Chapter 435: DuPont's Way of Doing Business
First of all, I apologize to everyone, the break has been worse these days. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info a few days ago it rained heavily, and the car was flooded on the road, and the cart was pushed in the rain. As a result, I fell ill when I got home, and the grogginess of the past few days has finally eased. I got up today, counted the time, and was nervous, so I hurriedly wrote a chapter in a trance. Anyway, this month's debt is a bit severe, and I will try to make up for it in the coming days.
"Mr. Hu, Mr. Hunter DuPont is here, look?"
Hu Wenhai looked at Qin Kai, pursed his lips helplessly, and sat down on the sofa.
There is no way, he still knows the boundary between work and leisure. Although I have been bored for almost a month, I really want to go out and take a good break, and by the way, I will choose some gifts for Lu Jia and Lu Xin to take back. But plans can't keep up with changes, and private matters have to make way for public affairs after all.
And after all, it is no one else, Hunter DuPont is the third generation of the DuPont family to facilitate the patent transaction of lithium water battery, this person is Hu Wenhai who wants to meet no matter what.
"In this way, let Chen Fa and the people from the verification team go to the event first, and Brother Qin, you and the people from the security team can stay. Hu Wenhai looked a little listless, and he was like the previous elated argument.
Hu Wenhai was quite reasonable, and he didn't leave everyone else behind because he couldn't go out. After arranging all the irrelevant people, pick yourself up again.
"Please come over Mr. Hunt, and I'll receive him right here in the hall. Hu Wenhai was stunned for a moment after speaking, realized his subconscious resistance, and shook his head with a wry smile: "Forget it, I'll go to the door to greet you, otherwise it's too rude." ”
The turbulent business battles in the shopping mall are often from the perspective of post-summary in order to appreciate the thrilling and fierce confrontations. But what really determines the reality of these plans is actually the seemingly inconspicuous interactions.
Those who make talks that affect the course of history, when they create history, do not actively recognize what the results of their decisions can produce, but more continue to uphold their own beliefs. Injecting one's own ideas into every action, it is only in the end that a so-called history is formed.
For Hunter DuPont, his visit was obviously just a courtesy visit to maintain the relationship between the two sides after hearing about the arrival of an "old friend".
Of course, there is inevitably a small interest in Wall Street gossip. As a successful businessman, Mr. Hunter Dupont clearly smelled money.
"Oh, that's our staff. It's hard to get the United States to come once, and today they are on holiday. Hu Wenhai personally pushed open the door of the villa and made a gesture of please: "Mr. Hunt looks good, is there anything happy about him?"
"There is very happy news, which I just want to share with Mr. Hu. ”
Hunter DuPont and Hu Wenhai have been in contact for a long time, and the two sides can be regarded as having some "friendship". He sat down on the couch with some familiarity, poured himself a glass of wine on the coffee table, and raised his glass with a smile.
Last year, DuPont's profit officially exceeded $2 billion and became another flagship product of DuPont. DuPont was able to achieve such an achievement, thanks to the lithium battery technology developed by Mr. Hu. ”
Hunter Dupont raised his glass to Hu Wenhai, and the smile on his face was full of pride. After getting the water lithium battery technology, with the supply system of DuPont last year, the water lithium battery was finally fully supplied in the world, mainly in Europe.
On this basis, the cost of water lithium battery battery has dropped sharply, and the price is finally no longer so "high", almost forming a comprehensive overwhelming advantage over traditional zinc-manganese batteries. With DuPont's support, the international community is now setting off a vigorous "environmental movement". On the one hand, it is to support countries to levy environmental protection taxes and fees on traditional dry batteries, after all, dry batteries need to use heavy metal cadmium, and their buttocks are not clean, which is naturally short of lithium-ion batteries.
In addition, the power and performance of water lithium batteries have greatly surpassed zinc-manganese batteries and alkaline batteries, and DuPont, which has given full play to the advantages of various channels, is quite terrifying in the chemical field. Experts and scholars in the fields of chemistry and electrochemistry continue to stand up and create a trend in academia and public opinion, demanding that governments subsidize rechargeable batteries to improve environmental protection.
Realistically speaking, from production to recycling, the environmental pollution of water lithium battery batteries is indeed much smaller than that of traditional batteries. Its only drawback is that it cannot compete with traditional dry batteries in terms of cost. However, with the banner of environmental protection, the promotion of water lithium battery on various occasions seems to be becoming political correctness in the international community.
Looking at DuPont's method of promoting water lithium battery, Hu Wenhai can only admit that this is indeed the right way to open, and only an existence like DuPont can truly tap all the benefits of water lithium battery.
After careful preparation and a large amount of capital investment, in the first year of DuPont's mastery of lithium battery, the market of lithium water battery has delivered an answer sheet that satisfies everyone. The annual output value is 8 billion yuan, and the gross profit after deducting direct costs alone has reached 2 billion US dollars. Although the final calculation of net profit is not very satisfactory, the prospect is too impressive.
In terms of profits, although DuPont was only on par with Motorola last year, the meaning of the two is completely different. In the hands of Motorola, lithium water battery is a high-end product. In addition to some for personal use, it is more of a niche product for special needs to supply the market. Although the profit is high, the market size is small.
In the hands of DuPont, although the numbers are still the numbers, the market hidden behind these numbers has changed profoundly.
After obtaining the water lithium battery technology, DuPont not only asked ST Group to continue to expand the production scale of water lithium battery, but also promoted the construction of new production bases. A new production base was established in the United States, a higher automation production line was applied, cheaper raw materials were imported from Chile, and more advanced production technology was developed. With a multi-pronged approach, the cost of lithium water has dropped considerably.
With the advantage of cost reduction, DuPont is much more confident in promoting the promotion of water lithium batteries. changed the previous practice of Motorola selling lithium batteries as luxury goods, showing a posture of vowing to sell lithium batteries as necessities.
When DuPont really realizes its "water lithium battery" strategy, the battery market will not be as small as two billion dollars.
After DuPont's internal analysis of the lithium-ion battery market, it is not impossible to reach the 100 billion dollar market in the next five to ten years combined with technological advances. As long as the voltage problem of water lithium battery is solved, it can be applied to more fields in the period, and it is expected that Duli series products will bring two or three billion US dollars of revenue to DuPont every year.
As for antitrust laws, the DuPont family said that they need competitors to open 10 completely independent companies in the legal sense for the U.S. government.
"Du Li" is the brand created by DuPont for its water lithium battery series products, and the original "Golden Dragon" brand used by Motorola as an agent for water lithium battery at the same time has returned to the hands of Xinke Group. Since DuPont has become the real owner of lithium batteries, it is certainly impossible for their children to continue to use the previous brand. It is not only to draw a clear line, but also to completely grasp the water lithium battery market, and launch a new brand to let the market re-understand that water lithium battery is what it should mean.
As the original promoter of all these achievements, Hunter DuPont is now on the rise in the family, and even has a faint tendency to be the first in the third generation.
The spring breeze is the first horseshoe disease, and the Yankees have never said that they are obscure. Since there is no difference in the scenery for a while, how can Hunter DuPont not show off?
Especially for Hu Wenhai, Hunter Dupont wanted to see some complicated expressions on his face to satisfy his vanity.
He really wants to see if Hu Wenhai feels his insignificance when he gives away a 10 billion dollar profit market and sees DuPont's development of the water lithium battery market?
"I came to DuPont to express my gratitude to Mr. Hu. Hunter Dupont smiled arrogantly, looked at the environment of the villa, shook his head, and said: "It's rare that you can come to the United States once and live in such a place? The family recently assigned me a house in Manhattan, so I can just give it to you! Oh, or real estate outside of New York, how about a single-family mansion in Beverly Hills? I want to say that the family will definitely be able to take it out." After all, this is nothing compared to the wealth that Mr. Hu has created for DuPont. ”
Hu Wenhai smiled indifferently, did not have any overreaction to Hunter Dupont's faux pas, sat down and raised his wine glass: "Then I will thank Mr. Hunter, the Manhattan house is not necessary, I have some interest in the mansion in Beverly Hills." If the price is right, it's also a good investment to buy some real estate. ”
Hunter Dupont carefully observed Hu Wenhai's expression, disappointed that he didn't see the slightest jealousy or remorse on his face, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Although Hu Wenhai sold the patent of lithium water battery at a good price, did he really have no idea in his heart when he saw DuPont making money?
Judging from Hu Wenhai's expression, he seems to really care about DuPont's prospect of opening up a greater water lithium battery market.
This made Hunter Dupont a little stupid, and he had a feeling of indescribability for Hu Wenhai.
Some admiration, some wariness, and some boredom.
Hu Wenhai chatted with Hunter Dupont about real estate in Beverly Hills, which temporarily resolved the embarrassment at the beginning. DuPont also expects Xinke to continue to provide OEM services in the business of lithium battery water, and the cooperation between the two sides is not intimate, but at least pleasant. With this affection, it is naturally impossible for Hunter DuPont to let Hu Wenhai not come to power.
In the middle of small talk, Hunter DuPont and Hu Wenhai finalized the transaction of several Beverly Hills real estate properties. These deals, which would seem quite shocking to the average American, are little more than appetizers for the two.
It didn't take long for Hunter Dupont to finally lose his breath and tentatively reveal the true purpose of his visit to Hu Wenhai. (To be continued.) )