"Do you think the chairman is a little strange?"
At the Pengcheng Beach Park, Wang Fei curiously said to Zhang Tao next to him, "I heard from Mr. Guo that the last time Mr. Li came to Pengcheng, he also spent a long time on this beach, as if there was some special magic here that attracted him."
Zhang Tao was as frugal with words as usual, "Ask yourself."
"Really boring."
Wang Fei shook his hands and looked at the three people who were leisurely drinking tea on the observation deck. In the end, he didn't feel embarrassed to go upstairs to ask.
Apart from Li Zehua and Wang Chuanfu, the other person drinking tea was Zeng Yumin who came all the way from Ningde.
He has been under a lot of pressure recently because ATL New Energy has been playing tricks again and again, trying to force him to sign secret clauses.
It is not known whether it was signed in history, but with the early intervention of Qingyun Group in this life, the environment faced by Zeng Yumin has improved a lot. At least he has enough confidence to say no.
But Li Zehua's patience is running out.
In front of Wang Chuanfu, he bluntly issued an ultimatum, "The conditions promised before remain unchanged, 30% option reward, half management and half technology, Qingyun Power Technology has the final say.
You can set up Times New Energy, and it’s fine even if you want to make additional investments to hold shares.
But you have to step out of your original circle. I don’t want to share the scientific research results that I have worked so hard to get with some disgusting beings in the future.”
At this moment, he was fully fired up and left no room for maneuver. "Regarding mobile phone battery fast charging technology, I have obtained full authorization from the United States and the West. This is the next focus of Qingyun Power Technology.
If you don't come, whether it is ternary lithium or solid-state, ATL New Energy will face endless competition from Qingyun. What I said is, I would rather kill this market in the future.
It is also impossible to allow small-scale enterprises to enter the market and share half of the profits. Qingyun will try every means to circumvent the restrictions on the so-called basic patents they are applying for now, even if it costs more than ten times the price.
Anyway, the government provides subsidies, and I don’t plan to make much money from it. Circumventing the patent restrictions of existing technologies will only result in slightly higher production costs.
For a whole vehicle, a difference of one or two thousand yuan cannot determine life or death, but it is not so easy for ATL to bypass the basic patent restrictions applied for by Qingyun Power, because there is no powerful country behind them that is fully subsidizing them.
The market will not give the two Toyotas enough time to react. Toyota is betting on hydrogen energy, and New Energy Corporation is betting on solid-state lithium batteries, but they are unwilling to develop the market in a down-to-earth manner.
Always thinking of taking shortcuts and treating everyone else as fools, there is no such good thing. "
Zeng Yumin was so amused by his words, "Boss Li, there's no need for that. Doing business in harmony is not a fight. Isn't it good to make money together?"
It is understandable that he wants to use the resources controlled by domestic and foreign forces to gain an advantage in the cooperation.
But who can blame Li Zehua for having more resources? Without the constraints of investors, no one can stop him from doing anything.
"I think so, but he thinks highly of himself."
Li Zehua said coldly, "Panda Honor's mobile phone battery orders are popular all over the world, but they just went to ATL New Energy, as if I was begging them.
There are all kinds of anti-theft clauses, and it seems that Qingyun Group cannot make suitable mobile phone batteries, so they have to beg them for help.
It is now 2010, not 1990. There are a lot of companies in China that have the same technology, but they don't have enough orders, so they can't scale up and reduce costs.
Now that we have Qingyun’s orders, our costs will be the lowest in the industry in at most half a year, so why are we so crazy?
If you make me angry, I will directly ban ATL from the industry. Anyone who uses its batteries will not be able to trade in the Qingyun system. "
Zeng Yumin was very troubled. This matter was indeed a misjudgment by ATL New Energy, who thought that the Qingyun Group came to seek help.
But don’t they, who work in technology, understand?
Buy a few mobile phones at random, disassemble them and analyze them from the materials to the technology, you will find that other people’s products are no worse than your own.
The reason for passing the order over was simply to take away the power technology department and increase the bargaining chips.
The management of ATL New Energy now has only one idea, which is to take full orders for mobile phone batteries. The power technology research and development department is not willing to give it yet, and at least the controlling stake must not be given.
No matter how great the pressure is, no special subsidies from the state are available, and the company is at an absolute disadvantage in the competition and has to go out and set up a new company independently, it is impossible for Qingyun to be the controlling shareholder openly.
To put it bluntly, when ATL acquired the new energy company, it had already made up its mind to use the excellent talents and market of Dongda University to incubate its own battery leader and sell it at a high price in turn.
Just like what they did in South America, in a country where the annual food production is enough to feed 20 billion people, more than a quarter of the people are living below the absolute poverty line and cannot guarantee three meals a day.
However, private farms controlled by British and American capital were shipped overseas in batches. No wonder when Luca came to power again, he almost announced that he would take back the farms and drive out the capital.
With Li Zehua around, Qingyun Group will certainly not miss the opportunity. The Overseas Business Department is slowly laying out in the Samba Country, just waiting to catch Luca's chariot and immediately start to get involved in agriculture and mining.
If WeChat Technology is approved, it may be able to create a more favorable public opinion environment for Uncle Luca, while Qingyun Agriculture is more direct.
As soon as they entered the country of Samba, they played a trump card and promised that after obtaining the right to operate the farm, they would plant an equal number of trees in the northern part of Samba in proportion.
A minimum of 35% of the farm's food output will be supplied to the Samba people at a fixed low price.
To put it bluntly, it is to exchange benefits for goodwill. If latecomers want to gain the upper hand and regain the initiative in food, they must seize the opportunity and do extraordinary things.
Especially soybeans and corn, one involves vegetable oil and the other involves feed safety, both are important national products. How could we possibly leave them to the control of a small group of people?
By the same token, in the areas of food, minerals, energy, and especially new energy, Qingyun will also not be able to cooperate with other small and medium-sized enterprises, no matter what purpose and strategy the upper echelons have for temporarily compromising.
Li Zehua just carried out his plan. If he could win, he would fight. If he couldn't, he would hide for the time being and take revenge when he became stronger.
As for Wang Chuanfu, he didn't say anything.
But he agreed with it in his heart. The reason was that Guangdong and Guangxi were one of the largest investment sites for Hebei in China, second only to Jiangsu and Shandong.
The largest agent of Honda and Toyota is here, and GAC has given them a lot of trouble. Just by looking at the internal combustion engine used in hybrid electricity, you can see everything.
Zeng Yumin had nothing to say.
What else could he say?
The conditions offered by the big boss were already very generous, and he also cut off the possibility of cooperation with ATL New Energy. His plan to take advantage of the situation and gain more benefits for his team failed.
If we want to blame someone, we should blame ATL for having too big an appetite. It wants all the orders for mobile phones and computer batteries, but it is reluctant to give up the controlling stake in Times New Energy. Its excessive greed is annoying.
But now Qingyun Group has reached a strategic cooperation with BYD, so it doesn’t matter whether there is New Energy Power.
As Li Zehua said at this time, "Mr. Zeng, you have to give me a final answer no matter what.
I am not targeting you, but those people who set up the trap to defraud you in 05. They had a good plan, but the environment is different now.
If you don't leave, I will beat you down as well, until ATL New Energy has no share in this market.
No matter what kind of technology you develop, Qingyun will follow it, even if it costs a lot, I will persist in fighting..."
What else could Zeng Yumin say? He could only admire Li Zehua's powerful strategic layout.
A rural e-commerce, an agriculture, plus the same-city delivery of takeout express as the basis, it drives the development of the electronics industry and is so self-contained that outsiders who want to compete don’t know where to start.
It's just a tortoise shell, no one knows whether it makes money or not, and it's not a listed company that needs to disclose financial reports regularly. But you can tell by seeing that Qingyun Group is recruiting people all the time.
Their business is going very well and no one can shake their leading position in the industry in any short period of time.
How can you win if you can’t hit the pain points?
The only weaknesses exposed are group buying and Qingyun Electronics. How much resources does the former have to mobilize to get Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, shareholders of Pinxixi group buying, to defect together?
How could we convince Baidu, which took more than 10 billion yuan in advertising revenue from Qingyun this year, accounting for 1/8 of the company's total revenue, to turn against it?
Isn't that nonsense?
As for Qualcomm, which provides core technology and chip supply to Qingyun Electronics, it is eager for Qingyun to increase its business volume by ten or eight times, and it is prepared to establish a relationship with Qingyun like that between Intel and Lenovo.
At this time, who can bribe with greater benefits?
Zeng Yumin was able to see all this clearly because the ATL New Energy board of directors proposed a so-called further plan when discussing cooperation with the Qingyun Group.
The fact that Li Zehua attaches so much importance to this new industry, coupled with the fact that Qingyun Group has been actively promoting the national subsidy plan for domestic batteries, all proves the bright future of power technology.
With the core chips in hand, ATL is not panicking at all, and seems to be trying to control Qingyun bit by bit with the help of the core technology mastered by the power technology department.
Orders for mobile phones and computer batteries are only the first step. After Qingyun enters the market and holds shares of Times New Energy, we will continue to set up traps. We will not only rely on Qingyun’s funds to develop Times’ technology.
We also need to find a way to use the new energy strategy to get some shares of core industries from the Qingyun Group. For example, if Qingyun Agriculture and Fengyi International can enter the market, why can't Jiaobenji? For example, shares of Qingyun Electronics, Fama Group, Fengniao, and Pinxixi, who doesn't like it?
Zeng Yumin didn't even know that there were plans within Jiaobenji to sue Qingyun in the International Court of Justice, because the QR code used today was first invented by the people of Jiaobenji.
It’s just that they were short-sighted and couldn’t find a large-scale commercial scenario for QR codes at the time, so they gave up.
Now that the QR code patent is in Qingyun's hands, it has unlimited potential with just a scan function. How can I not be jealous?
The purpose of suing Qingyun for stealing patents and applying for internationally registered QR code patents is invalid and should be transferred back to the related companies of Jiaobenji free of charge and compensate for huge losses. The opportunity to suppress Qingyun is the real purpose.
However, the matter is still in the evidence collection stage, and ATL will not reveal core secrets to him. In short, the demands of the two groups are completely different, which makes him very embarrassed to be caught in the middle.
But now with Li Zehua's final showdown, he had to compromise in disguise, "But the core technical personnel in the department all have non-compete agreements.
Once a large number of people resign, it will inevitably lead to a complete break with ATL, and the compensation will be astronomical. "
"What do I think? This has been made clear before. All non-core technical talents will be hired directly. If they want to sue, they can do it slowly. It reflects that their research directions are different."
Li Zehua waved his hand and said, "As for the core members of the team, this is a good opportunity for them to take a break and teach at universities in Shanghai.
It's only two years, which is a good time to train more of our own people and allow more newcomers who are determined to work in the new energy battery industry to get adequate training. In the future, when you come out, the entire team will be composed of students.
If you know everything about it, wouldn't it be easier to use it?
What's more, if you do some theoretical research and material verification in private, it doesn't seem to violate any commercial competition clauses, right?
As for you, Mr. Zeng, you can take up any management position in the non-power technology field of the group, and you can even go to Dajiang Technology to develop flying cars. "
Zeng Yumin was amused by his wild imagination, "Flying electric cars? I'm afraid only you, Mr. Li, would dare to think of it."
"As a human being, you always have to have some dreams. Before the technology is put into practice, who can guarantee that it will not work?"
Li Zehua chuckled, "I am responsible for imagining the future, Mr. Zeng is responsible for technical research and development and management, and the group will provide you with real guarantees with real money.
For example, after Mr. Zeng brought the team here, everyone's salary increased by at least 1.5 times compared to before. After assessment, the outstanding candidates will receive a minimum salary of twice as much, with no upper limit.
As long as I can afford it, I can pay the price.
As for you, Mr. Zeng, and Wu Kai, two technical experts, no matter it is the new company or Qingyun Power Technology, as soon as you leave your jobs and move to Shanghai, we will immediately arrange for the first batch of 2% management and technical equity each.
In addition to the extra signing fee, 800 million RMB for two years, it will be held on your behalf by someone you absolutely trust, how about that? "
Wang Chuanfu couldn't stand it any longer. "Mr. Li, I have no problem with special circumstances, but you can't cross the line with your high salary poaching people, especially not with BYD's technical talents."
Are you kidding? This move is a sure-fire way to kill anyone. If a technical expert in a key position runs away, what's the point of research and development?
Li Zehua laughed and said, "No, Qingyun will definitely not take any of the cars that were fired by BYD.
The two institutions can even hold academic exchange meetings regularly. If there are good things, don’t keep them to yourself and share them with everyone.”
He continued to tempt Lao Zeng, saying, "You don't want to be a spectator in the automotive industry in the future, do you? Don't you want to be like Mr. Wang and personally verify the results of the combination of technology and products?
Mr. Wang has no objection to Qingyun Power Technology pursuing its own technical route. After all, the market capacity is large enough, so it is better to face unknown competitors in the future.
It would be better for the two companies to join forces and drive out other players who are trying to get a piece of the pie."
Zeng Yumin had nothing to say about this. His teacher Chen Liquan is currently in Shanghai, and some of his fellow students also work in Qingyun Suzhou Research Institute.
They all know each other well and have a clear understanding of each other's technical research and development capabilities. To put it bluntly, Qingyun is not indispensable without him.
Li Zehua himself needed a manager who could take his place and take charge of the Power Technology Company. For some reason, he was chosen.
Maybe it was because of the successful experience he had in charge of technology research and development at Dongguan New Energy, or some other reason. In short, if I miss this opportunity, I'm afraid I'll never have it again.
"The conditions you offer are unique both at home and abroad. I am grateful for your kindness. It would be hypocritical if I didn't agree to it."
After thinking this through, he smiled helplessly and said, "As for me, I am also willing to do my best to help Qingyun Power Technology gain a competitive advantage in the industry.
However, Mr. Li seemed to have promised to build the new company in Ningde before. I wonder if this condition can still be fulfilled now?"
"Of course not."
Li Zehua pointed upwards and said with a smile: "It is an honor for me and the company to contribute a little to the great people of Ningde."
Then he called Wang Fei up and took out the draft agreement, "You can take this contract back and circulate it to the core members of the team, and keep it confidential.
The first batch of funds will be arranged within a month. For all matters, you can talk to me directly or ask Assistant Wang to arrange it..."
Wang Chuanfu was envious. He tried hard to resist peeking at the contents of the agreement and asked in a low voice, "Boss Li, you are being disrespectful. You dragged me out to put pressure on Boss Zeng, but I didn't get any benefits."
His presence, even without saying a word, can add important chips to the balance of victory.
With the help of BYD and the entry of a group of Zeng Yumin's fellow students, he lost his bargaining power because resources were no longer scarce.
If he continued to refuse, he would be ruthlessly suppressed by the other party. As he said, Qingyun Group was willing to hurt others at its own expense, and ATL New Energy could not resist it at all.
Add a national special subsidy plan and ATL New Energy will be automatically squeezed out of the market without any fight.
Zeng Yumin certainly didn't know that Apple was about to enter the domestic market, and the high-end smartphones, PC tablets and other electronic products markets led by it would bring new life to ATL New Energy.
But this has nothing to do with him anymore, because he has obtained his own security, and also obtained the key to open a new world in the future.
The cooperation was finally concluded, and Li Zehua was relieved. He responded to Wang Chuanfu's joke very positively, "How could I forget to give you a gift, Mr. Wang.
It just so happens that Qingyun Investment has several funds under its umbrella, in which executives within the group and friendly businesses can participate.
The previous rate of return was pretty good. If Mr. Wang and Mr. Zeng are interested, you might as well invest some money. I can’t guarantee how much you can earn, but it should be no problem to make some pocket money.”
Recalling the negotiations during the day, Li Zehua had briefly introduced the current status of the fund's development.
Wang Chuanfu was stunned. "You invest 200 million US dollars and get a return of 450 million US dollars in one month. You call that making some pocket money?"
Zeng Yumin was no longer in the mood to read the documents. He pricked up his ears to listen. Is there such a good thing?
“Luck, it was all just luck. Who would have known that when Sheila was rescued, the remaining four of the five PIIGS countries all started to go bankrupt one after another, causing the basis points of debt default swaps to double.
Alas, it’s a pity that I still buy too little. I can only earn some pocket money to improve my life.”
He wanted to buy more, but the market for debt default swaps in the United States was so small that he could only buy $200 million or $300 million at most. If he bought more, he should tell others that there was a big fish here.
The banks are not fools. With the risk of debt default so high and no risk hedging, they simply won’t accept new contracts.
The investment amount for internal executives is usually around 200 million US dollars, but if the boss of a friendly company, especially one with priority, gives or million US dollars, Li Zehua will also accept it.
Wang Fei will introduce this aspect.
In this world, who would complain about having too much money?
Zeng Yumin stopped being so reserved and listened carefully to Wang Fei's explanation...
Li Zehua felt excited as he looked at the beach park where he had stayed for a month.
"With CATL on the left, BYD on the right, and Qingyun Power Technology, the layout of the new energy market is completely complete. The next step is to wait for the technology to mature further.
As long as online ride-hailing services begin to consume new energy production capacity on a large scale, no one will be able to stop Qingyun from being completely tied to the national strategy.
The goal of being too big to fail is about to be achieved.
I forgot the most important point. We have to borrow more money. We need to borrow as much US dollar debt as possible from banks and other financial institutions. We can first lend them 300 billion to 500 billion in the short term to see how the situation develops.
As for the long term?
In my previous life, I borrowed more than 10 million yuan and was worried all day long.
If I have to borrow money in this life, I will borrow one trillion dollars, and it has to be US dollars!!!" (End of this chapter)