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Chapter 311 - Chapter 311 311 approach

Chapter 311: 311 approach Chapter 311: 311 approach Inside the surveillance room, Cai Weiyi stepped onto the prepared podium, and the demonstration officially began.

The venue was arranged in a five-star hotel, where Secretary Jin had rented a banquet hall and arranged it to serve as the site.

At this moment, the venue was full of people, including quite a few heavyweights.

Chen Xu had no intention of making an appearance but left the matters to Cai Weiyi, mainly to Secretary Jin.

Over these two-plus months, he had done more than just establish a battery lab; he had involved himself in quite a few other matters. Not willing to spend all his time on these tasks, he had called Secretary Jin back to his side.

As for the noodle shop chain, he entrusted it to Old Tang.

In the end, Old Tang resigned from Wanhua and joined his noodle chain company. After familiarizing himself for over a month, Chen Xu handed over the management of the company to him.

Old Tang was a capable man, and Chen Xu trusted him.

Moreover, in the grand scheme of his business, the noodle shop had been relegated to a much lower priority.

Of course, this did not mean he would abandon the noodle business lightly. Even the smallest mosquito is meat, and this was his first company, with special significance. Entrusting it to Old Tang was just right.

“How much do you plan to charge for this electrolyte?” Luo Xiyun suddenly asked.

Chen Xu said, “I will license it to four or five companies separately, ten billion for each license, and beyond that, I will take a cut of the electrolyte produced. The specific amount can be negotiated.”

After hearing this, Luo Xiyun’s eyes widened and she said, “Are you crazy?”

“They will agree,” Chen Xu said with a smile.

Luo Xiyun did not have enough understanding of the significance of this electrolyte.

Solving the problem of lithium dendrites meant that the anode material for lithium batteries could be replaced with metallic lithium.

The rechargeable lithium batteries currently on the market are largely lithium-ion batteries. Lithium metal batteries are less common precisely because metallic lithium can form dendrites during charging and discharging, which can easily puncture the separator, leading to short circuits. There’s a significant safety hazard.

By solving the lithium dendrite issue, there’s no need to worry about such safety risks.

And a lithium-metal battery has several times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries.

Not to mention, can you imagine the benefits of doubling the battery capacity? The standby time of mobile phones doubling, the range of electric vehicles increasing by twice… Such prospects would drive smartphone manufacturers and electric vehicle manufacturers crazy.

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Inside the surveillance room, Cai Weiyi on the stage dryly finished introducing the characteristics and data of the electrolyte. It was evident he was really nervous and not good at public speaking, which did not attract much interest.

Next came the Q&A session. Attendees constantly threw out questions and doubts. Soon, Cai Weiyi was sweating profusely with the barrage of questions.

Seeing his performance, Chen Xu was not too disappointed. At least he wasn’t so nervous he couldn’t speak.

The most concentrated doubts were about the ingredients of the electrolyte and the manufacturing method. Without this information, people would only believe the data was fabricated.

As more and more questions were asked, Cai Weiyi on the stage couldn’t defend against them and completely lost control of the situation.

At this point, Secretary Jin came forward and announced the end of today’s meeting. The scene briefly descended into chaos.

In fact, the meeting was not over. Secretly, Secretary Jin gathered representatives of the top five domestic lithium battery companies and showed them the actual product in another meeting room.

Chen Xu turned off the monitor, as it would take some time for those people to evaluate the batteries produced with the new electrolyte. There was nothing interesting to watch.

Thoughtful, Luo Xiyun asked, “How much does this type of electrolyte cost?”

“If mass-produced, the cost will increase by less than fifty percent over the existing electrolyte, and it’s safe, non-toxic, and environmentally friendly,” Chen Xu explained.

“The batteries we’ve given them now have two and a half times the capacity of normal batteries. They can be recharged five hundred times.”

Realizing the significance, Luo Xiyun said, “No wonder you’re asking for so much.”

Solving the problem of lithium dendrites is only one of the difficulties with lithium batteries. The cost is another factor; if it is too high, it cannot be commercialized.

Beyond the cost, another issue to consider is whether the batteries manufactured with this electrolyte have any major defects.

If they turn out to be toxic, they would not pass environmental regulations first and foremost. Then there are safety concerns, issues with usage lifespan…

During the commercialization of a lab product, there are so many potential problems–any flaw in the process could lead to wasted investments.

If it were just about solving the problem of lithium dendrites, those battery companies definitely would not pay so much. But Chen Xu had directly produced a commercializable product. These companies had no room to refuse.

If you don’t pay, and your competitor does, the loss won’t be just this money.

Unfortunately, Chen Xu couldn’t patent the first generation of lithium-metal batteries he developed; otherwise, he would have demanded even more.

Of course, if he started his own battery company, he’d reap even greater benefits.

But think about it: starting a company, building factories, purchasing production lines, hiring workers, how much investment, effort, and time would it take to produce the final product?

From his thirty-some years in that dream, he knew all too well how important a complete industrial chain was. Without the black technology he had in that dream, it’s impossible for one person to handle the entire industrial chain.

He needed to keep these battery enterprises and promote continuous industrial upgrading through them.

Now it was only the first generation of products. When the time was ripe, he would introduce the second generation, the third generation… Without competition, how could they have enough motivation to continually upgrade and innovate?

As long as he controlled the industry’s upstream, he could influence the entire industry’s development direction through various means.

More importantly, earning money by leveraging patents was too easy; later, he could be like that mobile chip company, simply “collecting taxes.” The thought was too delightful.

If the negotiations went well, he could acquire several billion in cash, which would make him an overnight tycoon capable of many things.

Luo Xiyun watched him and fell into contemplation. Earning money using intellectual property indeed seemed a shortcut. With an innovation capable of changing the industry landscape, many companies would be vying to pay.

She considered that she might follow this path.

The family fund left by her mother totaled around five billion when completely drawn out, which she had thought was quite a lot. But compared to Chen Xu, it seemed somewhat little.

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