Zhang Nanjing looked up and saw that Wang Chuanfu's face was as wrinkled as the bitter gourd, so he asked: "Old Wang, please tell me about the other party's situation."

Wang Chuanfu heard Zhang Nanjing's words and told him in detail the information he had collected so far and the process of meeting Cao Mang.

"According to what you said, the other party is stronger than BYD. It is basically impossible to get a controlling stake in the new company. The other party has also clearly stated its attitude. Whether they cooperate or not depends entirely on BYD's attitude. They will not

If you cooperate with BYD, you can also cooperate with other companies.

*** once said that if you fall behind, you will be beaten. We are falling behind others now. I just looked at their patents. I want to bypass their patents and develop a new cobalt-free battery. There is no three

If it can't be done in five years, can BYD last that long?" Zhang Nanjing sighed and analyzed.

Wang Chuanfu is a person who refuses to admit defeat. He is unwilling to admit defeat just like this. He gritted his teeth and said: "If we increase investment in research and development, can we increase the speed of research and development?"

"Old Wang, after all, their technology is several years ahead of ours. While we are developing it, others are also developing it. By the time our product comes out, others may have updated it, unless you are prepared for a long-term struggle." Zhang Nanjing Weiwei

He shook his head and said.

Zhang Nanjing has no confidence at all. Based on their existing background, if they want to bypass the other party's patents, Qilin already has a certain foundation and will definitely fill the loopholes in the existing patents. These patents will form a patent barrier.

BYD's investment is likely to result in nothing more than a pile of waste paper.

"Lao Zhang, I have already decided not to cooperate with Qilin. We will develop cobalt-free batteries ourselves. If you need funds, please submit a report and apply." Wang Chuanfu gritted his teeth and said.

Wang Chuanfu doesn't believe that what others can do, BYD can't do, so what if he takes a gamble in life.

"Lao Wang, you have to be mentally prepared in advance. I can't guarantee that you will be able to bypass their patent." Zhang Nanjing glanced at Wang Chuanfu and said.

"I'm mentally prepared now. We've been working on batteries for so many years, and I don't believe we can't defeat them." Wang Chuanfu said with a smile.

"You are the chairman, you have the final say." Zhang Nanjing said helplessly.

Although Zhang Nanjing is also a shareholder of BYD, he is only a small shareholder and has no right to object to Wang Chuanfu's decision.

"Lao Zhang, the research and development of new batteries depends on you. Starting from next month, the research and development expenses will be doubled." After Wang Chuanfu said that, he turned and left the research room.

...

As soon as Cao Mang returned to the office, his cell phone rang. The caller's number was an unknown number.

"Hello, who are you?" Cao Mang pressed the answer button and asked.

"Hello, Mr. Cao, I am Wang Chuanfu from BYD."

"Hello, Mr. Wang."

After Cao Mang learned that the caller was Wang Chuanfu, he turned on the hands-free function of his mobile phone and took out a bottle of Coke from the refrigerator.

"Mr. Cao, I have just negotiated with the company's shareholders. The shareholders do not agree with BYD cooperating with you, so I called you to tell you. After all, I am not the only one who has the final say about BYD. I have the final say on cooperation.

I can only say I’m sorry.”

Cao Mang had already expected Wang Chuanfu's refusal to cooperate, but this result was not a large proportion.

What Cao Mang didn't expect was that the opponent would be so decisive. As soon as he left BYD with his front foot, the opponent called with his back foot.

However, I don’t feel sorry for BYD’s rejection of Cao Mang. If China didn’t have entrepreneurs like Wang Chuanfu, China’s rise would be very difficult.

"Mr. Wang, you're welcome. Everything is fate. I believe we will still have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

"Thank you, Mr. Cao, for your understanding. I'm going to have a meeting soon. Mr. Cao will come to drink tea often when he has the opportunity."

Continuing the conversation would only make it more awkward, so Wang Chuanfu quickly ended the topic, and Cao Mang called Yumi after hanging up the phone.

"Yumi, ask the think tank to find information on domestic battery factories, evaluate the value of these batteries, select high-quality manufacturers with a valuation of 40 to 5 billion, see if any are willing to sell them as a whole, and build another battery factory

Evaluation to see whether it is more cost-effective to acquire or build one yourself.”

"I booked a private room at Cuifeng Tower and we will have dinner together in the evening."

"I'll wait for you downstairs at the company at half past five."

There are many things to do when there are many things to do, and I am particularly busy when I am free. After hanging up the phone from Yumi, Cao Mang's phone rang again.

The person who called was none other than Kong Ling'er, who develops photolithography machines.

"Dr. Kong, good afternoon."

"Mr. Cao, do you have time to come to the laboratory?"

"If you're free, we'll see you in the experiment in an hour."

...

The time came to half past four in a blink of an eye, and Cao Mang arrived at the laboratory by car.

On the way, he sent a text message to Sakurai Yumi, asking him to wait for him at the restaurant first.

Cao Mang entered the laboratory after changing into dust-proof clothing, and soon arrived at the lithography machine laboratory.

When the people in the laboratory saw Cao Mang, they notified Kong Ling'er who was conducting experiments.

"Mr. Cao, let's go to the lounge to chat." Kong Ling'er took off her mask and said after walking out of the laboratory.

"Yeah." Cao Mang nodded.

The lounge is not very far from the laboratory, and the two of them walked there in five minutes.

"Mr. Cao, we have developed the photoresist according to your formula. However, the equipment in the laboratory is insufficient. We can only do simple tests at the moment. If we want to determine the true performance of the photoresist, we must use a photolithography machine to test it.

Just fine.

If you want to continue research, you must either buy a photolithography machine or cooperate with related companies," Kong Ling'er said.

"The world has been experiencing a shortage of chips. How can we find machines to cooperate with us? Let me take care of the photolithography machine issue," Cao Mang replied.

Cao Mang plans to wait for the graphene press conference to go to Neon Country to have a look. The 90-nanometer lithography machine has come out. Now chip companies are upgrading it. Maybe he can buy some second-hand dry lithography machines.

Engraving machine.

If these dry lithography machines are transformed into immersion lithography machines and coupled with multiple exposure technology, there will be no problem in producing 32nm chips.

"Then I will trouble you, Mr. Cao, about the photolithography machine," Kong Ling'er said.

Cao Mang said goodbye to Kong Ling'er and then went to the lithium battery laboratory to find Wei Zhaosheng.

The requirements of the battery research laboratory were not as strict as those of the photolithography machine, so Cao Mang walked directly into the laboratory to find Wei Zhaosheng.

"Mr. Cao, do you have anything to do with me?" Wei Zhaosheng asked.

"Although we have developed cobalt-free batteries, we cannot relax because of this. I hope you will research more manufacturing methods and create patent barriers for cobalt-free batteries," Cao Mang said.

"Don't worry, Mr. Cao, about this. We have divided it into groups to study it, but now we don't have enough manpower. I would like to apply to you for additional researchers," Wei Zhaosheng replied.

"If you have a suitable candidate, just report to Luo Ying directly. If you don't have a suitable candidate, you can only wait for Luo Ying to recruit." Cao Mang said.

Cao Mang will not be stingy when it comes to recruiting researchers. Research and development requires a large number of talents. Not every awesome laboratory starts with thousands of people.

"I already have suitable candidates here. They are all juniors who just graduated this year. I plan to let them come in as assistants first, and then let them become full-time students when they are capable enough." Wei Zhaosheng replied.
Chapter completed!