Chapter 257 Direct investment in products
It is reasonable that ionizing bacterial biobatteries have caused some discussion in the academic community, and it is also predictable that they are discussed or suspected in the public opinion community.
Zhou Xiao didn't care about these things, he was concerned about how to complete the task.
To complete the task, ionizing bacteria microbial batteries must establish a monopoly position in the industry. The first step is to use it.
Battery applications are widely used, and several industries are particularly important.
One is the digital product fields such as mobile phones, laptops, tablets, etc.
One is new energy vehicles.
New energy vehicles use batteries, and the laboratory of Origin Group has not yet been involved.
Because cars use high-power battery packs and use microbial batteries to form battery packs, there are still many problems that need to be studied by the laboratory.
However, if it uses microbial batteries for digital products such as mobile phones and tablets, the laboratory is more confident.
Electronic products have low power and relatively low voltage requirements, which can be done with a separate biobattery.
Zhou Xiao's fingers hit the rhythm on the desk.
He was thinking about how to make the most profit while promoting biobatteries.
There are so many people in Origin Group to support and so many scientific research projects to do, making money is still the top priority.
Zhou Xiao needs someone to come to ask for cooperation.
Others take the initiative to come to ask for batteries and come to talk to themselves. These are two completely different concepts.
With this idea, Zhou Xiao said to Mo Li: "The effect of launching ionizing bacteria microbial batteries alone is far less than the effect of launching bio-cell products. Do you want to play a cross-border investment and attract fish to the bait?"
"Cross-border investment?" Mo Li said in a daze, "I have been doing experiments since I graduated from college, but I have never made any investments."
Zhou Xiao encouraged, "Everything is the first time. You are the head of the laboratory. Most of the products of China Origin Group come out of the laboratory. You can learn some business knowledge and conduct some business operations."
After all, Mo Li has been engaged in experimental projects and has never made commercial investments. She feels a little worried, "I don't know how to do it!"
"I'll let Chen Ya teach you."
Zhou Xiao’s meaning is very clear. He directly explained what ionizing bacteria microbial batteries are, just like reading an academic paper to everyone, and there is a feeling that the towers in the air are unreal.
However, if the application of microbial batteries is directly launched, consumers and related technology companies will be able to see what microbial batteries are, the future application scenarios of microbial batteries, etc. in the most intuitive form.
Zhou Xiao locked the battery product this time is a laptop, not a mobile phone.
The mobile phone market is a bit chaotic now, and Zhou Xiao doesn’t want to get into this muddy water for the time being.
Compared to mobile phones, the laptop market is much simpler.
Like most Xiaguo mobile phone manufacturers, all brands are actually assemblers.
Use Intel or AmD chips from the United States, memory from Samsung, Hynix and other companies, motherboards from Asus, ASRock, Intel and other companies, etc.
Although there are various brands of laptops, if you really use molds and accessories from first-tier brands, there is actually not much difference in the quality of notebooks between different brands.
Some Taobao also has some online notebook brands that directly use Blue Sky molds to make shells, assemble notebooks and make the difference in sales.
The quality is still fine.
Moreover, when purchasing laptop commercial chips, the memory is far less stringent than that of mobile phones.
The threshold is low and the license is easy to get, which is what Zhou Xiao likes.
What Zhou Xiao wants to do now is not to start developing laptops from chips, but to directly acquire a laptop manufacturer with a complete production line and then change the battery.
Zhou Xiao doesn’t want to think about the large brand, and the cost-effectiveness is too low. Zhou Xiao’s interest is a laptop that is not big or small.
Chen Ya received a call from Zhou Xiao and negotiated with a notebook brand called Xingrui Technology.
Xingrui Technology is well-known in the online mall and specializes in making gaming laptops.
Because there is no additional brand value, the cost performance is higher than that of the Divine Boat.
Chen Ya will go to Shenzhen Stock Exchange to discuss the acquisition with Xingrui Technology.
On this day, Wang Xingyu, the boss of Xingrui Technology, came to the company as usual, guarding the computer to view orders.
Although Xingrui gaming laptops have a certain market, in the face of the impact of increasing labor costs and raw material costs and the price reduction of major brand laptops, Xingrui laptops are also struggling to survive.
The same gaming laptop was sold for 8,000 in Lianxiang, 7,000 in Dell, 6,000 in Shenbo, and 5,000 in Xingrui, and everyone made money.
The current situation is that Lianxiang sells 7,000, Dell sells 5,500, and Shenboat sells 5,300 directly, making only a few hundred yuan.
Since Xingrui is a small factory, the price reduction of raw materials is definitely not as good as Dell, Divine Ship, etc. If Xingrui sells 4,500, it will lose money.
As Xingrui and first-tier brand notebooks approach the price, consumers also vote with their feet.
The price difference between first-tier brands and Xingrui is less than 500. You have basically never heard of whether you buy first-tier brands or buy Xingrui. There is no after-sales service in big cities?
The answer is obvious.
With the decrease in profits and sales, Wang Xingyu plans to sell his inventory of notebooks and stop building an online store.
But at this time someone came to talk to him about the acquisition?
Wang Xingyu wondered what his own garbage company is worth buying.
Xingrui is indeed not worth acquiring. If Zhou Xiao has time, he will sort out the upstream supply chain by himself, not to acquire an online brand.
Unfortunately, Zhou Xiao has no time, and acquiring Xingrui is the fastest way. Compared with the positioning and layout of future biobatteries, the little money lost on Xingrui is worth it.
What Zhou Xiao likes about Xingrui is that he has his own complete industrial supply chain, can ship in assembly lines, and has his own brand and sales channels.
Wang Xingyu offered two million against his conscience.
The five employees of Xingrui Company have a profit of about 1 million yuan in a year on Taobao.
After saying the number two million, Wang Xingyu continued to lower his bottom line, Chen Ya gave him 1.5 million, and he sold it.
After all, if you don’t sell it, the profit for the next year is not one million, but a loss.
"I'll pay three million." Chen Ya said.
"Puff!" Wang Xingyu sprayed out all the tea, and he suspected that he had either ears or mental problems.
"What did you just say?"
Chen Ya gestured "three" and said, "I will pay three million to buy Xingrui."
"Girl, are you angry with your husband and have nowhere to spend money?" Wang Xingyu kindly reminded: "Go and go shopping, relax, and buy luxury goods."
Chapter completed!