Chapter 551： Lithium Air Battery Technology Laboratory

"interesting."

Chen Hao lightly placed the document in his hand on the table, with a smile that was half a smile but not a smile on his face.

Through chatting with Cao Lihao and investigating the Ningde era in the past few days, I basically have some information.

Zeng Yu, the chairman of CATL, started a company called New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., or "ATL" for short. The company is located on Hong Kong Island.

Main polymer soft pack battery. In 2001, ATL entered the Apple supply chain and gradually became the largest battery supplier for the iPhone, establishing its status as a leader in consumer batteries.

ATL seems to be a Chinese company, but from a capital perspective, it is actually a Chinese company 100% controlled by Japan. ATL's major shareholder is TDK, a Japanese electronic raw material and component manufacturer, which is the parent company of Shinco.

At the end of 2011, Zeng Yu, the then president of ATL, saw the business opportunity because the policy required that wholly foreign-owned companies could not produce power batteries. He developed the vehicle power battery independently as an emerging business, and formally established CATL.

Until October 2015, Japan's TDK Corporation held 15% of the shares of CATL, and this part of the shares was liquidated in the later stage, becoming a complete Chinese-funded enterprise.

Just like "Kung Fu Panda" and "Mulan" were filmed by Hollywood in the United States, Luhua and Arowana are also behind the four major grain merchants in the United States, and Chinese toothpaste is from Unilever.

If the Ningde era was not for policy reasons and the National Development and Reform Commission was staring at it, it would be hard to say whether the surname was Zhong or Ri.

Standing by the office window, open the window and let the cold wind blow in.

"I don't like capital." Chen Hao sighed, his face a little complicated.

Ningde Times went public in 2018, followed by the daily limit for 8 consecutive days, with a total market value of 153.2 billion yuan, ranking first on the Growth Enterprise Market, far surpassing BYD (125.822 billion yuan), the leader in new energy vehicles, and created the listing myth of a power battery company.

In 2020, riding the wave of smart electric vehicles with Tesla, the share price of battery supplier CATL has soared.

It has doubled 3.5 times throughout the year!

Especially when the market closed on the 7th of last month, the market value of Ningde era exceeded 980 billion yuan, ranking second in the entire Shenzhen Stock Exchange listed companies, second only to Wuliangye.

And how did they do it?

The Ningde era can have today's market value, and its own technology naturally has nothing to say, but the most important thing is to play the game of capital.

Invest in your own suppliers, give orders to the other party, and then benefit from equity appreciation.

Some suppliers can even be supported by it, such as Protec, which manufactures anode materials.

In September last year, CATL invested 19 billion yuan in upstream and downstream listed companies. The main purpose is to connect and control the supply chain, such as upstream mining and downstream battery recycling.

It is no exaggeration to say that this has even become one of the main profit methods in the Ningde era.

"Playing with capital on the people's heads, be careful playing with fire and set yourself on fire." Chen Hao sneered on his face.

Ningde era and BYD are advertised as the light of domestic products in China, and they are the benchmark for Huawei.

But in fact, the job-hunting reputation and corporate culture of these two companies are quite poor!

The exploitation of employees is also very serious. The employees who have gone out from the CATL era and BYD have few good words.

But job hunting and investment are two different things. The more aggressively they exploit and squeeze employees, the more optimistic they are, because the cost control is very good!

After all, there is only one Huawei in China, and there is only one President Ren.

Huawei's corporate culture cannot be replicated by other companies at all.

CATL and BYD should not benchmark against Huawei, but against Foxconn.

"This is just a bad era, but the initiative must be taken!" Thinking of this, Chen Hao's eyes were extremely sharp.

Even if you don't cooperate with CATL, it is no different to cooperate with other companies.

In this case, it is better to cooperate with Ningde Times, after all, the other party is a leading domestic battery company.

However, if cooperation is reached, at least the initiative must be grasped.

and.

The corners of Chen Hao's mouth gradually rose, and he said lightly, "I'm afraid that time will have to trouble Uncle Zhou."

But thinking of this matter reminded him of someone.

Looking up, what caught my eye was the lush trees on the campus.

Some buildings appear and disappear in the woods, and even if you look closely, you can barely see an outline.

Thinking, Chen Hao got up and left the office.

Two days after my parents came back, people from all walks of life who couldn't bear the door to visit, took advantage of the time before the Chinese New Year, and took Chen's mother and two people to travel to the world of two.

Chen Hao returned to the state of being alone again.

There are few people on the campus road, and few people are encountered along the way.

After all, there are not many students who apply to stay in school, and they are basically working in winter vacation, so it is even more difficult to see them at school.

As for the researchers in the scientific research sequence, they stayed in the laboratory during the day, and no one was running around outside.

Look up at the sky.

A few cloudy clouds are slowly moving in the air, and the blue sky is being eroded by gray.

After the sun was blocked, with the weather, it felt a little depressing.

ten minutes later.

Standing in front of the Materials Research Institute.

Chen Hao glanced at the few cards hanging by the door, and walked in with great strides.

【Lithium-air battery technology laboratory】

Walking in, the goal was a few busy figures on the edge of the experimental bench.

"Professor Bunier." Chen Hao shouted.

I saw a tall and thin middle-aged man next to the experimental platform looking back, and when he saw the appearance of the person who came, he immediately hugged him excitedly.

"Oh, Professor Chen, it's such a pleasure to meet you!"

"Professor Bunnier, your Chinese has improved so much that I can hardly hear foreign accents." Chen Hao gave a thumbs up. Professor Bunnier just spoke Chinese instead of English.

Foreigners like to call professors, that is, Dr. Chen. You can choose between professors and principals, and it is definitely the former that is more honorable.

"It's not as difficult to learn as they say, right? Of course, it may also be that my learning ability is too strong~" Professor Bunnier shrugged and said playfully.

Seeing that Professor Bunnier's mental outlook is quite good, Chen Hao nodded inadvertently. He was afraid that the other party would need to adapt for a while to integrate in.

"Of course! I very much agree with Professor Bunir's point of view. After all, our Guanghua University recruits people at different levels." After being polite, Chen Hao also stated the purpose of this visit.

"Professor, how is the lab doing now? Have you encountered any trouble?"

Facing Chen Hao's question, Professor Bunnier smiled bitterly, "Everything is going well, and it is even more suitable to concentrate on scientific research than in the United States, but it is too troublesome to recruit people."

"In addition to the trouble that the Chinese New Year is coming, I have received a lot of resumes, but many said that they will not be able to come for interviews until after the new year..."

"There is no way around this. Chinese Spring Festival is equivalent to Christmas in the United States."

"I don't think anyone can refuse a request to accompany their family on Christmas Day? No?" Chen Hao explained with a smile.

"Then I've been very close these two New Years Professor Bunier smiled mischievously.

Chen Hao came this time mainly to review the laboratory problems, and left after seeing everything.

In the end, Professor Bunnier kicked the floor lightly and couldn't help but ask.

"Professor Chen, I want to ask why you chose to believe me in the first place?"

"The reason?"

Chen Hao was stunned for a moment, then looked at Professor Bunnier and said slowly:

"Because I saw the firmness and dedication to science in your professor!"

Of course this is false.

But Professor Bunnier was very moved when he heard it, and he leaned over and hugged Chen Hao hard.

"Dear Professor Chen, we will definitely succeed!"

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