In his opinion, Cao Mang didn't recruit the original team back for development because he trusted him. Fan

At the same time, this is also a good opportunity for him to learn sodium battery technology.

Developing sodium batteries may allow him to take a further step in the battery field.

As for money matters?

Wei Zhaosheng has no shortage of money after joining Qilin Group. His current net worth has exceeded tens of millions.

He prefers research to money.

"Mr. Cao, I will definitely develop it as soon as possible." Wei Zhaosheng said with confidence.

"Well, I leave this matter to you." Cao Mang nodded with satisfaction. Fan

In addition to Cao Mang developing the nano-battery in advance for the sake of advance layout, Zhu Youfang also reported something to him when he was at work.

This matter was reported by Lu Guanghua from Kirin Battery.

This is because the price of lithium ore in the international market has increased dramatically recently.

The price increased by 45% in just one week.

Although Cao Mang had already asked Zhu Youfang to set up a mining company to acquire lithium mines (the acquired lithium mines have been merged into the resources department of Kirin Battery) so that Kirin Battery can achieve self-sufficiency, it still cannot resist the rise in lithium mine prices.

Kirin Group can be self-sufficient, but the foundry cannot. They all purchase from abroad.

In fact, the increase in raw material prices does not matter to OEMs. Fan

After all, the wool comes from the sheep.

If the price of raw materials increases, they can also discuss the OEM price with Qilin.

But now it’s not just about price increases.

Now the price increase is accompanied by shortages.

Nowadays, many foundries have begun to suspend operations due to shortages, and suppliers are still unable to provide delivery time.

If this situation continues for three or four months, the manufacturers that manufacture products for Kirin will go bankrupt, and 200,000 to 300,000 people will be unemployed.

At that time, it will also have an extremely serious impact on Qilin’s starting point. Fan

I believe that at this time, some people will say, what does the closure of the foundry have to do with Kirin, and what impact will it have on Kirin? If it goes bankrupt, it will go bankrupt.

I think you want to forcefully be patriotic and save these foundries.

Is this really the case?

You must know that Kirin batteries occupy 90% of the market share.

The reason why Kirin can occupy such a high share is due to these foundries.

Why is it that Kirin relies on these foundries to occupy such a high share?

It doesn’t mean that you can occupy the market if your product is good. You have to have goods to sell to others. How can you occupy the market if you don’t have goods to sell? Fan

After these foundries close down, the market will be eroded by their peers.

After the market has been eroded by your peers, it will be a bit difficult for you to win back.

The cost and time spent at that time will be very high.

First of all, you don’t know when the supply will be stable. After the supply is stable, you will have to find a factory to produce it.

The original foundries have closed down. Who will be found to do OEM work for Kirin?

Of course, Kirin can also directly build a factory, but the solution to the problem is that after your factory is built, the raw materials will most likely be out of stock again.

What should you do then? Fan

And it is very difficult to re-establish a relationship after a customer is lost.

Maybe you will lose a lot of money because of this.

When you re-sign the contract with the customer, suddenly the raw materials are gone.

What to do then?

The only way is to find diversified alternatives and reduce reliance on a single material, so that unnecessary problems can be avoided.

Of course, in addition to solving this reason, Cao Mang also has another problem to solve.

That is, Kirin Group is using more and more electric energy, especially when the wafer factory is operating at full capacity. The wafer factory uses three-tenths of the entire Shenzhen city's electric energy, and the electricity bill is also a huge burden for Kirin.

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The only way to solve this problem is to let Kirin generate its own electricity.

The reason why solar and wind power cannot develop is because energy storage technology cannot keep up.

Once energy storage technology catches up with solar and wind power, it will surely follow.

...

Cao Mang returned to the office after leaving the laboratory.

After returning to the office, Cao Mang took out a bottle of Kirin sparkling water from the refrigerator and drank it.

Then he called Zhu Youfang and asked her to come to the office. Fan

After a while Zhu Youfang came up.

"Boss, what do you want from me?" Zhu Youfang asked.

"If you contact domestic wind power manufacturers and solar power manufacturers, they will tell you that Qilin wants to invest in wind farms and solar power plants," Cao Mang said.

"Okay, Mr. Cao," Zhu Youfang replied.

...

After Zhu Youfang left, Cao Mang started working.

At half past ten, the elevator bell rang. Fan

Sun Liancheng walked out of the elevator.

"Brother, why did you call me here this time?" Sun Liancheng asked with a smile.

"Brother, let's chat while drinking tea." Cao Mang replied with a smile.

When Sun Liancheng heard Cao Mang's words, he walked to the teahouse. Cao Mang and he were already old acquaintances, so Sun Liancheng didn't pay too much attention.

"Brother, I want to invest in a power plant in Shenzhen City." Cao Mang said after pressing the boil water button.

"Power plant?" Sun Liancheng was a little surprised to hear that Cao Mang was going to build a power plant.

Because the development of power plants is not very consistent with Cao Mang's past behavior.

"Why are you running a power plant?" Sun Liancheng asked.

"Now the Kirin wafer fab has entered full production. According to the overall planning given to me by the wafer fab, the wafer fab will consume three-tenths of the entire Shenzhen city's electricity.

Soon there will be an electricity shortage in the Shenzhen city." Cao Mang replied after lighting a cigarette.

Because Sun Liancheng didn't smoke, Cao Mang didn't hand him a cigarette.

I believe it won’t be long before the power grid will have a headache because of this matter.

Sun Liancheng was very surprised when he heard Cao Mang say that the wafer fab would consume three-tenths of Shenzhen's electricity.

He never thought that this thing consumes so much power. Fan

Let Kirin fab stop production?

That's impossible. Even if those small factories stop production, they can't stop Kirin.

You must know that the losses caused by Kirin's discontinuation of production are very terrible.

In this case, the only way is to borrow electricity from the neighbors next door, but borrowing electricity is not the best way to solve the problem of power shortage. After all, they cannot borrow electricity from the neighboring province for a long time.

"Are you going to invest in a thermal power plant to solve the electricity problem?" Sun Liancheng said.

"Why invest in that thing? That thing is so polluting. I plan to invest in wind power and solar energy." Cao Mang put the washed tea cup in front of Sun Liancheng and said.

Sun Liancheng frowned when he heard that Cao Mang wanted to invest in wind power and solar power. Fan

For wind power, it's easy to find a mountain to build it on.

Solar energy is a bit difficult. In Shenzhen, where land is at a premium, there is no place for you to develop solar energy.

Put solar energy on mountains?

That is impossible, as it will destroy vegetation and cause soil erosion.
Chapter completed!