Chapter 37: Shut out
Xinghai’s press conference ended perfectly.
Of course, if we don’t count the time during halftime when Mr. Ma fainted and went to the hospital due to sudden high blood pressure.
The final price of the battery is 1000 yuan/kWh.
Due to production capacity reasons, the current price is actually relatively high.
Taking a car battery with a capacity of 100 kWh as an example, the price is 100000 yuan.
Today, due to the highly developed industry, the cost of batteries of the same level has been reduced to around 3 to 4 yuan.
But as Fan Ren said, under the same volume, the capacity of solid-state batteries is times higher.
Let’s take a car as an example. If a liquid lithium battery pack with a capacity of 100 degrees is replaced with a solid-state battery, the capacity can reach a terrifying 250 degrees.
This will bring about tremendous changes to the current new energy vehicle market, and the range of pure electric new energy vehicles will exceed 2000 kilometers.
And because the charging and discharging speed has been increased by 30%, combined with wireless charging technology, the entire battery can be fully charged within 30 minutes, and 80% can be fully charged in just 10 minutes.
It is truly possible to complete the charging mode of 10 kilometers of driving range in 1500 minutes without getting out of the car.
Therefore, as the press conference came to an end, Xinghai Technology, a little-known small company, suddenly became a hot topic in all media headlines.
The marketing department led by Liu Jun was constantly receiving calls from various car companies seeking cooperation.
That evening after the press conference, in the intensive care unit of Linhai Central Hospital.
"Dad, are you awake?"
When Ma Gaosheng woke up slowly, he saw his son looking at him with a worried expression.
He was in no mood to talk and nodded imperceptibly.
Ma Wei knew about the Xinghai press conference. He looked at his father and remained silent for a long time.
"Dad, don't think too much. The doctor told you not to get angry now, otherwise..."
"Got it, go out and let me be quiet for a while."
Even if Ma Gaosheng wasn't angry, he was visibly upset. Ma Wei nodded, sighed, and got up to walk outside.
"Uncle Ye!"
The figure that appeared at the door made Ma Wei scream in surprise. He had never heard of the news that the vice president of headquarters had come to Linhai. How come he suddenly appeared here?
Ye Hongzhi looked serious. He walked around Ma Wei at the door and looked inside, then went to Ma Gaosheng who was lying on the hospital bed.
"I'm going to talk to your father for a while. Close the door."
"Uncle Ye, the doctor told me that my dad needs to be emotionally stable now."
"go out!"
Ma Gaosheng's eyes suddenly opened and he growled towards the door in a hoarse voice.
"Bang", the door of the ward was slammed shut by Ma Wei.
In the ward, Ye Hongzhi's face showed no sympathy for Ma Gaosheng's current situation.
"I came to Linhai urgently to ask you one thing. Before this, didn't you have any idea about Xinghai's solid-state battery research progress?"
Ma Gaosheng smiled bitterly. What's the point of saying this now? If he knew that Xinghai could make a breakthrough in the battery field, he would not have offended the other party even if he had ten guts.
Seeing this, Ye Hongzhi, who was standing nearby, stopped asking questions and thought for a while before saying seriously, "Don't say that I disregard our friendship over the years. I'll give you three days. Can you reach some degree of reconciliation with Xinghai?"
There was no hiding the threat in his words.
They are all old foxes, so Ma Gaosheng was not surprised by this. He had foreseen the current scene as early as when he reached out to the Ministry of Justice.
Ye Hongzhi did not continue asking questions. He was waiting for Ma Gaosheng's answer.
As soon as the press conference was over, Deli Electric sent people to Xinghai Technology to try to discuss cooperation matters, but they were turned away without exception.
He made countless calls as the vice president, but no one answered.
On the contrary, Hainiu, Sanxin, and Deya Group, the leader in the domestic battery field, have all urgently sent people to contact Xinghai.
This time is different from the previous high-voltage wireless charging technology. The global battery market has now reached a scale of nearly one trillion.
This is a market that has been fully developed, and Deli Electric has no choice but to devote all its energy to it. In fact, solid-state batteries beat lithium batteries in all aspects under various comparison conditions.
Therefore, it is foreseeable that once production capacity meets market demand, traditional liquid batteries will be completely swept into the trash.
This is also the reason why he took an emergency plane to Xinghai that day.
"Mr. Ye, I want to ask you a question."
Ma Gaosheng spoke up to break the silence, and Ye Hongzhi did not refuse but nodded.
"If you were in my position, what would you do for a company like Xinghai that has no background?"
He wanted to know whether what he had done was wrong.
Hearing this, Ye Hongzhi couldn't help but sneer and shook his head, saying, "This is why no matter how well you perform, I can only place you in the Linhai branch."
He sighed, took a chair beside him and sat down, then continued: "Old Ma, times have changed. Let's not talk about the distant past. Look at Hainiu, whose market value is comparable to Deli, how did they treat Xinghai? Look at Sanxin Group, they are a multinational giant with huge market share in various fields. What about them? How did they treat Xinghai?
Of course, it's too late to say this now, but for the sake of our long-term friendship, I'll tell you.
Lao Ma, you have to know that for a business, money is just a string of numbers, right?"
Ma Gaosheng's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but nodded when he heard this.
Seeing that Ma Gaosheng hadn't understood what he meant, Ye Hongzhi thought for a moment and could only use simple words: "How can you guard against thieves for a thousand days? Even if you crush Xinghai to death today, can you guarantee that no other new technology-based companies will appear in the future?"
"Times have changed. Remember, a market can never be taken up by a single company. If it does, it will be on the verge of death. For a company to achieve what we have, the fundamental purpose of developing the company is actually to ensure its survival.
Of course, it would be even better if the company could thrive on this basis.
Why do several of us take Xinghai’s market in Linhai as an excuse and not interfere?
After all, does the company lack this little market in Linhai? What everyone cares about is whether the Xinghai patent can be renewed without any accidents when the next renewal expires. This is the key point.
It's just a few hundred million, who can't afford this amount of money?"
There was some anger in Ye Hongzhi's tone, as if he was disappointed with someone.
After a long while, Ma Gaosheng digested what he said and said miserably, "Why?"
"Why didn't they stop you? That's because if there were no solid-state batteries, the worst that could happen to the company is that you can be fired and the situation can be settled by using your fate to apologize to Xinghai!"
Ye Hongzhi didn't say the rest. Ma Gaosheng knew that if he alone could force Xinghai to sell its patent, that would of course be better.
Thinking of this, Ye Hongzhi couldn't help but sigh repeatedly.
Currently, he is the one with the highest status among several companies in contact with Xinghai.
But even so, he was directly rejected by Xinghai and was not given any chance to contact him.
"Go ahead, don't waste my time. Three days! Can you ease the relationship with Xinghai within three days? Tell me what I need you to do. The company has prepared 10 billion yuan for public relations and can be used at any time."
Ma Gaosheng did not continue to dwell on his doubts. He knew his old boss very well and knew that if this matter could not be accomplished, it would be more than just a matter of firing him.
He said no more and nodded, "I'll try my best. Please call Ma Wei in for me. This matter still falls on him."
Ye Hongzhi stood up, nodded, turned and walked out the door.
"Ma Wei, Old Ma is calling you, remember, if you can accomplish what I ask you to do, Uncle Ye will personally give you 500 million yuan in cash as a reward!"
Patting Ma Wei on the shoulder, Ye Hongzhi made some promises.
Hearing this, Ma Wei, who was waiting outside the door anxiously, nodded quickly and entered the ward.
"Dad, you called me?"
Ma Gaosheng gestured to the person behind him to close the door, then waved to his son to come to the bed.
His eyes fell on Ma Wei, and Ma Gaosheng was lost in thought for a long time.
"dad?"
"Every word I say next, you must remember it in your head, and you are not allowed to show any surprise at all!"
Ma Gaosheng's eyes suddenly became clear, but Ma Wei's expression in the ward gradually changed from curiosity to horror.
(End of this chapter)
