On the list given by Xu Ruoyun, there are hundreds of lithium battery companies listed. Zhong Yue wants to screen from it, and his requirements are medium scale, specializing in mobile phone batteries, and having certain research and development capabilities, preferably in the province.

There are a total of three companies that can meet these conditions at the same time, two of which are in Yangcheng and one in Pengcheng.

Zhong Yue took the time to personally visit three companies. Of these three companies, two of them are doing well and are doing well. The other one, on the other hand, is in a bad financial situation and has been losing money since the beginning of the year.

Zhong Yue asked Xu's Investment to send an acquisition intention to the first two companies, but the news was not optimistic, one of them said that it had no plans to sell the company, while the other agreed to contact him, but judging from their performance, it was obvious that they were ready to open their mouths.

After thinking about it carefully, he moved on to a third company.

The amount of money he can use now has risen to more than 700 million, and with more and more blockbuster games on Yichangyou, his monthly income is constantly improving, and by the end of December, he can have more than 1 billion funds on hand.

The funds were barely enough to start his cell phone plan. So, he won't throw too much money at the battery project.

The battery industry, whether in terms of industrial scale or impact on the whole world, will not be much inferior to the mobile phone industry.

However, as long as you have some understanding of battery technology, you will understand that this is definitely a big pit.

Nowadays, in the battery application of various industries, almost all of them are lithium batteries. At present, the structural principle of all lithium batteries has not escaped the barrier of the first lithium battery released by Sony in 92. It only relies on the development of materials and process technology, and the capacity is larger. Smaller in size.

comparatively. Ninety-two to the present. How many generations have the phones been updated?

The development of battery technology in these twenty-three years can be said to be very slow, and it is unlikely that the pace of development will increase much in the foreseeable future.

The principle of lithium battery utilization is mainly the chemical redox reaction. The movement of electrons generates electric current, and the source of electrons is lithium. This means that its capacity is related to the size of the battery. The more lithium you have, the more capacity you have.

Not to mention the large battery, in terms of the mobile phone battery, considering the volume of the mobile phone, the battery will definitely not be too large.

Therefore, no matter how much the capacity of the mobile phone battery is increased, there is a limit, and this limit is not high.

Zhong Yue's desire to promote the development of battery technology is much more difficult than that of mobile phone technology. Because there are so many limiting factors, it is by no means possible to be done overnight. His energy is limited. It's impossible to be distracted from this.

He can use the nanorobots of the "growth system" to create the most ideal lithium battery. There are also batteries that only exist in concepts. With the current technology on Earth, these batteries are simply not possible.

Of course, although he will not promote the upgrading of battery technology, he can still do things like improving some process technology and reducing production costs.

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Half a month later, Zhong Yue gave up the company with too high a price and chose to buy the company that had been losing money. This company was founded by a few international students, and when they were in the United States, they invented some patents that can be used on lithium batteries, so that the number of battery charges can be increased by 20%.

After developing this technology, they returned to China together to start a business, and soon got an investment to create the current company, and at the beginning, relying on their own technology, they quickly negotiated a cooperation with a mobile phone company.

Then, investors made additional investments, and the founders were ambitious to hire new employees and expand the plant.

The blow was also sudden, and half a year later, a large domestic battery company also developed a similar technology. Soon, having lost their technological superiority, they fell into a difficult situation.

The reason why Zhong Yue chose this company was because the other company's asking price was too high, far beyond his psychological bottom line. The second is to value the R&D capabilities of several founders.

His takeover went smoothly, with the company's largest shareholder, the initial investor, holding 80 percent of the shares. The company is now in trouble, and it was a surprise to be able to get out of it.

After a round of negotiations, Zhong Yue bought 80 percent of his shares for 25 million.

In this transaction, he can be said to have taken a big advantage, and invested 20 million in the expanded production line at the beginning of the year alone.

After the acquisition was completed, he did not make drastic improvements as soon as he came up, and everything remained as it was for the time being. After holding a meeting and announcing that he would increase his investment in the company, he plunged headlong into the company's laboratory.

He has made many batteries, all of which are made using nanorobots with "growth systems", which are simple and fast. However, it is completely unclear how batteries are made in factories.

After understanding the process of battery production, he finally understood why he still made a loss even though he had a good product.

The biggest reason is cost.

In the original company, the founding team had an agreement with the investors, and the investors did not interfere in the management and operation of the company. The founder, who is responsible for the company's operations, is a typical engineer who thinks too much about perfection in products.

For example, in the testing process before the battery is in the same factory, the average domestic manufacturer only has five tests. And they must insist on twenty tests. This alone adds a lot of costs.

Of course, this practice is not a bad thing, and it can guarantee the quality of the battery that leaves the factory. However, the high cost has made the company's products lose in commercial competition.

Zhong Yue figured out the crux of the problem and wanted to solve it, but it was not easy.

The lithium battery for mobile phones is composed of four parts, the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the electrolyte, and the diaphragm. These materials need to be purchased, and it is naturally impossible to reduce the finished product in this area to ensure the quality of the battery.

Therefore, we can only find a way to assemble it in the production line. However, no matter how you think about it, the cost is not much lower.

That's where the trouble with brick-and-mortar investing comes in. Relying on the "growth system", he can cheat like a cheat, and the development cost of the software is almost zero. But in terms of hardware production, he can't directly "conjure" raw materials, right?

Since the cost can't be reduced much, it can only improve the performance of the product.

The cost is relative, in the past, the company mainly produced 2,500 mAh mobile phone batteries, if the capacity is increased to more than 3,000 mAh, and the cost is maintained at the original level, it is definitely competitive in the market.

Zhong Yuezha stayed in the laboratory for a whole month, first studying, and then conducting experiments in the experimental laboratory of the "growth system". While discussing with the company's R&D personnel, and finally coming up with a complete set of improvement plans.

With the assistance of several engineers, he carried out a comprehensive transformation of the company's three production lines into a production line for 3,000 mAh batteries. Greater automation has also been achieved, and several processes have been reduced. Although the cost was not maintained at the level of 2,500 mAh, the increase was not much.

Through such transformation, Zhong Yue conquered several founders of the company. They are all engineers, and they are all convinced by those who are better than themselves.

With their cooperation, Zhong Yue immediately implemented a series of measures in the company, including the monitoring system of the production line, the installation of internal management software in all the company's computers, and so on.

Those founders are not incapable, with new fist products, they soon sold the battery to the United States through overseas relations, although the profit is not high, but it is enough for the company to sustain without Zhong Yue having to transfuse all the time.

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The weather gradually cooled down, and before you knew it, it was November again.

Zhong Yue had just returned to Yisoft Company from the battery company, and before he arrived at the office, the secretary He Ya came over to inform him, "Mr. Xu is waiting for you in the office." ”

He pushed open the office, saw Xu Ruoyun sitting on the sofa, and asked, "When did you come back?" without notice. ”

Some time ago, Xu Ruoyun went back to the company. The two hadn't seen each other in a while.

"You're so busy, how dare I alarm you over such a trivial matter. After Xu Ruoyun got acquainted with him, he would occasionally make some jokes.

Zhong Yue was stunned and said, "So that's the case, no wonder you didn't even come to my company and didn't say a word." ”

"Congratulations. Xu Ruoyun smiled and stretched out his hand.

Zhong Yue also stretched out his hand to shake her and said with a smile, "Congratulations too." ”

Yesterday, the number of daily active users reached 20 million. Although it is still ranked third, the gap with the penguins has narrowed to less than 2 million, and if nothing else, it will be able to surpass it next month. This is certainly something to celebrate.

Last month, Seven Tigers fell into a virus invasion crisis, and the blow to its products is not insignificant.

On the mobile side, in the face of the menacing easy management and penguins, although the advantages are still obvious, but there was no growth last month, but there was a regression, which is an indisputable fact.

With Zhong Yue's efforts in publicity, especially on a popular variety show, he spent 200 million yuan on the naming fee, and then cooperated with the publicity of other channels. It has brought explosive growth to easy management. In less than a month, the number of daily active users has nearly doubled.

Xu Ruoyun came back on purpose, obviously for this important event.

After greeting each other, Xu Ruoyun asked about the battery company, "I heard that you have been staying there for most of the month this month?"

"Well, it's basically on track now. You can let go a little later. Zhong Yue nodded, a systematic measure, he can grasp the situation of the battery company at any time.

Xu Ruoyun looked at him and asked, "What about next?"

Zhong Yue raised his eyebrows and looked at her with some surprise. (To be continued......)

PS: I've been checking the information for the past two days, and my head hurts when I see it.