Chapter 39: Breakthrough
Basic Science: Level 1 (227/1000)
Electronics: Level 1 (288/1000)
Mechanics: Level 1 (297/1000)
Materials Science: Level 1 (271/1000)
Space Science: Level 1 (10/1000)
Fan Ren withdrew from the consciousness space with some self-mockery. After the recent experience of researching and developing the battery, the experience bar on the Seed of Civilization data board had grown a little again.
With a mindset of giving it a try, Fan Ren had taken time these days to learn some content related to space science.
However, the result was truly amusing to him.
Experience Points only increased by a pitiful 5 points, reaching 10/1000.
‘Bang bang bang’
The office door was knocked on, interrupting Fan Ren’s thoughts.
“Come in.”
Liu Jun pushed the door open and entered, unable to suppress the smile on his face.
“What’s got you so happy?”
He took a cigarette and tossed it to Fan Ren, lit one for himself, then took out his mobile phone, unlocked it, and handed it over.
“Big news!”
After saying that, he ran over to the tea set in the office and started fiddling with it.
Fan Ren lit the cigarette, took the mobile phone and flipped through it, an expression of surprise appearing on his face.
“He just ran off?”
He stood up and sat down in front of the tea set, extremely surprised by Ma Gaosheng’s final move.
Liu Jun fiddled clumsily with the tea set while laughing out loud uncontrollably: “Impressive, right? I heard a vice president came from headquarters and gave him 1 billion in public relations fee to ease relations with us. Unexpectedly, the old guy directly transferred the money and ran off. Now Ma Wei has fled with the funds and his whereabouts are unknown. Deli Electric Power is about to go mad with anger.”
Hearing this, Fan Ren couldn’t help but laugh too, casually taking out a pot of tea leaves and pouring them into the tea set.
After Liu Jun finished his operations, the aroma of tea filled the air. After filling Fan Ren’s cup, he didn’t forget his own, squinting his eyes to savor a sip.
After setting down the teacup, he asked, “What are your plans?”
Fan Ren knew Liu Jun was referring to how to deal with Deli, and immediately said, “I’m not one to repay evil with kindness. It’s already a matter of you die or I live. Now they want to ease things? Too late.”
He picked up the teacup and took a sip; the taste was obviously far inferior to Yun Yin’s and Jin Qiaoying’s techniques, shaking his head with a look of disdain.
“By the way, any more news from San Xin?”
Hearing this, Liu Jun frowned slightly and said puzzledly, “Strange, San Xin doesn’t seem urgent and hasn’t proactively contacted us. Should I take the initiative to ask?”
Fan Ren shook his head repeatedly. Although he didn’t know much about business, he knew that chasing after someone isn’t a proper deal.
“Let’s put it aside for now. San Xin Group holds 30% of the global market share in batteries, so they can’t possibly ignore our technology.”
Just as he finished speaking, Li Jia knocked on the door from outside and entered.
“General Manager Fan, General Manager Liu, Mr. Jin Ze, executive director of San Xin Group Headquarters, says he wants to visit our company and asks when we are convenient.”
Hearing this, Fan Ren looked at Liu Jun in surprise, both a bit puzzled by this sudden news.
Jin Qiaoying is the legitimate daughter of the Jin Family with a very high status; otherwise, she wouldn’t have held the position of head of China District for seven years.
In their view, while the solid-state battery is important to San Xin Group, Xinghai Technology has not shown any attitude of rejecting cooperation. With Jin Qiaoying there, she could fully handle the cooperation matters.
Why at this time would the CEO of San Xin Headquarters personally come to Linhai?
Fan Ren asked, “Did the other side mention any other reasons?”
Li Jia shook her head and said, “No, they just simply expressed the purpose of visiting; nothing else was said.”
“Alright, got it. You go out first; we’ll give you a specific time later to reply to them.”
Liu Jun spoke, and Li Jia nodded, gently closing the door and retreating.
Fan Ren sighed, “Interesting. The current legitimate successor of the San Xin Jin Family just comes straight to Xinghai without a word?”
“No wonder General Manager Jin’s side has been silent these past few days; turns out they were waiting for this person to come personally. Just don’t know what plans this current acting head of San Xin has.”
“Whatever. We have the full set of patents, as well as patents for the manufacturing process. We can meet force with force and flood with earth. Tomorrow, let’s see tomorrow what their real purpose is.”
The two couldn’t guess Jin Ze’s intentions, so they simply set the visit time for the next day.
After deciding this, Liu Jun stood up and left. No matter what, he needed to prepare background information on San Xin for any eventuality.
Fan Ren wasn’t idle either; after thinking for a bit, he started reviewing the financial reports.
Currently, the solid-state battery orders for Xingyun Factory have been scheduled six months out; just the 10% deposits have already brought in nearly 500 million, and once delivered, there will be nearly 5 billion in funds revenue.
It is precisely because of this cash cow that Fan Ren has the confidence to continue investing in building factories for Xingyun.
Additionally, authorized production of solid-state batteries is another huge source of funds.
It can be foreseen that Xinghai Technology will not face that kind of funding pressure for a long time in the future.
San Xin Group took four or five days to send a message, so they must have some plans that he hasn’t guessed yet.
Fan Ren closed his eyes and carefully reviewed everything in his mind. After discovering that there were absolutely no vulnerabilities in the patents, his heart gradually settled.
No need to rush; there would be answers tomorrow.
Deli Electric Power, top floor office.
“What the hell! Huh? It’s been a week, and you can’t even contact a proper person in charge at Xinghai? Is this the kind of subordinates Ma Gaosheng trained?”
With a ‘bang’, the teacup was smashed heavily on the ground.
Across from the desk, three or four high executives from the Linhai Branch trembled with heads lowered. No matter how Vice President Ye behind the desk raged, none of them uttered a word of rebuttal.
“Get out, a bunch of useless things.”
The executives immediately looked bitter and hurriedly scurried out.
They really had no other options; they had used all sorts of connections to contact everyone at Xinghai they could reach, but just couldn’t contact Xinghai’s person in charge.
“Ma Gaosheng! You won’t get out of jail alive!”
Ye Hongzhi angrily slapped the desk, then slumped wearily onto the sofa.
Xinghai obviously had no desire left to cooperate with Deli Electric Power; otherwise, they wouldn’t deny even the slightest chance of contact.
This feeling of not even getting a chance to talk hadn’t happened to him in many years! It was driving him absolutely mad.
“Vice President Ye, here’s the information you wanted.”
A young woman in OL attire walked in from the door; this was Ma Gaosheng’s former assistant. Because of time constraints, Ye Hongzhi hadn’t had a chance to replace these people and urgently said, “Hand it over.”
Seeing this, the female assistant walked forward gracefully and handed over the document, seemingly accidentally brushing Ye Hongzhi’s hand in the process.
“Get out!”
Ye Hongzhi didn’t even glance at it.
“Yes, General Manager Ye. I’m right outside; call me if you need anything.”
She panicked inwardly and didn’t dare stay longer, quickly retreating.
“A mess.”
Ye Hongzhi muttered lowly, then opened the document and started reading.
After a long time, upon finding the result he wanted, his tense expression finally eased a bit.
After thinking, he picked up the telephone and dialed according to the information in the document.
“Hello. This is Ye Hongzhi, vice president of Deli Electric Power head company. Yes, this is my private number. May I ask if you are Mr. Liu Jianhua?”
“Oh, it’s like this. I personally want to visit you. Do you have time now? Yes, yes, alright, no need, I’ll come over.”
After a conversation, the hung-up Ye Hongzhi finally showed a relaxed expression on his face; for the first time in these days, he wasn’t suffering everywhere due to his status.
See, even a small mobile phone parts supplier was eagerly welcoming his visit.
Without much preparation, he strode straight out the door, and passing the female assistant at the door, coldly said, “Prepare the car, go to Jianxin Electronics.”
