Chapter 64 Sanctions and Responses
Nebula Manufacturing, General Manager’s Office.
The atmosphere here was not much better than the previous high-level meeting of the Semiconductor Alliance in Guigu.
The computer monitor in front of Yun Yin was stuck on a news report.
In response to the environmental pollution caused by solid-state batteries exported by Nebula Manufacturing, the White Alliance will issue a 500 billion fine to Nebula Manufacturing and prohibit its sale in relevant countries until the relevant environmental pollution problems are resolved.
At the same time, all solid-state batteries produced by Nebula Manufacturing that have entered the customs of various countries will be sealed.
Yun Yin's eyes were fixed on this report for a long time, and her mind was full of questions.
Environmental pollution?
The ingredients in solid-state batteries are biological bone extracts.
Fan Ren even joked at a recent press conference that under certain extreme conditions, the bone extracts in Xinghai's solid-state batteries can be eaten directly.
It's ridiculous!
However, this absurd scene actually happened.
The phone on the table rang urgently at this moment. Yun Yin checked the number and answered it directly.
"okay, I get it!"
The call was very short, and Yun Yin's brows furrowed even more after she hung up the phone.
The long-awaited listing plan of Nebula Manufacturing was urgently halted, and all the previous investment and efforts were destroyed.
Thinking of this, a hint of discouragement appeared on her heroic face.
After a long silence, she transferred the report to her mobile phone and then rushed to Xinghai.
Xinghai Conference Room.
It has only been a few days since the joyous atmosphere of the establishment of the chip laboratory, and today the atmosphere in the conference room is a little bad.
After Yun Yin sent the sanctions report issued by the Baiyue Alliance to Jin Qiaoying and Fan Ren who was called over, she sat quietly in the chair without making a sound. She herself had no solution.
After reading it, Fan Ren glanced at the two general managers in front of him. Yun Yin looked listless, obviously she was shocked.
Jin Qiaoying's face also showed anger.
Fortunately, he didn't look discouraged.
Fan Ren heaved a sigh of relief. He was afraid that this general manager, who was currently in charge of all the affairs of Xinghai, would also lose his fighting spirit.
'cough cough'
Fanren cleared his throat.
The two girls couldn't help but turn their gazes over.
"It's not a big deal. Don't worry about Bai Yue's fine. Let's put Xingyun's manufacturing and export aside for now. Mr. Yun will first expand the domestic market. Any problems?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Yin could only nod helplessly, but she still lacked the enthusiasm she once had.
Seeing this, Fan Ren did not continue to persuade him and turned to Jin Qiaoying.
"Boss Jin, issue a notice to increase the patent licensing fee for solid-state batteries to 1000 yuan!"
"What! Are you crazy?"
Jin Qiaoying screamed out.
In her opinion, Fanren's behavior is the lowest level of response in business, fighting.
This is an extremely unreasonable and inappropriate way of handling crisis public relations.
"Boss Jin, don't be impatient. Just listen to me."
Upon hearing this, Jin Qiaoying controlled herself and suppressed her emotions, staring at Fan Ren with her beautiful phoenix eyes.
"Boss Jin, in your opinion, what are the prerequisites for easing tensions between the White Alliance and Xinghai?"
Fan Ren looked straight into Jin Qiaoying's eyes without looking away, just staring at her closely.
Jin Qiaoying couldn't help but feel a little shy when he stared at her nakedly, but she didn't think much about it.
She knew what Fanren meant, and she also knew the request made by Jinze after receiving a call from him a few days ago.
Xinghai Technology must share the technology of preparing carbon nanotubes from graphene, otherwise the White Covenant Alliance will impose even more severe sanctions on Xinghai.
"Do we have any choice?"
Fan Ren spoke calmly.
Jin Qiaoying didn't know how to answer him. She had always been taught that business issues should never be mixed with personal feelings.
But now, although Fan Ren's tone seemed to be emotionless, it was this attitude that made her know that this was a manifestation of anger. "It seems that the journey through Xinghai has not been so smooth, hehe."
Fan Ren smiled self-deprecatingly, and there was no sense of disappointment in his tone.
He couldn't help but think of Liu Jun. If he were here, he wouldn't even have to say these words.
According to his personality, nine times out of ten he would just say "fight with them".
Thinking of this, Fan Ren suddenly realized that he hadn't had a drink with the third and fourth brothers for some time.
After finishing the chip work, it’s time to relax.
"As for Nebula Manufacturing, you can keep the funds for your own operation. You don't have to hand over the profit dividends for the time being. How much funds do you have in Sister Jin's account now?"
Whenever Fan Ren asked about these things, Jin Qiaoying could answer them easily.
"There is still a lot left. The follow-up research and development of the 3-nanometer lithography machine only cost about 50 million yuan. Adding the patent income from the past six months, the company currently has about billion yuan left."
Fan Ren nodded. This number is far from the research and development of chips.
The original financial plan was to rely on Nebula Manufacturing's current huge money-making ability to help Xinghai solve the chip research and development funding problem.
But that’s obviously not the case now.
It is for this reason that Fanren proposed to increase the patent licensing fee to 1000 yuan, which is times higher than before.
However, when it is implemented, slight discounts can be given to domestic enterprises.
As for companies like Sanxin, Deso, and Deli Electric, which has a large portion of foreign investment, they are not so polite.
There is no reason for Xinghai Technology to passively take the beating without taking any countermeasures.
"In this way, if the patent licensing fee is raised to 1000 yuan, the subsequent patent income will be able to fill the gap in chip research and development, right?"
When Jin Qiaoying heard this, her eyes lit up, but then she seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.
In this way, the foreign market will be really offended.
She could foresee that the consumers in the relevant exporting countries would be the ones who would suffer in the end as a result of this wave of increase in patent fees.
Don’t expect capital to bear the losses on itself; ultimately it is the consumers who are responsible for paying the bill.
Fan Ren knew what she wanted to say and nodded helplessly.
"Let's do this for now. At this stage, our main focus is still on the chip laboratory. Don't worry too much about other things."
Jin Qiaoying nodded. This was the only way to settle the matter for the time being.
The three of them then discussed the specific details before Fan Ren headed towards the laboratory.
Xinghai's solid-state battery patent authorizations soared by 330%. Once the news was released, the entire related industry was in an uproar.
In the nearly one year since the release of solid-state batteries, automotive batteries have replaced nearly 20% of the market size.
The high-end car market has completely abandoned traditional liquid lithium batteries and adopted solid-state batteries.
This development trend is currently spreading towards the mid-range car market.
The same is true for the mobile phone market. Once solid-state batteries are released, their advantages compared to traditional liquid lithium batteries are particularly evident in the automotive market.
The battery capacity of a traditional lithium battery mobile phone is about 5000 mAh. It can be fully charged in 45 minutes, but can only be used for about 12 hours.
After replacing the solid-state battery, the capacity of the battery of the same size reaches about 15000 mAh.
Not only that, it only takes 15 minutes to fully charge, and the battery life is up to three to five days.
It even has an excellent feature of only attenuating by 30% in 5 years, but it has not yet been reflected due to the short release time.
For such a high-quality and low-cost solid-state battery, the patent authorization suddenly surged by 330%, and the final result fell directly on the consumers.
However, a few days later, some people noticed that although the price of batteries had indeed increased.
However, the prices of solid-state batteries produced domestically by Hainiu Electric and Nebula Manufacturing have not fluctuated.
The impact of the price surge only applies to overseas markets.
For a time, public opinion about Xinghai Technology was pushed to the forefront.
Many of the comments about Star Ocean are polarized.
On the one hand, people praised Xinghai, saying things like "It's time to let foreigners have a taste of the patent killer."
On one hand, there are those who are very dissatisfied with Xinghai's behavior, and directly describe Xinghai as a blood-sucking capital that has no purpose and only cares about profit.
No one from Xinghai came out to explain this.
(End of this chapter)
