees in my pocket, which hadn't arrived in my account yet, so I counted it three times in my head.

The river is still the same river, and the three buildings on the opposite bank are still the same three buildings.

The only change was that Li Yichen was no longer looking at the roadside, but was now sitting in this river-view villa, enjoying his meal while admiring the beautiful scenery across the river.

Li Yichen swallowed the last bite of rice, closed the box, and put it aside.

Absurd. That's the only word.

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The takeout box was still warm when he sat back down on the sofa.

The orange icon deep in my mind is still there; it hasn't disappeared.

A wealth gift package.

He turned off the app just now, not because he didn't want to, but because the delivery rider knocked on the door. He couldn't very well keep the rider waiting outside.

But now it's better, things have calmed down.

He brought up the system panel and pressed his finger on the icon.

There were no beams of light, no sound effects, and no special effects whatsoever.

Only one line of text quietly appeared in the center of my mind—

[Wealth Gift Package Unlocked – Obtain: Core Technology of Graphene Solid-State Batteries (Full Version)]

Then comes the information flow.

It's not the kind of feeling where words are crammed into your brain; it's a different kind of feeling—more like "suddenly remembering something." Material ratios, electrode structures, charge-discharge curves, yield control, mass production process nodes... every single one of them is really pressing on my brain, ready to be retrieved at any time, as if it's always been there, just recently been brought up.

Li Yichen sat on the sofa for about five minutes without moving.

He singled out one of them and examined it—the control tolerance of the graphene interlayer spacing, and the corresponding curves affecting the charging and discharging efficiency.

The data is accurate to four decimal places.

It's not a hallucination.

This is real knowledge.

He leaned back in his chair, his mind starting to work.

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Graphene solid-state battery.

In today's market, these four words carry far more weight than they sound.

Its energy density is more than five times that of existing lithium batteries. It can be fully charged in under ten minutes. Its cycle life exceeds 10,000 cycles, meaning it can operate for ten years without any degradation. It can function normally at -50 degrees Celsius without losing power, bulging, or catching fire; even if cut into pieces, it will not ignite or explode.

He grabbed the back of a receipt from the coffee table and wrote down a few numbers vertically.

After listing them, I put down my pen and looked at them for a moment.

This is not a technology.

This is a bomb buried deep within the foundation of the battery industry. Once the fuse is lit, the blast will not only affect new energy vehicles, but also consumer electronics, energy storage, and the entire energy industry chain, starting from the bottom up.

Eliminate the range anxiety of new energy vehicles at its root.

The power architecture of mobile phones, laptops, and wearables all need to be redesigned.

Energy storage solutions on the grid side directly reduce costs.

Li Yichen flipped the paper over, placed it on the coffee table, and didn't look at it again.

To build a factory.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, he knew it wouldn't work.

Site selection, environmental impact assessment, equipment procurement, personnel system... it took two years to get there, and three years to get there. He could wait, but the market couldn't—once this technology was lingering in his mind for too long, things would inevitably change.

He's not going to build a factory anymore; he has plenty of money now, so he'll just acquire an existing battery factory.

With production lines, workers, and a supply chain, you can simply embed technology and ship the goods.

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He opened his notebook and accessed the survey page.

Acquiring top domestic companies like CATL and BYD would be too costly, often costing hundreds of billions of yuan, which he currently lacks the financial strength for. Moreover, the other party is not short of money; even if he were to join, he would only be a minority shareholder with little influence.

He pulled it down.

The second echelon.

After scrolling for nearly forty minutes, he stopped on the homepage of a company.

Hongyuan New Energy.

Headquartered in Jiading, a suburb of Shanghai, the company primarily manufactures lithium iron phosphate batteries, supplying several automakers. Two years ago, things were going well, but then major clients cut orders, exposing the problems of excessive concentration in their business. Revenue plummeted, the stock price fell by nearly 60% from its peak, and the market capitalization shrank to seven or eight billion.

Scroll down the announcement—at the end of last year, a share issuance failed, and no financing was secured. In January of this year, the company secretary resigned and a new person took over. Last quarter, operating cash flow was negative.

They're desperately short of money, not just a little.

But the production line is still there. The technical team is still there; those who are proficient in lithium iron phosphate can be brought along if they switch directions. The supply chain relationships have been established in Jiading for so many years; any one of them is something a new company cannot build from scratch.

Li Yichen scrolled down and found the page on equity structure.

The major shareholder holds 37% of the shares, while the rest are scattered among various institutions and individual investors, with no single shareholder able to control the majority.

He pushed the laptop screen back, rested his hands on his knees, and went over the whole thing in his mind.

The 37th largest shareholder.

The company was short of money, so short that even a share issuance failed.

In this situation, would the major shareholder be willing to negotiate?

The probability of them being willing is very high.

The issue isn't whether they're willing or not, but who will negotiate, how they'll negotiate, and how much they want in return.

Li Yichen had a clear idea of ​​the acquisition logic—he didn't want Hongyuan New Energy's brand or its current products; what he wanted was the shell: production lines, workers, supply chain, and a mass production license.

The technology belongs to him.

He opened the investor relations contact information for Hongyuan New Energy, glanced at it, and then fell into deep thought.

Li Yichen was self-aware; he didn't understand things like acquiring companies, and all he had at the moment was the technical knowledge in his head.

Although Li Yichen didn't understand acquisitions, he still wanted to learn more about the company.

So he typed four words into the search box—

"Founder of Hongyuan New Energy"

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When the page refreshes, the first result is an interview from three years ago.

The accompanying photo shows a man in his early fifties sitting in front of a factory, wearing work clothes, smiling sincerely, with deep wrinkles around his eyes. The title is "Twenty Years of Sun Yide of Hongyuan New Energy, Building a Top Ten Battery Manufacturer in China".

Li Yichen clicked on the article and read on.

Sun Yide, 53, has been in the battery business for 20 years, starting from a small workshop and gradually building Hongyuan into a publicly listed company. In the interview, he said that he has never thought about running away and plans to continue running this company.

Upon seeing this, Li Yichen's hand paused for a moment on the edge of the laptop keyboard.

This isn't the kind of person who's ready to cash out and run at any time.

When discussing acquisitions with this type of person, you can't directly quote a price. If you do, they'll think you're trying to buy at rock-bottom prices, and the deal is likely to fall apart.

This kind of thing requires a highly professional person; he can't do it himself.

So Li Yichen searched for well-known headhunting companies in Shanghai on his computer and quickly found one: Liepin. This company is a listed company and a leading platform for recruiting mid-to-high-end talents in China. Its core business is connecting enterprises, headhunters, and professional managers.

After learning about the company in detail, Li Yichen made the call without hesitation.