Material Empire

When Feng Tianlei was scaring Li Dongyuan in a serious manner, Qin Hai was sitting in Ji Mingchu's office, drinking the top-quality Longjing tea that the old general treasured, while listening to the old general's reprimand with a smile.

"You, you want to take care of everything by yourself, why don't you come to me when you encounter problems?" Ji Mingchu pointed at Qin Hai with his finger, and said bitterly.

Qin Haihan said with a smile: "Old Ji, how can I bother you about this kind of thing?"

Ji Mingchu said: "What's there to be ashamed of? What you did is not a bad thing. Some people, on the other hand, don't think about making progress, and are jealous of their talents. They only think about tripping others up. Such things should be dealt with severely. If Xiao Zhou hadn't told me about this, I would have been kept in the dark."

Qin Hai nodded to Zhou Linlei, who was sitting opposite, and said, "Thank you Zhou Gong for speaking out. Seriously, if the army hadn't come forward this time, I don't know how much energy I would have spent to open up the markets in these cities." .”

The School of Materials developed a supercapacitor, and the first user was not the Daqin Automobile Company, but the military research institute led by Zhou Linlei. The application value of supercapacitors in the military field is much higher than that of civilians. It can be used for power supply of radar, radio and other equipment, can be used for driving submarines and drones, and can be used for guidance devices in missiles and launch vehicles. The most important thing is to provide a powerful instantaneous current for the electromagnetic ejection system on the aircraft carrier.

The supercapacitor technology provided to the military is more advanced, and this part of the technology will be kept secret for a long time in the future, so as not to be mastered by foreign troops. In exchange, Zhou Linlei also asked his scientific research team to help Daqin Auto solve some technical problems in electronic control, and also learned about the problems encountered in the promotion of electric vehicles.

According to Qin Hai's thinking, the business war with Beidian and Anshi does not need to be backed by big figures like Ji Mingchu. Although Wang Kaihua and the others also found high-level connections to block Daqin Automobile, Qin Hai did not want to use greater power Coming to confront Wang Kaihua, he hopes to rely on his own ability to achieve his goal.

Daqin Group has successfully promoted electric vehicles to second- and third-tier cities through the practice of encircling cities from rural areas, and then attracted residents of first-tier cities through the application in second- and third-tier cities, thus causing great public opinion pressure on the governments of various cities. But it will take some time for the governments of these cities to abandon the ban on charging stations. Qin Hai has no choice but to wait.

As a bystander, Zhou Linlei couldn't stand it anymore. Without telling Qin Hai, he reported the situation to Ji Mingchu. As a military leader who has retired to the second line, Ji Mingchu is not suitable to directly intervene in local administrative affairs, but he has his own solution, which is to instruct the garrisons in several places to ask the local governments to cooperate in the name of military needs Set up an electric vehicle charging station, thus solving Qin Hai's problem.

The military needs to build charging stations for military purposes, and local governments cannot refuse. In particular, these construction projects do not require money from the local government, but only need some convenience from the local government in terms of planning and land use. Local governments were reluctant to build charging stations before, but they had to give Beidian and Anshi a face because someone above said hello. Now that the army has come forward to speak out, the local government has an excuse, and simply let go of the construction of the charging station with half-push and half-spot.

The feedback from all over the world is very gratifying, and the obstacles to building charging stations in big cities have basically been swept away. Qin Hai made a special trip to the capital to meet Ji Mingchu this time, mainly to express his gratitude to Ji Mingchu.

"You have done a lot for the country, especially the army. When the army is in trouble, I always ask you for help. Now you are in trouble, but you don't want to ask me , Do you regard me, an old man, as an outsider?" Ji Mingchu said with a sullen face pretendingly.

"Mr. Ji, I was wrong." Qin Haidao, "I mainly don't want to give others a feeling of being bullied. It is our duty to do something for the country and the army. If this is the reason, we will move It seems too inappropriate for the power of the country to back itself up."

"It's not easy if you have this kind of mentality." Ji Mingchu said, "At this point, the leaders of many of our state-owned enterprises should feel ashamed. They often claim that they have made great contributions to the country, so they have The right demands all kinds of treatment, and even squeezes competitors in the name of the country. Tell me, how can such a person manage a large enterprise well?"

"This...it's inconvenient for me to comment." Qin Hai chuckled, of course he knew what Ji Mingchu was referring to, but how could he be able to comment on the fate of these state-owned enterprise leaders.

"I will report this incident to the central government. This is a very bad incident, and the problems reflected in it are worthy of deep consideration by leaders at all levels." Ji Mingchu said solemnly.

"Trash! Incompetent!"

In Wang Kaihua's office of Beidian Group, Dong Linsheng, director of technology, and Luo Jinhui, director of sales, were standing in front of Wang Kaihua's desk with their heads down, listening to Wang Kaihua's roar:

"Last month's sales dropped by 40%, and this month it has dropped by another 20%. If it continues to drop like this, what else can we have left! Luo Jinhui, haven't you been notified to reduce the prices of all models by 5% for promotion? Why are sales still declining!"

"This..." Luo Jinhui looked bitter, "Mr. Wang, we have tried our best. In addition to reducing the price by 5% in accordance with the unified regulations of the group, the sales outlets in various places also offer free car film, free floor mats, free fuel cards, etc. There are various discounts, but customers just don’t buy them. In several big cities, the army stepped in to build hundreds of charging stations, but the city government said they couldn’t control them. Once the problems with the charging stations were solved, no one cared about our cars. up.

You don’t know, even the employees in our group are now talking about buying electric vehicles, saying that electric vehicles save money, and the money for one tank of gas can cover the distance of four tanks of gas, so who wants to buy a fuel car. "

"Who is planning to buy an electric car? You go and investigate, and if you find out, you will be fired immediately!" Wang Kaihua said angrily.

"Uh...Mr. Wang, I'm afraid..." Luo Jinhui didn't know what to say, Wang Kaihua's dominance was well known to the whole group. But there must be a limit to domineering. Can the group control what kind of car the employees are willing to buy with their own money? In fact, Luo Jinhui himself plans to buy an electric car to drive, which saves money and is easy to drive. Who doesn't like it?

Of course, Wang Kaihua knew that his threat was too much. He avoided the topic, turned his head to Dong Linsheng, and asked, "Dong Linsheng, how did your technical department do it? When will you be able to develop several key technologies for electric vehicles?" come out?"

"It will probably take a year." Dong Linsheng said in a low voice. In his heart, he didn't believe his own answer at all. If there is no outside help, give him another three or even five years, and he can't guarantee that he will be able to break through these key technologies. Among them, the most important supercapacitor technology, he does not have any technical reserves at all. The entire technology department can't even find a person who understands the principle of supercapacitors. How do you ask him to research this thing?

"One year? Absolutely not!" Wang Kaihua said, "The Bureau of Automobile Industry has given us a task, requiring us to adapt to the development trend of electric vehicles and launch our own brand of electric vehicles as soon as possible. The time given to us is one year. If You can only solve the key technology after a year, how can the group have time to produce a finished car?"

"However, we do have difficulties." Dong Linsheng defended.

"Didn't I tell you to contact foreign car companies? Volkswagen, General Motors, Toyota, or Hyundai, no matter which company it is, as long as it has the right technology, we will introduce them all. How is your contact?" Wang Kaihua asked. road.

Dong Linsheng smiled wryly and shook his head: "Mr. Wang, I've already contacted you. Those foreign car companies say..."

Speaking of this, he paused, and he really didn't dare to say the following words. When he went to contact these foreign car companies, the reaction of the other party was first expressed in astonishment, and then told him a lot of reasons, which boiled down to one sentence: You are sick!

After the appearance of supercapacitor technology, the technology of using rechargeable batteries as energy storage components was completely abandoned, because compared with supercapacitors, rechargeable batteries have almost no advantages. So far, the only supercapacitor with commercial value is in the hands of the Chinese. Various foreign car companies are negotiating with Daqin Group on the introduction of supercapacitor technology. At this time, a Chinese car company has gone abroad to request technical cooperation. Are you sick?

"Foreign car companies are currently discussing cooperation with ... over there. They say that if they have to wait for them to develop supercapacitor technology, it may take several years." Dong Linsheng said vaguely, saying "over there ", he nodded with his finger, which is a reference that everyone understands.

Wang Kaihua was stunned for a moment, and then said sternly: "Since this is the case, you can also go to...over there! Our relationship with them is better than that of foreign car companies, right? Foreigners can talk, Why can't we talk?"

"But... Mr. Wang, you said not to talk to them." Dong Linsheng said. He didn't discuss cooperation with the Daqin Group precisely because of Wang Kaihua's opposition. Now Wang Kaihua is accusing him instead, and he can't take the blame for this.

Wang Kaihua said: "When did I intervene in technical matters? Didn't I tell you that you just need to find the technology, no matter who you are cooperating with. You are the director of technology, such a small matter, you still need me." Do you want to ask yourself?"

"I understand." Dong Linsheng could only nod his head, saying that he is the boss.